Deep Crimson

By: Demon Hiei's Girl

Chapter 5

Standard Disclaimers Apply

Author's note: In this chapter, Hiei finally gets around to filing that restraining order. ...no, I'm just kidding. But you should read this chapter anyway.

Warnings: Au-induced OOC-ness that I hate myself for.

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Hiei couldn't believe he agreed to go to a restaurant with that crazy Yusuke guy. He really couldn't. On top of which, the lying bastard never bought a pizza like he said he would. What, was Dave's pizza not good enough for him? Oh, but he had no problem eating at Kay's so he could flirt with his sister. Yeah, that was perfectly fine in Yusuke Urameshi's book.

"Brother, stop fuming." Yukina said calmly, not even really looking at Hiei but instead fixing her gaze out the window. As he said he would, Yusuke came to pick him up after work, and the two twins slid uncomfortably (well, Hiei was anyway. Yukina not so much.) into the back seat of Yusuke's car.

"I can't help it. This guy always manages to manipulate us to get what he wants!" Hiei spazzed.

"Hey, I'm not so bad," Yusuke chuckled from the driver's seat. "So where would you guys like to go? I know this fancy little Itallian restaurant not too far from here that makes pasta to die for. Do you guys like Itallian food?"

"I hate Itallian food." Hiei bluntly stated, crossing his arms over his chest and glaring out his window.

Yukina sighed. "Hiei, you love Itallian food."

"I'm sick of it."

"You haven't had any in ages."

"You shut up."

"You behave."

The two risked a mock glare at the other, then went back to staring out the opposite windows.

"Oh ho, aren't you two feisty tonight? Well Sunshine, I'll make you a deal. If you don't like the food, I'll take you out again tomorrow and you can pick the place. Okay?"

Hiei really hated how gracious he was. Yusuke was too friendly, yet sarcastic enough to be approachable. There was really nothing to dislike about the guy, yet he just couldn't stand him. What was so damn fascinating about Yukina and him anyway? Why couldn't he find some other twins to harass?

The Itallian restaurant ended up being outside of town. Quite away out of town, to be exact. It took them about an hour by car to get there. So of course, Hiei needed to make a comment.

"Do you eat here often? I'd hate to pay for your gas."

"Haha, no I don't. Just for special occasions. But I've been here enough to know it's great. You guys will love it."

'He didn't miss a beat.' Hiei inwardly fumed. 'He never takes my blatant sarcasm or mocking seriously. What the fuck?'

After they parked and got out of the car, Yukina eyed a couple leaving the establishment in fancy I'd-wear-this-to-church clothes. She held back a gasp that ended up escaping her lips anyway.

"Oh I had no idea this place was so fancy. And here we are in our work uniforms!" Yukina sighed in distress. Hiei rolled his eyes. He was glad to be thwarting Yusuke's perfect evening, even if it wasn't done on purpose.

"No big. It's not like there's a sign on the door that says "Rich People Only". Besides, look at me. Jeans, sweater, coat. Nothing fancy on me either. I would have taken you guys home first, but I know you at least, Yukina, have to work tomorrow morning. If I had to guess, you too, Hiei. I didn't want to abduct you all night."

"It's fine. But it's not going to be if we keep standing out here wasting time. It's going to take them a million years to serve us anyway. We may as well get in line now."

Yusuke gave him a smile, and took the lead as they headed for the entrance. Hiei made it a point not to make eye contact with his sister as she glared at him for his rudeness.

Once inside, Yusuke announced they were a party of three, and by sheer coincidence a booth had just been cleared. Flashing the server with a grin, Yusuke lead the twins to their table with a bit of a skip in his step.

"How lucky are we?" he smiled once all three had sat down. "I mean, look at all the people that just got here. But we got the first cleared off table. We didn't have to wait at all!"

"You're Satan, aren't you?" Hiei blurted. Yusuke's eyes widened, and Yukina face-palmed. "You must be, you have the luck of the fucking devil!"

"Hiei!" Yukina scolded. "Lower your voice and quit with the profanity! People are staring at us!"

"Haha, no worries Yukina. Let 'em stare. They shouldn't be so rude to listen to other people's conversations," Yusuke chuckled, looking at the menu.

'I hate him.' Hiei decided, and not for the first time.

"What exactly do you do for a living, Mr. Urameshi?" Yukina asked, trying to redeem her family name and thus start up some polite conversation.

"You mean when he's not partaking in his duties of being Satan?" Hiei asked with a fake tone to cover the obvious sarcasm. Yukina wanted to hit him for the first time in her life. She couldn't believe her brother could be so rude. He wasn't normally like this. But she just couldn't see why he acted like this to one of the kindest, coolest people she'd ever met. It didn't make sense!

"..." Yusuke paused, trying to come up with the right way to explain. Giving up, he faked a laugh. "Haha it's kind of embarrassing actually."

"Ooh, do tell!" Hiei said, trying to lean a little bit more over the booth so he could invade Yusuke's space as he made him uncomfortable.

"Hate to disappoint, Hiei, especially when I finally peaked your interest," Yusuke smiled, leaning back into his side of the booth. "But it's not my career that's embarrassing, but my lack of one. My parents are kind of on the wealthy side, so I'm pretty much set."

"What's embarrassing about that?" Yukina asked, tilting her head to the side as she took a sip of the complimentary water.

"Well, here I am with two very hard working people, doing the absolute best they can to stay afloat, where as I lounge around all day and get everything I want handed to me. It's not really fair, is it?"

"So we're a charity case?" Hiei asked, none to amused. "Besides, he still lives with his parents, Yukina. I'd call that embarrassing."

"You're embarrassing," Yukina said in an annoyed fashion, her gray eyes narrowing into intimidating little slits. He knew he was in for it when they got home. Luckily, Hiei was saved when the waitress stepped in front of the table.

"Well, well," she said, sweeping her light green hair over her shoulder. "If it isn't the cute pizza boy!" Hiei recognized her instantly as the girl who talked to him in the supermarket the day he met Yusuke.

"Well hi," Hiei said in his unamused tone. Yukina flashed her a hesitant smile, and Yusuke kept his face a calm blank looking back and forth between the girl and Hiei.

"My name is Juri, but you all ready knew that tee hee, and I'll be taking your orders tonight. Are we all ready here?"

Hiei flushed a bit not really realizing he was too busy trying to be an ass to Yusuke to even bother to look at the menu.

"Um, yes, I'll have your classic spaghetti meal..." Yukina said timidly, choosing the cheapest item on the menu she could find. Not that that was saying much, since nothing was really "cheap" on the menu and the spaghetti did look amazing regardless.

Juri looked to Hiei expectantly. His eyes quickly searched the menu, but he was too flustered to actually read the food items listed there. Yusuke decided he should step up.

"He'll have your famous pasta. I will too for that matter," he winked at the girl, who quickly scribbled down the orders.

"Alright, I'll be right back with your food."

"How dare you order for me?" Hiei said scathingly, not really meaning it. He'd never admit it, but Yusuke saved him a bit there. Especially since that girl knew him, groupie or not.

"Haha you'll love it. I told you, the pasta here is great."

"What makes you think I like pasta?"

"Just give it a try. Plus it's steaming hot, and I know you like hot foods," Yusuke reasoned, taking a sip of his own water.

"Haha! He likes hot everything," Yukina explained, chuckling a bit.

"Your girlfriend didn't ask us what we wanted to drink," Yusuke commented, grinning with a smile that didn't touch his eyes.

"She wasn't my girlfriend," Hiei glared, sniffing disdainfully. "Just some chick who orders pizza so she can see me."

"You're pretty popular with the women, huh?" Yusuke asked idly, playing with the straw in his water glass. "Why don't you have a girlfriend?"

"Too much hassle."

"Stingy aren't you?" Yusuke chuckled, as if his mood was suddenly brightened. This didn't go unnoticed to Yukina as she busied herself by taking another gulp of water.

Not too terribly long later, Juri returned with Koto in tow, plates in their hands.

"I'm so sorry! I forgot to ask what you guys wanted to drink!" she said, sounding frazzled as Koto and her put their plates in their respective places. "What would you guys like?"

"Three cokes are fine," Yusuke said, when his two guests sat memorized by the portion of food they were served. It was like they had never seen so much food before. The thought was rather cute. Juri got what she was asked, bringing the glasses to the table and then taking off to the next party.

Hiei took a hesitant bite of the pasta presented in front of him. It tasted so good, he almost couldn't believe it. The seasoning was just right, and Yusuke told no lies– it was piping hot. He couldn't resist another fork full. Yusuke smiled as he took notice of Hiei's lack of complaining. "How is it?"

"Awful!" Hiei said on autopilot, taking another bite one right after the other. He felt like a pig for shoving so much food in his mouth at a time, but he just couldn't stop it was so good.

"Did they mess up your order, Yukina?" Yusuke asked, suddenly worried as the turquoise haired girl had yet to touch her plate.

"Oh heavens no, it looks wonderful!" she said sincerely. "I'm just waiting for it to cool down some."

"How like you," Yusuke grinned. "The polar opposite of he who stuffs a lot in his mouth over here. This food is steaming."

"Yeah, that's the best part!" Hiei defended, taking a sip of the coke that was now in front of him.

Yusuke tried to take a bite of pasta, but had to down a large gulp of coke in the process. "Damn is it good, but shit. No normal person can eat it this way until it cools!"

"I never said I was normal." stated the ebony haired man, cocking an eyebrow at Yusuke.

"That, my good sir, is a fact." Yusuke stated right back, a large smirk in place.

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After the twins were dropped off back to their apartment, and Yukina said goodbye and thank you to Yusuke, Hiei braced himself for the worst scolding of his life. Instead, Yukina plopped on the couch and sighed, staring off into space.

"What's wrong with you?" Hiei asked, surprised she hadn't thrown the lamp at him yet. "You got your dinner with the ever so gracious Mr. Urameshi."

"That you tried to ruin!" Yukina protested. 'And here it comes!' Hiei thought, preparing to flinch. But flinching proved unnecessary as the girl continued to stare off into space looking at the tv that wasn't even turned on. Hiei couldn't understand what was making her so quiet. Well, she was normally quiet (until he pissed her off), but this was bizarre. He knew he was asking for it the more he embarrassed her, but she really wasn't biting his head off for it. Maybe Yusuke had cornered her alone and told her to lay off. It wouldn't have surprised him. Yusuke was like the anti-conflict when it came to the twins.

Taking a hesitant seat next to his sister on the sofa, he turned to try and look at her, but she pointedly looked away. "Sis, what's wrong?"

She sighed in the manner she usually did when she was upset but trying to be mature. "I was just thinking that Mr. Urameshi sure is fond of you."

"Don't call that bum "Mister"." Hiei grumbled, crossing his arms and looking at the still turned off tv set. The silence went on for another sixty seconds, and Hiei rolled the statement around in his head a bit. When she first said it, his mind didn't register past "Mister" but now that he thought about it...

"FOND!?"

"Yes, fond." Yukina continued, playing with a strand of blue-green hair. "He's always so nice to you no matter what. And he seemed a little on the jealous side when that girl hit on you."

"He was smiling the whole time! I don't think he knows how to turn that facial feature off!" Hiei protested, the blush now plastered on his cheeks and an unwanted memory of the doofus licking his staple wound at work flooding back into his memory.

"You could tell he didn't mean it then. But when you denied it, he seemed happy."

"That's bullshit. You're crazy!" Hiei half screamed, sitting up and heading towards his bedroom. "You're over thinking this! You're the one he always flirts with! Now if you excuse me, I have work in the morning!"

Hiei was fully aware that his sister did too, but paid it no mind as he slammed his door shut and slipped under the covers hoping for a quick and memory-less dream to envelope him.

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Author's Note: Hey guys, it's been ages. I know this took forever to write and it isn't very long. For that, I apologize. For anyone who's checked my profile, I said I was on a temporary hiatus. Now I'm off of that hopefully for good. I can't promise quick updates, but I'll try my best. My writing inspiration well has been kind of dry lately. I just felt so bad that I got all those lovely reviews and hadn't even started chapter five yet. Now it's done and I must say, it was kind of hard to get back into the groove of writing these guys after so long, OOC as they are. Anyways, thanks for continuing to support my writing even when the muse is gone. :) I appreciate it. Thanks bunches, and see you next chapter!