Demonic Monsters

Chapter 7

The Confession

Hiei was on his way back to where he sensed Twyla and Howleen in the courtyard, and couldn't help but think about all that has happened since he moved here. He's gained a sister and father, but never spends time with them unless it's absolutely necessary. He's also gained two friends, and he can actually stand to be around them, so that's a good thing in of itself.

He's gained a few 'enemies' here, but it's mainly that vampire and the werecat that keep trying to do juvenile pranks on him. If he was being honest with himself, the past few months have been great, and he even would go so far as to say he had fun a few times. However he would never admit that to anyone, or to himself out loud.

As he was about to rounding a corner he heard the voice of Howleen talking to Twyla, "you have to tell him Twyla."

"I can't Howleen, I know that while he was gone we discovered that it's more than a crush, but that doesn't mean that I'm ready to be humiliated if he rejects me," Twyla told her friend.

"You won't know until you try, and what makes you think he'll reject you, you aren't a normy so he has no reason to," the she wolf said.

"That isn't what I mean, he's a demon, which means that he doesn't feel what we feel, I don't even know if Hiei knows what the feeling of love is," the boogie monster admitted.

'She's in love with me, at least she isn't human, so the fox can't say I gave into human emotions if he ever finds out, and if he does I can blame it on my monster half," Hiei thought.

"News flash, he's also half vampire, and that means he has all of the emotions that everyone else has, the only difference is that he was raised to think they're week," Howleen said.

"I just don't know how to do it and not feel so rejected, or where a relationship with him will go if he does except me. I also don't want to ruin our friendship, can you imagine what this will do to it," Twyla said sarcastically.

"Yes I can, but don't think about that, just think of the cute babies you both would make, there is no way you can deny that little fact," she said.

"Slow down, he hasn't accepted my love yet, and might not, I just don't know what to do right now, I'll tell him soon," the boogie monster said with uncertainty.

"You better, I'm starting to fear for my money in the pool that's going on," Howleen casually said before she could stop herself.

"What do you mean by that Howleen, does everyone know about it except for Hiei," Twyla asked in a dangerous tone.

"Well to be honest, yes they do, and they even made a betting pool to see if you would ever tell him or not, and naturally I bet on you telling him so don't freak out," she admitted.

"Next time, don't make bets about somebody's love life," she simply said before shadow slamming Howleen into the ground and walking away.

What just happened made Hiei have to think, over the past few months Twyla has been a great friend, actually she has been his best friend for a while now. She easily took Kurama's spot after getting to know each other and having a very good time in conversations. Kurama was mostly a know it all in conversations, acting as if he had all the answers and never letting up on that part of his personality. Twyla however, doesn't pretend to know all the answers and knows how to carry a conversation without making everyone else feel small.

However feeling emotions was for humans and those that aren't warriors, Hiei was a warrior, meaning he can't allow himself to feel anything for someone. Even having friends was a liability, and he was pushing it with having even the minimal number of friends that he had now. Through in a relationship into the mix and you have a world of trouble in the place of a quiet standing that he had.

He would say peace, but that implies that his skills would get dull, a quiet standing is the best he can hope for to make sure his skills don't diminish. Now though, now is the time to go home and sleep on what he has learned, and also on what he can do to keep his friendship with the one person that he likes in this damn place.

Next day

Hiei was tired, he never knew that contemplating a girl's feelings over him would be so exhausting, and he had to put up with Kuwabara quite a few times. Of course, he didn't show that he was exhausted, but that doesn't mean he wasn't. The really bad thing was that he didn't know when Twyla was going to confess, and that means he doesn't know how much more time he has to prepare.

"Hey Hiei," speak of the devil, and he shall appear, or in this case she.

"Hn," Hiei said for his usual greeting to anyone, including his friends in public, which is where they are as they are in the hallway to class.

"I have something private to discuss with you at the spot, so during lunch break is when we'll speak," Twyla said in a hushed tone.

He just nodded and kept walking to class while having the same thought in mind, 'fuck my life.' Because his life was truly an unlucky one, as soon as he thinks life is good, shit comes to get in the way and throw a curve ball. Oh well, he will take this like he takes everything else on, head on and with no remorse with the outcome because it will still be his victory.

Classes progressed quickly and then came down to the awaited lunch time, and Hiei was the first one there, and he knew that Twyla was probably dreading what she was about to do. More than likely due to the possibility that she will be rejected, or excitement for the possibility she will be accepted instead.

He heard the door open and turned to see Twyla standing shyly by the door with a look of determination in her eyes, even if she was being shy about it. "Hi, I have a hypothetical for you, if a ghoul confessed to you, what would you do? Since she isn't a normy I figured it would be alright since I know you hate normies, but I also thought about her being a teenager and how much you also hate them. Also what would you do if you knew this person acted more like an adult than someone else, all of this is hypothetical of course."

'Of course it's hypothetical, that way you could see if I'd be fine with it or not, and that also means you get to keep your dignity and our friendship, smart.' Hiei thought before answering her, "normally under any circumstance I would say it was a waste of my time to think on such things. However with those conditions, you just described a perfect girl for me admittedly, but that would also be for if I wasn't a warrior. I cannot have my enemies find out about any weaknesses that I might possess, which is none for the moment."

"So if you wasn't a warrior than a ghoul would have a shot with you, but only under those conditions, better than what I was expecting," Twyla mumbled to herself.

"Of course that is if you were weak and couldn't defend yourself, but if you can get to the point where you can defend yourself, than that would be the perfect girl for me," Hiei said with his back to her so she couldn't see his ghost of a smirk.

"So if someone was training to defend themselves and even take on a low level demon, then that ghoul would have a shot with you," she implied.

"Under normal circumstances no that would not be the case, but I never did get to tell you about a little detail from my last mission," he said before turning to face her with an even look on his face. "I am completely stuck here for the foreseeable future without any missions, so no enemies can find me to even exploit my weaknesses. This also means that it doesn't really matter if I have anything to tie me down here for a while, seeing as how I won't be going anywhere for a while."

"Are you saying what I think your saying," Twyla asked skeptically.

"I'm saying that if you want a relationship with me Twyla, you should know that it will be closed and not at all public. I don't need word getting back to that know it all fox so he can send back an 'I told you so', I don't need that," Hiei said firmly.

"How did you know," she asked with wide eyes.

"Next time you have a conversation, don't do it where someone can here you just around the corner in the hallway. Also don't use the cliché hypothetically talking about a friend when it's really just you," he said in kind of a smug way.

"I am starting to regret showing you that list of clichés on the internet, but I guess it's better than nothing," Twyla said before she got a sudden burst of courage and walked straight up to him and gave him a deep kiss.