"Alright Hiei, Yusuke's skipping school this week, so you're going over there, because I really need the rest." Kurama said softly.
Hiei looked up at him confused. Urameshi?! No. That man could barely take care of himself! No! No way in hell was he going to spend a week with that moron! And he'd probably have Kuwabara 'helping' him! No no no no no! He kicked violently and Kurama sighed.
"You know, for a grown man, you're awfully clingy." Kurama smiled. "Keiko was right, you're just a little kid inside."
"No!" Hiei said loudly.
"Yes, you are. Now come on, nap time." Kurama said, reaching down to pick him up.
"No!" Hiei crawled away hastily. Kurama laughed lightly and plucked him up.
"Now that's enough." Kurama said, wrapping a blanket around him and holding him close.
Hiei struggled against what he'd come to call the sleeper hold, but eventually gave up and let himself fall asleep. Kurama grinned and lay him down in the car seat, which he then set into the carriage. He gathered up all the things Hiei would need and walked to Yusuke's house.
"Hey Kurama." Yusuke said. He was sitting outside the front door.
"Hello..why are you outside?" He asked warily.
"Waiting for Keiko to get here. She's gonna help me out with the shrimp." He grinned.
"Ah. I see." Kurama nodded. "Don't hold him unless he wants to be held. Otherwise he pitches a fit."
"Ok." Yusuke nodded.
"And you'll know when he wants to be held. He says 'up.'" Kurama said.
"Oh, that shouldn't be too hard then." Yusuke nodded.
"One more thing." Kurama said, turning to leave. "Absolutely do not let Kuwabara hold him."
"Hhahaha yeah, that would be bad." Yusuke laughed.
As Kurama was dissapearing from sight Keiko was walking up to Yusuke.
"He's asleep? Already?" Keiko sighed.
"Yup." Yusuke grinned.
"Well, he'll be up soon enough." Keiko started bringing everything inside. She'd cleaned the whole house the night before. "Is your mother coming home this week?"
"No." Yusuke stretched and brought Hiei and the carriage inside.
He looked down at Hiei and sighed. Keiko set up a portable crib in Yusuke's room and lay Hiei down in it. She put a warm blanket over him and walked out into the living room.
"Well...what do we do until he wakes up?" Keiko asked.
"Um..watch TV." Yusuke shrugged and sat on the floor.
Keiko sat on the couch and stared at the television. She wished Hiei was awake, that way she could have something to do. She hated sitting still. The door suddenly burst wide open.
"Hey Yusuke!" Kuwabara yelled loudly.
"Keep it down!" Yusuke shouted back just as loud.
Keiko knocked their heads together.
"Shut up, both of you." She said sternly. A little whine came from Yusuke's room and she rolled her eyes. "Now look what you've done."
She walked into Yusuke's room and picked up the tiny form. He stared at her. Great, the damn fox dropped him off already. He clutched the front of Keiko's shirt irritably.
"You ok?" Keiko asked.
"No!" Hiei grouched.
"Oh really now?" keiko grinned.
'What is she thinking...' Hiei stared at her warily.
"Open your mouth." She said.
"No!" Hiei clamped his mouth shut.
"I just want to see something." She said softly.
He eyed her for a moment, then opened his mouth. Just as he's suspected she reached right into his mouth and was pressing down on his gums. When she reached a certain part of his gums he bit down instantly.
"I thought so." She smiled. "Kurama said you'd been grouchy lately. You've got a tooth coming in."
Hiei glared at her. A month had passed since the thing with Shiori, and since about 3 weeks after she left he'd been grumpy and sick. No wonder Kurama wanted to get rid of him.
"Does it hurt?" She asked. He stared at her. He hadn't learned any new words since "up." How was he supposed to answer her, that yes, it hurt like a bitch.
"Y...y...y...y...y.." He tried anyway.
"What?" Keiko looked at him confused.
"Y...y...ye..ye-ye-yes.." He breath heavily.
"I'll get you some oragel." She smiled at him. He was far from happy.
"Hmph!" He kicked around in her arms.
"What's the matter? What do you want?" She asked.
"Rama!" He said.
"Oh..." Keiko sighed. "You're here for a week."
"No!" Hiei shouted.
He was starting to tantrum and Keiko just put him back in the crib and left the room. Kuwabara and Yusuke looked at her questioningly as she walked out and closed the door to block out Hiei's tantrum.
"He's mad, and if you give in to him everytime he gets mad, he'll just keep it up." She sat on the couch to watch TV.
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Hiei lay in the crib yelling for a little while, then sighed when he realized no one was coming. He stared at the door before curling up in a ball.
'Damn it...I really am becoming a burdon...' He thought to himself. He pulled the blanket up over himself and closed his eyes. 'Maybe I'll wake up and this will all have been a dream...'
He slowly drifted to sleep, it was the first time since the ordeal started that he wasn't being held while falling asleep, and he didn't like it. His eyes snapped open.
'...what the hell was I thinking? I can't count on them to hold me all the time! They're not going to be as willing when I'm my normal size, so why get used to it? Damn it, I'm an idiot!' He thought to himself. He curled up tighter and slipped into his dreams.
Keiko walked into Yusuke's room after a few minutes of sudden silence. She saw Hiei sleeping and sighed, feeling slightly guilty. She pulled a stuffed bear from her backpack and tucked it under Hiei's arm. Hiei groaned a little befire snuggling close to it. She smiled.
"You can keep him." She whispered. She turned and left the room.
"So, is he on some kind of eating schedule?" Yusuke asked.
"Yeah, every 4 hours he gets 5 ounces with some oatmeal cereal in it, and he only gets it at night if he wakes up. Golden rule, let sleeping babies lie." She said, sitting down on the couch. "I'll be staying here for the next week as well."
"Um...ok." Yusuke grinned.
"Don't be a perv, I'm here for Hiei." Keiko grinned right back.
"Awww...ok" Yusuke puted. Keiko rolled her eyes.
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