Playing Hard To Get

04

Her voice was like a harp.

"Mr. Minamino, I am going to take my lunch break now. I'll be back at 1:30," Kagome spoke through the door, plainly not wanting to come in. Perhaps he had scared her? Kurama felt himself grow annoyed by the thought.

He looked to the time on his laptop and nodded; it was 12:30, and his secretary would only be away from him for an hour. "Fine, but be back promptly." He answered firmly.

"Yes sir, of course! Goodbye."

The redheaded man reclined back, listening to her footsteps become dimmer and dimmer. "There she goes," he whispered. It was quiet for a few moments, since many had left the floor to go out for food, and then loud booming voices interrupted the quiet, "and here they come," he growled.

His cloudy glass door was opened abruptly by two young men. "Kurama! We got beer!" Yusuke shouted, slamming the six-pack onto the cherry wood desk.

"Yeah, and don't forget the grub," Kuwabara added before setting agrease stained pizza box onto the coffee table in his office.

Pinching the bridge of his nose, Kurama felt a headache come on, the cause being his friends. Well, two of them at least. "Where is Hiei?"

Yusuke stopped chugging alcohol long enough to say, "He wanted to climb."

Climb?

"Don't tell me…"

Knock! Knock!

Kurama walked over and unlatched the window to let in the black suited man. "Why couldn't you just take the elevator like normal humans?"

The shorter man scoffed. "Because I'm not human, so I refuse to act like it." Kurama shook his head in defeat.

"We're supposed to be in hiding, Hiei. Are you trying to get caught? They'll send you back to demon world if you do, separate you from your sister, and then you will never find a mate here."

Hiei sneered, "Spare me the romantics fox. I have no need for a mate, especially one that is a mortal. If I ever wanted such a thing, a proper female in demon world would do fine."

Sensing an arising conflict, Yusuke butted in. "Hey guys, speaking of girls, Kuwabara and I just passed this hottie on the elevator, right man?"

Kuwabara swallowed the large amount of pizza in his mouth before answering. "Yeah, she was cute alright. Her legs were amazing."

"Hey, don't forget about them hips, man!" Yusuke added. "Oh, and she had these big blue eyes a-"

Yusuke found himself face to face with his redheaded friend. "You said blue eyes Yusuke?"

The young man nodded suspiciously. "Yeah…"

"Was her hair black?"

Yusuke narrowed his eyes. "Yeah. Do you know this chick or something?"

Kuwabara, who had stopped gobbling down pizza, walked over to Kurama and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Is she your girlfriend, dude?"

The spiky haired demon eyed his fellow demon, the hostility leaking into his aura impossible to miss. "Have you found her then, Kurama?"

"What's Short Stuff talking about?" Yusuke asked Kurama with frustration. The fox addressed his friends with his usual calm façade. "That woman you saw was my mate."

A little short, but, hey, its something. Enjoy and review.