I sit up immediately, making room for him. He sits on the end of the bed. "Did you need anything?" I stutter, feeling somewhat uncomfortable with his presence.
"You ditched me. I don't care if you don't want to go. I got bored and decided to come here. Not bad of a place. It's too human though." He glances around and takes in all the details of my room. "Hey listen. I need help on that Calculus homework. Can you help me?"
I'm baffled by his question, but I nodded. "Yeah, sure. Do you have it with you?"
He takes out a piece of paper from his back pocket. "Explain to me the dumbest you can, okay Little Red?" He gives me that playful smirk and I narrow my eyes in the same manner.
"Okay let's get started." I scoot closer to him, explaining it the least confusing way possible. I complete an example and asks him to solve another problem. At first, he doesn't get it, but after some practice he starts to catch along. "See, it's not very hard is it?"
He turns his head the other way sharply. "Humph. I would've been able to do it by myself you know? I just had trouble following along."
I smile at his words. He really likes being superior to others and hates admitting his weaknesses. "Yeah. You're pretty good at this. Alright, see if you can solve the last one." We work on homework for about an hour. It's strange. Hiei looks like he's really into it. When we finish, I lay down on my bed while he stands in front of the window. "Do you want to stay for dinner?"
Hiei doesn't stare back at me. "No. I have a little sister at home waiting for me. I've already been gone longer than i expected. Thanks for your help."
"No problem. If you need anymore help, you can always come to me, you know that right? I'll see you in school and please try not to ditch the classes. I promise they won't be as bad as you think."
His gaze shifts to me. "You better not break that promise, Little Red. Or you're going to pay big time." Then, he's out of my room.
He has such a way with words, I think happily to myself. For some reason, the torn pieces of my heart is slowly coming back together.
The next day in school, I find Hiei waiting for me by the front gate. He stands with his eyes closed, arms crossed, and a head somewhat lowered. When i approach him, he says, "You're late."
"Good morning to you too. And you didn't have to wait for me." We walk together in the school with eyes following us.
"Are they usually like this, Little Red?" Hiei asks, a glare locks on his face.
"Not usually. They probably think I've gotten over Koenma and started liking you. It's immature if you ask me."
"Immature and pathetic. I could kill them all." It turns out Hiei and I have the same first class. The teacher neglects to tell us anything new these days.
We sit next to each other in the back next to the window. Hiei looks out watching birds hop from branch to branch then fly away. To be honest, he looks kind of innocent and different and even a little cute. I hear the teacher call out my name to read. His red eyes turn towards me as I recite the words from the page. His stare is soft and tuned on to what I'm reading. When I finish, he returns to watching the birds. He hasn't watched anyone else read except me. I find my self shaking my head with a smile.
"What's with that smirk?" He asks, still looking outside.
I stop smiling and watch him. "Nothing. I just find you kind of mysterious and funny at the same time. I didn't know those type of people existed."
"Neither did I. What's so funny about me?" His voice is blunt like he doesn't care.
The bell rings and the entire class bursts out the door. I grab my bag and wait for him to finish packing. "I'll tell you at lunch. Meet me at the rooftop. Go to class, don't be late, and learn something. By Hiei!" I run out the door to my next class. I should have waited for him and talk to him until I needed to go. Kurama, you're an idiot, I think to myself. I just hope Hiei's going to class and make friends with everyone. Though judging from his actions and words, its not going to happen right away.