Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Birth-Dazed ❯ Subways and birthdays ( Chapter 6 )

Author's Notes: I don't remember if I told you or not but, but it stinks cause I'm moving and won't be able to put out stories for a while. But that's not until august so I'm gonna squeeze out as much as I can until then, so good luck to me. Love you all, Linkin Fantasy.

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Chapter Six...

Later that day after school. Kuwabara has managed to ditch Yusuke by saying he had something to take care of after school, and that he should just go on home until he's done.

Yusuke didn't care what he had to do, the words after school were enough to ward him off. So he left his boyfriend with a kiss and walked away. Kuwabara watched after him until he was good and gone before he dashed back inside the building to the roof.

Glancing around while spinning little circles, Kuwabara scratched his head wondering. "Where is she?"

Out of nowhere a loud sound filled the air followed up with a friendly females laughter. "Botan?!" Kuwabara jumped back.

"The one and only." She replied, breaking the cover of a party popper. Kuwabara held his hand out catching a piece of confetti that flew from the opening. "When's the party? I'm ready to twist and shout whenever you are."

"Ssshh!!!" He warned. "Somebody might hear you."

"Like who?" She asked looking offended.

"Like everybody in the entire world." He exaggerated and emphasized by spreading his arms. "I have to tell you something about the party."

Botan snapped her fingers not even listening to the poor boy. "I think I may do my hair up in pigtails... but I'm not sure-" turning her attention on Kuwabara she asked. "What kind of party is it exactly?"

"Will you listen a minute." He protested.

"Hopefully not a dirty party. I've seen those magazines under Yusuke's bed,"

Kuwabara grabbed her shoulders shaking her lightly back and forth. "Do you always give Urameshi this hard a time- wait, what magazines?" He just heard.

Botan slapped a hand behind her head and laughed. "Ooops, nothing. Nothing at all." Her laugh trailed off. "So what now about the party? Do I get to kiss the birthday boy?"

"Listen, I think it'd be a better idea if we....." He whispered into her ear, causing her eyes to widen, then she gasped and frowned.

"I understand." She pouted. "But are you sure? You know he'll beat you to a pulp when he finds out what you've done."

"I'll take the heat from Urameshi, we can have another party some other time." Said Kuwabara.

"A-alright, I'll tell Koenma when I see him." The sad girl replied.

"Thanks Botan," He patted her shoulder and started away.

"Oh wait!" She called out watching him go. "Should I leave his gift with you?!"

"Sure, drop it off at my house tomorrow." Kuwabara replied then waved goodbye as he left the roof.

Pouting still, Botan walked to the roof door. "But I bought a new dress and everything." Shrugs her arms out. "I'll never get that bond between men, rrrr." Just as she got to the door, she remembered something she was supposed to tell Kuwabara about. "Oh my goodness, Kuwabara!? Kuwabara?!"

She opened the door shouting for him with no response. "I hope I can catch up to him." The charismatic girl bolted down the stairwell after her friend hoping that she could catch up with him in time.

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"Hhhh," sighed Yusuke as he walked home alone. "Here's a new way to spell boredom." Looks up at the sky. "Where is everybody, anyway?" His eyes dropped back to ahead of him. "-...Not even anyone to beat up!"

A large group of people appeared at the top of a set of stone stairs that led down into the subway. Yusuke watched them intently getting a great idea. Smiles. "I can ride around on the subway for a while, someone's gotta be around by the time I'm done."

Searching his pockets, he found a large round coin inside the left pants pocket. "Good thing mom always gets a stack of these things." Going down the stone stairs, Yusuke walked over to the large vehicle and climbed on. Slipping his token inside the little coin slot the boy then found a seat to himself by the large glass window.

Yusuke let his back relax into the cold leather seat and he closed his eyes, sighing.

"You know that cute boy from language class?" A girl was saying.

"Who, Hiroshi?" Asked a male.

A sigh came from her. "Yeah isn't he cute, I think I'm gonna ask him out?"

Yusuke cracked his eyes looking at the couple that was walking onto the subway. It's a tall girl with longish brown hair and a tiny little face that kinda didn't match her body at least in Yusuke's eyes. Her arm lay slung around a short stubby brunette boy who looked as though he may be her brother and the two of them were practically knocking people over to get to a seat.

"I don't know about that, I always thought that Jinmei was really cute." Said the boy, shyly. "But if you like Hiroshi, that's cool sis'."

'Ha.' Thought Yusuke, with a satisfied smile. 'I knew they were related.' Closing his eyes again, he heard the sound of muffled clothes as someone sat down beside him.

"Seats taken, beat it." Yusuke said with a smart-assed tone.

"You're Yusuke, right?" A boy said.

Opens his eyes rolling them, he turned his gaze at the boy. "What? You want an autograph or something?"

"It's me Shuichi." Said the boy, bowing politely.

"And that would make youuuu- who?"

"Shuuichi Minamino's brother, Hatanaka?" He said trying his hardest to make the grouchy boy recognize him.

Yusuke looked the kid over than snapped his fingers together. "Ooooh, you're Kurama's brother. Hey kid." He punched him on the shoulder. "Sorry kid, I see a lot of people in a day, you must have just slipped my mind."

Relaxing now, Hatanaka smiled and said. "That's alright. So what are you doing here? I thought you walked home with my brother?"

'Here come the twenty one questions.' Yusuke groaned mentally. "I felt like taking the subway for a while, what about you? Aren't you a little young to be riding on your own?"

"No." He looked out the window. "I ride all the time by myself. I'm going to the next town to the music building to watch a friend of mine play piano."

Noticing a tiny blush on the boys cheeks, Yusuke smirked knowingly and jutted him with his elbow. "Friend or girlfriend?" He asked with a laugh. Seeing the blush on the boys cheeks redden more, Yusuke began to laugh a little louder.

"It's kinda embarrassing okay?"

Yusuke patted the boy on the shoulder, leaning in as he pulled him closer. "That's alright, all you have to do is clap really loud and let her know you're out there watching she can't not notice you."

"You really think so?" Hatanaka questioned, looking a little puzzled.

"I know so!" Resumes his former position of resting against the back of the seat with his eyes closed, Yusuke continued speaking to the boy. "Take Kuwabara and me, I used to beat him up everyday- he was like breakfast to me."

Hatanaka laughed imagining the picture.

"Then one day, I don't know we kinda fell for each other and now I only beat him up some of the time."

The young boy shook his head at the antics of older people. "But wait," He looked back at Yusuke glad the blush was leaving his cheeks. "What does that have to do with my situation?"

"Come on, it's a classic move." He cracked his eyes a bit. "Make yourself noticable."

"Oooh. Cool, thanks."

"No problem."

The two of them went quiet, keeping their thoughts to themselves. Yusuke looked around the sub car at a few of the people. The brother sister pair seemed to be talking on their cell phones to a friend, a man and woman were kissing at the far end of the car as though they are alone.

And a few other people were doing just as he was, looking around. Yusuke was just about to close his eyes again when he heard the sound of a little boy shouting.

"I didn't ask for this game mommy! I wanted Spyro!" He snapped.

"I'm sorry sweetie, I thought this was the one you said." His mother explained, apologetically.

The mother had her arms full with a brown bag of groceries and brightly colored helium balloons. The woman had obviously been shopping for a party for the kid and has just handed her brat of a son his gift early. But not being the right one he's creating a scene, embarrassing his poor mother for no reason!

Well Yusuke wasn't gonna stand for that. Standing up he approached the two of them hearing one last exchange of words between the two.

"I'll exchange it once we get home."

"You'd better." The boy remarked stuffing the game into the grocery bag.

"Hey!" Shouted Yusuke loud enough to make everyone look. "You'd better say you're sorry to your mom kid!" He cracked his knuckles. "She's gone out of her way to make you happy and how do you repay her? By humiliating her in front of a bunch of people!"

The mother and son looked taken aback by this strange boys outburst on them. But neither said a thing. Infact half the car silenced to hear the encounter.

"Be lucky you're getting anything at all," Yusuke continued. "I know a lot of kids that would kill you in a heart beat for a mother that would even look at them like they're not a mistake, and you're gonna treat this sweet lady like shit over some lousy video game?"

The little boy shook his head frantically.

"So say you're sorry."

"I-..I'm sorry." The boy said though he didn't take fearful eyes off the strange boy.

"I don't think she heard ya kid, you better say it again." Yusuke crossed his arms.

This time looking at his mother, teary eyed and ready to cry he said more sincerely. "I'm sorry momma."

"It's alright, Jin." Hard as it was to get around the bag and balloons the little boy slung his arms around his mother and began to weep.

That startled Yusuke a bit. "Geez kid don't cry about it, I just wanted you to be nicer to your mom." Seeing that Jin wasn't stopping, Yusuke just backed up towards his seat grabbing his school bag.

"Uhh, I just remembered this is my stop so," Snatches the bag. "see ya Hatanaka."

When the cars pulled to a stop, Yusuke made sure he was the first one off. And he made a mad dash down the street of-... wherever he is.