#25: In the Name of the Moon-Hiei POV-Hiei/Kurama

For all the years I had known him, I didn't understand why he didn't stop me. When he was fourteen, we made love for the first time; he let my claws sink into the delicate, white flesh that bled so quickly. I could have killed that human carcass, revealed him, captured him... But I did not. For many years, I didn't understand why he didn't threaten me, he didn't fear my exploiting him.

When I finally asked, he said

"I trusted you not to tell anyone," he shrugged, 15 years old, smiling brightly up at the moonlight.

Admittedly, I was just as foolish...for I found myself loving him back...