What do you do with a Hiei?

Botan had been in a dazes for a week. She was so deep in shock Hiei had to stop her for walking into traffic several times. It was like her whole world had come to a screaming holt when Hiei so simply told her she was pregnant. All she could do was keep telling herself over and over again that she was pregnant.

As she walked up the street to Shizuru house Botan felt her stomach turn. She wasn’t looking forward to there get together. She had gone to her birthday party only to sit in the kitchen the whole time and zone out. She just bray made small talk without drawing unwanted attain to herself as it was. So far none of the guys had picked up on the change with in her, but that wouldn’t last. As for Hiei well they hadn’t said anything to one another scene he uttered that one word, but he hadn’t left her side either. He seemed to be watching out for her and whiting for her to say something or think something about the baby.

“Hay Botan what up” Called a voice form behind her. It was Kurama on his way to school no less. She hadn’t even felt his power let alone heard his voice as she walked up the street. Stopping Botan tried to clear her thoughts enough to make small talk with her red haired friend. She wasn’t so sure she could pull it off much longer before someone asked her about the fact she was pregnant.

As he got closer something washed over his face. He looked utterly taken back by something. Botan felt her skin shiver as he slowly looked up at her. His all well to knowing eyes précising into hers. She know it was coming, but she was hopping it wouldn’t be so soon.

“Botan...Are you alright?” He seemed unsure of himself witch Kurama never was. Not wanting to talk about it. Botan put on a smile gave a little laugh and bounced on her feet.

“Of course I am silly” She tried to acted like she didn’t know. It was her only hope of getting out of this unwanted talk. “Why would you ask such a silly thing?”

“Um…Well…Its just you seemed kind of distracted is all.” He said kind of lamely still unsure of himself. “Were you off too?”

“I am spending the day with Shizuru.” She got a big goofy grin on her face “Shouldn’t you be on your way to school young man?” He gave a naives laugh as he came to stand next to her.

“Yeah, but I can walk you to Shizuru’s house first if you’d like.” He said placing a hand on her shoulder. She knew he was only doing this to get a better feel of her and the baby’s power energy. Worried he might somehow feel it was Hiei’s she stepped away form him.

“No that’s alright I’ll see you later.” She then turned tails and ran form him. She didn’t look back for she was to afeard he might still be there. She didn’t even know if it was possible for one to known who the father was without being told, but she wasn’t about to find out. As she got to Shizuru’s house Botan felt a little dizzy. She stopped running long enough to lean on Shizuru front door.

She didn’t get to lean long before the door opened and she fell inside. “Botan please do come in” Shizuru said jokingly before helping her to her feet. “You look awful girl” She said holding nothing back as always. She helped Botan to the sofa before going back to shut the door. “So are you going to tell me what’s going on or are we going to spend the whole day making lame small talk again.”

“It’s all happing to fast.” Botan said as if that would explain everything. Her big pink eyes locked with the eyes of a photo of Shizuru. It was a close up of the womens face that made her look lonely.

“Ok… do you mind telling me what is happing to fast?” There was a long pass making the dime room seem creepy. “Have you talked to Hiei about being more loving?”

“No…” Botan whispered she hadn’t talked to Hiei paired.

“Why not?” Shizuru was slowly digging her way into Botan’s mind. It was only a matter of time before she broke though. “He’s been back for a week and you said he visited nightly, so what’s holding you back form asking?” Maybe it had been her little run in with Kurama that had made Botan crack so quickly under question. Or maybe it was the timing of the whole thing. All Botan knew was once she opened her month to say ‘he does’ it all came purring out like a waterfall.

“So Hiei knows?” Shizuru asked coming to sit next to Botan. The blue haired women shock her head yes. She felt like crying, but didn’t have the energy to do it. “What’s he think about this? Or do you not know?”

“Shizuru I don’t even know how I feel about this.” She huffed before flopping to one side so her top half was lying on the sofa. “I wish I could just hope a train to anywhere’s, just so I could get away for a few days and you know come to trams with it. Without having too worry about facing everyone. Just like a week of pure freedom before coming back and saying hay guy’s guess what I am pregnant and you’ll never believe who the father is!”

“So why don’t you?” Shizuru asked it more or less like she was telling Botan to do it.

“One word” Botan said closing her eyes “Hiei” Shizuru tilted her head to the side.

“What about him?” She didn’t seem to know Hiei had become her little watch dog.

“If I go he would follow. He may not show his face, but he’d be there watching me. Scene we found out he hasn’t left my side really… Shizuru I would beat 100,000 yen

He’s outside right now listening to us.” Botan turned her head to look out the window. She was expecting him to be there, he wasn’t that she could see anyways. “If I went I’d like to go without him. Just so I could think without him peeking into my brain. I know he does it all the fucking time! And it drives me crazy there is no keeping anything form that man I could just scream.”

“That’s sounds like a probable…Why don’t you ask him to stop it?” There she goes again acting as if Hiei was like any other man and doing the simples things like asking him to not do something would make a different.

“HA! Oh I could ask that man until I was blue in the face it wouldn’t change a damn thing. Besides he’s in my head so much he probable already knows I want him to stop it and he just doesn’t care. If I had a …” Her communicator went off causing Botan to stop her rant. “Hello” She said after flipping it open.

“I got a mission for your team Botan” It was Koenma as always, he wasted no time in filling Botan in on the details, but he did seem to be acting kind of strange. Of choose Botan knew her boss was strange to begin with.

“Ok I’ll fill them in ASAP” Shizuru hit Botan in the arm and lipped ‘you can’t go you got a baby to think of remember?’ Botan smacked her head she had forgotten. “Ah…Koenma sir I have a kind of problem sir…” Botan said making her boss raise an eye brow “See the thing is I can’t go… I um…well what I am trying to say is…” Shizuru graded the little compact

“She is pregnant” Koenma fell out of his chair with a thud.

“Shizuru!” Botan screamed as she graded for the little pick devices. Taking it in her left hand she glared at her girlfriend.

“What you were going to tell him, I just helped you out is all.” Sighing Botan turned back to her boss who was making his way to his chair.

“Is this true Botan?” He asked as he pulled himself together.

“Yes sir, but I was planning to keep it under wraps for a while longer… I haven’t really gotten to the point of accepting it yet. So if you could not tell anyone I would really be grateful sir.” He nodded his head

“Just one thing Botan” Koenma said reaching to turn off the channel.

“Yes sir?” She was a little hesitant of the lingering question.

“Who is the father?” He asked what everyone was going to ask as soon as it was out in the open and Botan didn’t know why she said it, but she did. As soon as she uttered his name she watched her boss go in to convolutions.

“Hi…Hi…ei...ei…h…i…e...i…” She started to close the channel when he graded his heart breathing heavily. The last thing she saw was him grading hold of his desk and huffing out “OH DAER GODS”

“That went well don’t you think?” Shizuru said with a big shit ass grin on her face. Botan throw a pillow at her smacking the women point black in the face. Her friend let out a load laugh as it fell into her lap. “If that’s how your boss is going to take the new, I can just see the guy’s now.”

That night

Botan laid in bed going over her meeting with the boy’s. Yusuka, Kurama and Kuwabara all stared at her knowingly. As were Hiei on the other hand didn’t even look in her direction. She had been very thrown about what was need to be done on this mission. Of cause she didn’t think any of them heard a single word of it because they were whiting for her to tell them the new.

She wasn’t readily to do that because she wasn’t sure what she was going to say when they asked the big question. After seeing what happened to Koenma she wasn’t about to blurt it out again that was for damn sure. At the end of the meeting the three boys tried desperately to get Botan to let them help her. They asked her over and over again if they could walk her home or if she need anything, Kuwabara even asked if she wanted to be carried home. As for Hiei he didn’t even look up form the tree he was napping in when she said good night and walked away.

She wasn’t sure what that meant really, but it was as if he was trying to upset her. It had been the first time he didn’t watch her like a hawk or follow her ever step and as upsetting as it was, it was also kind of nice. She wasn’t being followed by him and his very cold shadow. It was almost freeing in away.

The boys would be leaving with in an hour and then she could relax some more. She’d have a few days to herself. To come to some sort of diction on what to do. She knew she was going to keep the baby; it was more of deciding what to do about her relationship with Hiei. He was the father after all and that meant the men was entitled to be apart of the child’s life. Witch also meant he wasn’t going to go away any time soon.

There was a sound form outside her window. Sitting up she saw Hiei standing there, he looked as if he hadn’t planned for her to see him. Something about his eyes seemed longing. Botan got up and walked to the window to unlock it and let him in. She always kept it unlocked for him, but scene he was going away she thought to lock it tonight.

“Hay” She whispered softly to the man cracked on her window ceil. He didn’t say anything as always he just leaned in and kissed her softly on the lips. It was kind of nice as he ran a free hand throw her hair. Pulling back just a little to rub his noise ageist hers. “Why don’t you come in?” She breathed out softly taking hold of his right arm.

“Hm…I just came to make sure you’d be alright while I was gone.” His voice was soft as if filled her ears. And she couldn’t help the small smile that slipped over her lips.

“I’ll be fine.” She whispered before leaning in to kiss him again. When she pulled back he looked at her for a long moment with worried eyes.

“Why Hiei are you worried about me?” She meant it as a joke because the men had never once worried about anyone, but his sister before. He moved back in letting her feel his warm breath on her skin. He didn’t say a word as he left a trail of kisses down her neck. It was as if he was having trouble saying ‘no’ or maybe ‘yes’ she couldn’t be sure.

“I’ll be back soon women.” He said softly kissing her one more time before taking off into the night sky. She watched him go feeling a little bit better about there relationship. Sure it wasn’t love she felt for Hiei, but at that moment it wasn’t hate either. It was more of a warm fuzzy feeling. Closing the window Botan went to bed pulling the cover up to her chin she found it hard to sleep at first because she know he wasn’t out there watching over her, but after a while sleep found her.

The next morning

“Botan get up” A voice whispered in her ear. She mumbled sleepily putting her hand out to push whoever it was away. “Come on girl get your pregnant butt out of bed” Shizuru yelled in her ear. That got her up quit fast; she looked around the room to find her girlfriend holding out a suitcase to her. “Keiko is down stairs and the train is whiting, so get your butt a moving.”

“Wha...What?” Botan asked rubbing her eyes. Shizuru tossed the suitcase on the bed.

“We’re going on a trip just like you wanted and Hiei is miles away so there is no way he can follow you. Just in case he is listening to your mind I’m not telling you were where going we’re just going. Now come on girl get a move on!” Shizuru said pulling open Botan closet and throwing thing into the suitcase. Getting to her feet Botan pulled open her dresser draws.

“He came to see me last night before he left.” She said shoving anything and everything into the bag, before finding something to ware for herself.

“Oh yeah what did he want a roll in the sack?” Shizuru said grading Botan’s hair brush and running it throw Botan hair.

“No he just went to see if I’d be ok while he was gone.” She smiled “He kissed me good bye too.”

“Well wasn’t that sweet” Shizuru said in a mocking tone. Botan know she was just messing with her after all that what she like about the women. No matter what the satiation she could always find a way to pick fun at you.

“Shizuru I think he might archery care about me.” Botan said so softly the other woman almost didn’t hear it.

“You know Botan I think he does.”

Chapter 15

Hiei hadn’t seen his mate in four days and it was driving him nuts. He had been reckless through the whole mission just so he could get back to her and his kodomo sooner. As he and the team enter town limits he opened his mind to find hers. He felt hundreds of mind but none of them were his mates. He knew he was in reach of her mind it was just a matter of time. There was a chase she was sleeping no chase to worry.

“I am going to call Shizuru. See if I can get her to come get us with the car.” Kuwabara said pulling out his cell phone. Hiei stopped to listen, his mate liked the women Shizuru she maybe with her somewhere he thought, keeping an eye on the loud oaf out of the corner of his normal eyes. “That’s odd she’s not picking up at home or on her cell phone.”

“I’ll try Keiko see if Shizuru is with her.” Yusuke said taking the phone and trying it. Hiei heard it ring at lest ten times. Before Yusuke hung up and tried a different number again there was no answer. “Hm, nothing… Maybe there with Botan” He dialed the number and it too got no answer.

“Try here compacted” Kurama suggested as Kuwabara and Yusuke exchanged naive’s looks. Hiei felt naives himself he still couldn’t locate his mates mind. He widen his screech looking for Shizuru and Keiko minds as well he couldn’t locate them either.

“Nothing, I don’t know about you guys but I am getting a little worried here.” Yusuke said flipping his phone closed. “Hay Hiei can you get a hold of the girls?” He yelled up to the fire demon. Hiei jumped to the very top of the tree removing his bandanna. Using his third eye he scanned the city hoping to see at lest one of the three women. There was no sigh of them anywhere. He did however see his sister was just fine.

He recovered his eye feeling a deep twinge of worry. Looking down at the three men looking up at him he shock his head ‘no’ He wonted nothing more then to run to his mates house and find out what had happened to her, but he wasn’t so sure he should let on he was worried about her. She did make him process to keep there mating a secret after all.

“Let’s hot foot it to my house, it’s the closest.” The oaf said as they began to run toured the city. Hiei had to keep himself form bolting ahead of them. He was worried about his mate and there very newly conceived kodomo. He hadn’t wanted to leave them, but he knew if he didn’t his teammates would wonder why. It was hard to take care of them and do what she wished at the same damn time. He only hoped she would decide to at lest tell the team it was his kodomo when she made any kind of choose about that. Because coming up with reasons why he watched over the child were going to be rather hard.

Growling he picked up the paces just a little more it wasn’t enough to lose his teammates, but it was enough to keep him form screaming. He touched down in Kuwabara back yard to find the house looked empty. A few moments later the other three joined him. “Nothing seems out of the order.” Kuwabara said opening the door to his house.

One by one the filtered into the house as soon as they enter they saw the note hanging out the refrigerator. Kuwabara leaned over it and read it aloud as if no one else could read the damn thing. “Guys Keiko and I decided to take Botan on a trip. She said she needs a brake form things the other day and we thought this would cheer her up. We’ll be back as soon as are money runs out, Shizuru”

“Fucking A all that running to find out they took a road trip.” Yusuke growled pulling the note off to read it for himself. All of the sodden there was a long empty pass. Hiei knew they were all thinking it, but no one was voicing it. He slowly back out the door before someone voiced it and he had to be apart of it. As he got to the door frame Kurama opened his month “Who do you think the father is?” Hiei took that moment to bolt form them knowing they weren’t looking so it was save.

With in moments he was far away form them and the question he was not aloud to answer. He landed on his mates window ceil pulling it open and hoping inside Hiei sighed. Her room was a mess for once; it looked like she left in a hurry. He took a set in a large chair in the cover of the room. At first he just sat there watching the door, but after an hour Hiei began to feel lonely.

He got up removing his weapon, shoes and coat. He took a blanket and her pillow off the bed tossing them in his newly clamed chair. He looked around the room for something that smelled like his mate. Next to the bed was a stuffed animal he had see his mate snuggle with many a night. Taking it off the floor he made himself at home in the chair. He would stay there until his mate returned and when she did he was going to give her a home coming she wouldn’t soon forget.