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Of Life and Love	By : LuciferDragon Category: Yuyu Hakusho > General Views: 2765 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Chapter List
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Theme 33: Fear

Pairings: None

Time setting: After "Bonds of Life"

Not All That it Seems
“Now what was it she wanted for the house again?” Yusuke shoved his hands in his jacket, frowning slightly at the items on the shelf in front of him. Was it eggs? Or flour? He growled and whacked himself in the forehead. I really need to learn to write these things down. A small figure in black crossed to the next aisle out of his peripheral vision, causing him to glance that way. It can’t be… What would he being doing in human world? Completely intrigued and his current mental shopping list getting pushed to the back of his mind, he slipped into the aisle he saw the short black-clad man enter. And had to stifle a laugh. Creeping up slowly behind the demon, he waited until he was right behind him before saying, “Fancy meeting you here Hiei.”
Said demon jumped nearly out of his skin and turned with a glare. “Should’ve known.”
“No really, what are you doing in a human convenience store? At one in the morning no less?”
“I could ask you the same thing,” Hiei responded, nodding to Yusuke, who stood in his green PJ pants and zipped up jacket, and slippers on his feet. “No time for shoes?”
Yusuke shrugged. “I live in this world. You don’t. Keiko needed… something. Can’t remember now. Something to bake with.”
Hiei arched a brow. “And me being here at this time is odd, huh?”
“It is. What are you up to?”
The shorter demon spread his arms to the side, showing he had no intention of doing anything. “Look at how I’m dressed, you really think I want to be here at this time either?” He shook the box that he held in his hand that Yusuke hadn’t even seen before. “I heard they get strange cravings at strange hours of the night, but… hell all the way here for something?”
Yusuke stared.
“What?”
“You’re totally whipped!”
Hiei rolled his eyes and threw the current box of sweets at the former detective’s head. “You’re one to talk. Keiko’s needs couldn’t wait until the morning? Unlike mine, your wife isn’t pregnant with a short temper.”
“Yeah well Keiko isn’t exactly a spring flower when she’s mad.” He rubbed at his cheek where he’d been hit before in the past. “At least Sha doesn’t slap you.”
“Not intentionally or full of malice.” He reached for another box of the koala shaped crackers. “When does this crap end anyway?”
“You’re asking the wrong person. We’re not ready for kids right now.”
“You think I am?” Hiei snapped, causing Yusuke to jump at the sudden outburst. Onlookers stopped to glance in their direction. Though with it being so late at night they weren’t too pretty themselves.
Yusuke looked around nervously. “I didn’t mean it like that.” Sending a death glare to the lingering spectators to get them moving, he added, “I just thought … well you come off as so calm about it.”
“Because it was my fault she’s like this now. Demon systems work differently from yours, Yusuke.” He started heading to the front to pay for the chocolate filled cookies.
Yusuke quickly remembered what Keiko wanted him to get and grabbed it, chasing after his friend. “What are you talking about? You were all gun-ho for this three months ago; you said so yourself.”
“It wasn’t certain then.” He fumbled with the bills, still having trouble learning their values.
Yusuke reached over and helped him, making the process go a bit faster. Once both had made their purchases, Yusuke chased him down and stopped him from heading to the back alley that held the portal back to his street in Demon World. “What changed all that?”
Hiei turned on him, his eyes flashing red and making Yusuke back off a bit. “It’s not something I know how to deal with. What do I know about being a father when mine didn’t stay much longer than after my conception?”
It was then Yusuke understood. “You’re scared.”
“Yes!” he snapped. “All right? I don’t know anything about this. I’ve never even been close to a child before. How the hell do I deal with something like this?”
Yusuke fell silent for a minute, his mind dwelling back to what he said before. “How do your systems work differently? Sex is sex, isn’t it?”
Hiei scoffed, but calmed down a slight degree. “Not entirely. There’s different levels. Normal sex, blood sex, and the other for conceiving. The last one you never know if you are doing it if it isn’t talked about beforehand.” He had seen the curious look when he mentioned “blood sex”. “It’s not what you’re probably thinking. When mates indulge in blood sex, they merely bite their partners in the same location they left their mark. It heightens all sensitivity, making males rock hard in a second, and females ready to come at the slightest touch.”
“Sounds kinky.”
“If used right.” He sat on the curb, indicating Yusuke sit with him.
“What’s the catch with the one meant for conceiving?”
“Unless previously talked about, you don’t know if your partner is willing for a child. So it’s risky to will for one yourself. If you don’t strongly want a child, it won’t work. Both parents have to want it.”
“And you did…”
Hiei nodded. “I didn’t expect her to want it as strongly as well. And so here we sit, four months later.” He stared at the ring on his finger. “I haven’t worn this for three months yet. Before I put this on, we were together nine months. We only have three more months until the silence is broken.” He paused. “You have no idea how frightening this is for me. I’ve killed countless enemies and have never felt such a fear. This isn’t something I know at all.”
Yusuke cracked a small smile. “Actually this is a relief.”
“How so?” He stood, grabbing the cookies once more.
“I had figured there was nothing in this world that could scare you. Fear is a good emotion to have.”
“Yes but not to let on to others you have it. This does not leave here.”
“Agreed.” They turned their separate ways, Yusuke heading down the road.
Hiei stopped after a few steps. “Yusuke.”
He looked back. “What?”
“While I am scared, there’s also excitement, you know?” He glanced over his shoulder. “I suppose we all need to finish growing up at some point.”
Just as Yusuke was about to ask what he meant by that, the demon vanished through the portal no normal human would be able to see. “Him need to grow up? That’s news to me…” Shaking his head with a smile, Yusuke continued on his journey home, ready to go back to bed.
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