DISCLAIMER: I still don't own a thing...cries
Love You Out Loud
"So why're we here again?" Kuwabara asked as they all stood outside the karaoke bar the next night.
"Yes, I should be at the hospital," Kurama said.
"I told you guys...I'm not sure," Yusuke said impatiently. "Yukina called and said for everyone to meet her here. Said she wanted to just...have fun."
"Is Hiei going to be here, too?" Kurama asked, rather sharply.
"Um...no," Yusuke said. "Yukina said he didn't want to go. Why?"
"No reason. Just wondering," Kurama said, a bit too quickly. "Let's just go inside. The girls are probably waiting."
The inside of the bar was bright and cheerful, quite the opposite of most bars. At one end, a karaoke stage was set up, but no one was singing yet, because it wasn't that late. The bartender was standing behind the bar, waiting hopefully for some business.
"I'll go get the drinks. You guys go find everyone else," Yusuke said.
Yukina waved at that them from a table to the left, where she sat with Keiko, Shizuru, Botan, and a very confused teenaged Koenma.
"Hi, guys," Yukina said as they sat down. "Thanks for joining us!"
"Yeah, great, so what're we doing here?" Shizuru asked.
"I'm not sure. We're waiting for one more person..." Yukina began. But she was cut off when the bartender grabbed the microphone off its stand on the stage.
"Good evening, gentlemen, ladies! We have a volunteer singer up at last, who would like to sing a song by the American band The Rascal Flatts. Let's all give him a warm welcome!"
Everyone applauded when a small, dark figure dropped onto the stage from the rafters above, except for one table near the back, where there were just gasps and a lot of staring. Because the people at that table had recognized the small figure.
Hiei grabbed the mike in his hand and, looking acutely aware of the fact that everyone was watching him, spoke into it, nervously. "Um...hello. I'm Hiei...and I'm here tonight because...well, because I wanted to sing a song for the one I love, and who, I know, loves me back. At least, I hope so, after the idiot I made of myself recently. This person and I recently had a fight, but I want to make up for it by letting this person know just how much I care." There were quite a few "Awws" at that, which Hiei thankfully chose to ignore, rather than jumping off the stage and rip out the voice boxes the sounds issued from. "So...that said...can someone turn on the music?"
Someone laughed, and Hiei gave his famous death glare, which showed he was deadly serious. There as an "eep" and someone turned on the music.
Kurama stared at Hiei as he began to sing. The Jaganshi's voice was...beautiful. Kurama had never really noticed. Then he began to listen to the words of the song...
I have always been a little shy.
I've always been the quiet type till now.
And I never let my feelings show.
I never let anybody know
Just how much I was so deep in love.
But now that you're in my arms...
Kurama stared some more. Could this mean...
I'm gonna stand on a rooftop.
Climb up a mountaintop.
Baby, scream and shout.
I wanna sing it on a radio,
Show it on a video,
Baby, leave no doubt.
I want the whole world to know
Just what I'm all about.
I love to love you out loud.
Yusuke leaned over and nudged Kurama. "Hey...did you know Hiei could sing like that?"
"And who the hell is he talking about?" Kuwabara added.
"Shut up," Kurama said uncharacteristically. "I want to listen."
You keep bringing out the free in me.
What you do to my heart just makes me melt.
And I don't think I can resist.
But I've never been one to kiss and tell.
A love this true can't be subdued.
So I'm gonna let out a yell.
I'm gonna stand on a rooftop.
Climb up a mountaintop.
Baby, scream and shout.
I wanna sing it on a radio,
Show it on a video,
Baby, leave no doubt.
I want the whole world to know
Just what I'm all about.
I love to love you out loud.
Baby, I want the whole world to see
Just how good your love looks on me.
Kurama felt a grin spread across his face, and he laughed joyously. Everyone stared at him. He ignored them.
I'm gonna stand on a rooftop.
Climb up a mountaintop.
Baby, scream and shout.
I wanna sing it on a radio,
Show it on a video,
Baby, leave no doubt.
I want the whole world to know
Just what I'm all about.
I love to love you out loud.
Baby, I love to love you out loud.
Yeah, I love to love you out loud.
As he finished the last line, Hiei looked straight at Kurama, and smiled. He dropped the mike and, ignoring the applause, jumped off the stage and ran over to Kurama, who jumped up and held his arms out to grab the little figure hurtling toward him.
Neither of them even bothered with words or apologies. Hiei simply tilted his face up and kissed Kurama as hard as he could, conveying his feelings that way.
They broke apart only when neither of them could survive any longer without air, and Hiei wrapped his arms around Kurama's waist and buried his face in his fox's chest, and used his Jagan to go into the kitsune's mind.
::I missed you, Kurama. I thought I was going to die, I was so lonely::
::The emotionless Jaganshi gets lonely?:: Kurama teased.
::Yes, ever since he met a beautiful fox who is so filled with all these emotions...joy, love, sadness...that he made the Jaganshi want to feel it to. I'm so sorry, Kurama. And...I love you.::
::Really?::
::Duh::
::Where did you learn that word?::
::Um…Yusuke…::
::Of course. I love you, too, Hiei.::
::I know::
"Um...guys?"
Kurama sighed, and, reluctantly, stepped away from Hiei and faced the rest of the bar.
He found the sight that greeted him quite comical. Every face was turned toward them with a shocked look, and some also looked rather sickened.
But their friends...everyone in their group seemed, though shocked, happy. Yukina looked absolutely beside herself with joy. "My oniisan has finally found a mate!" she said happily.
Hiei gave her a small, fanged grin. "Thank you for the help, Yukina."
"Wait...you were in on this?!" Shizuru demanded.
"Kind of. I didn't know why Hiei-oniisan wanted me to bring everyone here, though."
"So does this mean you can finally stop being such a jerk all the time, shrimp?" Kuwabara asked, and for once, Hiei's reply wasn't snide or spiteful.
"Yes. I can be happy now."
"YAHOO! That certainly calls for a celebration! All drinks on me tonight!" Kuwabara laughed.
The bar people stopped looking shocked and a cheer rose. Kuwabara's eyes bugged out, and he said, "I didn't mean for everyone!"
As usual, everyone ignored the poor guy.
Almost done! Only one more, completely random chapter left!
Reviewer's comments:
Yutaan: Thanks for the review! And, as you can see, they did turn out happy!
pickles( ): Why am I a meanie?! I didn't do anything wrong...did I?
And I apologize if I missed anyone. MediaMiner is a jerk and isn't showing me any of my reviews from people on that site.