Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Thoughtless ❯ Youko's Mistake ( Chapter 1 )

Chapter 1: Youko's Mistake

 

 

“What the hell do you mean, “no breakfast?!” We'll starve!” Youko shouted angrily. It was the 14th day and he was slowly cracking. Tear just gave him a look that clearly said, “shut up.”

“I mean, we're out of food so no breakfast.” she retorted quite calmly. “Unless we eat each other, of course.”

“Preferably not. Panthers,” Youko stated, “must taste horrible.” Tear wasn't exactly sure how to take that.

“Good. `Cause I don't mind eating some fox stew.” she replied coolly. It was like they switched personalities; Tear wasn't loud, sarcastic, or impatient and Youko wasn't calm, collected, and sane anymore. They were cracking.

Painfully slowly at that.

“Must we argue?” Youko asked, trying to be in character. Tear shot him a dirty look and continued to…do whatever the hell she was doing. “Tear?” the yoko asked solemnly. Tear looked behind her from her sitting position.

“Yeah?” she asked. She really didn't care about what the fox had to say, really.

“Tear, these past days have made me realize something.” Youko said with a wide smirk as he strode over to Tear.

“That you can't leave your hair in a braid for more than three days or else you go insane?” Tear guessed sarcastically. Youko smirked at her…almost seductively. Tear felt blood strutting up to her cheeks slowly.

“No, silly onna. It's got something to do,” Youko sat down next to Tear, “with,” he twirled a piece of her raven hair on his pointer finger, “you.” He finished by poking her forehead at the last syllable.

“What? How psychotic I am when you give me that cough medicine?” Tear asked, nearly hopefully. True, the “medicine” was more like a drug that day.

Youko chuckled at her. Then he scooted closer to her and leaned into her face. “No. Do you want me to tell you?” he whispered deeply. Tear blushed profoundly when he leaned in closer to her.

“Uh…” she mustered up. Youko grinned slyly at her and leaned into her ear.

“Tear,” he breathed huskily in her ear, “I love you.” The Youko dipped his head and captured her lips. Tear sat speechless. Not only did the King of Thieves just confess his love to her, but now he was kissing her!

Tear got a mental image of her with a tomato as a head.

Youko started to slide his lips over hers, demanding a reaction of some sort. Tear snapped back to her impossible reality and dared herself to kiss back; but just a tiny bit. She felt Youko's lips curl into a smirk and then he nibbled her bottom lip, begging for entrance in her mouth. Tear hesitated, but when Youko bit down with his sharpest (and closest) fang, she gasped and in went Youko's expert tongue. He massaged her mouth with passion, rolling his tongue over her fangs.

Then Tear felt his presence leave.

And just when she started to make-out with him willingly!

“You…ko…I…” she gasped and discovered that her hand found it's way around Youko's neck and clasping the other over the mass of silver hair. Her right shot to her heart when she realized that her breathing was in pants.

“Hey, Tear,” Youko whispered huskily again, “guess what?” Tear blushed again.

“W-what?” she breathed, secretly hoping for another kiss and “I love you”.

“April Fools!!” Youko shouted giddily and began laughing his head off. Not literally, much to Tear's displeasure.

“What?” she asked innocently, copies of her name starting to form in her golden-amber eyes. Youko stopped laughing to look at her.

“April Fools Day. It's a holiday when people play tricks on each other!” he announced happily. Tear felt as though she'd been shot with an arrow.

“Then, all you said…all you did…was a joke?!” Tear asked hurriedly. Youko nodded with an out-of-character grin. Tear's right hand, still over her heart, balled into a fist, her claws digging into her palm. “Oh, I see.” she muttered darkly and stood up abruptly. Youko stopped laughing to watch Tear wipe water from her eye.

“What's wrong?” Youko asked, concerned.

“What's wrong? What's…wrong? I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S WRONG!!” Tear screamed. “JUST WHEN I THOUGHT THAT SOMEONE CARED ABOUT ME, IT ALL TURNED OUT TO BE A JOKE!! JUST WHEN I THOUGHT YOU COULD HELP ME EASE MY PAIN, YOU TURNED ON ME!! JUST WHEN I THOUGT THAT SOMEBODY LOVED ME, IT TURNED TO BE FALSE!!”

Youko felt a wave of brick-hard guilt crash over him.

Tear, who was in a bed-sheet kimono, sprinted off towards the mouth of the cave. Youko, who had never even left within a 10-foot radius of where he slept, made no action to go get her.

What had he done? He was just trying to cheer her up, why didn't it work?

 

Tear sat outside her home while the rain beat down on her in an allegro, staccato beat. Her tears blended with the rain streaming down her cheeks. She was so stupid as to believe that the baka kitsune would actually fall for her. She felt like killing something right now.

One) to get rid of the anger about Youko, Two) she felt so…girly-girlish about the whole damn thing, and Three) she hasn't killed anyone in months.

 

“Uh, Tear I'm sorry I played such a mean and dirty trick on you. I didn't mean for it to go that far. But, before you scream, yell, and most probably throw sharp objects at me, just know that I didn't know it'd hurt you so bad. So, will you forgive me?” Youko recited for the tenth time. So far, he was getting nowhere.

Dammit, maybe I shouldn't `ve tried to make-out with her. he thought.

 

“I guess my first kiss wasn't going to be special at all, eh?” Tear muttered with a lopsided grin to the sky. She closed her eyes and tried to remember her mother's scent. The scent of pines and strawberries was a hard smell to forget.

Especially when the scent belonged to your own mother.

Tear opened her eyes and let the cold water fall into her eyes. Why did she trust that sly fox? Why did she feel so dirty? Why did Youko take this lightly?

Why the hell was she asking herself questions?

Tear sighed heavily and drifted off to sleep when her head hit her arms.

 

Youko punched his open palm. “Okay, here I go!” he told himself, took a step forward, and then remembered that he had no idea where Tear went.