Eavesdrop
By TearStar
I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho, Bleach and Ouran High School Host Club…
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Chapter 2
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The next day of school started and the 1st day of Yusuke and Kurama's date is about to begin…
Yusuke escorted Kurama towards the school, shifting, moving, and looking around; acting bodyguard to Kurama.
"You don't have to be over-protective, Yusuke."
"No, we never know what that blonde host will do to get you in their Host Club."
They continued to walk until someone tried to step up in front of Kurama…
"Hold it right there, punk!" –Yusuke stopped him, pointing to an orange-head.
"Hmn? Who are you calling 'punk'?"
"You! Hair-bleached guy!" –Yusuke pointed.
"Me? I'm not a punk! I have a name, Kurosaki Ichigo. And I did not bleach my hair! That's natural."
"Ichigo, huh? How 'bout we get to know each other for a while…" –Yusuke said, inviting a fistfight.
"Yusuke! Ichigo! Don't even think about it." –Kurama stopped them before punches were thrown.
"You know him, Kurama?" –Yusuke in disbelief.
"Yes, he's a classmate of mine."
Ichigo threw his bag over his shoulder. "Thanks for this." He brought out a handkerchief and returned it to Kurama.
Yusuke almost crossed his eyes while watching the handkerchief transfer from Ichigo's hand to Kurama's…
"What the hell! Kurama? You lend your handky to this guy?"
"Yusuke, there's an explanation."
"We haven't even started to date yet! We're just beginning to, later after classes, and you're already lending your handky to other guys?"
"Yusuke…"
"Oi! Kurosaki!" -3 guys from another school showed up, one of them sporting a steel baseball bat.
"Tch, not again." –Ichigo dropped his bag for a while and faced the 3.
"You beat our member yesterday. And you're gonna pay for it today!"
Ichigo started fistfighting with the 3 guys, beating the guy with a bat first, then using it against the remaining two. Yusuke, on the other hand, enthusiastically watched Ichigo fight. After the fight was over, blood trickled out of the side of Ichigo's lip.
"That." –Kurama pointed. "That was the same reason I lent him my handky yesterday."
"Is that so…" –Yusuke circled Ichigo. "He fights?"
"…Oh no…" –Kurama hit his forehead with his palm.
"…I think we'll get along!"
"…" –Ichigo looked back at Yusuke and grinned.
Yusuke placed his arm around Ichigo. "Hello there, I'm Urameshi Yusuke."
"…I don't start the fights, they do."
"Exactly my situation, too!" –Yusuke exclaimed.
Ichigo placed his arm around Yusuke too. "Hey there, buddy."
"Ahahahaha!" –the two of them laughed together.
Kurama watched them. 'This is what I fear… these two 'always-gets-in-a-fight' guys to meet… Agh…'
"I think I'm gonna have a headache, Yusuke."
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"Are you sure about that, Kyouya?" –Tamaki wanting further confirmation.
"Yes."
"He likes…"
"Yes… I saw it."
"Hikaru! Kaoru!" –Tamaki stood on a pedestal which seems not there before…
"Yes, boss!"
"Invite Kurama over here!"
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"See you tomorrow, class."
"Yes, Sir."
Kurama fixed his stuff and tried to ignore Yusuke for a while. The detective is at his side, pacing.
"Uhm… Kurama…" –Yusuke paced back and forth.
"Yes?"
"I have a problem…"
"What?"
"…I don't know where to take you on a first date."
"…Don't you think you shouldn't have disclosed that information? That's so minus points."
"Points? What points?"
"You-becoming-my-boyfriend points…?"
"…Oh… Ahaha! Actually I have somewhere in mind."
Yusuke took Kurama to a restaurant. A pretty decent one at that.
'Well, that's good. At least he didn't take me to the arcades.'
"Kurama, our table's here… waiter, please!"
Kurama and Yusuke sat across each other, nervousness obvious on Yusuke; his hands are trembling!
"Uhm… Yusuke?"
"Hn?" –trying to look cool.
"Are you alright? You're trembling."
"O-Oh? Am I? Well… I-I… It's… I've liked you for so long now and this is the very first time I have alone time with you…" –Yusuke blushed again.
Kurama chuckled a little then smiled at Yusuke. He was so amused on the fact that the great Urameshi Yusuke, who defeated lots of strong demons is trembling and blushing in front of him; and is blushing harder the longer he stares at him. Moments later, their order arrived and they begun eating and conversing every once in between bites.
"Actually, I like you too, Yusuke."
"Mnn? Agh! Agh!"
"Y-Yusuke? Are you ok?"
"Argh…" –Yusuke choked on his food. Continued coughing until it was cleared. "W-What? Say that again? Foxboy?"
"I said, I like you too, Yusuke."
…Yusuke stared at Kurama for a loooong time… I guess a good 3 minutes passed there.
"You're not shitting me?"
"Iie, Yusuke? Why would I do that?"
"You really like me?"
"Yes. Very much." –now it's Kurama who's blushing.
"ArigatoGozaimasuKami!" –Yusuke praised.
Yusuke blinked a few times then a grin is starting to form. Kurama started to smile too.
"Soooo does that mean I'm your boyfriend now?"
"Hmm… Since we both like each other and known each other for years now, there's no more point on lengthening this. Ok, I'm answering you."
"Alright! Courtship: demon way. sir…" –Yusuke spoke to himself, with arms crossed and head nodding.
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"WHAT?" –Tamaki screamed at the top of his lungs.
"He denied to come here. And he's out there, dating."
"Girls?"
"No… a guy." –the twins disclosed.
Tamaki gave out a drama-queen cry then sulked in his little dark corner; growing mushrooms.
"What guy?" –Kyouya asked.
"Yusuke Urameshi. The guy he was with before." –Kaoru.
"Yeah, the badboy type." –Hikaru added.
"Ha!" –Tamaki recovered and an idea sparked in his mind.
"What is it, Tamaki?... don't tell me… huh!" –Kyouya figured out too.
"Yes, Mommy! We will recruit Yusuke too! We're going to have a new love team. The 'goodboy and badboy' team!"
In Tamaki's mind theater, he pictures the host club with Yusuke and Kurama in it and more satisfied ladies than before.
'Yusuke, you fought again?'
'They started it.'
Kurama dropped his book then rushed at Yusuke's side to tend on his bleeding lip.
'It's ok, Kurama. You don't have to patch it up or something.'
'Who said I'm gonna patch it up?'
Kurama slowly leaned in and kissed Yusuke's lip…
"Ahhh, so wonderful!" –Tamaki striking his pose.
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Yusuke whistled his way back into their room. Kurama is bathing and he decided to surprise him with some ice cream the moment he steps out of the bathroom.
"Hey Foxboy! You coming out anytime soon?" –Yusuke hollered by the bathroom door.
"Yes, just a few moments more."
"You better be 'coz I have a surprise for you!"
"…That better be not a hentai surprise."
"No! It's not!... and I'm not a hentai!"
"…Coming out."
Yusuke grinned then stepped back from the door; he hid the ice cream behind him and…
"Tadah!" –Yusuke presented the sugar-cone strawberry ice cream the very second Kurama came out.
"Woah!... Yusuke?"
"Liked it?"
Kurama took it and smiled. Yusuke sat back on his bed and watched Kurama brush his hair. A few minutes passed, Kurama's phone rang. Kurama answered it.
"Hello."
"Kurama?"
"…Ichigo?"
"Oh? Hey, ichigo!" –Yusuke jumped to Kurama's side.
The next happenings didn't suit Yusuke's taste… Kurama shooed him silent then stood from his chair. Kurama kept speaking on the phone with Ichigo…
"…Uh-huh… ok… I'll pick you up."
Kurama ended the conversation then looked at Yusuke.
"…You're picking him up? Where? Why?" –Yusuke investigated.
"He's on his way here. He said he wanted to see our dorm."
"Oh…"
After 10 minutes, Kurama came back with Ichigo and someone new to Yusuke's eyes. Yusuke sneaked up on Kurama and whispered…
"Kurama? Who's that big-boobs girl?"
"Y-Yusuke? Shh… that's Inoue, Ichigo's friend." –Kurama whispered back.
"Oh… How come we don't have a big-boobs character in our series, Kurama?"
Kurama raised an eyebrow and sported a complete befuddled look.
"Nice place, Kurama-kun." –Inoue commented.
"Ah, yes. Thank you."
Yusuke stopped the whisperings and stared at Inoue, or rather at her big… Inoue looked back at him, then Ichigo noticed.
"Ah, that's Yusuke Urameshi. Yusuke, this is Inoue." –Ichigo formally introduced them.
"Nice to meet you, Yusuke-kun."
"Ah! Yeah, you too."
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"Hurry up, Yusuke!" –Screamed the very mad Kurama.
"Just a few seconds more!" –Yusuke hurried around the room.
He woke up late, if he doesn't move fast, they'll end up late on their first class. One more stroke to his gelled up hair and he stepped out their room.
"You better not repeat that again. I have a quiz on my first class. I should have just left you here and went ahead."
"Don't do that Kurama! Those rich kids might do something to you when you go to school alone." –Yusuke worried.
"…Do you think I will let that happen?"
"…Well…"
Kurama sighed and signaled that they should get going. Both of them practically ran towards the school gate and dashed to their own respective classes.
"Ahh, gomen, sensei." –Kurama apologized, he got late.
The professor stared at him with irritated eyes. Then he sat next to Ichigo, with Kyouya eyeing him closely.
"Kurama? What happened?" –Ichigo whispered.
"Yusuke woke up late."
"Oh… good thing you're just in time. He was just about to say the first question."
"Really? Thank heavens…" –Kurama looked in his bag to get a piece of paper from his notebook when he realized it's not there.
"Gah, my notebook… where could it be…"
Kurama looked back on the earlier events. He remembered well he put it in his bag. And remembered, there was a moment, when they were running, that he felt something hit the heel of his shoes… it was his notebook.
"Oagh… Ichigo? Do you have spare paper? I… lost my notebook." –Kurama asked, embarrassment obvious in his voice.
"Yeah."
Ichigo handed over a piece of paper just in time for the first question. So Kurama's day went on like that, he kept on asking paper from Ichigo for lesson notes. Ichigo doesn't really mind. The orange-head even gave him his extra notebook.
"That's yours."
"You're giving it to me?"
"Yeah. It's just a notebook anyway."
"Thank you."
Ichigo smiled back at Kurama. "It's lunchtime, you're not eating?"
"Uh…"
"Waiting for Yusuke, huh?"
"Yes. He's schedule lets him eat lunch 30 minutes more from my lunch sched."
"Then, let's just wait for him at the cafeteria."
"Ok."
Yusuke stretched from his seat then stood. He went to Kurama's room to fetch him for lunch. He now regrets not matching his schedule with Kurama's. Kurama has an hour and a half free time, exactly at lunch time too. While him, got a schedule half an hour late compared to Kurama's. He looked in Kurama's classroom but the fox's not there.
"Oh, Yusuke-kun?" –Inoue greeted.
"Oh, hi. Have you seen Kurama?"
"He's at the cafeteria."
"Oh, thanks."
"Oh wait! Can you please give this to Ichigo?"
"Huh?"
"He's eating lunch with Kurama."
"Well, ok." –Yusuke took the little red box from Inoue.
Heading to the cafeteria, Yusuke got curious on what the box contain. He has been trying hard not to suddenly burst it open. Lucky for him, he quickly spotted Kurama; laughing with Ichigo.
"You might choke, foxy." –Yusuke stood beside Kurama.
"Haha-oh? Yusuke!" –Kurama moved to let Yusuke sit beside him. "Ichigo's so funny."
Yusuke looked at Ichigo who has just recovered from teary laughter. "Hey there, Yusuke!"
"Yeah… oh, I remembered. Inoue asked me to give this to you."
Ichigo took the red box and opened it. Yusuke eyed it closely… it's a badge.
"What's that?" –he asked.
"Ahh… I… well since all of us here had dealt with spirits; this is a shinigami badge… Renji must have sent it for me."
"Shinigami? You mean… you deal with spirits too?" –Kurama.
"Yes. See, I just accidentally happened to replace a shinigami in her job."
"So you have spiritual powers too?" –Yusuke asked in a low voice.
"Yes… just like the two of you. Famous spirit world fighters."
"You heard of us?" –Kurama was surprised.
"Yeah. The no. 1 Captain in soul society meets with Koenma once in a while. So we know about you guys."
"Huh! We're famous Kurama!" –Yusuke looked at Kurama, eyebrows moving up and down; kind of feeling proud.
And so the three of them ate together sharing experiences on demons and spirits… without knowing the twins are on their tail…
"What are they talking about, Hikaru?"
"I don't know, Kaoru. All I hear is spirit power, demons, etc. They must have gone mad…"
The twins looked at each other, then just shrugged their shoulders.
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"See you tomorrow, Kurama." –Ichigo bade goodbye at the end of their class.
"Yes. And thank you again for the notebook. And pen." –Kurama sheepishly smiled.
As the day progressed, with Kurama losing his notebook and Ichigo giving him a new one, unfortunately his pen lost ink too… and Ichigo gave him a pen. Kurama insists that he would just borrow the items and give them back or he would just replace them tomorrow, but Ichigo rejected. 'That's all yours now' the Shinigami would say.
"See you tomorrow!" –Kurama waved goodbye to Ichigo.
Somehow, after all the misfortunes he experienced today, Kurama still felt happy because of the new things he learned. Especially about Ichigo. Being Shinigami and all those stuff they all share experience with; Kurama was happy that there is someone who understands him aside from those in his Yu Yu Hakusho world.
"Hmn, I guess I'd be spending more time with Ichigo."
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