A Rose By Any Other Name

A Rose by Any Other Name
By cillaxox

Disclaimer: I'm sure you've already figured it out, but I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho

Kurama sat on a park bench watching the sunset, it had been an uneventful day and he was glad to see it coming to an end. He was considering going home when he heard his name called out from behind. His heart skipped a beat as he recognized the voice. “Yusuke!’ he thought to himself. He didn’t dare turn his head around just yet to call out a greeting; instead he waited for few seconds longer, waiting for his overly excited grin to leave his face.

“Hey Kurama,” Yusuke called out again only this time he said it as he sat down on the bench next to Kurama. “Hey didn’t you hear me calling you?” he asked sounding a little annoyed.

Kurama gave his friend a small smile and said in apologetic tone, “I’m sorry I guess I was a little distracted.”
‘Yeah, distracted by my feelings for you,’ Kurama thought sadly to himself. Even though he was feeling melancholy on the inside, he put on sunny disposition for his friend.

“So what brings you here Yusuke? I thought for sure you would be doing something with Keiko right now.” Kurama winced inwardly as he said the words aloud. For the most part he was happy about Yusuke’s relationship with Keiko. She was after all a lovely young girl and as long as Yusuke was happy then Kurama told himself that he would be happy for him too. But still there was small part of him that was jealous of their relationship, there was a part of him that desperately wished that one day it would be him Yusuke would be holding instead of Keiko.

Kurama physically shook his head to rid himself of those thoughts. Thinking such things weren’t going to do him any good and besides, Yusuke was here with him now. He decided to just enjoy the moment and not think about things he couldn’t change. But he still couldn’t help but notice that Yusuke didn’t answer his question. When Yusuke finally did get around to acknowledging his question all he said was, “The same reason you’re not with Hiei tonight, I needed a break.” His voice had a slight edge to it that made Kurama tense a little. He didn’t quite understand what Yusuke meant by his comment, but he decided not to push it.

Kurama decided to change the subject all together. “So how did you know where to find me?”

Kurama was curious to know, because he didn’t remember ever mentioning this spot to Yusuke or any of his other friends for that matter. “Well I went to your house and you weren’t there, your mom said you would probably be here.” Yusuke replied.

Kurama smiled to himself in the setting sunlight. Of course his mother would know that he was here, when he was still a young child they used to come here together at least twice a week and watch the sunset. As he grew older and began asserting his independence more he started coming here on his own when he wanted privacy or if he just needed some time to think. Kurama was a little surprised to hear that Yusuke went to his house to talk him. He only went to his house if it was really important and Kurama could tell that this wasn’t an emergency meeting, so he was curious to know what Yusuke wanted to see him for.

Before Kurama could ask Yusuke why he was looking for him, Yusuke gave him an answer. “I just wanted to talk to you is all, so I went to your house,” Yusuke said in a voice so low that Kurama could barely make it out. Kurama’s heart leapt as soon as he realized what Yusuke said. He knew he shouldn’t read too much into the words, but he was happy to hear them nonetheless.

“Well whatever you want to talk about I’m for you Yusuke,” Kurama said trying to keep the emotion out of his voice.

“Well there is something that I wanted to ask you about,” Yusuke said sounding kind of embarrassed. Kurama waited patiently for his friend to continue, but he didn’t, so the two of them sat in a semi-comfortable silence. The silence was broken by the sound of Yusuke sliding closer to him on the bench. He wasn’t sitting right next to Kurama, but he was easily within reaching distance of the red-haired boy. There was still a small space between the two boys, but was a friendly kind of distance, the kind that is acceptable between friends.

“Kurama,” Yusuke said in a small voice that sounded so unlike his usual brash self, “Can I ask you a question?” Kurama told his friend yes and waited to hear his question. “How do you feel about Hiei?” he asked sounding very rushed and nervous.

Despite his best intentions Kurama let out a small laugh. It certainly wasn’t a question that he was expecting to hear. “What do you mean how do I feel about Hiei?” he questioned still laughing slightly.

“You know what I mean,” Yusuke began slightly stammering, “You know how do you FEEL about him,” as he said this he lifted his hands up in the air and let them fall back down hard against his legs.

Kurama answered Yusuke’s question, “How do you think I feel about Hiei?” he asked. He was eager to hear what Yusuke thought. “Well I think you’re in love with him,” he said in an eerily calm voice, it almost sounded like he had been rehearsing the line in front of a mirror.

Kurama forgot his usually calm composure and started laughing hysterically. He was laughing so hard that he started hitting the bench, trying to force himself to breathe. He felt tears forming in corners of his eyes from his laughing. When Kurama finally calmed down enough to at least speak properly, he asked his friend, “What makes you think I’m in love Hiei?”

Yusuke shrugged his shoulders and mumbled, “I don’t know.” As soon as he heard Yusuke’s voice, Kurama instantly felt bad for laughing. The younger, dark-haired boy sounded miserable and embarrassed.

Kurama touched his friend’s shoulder, he felt even worse when he felt the other boy’s shoulder flinch under his touch. Kurama tried to rectify the situation by taking Yusuke’s question seriously. “How do I feel about Hiei,” he said seemingly talking to himself. “Well obviously he’s my closest friend,” he said pau to to gather his thoughts, “I guess Hiei thinks the same of me even though he’ll never admit it. As for me loving him…I do love him as a friend. Maybe I’m even a little in love with him, but I think everybody is a little bit in love with his or her best friend. That’s why that person is your best friend, because you see qualities in them that make them very special to you. Even though you see these qualities you don’t necessarily want to have a dating relationship with this person. Does that make any sense to you Yusuke?”

“Yeah,” Yusuke said sounding more like his usual self.

The sun was quickly setting and it was getting darker outside, however, it wasn’t quite dark enough for the parks light to turn on yet. In the dim light Kurama couldn’t make his friend sliding closer to him, but he could certainly feel him moving nearer. “Kurama?” Yusuke queried in low tone, “Can I ask you another question?”

Kurama swallowed hard and said “yes” in hoarse voice, the closeness of Yusuke’s body was starting to get to him.

“Kurama,” Yusuke said, as he spoke he inched his hand closer to Kurama’s hand that was resting on the bench next to him. “Kurama, how do you feel about me?” Yusuke asked in a voice so low that at first Kurama thought he had imagined hearing it.

The normally eloquent Kurama was speechless, never in million years would he had even dreamed of hearing Yusuke ask him something like that. The only thing the red haired boy could say, was “I beg your pardon?”

Clearly frustrated Yusuke jumped off the bench and paced around it a couple of times. When he calmed down enough he sat back down to Kurama, the two were now sitting shoulder to shoulder. Yusuke turned his face to towards his friend’s and said in a clear and strong voice, “I want to know how you feel about me Kurama.”

Kurama began in a nervous voice, “Well I think of you as a really good fiend. And I uh…well I uh…I don’t know.” He stop talking not knowing what to say, part of him wanted to shout at the top of his lungs “I love you Yusuke Urameshi!! I love you so much it feels as if my heart will burst from all the love it holds for you.’ The more sensible part of him wanted to keep quiet and not tell his friend his true feelings and not risk ruining their friendship.

Stalling for time Kurama decided to ask Yusuke a question, “Yusuke before I answer your question I would like for you to answer a question of my own.” He waited to see if Yusuke would agree to his terms. The other boy simply nodded his head in agreement. “How do you feel about Keiko Yusuke, are you in love with her?” Kurama asked preparing himself to hear an answer he wouldn’t like.

“Well I love her, but I’m not in love with her. Even though I care an awful lot about Keiko, I know she’s not the one I want to be with. I don’t love her the way I love you Kurama.” As he spoke these words Yusuke grabbed a hold of his friend’s hand.

Kurama froze, ‘this has to be some sort of a joke. A cruel, cruel, cruel practical joke’ he thought to himself. As he thought this the park’s lights automatically came on illuminating the once dark area. When the lights came on Kurama was able to see how serious Yusuke really was. Yusuke was staring directly into Kurama’s face, his dark brown eyes shining with an intense honesty and love. The depth of emotions he saw reflected in them took Kurama aback. “Do you really love me Yusuke?” Kurama asked, “Because if you don’t mean it you really shouldn’t s say it.”

Yusuke held his friend’s hand even tighter, and spoke to him in a gentle voice “I’ve never been more sure of anything in my life. Kurama I love you.” As if to make point Yusuke leaned forward and kissed Kurama full on his lips.

Kurama sat unmoving on the park bench not sure what to do. “Kurama, how do you feel about me? Yusuke asked again putting his heart on the line.

“Well I love you too,” Kurama said hardly believing he was finally saying those words out loud.

Yusuke smiled broadly and exclaimed, “Whew!! At least now I can finally breath again.” The two boys shared a laugh and when they stopped laughing their eyes met, they both leaned forward and kissed one another. As they kissed time stopped for the two of them, all that existed was two hearts joining as one.

They only stopped kissing when they ran out of air. “I’ve been wanting to do that for so long,” Yusuke whispered into Kurama’s ear, still embracing his body.

“Me too,” Kurama sighed, nuzzling his face into Yusuke’s neck. “Yusuke how long have you felt this way about me?” Kurama inquired not letting go of Yusuke’s body.

“For quite a while now. I can’t say for certain when I knew that I was in love with you, but from the beginning you always captivated me. Then I became friends with you and got to see what an amazing person you were and the next thing I knew I couldn’t see myself living without you,” Yusuke replied stroking Kurama’s hair.

“I guess it was the same way for me too,” Kurama said thoughtfully, “from the very beginning I was intrigued by you and attracted to you. I ght ght once we started working together on cases that it would fade away, but it grew into more than I could ever expect.”

The two of them sat in silence for a while, still embracing one another. “Yusuke, why did you think I was in love with Hiei?” Kurama asked his curiosity getting the best him.

“I don’t know…” Yusuke began, “I guess because I always saw you two together and you just seemed so close. I guess I kinda just assumed the rest.”

Kurama buried his face into Yusuke’s neck and kissed it gently. “I can re tre that Hiei and I anly nly friends and the only one I love is you.” Kurama felt Yusuke smile which warmed Kurama's heart.

“I don’t want tonight to end,” Kurama said in dreamy sigh.

“It doesn’t have end,” Yusuke said in response. Kurama lifted his head and looked at Yusuke a quizzical expression forming on his face. Yusuke continued, “My mom is going to be gone tonight, so if you want to you can spend the night with me.”

Kurama was delighted to hear this, but a shadow passed over his face, “What do I tell my mother though?”

Yusuke shrugged his shoulders and said, “Just tell her you’re spending the night at my house.”

Kurama nodded his head and said, “Okay, let’s continue this at your house then.”

Yusuke jumped off the bench and yelled, “All right let’s go!!” He then pulled Kurama off the bench and they quickly left the park.

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Yusuke was waiting patiently on Kurama’s front porch when the door opened and his friend came outside. “Well what did she say?” Yusuke asked anxious know what was going on. Kurama smiled brightly and removed the overnight bag he was concealing behind his back. Yusuke gave a shout of triumph and pumped his fist in the air. “I can’t believe she said yes,” Yusuke commented once he calmed down.

“Mother was actually quite happy to hear that I wanted to spend the night at a friend’s house. She never saw me show any interest in having friends before, so naturally she was glad to find out that I had one.” Yusuke draped his arm around Kurama’s shoulder as they walked towards his place.

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When they reached the apartment Yusuke checked around to make sure that it was empty. Seeing that the coast was clear Yusuke motioned for Kurama to follow him inside. Kurama entered into the apartment and closed the door behind him. Standing in the middle of the room Yusuke turned to his friend and asked him he wanted anything. Kurama walked over to him, wrapped his arms around him tightly and kissed him passionately. “I want you,” Kurama said to Yusuke in a husky voice.

Yusuke gave the red-haired boy a wolfish smile and said, “I think that can be arranged.” He thrabbrabbed his soon to be lover and led him to his bedroom.

“It’s a little messy,” Yusuke warned Kurama as they entered his room. As soon as they were in the bedroom Yusuke pounced on Kurama pinning him against a wall. Having the older boy exactly where he wanted him, Yusuke started to kissing his soft lips harshly, causing Kurama to moan into his mouth. As he kissed Kurama, Yusuke ran his hands all over the taller boy’s body.

Kurama pushed himself off the wall and started backing Yusuowarowards his bed. As soon as Yusuke felt the back of his knees touch the bed he fell down on it, pulling Kurama with him. Kurama straddled Yusuke’s waist, he leaned over and whispered in a sultry voice, “The things I’m going to do to you Yusuke Urameshi!” All Yusuke could do was grin like an idiot.

Kurama sat back up and slowly removed his shirt revealing a well-toned body covered in soft pale skin. Yusuke lifted his hands to touch the beautiful body, but Kurama caught his hands in mid-air and lightly pinned them back behind Yusuke’s head. When Kurama was satisfied that he wasn’t going to try and move he released his grip. “No Yusuke,” he said in a mock serious tone, “for the moment this my show.”

Yusuke smiled and relaxed against the bed, the only movement he made was when he sat up to help Kurama remove his shirt. When Yusuke had resettled on the bed, Kurama leaned over and began to tenderly kiss his muscular neck. Yusuke let a small hiss as Kurama’s exploring mouth found his most sensitive spot. Kurama let out small chuckle when he realized what he had just discovered. He began to viciously suck and nip at the spot until he felt Yusuke’s body begin to buck with pleasure underneath him. While Yusuke was moving his body underneath Kurama’s he brushed their mutual erections together, which sent a shiver of pleasure up the red-haired boy’s spine. Kurama got so caught up in Yusuke’s movement that he unconsciously began to rock in his hips in time with it. Soon both of the boys were moaning uncontrollably. Kurama was so aroused that when Yusuke reached out to touch his body again he didn’t try to stop him. Yusuke started running his hands over Kurama’s chest, his hands came to a rest on his nipples, which he then proceed to pinch and squeeze. Kurama threw his head back and let a strangled growl of pleasure.

The sexual tension became too much for the two boys and soon they were both hurrying to take off the other’s pants. As soon as both boys were undressed, they grabbed a hold of the other’s erection and started to stroke them simultaneously. Kurama’s grip was soft, yet strong, while Yusuke’s touch was rough, yet gentle. The contrasting touches that the boys used on one another made their bodies tingle. They began to arch their backs into the other’s touch, silently asking for more.

It wasn’t long before their concurrent climaxes erupted in a powerful blast, both of them spilling their seed everywhere. Kurama and Yusuke lay down on the bed and clutched each other gently, each trying to catch their breath. Kurama was the first one to speak, “That didn’t go exactly as I planned,” sounding a little regretful as he spoke.

Yusuke laughed and said, “It went a lot better than I expected so don’t even worry about. Besides,” he said in a mischievous tone, “we still have all night!”

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