Trust
     
 Chapter 1
          by: Rose Argent and Cricket


     Kurama was sitting at his desk, trying to concentrate on his
homework. Usually that didn't pose a problem, but today there was
something distracting him. Something small, dark and impossible to
catch. He could feel it flitting around nearby, trying to hide it's
presence, but failing miserably. It would zip closer for a moment,
then suddenly be gone. Kurama could sense it's presence like a faint
buzzing in the back of his mind. Then suddenly it zoomed closer
and didn't move away. He frowned and closed his book. The
homework would have to wait. It was Saturday night after all, so
he could afford to put the work aside for now. He sighed and
turned to face the window, a slightly exasperated look on his face.
"Hiei, is there something bothering you?"
     Hiei snorted and slipped into Kurama's room, his face cold
and impassive. Kurama rolled his eyes and said "Sorry. I forgot,
there's *never* anything wrong with you. Nothing fazes you." Hiei
snorted again and gave Kurama one of the gigavolt glares that he
usually reserved for Yuusuke and Kuwabara. Kurama sighed again.
It looked like Hiei was determined to be even more aggravating
than usual tonight. Which meant that something was bothering him,
and Kurama wouldn't get any peace until he figured out what it was
and pacified his friend. 
     "So, how's Yukina?" Kurama asked casually.
     "Fine." answered Hiei neutrally. Kurama mentally crossed
 problem with Yukina' off of his list of things that usually bothered
Hiei. 
     "Have you seen Yuusuke or Kuwabara lately?"
     "Thankfully, no." snorted Hiei. Okay, there went  annoyed
by Yuusuke and/or Kuwabara. The list was getting shorter.
     "How is Mukuro?"
     "Haven't seen her. She gave me some time off." Hiei
shrugged. Alright, that eliminated  pissed at his boss'. The list was
down to a very few items now.
     "Haven't seen you lately. Been training?" 
     "No more than usual." Hiei replied easily. Well, that took
care of  frustrated by training'. Kurama was running out of ideas.
     "Well, then have you been wandering around Ningenkai?"
     "No." Damn, there went  annoyed by humans'. Kurama
realised that none of the things that usually frustrated Hiei were at
the root of Hiei's current discomfort. 
     "Okay, I give up Hiei. Something's bothering you, what is
it?"
     "None of your business." snapped Hiei defensively.
Kurama's eyes widened. So, it had something to do with him. 
     "You're angry at me?"Kurama asked, a little nervously. He
expected Hiei to either get violent, or leave in a huff. He was quite
surprised when Hiei did neither. Kurama stared as Hiei sat on the
bed, looking down at the floor and mumbled:
     "No." Kurama was quite confused now. This wasn't like
Hiei at all. Something was really wrong here. He walked over to the
bed and put his hand on Hiei's shoulder. Hiei looked up at Kurama
with a strange look on his usually dispassionate face.
     "Kurama... you... you're my friend, right?" Hiei asked in a
tiny voice. Kurama was totally taken aback by Hiei's question. For
a moment he just stared, unable to reply, then he did something he
normally wouldn't even have considered. He pulled Hiei into a hug,
half afraid that Hiei would panic and bolt, and said:
     "Of course I am Hiei. Why would you even ask such a
question?" Hiei leaned against Kurama and whispered:
     "I, I don't know. It's just that now you have ningen friends,
like Yuusuke and Kuwabara. I just thought that maybe you didn't
need a Forbidden Child like me around now that you have them."
Kurama hugged Hiei tighter and rocked him back and forth like the
child he appeared to be. He stroked Hiei's back and cooed
nonsense sounds, trying to reassure the little koorime. He wasn't
quite sure what had prompted Hiei to talk about this, but whatever
it was, he was glad of it. Hiei was the type of person who usually
walled things up and let them fester, eating away at him from the
inside. Hiei was always so confident and cold that Kurama
sometimes forgot just how fragile Hiei's psyche must be, after being
abandoned like he was. 
     Kurama looked down at the tiny youkai, smiling gently as
he saw that Hiei was beginning to nod off. Hiei looked so innocent
when he was asleep. So childlike and angelic. Looking at his
sleeping face, one would never suspect that, when awake, Hiei was
one of the rudest, roughest people one could ever expect to meet.
Kurama lay Hiei down on the bed. Hiei's head lolled to the side and
a few white hairs dangled in his face. Kurama leaned in to brush
them away from Hiei's forehead and, on impulse, gave Hiei a quick
kiss on the mouth. As Kurama's lips touched Hiei's, the youkai's
crimson eyes snapped open and he stared up at Kurama with a look
of shock on his face. Kurama blushed faintly and turned away,
silently cursing his own stupidity. Now was not the time to indulge
his impulses!
     "Why did you do that?" Hiei asked, eyes wide and head
tilted to the side. 
     "I, gomen nasai. I shouldn't have. It's just that... you were...
and I...." Kurama faltered, at a loss for words for the second time
that evening. Then, suddenly, Kurama's world turned topsy-turvy
as Hiei sat up and tentatively kissed him on the lips. When Hiei
broke off the kiss, Kurama sat staring blankly at him. Never, never,
had he expected this. Then, while Kurama sat staring, Hiei's face
became stoic and cold, and he got up to leave. Kurama felt like the
world was going to crash down on him when he saw Hiei get up to
leave. As Hiei neared the window, Kurama snapped out of his state
of shock and grabbed frantically at the back of Hiei's shirt.
     "Wait! Hiei! Don't leave, please don't leave!" Hiei paused,
but didn't turn around. His back was stiff, and Kurama could feel
him tensing to bolt. "Please, Hiei, don't go. I was just surprised. I
didn't expect that. Please don't leave me." Hiei slowly turned
around and Kurama saw that there was a look of mingled hope and
fear on his face. He looked questioningly at Kurama, waiting for the
words that would reassure him, that would comfort him. A beaming
smile appeared on Kurama's face. A smile that could melt stone, a
smile that, maybe, just maybe, had succeeded at melting Hiei's ice
heart. "Hiei." Kurama whispered, "Hiei, ai shiteru."
     Hiei's eyes widened, and a smile spread across his face. He
let Kurama pull him forward into his arms, and he leaned against
Kurama's chest. Kurama tilted Hiei's face up and kissed him gently
on the lips. Hiei kissed him back, clumsily and hesitantly. Kurama's
tongue slid between Hiei's teeth and swirled around in Hiei's
mouth. Hiei tentatively pushed his tongue against Kurama's, and
soon their tongues battled passionately. Kurama broke off the kiss,
and when Hiei began to protest, he smiled and moved his mouth
down to Hiei's throat. 
     He kissed and sucked at Hiei's pale skin, leaving faint marks
as he went. Hiei gasped as Kurama nibbled at a nerve cluster, and
ran his hands through Kurama's wild hair. Kurama began to nibble
and lick at Hiei's ear, drawing another gasp from the young youkai.
Kurama pulled back and stared deep into Hiei's blood red eyes. He
silenced the koorime's questions with a brief kiss, then asked "Hiei,
do you trust me?" Hiei looked thoughtfully at Kurama and softly
replied:
     "Yes." Kurama nodded, and untucked Hiei's shirt from his
trousers. Hiei looked at Kurama inquiringly, then raised his arms
over his head so that Kurama could pull the black tank top off.
Kurama gently pushed Hiei back down onto the bed, and knelt
straddled across Hiei's knees. He leaned down and kissed Hiei
deeply, while his hands roamed over Hiei's muscular chest. Hiei
gasped into the kiss as Kurama's hands began to lightly stroke his
nipples. Kurama broke off the kiss and moved his mouth down to
suck and bite the tender pink nabs of flesh. Hiei's back arched and
he let out a soft moan as pleasure began to tingle through his body.
He buried his hands in Kurama's silken hair and writhed under
Kurama's mouth. 
     Kurama slid his hands down Hiei's stomach to the
waistband of Hiei's pants. He slowly unbuckled the thin belts as he
switched his attentions to Hiei's other nipple. He unzipped the
black trousers and began to tug them down over Hiei's hips. Hiei
lifted himself off the bed a bit to let Kurama slide his pants all the
way off. Kurama's mouth left Hiei's chest and Kurama sat back,
still straddling Hiei's knees, and asked again: "Hiei, do you trust
me?" Hiei, unable to catch his breath to respond, nodded. Kurama
then slid back so that he was straddling Hiei's calves and lowered
his head to Hiei's semi-erect penis. 
     His tongue darted out to lap up the drops of liquid that had
gathered in the slit at the tip of Hiei's sex. Hiei's back arched and
he moaned as Kurama took the tip of his penis into his mouth.
Kurama sucked gently, then his tongue swirled around the swollen
tip. He hesitated for a moment, then took Hiei's entire length into
his mouth. He choked a bit as Hiei's sex brushed against the back
of his throat, but he quickly adjusted and began sucking and licking.
He ran his tongue up the central vein, and darted his tongue into the
slit at the tip. Hiei's groans grew louder as Kurama began to suck
harder and harder on his stalk. Then Hiei's body went rigid and he
nearly screamed as, for the first time, he orgasmed. His cum spurted
out into Kurama's mouth and the youko struggled to swallow it all.
As Hiei collapsed back onto the bed, Kurama crawled up to lay by
his side. He kissed Hiei's cheek and whispered to the sleepy looking
koorime "Hiei, love, I know you're tired, but I'm not quite done
yet, do you think you could maybe stay awake?"
     Hiei blinked and looked at Kurama, his gaze travelling down
to note that a sizable erection strained at the crotch of Kurama's
jeans. Hiei blushed furiously and nodded to Kurama. Kurama
smiled gently and pulled off his shirt and pants. As Kurama moved
to slip off his boxers, Hiei stopped him. Kurama looked at Hiei, one
eyebrow raised in a question, and Hiei grabbed the waistband of
Kurama's boxers and slid them down over his hips. Kurama kissed
Hiei lightly on the tip of the nose and pulled his underwear all the
way off. Hiei looked at Kurama's erection, and looked back up at
Kurama's face, not quite sure if he should do for Kurama what
Kurama had done for him, or if Kurama had something else in
mind. 
     Kurama noticed Hiei's confusion and, for the third time,
asked "Hiei, do you trust me?" Hiei nodded his affirmative and
Kurama pushed him gently back down on the bed. He positioned
himself between Hiei's legs and slid one finger into Hiei's virgin
anus. Hiei hissed in pain and looked up at Kurama, his gaze full of
questions. Kurama kissed him gently as he slipped a second finger
into Hiei's tight opening. The two boys lay unmoving for a
moment, then Kurama slid a third finger into Hiei. Kurama slowly
spread his fingers apart, stretching Hiei. Hiei hissed and groaned,
his back arching and sweat streaming down his face. Shit, this hurt!
Then Kurama slid his fingers out and Hiei sighed in relief. Kurama
leaned down and kissed Hiei's forehead. He whispered in Hiei's ear
"I'm afraid I'm not through yet. I know it hurts, but I promise it'll
get better." Hiei raised an eyebrow and snorted, sounding more like
himself than he had all evening. 
     Kurama repositioned himself, lifted Hiei's hips and thrust
into Hiei. Hiei made a strangled noise as Kurama pushed further
into him. He gripped the bed sheets and arched his back. Finally,
Kurama thrust all the way in and Hiei moaned and gripped at the
sheets so hard that his knuckles turned white. As slowly and gently
as possible, Kurama began to thrust in and out of Hiei. His thrusts
increased in intensity as Hiei's gasps began to sound less and less
pained. Then, suddenly, Hiei hissed and his hips thrust up against
Kurama. He looked up at the youko and gasped "What did you
do?" Kurama smiled and panted "There's one spot on the inner wall
of your anus that's extremely sensitive. I told you it would get
better." Then he resumed thrusting and Hiei began to moan with
pleasure rather than pain. Hiei's sex was rapidly hardening again
and it rubbed against Kurama's sweat slicked stomach with every
thrust. Then Kurama stilled, pumping semen deep into Hiei. The
feeling of having Kurama's warm seed filling him overwhelmed
Hiei, and he felt himself coming for the second time. His cum
spattered all over Kurama's stomach and chest, and onto his own
stomach as well. 
     Kurama collapsed beside Hiei, panting and gasping. Hiei felt
his eyelids begin to droop again and he mumbled sleepily "Are we
done now?"
     Kurama laughed and said "I should think so." Then he
pulled Hiei to him and they fell asleep in each other's arms. 

******

     Weeks passed, then months. The two boys tried to hide
their new intimacy from their friends, but while no one knew for
sure, many suspected. As often as possible, Hiei and Kurama would
meet in a secluded grove in the park, where they would talk, kiss
and hold each other. Many an hour were spent making love in
Kurama's room, though only when his mother was either deeply
asleep or out for the day.
     Hiei leaned against a tree in the grove that he had come to
think of as  theirs' and waited for Kurama to arrive. He felt youki
approaching, and reached out his senses to see how far away it was.
He started when he realised that it wasn't Kurama's youki at all. An
S-class youkai was nearby, and headed in this direction. Hiei tensed
and prepared to defend himself if necessary. 
     A tall figure entered the grove. Hiei looked at the youkai,
sizing up his opponent. The man was tall and slim, but well
muscled, and had shoulder length blue hair. He was definitely
S-class, and from the feel of his ki, his power was at the high end of
the spectrum. Hiei's hand slid to the grip of his ever-present katana
and he growled "What do you want?" 
     The youkai smiled disarmingly, and spread his hands. "I was
merely curious. I felt the presence of youki and decided to
investigate." Hiei frowned, suddenly feeling a bit lightheaded. He
looked the youkai up and down and decided that he really didn't
pose a threat. He said he was just curious, and that seemed like a
logical answer. Besides, he was very handsome. Hiei frowned
again, wondering where that thought had come from. He put his
hand to his head, feeling slightly dizzy. Abruptly the ground seemed
to shift and Hiei felt his legs give way beneath him. He felt strong
arms catch him and lower him to the ground. He looked up into the
worried face of the strange youkai. 
     "Are you alright?" the youkai asked. Hiei tried to say that
he was fine, but his mind seemed to be filled with fog, and he
couldn't get the words out. Instead he found himself staring into
the deep, black eyes of the youkai. The youkai smiled softly and
said:
     "You're very handsome, young man. What's your name?"
Hiei's breath caught in his throat, and for a moment, he couldn't
remember what his name was. Then he blinked and said:
     "Hiei." The youkai smiled again and Hiei felt his heart skip a
beat. He frowned and tried to think. Why was he reacting like this?
What was happening to him? Then the youkai spoke again, his
voice a velvety soft growl:
     "Hiei. It's a lovely name." then he leaned down and kissed
Hiei firmly on the lips. Hiei moaned into the kiss, as pleasure
engulfed him. Then, as if from a great distance, he heard a soft cry.
He turned his head away from the youkai and saw Kurama standing
against a tree, a look of shock and hurt on his beautiful face.
Kurama turned and ran from the clearing. Hiei struggled to his feet
and cried out:
     "Kurama, wait!" then his legs gave way again and he fell to
the ground. Hiei's vision started to dim and blur, and the last thing
he saw before he passed out was the sadistically grinning face of the
mysterious youkai.

To be continued....

(c) July 1997 by Rose Argent