Chapter 2 ~ My friend

"Kurama!"

Yuki held tight on the leg of the Demon Fox, who was again turned into a Human. Happily she looked up to him, while he rolled his eyes. What was he thinking when he started to meet with the human child?

It started a few weeks after they first met. Kurama, finally being in his usual form again, was laying hidden in the mountains, far away from the humans. The young girl was very present in his thoughts, even though he tried everything to forget about her. Something inside of him wished to see her again, but would that be right? Wasn´t he still a Monster everybody was afraid of?

Not being sure what to do now, he decided to give it a try and meet up with her again. Honestly, what was the worst that could happen?

Before he was near a Human Village, he turned himself into a human again. It was still very unfamiliar for him to be so small, but if he would´ve stayed in his Demon Fox form, everybody would have thought he was about to attack, what wasn´t the case, at least not this time.

He went to the place where he last saw her and sat down, leaning with his back against a tree. His plan was to wait there for her and if she wouldn´t show up then it was also fine with him, since that would mean she probably didn´t want to see him again, or that´s at least what he used to think.

The day passed by and it was already afternoon, while Kurama became more and more impatient. When he was honest to himself, then he would´ve been happy to see her again. Never offered him anybody his friendship, but Yuki did and that was why he couldn´t forget about her. Deep inside he always wished for a friend, so that he didn´t have to be alone anymore, but who wanted to be the friend of a Demon? Normally nobody, but that girl was a huge exception, though she didn´t know about his real self. Would she fear him if she would know who he really was?

All of a sudden, Kurama wasn´t able to react, came something out of the woods and tore him down to the ground. Lightly shocked he looked up, but his look softened when he glanced into the ice blue eyes of Yuki. She had wrapped her arms around his neck and smiled brightly at him.

"I knew you would come back!"

The orange-haired male didn´t know what he should do now and remained laying on the ground, being embraced from the little Lady. After she let go of him, she sat in front of him and examined him. He didn´t change since the last time, only the look in his eyes was now softer.

"And what uhm have you been doing brat?"

Kurama asked, scratching the back of his head because he didn´t really know how to start a conversation with somebody. The black-haired girl smiled and told him about the last few weeks. What was annoying for him at first, was now something he could enjoy and that was listening to her stories. It were everyday stories about her usual life, friends, family and so on, but for Kurama it was something else. Maybe for others it would´ve been boring, but he liked it some kind of.

After she was done, she asked him about his life, but he just shrugged.

"Honestly there is not much you need to know about it…"

Her blue eyes glanced at him, but she knew that he needed time before he would tell her anything about himself. They remained sitting there talking, until the sun started setting and Yuki had to go back home.

"Will we see each other again tomorrow?"

Hopefully she looked at the orange-haired man, who nodded while she became enthused.

"Fine, then I´ll come here again!"

That was how they started meeting more and more often. It were now weeks since he was meeting up with her and the first time in his life he didn´t feel lonely. No, with Yuki by his side he felt very comfortable and even happy.

One sunny day they were on a little lake, Kurama laying on his belly while Yuki was laying on his back. They laid on a meadow in front of the lake, the grass tickling on Kurama´s nose.

"You know, I always wished for somebody like you, somebody who is like a big Brother…"

The young girl said quietly, but the Demon Fox heard it anyways while his heart pounded faster all of a sudden.

"You see me as a big Brother?"

He asked lightly confused and surprised.

"Yes, I do and I´d wish that you´d see me as your little Sister as well."

Kurama felt a very unfamiliar feeling inside of him, but it felt good, so he didn´t try to suppress it. He sighed and answered then:

"Maybe I see you like this…"

Yuki was over the moon to hear him saying that and snuggled more on his back.

"By the way big Brother, tomorrow is my Birthday!"

"Really?"

"Yes! And I hope that you´ll come as well!"

"I already told you that I don´t like to be in public…"

"Hmm, well then at least let us meet in the morning! Of course I want to share my special day with my big Brother as well!"

"Fine…"

The next day came and Kurama had a little surprise for his now so called Sister. Though he didn´t know much about humans, he knew that they gave each other a present on their birthday. He even went into a small shop inside of a small Village to buy her something. The people examined him suspiciously there, but he didn´t care that much. Yuki meant something to him and he wanted to give her at least a small present for her Birthday.

The black-haired girl was running towards Kurama in a hurry and as she reached him, he kneeled down to her, embracing the small girl tightly.

"Happy Birthday…"

"Thank you!"

With sparkling eyes she glanced at him and he then cleared his throat.

"S- Since I wasn´t quite sure what you´d like to have for your birthday, I got you this…."

He gave her a cute little Teddy and she became totally enthused.

"That´s so cute! Thank you so much!"

"You´re welcome…"

After she was gone, the Demon Fox walked through the woods with a light smile on his face. He never would´ve thought that a human child could change him so much, but she really made it to minimize his hatred and replaced it with some happiness.