By Die Before I Wake
(I’ll be looking into a chat room for the Brigade.)
A loud knock sounded on Hiei’s bedroom door. He groaned and opened his crimson eyes.
“What?” he growled.
“You sleeping again, Hiei?” Kuwabara asked. “Well, the girls are here for dinner, now get downstairs!”
“No.”
“Why not? You’ve been in your room all day today, yesterday, and the day before! You sick or somethin’?”
“No. Now leave me alone. I’m tired, you idiot.”
“Well, you sure are tired a lot. Now just chug one of those energy drinks and get downstairs!”
“You moron, ‘caffeine’ doesn’t affect demons. Now go away.”
“I’ll send Kurama up here if you don’t listen.”
“Like I’m afraid of that gender-confused fox...”
“Hiei. I’m right here,” a very angry sounding Kurama said from behind the door. “Now come on. Everyone’s waiting for you.”
“F*** you. I’m tired. Leave me alone,” Hiei snarled.
“Hiei, Koenma’s coming soon. You know he comes once a month to check on us. He’ll be here in a few minutes. Don’t you want to show him how well behaved and civilized you’ve become by getting decent clothes and learning how to use more than the power and volume buttons on the television remote?” the fox reasoned.
“...No...”
“Emo b****...” Kuwabara muttered before walking back downstairs.
Hiei growled a bit to the comment but didn’t move off of his bed. “I don’t want to come to dinner. I’m not going to eat it, anyway,” he said. “Just let me sleep.”
“Are you alright?”
Hiei heard Kurama’s back hit the door as he leaned against it.
“I’m fine. I just want to go to sleep.”
“Alright. But if you don’t get better soon, I’m going to have Koenma turn you into a mortal and I’m taking you to a doctor.”
“I’ll be fine, Kurama.”
“Can you at least come down in about half an hour?”
“Maybe. If I don’t fall asleep again. And don’t use your little ‘skeleton key’ threat. I stuffed the lock with hot glue from the ‘glue gun’ I found in the hall closet,” the Fire Apparition said.
The Kitsune’s sigh could be heard, as well as the creaking of the door from his weight being lifted off of it.
Maybe now I can just rest, Hiei thought. He sighed and closed his eyes after pulling the thick black blanket up to his chin.
Right when he began to grow comfortable and feel warm, he heard the light scratching at his closet door and the high pitched whimpering again. He growled at the sound and decided to try and ignore it by pulling his pillow over his head, not wanting to move from his comfortable, warm bed. The scratching and whining only grew louder, and then stopped after a pathetic, low-pitched whimper.
Hiei returned his head to its rightful place on top of the pillow and closed his red eyes. Eventually, he drifted off into a dreamless, empty sleep.
