Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Birth-Dazed ❯ Chapter One ( Chapter 1 )

Author's Notes: Sorry for removing the story, I couldn't write it then because I wasn't feeling it too much, and the colors I chose to work with were brining me down big time. So I took it out, but here's another try. Hope you like it. Fantasy.

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Chapter One...

Drip.... drop..... drop....

Yusuke's eyes scrunched on the second drop of wetness. His hand came up to his cheek brushing the water aside to nothing but mild dampness. With a low snort the sleeping figure rolled onto his other side as though he were trying to escape the wetness, merely by turning away from it.

Drop....

This time his eyes scrunched angrily and he again brushed the water aside. 'If this is what's considered a wet dream, I think I'll pass.' Thought the boy as his eyes slowly began to peal apart. 'Don't tell me the roof's leaking again.'

"There you are sleepy head." A woman's voice said.

"Huh?" He supported himself on his arm waiting for his eyes to focus, although, he had a pretty good guess of who the female's voice belonged too and seconds before his eyes could focus did his brain tell him as to why she is in his room.

Yup, it's all coming in clear now. "Haaaaaapppy Birthday, Yusuke!" She shouted while shoving a plate full of pancakes into his, now cleared, vision.

Bouncing back about a foot, the startled boy popped his head against the wall behind him. "Ow," He muttered reaching a hand up to soothe the acute pain with a rub. Seeing the glass beside his bed, that answered where the water had come from. "Mooom, do you have too!?"

Grabbing his pillow, Yusuke covered the back of his head with it before dropping his face down onto his mattress. He grumbled raising his face again to look at her. "And could you at least say it on the actual day like nooormal people..." He plopped back down onto the mattress with his head still covered, saying in a muffled voice, "Or not at all."

"Ohh you don't mean that," She scooted him over with her hip as she sat down. Receiving another groan from her son, Atsuko rolled her eyes and began to pick at the pancakes she'd brought in for him, speaking with a full mouth.

"Remember when you were five and I didn't give you a birthday party because you said you didn't want one?" She popped another torn off chunk of pancake into her mouth.

"I was FIVE..." Yusuke uncovered his head sitting completely up. "besides, I only said I didn't want a party because I knew we couldn't afford it, and NO ONE would have come anyway. So why bother with it."

Atsuko shrugged then plastered a smile on her face. "Well now you do have friends, so they can come."

This time it was Yusuke who rolled his eyes. "Yeah, and they all wanna party with me and my mom." He reached for a chunk of the pancakes or what was left of them, but pulled his hand away seeing it raise from the plate and go into his mothers mouth. "Besides, those guys are kinda low key. I doubt a birthday party is really their thing."

With an exasperated sigh, Atsuko stood up from the bed. "Honestly Yusuke, you're exhausting." Heading for the door she turned and said. "Why don't you go out and play or something, I'm sure your nonchalant friends are awake by now," As the door slid open the woman muttered. "go pester them for a while."

"What about breakfast?" Yusuke looked at the empty plate left on his bed post.

"Sorry, that's all we had." The door slid quickly shut leaving Yusuke alone.

Blinking, he placed a hand to his head. "At least that nightmare is over." Looking at his calendar he sighed. 'Three days till my dumb birthday, why do these things keep coming back.'

Yusuke stretched yawning widely, releasing a loud moan in its closing. "You should be given an option, having your life be over or never have to celebrate a birthday for the rest of your life." Yanking his shirt free from his body over his head, he tossed it down to the floor.

'Might as well see what Kuwabara's been up too.' Dropping his pants as well, Yusuke headed out of his room in nothing but boxers, down the hall into the bathroom. 'At least this day can't get any worse.'

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"Fooood......" Moaned Yusuke. It's now going on eleven thirty and the spirit detective has been hunched over with an arm around his stomach walking down the sidewalks of Tokyo since that morning, and he hasn't found anyone so far.

Hunger was taking over him, and having- un-intentionally- missed breakfast, Yusuke's stomach was now screaming for something to eat. He had already been to Kuwabara's house and the red head wasn't at home, not even his sister and she was usually at home around this time.

Kurama and Hiei were also a no show, so he was out of his luck. Yusuke's stomach gave another hungry growl and he sighed dropping his posture further. "This isn't fair, where is everybody?" Straightening up, his eyes angered. "They'd better not be off somewhere planning a birthday party, or I'll kick all their a-aaoooowww!!"

He collapsed to the ground. "I'm too hungry even to threaten," He sighed sitting up. His back pressed firmly against something behind him. Turning his head, he snapped his entire body around realizing what it is. "Ahaha! A vending machine!"

Yusuke stood to his feet while fishing around inside of his pockets for loose change. Feeling nothing in the first pocket, his hand pulled free and plunged into the next, which somehow ejected the boys tongue out of his mouth and beside it. "Come on, come on." His eyes turned up to the sky as though he were mentally identifying everything inside of his pocket.

'Rubber band... gum wrapper.... lint...' His hand pulled free again, this time moving to the pockets that inhabited his jacket. 'Toilet paper....' He noted. '...piece of string- Bingo!' Enclosing his hand around the change, Yusuke smiled as he opened his hand.

"Oh," His face quickly dropped seeing that it was only a penny. Letting out a long moan, Yusuke sank to his butt with every breath that came out of his mouth. "I guess asking if anyone has change for a penny, ain't exactly gonna work."

The starving boy turned himself around so that he is now facing the machine. Yusuke pressed his face firmly to the glass and began to drool. His slimes trail outlined all the yummy things that he'd like to eat. And he was only ninety nine cents away from his dreams! Leaning back a bit, he began repeatedly banging his forehead lightly against the glass. "Come on, JUMP!"

Plink! Plink! The mechanical sounds of the gears inside the machine began to circulate. Yusuke's eyes darted upward watching a line of cans sacrafice the can infront to the fall ahead.

"Uuuh..." He groaned again, wishing that he were the one recieving it. The item in the machine tumbled heavily down into the bin. Once the can of soup had fallen out of its resting place upon the shelf, the purchaser reached inside pulling it out.

Yusuke remained plastered to the machine listening as the buyer opened the can and began to eat rather noisily. "Mmm, that really hits the spot."

"Huh?" Turning his head to the familiar scratchy tone, Yusuke's face went from almost dead into a complete grin. "Ahaha.. Kuwabara!"

The red head smiled down at his boyfriend, replying. "Hey Urameshi."

Pressing down on his knees to support his standing, Yusuke moved right up into Kuwabara's face wrapping his arms around him asking, "You're gonna share that right?" he now reaches for the can.

Kuwabara raised it above his head grinning. "Oh, you mean this?" Lowering the can, he used the toothpick to pull out another vegetable that he ate in his starving lovers face.

"Yeah yeah yeah" He nodded like a hungry puppy, waiting for his master to give him a new brand of kibble.

He looked as though he were thinking it over then with a smile he held it out to Yusuke. "......Yeah sure, I guess you can have some."

Laughing, Yusuke snatched the can and turns away from Kuwabara, crouching down to the ground he then began to shovel the small can of vegetable soup down his throat. Hungry sounds escaped his mouth followed by slurping and a few refreshed, aaahhh's.

Kuwabara watched waiting for an opening between the boys noisey eating. Seeing none, he decided to take the direct approach. "Guess what Urameshi?"

The boy looked over his shoulder at the red head but said nothing before returning to eating.

"........" Wondering if he had actually heard what he had said or not, Kuwabara waited silently for words that weren't coming. Sighing, he figured he might as well continue with what he was saying. "So guess what, you know how I've been blowing you off all week-...?"

"Yeah, and thanks a lot by the way, I had a really swell time." Yusuke said sarcastically.

Kuwabara grinned, replying. "Glad to hear it," Yusuke rolled his eyes. "but the reason I did it is because I was studying for my drivers test and I passed!"

"Aaand?" Yusuke stood now, feeling recharged.

"Aaand," Kuwabara mocked. "Don't you know what that means!?" He was not gonna let Yusuke's moody personality bring him down, because he is now a proud citizen of the road.

He slurped a stray noodle into his mouth before saying with an impish smile. "I haven't got a clue."

Okay, so now he's getting a little flustered. "It means, now I can get a car of my own."

"....Aaaand?" Yusuke started to drink the juices that the contents had been floating around in.

Now he's mad why does Yusuke have to ruin everything?! "So you know what that means!" He was beginning to shout.

"Yeah, now we can do it in the back of your car instead of Shizuru's," He began to laugh seeing Kuwabara's face turn red. Hey, he deserved it for ditching him all week, and for something as lame as studying.

"No dumbass! It means now I can drive us around instead of my sister!"

"Duh-" He quickly said before throwing his arms around the red head. "Hey thanks for the food, I owe you one." He detached himself from his boyfriend and began walking away.

Watching Yusuke's departure, Kuwabara took a step or two before calling out. "Urameshi! Where're you going?"

"To your house," Yusuke called back, without turning to face the other boy. "gotta work off those calories, right."

It took him a few seconds, but a smile crept back up on his face realizing what his boyfriend had meant. "Oh right, a work out. Hehehehee." He rubbed his hands together and followed after his hot blooded lover.