Disclaimer: I do not own the characters from the Yu Yu Hakusho series. I only own the story line and the few original characters. Hope that you are keeping up with me here, I know the chapters are coming out rather quickly, but I can't seem to take a break. Hehe, love it though. So, on with the story, Kurama and Hiei are starting to realize the things that others around them have already noticed. What will they do next?
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Kurama woke from his dreams feeling tired. They were troubling, for they were all about Hiei. Kurama groaned as his alarm went of, indicating that he had to be up. He looked at the time and then shook his head. He was almost tempted to call off his morning classes and sleep in, but then he stopped and frowned. Struggling to get his arm from under the cover, he reached for his phone and seen that it was a Saturday. But he also noticed that there was a flashing box on the front page of his screen. He tapped it and opened the reminder. It simply read, Breakfast with Trish! Kurama shot out of bed and headed into the bathroom. He needed to discuss a few things with her, and as of this morning, his list seemed to grow. His dreams were haunting in a way... he didn't feel like that about Hiei... but there was one way to be sure. And Trish had agreed to it last night.
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Hiei finished the pitiful meal they called breakfast and sighed heavily. At least it was something... better than some of the things that he had been subjected to when with Keiko and Yusuke. He shuddered at the thought of Keiko's cooking. That was truly a death sentence if you had any notions of eating it. He smirked as his thoughts seemed to drift to a long missed fox demon. He sighed lightly and remembered all of the things that Kurama had introduced him to. With a smile, his thoughts turned to a daydream... he didn't get these often, and frankly they were a guilty pleasure for the hard fire demon. He closed his eyes and let the visions come to him...
_Flashback_
"Come on, Hiei, just try it," Kurama pleaded with him one afternoon. "You just might like it."
Hiei looked down at the bowl and seen two large white mounds of what looked like solid ice, drizzled with chocolate and a banana on both sides of the bowl. He frowned. It looked like something that a pothead would eat after blazing up. He looked up at Kurama who was already eating his. "What is it?"
"It's called a Banana Split," Kurama said and took another bite. "It has vanilla ice cream, a banana, and chocolate drizzled over the top. Come on, Hiei. You liked the last thing I made you try. And that was simply a Poptart."
Hiei smirked, he did enjoy those things. He sighed heavily and lifted a spoonful to his mouth. As the cold hit his tongue, mixing with the sweet chocolate and the tasty banana, Hiei looked down. "I hate you."
Kurama laughed and leaned back against his pillows. "No you don't. You know if you keep saying that, maybe one day it might come true."
Hiei frowned as he took another bite. He continued to eat, his eyes glued to the bowl and Kurama chuckled beside him. The ice cream was the first thing that was gone, followed by the banana after he used it to scoop up all the chocolate. Kurama shook his head and sat his finished bowl to the side. "I told you that you would like it."
"What was that white stuff?" Hiei asked sitting his bowl next to Kurama's.
Kurama smiled. "Ice cream."
Hiei mouthed the words as if trying to decipher a huge puzzle. "And it comes with the chocolate and banana?"
Kurama laughed lightly. "No, it comes by itself, but the chocolate and banana can be added to create something new. Ergo, the banana split."
Hiei sat there pondering the idea of ice cream. He wanted more, but he didn't say anything. Kurama had offered him some, since there wasn't much left. His mother had left him a note that day that told him to finish it off before she got home, so that she knew to stop and get some more. And therefore, Kurama introduced him to a new craving... ICE CREAM... the thought of the words alone made his mouth water as Kurama washed out their bowls and place them facing down in the dish rack. He had to admit, Humans could come up with some things that demons couldn't.
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The thought of Ice Cream made his mouth water for real. Damn that fox for introducing him to so many things! But then again, he did have to thank the fox, for he couldn't think of what he would have done without ever having been introduced to the stuff.
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Kurama smiled lightly as Trish walked into the cafe. Her long curly black hair and sparkling blue eyes glittered and lit up as she seen him. She took a cautious step down the stair and then walked to the table that he was sitting at. "Hey, I am so glad that you invited me to breakfast."
She reached down and kissed him on the cheek, damn, he was hoping that last night's conversation was just a bad beginning to those dreams... "Anytime."
"Sorry, I'm late," she said lightly as she sat in the chair across from him. "Damn city people don't know how to drive!"
Kurama chuckled lightly as the waitress came to give them a menu. "It's alright, Trish... I was kind of hoping to give you that excuse myself, but seeing that I beat you here, the point is mute."
She looked up at him and chuckled, but noticed the dark circles under his eyes. She frowned. "I hope I wasn't the cause of those bags under your eyes."
Kurama shook his head. "Actually, I was hoping that I could talk to you about something that you said last night."
She smiled and nodded. "Of course, I hope that you didn't take what I said and did too hard, though... I was having a bad night and had no right to take it out on you."
"Well..." he smirked lightly. "I think I kinda deserved it a bit. I was ignoring you... and again, I am sorry about that."
"So that is why you wanted to talk to me, to clear the air about what happened last night?" Trish looked at him and smiled. "I was hoping that you kinda knew."
Kurama took a deep breath. "Yes, and no. The thing is... last night you said that I had feelings for Hiei..."
Trish nodded. "It seems that way to me, I mean, we all took his sentencing a bit hard... even Tanya did, but you, you took it harder than anyone. I mean, I know he's your best friend and all and the only reason that he was sentenced was because he was helping you... but you can't blame yourself, hun."
Kurama nodded and inwardly flinched at her statement. Was it that obvious to EVERYONE? He frowned and looked up at her. "But you don't understand, Trish... I really care about you... I even told my mother about you. And that is a first, believe me."
She smiled lightly. "I care about you too, Kurama. But if I am not going to be your top priority... then what is in this relationship for me?"
Kurama smirked. "I get your point, but I am saying that you and everyone else may be wrong about what I feel."
She stopped and looked at him. "May be wrong? What are you saying that you are unsure about the way you feel?"
Kurama nodded and swallowed hard. "You see, when I look at Hiei, I see my best friend... and yea, things seemed heated and tense around us, I will admit... but I don't see a future with us. However, when I look at you... I can see everything that anyone would want."
She smiled lightly, curious as to what Kurama could possibly see with her in a future together. "Oh, yeah... and what do you see?"
"Don't take this as anything but an explanation, for now... but I can see us sitting on a front porch watching our grandchildren running around in the front yard. I can see happiness and love, and... a possibility."
"What type of possibility?" she asked after the waitress took their order to go. "I mean, the white picket fence, the children, the grandchildren... what other possibilities could there be?"
Kurama shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know... and that is why I called you. I was hoping that maybe we could try something."
Trish laughed lightly as the realization behind Kurama's words. "You want to have a little fun? Just to see if what I said last night is true?"
"Well... when you put it like that it sounds awful!" he said harshly. "I was thinking more of an experiment. I know that you are willing to help me, I can see it in your eyes."
She smiled. Even if she didn't have an actual relationship with him, a single night together would make her the happiest woman in the world. She crossed her fingers together and laid her chin on them as she looked at him. She tilted her head to the side, and smiled. "Only on one condition."
He frowned. She was sneakier than he was sometimes and he had to tread lightly with her. "What's your condition?"
"That it is one FULL night, just to make sure, and..." she leaned across the table and pulled him close enough to whisper in his ear. "... only if the Youko can make an appearance."
Trish sat back in her chair with a satisfied grin as the waitress came back with two bags of food. She handed the check to Kurama and he opened his wallet. He paid the tab, tipped the waitress, and stood up. He took the bags off the table in one hand and walked by, pulling Trish to her feet with his free hand. She smiled lightly as they walked out of the cafe and hailed a cab.
That night, Trish laid back against the pillows and sighed contently. She glanced at the Fox demon staring back at her with his golden eyes. He wasn't very interested, and had only made an appearance, because it was promised that she was kinky. But his kind of kinky was the polar opposite of hers and he hadn't taken too litely to the fact that she didn't let him be dominant. He closed his eyes and summoned back Kurama. She smiled lightly as the silver hair bled red and the eyes that opened were the beautiful green emeralds that had drawn her to him in the first place.
Trish sighed lightly. "You know... for someone who continues to claim that he doesn't have feelings for another... you seemed lost in space a bit, Kurama."
He sighed lightly and turned his head away. "I can't..."
She stopped him before he could berate himself. "Don't blame yourself, Kurama. It is kinda the norm for both of you."
Kurama frowned and sat up on his elbow to look at her. "What do you mean by both of us?"
Trish smiled. "Tonya complains that Hiei sometimes spaces out. That he doesn't seem to be thinking of her sometimes. But hey... if your gay, your gay."
Trish was telling him that it was okay with her that he didn't feel the way she had hoped? God this woman drove him to insanity sometimes. "What are you saying?"
She giggled lightly and sat up in the bed, holding the sheet to cover her breast. "It's a life choice, Kurama. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it! Nothing! I have a lot of gay and lesbian friends. They are the closest friends that a girl can have, because if they are lesbian, then I don't have to worry about them stealing my man. But the guys, however, I just make it a point to them that he is mine."
Kurama frowned knowing that there had to be a deeper meaning to her words. To him it sounded like she was talking around a certain subject. "You experimented before, haven't you?"
She smiled lightly as her cheeks turned a rosy pink. "Hey... it's not only college boys that get bored..."
He smirked and nodded. "True. But you never mentioned that to me before. We have known each other SINCE college."
She shrugged her shoulders. "What can I say? I experimented... the experiment failed... I went back to guys, and then I met you. It wasn't something that I was exactly telling the world. I knew that I would tell you eventually."
Kurama looked down at his hands and sighed lightly. "How could such feelings be so obvious to other people, but MY feelings are so oblivious to me?"
"It is called unsure for a reason, Kurama," she said lightly. "Some people can realize their feelings before they become known to others, but then some people can't. It's not a fault, you know... things just happen that way."
Kurama sighed lightly again, she had a point. "When did you first start to realize that my feelings weren't for you?"
Trish stood up and took the sheet with her, leaving Kurama naked on the bed. She turned and gave him a good look. "The first time we were together. I couldn't be so sure, though... it wasn't until Hiei was hit by that car that I was sure. You didn't leave his bedside once. Not even I could get your attention then, and that was when I knew."
Kurama turned to the side of the bed and pulled on his boxers. "Almost a year? And you stuck in for this long?"
Trish shrugged her shoulders. "A girl can dream can't she?"
Kurama watched her walk into the bathroom and start the shower. He looked at her and she turned back to him as he picked up his pants and shirt. She walked back to him and planted a feather light kiss on his lips. "I was being serious when I said that I was okay with just being friends. I wouldn't want you to disappear from my life forever, just because you realized your true feelings."
He smiled lightly and hugged her tight. "I wouldn't abandon you. I don't think I ever could."
She smiled and turned to the bathroom where steam was billowing out the door. "Now... go home and get some sleep... tomorrow is your first chance to see him again."
Kurama frowned. "How did you know that Hiei gained his visiting privilege early?"
"He is sleeping with my sister," she called back. "She tells me everything."
Kurama smiled and dressed as he heard her get into the shower. He chuckled lightly and seen a pen and paper on her dresser. He bent down and printed a small note and then signed it. He stuck the note into her mirror and walked out of the house. When Trish got out of the shower a while later, she found the note and smiled as she read it.
-Trish,
Thank you for being such a good person. I hope that our friendship will continue to blossom as I may need your advise again soon. I do love you, and I thank you for showing me what it meant to realize that things aren't always as they appear. I will call you tomorrow.
- Forever, Kurama.
Trish smiled as she walked to her closet and got dressed. Well, that was an unexpected end to the night. She sighed lightly and turned to the bed, stopping when she seen a beautiful yellow rose sitting against her pillow. Kurama had told her a while back that yellow roses meant friendship. She smiled lightly as she picked up the rose, inhaling the floral scent, smirking as she knew that was Kurama's scent. She twirled the rose in her fingers and walked to the spare bedroom. She was unsure how her sister was going to take the breakup with Hiei when he finally did realize HIS feelings. Trish smiled lightly. Now that would be a show.
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The End of Chapter Three: Unsure. I am sorry that there was no real action in this chapter, but I couldn't find the words that would make the story right, so I just simplified the entire scene. Oh, well. I will save all that mushy and juicy stuff for later. *Wink Wink* Until then, please leave your comments and your reviews and any requests that you might have. I look forward to hearing from you all.
