A Bright and Beautiful, Sunny Day

I’m trying to schedule classes for my winter quarter. I’m not having any luck I need to find an elective but the only one that will fit in my schedule is called Human Sexuality. I don’t mind taking it but my mom does. Maybe I can get her to let me take it.

Chapter 8

The girls continued with their shopping plans a week after Kuwabara was released, which was four weeks after the surgery.

They went to Kohl’s first because they were having a sale. They started with only two carts, one for the boy’s stuff and one for the girls. But half an hour later Yusuke was sent by Shizuru to get another cart and then again by Botan only 45 minutes after that. Now the four girls had 3 carts full of pants, tops, skirts, dresses, body cream and wash, shampoo, perfume and other girly stuff.

While the boys still had just the one cart which was only half full with just a couple outfits and a few things they needed for the apartment.

Kaeko frowned at Yusuke and Kazuma’s cart. “Is that all you’re getting? You know when friends go out together they usually try to participate in the activities.” (this is what my mom always says to me. Sheesh)

Yusuke frowned back at her “Just because were sane enough not to go crazy whenever we see a little top with a kitty on it…” “I don’t have any money.” Interrupted Kuwabara. He really wasn’t in the mood for Yusuke and Kaeko’s bickering at each other.

“You don’t have any money? I thought the bar paid you good money.”

“It does. But all my hospital bills and college bills have been sucking it all away. I still owe the hospital $1200 for my surgery and I don’t get paid till next week.”

“Doesn’t your insurance cover that?” asked Botan, looking up from the ‘Precious Moments’ figurine she’d been looking at.

“Some of it. Not all of it.”

“Yusuke, you should get a job.”

"I’m looking all right? But it’s hard finding a job with flexible hours.”

“Hmm.” Kaeko smiled at them “well for now Shizuru and I can help you with a few things.ve gve got more than enough money.”

“Yeah, starting with that cart!” laughed Shizuru. She grabbed hold of Yusuke and he brothers’ hands and dragged them to the men’s section where, Botan, Kaeko and Yukina proceeded to fill it up to the brim with clothes for them to try on.

“Great.” They said together. Deciding it to be wiser to just stay out of the girls way they sat down on a nearby bench.

Kuwabara checked his watch and began sifting through his bag for one of his medications. Yusuke had laughed his ass off at Kuwabara’s griping of how he now had to carry a purse with him for his medications

Though when Yusuke thought about it later he realized it really wasn’t all that funny.

“How’s your side treating you?”

Kuwabara shrugged. “s'allright.”

“The doctor said you gave em all a real scare when you started hemorrhaging. They were afraid they wouldn’t be able to stop the bleeding.”

“Is that why you kept looking at me funny when I wok?”
?”

Yusuke caught his friends’ eyes in a serious stare. “It shook me up all right. I don’t want you to die Kuwa.”

Kuwabara looked at him for a while before giving him a small smile. Then he threw his head back and popped his pill.

Dr. Himura had said that the splenectomy had gone without a hitch until they started to close. Then Kuwabara had started hemorrhaging. They had to give him 3 blood transfusions before they finally stopped the bleeding and got his heart rate back to normal. If they hadn’t they would’ve lost him.

This last part had left Yusuke shaking. ‘They nearly lost him. *I* nearly lost him!’ He had stayed with Kuwabara every day until he was finally released. They had kept him in a room that was completely sealed off from everyone else. It was called a ‘sanity room’. (I honestly have no idea what it’s called. I’m making shit up.) No one was allowed in except for one doctor and one nurse. The reason for this was top protect Kuwabara against infection.

Dr. Himura had however allowed Yusuke and Shizuru to enter after they had gone through certain sanitizing showers and put on smocks. (which Kuwabara had found very amusing and Yusuke and Shizuru a pain in the ass.)

Kuwabara sighed in wariness and leaned against his shorter friend. The raven-haired boy turned a right red and stammered "umm…Kuwa…”

“Shut up Urameshi,” Kuwabara said resting his head on Yusuke’s shoulder. “Im tired and you make a nice pillow.” Yusuke sighed. Why was he complaining? He had dreamed of having the redhead in this position for months.

Very carefully, Yusuke wrapped his ars around his friend and hugged him. “Don’t you worry about a thing buddy.” He whispered o him “ I’ll take care of you now. I promise.”

“Hn.”

FLASH!

“What the hell?!” Yusuke and Kuwabara were suddenly blinded by a bright flash of light from Shizuru’s Polaroid.

“Aw. It’s a Kodak moment.” She grinned at them.

“Dammit Shizuru!” Whined Kuwabara.

‘Yeah Shizuru. You went and spoiled the mood.’ Yusuke thought to himself.

“Get over it bro. You two better start trying on those clothes if we’re gonna get outta here by 3 o’clock.”

Both boys gave out a loud groan.

All in all the two had gotten a decent amount of new clothes. Yusuke had gotten a suit for job interviews and Kuwabara had gotten a set of P.J.’s that Shizuru said Dr. Himura had told her he’d be able to wear in the hospital, instead of the dreaded hospital gowns.

There was one outfit though that Kuwabara tried on that had Yusuke floored.

It was a pair of low-rise hip-hugger jeans that showed off his slim waist and ‘nicely toned ass!’ in the thoughts of one spirit detective. It went with a tight, sleeveless muscle shirt that showed off his belly button. It fit snugly on his broad chest and showed just a hint of strong abs.

While Yusuke drooled at the sight, Kuwabara looked himself over in mirror with an uncertain look on his face. Turning to Yusuke he asked, “What do you think Urameshi?”

The bug-eyed boy quickly swallowed and began choking on his own spit. Coughing he stuttered, “Oh, um…ah…it…looks…all right... fine.. it’s good.” A blush crossed his cheeks and his hand went to the back of his head in embarrassment. ‘Oh boy’ He glared at the girls who were giggling at him in the corner.

“Can we please go now?”


Kuwabara ended up getting the outfit, much to Yusuke’s pleasure. After wards, they all went to dinner together and then the movies.

The girls loved it but Yusuke thought it was the most boring movie he’d ever seen. Kuwabara apparently thought so too because he fell asleep halfway through it with his head resting on Yusuke’s shoulder.

Yusuke would’ve loved to carry his friend home, holding him protectively in his arms. But then that stupid blue haired deity just *had* to go and wake him up just as the detective was leaning over to scoop him up.

He could’ve killed her.

But he did get to hold a sleepy Kuwabara up as they walked back to their apartment, his arm firmly around Kuwabara’s waist.

Setting Kuwabara down on his bed, Yusuke began helping him strip down for bed (loving every minute of it.) when the alarm on Kuwabara’s watch went off.

“Aw damn.” He said. He dug out one of Kuwa’s medications from the bag and got a glass of water.

“Hey buddy, wake up for a minute.” He said gently shaking his friend, who had fallen back to sleep sitting up.

“Hn!”

“Don’t ‘hn’ me you gotta take your medicine real quickly.”

Kuwabara woke up just enough to take his pill then passed out again.

“oh Kuwa.” Said Yusuke as he tucked him in the bed.(aww) Knowing his sleeping friend couldn’t hear him he kissed him lightly on the lips and forehead and whispered, “I love you.”


O.K. that had absolutely no humor in it whatsoever. Oh well, I don’t care. Lemon in the next chapter, and you guys are really gonna hate me for it. *grins evilly*