Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ The Depth Of Demon Bonds ❯ Friends Again (Original) ( Chapter 3 )

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Chapter 3 of 18

Friends Again.

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After a few minutes, Kurama turned on his side to study the small fire demon. Hiei was stiff as a board, just staring at the ceiling. He looked very angry to Kurama, who just watched him lost in thought. ‘I guess I went a little far, but I was just trying to get some kind of reaction out of him. I hope I didn’t just ruin what little friendship we had left, I’d hate not being able to see him. These last few months have been hell. I should probably count my blessings though, at least he’s still here.’ Kurama was brought back from his musing by Hiei’s deep voice.

“What are you looking at fox?”

“I was trying to figure out why you’re so mad at me.” Kurama mumbled.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” Hiei growled ominously, which did not intimidate the redhead in the least.

“Please, don’t underestimate my intelligence, Hiei. Ever since that night I woke up with your hand on my back, you’ve been very distant, more so then usual anyway. I thought we were friends.” Kurama said with just a touch of hurt in his voice.

Hiei let out a defeated breath and turned to face the fox. “I don’t underestimate you, Kurama. You’re far too sly even for a fox and I’m not mad at you either. I’ve just had a lot of things on my mind.”

“Are we still friends then?”

“Yes.”

“Then you can tell me what is bothering you. We can see if we can come up with a solution to your problem together.”

“I don’t think that would be wise.” Hiei replied, slowly shaking his head.

“You can trust me, you can tell me anything. I won’t judge it in any way, I promise.” Kurama smiled.

“That’s not the problem, fox. I know I can trust you, I can trust you with my life, but I can’t trust you with this.”

“Well, I’m not going to push you. When you’re ready to talk I’ll be available to listen.”

“Hn.” Hiei grunted, turning over to his back and closing his eyes. It didn’t get past Kurama that during their little exchange, even after he mentioned it, Hiei avoided the thing about his back. The redhead figured that was probably one of the problems. Kurama turned to his other side and drifted to sleep still worried about his friendship with Hiei.

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Kurama slowly awoke the next morning. He stretched leisurely after kicking the covers off. He nearly fell out of the bed though, when he heard the deep voice behind him.

“Finally awake, fox?”

“Jeez…Hiei!” Kurama said a bit loud, turning to face his friend.

“What?” Hiei replied with a smirk on his face. He knew he had startled his kitsune.

“You know what! I wasn’t expecting you to still be here.”

“I can’t go anywhere without my clothes.”

“Well…….” Kurama smiled, sitting up slowly, getting an idea. He turned towards the fire demon. “Maybe, I don’t want to give your clothes back. That way I can keep you here.”

“No one keeps me anywhere.” Hiei spat angrily, sitting up as well.

“That is so true.” Kurama laughed, the fire demon’s tone of voice had no effect on him. “I meant…. I know as soon as you get the clothes back you’ll be gone.”

“So?”

“It’s just that you’re the only one that understands me. I miss our talks that we had late at night when you came to visit. I know you don’t believe me, but I do.” Kurama shrugged with a smile, but it quickly faded.

“Your right, I don’t believe you.” Hiei narrowed his eyes at the fox. “There is nothing to miss from our talks.”

“Whatever.” Kurama mumbled as he put his feet over the side of the bed, refusing to look at the demon. “I’ll go put your clothes in the dryer. They should be ready in about 30 minutes.” The fox got up and left the room without another word or look back.

Hiei felt a bit guilty. He knew he had hurt the fox’s feelings with his indifference. After a few minutes, it became aware to the demon that Kurama wasn’t coming back. Hiei got up and went to look for him. He found the redhead sitting on the couch, staring out the sliding glass doors. Hiei huffed, sitting down next to the fox. There was no way he was going to apologize, well not technically.

“When your clothes come out, I’ll fix them. Then you will be able to leave.” Kurama said, still not looking at him.

“Fox, I…….”

“I’m sorry, Hiei. I never want you to think I’m forcing you to do anything. I know that is impossible. I also…..”

“Be quiet for a minute! Would you?” Hiei practically shouted, interrupting the redhead. “I believe what you said. I also know you would never force me into anything.”

“Thank you.” Kurama turned with a smile to face the fire demon. “Would you like some breakfast?”

“Hn.” Hiei grunted back to his normal answers.

“Okay then, I’ll go start on it.” Kurama quickly got up and went into the kitchen. He pulled out some bacon and eggs, which he started cooking. He happened to glance over his shoulder to see Hiei standing in the doorway, looking bored, but watching him intently. “You know you can watch TV if you want.”

“I don’t like ningen shows unless they’re violent.”

“Naturally… Well then, you can keep me company if you want. Pull out one of those chairs and have a seat.” Kurama said, getting out a large bowl. He started cracking eggs into it and was a bit startled when Hiei appeared beside him suddenly, looking into the bowl.

“What are you doing to the eggs?” Hiei asked suspiciously.

“I’m going to scramble them.” Kurama replied, reaching into the drawer beside him and pulling out a fork.

“That will ruin them. You’re suppose to knock off one end and suck the insides down.”

“Trust me, Hiei. I know you’ll like them when I get done with them.”

“Hn.”

“Hand me some milk please?” Kurama asked, pointing towards the icebox.

“Hn.” Hiei grunted again before going to the door and opening it. He pulled out the half-gallon and handed it to the fox. He watched carefully while Kurama poured some milk into the bowl of eggs. The redhead then added some herbs and commenced to beating it. When it was all mixed, he poured the entire bowl into a pan that had sizzling butter in it. Kurama glanced to his side, seeing Hiei watching his every move. A small smile formed on his lips when he got an idea. He stepped to the side and held the fork out to the little demon.

“You do it.”

“What?” Hiei asked at bit surprised.

“All you have to do is keep stirring it, the stove will do the rest.” Kurama put the fork into the smaller hand. Hiei eyed the fork then the pan with wariness before slowly reaching out his arm. After a few scrapes through the pan, he could see a few lumps already forming.

“You can do it a little faster.” Kurama smiled, putting his hand over the other demon’s and guiding it. He was so intent on keeping the food from burning, he did not see the slight pink slip across Hiei’s face. “Like this.”

“Hn.” Hiei barely nodded as he watched his and the fox’s hands. He couldn’t believe how embarrassed and shy he was acting. He usually just stated or took what he wanted, but not with his fox, he couldn’t do either. He glanced to the redhead when he removed his hand and walked over to a small door. When Kurama turned around, he flashed a dazzling smile after catching Hiei watching him.

“Breakfast is almost done.” Kurama placed two plates on the counter beside the stove. He divided up the bacon while Hiei continued stirring the eggs. After a couple of more minutes, he grinned.

“The eggs are done.” The fox took the fork from his friend, picked up the pan, and divided up the eggs. He then poured two glasses of milk. The redhead handed one of the plates and a glass to the demon, he then picked up his own. “Let’s go into the living room so we can watch some TV.”

“Hn.” Was Hiei’s only reply as he followed the fox from the kitchen.

Kurama was laughing when he sat his plate down on the coffee table. He dropped to the floor grabbing the remote control and flipping on the TV, turning it to the Sci-Fi channel. There was always something good playing on that channel, Hiei might even watch. The fire demon followed the fox’s example and sat down beside him. He eyed the food through narrowed eyes. He was not sure about the food, but he did trust Kurama.

“Just try it, Hiei.” Kurama said between bites, glancing to his friend.

“Hn.”

“I know you have more vocabulary then your patented Hn.” Kurama laughed after swallowing a bite of food. “We can’t actually talk unless you use more then one syllable words.”

“Fine! This food looks suspicious.” Hiei growled, poking at the food.

“I’m not going to poison you.”

“I know that! It’s just that….” Hiei started, but was cut off when he found a fork full of eggs occupying his mouth. Kurama pulled the fork out leaving the food in Hiei’s slightly open mouth. The demon was about to spit it out when it finally registered in his brain that the food tasted good. His eyes widened a fraction, which did not go unnoticed by the fox.

“See I told you that you would like it.” Kurama said with a smug smile on his face before taking another bite of his food.

“So you did, Fox.” Hiei agreed, taking another bite of food. It really was good but he would never admit it to the fox.

Kurama just kept on eating, accepting the small compliment from the fire demon, even though it was never actually verbalized. He would glance to the side every little bit, letting a small smile touch his lips when he saw Hiei practically shoveling the food into his mouth. They continued eating in comfortable silence. When they were done, Kurama took the plates to the kitchen along with their empty glasses. After he loaded all the dirty dishes in the dishwasher, he went back into the living room. He found Hiei lying on the couch with his back against the armrest and his hands laced behind his head, watching the X-files intently. The fox just shook his head and sat down on the other end of the couch much like his friend was, but making sure their feet did not touch. After a few minutes, Kurama spoke getting the fire demon’s attention.

“We should hear the dryer buzzer in a couple of minutes. Then I’ll fix your clothes and you can be on your way.”

“Good.” Hiei nodded, turning his attention back to the TV.

Kurama shifted suddenly, sitting up, bringing his knees to his chest, and wrapping his arms around them. The redhead then rested his chin on his knees, staring at the fire demon. Hiei had felt the movement and was watching him out of the corner of his eye, but was trying to ignore the intense stare.

After awhile, Hiei grew very uncomfortable and finally turned to the redhead. “Why is it you look at me like that?”

“I’m trying to decide if I should ask you what I want to ask you.” Kurama whispered.

“What is it?” Hiei asked softly. It was much like a whisper too.

“Would you stay with me today?”

“What? Why?”

“I don’t have anything to do. We could catch up on our missed talks or something.” Kurama shrugged, glancing away from those intense red eyes. He had missed Hiei and the time they spent together. The fire demon thought about it for a moment. He had nothing else to do and he had missed his fox. That was also why he hadn’t left yet. He knew where his clothes were, all he had to do was raise his energy to dry them, but he still hadn’t gotten them and left.

Hiei sat up and let a small curve on his lips appear. “I’ll stay with you today.”

Before Kurama could catch himself, he was on his knees hugging the fire demon tightly, actually dazing him. When they both came to their senses, they jerked apart not looking at each other. An uncomfortable silence descended on the room, neither demon knowing what to say or do. Hiei was glancing everywhere, but at them beautiful green eyes. His sight happened to fall on the fox’s hand. He almost winced seeing the circle of teeth marks marring the once flawless skin. He had completely forgotten about biting the redhead. He was embarrassed and now felt bad too.

All Kurama was trying to do was help him and he had acted viciously. Hiei thought back a moment, quickly realizing the fox had not taken care of the wound last night, all he did was take care of him. He was now feeling very guilty. He didn’t have the healing knowledge of Kurama, but he still did the only thing he could. He was going to try to convey how sorry he truly was without saying it. Hiei reached out taking Kurama’s hand in his. He slowly brought the hand forward while he leaned in. When he was near enough to the hand, Hiei stuck out his tongue and licked at the wound.

Kurama smiled softly, not trusting his own voice with words. He accepted the fire demon’s apology; no words were really needed at this point. The fox tightened his hold on Hiei’s hand and was startled when his friend’s hand tightened too, they were actually holding hands. Hiei stopped licking and locked eyes with Kurama. Casting caution to the wind, he applied the slightest bit of pressure and then pulled the fox towards him, coming without any resistance. Their faces were inches apart when the completely enchanting scene was broken by the loud ringing of the phone. They searched each other’s faces, before the fox pulled away with a Makai curse, jumped up, and answered the phone quite rudely.

“WHAT!” Kurama yelled into the receiver.

Hiei heard only one side of the conversation, but he was thinking of every evil thing he could do to the person who had interrupted them. If it had only rang a little later, but he quickly dismissed that thought, thinking of the scene that could have interrupted. He didn’t like that idea at all.

“I’m sorry I didn’t mean to yell.”

Pause.

“No, you’re not disturbing me.”

Pause.

“Yes.”

Pause.

“Yes, I understand.”

Pause.

“Thank you for calling.”

Pause.

“Yes, Goodbye.” Kurama hung up the phone and turned back to the couch to find Hiei back in his original position. Kurama just rolled his eyes towards the ceiling. ‘Great just Great. Now, we’re back to being distant. That is all I need.’

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I know I’m being cruel, but think of it this way; I could have ended it on an evil cliffy. Anyway, thanks for reading and please review. The next chapter will be along shortly.