For the rest of the day, Hiei disappears and I don't see him. However during lunch, I know where he is. I buy our traditional lunch sandwich and run up the stairs to the roof. As I suspected, he's leaning against the railing.

"Hi, Hiei." I say. He doesn't turn around. I join him and cut the sandwich in half. "Here. You'll starve. I haven't seen you around, have you been here all day?"

He takes the food and eats it switch out answering my question. I sigh and look out at the courtyard. I stare at him from the corner of my eye; those pulsing beautiful scarlet eyes. How they haunt me at night. I still don't know if that was a dream or not. I hide back a grin at the thought. "Little Red, I'm leaving." Hiei says finally.

My attention snaps at him. "What do you mean leaving? You just got here!" It's only been five days since I met him. How could he go so quickly?

"Trust me, it will all be better if I leave. And you have Koenma so I know you're in good hands." I can tell he's hiding the tears in those red eyes.

"But-"

He faces me, touching my cheek. His hand is cold even if the air is humid and the wind is dry. "I love you little Red. I want to be able to protect you. So this is my way of doing that."

Now it's my turn to bite back the tears. I want to warm his hands and tell him everything that's been inside of me. I've been running away from the truth after all. The one who I truly love really is there. And now our conversation earlier finally makes sense.

"So you're just going to go? Leave me all alone in this cruel world?"

Hiei dated to grin. "Finally realized who your heart desires, eh?"

"Is it too late?" I whisper, hoping he'd say no. I shut my eyes and brace myself for the pain about to come.

I feel something warm on my lips and recognize the feeling. I open my eyes seeing Hiei's closed, his lips against mine. I just let main lead me to whatever he wants to do. He pulls back an inch after a minute or so.

"Hiei-" I try to say, but he interrupts me again.

"You're so tempting Little Red. I just can't say no to you no matter what. When I first saw you there, something about you trapped my soul and wept reminding me of you. I know we just met and all, but you only come once in a lifetime. And I'll say it again if you want me to; I love you."

My head spins round and round like a coin being twisting on top of the dinner table. "I won't hide anymore." I whisper with a smile. "Hiei, I won't lie, hide, or be afraid anymore. I promise." I think about Koenma and all we've been through. All the dates we had the past months are nothing compared to the past days Hiei and I spent together. I lean forward and give him a small touch on his lips. I think it surprises him more than it surprise me.

"You sure are something Little Red." He gives me that grin and we both look out at the courtyard, Hiei's hand on top of mine.

Koenma's POV:

Kurama disappears sometime during lunch. A bunch of people say he spends most of the time up in the roof with Hiei, a new kid, probably the one that was with him yesterday. I walk up the stairs and stop, hearing their conversations.

"I'll say it again if you want me to; I love you." It isn't Kurama's voice. I crack the door open wide enough for me to see him and the boy from yesterday, Hiei.

"I won't hide anymore." Kurama says to him, smiling softly. "Hie, I won't lie, hide, or be afraid anymore. I promise." And what came next... I don't want to say. I end up closing the door quietly, trying to piece the events together. Did he really move on that quickly? And with a guy he barely knows?

He's going to pay. I'm not sure how, but he will. Kurama, how? Why? After you returned those three words that meant nothing to you?!