It wasn't long before Kuwabara graduated from his semi-decent university, which was celebrated by all three of them with more pizza and tea, and another kiss on the cheek from Yukina and Kurama to Kuwabara, both at the same time with one on each side of him, planned by the two demons in advance. The adorable blush and goofy grin they got from him was almost as much a reward for them as it was for him.
Kurama had attended that same university, even though it was less prestigious than was expected of him, his mother assumed it was because he wanted to stay close to her, and she was fine with that. She was even fine when he decided to share a place with Kuwabara, again, she naively just assumed he wanted to save money sharing rent, while also having the added security of a roommate. Any slight doubt she might have had about it was quickly laid to rest when Kurama told her about his new girlfriend in the following months. She was so excited, she of course wanted to meet her right away, and once she had, she was immediately just as smitten as Kurama had expected. Not as smitten as he had been when he first met his soon-to-be-wife, since he hadn't been, but as excited as the secret groom Kuwabara at least.
Yukina, for her part, had adopted a human persona in the last few months. She was posing as a more or less average student, albeit an orphan to explain her lack of human parents. Also, to explain her curious mannerisms and cultural influences, she claimed to have trained for a couple of years as a maiko, but stopped before graduating to geisha to lead a more normal life, shortly after she met Shuuichi. His mother found it to be quite charming.
They courted for a couple of years, and conveniently, they decided to marry just shortly before Kuwabara graduated from college. At Kuwabara's insistence, and considering that Yukina's reproductive process could be triggered just by the motions of sex, they wisely decided to wait until after the marriage to make love with each other. Kurama already knew that Kuwabara wouldn't have it any other way, though of course being a demon, the ceremony was no more than a trivial thing to him, and far more a thing for his mother.
So naturally, he let his mother plan the whole thing, and she was only too ecstatic to do it. Though a traditional Japanese woman, Shuuichi's mother had always had a secret weakness for the beauty of a western-style wedding, which her own conservative parents had forbid her from emulating. Her dear Shuuichi had no problem with her living vicariously through him though, and so she selected a sharp black tuxedo for her son, and a big poofy white wedding dress for Yukina, which the poor tiny girl was nearly dwarfed by. Kuwabara, the "best man", was given a stylish black suit to match his secret husband.
As for Hiei... Well, he didn't exactly participate, but he was in attendance. From a distance. Kurama could feel that he was a bit pissed off at him, but it didn't take a third eye to see how overwhelmingly happy Yukina was. Being flaunted and at the center of attention wasn't usually her thing, but she found it was easy to tolerate from her dear new mother-in-law. So since she was showing no signs of being anything but overjoyed, Hiei simply let her have her moment, even if it was clear he didn't much care for her choice in spouses. He left as soon as the kiss was sealed.
Naturally then, the honeymoon came next. It was a bit more tricky to pull off, but they managed to find a nice secluded cabin in the woods to rent outside of the city. Kurama and Yukina left first, and Kuwabara left a day later and met them there in his 'new' car, purchased with the money he was making at the new job he got after graduation. Perhaps he was working with mostly cats and dogs, as well as the occasional farm animal or some-odd lizard, but Doctor Kuwabara did have a nice ring to it!
Speaking of a nice ring, Kuwabara was wearing his when he finally arrived at the spot they agreed to meet. A simple gold band, he usually kept it hidden on a chain along with Yukina's tear gem, underneath his shirt. He blushed as he noticed Kurama staring at it when he arrived. "...W-What? What is it?"
The fox simply smiled. "Nothing. It's just satisfying to see you wear that. It's like a reminder that you're all mine now~"
Kuwabara blushed, and the redness only increased when Yukina appeared from behind his husband. "I think you meant to say 'ours', Kurama, dear?"
His smile slid into a smirk on the spot. The older demon playfully reached over and ruffled her hair, causing her to pout cutely. "No, no, Yukina-dear~ You're mine too!" But then he promptly stuck his tongue out and winked.
They laughed at the joke, and then Kurama ushered them all in, where Yukina already had some tea waiting. Not their usual green tea with orange or lemon, though. This tea was a deep red in color, and smelled like tart fruit and flowers.
"It's Blood Moon Tea." Kurama explained, and at Kuwabara's sudden look of alarm, he quickly added, "No actual blood in it, of course, the name comes from the blood moon flower. It's just meant to help get your blood pumping... If you know what I mean~"
He winked at him for good measure, and after fighting back his blush, Kuwabara took another sip.
Yukina served them some stir-fried vegetables for supper, which they all ate in a mostly comfortable, but slightly awkward silence. They all knew what they were there to do. But as for the getting down to do it...
The first to finish, Kurama quietly cleared his throat. "Hmm, so... Is anyone else feeling the effects of the tea yet...?" Personally, he was feeling a rise in his heartbeat, and a rather sudden and overwhelming feeling of giddiness. Though he supposed that could also be because of his excitement at finally being able to share this night with both of his lovers.
Kuwabara hesitantly nodded at his inquiry. "Uh, yeah, I guess now that you mention it, I'm starting to feel pretty warm and fuzzy over here..."
Kurama nodded enthusiastically. "Yes! That's good! Feeling warm is one of the effects of consuming the tea. What about you, Yukina?"
The little lady of their group looked up with some small alarm. "Oh, um... Well..." She seemed to be trying to find a nice way to say it, but she just couldn't. So she settled on the truth instead, "I'm afraid I don't feel anything especially different just yet..."
He couldn't deny he was a bit disappointed to hear that, but Kurama wasn't all that surprised. Of course neither he nor Kuwabara needed any help getting in the mood, so the tea had been procured with Yukina in mind. But the wise old fox had already suspected that it was going to take more than an extra hot cup of tea to get an ice maiden heated up...
Perhaps, then, sharing body heat might do the trick...
Getting up from his seat at the kotatsu, Kurama made his way behind Yukina, and then sat down again directly behind her, positioning his legs on either side of her, and wrapping his arms around her waist. While doing this, he moved his face in close to her ear, nuzzling his cheek against the side of her forehead. He meant to nuzzle her cheek, but she was so darned short...
At least he had her full attention now, as well as Kuwabara's. His younger lover was staring outright at the two demons, eyes wide and cheeks reddening quickly...
Kurama smirked as he turned his head, placing a kiss upon the small woman's brow. "It's quite alright, Yukina. I already suspected we'd have to put some work into you, and we'll be only too happy to do it..." Then he looked back at Kuwabara, who seemed to have progressed to a darker shade just by the sight of that one chaste kiss. "Come Kazuma. They're not called 'ice maidens' for no reason. I'm going to need your help in warming our new wife up to us..."
Sputtering, his mouth suddenly dry, Kuwabara took another gulp or tea to wet his tongue and calm his nerve, before standing up straight, walking around the table, and sitting next to them. "Um, so what should I...?"
Not waiting to be asked, Kurama answered by taking one hand from Yukina's waist, and placing it against Kazuma's cheek. Then he led him in close for a kiss, their pressed lips dancing just above Yukina's face, which was now just starting to blush a pure, light pink.
Kazuma had never felt self-conscious about kissing his boyfriend before, and he wasn't about to start now. But admittedly this was a little different, with someone staring at them, literally right next to them. Kurama figured as much, and kept the kiss chaste. Besides, there was more fun to get started on...
As soon as he let go of the human's cheek, Yukina reached up with her tiny hands and replaced them, one on both sides of Kazuma's cheeks, and pulled him into a kiss with her. Their first real kiss together. Yukina had kissed him on the cheek before, but Kazuma, like a gentleman, had insisted she wait until after marriage to go any further. No doubt he had expected her to simply avoid doing so after that. But Yukina knew he yearned for her, and more than that, she wanted him to know now, that she yearned for him too.
Kazuma's eyes went wide at first, then slipped closed, savoring the simple kiss. Her lips were colder than Kurama's, he thought idly, but they still managed to make him grow hot. But then her mouth suddenly flew open into a gasp. Kuwabara blinked, wondering if he had done something wrong... And then he noticed that Kurama, cheeky fox that he was, had slipped his hand into the front of Yukina's yukata. And that hand was now...
"...!" Kazuma's eyes were practically as large as the moon, now.
Kurama's palm settled over her breast, and Yukina made a sound - A sound like the startled cry of a bird, a sound that went straight to Kuwabara's groin, even though he knew it should be wrong. He looked up from the spectacle to glare at Kurama, only to find the demon giving him a slow, purposeful wink. By the time he looked back down, Yukina's cry of alarm had melted into a low moan.
As for Kurama, certainly the feeling of Yukina's soft but chilly skin against his hand was not unpleasant, but the look on Kuwabara's face and the sounds his wife was making was his real reward. He continued to knead the small mound until the natural chill in her skin rose to match his temperature. Then he took back his hand, only to proceed to use both to pull apart the fabric, exposing both of her tiny breasts to her human husband.
"I'm sure Yukina has no problem with you looking at her, Kazuma~" Kurama mentioned, while untying the sash around her waist, and pulling apart the rest of her yukata to reveal her almost entirely naked body, except for a chaste white pair of panties, adorned with only a single tiny bow. "But try not to stare too long - You don't want to let your wife get cold, after all~"
The human clearly had no such issue, as his face was burning with color. "B-B-But... W-What should I...?"
"Do whatever you want to, Kazuma..." Yukina finally spoke up, her arms raised up modestly to her chest, and her legs held together, despite otherwise not trying to hide the nakedness that Kurama had imposed on her. She was simply shy. "I trust you completely... I know you would never hurt me..."
Kurama hummed in agreement, but also in thought. "Well. We'd certainly never do so on purpose. But... You are a virgin, are you not, Yukina?"
The ice maiden's eyes went wide. "O-Oh! Of course!"
"Yes, of course..." Kurama agreed, cupping his hands around both of her breasts once more. While doing so, he looked back up at his human lover, and smirked. "Can you believe our luck, Kuwabara? Yukina is so pure... Why, I bet she's never even touched herself before! Have you, Yukina..."
The way he was asking her, it wasn't really a question. He already knew the answer. Wordlessly, she nodded. Kazuma gulped audibly. But it took less than a few seconds for him to steel his nerve, and then lean forward, pressing several sweet kisses onto Yukina's neck.
She responded by wrapping her arms around his shoulders, pulling herself even closer to him. Kurama, in the meantime, slid his hands down from her breasts, across her bare stomach and over her hips, until they finally settled on her thighs. Then he gently pried them apart, until Yukina got the idea and spread her legs open, so that Kuwabara could settle in between them.
The human did so, and then, almost lulled into forgetting his self-consciousness, Kuwabara was about to follow his first lover's lead and head downwards. But his gentlemanly instincts kicked in at the last second, and he looked back up at his wife for permission, despite already being given it. "Um, is it alright if I-?"
Yukina responded by nudging him downwards, begging him, "Please don't stop..."
Face flushed, he nodded without another word, and continued kissing his way across her skin, to her breasts, which he kissed all over and all around, until he finally could bring himself to settle on one of her petite, pert nipples.
He kissed it first, then hesitantly, as if feeling as if someone like him could surely never give pleasure to a girl like this, he stuck his tongue, and gingerly licked at the little nub of flesh.
Kurama suddenly snorted, a few snickers escaping him before he could manage to stop them. "I'm sorry-" He apologized immediately, even though it didn't sound like he was sorry. He rushed to explain, "It's just - Kazuma, you know that's now how you lick me when we're together. That's how your CAT licks YOU. Come now. I know you know how to do this. You just need to LET yourself do it..." Thinking of it another way, he added, "Lick her like you lick your soft-serve ice cream cones! She is cold and sweet, after all!"
Kazuma glared at him, his eyes practically doing the groaning for him. But Yukina was quick to defend the poor human, stroking and massaging the back of his neck comfortingly while she mentioned, "It feels very good so far, Kazuma. Please continue..."
This time, he obeyed her requests, his husband's guidance, and his own desire. Lowering his head back to her breast, he opened up a bit wider this time, taking almost her entire breast into his mouth. Instantly a gasp and a moan escaped from her, and she clutched his shoulders, pulling him even closer. He sucked at the mound of flesh, lapped his entire tongue over her nipples, and gently raked teeth over the skin around it.
Yukina showed absolutely no signs of being displeased by any of it, to say the least. Her fingers slid into the curled locks of his hair, grasping at him. In the meantime, Kurama had been absentmindedly running his hands over her bare thighs, until he finally decided it was as good a time as any to take the girl to the next level...
So while she was preoccupied with Kazuma's attentions, Kurama ran his hand back up her thigh, over her belly and to the hem of her ivory-colored silk panties, which he immediately slipped his fingers into. Kazuma had gotten quite preoccupied with what he was doing, holding Yukina with one hand by the side of her stomach while he sucked and licked and teased her breasts, from one back to the other. So he didn't notice what Kurama was doing until Yukina let out an especially loud gasp, arching against him and pulling his hair just a bit by accident.
Kuwabara hardly even felt the pain, he was used to far, far worse, after all - But he pulled back just to see what the commotion was about. When he looked down and found out, his face fell in shock. He couldn't bring himself to glare this time, he was too busy staring. Yukina was digging her head back against Kurama's shoulder, her mouth open, her breath coming out haphazardly. Kurama's delicate but strong dominant hand was inside of her intimates, his fingers moving back and forth inside the satiny cloth. And from the way Yukina's head had rolled to the side, nudging against Kurama's neck, it was clear she wanted more of that...
Kurama smiled genuinely, not smirking this time, when he bent his head down just slightly to plant a kiss on Yukina's brow. "What do you think, dear wife...?" But then he went right back to the act, taking her under the chin with the opposite hand, and breathing hotly into her ear, "Would you like to have Kazuma's mouth, and tongue, where my hand is now...?"
She screwed her eyes shut, too embarrassed to look at anyone while she nodded.
Kurama nudged her without another word, and taking his hint, she readjusted herself to a laying down position, with her head pillowed in his lap. Then she reached down, hooked her thumbs into the hem of her undergarments, and slid them down her legs, over her knees, and off of her feet. Ever the dutiful wife, she fold them neatly and set them aside, instead of merely tossing them.
Kuwabara felt like he had a bug in his throat. He cleared it, but he was still nervous. Damn Kurama... Damn his wonderful, incredible husband! He had told him in confidence a few months ago, when asked by the coy fox, that he had always fantasized about doing this with Yukina. And now he'd went and made it a reality.
Except... Could he really give Yukina the pleasure he'd always hoped he could...?
Well... There was only one way to find out.
"Just... Let me know right away if I do anything stupid, anything you don't like. Okay?" She nodded again.
Kurama quickly added with a roll of his eyes, "I highly doubt she'll have to do that. So get to it already!"
Yukina silently thanked Kurama for his candor. She was far too polite to say that herself, but she had been thinking it...
Abandoning his hesitation, Kazuma finally ducked down, settling between her thighs, right in front of her sex. Of course he still doubted himself, doubted that Yukina would really want his ugly mug on her instead of Kurama's pretty one, but knowing he might be thinking that, in a sudden show of confidence, in both him and herself, Yukina wrapped her legs around him, her feet pushing on his back, urging him on. Her face burned only a slightly less red shade of pink than Kuwabara's. Kurama bit back a grin looking at them, and began to massage Yukina's breasts from above the two.
Taking a breath to steel his nerves, Kazuma opened his mouth, stuck out his wide, flat tongue, licking practically half the small maiden's sex in first contact, and then swiping up.
She had gasped at first, but when his tongue dragged between the little lips and over the special nugget of pleasure between them, she let out an outright shout. One of her feet pushed down harder on his back, and the other slid down to his buttocks, even giving him a slight pinch with her toes!
The blood rushed to his groin, and he grinned, a man possessed. He feared nothing now, reaching in boldly with two fingers, spreading her sex apart, and attacking her clit with his tongue as fiercely as his fists would attack an opponent in battle. Swipe, swipe, jab, jab.
Yukina made several high-pitched noises in succession, reaching up and grabbing over Kurama's hands, grasping them as if she were holding on for dear life. When Kazuma decided to get creative, catching the nub between his licks and giving it a firm suckle, the normally quiet and reserved girl actually let out a short scream, before reaching up to cover her mouth with a hand. But Kurama gently took it back, replacing it back at her breast and urging her to squeeze it herself. He implored, "Please dear wife, do tell - What are you feeling right now?"
She obeyed for him immediately, "H-HOT!" She bit at her lip to quiet herself, aghast at her own candidness. But knowing they wanted to hear, she soon let herself moan back at them, "Ohhh... So hot, so warm... I've never felt so hot and warm before...!"
In just a few short seconds she was finding herself unable to stop moaning, unable to stop writhing, the leg on Kuwabara's back curling in to squeeze the back of his neck. She shook, rolled her hips, and then fell back limply against Kurama, panting and gasping for air. Her cheeks were now finally just as red as Kazuma's.
"Phew!" Kurama exclaimed, taking a deep breath for himself, before cheering. "Magnificent work, the both of you! Good show indeed~" He grinned, and let out a short chuckle. "Well now, I'd say you earned a short breather. But I'm sure you know, Kazuma - Ladies can come more than once."
"Whoa, wait, they can-?"
"SO! You need to get back to work!" Kurama sighed, rolling his eyes again, but more so at human sex education in general than his poor innocent lover.
Kazuma did just that, and continued his work until he had gotten at least two more of those reactions out of their lovely little wife, until she was actually the one begging him to stop, though not because she wanted their night to end just yet. "Please... I want..." Of course she was too reserved to outright say it, but both men knew exactly what she meant.
Kuwabara looked back up at his husband. "Um, Kurama, did you want to-?"
The yoko shook his head. "I'm quite content with watching the show for now! Although..." Shifting himself for a moment, he gently lowered Yukina's head, before sitting up and pulling his black sweatpants (they were in a cabin in the woods, comfort over style) and silky red boxers off and tossing them over by Yukina's panties. Then he placed Yukina's head back on his lap, his erection just a few mere inches from where her hair laid. "I assume this is fine with you, Yukina dear?"
She nodded, "More than fine..." And to prove it, she reached up wantonly, and took hold of his member in her right hand.
Kuwabara had scooted back to take his own khaki trousers and black boxers off, and then positioned himself again between his beloved wife's legs, to her eagerly awaiting sex. But he had to stop just one more time, when he finally saw his own sex next to hers...
He was, well... 'Average' for his height, but then, he was also 6'3... He suddenly found himself thinking, am I even gonna be able to get anything in...? Surely not without hurting his beloved! He started to get really nervous. "Um... Just be sure to let me know if it hurts, and I'll stop right away! Okay?" His eyes implored her seriously, almost starting to get a little watery. Kurama didn't chide him at all this time.
Yukina's left hand settled over one of his at her hip. "I trust you Kazuma. Completely."
He nodded, wiping his eyes real quick before placing his free hand back on the opposite hip. He held her still, and she stayed as still as she could for him, as he finally led the tip of his shaft to her entrance.
Kazuma seriously wasn't sure how he pulled it off, he was pretty sure he hadn't really and that Yukina had pulled some kind of demon magic to help him, because one second it felt tight when he prodded her, and the next he had simply slid inside, instant perfection, as if he belonged there and always had. God damn, he would even be damned by god for this, because if making love to this demon girl was wrong in even the eyes of god itself, Kazuma wouldn't mind at all going to hell for this slice of heaven.
Yukina's eyes had gone wide, and somehow her eyes got wider with every inch he slowly added inside of her, until finally he reached a point with some resistance. To his shock, he was pretty close to fully sheathed. He would have never guessed she could take almost all of him, let alone seem to actually be enjoying it. But she was grasping his hand, clutching him, squeezing him inside. He was suddenly nervous for a whole other reason. How long was he going to be able to last?
Well, he suddenly decided, no use dwelling on what he couldn't do. He had to focus on trying to do what he could! So he began to slowly pump into her, slowly but with a steady rhythm, increasing it just slightly with every gasp she let out, every squeak, every "Ah! Ah! AH!"
Oh but then, then she went rigid, and spasmed, bucked on him wildly, and he lost it.
Kurama, watching from above, also nearly did so from the sight of them, and because Yukina had suddenly squeezed his member a little extra hard, probably not even realizing she was doing it. But he reigned himself back, willing himself to calm down. For the first thing, he wasn't about to come at the same time as these two virgins, and for the second, he still had some plans of his own...
He gave them several seconds to catch up with their breath before speaking up. "Mmm~! Good show, good show! You both look like you had a fantastic time! But I don't suppose, dear Yukina, that you could entertain me briefly as well? That is, if you still feel accommodating enough to?"
Yukina's chest heaved a few more times before she responded, "Yes, I think I can do that, Kurama dear. I think I'll definitely need a good nap after this though!" She squeaked, turning her head to shy away at least half of her blush.
Just a bit reluctant, but also excited to see what was to come, Kazuma slowly withdrew from his warmed-up wife, sitting a few short steps away while the two demons moved positions. Kurama put Yukina's head down, then moved around her. While he did that she quickly sat up and took off her yukata the rest of the way, bundled it up and put it behind her head as a makeshift pillow. Kurama waited for her, and as soon as she was comfortable, he promptly took charge, hooking his hands underneath her knees and pulling her legs open. He took only a second to move his cock where it needed to be, and entered her rather quickly, completely unlike gentle Kazuma...
Of course he wasn't out to hurt her, her pleasure was still being considered before his own. He was a demon, not a beast. But he was also an experienced lover, he didn't have to be held by the hand, and Kurama knew that Yukina was stronger than Kuwabara thought her to be. She was a demon too after all, and besides that, she was Hiei's sister, his equal opposite, the ice to his fire. She was a tough little lady. She could handle having her limits tested.
It was soon clear to see, she not only could handle it, she relished it. And Kurama wasn't even half done yet. He slid his hand over her thighs, then over her stomach, and up to her breasts. There he began to knead the small globes of fat again, this time not completely unlike how Kuwabara's cat often pawed at them in the middle of the night. He supposed there was something of a mother complex involved. First his attachment human mother and now he seemed to be projecting a bit onto Yukina. But as long as she enjoyed herself, it was surely harmless enough.
Plus, he wasn't just massaging her with his hands. Underneath his hands, and slowly spreading through the rest of his body, was his spirit energy. He was quite literally not just making love to her with his body, but with his mind and spirit as well. She felt it everywhere he touched her. It made every nerve crackle with life and energy.
Kuwabara watched with wide eyes and just a bit of jealousy. Kurama had to show him that spirit energy trick later!
For now, Kurama was busy laying claim to his new wife. He was no beast, but his lovemaking had always been just a bit on the aggressive side, even with Kazuma. Not violent, of course, but just... Persistent. If Kurama loved you so much, he made sure you knew damn well. And that you wouldn't be forgetting anytime soon...
Yukina seemed only too grateful for the reminder, and showed her gratitude by clutching his biceps, and winding her legs around him. He growled a little under his breath, and pounded into her just a little harder for it. He was starting to lose control to his woman... And while he was doing so, he could feel his spirit energy, heightened by merging with hers, changing him... He blinked, and when his eyes looked back at hers, they were golden instead of green. His hair began to turn silvery white. The transformation wasn't complete, but the spirit energy was changing him momentarily.
Yukina gasped as she saw this, and moaned loudly, "Oh~! I can't believe I'm really being loved by the great Yoko Kurama-!"
He smirked with his canines, barely holding anything back now. Yukina didn't make a single noise of protest, but there was a lot of noise besides that. "Oh-! OH! So hot! T-T... TOO HOT!"
It was a good thing he was already starting to at last lose his composure, because it seemed the poor dear ice maiden had indeed finally reached her limits, and was about to overheat!
So finally, with a grunt and rather especially primal growl, Kurama finally buried himself inside of her as she once again and for the last time tonight tipped over her edge, and he released inside of her too while riding the waves of her pleasure. When the sensations finally stopped coursing through every nerve in his body, he shuddered, and his hair and eyes went back to their normal color as he panted for breath above her.
"Whoa..." He heard Kuwabara mumble appreciatively, then with a playful chuckle, the young man gave him a thumbs up and told him cheekily, "Good show, old bean! Good sport and cheerio and all that!"
Kurama smirked back at him and then stuck out his tongue. "Yes, yes, I know~ I put on quite a performance! As did our lovely leading lady..."
Reaching down, Shuuichi place a sweet kiss on the ice maiden's brow. "I'm sure after the work-out we put you through tonight, you'll be fine letting us tough bastards rough each other up alone sometimes. But we'll certainly be happy to entertain you whenever the mood strikes you as well~"
Yukina nodded, smiling adoringly at him, and then over at Kuwabara. "I think I'm in the mood for us to go to bed now. Is it okay if tonight I sleep between you two tonight? Just tonight and once in a while, I promise. And then sometimes I can sleep on the edge of the bed, if you two want to cuddle."
Kurama doted on her as well. "That's very thoughtful of you, Yukina. And I think that will work just fine~" Then he yawned as he withdrew from her, and then reached over and gently smacked his husband on the arm. "Come Kazuma! I'm exhausted! You can carry our beautiful bride to bed~!"
Kuwabara blushed, but grinned and nodded, picking up the shamelessly naked Yukina and carrying her to the adjoining bedroom, and placing her in the middle.
Then both men laid next to her, on either side of her, the two of them holding hands just above her heart, and with her hand laying above theirs.
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Shuuichi's mother was beside herself with joy when she was told, just a few short months later, that she was soon going to be a grandmother. And more than that, to twins! The whole family cheered their good luck, for twins were indeed quite rare and extra lucky. They seemed to run in Yukina's family, apparently...
His mother had exclaimed upon learning of it, "Oh! You must be so very happy and excited, my dear daughter!" Enough love in her heart for everyone, his mother had been calling her 'daughter' for quite a while now. But seeing that Yukina seemed a little less excited than she expected, she added hesitantly, "Er... You are, aren't you dear?"
Yukina blushed with embarrassment and shame. "Oh, y-yes, of course, sorry-"
But it was his mother that took over for the apologies. "Oh! No, I'm sorry, Yukina-chan, I know what must be the problem - You're nervous about the birth! That's completely natural, all women are scared of that part! Now, I can't promise it'll be easy, but I will promise this: It's definitely worth it. One hundred percent!" She smiled over at her son Shuuichi while saying this, who blushed and smiled back.
Yukina nodded to her, grinning and bowing.
Later that night, Kuwabara had fretted over her and her beach-ball sized belly, as she once again sounded somber. "What's wrong, my darling?" He loved that Kurama and Yukina always called each other 'dear Yukina' or 'Kurama dear'. His word for them was usually 'darling', when he didn't feel like getting elaborate.
At first Yukina was still quiet, but then later in the night, she say down between her husbands on the couch, linking her arms with them. Something was apparently on her mind. "Do... Do you know how ice maidens are really made, Kurama? I know you lived a long time in the demon world, but it's one of our best-kept secrets..." One that, if they knew she told, would probably get her banished or killed. But since there was several other reasons they would already want to do that, what was one more going to matter?
Blinking in confusion, Kurama shrugged. "I'm... Not sure what you mean?" Even Yoko was confused by her statement.
Kuwabara urged her to explain, so she slowly did. "It's just... You know, Kazuma, that the human world and the demon world are linked for a reason. That many demons are actually spirits that crossed over from the human world, but couldn't find a place in the spirit world. True demons always lived in the demon world, but there actually aren't that many of those. Many demons are born from plant and animal spirits, like Yoko. Other demons are even made from the spirits of corrupted humans... Such is the case with ice maidens."
Kazuma's eyes went wide, and even Kurama blinked in surprise. Otherwise they kept silent, waiting for her to elaborate. "Ice maidens are born... That is to say, our bodies feel the urge to clone, when a human girl dies the way we did in our past lives. Ice maidens are born of human girls who were never once in their lives loved or cared for. Always shunned, never wanted. Their hearts froze over from the lack of love. So you see... I do look forward to giving these children the love that they need, the love that most ice maidens don't know how to express... But if they are indeed clones, it means that somewhere on earth, a girl or even a young woman must have gone her entire life without being loved by anyone. And of course I can't help but be saddened by that..."
Suddenly her and Hiei's short height didn't seem so cute to Kurama anymore. He realized with no slight amount of sick dread, that it probably meant they were born from the spirits of humans that had died as children... He looked over at Kazuma, who was on the verge of tears. He must have been realizing half of it too...
"We'll just love them all the more for it!" The sweet, kitten-loving man proclaimed grandly, squeezing Yukina's hand and laying his head on top of hers. "I'm so sorry, Yukina my darling!"
Kurama patted his wife's hand too. "Yes. We'll love them every bit as much as we all love each other."
Yukina cuddled up between them. "I'm so grateful..." And she really was. Her warm loving husbands always made her icy existence feel more like a gentle snow...
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Her two darling daughters were both born in winter, on one of the first days of December. She in fact went into labor just before midnight, and one of the girls was born just on the eve of the last day, and the next girl on the morn of the following day. Their birth seemed to predict that they would be literally as different as night and day, and as soon as the second girl was born, it was confirmed.
The firstborn was almost a complete clone of her mother. Her hair was the same icy shade, her face was almost identical, except, her eyes were a bit less wide, a bit more angled. They later joked that she almost seemed to have a bit of "Kazuma's angry face" in her. But she wasn't an angry child at all. She was a bit serious, like most ice maiden children, but she laughed and played like normal. She would grow up to be very kind and quiet like her mother, but with a tougher streak to her. And most strangely of all, she grew up to be rather abnormally tall for a girl with a mother as short as Yukina...
The second-born, they knew from the moment she was born, was Kurama's biological daughter. Her hair was the same exact coral shade, and her eyes the same emerald. She shared most of his mannerisms later in life, just as kind and calm and calculating, except she was a little tougher around the edges, a little more prone to a temper. Both girls always viewed Kuwabara as a second father, and he taught them everything he knew to keep them safe. They were his little daughters, and his little students. They learned a lot from him too.
But for the first few days after their birth, they simply marveled over the beauty of them, wondering who and what they would grow up to be. Shuuichi's mother visited almost every day, proclaiming the family to be 'absolutely perfect'. Kuwabara then joked with her that they were almost there, but that they still needed a puppy! And he then began to show her the adorable breeds they had in mind. They eventually settled on a Tosa, to guard the children. Kazuma named him 'Disciple'. His mother wished they would have gotten something a little smaller and cuter, like a spitz or a kishu, but Disciple was the most loyal and protective pup you could ever ask for. Even though he did have a voracious appetite! And Eikitchi got along with him fabulously, sometimes even sleeping on his back. Many adorable pictures were taken~
A few months after the children were born, the baby Disciple, looking more like an under-cooked brownie than proper dog just yet, began barking and growling at the door, in a frenzy. Then someone began to knock. Kuwabara picked him up, rubbed his head and ears to hush him, and then opened the door. There he found Hiei.
Kuwabara raised a brow at him, "Yeah? What do you want?" He asked, a little less than welcoming, but not in a serious way. And he had already stepped aside, a silent invitation for the moody demon to come in, if he wanted.
Hiei glared at him, not inclined to answer right away, until he noticed that Yukina had appeared in the hallway just beyond, giving him a look of deep curiosity, which he suddenly felt compelled to sate. "I... I came... To visit my sister." He finally forced himself to say aloud. Yukina went rigid with shock. He continued, with a strangely proper bow for someone like him, "To congratulate her on the birth of her children..."
She went from still with shock, to running straight for him in a second. By the time he had straightened out, she had flung her arms around him, hugging him tight, crying tears of joy, and he knew then, that she had always known.
Not like it was that hard... He tended to stalk the people he cared about, after all.
But without mentioning it, she quickly led him into the nursery . He looked upon the sleeping babes, smiled a genuine smile, and then turned to leave without a word. But Yukina had a few words for him, starting with, "W-Wait!"
He stopped, and looked back at her. Waiting.
"U-Um... Why don't you stay for dinner too? Please? I'm making a big roast tonight, I know there will be lots of leftovers. Won't you please stay? I'd like you to try my cooking! Kurama's mother has taught me a lot..."
He slowly came to nod. "Okay... I guess I am a little hungry..."
It was a little awkward for Kuwabara, suddenly finding out that Hiei was apparently his brother-in-law, but Yukina was so happy, he would never rain on her parade. He ate quietly while Hiei did the same, with Yukina sitting between them. The twins were in a set of dual swinging chairs nearby, each with a bottle. Hiei would occasionally glance over at them, and then back to Yukina, listening to her recipes and stories about the children.
Near the end of the night, when Hiei finally left, he at least did so properly, seeing his sister off at the door. He felt the need to mention to her, "The hiruseki stone you gave me... I hope you don't mind, but I gave it to another. They meant a lot to me. I wanted to show them how much..."
Yukina's eyes went wide, and she hugged him again. "No! I'm so glad! Truthfully, that's what I actually always hoped you would eventually do with it... I'm so happy you found someone that makes you feel that way... Just as I have."
Kurama suddenly felt a little bad about his jealous, mean-spirited thoughts about Mukuro from years ago. He was sure she was perfectly lovely, despite her obvious hideous extremities...
Her husbands each put a hand on her shoulders, and she reached up and put a hand over each of theirs. Hiei looked impassively at the two of them, then bid them goodbye with just one last message. "Take good care of her... Or I'll kill you." Then he disappeared from sight.
Kurama immediately proclaimed, "That went very well!"
Kazuma naturally raised a brow over at him. "It... Did?"
He nodded back, "Oh yes~ Nobody even got into a fight or anything like that!" Though secretly... He was just a little bit disappointed about that.
But not too much~
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~The End~
And also, the beginning? ;)
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