Chapter 3
Resolution…?
"You…what, Kuwabara?"
"I…I love you too, Urameshi…"
Yusuke stared at Kuwabara's blushing face for a moment. "Did he really…?" Yusuke thought. "…No. He's not telling the truth. He's lying." He gave Kuwabara a stare of disbelief, and said in a cold tone, "Petty words don't help my feelings Kuwabara." He slammed the door right on Kuwabara's face, leaving the orange haired boy to only walk out the front door.
"What went wrong?" Kuwabara thought on his long stretch home. "I told him exactly what he wanted to hear. Why isn't he happy? I thought he'd be happy!" Once he reached home, he laid down on his bed, wondering what went wrong. The song "Good Riddance" came on, and it started to sing "For what it's worth, it was worth all the while." "Heh. Story of my life." Kuwabara thought as a tear rolled down his cheek before he fell asleep.
The next day, neither Yusuke nor Kuwabara showed up to school that day. About that same time, Kurama started to wonder where they both were as well. He was a little worried when he didn't see Yusuke for a week, and now it was getting worse. He decided to skip school that day and go help those two. He decided to go help Kuwabara first, but he thought to himself, "I guess I should get Hiei to help Yusuke." He set off to find Hiei, but it didn't take long. He found him, sleeping in what other than a tree. He yelled, "Hiei!" and as soon as he did, the fire apparition woke up, saying coldy, "What do you want, fox."
"I need you to talk to Yusuke."
"You need me to do…what? You can't be serious, Kurama."
"I am serious. Yusuke hasn't shown up for a week, and now Kuwabara hasn't shown up today. Something's going on between those two, and I want you to at least talk some sense into Yusuke; better yet, find out what's going on between those two."
"…Okay, fine, I'll talk to him. But you owe me one, fox."
After they set off, Kurama walked a very fast pace towards Kuwabara's house. Once he reached his house, he knocked on the door, only to find that it was unlocked, with no one inside. He walked to Kuwabara's room and knocked on the door. "Kuwabara, it's me. Can we talk?" Kurama pleaded. Kuwabara unlocked his door and let Kurama inside. Even though he didn't look as bad as Yusuke did, Kuwabara still looked like a nervous wreck. They both sat down and Kurama asked, "So, what's been going on between you and Yusuke?"
Kuwabara told him everything, from the fight they had the day before up until now. Kurama listened attentively, making sure to hear every word that Kuwabara was saying. Before Kuwabara finished, he said, "…That's basically it. But what I don't understand is why he wasn't happy once I told him that I love him. I figured that he'd be happy."
"Well, Kuwabara," Kurama replied, "maybe the reason is that it to Yusuke, It's like you took his heart out and crushed it with the heel of your shoe."
"I'm not really getting what you're saying, Kurama."
"Yusuke told you how he felt that day, then and there. You might as well have rejected him with your actions. And then you came back after a week and you tell him that you love him. Do you really think he's going to believe you?"
"Well, I guess not."
"Exactly. You need to make him believe that you do love him and that you always will. Otherwise, he's never going to believe anything that you say. Ever."
Kuwabara was completely silent after that. "I never thought about it that way…" he thought. He knew what he had to do. "Thanks Kurama!" he uttered as he dashed out of his room. Kurama, speechless, ran after him. "What is he thinking?" he thought as he ran after Kuwabara.
-At Yusuke's House-
"That's pretty much the story."
Hiei just sat in silence. He never thought that Yusuke, of all people, would be the type to fall in love with another man. It took him a while to say anything, but finally he started to give some advice. "Well, detective, I can't really help much here. But all I know is that you need to sort this out with Kuwabara. It's seems like he was being sincere, but I can see where you would be mad at him. Just fix it with him is the best advice I can give you."
As Hiei started to walk out, he heard the front door open. Kuwabara dashed in, shoving Hiei behind him. He had reached the doorway of Yusuke's room.
"Urameshi!"
Wow, two chapters in a row! Hope you enjoy!