Disclaimer: I don't own YYH or the characters. Just my OCs and this soap opera-ish plot

Kuronue was tired. For the last month he had been going back and forth between school and his father's business. Every Friday night, he would be on a plane heading back to the God forsaken town; but every Sunday morning, he would make his way back to school.

Both Kurama and Kara were very supportive even though they didn't want him involved with the business. He wouldn't be there for long. His father only had a few months to live and then Kuronue would be free. When that happened, he planned on going to any government agency and handing over information on every guy in the organization and the allies and competition. He would do anything to bring down the business. He wanted no part of it.

Kuronue threw himself down on his bed in his dorm room. He just got home and in three days he would be leaving again for Thanksgiving break and then he'd have to endure that long flight yet again, What was worse was if his claustrophobia got to him, he couldn't just stop and get out like on a car ride. He would just have to deal with it for five to six hours.

While resting, he heard the door open, but he was too tired to turn around and see who it was. His unasked question was answered when he felt someone glide their hand against his back soothingly.

"Hey, Kara," he greeted.

"Hey," she replied back while lying down next to him.

"I miss you," he told her.

Kara laughed. "But you saw me earlier today and I'm right here."

He pulled her closer to him and said, "It's not the same."

"I know," she said stroking his arms.

Just then the phone rang and he groaned in irritation. He was too tired to move to grab his phone so Kara reached over him and handed him the intrusive object.

He answered it. "What?" he asked in a tone that seemed to be a cross between annoyed and bored. "What does he want now? Okay, fine. Goodbye." And then he hung up before anything else was said.

"What's going on, or can I not ask that?" Kara asked. She was getting used to not being able to know stuff that could get her into trouble.

"Today is my lucky day," Kuronue muttered while yawning. "I have this weekend off since I've been 'working so hard.' I guess it's my present for being loyal or some other crap. But hey, that means I get to spend Thanksgiving with my beautiful girlfriend instead and that makes me happy."

Kara smiled and kissed his temple. "I'm going to my mother's house, but you are welcomed to come if you don't mind Ralph being there."

Kuronue sighed. "Are they really still together?" he tiredly teased.

Kara giggled. "Of course. Actually they're kind of engaged now."

Kuronue shot up. "When the hell did that happen?"

"Um, this weekend…" she replied.

Kuronue knew he'd feel uncomfortable being around Ralph, at least until he would be free of the business; but he didn't want Kara to choose between him and her family. He would put up with the discomfort for her.

"I don't mind it at all, Kara," he said although she knew he was lying.

She responded by kissing him. "It'll be okay," she whispered to him reassuringly. "I'll be with you and we could always escape somewhere with my friends…unless they sneak to your hometown."

Kuronue looked at her perplexed. "Why would they do that?"

Kara fought back a series of giggles and said, "You're friends Hiei and Yusuke made quite the impression on both Stephanie and Keiko."

Kuronue shook his head and chuckled. Girls were so weird.

The three days passed by in a flash, especially since labs were cancelled. With the extra time they had, Kara, Kuronue, Kurama, and Jen went on a few double-dates to a couple movies (nothing high profile in case they were being watched). Kuronue seemed to feel safer being around large crowds of people when he used to be more anti-social. It had to be because of his newly acquired paranoia. Sometimes he would roll his eyes at himself. Being claustrophobic and paranoid was not the best combination.

The night before their last day of classes (plus the day they'd be heading to Kara's hometown), Kara snuck into Kuronue's room using a copy of his key that he gave her. Not only had it been storming out, but Kara also had a nightmare about losing Kuronue to the business, or jail, or any combination of the two. She would be glad when it was all over.

She stared at his sleeping form, a little hesitant to wake him. The storms didn't scare her as much anymore since she did have to get used to being alone during them while Kuronue wasn't around. Little did she know, Kuronue was awake and eyeing her. When she finally decided to slip into bed with him, she squealed in shock when he pulled her close to him.

"I-I thought you were asleep," she said.

She didn't even need to see his face to tell he was smirking at her. "I've been awake for a while. I can't sleep. I've become a bit of an insomniac."

"I know just the thing to take care of that," Kara replied. "I've had a lot of trouble sleeping, so Kurama got this tea that really makes you sleepy. I have it from time to time."

"Sounds good, but then that means we have to get up and I'm comfortable staying just like this," Kuronue murmured sleepily.

"Of course you are," Kara teased causing Kuronue to chuckle. Being together seemed to relieve them of all their tension and they eventually fell asleep. How would they explain that one to her mother if she ever caught the two?

Kara tried to go a different route home that shortened the amount of time in the car, which seemed to help Kuronue in staying calm. There was less traffic and Kara managed to cut the time down by one and a half hours.

Her mother was very happy to see Kuronue with her daughter. She wondered if she and her boyfriend, now fiancé, had scared him off. Kara hadn't been talking about him much recently except about class stuff and she had been worried that something had happened between the two. But now she knew her worries were in vain as the two happily walked into the apartment. She assumed that maybe both of them had been busy with their studies, which was highly plausible.

"Kuronue, it's nice to see you again," Carol said.

"It's nice to see you again, too," Kuronue replied.

"You two must be exhausted. I ordered Chinese food about a half an hour ago, so why don't you two settle in and relax. I'll let you know when it gets here."

"Okay, thanks mom," Kara replied taking Kuronue's hand.

Carol smiled at the two of them and hoped in her heart that Kuronue was in a better place than he was the last time. She was really worried about both of their safety and didn't want to see them get hurt in any way. This time, however, she was going to try to get Ralph to stay out of it. Kuronue knew that when he needed to talk to him, that he could, so nothing more needed to be said.

"I'm glad you got the weekend off," Kara said to Kuronue while they were lying down on her bed.

"Me too," he replied. "Like I said, I missed you. We've barely seen each other this entire month except for class and study groups and sometimes at night when we were sleeping. I miss doing this." He took his hand and slowly and gently glided it against her stomach causing her breath to hitch before she giggled.

"Oh come on," she laughed. "You know I'm ticklish."

"I know," he said smirking as his repeated the motion a few more times. He stopped when Kara's laughs came out more like gasps. He didn't want to deprive her of oxygen.

When Kara finally calm down, she turned to face him and whispered, "And I've missed doing this." Before he could respond, she kissed him running her fingers through his hair. He put his hand behind her neck and pulled her in to deepen the kiss. The kiss got heated quickly, but they were interrupted by Kara's mother opening the door to tell them dinner was ready.

Both Kara and Kuronue blushed profusely as they looked over to Carol.

"Um, food's here," Carol said smiling brightly. She quickly left them to avoid making the situation any more embarrassing for them. Ah, young love, she said to herself.

A/N: HAHAHAHAHA! Sorry, the last scene kind of cracked me up as I wrote it. If that ever happened to me, I would totally be embarrassed. But I just had to add some comic relief and that seemed to be the thing that came to my mind XD