A/N: Kinda short. Again, huge thanks to AleyKitty. This chapter is a little older than my current writing, so forgive me for

anything that seems off with Kurama.

Chapter Two:

Kurama chuckled as he rolled over onto his side, phone pressed to his ear, "Cosma, you can't be serious," he taunted.

"I am serious though!" Cosma laughed into his ear, "Really, why not give it a try?"

"Because I enjoy having a head, thank you," He laughed, "That's a horrible idea, really, Hiei would kill me."

"But doesn't he want someone special?"

Kurama sighed and rolled over onto his back, sucking in a breath and grabbing his chest, "Ahh, Cosma, I might have to hang up," he wheezed.

"What's wrong?" Cosma asked, "Are Youko and Shuichi…"

"It's intense, ah," Kurama rubbed his chest, "I should hang up to deal with these two."

"I'll come over!" Rustling entered in from her side, "I'll help you-"

"That isn't a great id-" He yelped and when he recovered, Cosma had already hung up. He growled and got up to see Shuichi and Youko at the end of the bed.

"So Cosma's coming over?" Shuichi smirked.

"Please," Youko huffed, "We're mist essentially, I have yet to get my physical form."

Kurama sat up and rubbed his chest, "Really, you could both make that less painful."

"It's more fun hearing you scream." Youko taunted, getting up and swishing his tail about, "I think Cosma will like me more if she sees me, not hears about me," his ears flattened.

"No, she'll-she'll never go back to Demon World with you." Kurama denied as he got to his feet, wobbling as he made his way to the living room to answer the door when she knocked.

When she did finally knock, Kurama took a moment to watch Youko and Shuichi, who were both anxiously waiting, Shuichi, to see the thing he had felt and seen since Kurama and Cosma had started to date, and Youko to see the thing he had been taunted by. Kurama made his way to the door, his heart racing a little too quick, maybe even a little too quick for a half demon half human heart, and he opened the door to the concerned face of his girlfriend.

"Kurama!" She wrapped her arms around the redhead and gasped when she saw Shuichi and Youko, squeezing Kurama tighter.

"Hm, she's prettier when I see her with my own eyes," Youko huffed, his ears perking.

"Of course she's pretty!" Shuichi admonished at once.

Kurama sighed and pulled her into the room, shutting the door with his foot and letting a vine lock it for him, "Alright, Cosma, the fox is Youko, the guy who looks like me, he's Shuichi."

"Hm." Cosma didn't venture forward, just stayed put where she was, "So, Youko, Shuichi, and then came Kurama," she drew out all of her vowels.

"Yes." Kurama nodded.

"It's really a pleasure to finally meet you Cosma," Shuichi took a step forward and offered his hand, even if it was just mist.

"I can't say the same," Cosma shook her head, "You and Youko have both caused Kurama serious pain," she touched Kurama's chest, which made the redhead relax a little, "And I'm just saying physical pain, you've also caused him great mental stress."

"Well, I can't help it, Youko is the one who brought this all up," Shuichi huffed.

"It's true Cosma, if Youko hadn't tried to break free, this wouldn't have happened," Kurama nodded, "I'd trust Shuichi more than Youko."

"Why? Because I'm a fox?" Youko demanded angrily, his tail puffing out and his ears flattening.

"Because you aren't trustable, you want to take Cosma back to Demon World, and I'm not letting you do that," Kurama growled.

"Now now," Cosma stepped away from Kurama so she was standing between them, and in the process let her tail free from where it had been hidden in her pants, it fell to the floor loudly and started smacking against it like an irritated cat's would, "Boys, let's not get all…" she made a motion with her hand, "I didn't come over to meet you, I came over to help the man who's," she glanced at Kurama, "Who's taught me, what it means… To trust someone again, so if you do ever turn into physical people, I want you both to know that if you ever hurt him again, I will gladly turn into a dragon in Human World and chase you down until you cannot run anymore, and I will make sure to cause you pain, am I clear?"

"They won't stop Cosma, Shuichi loves you as much as I do, and Youko, well, who knows what that bastard is thinking," Kurama put a hand on her back.

Cosma turned her nose up to Shuichi and Youko and turned to Kurama, rubbing his chest, "Do you think ice would help?"

"It's gone away, it only lasts a little while, when they come out and when they enter again," Kurama smiled.

"Hm," Youko smirked and turned into mist and filtered into Kurama again, who did his best to stifle his whine.

Cosma looked back at Shuichi expectantly, "Well, get it over with."

Shuichi sighed heavily and he too filtered back into the redhead, which, like it had been doing for the past few days, made the redhead yell and pant.

"Come on, sit," Cosma tugged him over to the couch and made the man sit, which just made him wince, "Will anything make it feel better?"

"I just rub it until it goes away," Kurama took her hands when she sat down and leaned against her, nuzzling his head into her hair.

"I'll think of something to help you," Cosma whispered to him, claiming one of her hands and petting his hair, "I love you Kurama,"

Kurama chuckled a little, "I love you too."