InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Tales of the Night ❯ Night MCMLVI: Meddling ( Chapter 35 )

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Title: Night MCMLVI: Meddling
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Warning(s): Light fluff.


It had been about three and a half months since Kagome had met Hiei again, and she still could not entirely figure out her feelings for him. She knew that she still loved and cared about him so very deeply, yet she was also afraid. Their relationship had not gone well at all. Though, the more she thought on it, it was to be expected. They had kept things from each other, they had not been open, they both had been using each other for reasons they would never admit to out loud. They had been different people with far too much baggage to even attempt having a relationship with anyone. Had they fallen in love with different people, the relationship still would not have worked, Kagome knew.

It was why she almost wanted to try again with him. She knew she had closed so many chapters in her past and moved on enough to have a successful relationship. And she knew just from spending those past few months with Hiei that he had dropped much of his baggage as well. They were not the childish people they had been close to six years ago.

And her brother and his friends were not helping much either.

Oh, she knew exactly what they were up to. The only one who was truly subtle about it was Kurama, and she had to give him credit there. Souta and Yuusuke were, well, Souta and Yuusuke. Mature people surrounded by the supernatural, but young men at heart. They were too open and honest to be sneaky about toying with the love lives of other people. It was why she could not be entirely angry with them. Yet she did hate the fact that they were trying so hard to get her and Hiei back together. She had a hunch about why Souta was doing so: ever since her adventure, he had taken it upon himself to make sure she was happy and getting through life OK. As for Yuusuke and Kurama, she had no clue. She figured it was because Hiei was their friend and they wanted him to be happy.

Yet when they had gone so far as to get Shippou involved, she knew something had to be done to get them to stop. They may think getting Hiei jealous would push him into making a move toward renewing their relationship, but she knew Hiei well enough to know it was doing the opposite. Hiei did not like being jealous--she would even go so far as to say that he loathed it--and so when he was jealous, he retreated. She knew that from a little incident involving Hojo before they had had a relationship. She would admit that it felt good to know she knew something about Hiei that they did not.

She wished that they would have just let them work it out in their own time. They did not know the details of their relationship, and they both wanted to keep it that way. Their relationship was their own, not anyone else's business. So it led to many incidents where the wrong thing had been said toward them that dredged up so many memories that were not entirely good. She tried her hardest to do damage control then, but the words still stung.

It was why she was determined to give Souta a dose of his own medicine and see how he enjoyed having someone meddle directly in his relationship. It was childish, she knew, but it was the best way to deal with pesky little brothers.

It was still early in the evening, so her brother was not around. Yet Hiei was, and sitting in his usual spot looking out the window. Or at her reflection in it; she did not want to entirely know at this point. It would be wonderful and hurt, no matter which answer it was. And she knew the only reason Hiei was around at the moment was because he did not know that Souta was getting ready for a dinner date with Yukina. That she had been invited along on.

And they had said nothing about if she could bring a date.

"Nee, Hiei?" she called out. Her grin turned into a smile when he turned his head to look at her.

When he would sit there and look at her like that, it was so easy for her to remember so many nights spent in her room. He made it so easy to remember, and her lingering feelings made it hard to remember they were no longer together.

"Souta and Yukina have a date tonight." Her smile widened when she saw his eyes narrow, so she quickly added, "It's just dinner tonight."

"Your brother's getting sneakier."

She nodded. "Yes. I believe the blame falls entirely on Yuusuke and Kurama. He spends too much time with them these days. They get him involved in their crazy plots."

He smirked at her. "So you finally noticed what they're trying to do. It took you long enough."

"Yes, I didn't realize it until they got Shippou involved." She sighed and shook her head before pushing away from the counter. "I am sorry about it... I have an idea to get back at them, you know."

He raised an eyebrow and leaned his left arm against his bent knee. She resisted the urge to blush over how that position made him look, especially with the way he was looking at her with those deep carmine eyes of his. He said nothing, but his actions asked her to continue.

"They invited me to dinner with them. They didn't say I couldn't bring a date, so..." She trailed off before taking a deep breath and scrounging up her courage. "Be my date to dinner tonight, Hiei."

It was not a request, but he could still say no. She did not want him to say no, though she knew he might. Though, first and foremost, it was an attempt to have him help her meddle in their relationship tonight, she had ulterior motives. He had not spoken to Yukina for the past three months because he knew she knew he was her brother. Kagome knew how much it was hurting Yukina for him to not acknowledge her because she knew. She wanted to do this for Hiei and Yukina--she wanted them to at least be able to talk.

From the way he glared at her, she knew he had caught onto her desires to meddle in his relationship to his sister.

"Please, Hiei. Don't say no," she said. She stood and walked over to him, placing a hand on his arm. "You don't have to do anything or carry on an actual conversation with her... Just let her know you're there. That's all she wants." She crouched down to be level with him and smiled. "Plus, you'll get to torment Souta to no end tonight."

He looked away, but he did not shrug off her hand. She took it as a good sign.

"You know I wouldn't ask you to go if I knew it was going to go badly. I'm not someone who's going to hurt you."

"Twenty minutes."

She blinked in confusion. "Huh? Twenty minutes?"

He clicked his tongue in what she could only describe as distaste. "I'll stay for twenty minutes. You better warn your brother away from pissing me off."

She smiled and stood. "Of course."


A version of this chapter was posted to the livejournal community 30_Nights for their theme #029. I will never hurt you.
Word count: 1240