Everything I'm Not

"Speech"

Thoughts

Telepathy

((My Notes))

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Chapter 4: Confessions of a Blabbermouth

Hiei watched as Botan hesitantly picked up the phone to call Yusuke. He had to live with her for a week and she had to tell Yusuke and Kuwabara who this "Mystery Man," was. If she hadn't been so persistent on playing that foolish game she wouldn't be in this mess.

She dialed two numbers then, losing her nerve, Botan hung up the phone. "Hiei, this isn't fair! You know those two can't hold a secret if their very life depended on it." Botan frowned. She could almost hear the duo's obnoxious laughter taunt her now.

"You should know by now that life isn't fair, onna. You think I'm thrilled to be living with you for a week?" Hiei picked up the phone and all but shoved it in her hands. "Now call." He'd be lying if he said he wasn't enjoying torturing the poor girl. It really is her fault, though. If she had minded her own business and left him alone, then none of this would have happened.

Botan gulped. "Hello, Yusuke? Yeah it's me Botan. I want you and Kuwabara to meet me at the park in ten minutes. Don't bring anyone else along." She paused. "No, this isn't a mission." Her eyes widened a bit as she yelled. "This is not a date you pervert! Just meet me there!" Botan hung up the phone and sighed.

Hiei almost had to fight the urge to laugh. The onna and the Spirit Detective on a date? For some reason the idea disgusted him. It's not like they would ever go on a date anyway, so it shouldn't have bothered him this much. Hiei watched as Botan quickly shoved her shoes in her feet and began to walk out the door.

She stopped short. "Oh! There's sweet snow in the freezer, and your room is the one closest to the bathroom on the left. See you in a little bit!" Botan walked out the door, leaving Hiei alone in her apartment.

He walked into his temporary room, and regretted it. The walls were yellow. A dull yellow would be fine, but it was brighter than the sun! Okay maybe it wasn't as bright as the sun, but leave it to Botan to paint a room this color. It nearly hurt his eyes. At least there was sweet snow.

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Botan walked up to the bench where Yusuke and Kuwabara were seated. "So what's the deal? Calling us over here so sudden and all," Yusuke said impatiently. "Yeah! I was just about to kick some Urameshi ass too!" Kuwabara stood up.

The ferry girl bit her lip. "Well... I've decided to tell you two who I like."

Caught off guard by her sudden confession, the two looked at each other. Kuwabara shrugged, he didn't understand woman one bit. One minute they were completely guarded and the next they were spilling their guts out. It was normal, or so he figured.

Unfortunately for Botan though, Yusuke wasn't fooled so easily. "Why the sudden change of heart?" He eyed the girl suspiciously. Botan never told her secrets unless it was by accident, unless she unintentionally spilled them. That's the main reason why everyone labeled her as the one and only blabbermouth of the group.

Botan feigned hurt. "What? You guys are my closest friends, so shouldn't you know first?"

"Please we'd be the last people on earth- or the other two worlds for that matter- you'd tell." Yusuke retorted cockily.

She had to hand it to him; he did have his perceptive moments. She figured those few times were only when he was fighting, though. Botan stomped her foot on the ground, impatiently. "Do you want to know or not?"

"Tell us Botan! Just ignore Urameshi, he doesn't know what he's talking about." Kuwabara decided to intervene, if this went on all day he'd never find out who Botan liked.

"Promise me you won't tell a soul."

They nodded their heads eagerly.

"Living or dead?"

They nodded again.

"And you have to promise you won't laugh at me when I tell you who it is."

Kuwabara was getting impatient. "Oh come on Botan, you know us better than that! Now just tell us!" Yusuke rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah I mean it's not like the guy you're crushing on is Hiei or anything. Now that would be something to laugh at." Kuwabara began to laugh. "Shorty's all evil, and you're, like, one of the nicest people I know!"

Botan laughed nervously. "Well, you see…" She stood there a tint of pink evident on her cheeks. The girl was fiddling with her fingers, stammering a bunch of gibberish.

"Don't tell me Hiei is the infamous Mystery Man!" Yusuke looked at Botan, stifling his laughter. Her disposition gave it all away. "Does shorty know?" Kuwabara asked curiously, trying to hold back his laughter as well. "Of course not, and it's going to stay that way...right?" Botan couldn't have anyone find out about her small crush.

"Sure it'll stay that way, me and Kuwabara are only the best when it comes to keeping secrets, aren't we Kuwabara?" Yusuke grinned. "That's right! No one will find out about you and Hiei's secret affair! Cross my heart hope to die." Kuwabara added.

"We're not having any kind of affair!" Botan could feel the heat rising on her cheeks. "Anyway, I should be going now. You guys just better keep your promise. I don't know what I'd do if anyone else knew about it."

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At Kurama's House...

"So what brings you two here?" Kurama questioned as he took a seat. His voice was a bit interrogative, because it looked like the two were up to no good. He raised a brow, waiting for their answers.

Yusuke and Kuwabara exchanged glances. "WE CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE KURAMA! HIEI IS BOTAN'S MYSTERY MAN!" Yusuke shouted while shaking Kurama by his shirt collar.

"I'd appreciate it if you weren't so loud; my mother's not feeling well." Kurama released Yusuke's grip on his shirt and continued, "And before you start jumping to conclusions it would be wise to get all the facts first."

"She told us! Outta the blue and everything! We promised we wouldn't tell anyone, but you're so good at forcing answers out of people, Kurama!" Kuwabara's voice was just as flabbergasted as Yusuke's was.

"What? I never forced anything out of you two." Kurama hadn't said anything near the topic of Hiei and Botan, let alone force them to reveal Botan's secret.

Kuwabara went on. "Yes you did! That thing you did with your face!"

Kurama raised a brow yet again, "What are you talking about?"

"That fox-ish thing you just did with your eyebrow! It practically screams give-me-some-damn-answers-now!"

Before Kurama could answer, Yukina walked through the door carrying snacks. "Hello everybody," She walked towards them. "Yukina! Hey! What brings you here my ice princess?" Kuwabara grabbed her hands in hers. "Well, I came to Kurama to ask him something about someone. Then I heard you two shouting about Botan liking Hiei... Is that true?"

"Shit. Another person knows. Botan's gonna kill us!" Yusuke could almost feel her "Oar of Death", now. "Don't worry Urameshi; Yukina knows how to keep a secret, right?" Kuwabara looked down at her. "Of course." She beamed. "I hope she knows how to keep a secret better than us..." Yusuke trailed off.

Hoping to start up conversation with the Koorime, Kuwabara hesitantly asked, "So, uh, Yukina, what'd you come here to ask Kurama?"

"I guess I can say now, since the both of you know about Botan. I came to ask Kurama a bit about Hiei. I had a feeling when they visited me yesterday that something was going on between those two. It wasn't anything big, they just seemed to have gotten closer. I wanted to know if Hiei could possibly, ever, learn to have feelings for someone. I just wanted to know that Botan wouldn't get hurt." Yukina looked down embarrassed. "But I guess that was foolish of me, Kurama can't predict the future or anything."

"Don't be ashamed, Yukina! I bet even that three-eyed shorty's got some feeling in him." Kuwabara tried to console Yukina, hoping that was enough.

Kurama decided to support Kuwabara's half-hearted comment. "Kuwabara is right." Kurama's voice was sincere and comforting. "Hiei might not seem like the kind of guy you'd want to be around with all the time, but after getting to know him, he turns out to be the kind of person you always want around. Despite his rude remarks and crude humor, Hiei is very loyal and that honor code of his has got to make up for something."

Yusuke rubbed the back of his head. "Plus, Botan is one of the friendliest people I know. She should be able to get a guy like Hiei to open up, and stuff." He wasn't really one for pep-talks, but he figured he could try at least. After all she was Hiei's sister, and he didn't want her thinking Hiei was emotionally-retarded or anything.

"So, you're all saying, Botan has a chance?" Yukina asked hopefully. She didn't want her friend to get hurt, and it would be nice seeing Hiei happy with someone. He always seemed to be in solitude.

"Yeah! The minute things don't seem to be working out right for them, is when Kuwabara and I'll step in." Yusuke grinned at Kuwabara mischievously. Kuwabara put his thumbs up, "Yeah, we'll make it happen! All for you Yukina!"

Kurama winced. "Maybe you two shouldn't try to interfere. You might end up doing more harm. Just let them find their way to each other." He knew whenever those two came up with a plan it always ended in disaster. That definitely wouldn't help Hiei and Botan.

"Relax, Kurama! We know what we're doing. Don't we Kuwabara?" Yusuke turned to Kuwabara and he nodded. "See? Just sit back, and watch as we get those two lovebirds together!"

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Whatever Kuwabara and Yusuke say- expect the opposite. That's just how it is with them. Botan had the nagging feeling that they had already spilled her secret all the way through her walk home. And they call me the blabbermouth. They better not have told anyone, or I'll- uh, I don't know what I'll do yet. They just better not go around telling everyone.

She walked into her apartment to find empty cartons of ice cream strewn about her kitchen. "The very least he could do is clean his mess...," Botan mumbled as Hiei continued to devour the ice cream. "Hiei, you might wanna slow down. Don't you ever get brain freeze?"

"No. Only weaklings do." He continued eating. "Well in any case you shouldn't eat so much ice cream; it's not good for you." Botan scolded. He seemed so much like a stubborn child right now. It was kind of cute.

Hiei looked up from his ice cream to glance at her. "Try worrying about yourself onna, those buffoons could be revealing your secret any minute now."

Botan cringed. "Yeah, well… I kind of expected that. It's probably why you made me tell them, isn't it?"

"Obviously," was Hiei's one-word reply. "So...you like your room?" Botan had to stifle a laugh. "It's repulsive. Why anyone would want to paint a room that color is beyond me, but then again this is you we're talking about." He told her.

Her eyes narrowed suspiciously. "Hey! What do you mean by that? I happen to think it's a nice color."

"You happen to think a lot of things are nice. That's what makes you so different from everyone."

"Different is better, I always say!" Botan grinned. At least he noticed something about her …even if he may be trying to insult her. She had no idea where he was going with this, really.

"In your case what makes you different probably could get you into trouble. Giving everyone the benefit of the doubt all the time is foolish. You should learn to be more cautious of things. Not everything is what it seems, you of all people should know that."

Botan smiled sheepishly. "I know, but I can't help it. I guess that's why I've got the Reikai Tantei to help me out, right?" He better say yes.

He paused for a moment. "We won't be around forever."

She blushed. He said we! Meaning him too! Does this mean he'll help me out if I'm in danger? Or maybe I'm looking way too into this. Oh well. He said we! "You don't have to be so pessimistic about it."

"Not pessimism, onna. It's called rationality." Hiei shot back.

"Whatever you say Hiei." He said we!

Hiei raised a brow at Botan. Why the hell was she so smiley all of a sudden? Must be one of her ferry girl mood swings or something. At any rate, Hiei couldn't wait for this week to be over, because then, he'd be free of her. The very person he was trying to avoid. Just his luck. It seemed every time he tried to get away, she'd be there. She was probably stalking him or something, or at least that's what he figured. Either that or she was trying to make his life a living hell. Women are just too confusing, especially if the one you're dealing with is a crazed ferry onna...

PaGe BreaK

Yay I'm back! I got a new computer, but I had to write everything over again… Then I felt like doing something new so I started a new H/B fic… Finally, I felt like continuing my old stuff so here I am! Long explanation, I know. Haha! Thanks to all the wonderful reviewers, you guys are awe-inspiring, wonderful, dazzling, sensational, stunning, magnificent people! I just typed everything in the thesaurus, but hey, it's the thought that counts, right? I hope you liked this chapter, and if you did, please leave a review! They get me motivated. Also if you've got suggestions feel free to tell me, maybe I can incorporate it into the fic somehow.