Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Anti-Freeze ❯ Morning Stiffness ( Chapter 5 )

A.N: Um, SylphEater I thought you should know that I left the dirty scene in because it wasn't so extreme I mean the fic is rated R. And that's what R is.

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Chapter Five.

Hiei opened his eyes, squinting them, from a beam of sunlight that had climbed in through the window and landed upon his face. A smirk appears on his face, as the sun reminds him of his tree sleeping days before it got cold outside and Kurama insisted that he stay at his house. 'Kurama!'

Hiei suddenly took notice to the welt in his pants and the hand upon it that was causing the rise. 'Kurama must be moving around in his sleep again.' He reached for the other boys hand, but then moved his own back to where it was originally laying. 'I'll leave it there, see how he reacts to it.'

Kurama sighed a smile on his face and nuzzled his nose into the pillow beneath him. His hand, the one on Hiei, began to scrunch in and out wondering what it was holding on to. Opening his eyes, Kurama looked to where his hand was laying and blushed the deepest shade of red.

Snapping his hand back to his own side of the bed, Kurama sat up on his elbow leaning over the other boys shoulder praying that Hiei wasn't awake. So he tried peeking at Hiei's face to see if his eyes were opened yet.

"Bought time you woke up." Hiei stated sitting up and turning towards the fox.

A startled gasp came from Kurama. "I'm sorry Hiei, I didn't know what I was doing." He shrugged. "I was asleep you know."

"I know."

'But why didn't you move my hand?' Wondered Kurama. The room was uncomfortably silent, and Kurama could feel Hiei's eyes scanning his face for something. But what.

'Come on Kurama,' Hiei demanded. 'tell me you did it on purpose.'

"Hiei.... I-..."

"Wake up you guys!" Yusuke shouted through the bedroom door giving it a bang. "You're gonna miss breakfast and Kuwabara made pancakes! So come on."

They heard the boys stomping feet departing down the hallway. Kurama looked at Hiei apologetically and stated lowly. "Sorry again." Slipping out of bed, Kurama crossed the room to the closet and grabbed a handful of clothes to wear for the day. "See you downstairs." He left for the bathroom, so that he and Hiei wouldn't be embarrassed to get dressed.

Hiei sighed, and climbed out of bed as well. Guessing that Kurama wanted him to wear more of those itchy clothes, he grabbed a sweater and a hat from the closet. Taking his shirt off, Hiei slipped the sweater over his head, taking a little time to work down the weird neck it had.

This sweater is dark red, like the one Kurama had on yesterday. Hiei then put the hat onto his head, folding up the left over stuff that didn't fit on his head. The bedroom door opened and Kurama walked back in, smiling as he took in the youkai's appearance.

"Nice choice. One thing though," He walked over to Hiei reaching hesitantly for the sweater, before shaking off the uncomfortable feeling grabbing onto the turtle neck of it. He folded it down and gave it a little fluff outward. "...there."

Hiei touched the neck of the sweater, satisfied that it now fit comfortably around his neck. They became silent again. Hiei took a step forward reaching out for the fox demon and Kurama made no attempts to move away. "Kurama..." He started to say.

"Yes?"

"We need to go." He dropped his hand and walked past the red haired boy to the door.

Kurama let his held breath free, and turned to the door. "Right."

Downstairs. Kuwabara was plating another stack of pancakes onto a plate, turning off the stove with the satisfaction of a job well done.

"Kuwabara, I had no idea you could cook like this." Said Botan, on her second helping.

Kuwabara smiled boastfully and sat down to have a plate himself. "It's just something I picked up from my mom."

"There you guys are, what were you doing up there?" Asked Yusuke with an implying smirk.

"None of your business." Stated Hiei, sitting down beside Kuwabara receiving looks from everyone at the table. "It's better than looking at him." He answered the unasked question.

Grabbing two plates from the cabinet shelf, Kurama gave one to Hiei and took the other for himself.

Kuwabara looked daigonal across the table at Kurama. "We're gonna start lessons early today, cause Urameshi and me have to train for the competition tomorrow. Okay?"

The fox nodded as he reached for the jelly and syrup.

"Shizuru and I are gonna hang out in the hot tub you have out there," Botan pointed to the back door with her fork. "Nothing like a little r and r to get your muscles loose for skiing."

"Not to mention cruising the male skiers." Said Kuwabara's sister.

"Eeew, not at the table." Kuwabara gagged.

Shizuru shrugged her brothers comment off, as she did most of what he said in a day, and continued eating.

"I didn't know you had a hot tub Kuwabara?" Kurama inquired.

"Yup, my dad got it the first time we were here, cause mom said she'd kill him if he didn't buy one." He replied in a laugh.

"Yeah!" Yusuke had a sudden great idea. "We can take a dip after we come back from skiing." He placed a finger to his forehead saying. "Although, I didn't bring any swim shorts."

"Whose up for skinny dipping?" Suggested Kuwabara.

"Ugh," Shizuru shoved her plate away. "Now I've lost my appetite."

Botan laughed to herself as she watched the girls departure. "Oh dear..." She placed a thoughtful finger to her chin. "Now that I think about it, I didn't bring a swim suit either."

Smiles. "I'll take that soak now." Said Kuwabara winking at Botan, who just laughed.

"Now now, dirty boys often get their mouths washed out with soap." Snaps her fingers. "But since I'm all out, how's about a paddle instead?"

Yusuke laughed pointing a finger. "I'd take that as a hint not to get my teeth knocked out." Pushing his chair back, Yusuke waved a hand to the red head. "Come on, let's get our skiis."

"Hang on." Kuwabara chugged the last of his milk then got up from the table. The two boys fled upstairs as though their pants were one fire and the only source of water were that distance away.

'Leave.' Hiei mentally ordered looking in Botans direction.

The blue haired girl narrowed her eyes at him, but did as he so- politely- requested. When he and Kurama were alone, Hiei got up and walked to the other side of the table where the red head was seated, and sat himself down where Yusuke had been.

Kurama's back stiffened and he kept his attention to his breakfast. "What were you going to say before, upstairs?" The youkai asked.

"Nothing, I was just going to ask if you were ready to ski today." He lied. "That's all."

Hiei knew it was a lie, his nose may not be as sensitive as Kurama's but he could smell a lie when he heard one. The air just- changes somehow. 'He's trying to avoid me, that's obvious.' The smaller boy thought.

'This is becoming more of a nightmare, than a vacation.' Thought Kurama. He turned his eyes slightly to where Hiei is seated. 'I've got to find a way to change things in my favor, so that we'll be both be happy.'

"You guys done yet?" Asked Yusuke returning to the kitchen. "Cause we're heading out now if you're coming with us."

"Yes, we need to get our skis first." Kurama stated.

"Already got 'em." Said Kuwabara walking through the kitchen out the back door.

"Then we need our boots,"

"I'll get them." Hiei volunteered getting up from the table.

When he was out of sight, Kurama grabbed a hold of Yusuke's arm pulling him aside by the back door. "Hm, what?" The boy asked.

"I slept with Hiei last night." The fox said, his eyes shining brightly.

"Alright! Does that mean you two are seeing each other now or are you just sleeping together?" Asked Yusuke not even trying to keep his voice low.

"Hush, Yusuke." Kurama waved a hand by the boys mouth while looking towards the kitchen entry way for Hiei. "That's not what I meant, I mean we slept in the same bed. Nothing happened."

Shrugs. "So, Kuwabara and me sleep in the same bed tons of times." Yusuke looked out the back door at his boyfriend, who was sitting on the snow slipping his skiis onto his boots.

"You don't understand," Explained Kurama. "Hiei always sleeps in my window when he stays at my house..."

"Soo, you think he's trying to hint you something?" The dark haired boy was beginning to catch on. "Why don't you just ask him, or I could ask him for ya."

"I'm afraid it's not that simple with Hiei, he tends to..." His words broke off when the fire demon returned with his and Kurama's boots in hand.

Hiei looked at the two of them standing so closely together and he narrowed his eyes. "Let's make this quick."

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"I really don't see any improvement, do you?" Kuwabara asked.

Yusuke scratched his cheek cocking an eyebrow at Hiei. "Well, he hasn't fallen on his ass in the past five minutes, that's improvement to me."

As if he put a jinx on the boy, Hiei titled to the side landing on the snow. He growled but stood back up, a little rocky at first, then using his ski pole he pushed off again.

"Hey Kuwabara!" A familiar voice called.

The two boys turned around seeing Kuwabara's school friends Okubo, Miyamotto and Kirishima, trudging across the snowfield towards them. "Hey!" Another of the boys shouted as though they hadn't heard them the first time.

"Hi you guys!" Kuwabara skied over to them. Yusuke gave a look at their demon friends and figuring they'd be fine, he skied after Kuwabara.

"I was wondering where everybody from school was. How's the hotel?" The red head asked.

"Really cool," Okubo said. "they got an open fridge and everything."

"Yeah full of sodas." Kirishima mentioned. "It's not that great."

"Where are you guys staying?" Miyamotto asked.

"At my parents cabin, it's a pretty sweet deal cause they're not there." The boy was saying as they began to ski a ways away. "No grown ups means me and Urameshi can do whatever we want."

The three boys looked a little uncomfortable with that, but they nodded imagining that it would be cool- you know, if Yusuke were a girl and everything.

Kurama looked after their friends wondering where they were heading too, their lessons had hardly started and already they were bailing on them? "I wonder where they're heading to?" Kurama wondered mostly to himself.

"Who cares, I work better alone." Stated Hiei watching the two boys departing. Pushing off again, his skiis took him over a small hill and he smiled successfully. Kurama followed after the youkai cocking his head thinking about what he had just said.

"What about me Hiei?" He asked.

Hiei grunted trying to make his way over a hill. "What about you?" He hadn't the slightest idea what Kurama was talking about.

"That you work better alone?"

"You're my partner, of course you need to be there." Hiei stated. "That's all."

Kurama couldn't help but smile hearing that, maybe he had a better shot with the youkai then he gave himself credit for.