summary: A drunken Kuwabara moves his relationship with Kurama, further along. (Kurabara) (Kuwama) ^^
"Kurama, Kurama... Hey! Hey, Kurama... did you smell when you were a Youko?"
Kurama closed his eyes, and grit his teeth.
Very, very, very, drunk... or just plain had a death wish.
Giggled escaped their surrounding friends, as Kuwabara, flushed and grinning, draped his arms around Kurama, and nuzzled against the back of his head, "Cuz wild fox's smell, ya know? Did you know? They're... musty."
"Musky," Kurama corrected, shooting a suspicious glare at Chu, and then to Jin. "Which one of you gave him the demon grade sake?"
"Not me!" Jin sang with a cheeky grin.
"Nah me!" Chu slurred, batting his eyes.
So, it was probably both of them.
Kurama gently pulled Kuwabara's arms off of him, and turned, placing a guiding arm against Kuwabara's waist, "Kuwabara, I really, really don't want to hit you right now... so let's just go find a place for you to sit, where you can get some water."
"Is this cuz you stank? That's okay, if you did... you smell like roses now!" Kuwabara laughed, throwing back his head at his own joke.
Chu and Jin echoed him, Jin spilling onto the floor, literal tears seeping down his cheeks.
Kurama inhaled sharply through the nose, and started to push, "Kuwabara... let's find a couch."
He had managed to push Kuwabara through a few of their other drunken friends, before Kuwabara dug his heels in, and titled his head back, pouting at Kurama, "Kurama... are you mad at me?"
"No... just tired. Come on, one foot in front of the other, now!" Kurama sighed, his patience thin.
Kuwabara spun around, wrapping strong arms around Kurama, and pressing his brow against the other. Kuwabara's face was flushed, and he pouted at Kurama, looking sweet and pathetic, "Don't be mad! I wanna kiss you later."
Kurama felt his cheeks color, "You what?"
Kuwabara grinned, nuzzling his nose against Kurama's, "I wanna kiss you later. I'm tired of waiting."
About a year ago, Kurama had begun a play of cat-and-mouse with Kuwabara. He had laid down the bait, a simple, "I think you're very handsome, Kuwabara." Words he had said before, but this time, with a little heat, and a gaze that had invited. Kuwabara, had carefully accepted the compliment, and then stewed, seriously thinking over Kurama's words. And then just as carefully, three weeks after Kurama, volleyed a compliment back, "I think you're perfect, Kurama."
The words had been in Kurama's ear, shy, less confidant, but true.
A carefully calculated back and forth, a slow and careful game towards a courtship.
It seemed, now that Kuwabara was so emboldened with some spirits, he was tired of waiting.
"Kurama, can I kiss you?" Kuwabara asked, lower lip stuck out in a pout.
Feeling hot behind his ears, and wrestling with his desires and what he knew was right, Kurama sighed, "No. Not right now. But after a glass of water, and maybe something to eat... we'll see."
Kuwabara nodded, still frowning.
Gently, Kurama resumed pushing Kuwabara, "And if not tonight, I promise I'll kiss you tomorrow."
"Oh, yippee!" Kuwabara hiccuped, actually shouting the last word out, and drawing some attention from the room.
Kurama sighed, and shook his head, "Come on now. And don't ask how I smell again!"