To He Who Broke My Heart
By:Demon Hiei's Girl
Final Chapter
Standard Disclaimers Apply
Author's note: I think it's been a year since I last updated this. :[ Sorry, guys.
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Yukimura Keiko was not having a good night. In the last twenty-four hours, she got dirt on one of her favorite outfits, hid in a bush to spy on her jerk of a boyfriend who only has one thing on his mind, caught her boyfriend cheating on her with a male friend of his she never previously considered a threat, cried her eyes dry in front of her best friend looking probably more pathetic then she ever looked in her entire life... The list went on and on.
After rushing out of her bedroom, Keiko found herself back on the beach where the whole fiasco had more or less started. None of her friends were there any longer, but the eerie quiet suited her just fine.
"Ah! Why are they all gone?" Botan complained as she looked dramatically around the sandy beach with her hand over her eyes as if to block a sun that had yet to rise.
"Maybe because it's late at night and they had to get some sleep for tomorrow?" Keiko asked, rolling her eyes at her friend. Keiko tried to think calmly. Where would Yusuke go in this situation? 'He'd be with Hiei.' Keiko's conscious answered for her. So where would Hiei be? 'The nearest forest.' And were was that? 'By Yusuke's favorite park.'
Not even bothering to tell Botan her theory, Keiko started to sprint towards the park. She placed all hope that's where her estranged boyfriend was hiding.
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Yusuke decided to take a breather. He was sitting in a café not too far from his house. His home, though as foolish as it may have seemed, was the first place he looked. Even if the apparition was pissed, he'd still come back, right?
...Apparently not.
He checked the whole block before retiring to the café. 'My next guess would be the park...' The Toushin was loathing the search that would be. It would take hours to check all those trees, not to mention, knowing Hiei... he'd probably have his ki masked.
"Here's your coffee, sir." said the polite waitress as she handed the dark haired man his drink. "But if I may, isn't it a little late for coffee? You'll never get any sleep that way."
Yusuke just smiled and nodded slightly to her as if dismissing the comment and closing the conversation. 'I won't need sleep if I'll be demon-searching all night.'
It would be a pain in the ass, but he knew what he had to do. It was obvious; if he was going to convince Hiei the depth of his feelings, he'd have to put an effort into it.
The Toushin didn't know who he was pissed off with more at the moment: Botan or himself. Botan for hitting his lover and saying some less than nice things, or himself for not stopping the deity. He wouldn't blame Keiko. She didn't do anything wrong. She was more or less a victim in this. And even if Hiei was the person he cheated on her with, he felt the apparition was a victim, too.
"God, I'm so dumb..."
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Keiko had made it to the park in less than twenty minutes. Regardless, it was now completely pitch black outside and she couldn't really see a thing. Deciding to start looking through the actual park first, she realized she was the only one there. But at least the park had street lights as opposed to the neighboring forest which just had an extra layer of shade to add to the darkness, courtesy of the vast amounts of trees.
"This is hopeless..."
"There you are!" came a recognizably chirpy voice. The brunette looked up to see the blue haired deity dropping down from her oar. Remarkably, she hit her feet and stood up unharmed as the oar itself disappeared into nothing. "Goodness, you bolted so quickly I had a hard time chasing you down with my oar!"
"I thought Yusuke might be hiding here." Keiko admitted, brushing the hair out of her eyes.
"Yusuke doesn't like the outdoors, sweety. That's Hi--"
Botan clamped a hand over her mouth before continuing, unable to believe herself for slipping like that. But Keiko looked unfazed, simply blinking at her friend.
"I know. That's why I figured this would be the best place to look for Yusuke."
Botan gaped at her friend's abundance in maturity, but she knew Keiko better than that. "You're right. That's good logic."
Keiko nodded once before heading towards the dark forest.
"Oh, ah, Keiko...!" Botan shouted after the girl. When the brunette turned around, Botan added sheepishly, "What exactly are you going to ...ah, tell Yusuke when you see him?"
"I'm gonna rip him a new one." Keiko answered bluntly, earning Botan a cold sweat. "Then," the girl continued, as she looked towards the ground. "I'm gonna wish him his happiness and leave him for good."
"Whaaaaaat?" Botan gasped, not believing what she was hearing. "Are you serious?"
"I am."
"All that hell he put you through? How he made you cry?"
"It's his decision and his life. I guess we just weren't meant to be." Keiko sighed, fighting back any emotions that would try to affect her decision. Botan didn't hesitate in running to the girl, throwing her arms around her friend.
"Oh Sweety!" she sniffled. "You deserve to be happy, too!"
"I will be!" Keiko defended. "...eventually. Besides, he's giving up a great woman. So if he isn't happy with his choice now then it's just adding insult to injury. ...And then I'll have to rip him another new one."
Botan risked a giggle as she pulled back and patted the shorter girl's shoulder. "Do you want help looking for him?"
"No, I have to do it myself. But for what it's worth... thanks."
"No problem, sweety. If you need any help..."
"I know."
With that the two parted ways, and Keiko took a deep breath before entering the dark path of trees.
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"Aaaah! Oof!" Keiko shouted as she tripped over an uprooted tree branch. "Darn...!" She started to get up, but halted when she felt the dirt all over her clothes and skin. "Ugh, not again." It was then that she noticed something that wasn't exactly nature in the forest. After and hour and a half of blindly searching...
A black dressed figure was unusually lying under a tree, facing the opposite direction of her. Had she not crashed onto the ground, she probably would have walked right passed the demon since he was camouflaged with the night so well in his dark clothes.
Surprised he hadn't acknowledged her yet, the brunette got up slowly and waddled over towards him. When she got a good look, she noticed his eyes were closed and his breathing was steady. 'Sleeping?'
Keiko crouched down to gaze at the person who, in a way, stole her lover from her.
Well, not really.
In actuality, this was Yusuke's lover. He was willing to take the step she was not. She was the girlfriend who was stuck at a standstill and lost out.
Keiko shook the thought out of her head. 'I'm surprised he didn't wake up from my yelling earlier. Normally he's more aware then this...'
The girl extended her arm, prepared to stroke some stray bangs from the apparition's face, when a hand grasped her wrist as quickly as the idea to brush the hair came into her head. Looking down, she noticed red eyes staring blankly back at her. 'Oh, he's going to pop my wrist right off!' was the first thought that came to her, and without realizing it, she flinched.
Hiei gazed at her in silence for a little bit– just enough time for her to feel awkward– then let the wrist go. Sighing a bit, he decided to ignore her and face the other direction. Feeling the cold shoulder upon her, she stuttered out a, "Sor...sorry!"
The demon brought his attention back to her, then snorted. "Any why are you apologizing?"
"I didn't mean to, ah, disturb you!" she muttered earnestly. Rolling his eyes, he just turned away again.
"Then stop disturbing me."
Keiko sighed in defeat, knowing there was no where to go from here. "So Yusuke's not with you?"
The moment Yusuke's name escaped her lips, she got the fire apparition's attention back. She noticed the brief spark in the normally closed off eyes, but didn't comment on it.
"No, he isn't." The guarded eyes pointed down as he continued, "Didn't he go to apologize to you?"
Keiko's eyes widened. Did they have a fight? If that was the case, there was hope! Maybe they felt bad for her... Maybe they understood... Maybe Yusuke wanted her back...!
Then her heart sunk when she realized Yusuke was not looking for her. He could have found her at a moment's notice if he was looking. With Hiei, however, things were never that easy. Hiei was the one he was looking for, and Hiei was the one he wanted.
She was a moot point.
With that confirmed in her head, the petite woman just shook her head. "I'm sure he's off looking for you somewhere."
"I doubt it."
"Do you?" Keiko didn't want to sound like a smart ass but she couldn't help the sarcasm. Hiei knew. He knew everything. Yet he was denying it. But to who? Her? Or himself...?
"If your purpose here was looking for the detective, then you should move on. He's clearly not anywhere near here."
"If I'm looking for Yusuke, then this is exactly where I should be." Keiko confirmed bluntly, taking a seat across from the apparition so they were eye to eye.
"And what makes you think that?" the apparition replied angrily with a raised eyebrow.
"Because he loves you." was the blunt response.
He felt his cheeks get hot from the pure annoyance at that retort. "And what, pray tell, does that have to do with anythi--"
"Hiei!"
The two quickly turned their heads away from each other and towards an approaching figure. The Toushin had finally caught up, or so it seemed. He eyed both figures, but only one seemed to register as he ran up to said one.
"Thank God I found you!"
Hiei felt himself get, for lack of a better word, glomped. "Ugh, Detective!"
"Dammit, why must you feel the need to run away from me so damn much? Fuck!" Yusuke lunged one more time, gripping the apparition as hard as he could, both of them now on their knees in the dirt of the forest, really, really late at night.
But since that was how they...found each other the first time they made love, it wasn't such a big deal.
The brunette decided to make herself known by standing up, and started to walk away. Hearing the sounds of small twigs breaking got the detective's attention and he looked up.
"Keiko?" he whispered, and the girl stopped in her tracks, presenting the boys with her back.
"Yes?"
"..." he paused, realizing he had nothing to say to her. "Why are you...?"
"I was looking for you, Yusuke." she replied curtly, fully intent to just leave now and get it over with. Just because she accepted it didn't mean it didn't hurt like hell.
"Well, uhh, then what did you want to say to me?" Yusuke gulped, really feeling nervous now. Hell, Keiko could be quite scary. On top of which, he hadn't had a real conversation with her since she found out about he and Hiei.
"I wanted to..." Keiko paused, her voice cracking. She could only assume the wetness she was feeling on her cheeks were tears. Thank the heavens her back was to them so they couldn't see the display.
"Keiko..." the former tantei urged, regretfully.
"I just wanted to tell you that I understand." she finally blurted out.
"Keiko...?"
"I understand because you are happy. And I know that now because I guess deep down I realized you were never happy with me. And now that you're happy, I can be happy for you. And since everything will have worked out with you two, then I can focus on being happy."
The girl realized she was mumbling and talking really fast. She knew she was crying but she was trying to hide it in her voice, but she wasn't succeeding.
"Keiko!" Yusuke finally said firmly, gripping the girl's shoulders and tugging her around to face him. Seeing the tears made his own remorseful expression come out. Had he really done this to his "girlfriend"?
"I'm happy you're happy Yusuke!" Keiko admitted with a smile. It didn't last though, because three seconds later she was panting in sobs and let loose a, "So I can let you go."
Hiei could feel the guilt himself now, more so then usual. He couldn't bring himself to watch the scene and looked away. He knew, deep down, that the Toushin would choose him. After all, it took Yusuke until then to even realize Keiko was with him. Yusuke loved him. He knew that. It just didn't feel right.
The scene in front of him felt right. Yusuke, Keiko, comfort.
Yet, it wasn't "right" because Keiko was giving up the comfort and Yusuke.
And giving them to him.
Hiei sighed. This was just so damn difficult. But inwardly, he was happy. He felt bad for being happy, but he was nonetheless.
Yusuke was his.
And maybe, in it's own twisted way, that was "right", too.
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A Month Later
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"Soooo?" pried Botan, leaning over the restaurant table, eyeing her brunette friend. "What's he like? I demand details!"
"Oh come on! He's just someone Dad hired from the ramen shop. I barely know him!" the brown eyed girl defended.
"Lies! We saw you flirting!" Shizuru interjected.
"He seemed really sweet, I thought." Yukina added, nodding her head in approval.
"Guuuuys!" Keiko shook her head, laughing. "I only know his name!"
"And that's all you need to know." Shizuru retorted.
"It's not like that, I swear!" Keiko began to crumble under the pressure her friends were putting over her. She had no idea that her father was such a secret match maker– even if the man didn't realize it yet. Before the inevitable break up of the notorious Yusuke and Keiko relationship (her junior high friends weren't surprised in the least; they always expected it.), the elder man had hired a boy only a year older than her. He was handsome, with light brown hair and eyes, and apparently the girls saw him "give her the eye", or so they claimed.
"He hasn't asked me out or anything." Keiko pouted. "So none of this means anything!"
"Why don't you make the first move?" Yukina suggested politely, cocking her head to the side.
"Nooo! The guy has to make the first move!"
"Don't be ridiculous." Shizuru rolled her eyes.
"You made the first move with Yusuke." Botan slyly added, looming over the brunette.
"No one made a move. That just kind of happened. And look how it ended!"
"Did this Yusuke predicament traumatize you?" Botan added, worried.
"Not at all!" Keiko answered quickly– and truthfully. "It hurt, but I'll move on eventually."
"Good girl." smiled Shizuru, leaning back in her seat. "Now where's that god damn waitress? I'm starving."
Keiko looked around the restaurant her friends invited her to, with ulterior motive it would seem. It was beautiful, a sit down place, with fancy decoration. The whole place smelled great, too, thanks to the food being prepared in the kitchen.
"She's all the way over on the other side!" Botan complained, hand over her eyes as if she were searching. "How will she bring me my parfait from way over there?"
"Like your fat ass needs any parfaits!"
The four girls' heads shot up to look at the offending raven haired man standing next to their booth, eyes looking at the blonde waitress dealing with someone else's picky food choices.
"Go away, Yusuke! I hateyou!" Botan growled half heartedly.
"God, Botan, break my heart why don't you?"
"And what exactly are you two doing here?" Shizuru asked, eyeing Hiei rather than Yusuke, who was plastered to the exDetective's side as of late. The other three girls looked from Shizuru to the pair expectantly as the brunette continued, "This is a pretty fancy restaurant. Don't tell me this is your anniversary or something." As her eyes narrowed, Botan shouted, "Shizuru!"
Yukina looked worriedly over to Keiko, but the girl only grinned and rolled her eyes.
"Anniversary? Fuck, no. Who keeps track of that shit?" Yusuke snorted.
"You mean you don't remember?" Hiei asked wide eyed, looking at the Toushin. Yusuke temporarily froze until he realized the apparition was joking.
"Don't scare me like that..." he moaned. "No, we're just here for some grub."
"It's odd to see you outside of the Makai, brother." Yukina smiled, happy to chance upon the hiyoukai while he was still in the Ningenkai.
"Well, I felt like I could spend some time with this asshole here despite my busy schedule." Hiei replied, eyes glancing at Yusuke before returning to the petite form of his sister.
"You're an asshole." Yusuke muttered under his breath, positive Hiei hadn't heard him until he got jabbed in the chest by said demon's elbow.
"Well," Yusuke coughed. "We'll leave you ladies alone now. We didn't come here to bug you."
"Okay, see you later, Yusuke." Keiko smiled warmly at her one time love. He looked at her surprised, then smiled himself.
"Yeah, definitely!" Grabbing his lover's hand, he pulled the apparition towards their table on the other side of the restaurant.
"Ugh! Do they have to flaunt themselves like that in front of you?" Botan growled, her possessive instincts showing plainly.
"I don't mind." Keiko giggled. "It's nice to finally see him honest. It's been a long time since I've seen that Yusuke. All in all, I'd say it was worth it."
With that being said, Keiko was the first to spot the waitress arrive at the table. Maybe with a parfait in front of Botan, she'd calm down a bit. After all, she wanted happy memories like this to last since she never knew what would happen tomorrow.
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End
Author's note: Haha, I may have butchered this fic with this last chapter. Rushed conclusion? Maybe. But a rushed conclusion is better than none. All in all, I like this fic anyway. :D And I hope all my lovely readers feel the same. Sorry for the long wait for an update, guys. See you next fic.