To He Who Broke My Heart
By: Demon Hiei's Girl (Demon Usagi)
Chapter Three
Standard Disclaimers Apply
Author's note: Well, I've seen a few reviews to this story that peaked my interest. A lot of people think it's cruel of Yusuke. :grin: Hm? Normally Keiko is hated in fan fiction, especially YusxHi. I know. I hate her a lot of the time too. I'm just as guilty. But I was wondering if I could make her look good in a YusxHi fic and it seems I have so far. I just have a question: do you feel sorry for her? Differently from how you normally do? If so, I'm doing my job! ...unless you all, like, hate the pairing now. O.o Oh shit.
"What's the meaning of this meeting, Kuwabara?" said an irritated Botan. "I had to shift three pick ups to Ayame today just so I could come here."
"Pick ups?" Yukina asked innocently.
"Oh, well, I'm still a spirit guide. Especially since I can't be an assistant to a detective who's fired. I had to pick up three rouge ghosts, but three isn't as bad as thirty. I guess it's a good thing there's more than one ferry girl in Reikai or I'd never get any free time!" Botan rambled, much more like her usual self. No doubt life seemed a lot more boring to the blue haired woman since she went back to her usual duties.
"I heard that comment about the firing, Botan," said the dark haired ex Detective, as if on cue, made his way through the door, a smug smirk on his face.
"Yusuke!" Botan ran up to the boy, and embraced him in a bear hug. "Oh, I missed you!"
"Hey, I didn't get a hug when you saw me, Botan!" Kuwabara commented from the background, but Botan ignored him.
As Yusuke suspected, the area the Kuwabaras' rented out was no Olive Garden. It was like a fancy cafeteria of sorts. It was a small, but empty, building, with lots of places to sit even though no where near that many people were coming. The restaurant was not the attraction itself, though. What really kept the customers coming was the park in the back of the restaurant; it was property of the restaurant, so any patrons in there could enjoy the park to their own content. It really was a sweet deal in Yusuke's book. He couldn't wait to hurry up and eat so he could check out the park and play on the newly-fixed swings like a little, immature kid.
Not far behind the young adult came Keiko, bustling through the double doors holding a box in both arms.
"Geez, this is heavy!" she sighed, ramming the cardboard prism onto one of the tables.
Botan giggled. "You didn't have to bring a cake quite that big, sweety!"
"I know, but I couldn't come and not bring something as a gift, especially after Shizuru and Kazuma went through so much to rent out this whole place!" Keiko panted, flailing her arms about.
"Yes," Shizuru added, taking a drag on her cigarette, "why did you feel the need to rent out a place, Kazuma?"
Kuwabara leered at his sister, "Hey, come on, Sis. I wanted our first reunion to be special!"
"That was really sweet of you, Kuwabara!" Botan said, putting her arms around the seated Kuwabara's neck.
"Hey, I finally get my hug!" Kuwabara grinned.
"You're so silly, Kazuma, if you wanted a hug, all you had to do was ask!" Yukina giggled, following suit behind Botan and hugging the loveable oaf.
"Kuwabara, you pimp you." Yusuke joked, taking a seat next to his girlfriend. "As for you, Keiko, why didn't you just get a smaller cake?"
Keiko stuck out her tongue, and turned her petite face. Yusuke groaned. "Are you still mad at the hair comment?"
"I like my hair this way, you insensitive jerk!" A few giggles could be heard from their peers.
"It's like old times, isn't it?" Botan giggled, a hand over her mouth as her shoulders shook.
"Let's see, who's still missing?" interrupted Shizuru, taking count. She would be the last to admit it, but she was getting hungry herself.
"Hm," her brother continued, eyeballing the whole room with a hand over his eyes like he was searching the vast sea, "Urameshi, Yukimura, my beloved Yukina, you, me, and Botan are all here. So that leaves...the shrimp and Kurama?"
Shizuru nodded, taking notice as well that they seemed to be the only two missing. Yusuke leaned his face into his palm. Those two spend too much time together...
"Yusuke, get your elbow off the table." Keiko stated, still looking away.
"Yes, mother." Yusuke sighed, rolling his eyes. Kuwabara couldn't help but snicker again.
"Yup, she's definitely wearing the pants in this relationship. I can't wait til the marriage, Urameshi. You'd look good with a ball an' chain!" Kuwabara teased at Yusuke's expense.
"Oh, cram it."
"Well, you've certainly recovered from our absence quickly enough," said an amused voice from behind the group. They all turned in unison to see the red headed fox and the aloof fire youkai. Yusuke hid a smirk underneath the palm his chin was resting in.
"Hi Kurama! Hi Shrimpy!" Kuwabara said cheerfully, scooting out from under the table and waving like they were too far away to see him.
"Hello, Kuwabara."
"Hn."
"Hey, Kurama." Yusuke said, glancing toward the pair. His eyes hit Hiei's, and he smirked, "Hey Hiei. Did you miss me?"
Hiei gave a dirty glare towards the ex Detective, earning himself a light chuckle from the chocolate eyed boy, "I love you, too, Hiei."
"I bet." the demon replied, shrugging off the comment as sarcasm and hopping the others would do the same.
"Well, now that we're finally all here," came Kuwabara's ecstatic reply, "let's finally eat!"
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As big as the dinner was, the group couldn't help themselves from trying the cake Keiko brought. It was beautiful, big, and decorated with frosting. She bought it from the best bakery in town, after all. But as fancy and lovely as the delight looked, it tasted better tenfold. It was rich, creamy, and the frosting tasted a little like heaven.
"I take back every nasty thing I said about this cake, Keiko!" Yusuke said, scarfing the food down his throat as fast as he could.
"Oh, all this food! I won't be able to eat ever again!" Shizuru chuckled, putting the empty, dirty plates together so she could wash them.
"I'll be sure to remind you next time you're on the couch watching tv, slurping down ice cream the next time a boy dumps ya." Kuwabara prodded, a smirk plastered on his face. It didn't take more than ten seconds for Shizuru to shove her brother's face through the wooden floor, earning a round of applause from Hiei.
After all was cleaned up, the group broke apart to have some small talk. Hiei started towards the ever tempting park, but decided against it temporarily as he headed silently towards the restroom, not entirely unnoticed. After finishing, and proceeding to wash his hands, a familiar figure entered Hiei's view thanks to the mirror.
"You're such a cold bastard." Yusuke mused, directly behind the demon. Hiei shrugged, and started to wipe his hands with a paper towel.
"You needn't make scenes, Detective."
"I'm no detective." The amber eyed boy ignored the silence, not really minding the pet name, wrapping his arms around the smaller figure's waist. "I wish you'd care about me a little more."
Hiei looked down, remaining silent.
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An hour having passed, the girls were all anxious to catch up on recent gossip. The men ignoring them were in their own conversations, and the girls' talking went completely unheard. The park was a lovely place to relax, after all.
"So, I heard Kuwabara finally asked you out, Yukina!" Botan prodded, elbowing the girl lightly.
"Yes, he did. I guess," Yukina smiled blissfully unaware of the terminology Botan was using.
"You guess?" Shizuru cocked an eyebrow, having accidentally overheard the Koorime agree to be her brother's girlfriend.
"Well, I don't know about "going out", but I am his mate." Yukina nodded.
"Ah, sorry, Yukina." Botan sweatdropped. "I forgot how naive you are when it comes to ningen terms."
"It's okay, Botan!" Yukina sputtered out, raising her hands a bit. "Don't apologize."
"You're so sweet," Keiko smiled. Yukina really was innocent.
"Well, give us the details!" Botan squeaked, inching closer to the ice apparition.
"I would, but first I must use the restroom." Yukina meekly replied, standing up, and bowing before she slid past the other females.
"Well, now it's time to attack you, eh Keiko?" Shizuru said, turning her attention to the brunette.
"What?" Keiko asked, eyes wide.
"Yes, yes," Botan continued on Shizuru's behalf. "How are things going with Yusuke?"
Keiko could feel the blush creep up her face. No doubt they wanted to hear some erotic nonsense.
"The usual!" she said, hands up defensively.
"You're no Yukina, kiddo." Shizuru sighed, eyeing the girl. "You two've been together way too long for nothing to happen, right?"
"Shizuru! You know me better than that!" Keiko spat out, eyes still wide.
"I guess," Shizuru agreed.
"Ohh! Are you and Yusuke still constantly arguing! You'll never get married that way! I mean, if he wants chocolate cake, and you want vanilla, you'll tear each others heads off." Botan sighed, disappointed over the couples lack of romantic moments.
Keiko sighed. "I don't think he's going to propose to me."
"Why not?" Botan exclaimed, darting her face upward. "I thought he already did.(1)"
"He did, but he didn't." Keiko said, visibly slumping. "I don't think he meant it the way he could have."
"Why do you think that?" Botan asked, desperate to reassure her friend.
"He's always...I don't know, distant, I guess. And we fight over everything. I mean, when we were kids in Junior High, that was one thing. But we're growing up. I'm tired of petty arguments. I'm growing up. I'm getting mature. Why isn't he?"
"That's a man for ya." Shizuru replied, rolling her eyes.
"Plus, he doesn't even seem to care how much he hurts me. When we fight, I go home and regret everything, but who knows where he's at. Probably at the arcade. I mean, sometimes it takes him weeks to apologize, like he forgot to do it sooner and wants to cross it off his "to do" list." Keiko continued, clutching the bottom of her skirt that became in-reach when she took her seat in the grass.
"Maybe he's having an affair," Shizuru went on, narrowing her eyes at the thought.
"I'd love to see the woman brave enough to get that close to Yusuke," Botan finished, giggling a bit.
Keiko's eyes went wide when the possibility struck her. Cheating...?
The other two noticing the girl's sudden lack-of-comment turned to see the younger brunette's non-tease-able expression.
"Oh, we're sorry dear! We didn't really mean..." Botan started. Keiko's eyes made contact with Botan's for a moment. Words were on Keiko's tongue, but she couldn't seem to reach them.
Suddenly, as if to lift the moment, Yukina returned to the circle. She sat back down, but even her lack of talking and preoccupied look caught the other girls' attention.
"What's wrong, sweety?" Botan asked, now worried for Yukina's sake as well as Keiko's.
"Nothing's wrong, I'm just confused," Yukina replied honestly, tilting her head to the side.
"About what?"
"Well, erm... Do all ningens go to the bathroom naked? Or in pairs?"
The Koorime's sudden comment made Shizuru's and Keiko's eyes go wide, and Botan fell over.
Shizuru made a comment about air plane bathrooms, but cut it short when Keiko shot her a glare.
"Not usually, no..." Keiko replied, unsure how to answer. "Why do you ask?"
"Um, I accidentally went to the bathroom of males, and I saw Yusuke and Hiei in there," Yukina asked.
"Trust the boys to be free spirits." Shizuru commented sarcastically.
"Oh, and they were putting their mouths together, too. What's that mean?" Yukina went on, looking from one face to another in hopes of finding an answer. Keiko's blood ran cold for a moment. Botan blushed, and quickly replied, "Oh that's just kissing! It's...uh...what 'mates' do!"
Yukina tilted her head to the other side. "Will Kazuma do that to me?"
"Eh heh maybe." Botan was at a loss for words. "Yu...Yusuke and Hiei, huh?"
"What was that you said about a woman brave enough to confront Yusuke?" Shizuru asked, emotionless. Botan turned to give Shizuru a look, when Keiko bolted upright and headed for the building.
"Uh...Uh oh." Botan said, feeling a sudden cold wind.
"Did I say something wrong?" Yukina asked, blinking.
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Keiko's thoughts were too fumbled to actually make a coherent thought, but she had enough smarts on her to have a goal of making it to the restroom. When she reached her target, she slammed the bathroom door open.
"Yusuke!" she growled in the fiercest voice she had; a voice Yusuke could recognize instantly. However, when she stopped seeing red, her boyfriend (or anyone else) were nowhere to be found. "Huh?" She started to walk absent mindedly into the men's room, seeing no one.
"Keiko, you have breasts. You don't qualify."
Keiko's head whipped around to see Yusuke, fully clothed, innocently looking at her. Was what Yukina said a lie...?
"Yusuke?"
"Hm? What is it? Oh, were you curious? Yeah the guys' rest room isn't as pretty as the girls'. I hear you have a couch and fancier tile. So no need to be jealous."
Keiko blinked, still unable to process how innocent her boyfriend was acting. He was even kidding around with her.
"I'm sorry!" she blurted out, and ran towards the restaurant exit into the park before Yusuke could object. Yusuke sighed, scratching the back of his head. He slowly re-entered the bathroom again and elbowed one of the stall's doors so it flew open, Hiei collapsing on Yusuke's chest as if he fell out.
"...ow..."
"Ass still hurt?"
"Because of you. Next time, I'm seme!"
"Heh, sorry."
"I told you I felt Yukina's ki."
"Awright, awright, next time I'll listen to you, geez." And with that, Yusuke lifted up his shorter ally, and brushed his lips with the other's one more time.
And that's the end of chapter three
Author's note: Waaaay longer than the last chapter, eh? That better, guys? I'm here to please. Just curious, did any reader out there actually think Keiko's dream from the past chapter was reality? Heh heh. If so, let me know in your review so I knew you read the author's note. :evil giggle:
(1) It's referring to when Yusuke "proposed" in the anime right before he left for the Makai.