Notes: Because really, how does he do it? And as you can probably tell, I didn't know where to end it. xD

I'm about to start summer courses, so I don't know if I'll be post much anytime soon. D; Sad. Also, anyone looking for the commentary, look on Youtube. Best thing I can tell you. They're so worth the hassle!

Growing Concerns

"How long have we known each other?"

Kurama took pause as this question, but not for the normal reasons. Normally, when one was asked this question it was because the other party most likely wanted something ridiculous, or hugely inconvenient. Hiei wasn't really your average person, though, so the redhead wasn't sure what the younger man was getting at. "Nearly a year, I'd say." A beat later, "Why?"

Curiosity might have killed the cat, but foxes where far more skilled with it.

"I was just wondering," Hiei murmured, perched high on the top of Kurama's book shelf as though he weighed nothing. "I have another question."

"I'll have to start charging."

Hiei scoffed, "You've got plenty of wealth, don't be greedy." He took a moment, as if collecting his thoughts. This gave the fox enough time to readjust his bookmark to the appropriate page. "You're fully human, besides the traces of youki, correct?" the swordsman asked gruffly. "Your body is fully human, I mean."

Kurama looked up at his partner incredulously. They had already had this conversation. "Yes." What more could he say?

"And so, that being the case, you develop at the rate of other humans, no?"

". . . Yes? Hiei, what is this about? You're asking me a lot of questions and I have a feeling none of them are the one you truly mean."

Hiei grew quiet and directed his gaze to the window as he gathered his thoughts. He didn't want the fox to see him as stupid, so he would say it correctly the first time. Kurama simply waited for Hiei. He knew better than to rush him. Suddenly, Hiei was ready. "I've been watching humans for roughly a year now," he said without warning. "I don't enjoy waiting around at that stupid school you go to. I get bored. So, I started following people. Humans have weak minds so it's good practice for the Jagan."

"And?" Hiei was giving the redhead a look as if that was supposed to mean something. Sometimes Kurama wondered if Hiei forgot who the telepath was in their little duo.

"Well, there's a woman—"

"Hiei, while I value this partnership—and what I believe is shaping up to be a decent friendship—I do not want hear about any relationships you have been forming with women. Humans or demons alike."

"That's not what I'm getting at!" Hiei swore viciously, and if it hadn't been the fact he was as curious a creature as Kurama he would have been out the window. "I've realized that she gets her hair cut often!"

Kurama rolled his eyes. "Honestly? You know I'm growing my hair out for a reason. Is that what this is all about, the fact I don't blend in well enough with what you consider normal human behavior?"

"That's not my question," he said dangerously, losing his cool. "The fact is, she, and all the others I watch, get their hair cut regularly. I've noticed that it grows about half an inch in the course of a month for most of them. . . "

Now he could see where this was going. Dammit.

"My question, Kurama, is that since your body is human, how is that your hair has grown over a foot in length in less than a year?"

Hm.

What to say?

Why was Hiei so damn observant?

Well, his secrets are his own. . .

"Hiei, I'm very busy planning this heist, could you do something useful and go see if the idiot Gouki has considered our proposal?"

"Hn." A black blur flew through the quiet, little yard, and for a while longer his secrets were safe.