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Hiei stared at me from the doorway. Was he staring, or glaring? I could never tell with him. I sat in the bathtub, glancing up at him awkwardly. Occasionally, I would splash the water, just so there was a break in the silence.
Soon, it turned into a meticulous habit that I had no control over. As though on a timer, I would begin to splash every couple of minutes in order to distort the quietness of the bathroom. Each splash made me feel a little better. It made me feel like I was more myself.... Apparently, the sound of splashing had become such a dreadful aggravation to Hiei's ears that he felt the need to shout at me.
"Splash that blasted water again, and I swear to you that I will rip your hands off." He said warningly, looking at me from narrowed eyes.
I lifted my hand further out of the water, bringing it down slowly, as though I were going to splash. I never once took my eyes off him as I did this. My hand hovered above the water, and there was an intense stare-down between us....
He was being a complete ass, and yet, I felt he had every right to act this way to me. After all, I had nearly killed him.... The remorse I felt only minutes ago seemed to be long gone, an evanescent emotion within my system.
It wasn't even my fault in the first place.
No, but you could have tried harder to stop it?
I could have tried harder to stop an all-powerful concoction used for Spirit World Law Enforcement?
You nearly killed him! Show some sympathy for him!
And what does he ever show for me?
That hardly matters! Whatever he's done, two wrongs don't make a right! He could be a decent person, you just have to give him time to open up to you...
I shouldn't have to do anything! He should just accept me as I am. Take it or leave it, like it or not.
And do you?
....
I allowed my hand to crash down into the water quickly, making the splashing sound. Simultaneously, Hiei lunged himself at me, falling into the water, himself, just for the joy at binding my hands. He was completely soaked, and there was water everywhere.
I was just beginning to worry that I would have to clean up all the water when logical thought process settled in, and I realized that Hiei and I were now sitting in the bathtub...together....both my wrists caught in one of his hands.
This is hardly appropriate! And he wasn't even making any attempts to get out of the tub!
I wondered what sort of a look I could possibly be giving him! He just sat in the water, staring at me....as if waiting for me to egg him on..... His grip over my wrists remained tight, and it felt as though hours were passing by ever so quickly.
The splashing sound he made had been great indeed! Why was no one coming in to investigate? Wasn't anyone at all curious? Had anyone heard?
My eyes flickered to the door momentarily, and when they flickered back to the demon before me, he had closed much of the distance between us, his head had inched closer to mine.
"Hiei? What the hell do you think you're doing?" I shouted in his face, staring at his unblinking eyes.
His head inched closer to mine, tilted, and before I was even aware it was happening, his lips were ravaging mine. He released my wrists, moving his hands up to the back of my head.
I was engulfed in kiss after passionate kiss. At first, I felt intense nausea, as though I was going to puke. I raised one of my now free hands up to smack Hiei, when out of the blue, I detected a pleasant tingling sensation upon my lips, appearing with a burning ferocity wherever his lips most recently touched.
Was I really enjoying this? Something had to be wrong. Perhaps Nobyuki had taken control of me again? Was he creating this image within my mind, almost like a virtual reality? What was this for?
So many things I did not understand, and suddenly, as though all control had been ripped from me, I closed my eyes and leaned into the kiss, a warm feeling building from within my lips, budding, blossoming, and warming my entire body.
I felt such strange enjoyment from kissing Hiei. Never in a million years would I have ever thought that possible. What was wrong with Hiei? Why was he kissing me?
And more importantly, why was I kissing him back? This was all so strange.
Mustering up whatever power I felt I had over my body, I threw Hiei back, more water spilling over the sides of the tub.
"KURAMA!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. I didn't have to yell twice. Within milliseconds, the door was flung open and the kitsune ran in, worry and fear playing on his features. He took only a moment to stare at the scene before him before he even bothered to open his mouth to question anything.
I hardly gave him the chance. In his confusion, he placed a firm hand on Hiei's left shoulder. In that instant, feeling as though he could subdue Hiei if required, and with much ease, I lifted myself from the tub and stepped out onto the tile.
Reaching over to the rack, I grabbed my towel and began to dry myself off.
"What the hell happened here?" He asked, looking frantically between the two of us. "Did something happen, Amaya? Was it Nobuyuki?"
I said nothing, only glaring at Hiei. I did not wish to speak. And even if I did, what good would it do any of us? I had no idea about what had just transpired.
Hiei did not meet either of our eyes, staring at the wall on the bathtub's side.
Figuring that some sort of explanation needed to be presented, I opened my mouth to speak. As I did so, only choking sounds emerged. I found I no longer had control over my vocal actions... I struggled to bring my hands to my throat, to signify that there was something wrong. However, I found that I could not do this. I was losing control of my body, slowly, piece by piece.....
All I could do was stare at Kurama and Hiei in horror for a split second....before I heard the laughing....his laughing....echoing terribly within the walls of my mind.
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