The Childhood Friend of Kurama Part 16: The Sleepover Continues and Talk Between Brother and Sister

I rejoined Keiko and Yukina and saw Yukina's nails being worked on.

"Nice job, Keiko."

"Hey, thanks. Everything okay with Kurama?"

"Yes, everything's fine. Just...had a nice talk, that's all."

Yukina smiled as she looked at my face.

"Something happened, didn't it?"

"Actually, yes .Something did happen during our talk."

"Oh, do tell."

I giggled at how eager they looked and sat down on my bed.

"Okay. When we were talking, we...kissed."

"Aw, how sweet."

Keiko smiled big and clapped her hands.

"What happens now, Ayame?"

"I don't know. We're probably going to talk about it tomorrow. After all, this is our night."

"Awesome. The sleepover continues!"

After our nails were finished, we noticed how late it was getting and decided to do one more activity: secret telling. I offered to go first.

"Let's see...oh, I got it. Once when I was 16,I very discreetly looked over a classmate's shoulder to get answers for an important Biology exam. I purposefully missed a couple of answers so no one would suspect I did anything, but my overall test score was enough for a passing grade that year."

Yukina gasped and giggled while putting a hand over her mouth.

"Ayame, I never would've guessed you were capable of such things."

"It's surprising, yes, but even I am capable of doing it."

Keiko then told a secret of how she pranked Yusuke when they became teenagers by switching his hair gel with maple syrup. He eventually found out and threw a fit.

"Okay, Yukina. See if you can top that one."

"I'll try. Um, I know Hiei's my brother."

Keiko and I looked at each other, then Keiko spoke up.

"When did you find that out?"

"I overheard Kurama talking with him about it once. They never even knew I was close enough to hear them. I plan on talking about it with him pretty soon."

I sighed and smiled.

"Sorry we've been keeping it from you. Whenever we think of telling you, Hiei always makes some silly threat. He's just afraid you won't like having a former felon as a brother."

"I'll want him as a brother no matter what he's done. He's atoned for everything, so there's nothing he needs to worry about."

After some more secret telling, we decided to turn in for the night.

Kurama's POV:

When I woke up the next morning, I was surprised to see Ayame sitting with Keikoku on my windowseat.

"How'd you two get in here?"

"You left the door unlocked, silly. Keikoku wanted to see you."

Keikoku held out her arms and I smiled while picking her up.

"She's gotten so big. Hard to believe what size she was when we first found her."

"Yeah. She has grown quite a bit."

Ayame sat beside me as I placed Keikoku in my lap.

"Kurama, we need to discuss some things. Since we've…confessed our feelings, well have to make some changes."

"Yes, I agree. Since we plan on growing old together, it makes sense that we share a room. Keikoku may use the room she's currently sharing with you."

"So, looks like we'll be moving in together."

"If we ever plan on having children someday, we'll eventually need to mate. Keikoku will also need a father. I'd like to be that for her."

Ayame smiled softly and kissed my cheek.

"That's a sweet idea. I'm sure Keikoku would love to have you as a father."

Once that was out of the way, I gave Keikoku back to her mother and smiled.

"Forgive me, Ayame, but I must freshen up. I promised my stepbrother I'd spend some time with him and the rest of the family today."

"Oh, of course. Tell them I said hello."

"Of course."

Yukina's POV:

Ever since I discovered Hiei was my brother, I've been wanting to talk to him about it. I just hoped he wouldn't react in a negative way by my bringing it up. I entered the living room to see Hiei was alone and sitting on the couch.

"Hiei, mind if I speak with you?"

"Hn, do what you want."

I sighed and sat down beside him, carefully taking his hand in mine. His eyes widened as he looked at me. I smiled and giggled.

"I wanted to talk to you about what I overheard in your talk with Kurama. I understand fully why you felt you couldn't tell me the truth. Despite what happened in your past, I'm willing to let it all go. I have wandered around trying to find you and now that I have, I don't ever want to go through it again. I just want my brother with me.

His shocked look disappeared and I was pleased to see a small smile on his face.

"You have no idea how much I wished you'd say that to me, Yukina. I wasn't expecting you to find out like you did, but I am pleased to see you don't mind."

"You're my brother, Hiei. I'm just glad to have you back."

That's a wrap for part 16. While Kurama and Ayame talk of their future, Yukina and Hiei talk about her knowing that he's her brother. To his surprise, she doesn't seem to mind. Part 17 will begin in Ayame's POV as she's called into Koenma's office and makes a surprising discovery. Also in part 17, Yusuke expresses sympathy for Ayame after he hears what happened. Stay tuned to see what happens