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Stuck With You

Summary: AU, Kurama Minamino and Botan Fukuyama are sworn enemies. What happens when one day, they are handcuffed together and they don't have the key? Will they be able to put aside their differences and form a friendship... or something more?

Chapter 6

After Botan's embarrassing confession, Kurama had dragged her out of class with his legs walking at the speed of a lightning bolt. All the while, he ignored Botan's constant demands for him to fucking slow down, too caught up in his attempt to bring them to a more secluded place to discuss... uh, her private matters.

The redhead stopped when they reached the roof, closed the door behind him and took a deep breath to calm himself down. He leaned his forehead against the door frame, tempted to slam his head against it multiple times. The goddamn handcuffs were literally making his life hell.

Botan stared at his back, blinked a few times as she pondered what the redhead was thinking about. "A penny for your thoughts?" she said after a while.

Kurama visibly tensed at her voice, as if he was not expecting her to be the first to say something. Then, he whipped his head around to fix a glare at her face. "Can't you wait until we get home?" he asked grudgingly.

The girl blinked stupidly, and it took her a moment to realize what he meant. A frown began to form itself on her forehead.

"What, you mean like after school is over?"

Kurama rolled his eyes. "When else do you suggest?" he said, his voice dripping with sarcasm.

"I suggest," she started, the tone of her voice matching his, "we go now."

She received another roll of Kurama's eyes, and a groan of exasperation in return.

He slapped a hand to his face, which he brought down in his features slowly. "Do we have to?"

"Yes," Botan's answer came almost immediately.

Kurama shook his head in disbelieve, causing her to yelp out, "Please! I really need to go right now. I can't hold it in anymore!" she practically wailed, and started flailing her arms around in frustration.

The redhead roughly tugged back his cuffed hand, which Botan was swinging around here and there. "I didn't need to know that! I didn't want to know that!" he roared back, all the while resisting the urge to jump down the roof right then and there.

"Please, Kurama!" the girl begged, and ignored the way Kurama's brows furrowed in frustration.

"No," he stubbornly replied, his voice firm, leaving no room for disagreement. He started to turn around to walk back to class and intended to drag her along with him, only to stop dead in his tracks when she tugged at his sleeve.

He heavily sighed.

"Pretty please, Kurama?" Botan's voice pleaded again, and he did his best not to acknowledge her. "Come on, Kurama, when do you ever hear me say please?"

She tugged at his sleeve a few more times, until the redhead finally gave up, raised his arms in defeat and reluctantly complied. "Fine!" he forced out his answer.

"Yeah!" Botan jumped, and cheered... only to stop when the action made her feel like she wanted to 'go' even more.

"Excuse me for asking this though," Kurama started, after a while of slowly accepting his fate, "How do you suggest we do this?"

She blinked. "What do you mean?"

He rolled his eyes, heaving out a sigh of exasperation. "Do you seriously not get it? We're handcuffed, so we have to decide right now: are we going to the girls' toilet or the boys?" he blatantly stated.

Botan frowned. "The girls' of course," and when Kurama's expression matched hers, she quickly added, "What, you don't suggest we go inside the boys' toilet, do you?" in disbelieve.

At the blank stare Kurama gave her, it was all the answer she needed. She gawked at him. "No way ho zay! I'd rather die!"

"Then go on and jump off this roof," he coldly and unhesitatingly shot back. He shot her a deadpanned look, to which she stared at him weirdly in response, as if he had two heads attached on one body.

"You're serious, aren't you?" she inquired slowly, albeit a bit reluctantly: she almost didn't want to hear the answer.

He narrowed his eyes dangerously her way. "Do I look like I'm kidding?"

"But, don't guys pee standing? So what do you want me to do, pee standing?" she asked incredulously.

He shrugged his shoulders, and Botan almost didn't believe him.

"No," she stubbornly said, and shook her head in disagreement.

He cast her a death glare. "I'm practically accompanying you to the toilet, can't you do this one 'favor' for me?" he spat venomously.

"I said no, and it means no!" she shot back.

"Then hold it in until we get home!"

"But I can't!"

"Then doesn't leave you much of a choice, now does it?"

The girl was unresponsive after that; staring at him quietly and didn't let out another word. Kurama, taking that as a 'yes', made to turn around to open the door.

Botan grabbed a hold of his sleeve, tugging it again. She heard him sigh softly, and saw him whip his head around and regard her with a look that meant 'What?'

"Please, Kurama..." she begged, her voice low, almost inaudible as the word passed her lips, "I can't go in the boys' toilet. I-it's too embarrassing, I can't handle it."

"This is embarrassing for me, too," he retorted simply, his voice soft.

"B-but..." Botan bit her lip and stared at her feet. A few moments of silence passed, but she still didn't let go of Kurama's sleeve, in fear he'd start to drag her to the boys' toilet. She gulped, lifted her head and pulled the cutest face she could manage.

"Please?"

At the desperate tone in her voice, and the look she gave him, Kurama heaved a sigh of defeat.

"Alright."

The duo peeked behind a wall as they watched a few girls exit the girls' toilet. A few girlish giggles echoed in the hallway as the girls laughed and joked around with each other. Moments later, the sound disappeared into thin air, slowly fading away, implying they were gone.

"Alright, now's the time," Botan whispered, and started to drag a still reluctant Kurama towards the toilet. She glanced here and there for any students, and after checking high and low that there was none, she sighed in relief.

She whipped her head around, a small smile playing at the corners of her mouth. "I just want you to know I really appreciate you doing this for me. You're a nice guy, after all, Kurama."

The boy in question merely gave her an annoyed stare. "Whatever. Let's just get this over with before someone comes and sees us."

Botan's smile didn't falter; instead, it widened, as she nodded her head. She then quickly and quietly entered the restroom, Kurama following closely behind her. She heard him grumble something grudgingly under his breath, but didn't acknowledge him.

After a few checks in the stalls, looking for a clean and decent one, Botan finally decided on one. She spared a glance at Kurama, and sheepishly sent him a grin. "You know you're going to have to go in too, right?"

"Well, not like I have a choice, now do I?" he spat back, his voice harsh. "If I stand out here, someone could come in and see. And we wouldn't want that, now would we?"

She shook her head. "No," she quietly said, and after a hesitant moment, went inside the stall. Kurama followed suit, closed the door behind him and realized it was slightly cramped inside, the stall having little to no space at all.

"Go on then. Finish your business," he said unceremoniously. If they'd taken a bath whilst being in the same bathroom, then this wasn't going to be so bad, now would it?

She nodded her head, and after a pause, "Turn around," she ordered when the boy didn't look away.

He blinked stupidly, before realizing he was still facing her. He developed a pink tinge in the face. "Right," he said promptly, and swiftly whipped around. He heard Botan shuffle, and could only assume that was her lifting up her skirt and sliding down her underwear. The pink blush began to turn crimson at the somewhat indecent image he'd managed to conjure up in his head, and he immediately brushed it off.

"This is disturbing on so many levels," Kurama muttered under his breath. He heard the water running, and could only wish that it would end sooner.

His words didn't go unnoticed by Botan, but received no response either.

After what seemed like forever, she finally finished, and went to wash her hands with soap that was fortunately inside the stall, seated neatly in a small cup beside her. She grabbed it and started to rub it all over her hands, before washing it off. After she was done, she promptly turned off the faucet. Reaching down to put on her panties, Botan swiftly fixed her skirt and dusted debris off of it.

"I'm done," she informed him.

Kurama heaved a sigh of relief, but before he could open the door, the toilet door outside slammed open and he stopped dead in his movements. He quickly slapped a hand to Botan's lips, in an attempt to shut her up. Botan, who hadn't heard the door opening, started to protest, the sound of her voice muffled by Kurama's hand.

He placed a finger to his lips, and shushed her. He tilted his head outside the stall, silently telling her to listen. She promptly quieted down, her ears perking up to pick up any sound. Then, a feminine voice started to speak, one that sounded suspiciously familiar,

"So, your place or mine?" the girl asked, and Kurama and Botan both screamed in their minds: Keiko!

Their eyes widened and they glanced at each other.

"Maybe yours. My brother doesn't really like visitors coming over, after all," Yukina replied, and the duo nearly slammed their foreheads against each other in frustration.

Great. Just great.

"Right. I wouldn't wanna be thrown out by Hiei," Keiko playfully said, a laugh erupting from her throat, and Yukina soon joined her.

Kurama and Botan were oblivious to the spider creeping up the wall, dangerously close to Botan's figure. The redhead removed his hand from the girl's lips, entirely sure that she wasn't stupid enough to say anything, lest they'd get caught by their friends. More talking followed, and Kurama began to feel impatient. He placed an ear against the door frame, and listened to the two girls outside, waiting for any sound that would imply that they were out of the toilet. After a while, he got bored as the only sound he could hear was their conversation, and turned to look at Botan.

That was when he noticed the spider creeping towards her. His eyes widened, and he parted his lips to warn her, only to stop when he realized that Keiko and Yukina were still in the restroom. So, he resulted to pointing his finger at the spider, and received a frown from Botan in return.

She slowly trailed her eyes towards the direction he was pointing at, but before she could manage to get a glimpse at what it was, the spider quickly jumped on top of her, landing abruptly on her chest. Eyes widening in half horror and half shock, Botan somewhat forgotten about their friends outside and made to scream.

Kurama, too alarmed at the realization that she was going to yell, didn't have time to think clearly... and on impulse, instantly crushed his lips against hers. This managed to silence Botan, her voice muffled by the kiss. A few moments passed, before realization struck them like lightning. He stared wide-eyed into her equally wide amethyst ones: why did he do that?

Botan didn't push him away, too surprised by his actions to move a muscle.

At that exact moment, the bathroom door outside opened and closed, signalling Keiko and Yukina had gone.