Carbon

Here’s to hoping that this chapter makes up for the lack of proper lemon in the previous one.

Chapter Thirteen

After walking around at school all day with his classmates staring at him and the stress of knowing that Keiko was worried about him, seeing Shiori almost made Yusuke cry. He hopped in the front seat, knowing that Kurama would be home later, and sank into the soft leather.

“Hard day?” Shiori asked as she pulled out from in front of the school.

Yusuke blew his bangs out of his face, making a mental note to ask Kurama to cut his hair. “Yeah,” he muttered. “It sucked, to say the least.”

Shiori cast Yusuke an encouraging smile. “You’ve been through a lot, Yusuke-kun.”

“Tell me about it.”

“If you need someone to talk to, I’m always available.”

Yusuke nodded. “Hey… there’s been something I’ve been meaning to ask. Uh… What do you do for a living?”

Shiori smiled. “I don’t work. Shuuichi helped me make sound investments that allowed me to retire early.”

I bet he did.

“So now I spend my free time volunteering at soup kitchens and animal shelters. I’m so proud of my son. While I was ill in the hospital, he managed to make an impressive amount of money in the stock market and it paid for all of my medical bills.”

“He’s kind of a genius.”

Shiori flushed. “Yes…” She smiled. “My Shuuichi is so bright. I used to worry that he was lonely. He never spoke of friends until last year.”

“Oh?”

“He talked about you and Kuwabara-kun a lot. And, of course Hiei came around quite often. It was a huge relief to me. He’s so very fond of you…”

Yusuke felt heat creep into his face. “Yeah… well…”

“It’s alright if you have difficulty expressing it.”

“I… I’m… yeah… that’s what it is. But, I told him how I felt so it’s okay.”

Shiori smiled. “You two are good for each other. I can feel it. Mother’s intuition…”

“What’s that?”

Shiori looked shocked for a moment before explaining what it was. The explanation was overwhelming to Yusuke. He’d never heard of such a thing. Could moms really tell when something was wrong with their child or just be able to know if something was bothering them? Was that possible?

As he walked up the steps to his new home, he felt a sudden rush of gratitude toward Shiori but when he started to thank her, she told him to repay her by being happy and treating her son well.

“Would you like some tea?” Shiori asked. “I’ve made fresh muffins too.”

“That’d be great.”

Yusuke sensed Hiei’s approach and expected him to climb in the window upstairs. He was stunned, therefore, when he rang the doorbell. Shiori answered, and smiled fondly. “Hiei, what a pleasant surprise. Come in!”

“Thank you,” Hiei said. He stepped over the threshold an pulled his boots off at the door.

“I was just about to make tea, would you like to join us?”

Hiei thought about it for a moment before nodding.

“Alright. I’ll be just a moment. Have a seat.” With that, Shiori walked into the kitchen.

Hiei nodded again and headed for the couch. Yusuke sat beside him, grinning. “Hey, man.”

“It was excruciating to watch,” said Hiei.

“Huh? What was?”

“Your day. It was painful to see how others treated you. Even worse was your clear discomfort.”

Yusuke shrugged. “It’s okay now. It’s done.”

“You have to go back to that wretched place tomorrow.”

Yusuke shrugged again. “I hated it. The way all those people stared on in judgment. The gall of those teachers for openly criticizing you…” He shook his head. “How do you stand being surrounded by all of those idiots?”

Yusuke chuckled. “The teachers have been out to get me since my first day. And I don’t give a rat’s ass what the other students think of me. They can think what they want.”

“Hmmm…”

Shiori returned with two steaming mugs of tea and muffins on napkins. “I’d stay and chat but I have my shift at the hospital today.”

“Are you still reading to the children with cancer?” Hiei asked.

Shiori smiled. “Yes. The hospital is so grateful for my help but I just love making the children smile. I’ll see you boys later.”

Hiei gave Yusuke a meaningful look as Shiori walked out the door.

“What?” said Yusuke.

Hiei leaned in. “You have chocolate on your face.” He licked the smear of chocolate next to Yusuke’s mouth before kissing him. “Delicious,” Hiei muttered against Yusuke’s lips.

Yusuke’s breath hitched. “We should take this upstairs.”

“My thoughts exactly.” Hiei stood and grasped Yusuke’s hand, pulling him to his feet. He didn’t let go until they were in Kurama’s bedroom where he placed feather light kisses over Yusuke’s lips and neck. Yusuke groaned an pushed Hiei toward the bed, straddling him when he fell on his back.

Hiei smirked, wondering what Yusuke was planning to do. He wasn’t disappointed. Yusuke nibbled on his lips and neck before sitting up and removing his own shirt. Hiei admired Yusuke’s abs for a moment before sitting up and running his hands over them. Yusuke took the opportunity to pull Hiei’s shirt off over his head and grasped him by the shoulders, pulling him down so he’d be on top of him. Hiei kissed a trail from Yusuke’s lips to his stomach. He licked a lazy circle around Yusuke’s belly button, causing Yusuke to arch into him. Hiei sat up and gazed at the beautiful figure before him. Yusuke’s face was flushed and beads of sweat were collecting on his forehead. Hiei pressed his palm over Yusuke’s erection, eliciting a hiss then set to work on divesting Yusuke of his pants.

“Gods, Hiei,” Yusuke moaned.

“I haven’t done anything yet,” Hiei teased, he dipped out of view and swirled his tongue over the tip of Yusuke’s cock.

Yusuke hissed. “It’s n-ot that.” He let out a loud moan and couldn’t finish his thought.

Hiei sat up, and licked his fingers, making a show of seductive sucking while he slicked them with his saliva. He went back down on Yusuke, causing Yusuke to curse and took his momentary distracted state to probe Yusuke’s entrance with his fingers.

Yusuke was ready for it this time and the sensation didn’t make him cum immediately. He bit down hard on his lip, using the pain to distract himself from how otherworldly it felt to have Hiei’s mouth on his cock and his fingers probing inside of him.

Hiei carefully tested Yusuke. He knew now what it would take to send Yusuke over the edge (not much) and was careful to avoid it. He wanted to adequately prepare Yusuke but at the same time, not over prepare him. “H-Hiei!” Yusuke gasped. “Pl-please…” He keened and writhed, the sight almost too much for Hiei to bear. He’d denied himself long enough. Hiei made quick work of his own pants and angled himself at Yusuke’s entrance.

“Shit!” Yusuke cursed when he felt the intrusion of Hiei’s cock. “Fuck, goddamn…”

Hiei froze. He was afraid he’d hurt Yusuke.

“Damnit! Don’t stop!” Yusuke yelled. He moaned when Hiei pushed himself further in. “Hiei… nn…”

Hiei was overcome by a sudden rush of emotion and leaned over Yusuke, running his hands over his lover’s chest. “You’re beautiful,” he whispered.

“Hiei… move.”

And “move” Hiei did. Yusuke let out a wonton scream when Hiei almost immediately brushed up against something inside of him that made streaks of silver mar his vision. He felt the most intense pleasure he’d ever experienced but managed to rein himself in before he got too caught up.

Hiei moaned. Yusuke was so tight and he’d suddenly tensed, causing his ass to clench around his cock. He steadied himself and thrust into Yusuke, causing Yusuke to let out an animalistic growl and watched as his Mazoku markings burned briefly against his skin. Hiei thrust again, harder this time. He kept at it, shocked at how long Yusuke was holding back.

Yusuke gripped at the sheets, his toes curled, his back arched. He was so overwhelmed by all of the physical sensations that he barely noticed when Hiei started stroking him. He thought he may have screamed Hiei’s name, or maybe it was a prayer. Either way, when he came, it was so intense that it blinded him for a moment and he was lost in the aftermath for a long time.

When Yusuke finally came back to himself, he heard Hiei humming happily as he traced invisible patterns across his chest. “Th-that… that was incredible,” Yusuke said. “Seriously.”

Hiei chuckled. “I’m glad you enjoyed it.” He leaned over Yusuke and kissed the side of his mouth.

Yusuke suddenly sat up, startling Hiei. “Kurama’s home,” he said.

Sure enough, a moment later, the door downstairs opened and the sound of footsteps downstairs were definitely Kurama’s.

Hiei tugged on Yusuke’s arm. “Don’t worry about it,” he said. He pulled Yusuke on top of him and held him close. “He already knows.”

“How?”

Hiei smirked and tightened his grip on Yusuke. “He can smell us.”

“Oh man…” Yusuke buried his face in Hiei’s neck, suddenly gripped with the urge to bite him.

“Go ahead,” said Hiei. “I wouldn’t mind.”

That was all the encouragement he needed. Yusuke sank his teeth into Hiei’s neck, smiling when Hiei arched against him and hissed. When he leaned back to look at Hiei, he was pleased with the expression on his face. “I love you,” Hiei muttered, pulling Yusuke back down. Yusuke tensed, he hadn’t expected Hiei to feel that particular emotion, let alone express it. Nonetheless, it filled his heart nearly bursting with affection and warmth. He snuggled close to Hiei, feeling perfectly content.

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Kurama opened his Trigonometry textbook and spent the next hour working on the problems. He waited until he heard the shower run twice and gave his friends another fifteen minutes before heading up the stairs. He smiled at the sight of Yusuke, in a fresh outfit, curled up against Hiei who was wearing only pants. He sank down on the bed beside the snuggling pair and smiled down when Hiei opened one eye to look at him.

“You two make quite the adorable pair,” Kurama commented, running a hand through Yusuke’s wet hair and giving Hiei a fond smile.

“I’ll give you adorable,” Yusuke muttered.

“Oh?”

“Yeah.” Yusuke didn’t move from his place beside Hiei. He just reached up and grabbed Kurama by the hair, tugging him down into a kiss.

“That was half-hearted at best, Yusuke,” said Kurama.

“Cut him some slack,” said Hiei. A fleeting look of worry crossed his face. “Kurama, you-“

Kurama cut Hiei off with a bruising kiss. Yusuke grunted in protest at suddenly being jostled but moved out of the way when Kurama gave him an almost feral growl. “Pardon me…” he muttered, climbing off the bed. Yusuke watched as Kurama climbed onto Hiei and pinned Hiei’s hands over his head.

“Ah!” Hiei moaned, feeling Kurama grind against him.

What the hell? Yusuke thought. He walked over to Kurama’s desk and sank down in the chair, watching as Kurama bit Hiei several times on the neck and chest. He was surprised when Hiei didn’t protest or try to assert dominance. At the same time, he was intrigued. He felt a sudden swell of pride that he didn’t understand and was amused by his boyfriend’s behavior.

Hiei was gasping for air as Kurama mouthed his clothed erection. He clutched at Kurama’s hair, letting out a string of incoherent oaths when Kurama tugged down his pants. Yusuke was floored by the sudden display of pure lust and watched as Kurama descended on Hiei, taking his cock into his mouth nearly to the hilt.

How the hell is Hiei hard again so soon? Yusuke wondered. He definitely was feeling an intense desire for both demons currently fooling around in the bed but was too tapped out to react physically. He just contented himself to watch as Hiei writhed beneath Kurama’s ministrations and admired the way Kurama had so quickly reduced Hiei to pleading.

Yusuke was surprised when Kurama didn’t move to prepare Hiei but soon realized that it wasn’t his intent. Kurama continued to suck and stroke until Hiei shuddered and let out a cry as he came in Kurama’s mouth. Kurama sat up and smirked down at Hiei before staring at Yusuke. Yusuke stared back for a moment and was intrigued by the strange way Kurama’s eyes suddenly flashed gold when he stood up and spun Yusuke in the chair before leaning in and kissing him. Yusuke felt something salty and bitter on Kurama’s lips and assumed that was Hiei’s essence. It took him a moment while Kurama kissed and fondled him to recognize that Kurama had lost control. He stood up, giving himself more leverage and shoved Kurama onto his ass.

“It’s not going to work,” Yusuke growled. “I’m already tapped out.”

Hiei gazed on, amused by the whole situation, and pulled his pants back up.

Kurama ran the back of his hand over his eyes. “I’m sorry,” he muttered. “I don’t know what came over me.”

“I do,” said Yusuke. “And you… you’re kind of scary when you flip out like that.”

Kurama stood and straightened his clothes. “I apologize, Yusuke. It wasn’t my intent to frighten you.” He gave Hiei an apologetic grimace.

Hiei chuckled. “I’m not complaining,” he said. “I’m surprised that Yusuke is.”

Yusuke laughed, shaking his head. “You guys are gonna be the death of me.”

“Let me make it up to you,” said Kurama.

“You just want an excuse to buy me something expensive.”

Kurama smiled. “Of course.”

Short chapter is short. Next week, the chapter will be longer…. Maybe. REVIEWING TIME.