In the morning, Hiei's already awake. I find him sitting on the windowsill looking out into the city. I sit up but quickly feel a shock of pain run up my body.

"Does it hurt?" He asks softly. I can barely make out a sound of guilt.

"No." I lie. I stand up and feel even more pain that I end up sitting back down.

Hiei sighs and walks towards me with sad eyes. He rolls up the sleeve of the shirt I'm surprisingly wearing and shows me a decent size bruise. "That's from me." Now I hear the guilt.

"No it's not. Don't blame yourself for this. It's nothing." I give him a somewhat fake smile.

"Don't lie to me, Kurama. Your body hurts, doesn't it?" I'm almost too afraid to look at his eyes, but they're not mad. They're sad and worried.

I whisper, "Yeah."

"I knew this would happen to you. Why didn't you say anything last night?"

"I don't know. Maybe I was enjoying you too much." A faint blush appears on his cheeks.

"Me too." he pushes my forehead back and looks away. "Get ready. Yusuke and Kuwabara should be with Yukina after breakfast."

I nod and dress in my usual white martial arts outfit. I can feel Hiei's eyes watching my every move. I can't help but smile at this feeling. When I finish, he comes closer to me and kisses me softly.

"I hate it when you look so serious like this. It makes you look vicious, but at the same time… beautiful."

"You're so sweet in the morning you know that Hiei?" I walk over to him and kiss him a little harder than I used to.

I almost whine when he pulls back. "Go eat. I'll be waiting for you." He sits back on the windowsill and stares at me.

"You're not coming?"

"Are you kidding me? I'm not very fond of humans. That's why Yukina and I live so isolated. I can only tolerate school because of you."

"Aw, aren't you sweet. Well, if you change your mind, you can always come down for something to eat. I'm saving my appetite. If I'm lucky, Yukina might've made something."

Hiei laughs at me. "You're funny you know that? Now go before we're late."

Hiei's POV:

While Kurama eats, I think about last night and what happened between us. For some strange reason, I enjoyed him more than Makuro. He has a different feel to his body… what the hell am I saying? He's not a demon so sometime in the near future, he's going to die and leave me. Maybe that's one thing I hate about humans.

I'm too deep in thought I don't even hear Kurama enter. I snap out of my daze by his waving hand in front of my eyes.

"Spirit world to Hiei, wake up."

"Huh? Oh. Hey, you're back." I tell him bluntly.

"Yeah, I'm back. What's wrong? You look a little down." He slowly takes my hand and I grin slightly. "Hiei…"

"I'm fine. I promise." I touch his hand to my lips. "Ready to go? If I know Urameshi, he's a little impatient." Kurama gives me an approving nod. "Alright lets get out of here." I open the window and hold his hand tightly. "Try not to scream." I warn, jumping out of his room and landing softly on the grass below us.

Kurama's POV:

Hiei takes me back to his isolated little house where two guys, Yusuke and Kuwabara are supposed to meet us. He stops me before we go inside.

"Alright. Before you meet, just a word of warning; Yusuke is a perv and Kuwabara is just stupid. Okay? Great." I just smile at him, not letting me answer. He's probably really nervous letting them meet me or me meeting them.

Inside, I see Yukina sitting down at the table, but no new faces. I scan the room again to make sure I didn't miss them. Still, nothing.

"So this is the pretty boy your sister told us about." I turn around and face a boy with black hair slicked back and brown eyes. He can't be older than fifteen. "You're right Yukina. He does look fragile; like a rose without any thorns." He tilts my chin up so I'm staring into his vivid brown eyes. I can feel his face creep closer to mine, too close. "What's your name, little boy? I'm Yusuke Urameshi."

Before I get the chance to answer, Hiei's foot smacks him across the face. "He is taken." He snaps. I didn't know Hiei's the jealous type.

Yusuke regains himself and laughs. "Wow you must be really special. He wasn't protective against Makuro when they were going out."

And things go a little south. "Don't mention that bastard." Hiei softly says, not loud enough for Yusuke to hear obviously.

"Well I must say Hiei, Kurama isn't half bad. I kind of like him. He looks easy to manipulate. It won't be hard persuading him to do it with you." Urameshi laughs, but Hiei and I just blush. We turn away so the boy doesn't see the irony in what he said.

"Shut up you dimwit." Is all he could counter back with.

GUYS! Hihihihihihihihihi! Soooo sooo sooo sooo sorry about not updating in the past how many weeks... One word: SCHOOL! But now school is done so I'm probably gonna go back to updating almost, KEY word ALMOST everyday. Love you guys!

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