It was Saturday morning when the whole gang had a little get-together in Botan's house.
"I hope Koenma-sama would come as soon as possible" Botan said impatiently to Shizuru. Shizuru stifled a yawn.
"When is he exactly going to come anyway, Botan?" she asked.
"I don't know, it's not regular" she replied with a sigh.
"Oi, what are you two talking about?" Yusuke asked them.
"None of your business!" they both answered in unison. Then, the doorbell rang. Shizuru and Botan jumped up.
"Who is it?" Botan yelled at the person behind the door as she ran towards it.
"It's me, Botan!" the person answered. Botan and Shizuru jumped for joy. Both were so excited they don't know what to do.
"Quick! Go to the kitchen and prepare something for him to drink" Botan whispered to Shizuru with a wink. Shizuru giggled and ran towards the kitchen. Botan ran to the door at the same time.
"What's with those two anyway?!" Kuwabara asked, turning to the others.
"Probably because Botan missed Koenma already?" Yusuke answered with a shrug.
"And my sister?" Kuwabara asked. Yusuke just shrugged again.

"Koenma-sama!!!" Botan exclaimed hugging Koenma tightly with glee. Koenma sweatdropped and pushed Botan away.
"What's gotten into you?! Is Ningenkai THAT wonderful?" he asked. Botan jumped back and gestured Koenma to go in. Both of them walked towards the living room.
"Koenma!!!" Yusuke greeted and slapped his hand on Koenma's back.
"Looks like I'm on time" he said and sat down. Botan watched him and ran to the kitchen. As she opened the door, she didn't noticed Yukina and Keiko behind her. They kinda sneaked behind her while she was heading towards the kitchen, both curious of what the two were doing.
"That's it, what are you two up to?" Keiko asked with her hand on her waist. Botan and Shizuru looked at each other.
"Nothing!" they said in chorus. Keiko raised a disapproving eyebrow and crossed her arms, tapping her foot impatiently. Yukina just stared at the two blankly. Shizuru looked at Botan, then called Keiko and Yukina to come closer. She explained to them their plan...
"Waaaaiii!!!!!" Keiko exclaimed excitedly. "Botan-chan that's great!!!"
"Sssshhh!"

"What's with them?" Koenma asked, pointing to the kitchen. The others shrugged.
"Oi, Keiko! Want me to come over and help?!" Yusuke asked as he sat up.
"NO!" all the girls answered together. The guys sweatdropped and went back to their talk.

"Okay, do it Botan-chan!" Shizuru told her in a whisper. Botan took a strand of her hair and stirred the potion with it. A little while later, the potion started to clear.
"That's it, come on!" Keiko exclaimed. Yukina stared at the liquid excitedly.
"There!" Botan declared and placed the potion on a dropper. "Give me the juice" she ordered. Yukina gladly handed her the glass but accidentally dropped a coaster, breaking it on the floor with a crash.
"Keiko!" Yusuke voice called. "Want me to help in there?!"
"Uh n---no Yusuke-kun! Don't worry!" Keiko answered as she took a broom and swept the coaster off the floor. They all laughed at themselves and went out to give Koenma his drink.

"Here you go" Yukina said sweetly at Koenma. Koenma thanked her and took the glass. He was about to drink it in when the doorbell rang a couple of times. It kept ringing and ringning, not even making an interval between the rings.
"Who could that be? Kinda impatient" Kuwabara said, irritated as they all stood up. Botan opened the door.
"Hinageshi?"
"Hinageshi?!" Koenma exclaimed and stood up, leaving his untouched juice behind. Shizuru snapped her fingers in frustration. She looked at the Reikai prince irritatingly.
"Great" she said sarcastically and followed the others on the front door.
"Koenma-sama! You're needed badly in Reikai! One of the prisoners just escaped!" Hinageshi explained tiredly, panting at every word she said. Koenma's eyes widened and went out.
"Uh...sorry Botan-chan, I'll be going now...I'll come visit you again next time" he said. He ran out of the house with Hinageshi. Botan was stunned and couldn't move. Koenma left before she could say anything...

"Shoot!" Keiko exclaimed angrily.
"Damn it! Damn it all! If I'll see that Koenma again, I'll----aargh!!!" Shizuru shouted in exasperation, clenching her fist angrily.
"We were so close" Yukina sighed sadly. Botan was silent...but finally, she sighed.
"We can do it again anyway" she said, turning to the others.

"Yusuke!" Kurama disgusted voice rang up the room.
"Come on, Koenma's gone anyway, tell us what it tastes like?" Yusuke said jokingly.
"Damn it, Yusuke, it's just orange juice! Get that glass away from me!" Kurama sounded again. His voice seem a bit taken aback by something on his throat.
"Come on, le'see if Botan's really good in doing ningen stuffs" Yusuke said as he pushed the glass in Kurama's mouth, making him drink the contents.
"Yusuke! Mmmph....stop it!" irritated as he sounds, Kurama pushed him back again. The girls looked at each other in horror. "The potion!"

They ran to the living room and looked for the glass that was supposed to be Koenma's. Botan's eyes widened in horror as she looked at the almost choking Kurama in front of her with Yusuke laughing at the side. Kurama sat up angrily and snatch the glass from Yusuke's grasp.
"Yusuke!!!" he shouted angrily at him. Botan ran to him and snatched the glass from his hand.
"B--Botan---?"
"Is this the glass where in Koenma-sama's supposed to drink?!" Botan asked nervously. Kurama looked at Yusuke in question. Yusuke shrugged.
"Why? You need it?" he asked with a grin. Botan shrieked hysterically. Yusuke made Kurama DRINK the potion!
"Yusuke, you idiot!!!" Keiko exclaimed.
"Yusuke-san!" Yukina said in horror.
"Yusuke no baka!!!!" Shizuru exclaimed. All four of them jumped on Yusuke madly. Kuwabara, Kurama and Hiei sweatdropped. Just then, Kurama felt a pain throbbing his head and he groaned.
"Oi Kurama, something wrong?" Kuwabara asked him. Kurama just groaned again in reply and held his head.
"Kurama-kun, are you okay?" Botan asked with concern, shifting her attention from Yusuke to Kurama. Kurama looked up and saw Botan's concerned face looking at him. She was worried about him. He stared at her face for a while. Botan shifted her head aside and looked at Kurama with worried eyes. Kurama blushed and turned away.
"Uh, s-sorry Botan-san, I have to go too. I think a headache's coming" he said and ran out of the room. The slamming of the front door came after that.
"What's with him?" Yusuke asked.
"Don't know" Kuwabara replied. Then, Yusuke turned silent.
"Hey, did you see how he blushed a while ago when he looked at Botan?" Yusuke asked again, looking at the others. Hiei snickered on the corner from his sleep.
"Kitsune no baka" he muttered. Shizuru stared at Hiei.
"What do you mean?" she asked him nervously. Hiei smirked.
"He only does that when he's in....complete insanity! You know what I mean!" Hiei muttered with disgust. The girls all stared at Hiei. This...is really bad...
"NNNOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!" Botan screamed at the top of her voice.
"Oh no! This is awful!" Keiko exclaimed hysterically, looking at Botan.
"Wait! Look at the bright side, at least it's Kurama and not these three" Shizuru said trying to cheer Botan up. A thought of Yusuke, Kuwabara and Hiei drooling over Botan. The girls shook the horrible thought away.
"Yeah, just my luck" Botan said rolling her eyes. "Oh, if only Koenma-sama drank it instead!"
"What are you talking about?" Yusuke asked them. They all sighed in exasperation and explained everything to the guys. Yusuke bursts out laughing.
"What gave you that idea?!" he asked. Botan bonked him on the head.
"It's not funny Yusuke, this is serious!" Botan shouted at him. She threw herself on the floor and thought. Yusuke and Kuwabara stared at her for a while.
"Hey, you're not sure if the potion really worked, go and talk to him about it" Shizuru said. "See if there are signs that he likes you" "I guess...I'll go to him now" Botan said and stood up.
"Maybe it would be better if you call him first, he's probably home by now" Shizuru said, taking out a bunch of cigarettes from her purse. She lit one up and placed it in her mouth.
"Yeah, go talk to him" Keiko agreed. Botan took a sigh and headed for the phone.

Kurama sat down on the couch in his house. He choked real hard back there, Yusuke really can't control his strength. And this headache's giving him a hard time. Then when he stared at her a while ago. She was actually worried about him! He can't explain it. She's usually worry about all of them in times, but the way she looked at him a while ago...it touched him, piercing into his youko part and into the more human thing inside him. It's like she hypnotized him by her stare. Kurama sat back again on the couch. He groaned again at the pain on his head. He stood up to get some medicine for his headache when his phone rang. He stared at it for a while...then realized what he was supposed to do. He seem to be lost in thought almost all the time since a while ago. He almost got hit by a car while crossing the road! That's a different story though. He answered the phone call.
"Kurama? How are you feeling?" Botan's voice came from the other end of the line.
"Botan?!" he asked suprised. His eyes widened as he heard her voice. He thought he heard Botan call his name several times but he couldn't answer. He fell stiff as a stuffed toy on the phone.
"Kurama!" Botan called again, this time a bit louder. Kurama almost slapped himself to get him out of insanity.
"H--Hai, Botan-chan?" he replied, his voice a bit shaky.
"Kurama----"
"Oi, Kurama! Feeling any better, pal?" Yusuke's voice rang up the other end this time. Kurama felt relieved, he was just feeling a bit...nervous around Botan lately. "Kurama!"
"Yusuke, I'm here!" Kurama replied.
"What'cha doin'?" Yusuke asked again.
"At the moment getting medicine for my head" Kurama replied.
"Uh-huh...what the---"
"Kurama!" Shizuru's voice came this time. Kurama sweatdropped.
"Shizuru-san..."
"Get your darn butt in here this instant! We need to talk to you!" Shizuru ordered. Kurama's sweatdrop began to grow bigger. Then, he thought he heard Botan's voice in the background.
"Kurama-kun? You alright?" Botan came again. Kurama started to stiffen one more time at the sound of her voice.
"B--Botan..." his voice was shaky again. He thought he heard Botan sigh on the other line.
"You don't sound so good, Kurama, maybe you should rest for a while, forget about what Shizuru-chan said, get some sleep. We'll talk to you tomorrow" she said to him sweetly.
"H--hai, a--arigatou, Botan-chan" he thanked her. Botan hung up the phone after that. Kurama sighed, he felt so stupid when he talked to her.
"Hn, pathetic" Hiei's voice came into his head. He looked around and saw Hiei by the window.
"Hiei?" Kurama called him. Hiei threw himself at Kurama's couch.
"You're all pathetic. You should've been there after you left" Hiei said with a grin. Kurama quirked a questioning eyebrow.
"Why? What happened?"
"Let's just say there was some sort of mistake" Hiei answered and leaped out of sight. Mistake? What's a mistake after what happened? Kurama just ignored the comment and went to his room to heed Botan's advice.

"That was stupid!" Yusuke shouted at Botan.
"He doesn't sound well, he oughtta get some rest, Yusuke" Botan protested.
"Doesn't sound good?! He answered every question I gave him the way he used to" Yusuke replied with a grin. Shizuru stepped in this time.
"I know he just said my name, but I'd say he's alright in there, maybe he's just nervous around you, Botan-chan" Shizuru said, giving Botan an elbow hit. Botan rolled her eyes.
"I still can't believe you made him drink that, Yusuke!" Botan said, waving her arms angrily at Yusuke. Yusuke just shrugged.
"What am I supposed to do? I didn't know there was something in it. Then what if Koenma drank that, huh?" he asked them with a quirked brow. The girls sweatdropped.
"Yusuke no baka! So that Koenma would like Botan instead!" Keiko shouted at him angrily. Yusuke groaned and covered his eyes with his arms.
"This is stupid!" he exclaimed throwing up his arms. "Are you sure the potion worked? What if Kurama really liked Botan? He does seem quite nicer when you're around" he said with a grin. Botan blushed and looked at Shizuru. Shizuru seem to be thinking.
"Come to think of it, Yusuke's right" she said giving Botan a grin. Botan blushed deeper.
"Are you sure?" Botan asked her. Shizuru folded her arms.
"Probably" she answered. Botan sighed exsasperatedly.
"Well...what?" she asked. They all just shrugged in reply.

A loud buzzing came across Botan's house the next day.
"Yeah yeah I'm coming!" she yelled at whoever that is on the other side of the door. She opened the door suddenly and saw Kurama on her front steps. "Kurama?!"
Kurama's face was down on the ground as he bowed in front of her as a greeting. Botan lowered her head in reply. "Want to come in?" she offerred. Kurama smiled at her and nodded.

Inside, botan gestured Kurama to take a seat.
"Why are you here this early, Kurama-kun?" Botan asked the guy beside her who seem to be interested on the floor and had his face glued on it the whole time.
"Ne, Botan-chan...I was just wondering...would you---" Kurama paused. He was shaking real hard. "Botan, could you..." he took a deep breath. "CouldIbringyoutoadinnerdatetonight?" he asked quickly shutting his eyes. Botan stared at him for a moment.
"Pardon?" she asked raising a confused eyebrow. Kurama groaned.
"Um...Botan-chan...uh...I would just want to ask you out for tonight..." Kurama stole a quick glance at Botan who was listening intently, looking confused as ever. "You know, go out and eat dinner together and...you know..." this time Botan was staring at Kurama nervously. Kurama sighed. "But of course you can always say no" he added. Though he really want to go out with her, it's pretty much up to Botan if she wants to or not. Kurama looked at Botan, hopefully, she would say "yes".

'Oh gods this is bad, dammit!' Botan cursed in her mind. She looked at Kurama who was staring intently at her. She plastered a forced smile on her face the whole time.
"Uh, Kurama-san...are you sure about what you're saying?" she asked him first. Kurama's smile faded.
"Really Botan, I would understand it if you refuse" he said sadly, lowering his gaze once again. Botan chewed on her lower lip. 'How I wish Shizuru-chan was here right now' she told herself. Neither spoke for a couple of what seems like, seconds until finally, Kurama sighed.
"I better be going now Botan-chan" Kurama said with a sad voice as he stood up. "Thanks anyway" with that he started to walk out. Botan was startled but quickly stood in front of Kurama before he could reach for the door knob.
"Wait! Sure I'll go out with you, Kurama-kun" she said cheerfully. It would be sad to break the young guy's heart, and it will only last for a week anyway. She smiled at him with her usual smile. Kurama's face lit up.
"Really?" he asked, he never really thought she'd agree. Botan nodded.
"Really. How's picking me up at 6:00?" she asked. Kurama finally smiled for the first time since Botan last saw him the other day.
"That's great, thanks Botan!" Kurama exclaimed, giving Botan a quick hug and ran off. Botan stared at him with a sweatdrop, shook her head and closed the door.

"WHAT?! YOU DID WHAT?!" Yusuke asked with his voice ringing across the room.
"Yusuke for pete's sake, shut your mouth!" Keiko scolded him and gave him a wack with a pillow. Yusuke sat down with a groan.
"It's only for a week, then it's over, after all...Kurama-kun looks like he'll never talk to me again if I refuse" Botan said, thinking. Shizuru sighed.
"You know, not to say anything about you and Koenma...but you and Kurama make a much better couple" she commented. Botan blushed at the comment and looked at Shizuru.
"What are you talking about Shizuru?" she asked nervously. Kuwabara hit her arm by his elbow.
"Y'know my sister's got a point" he said with a mischievous look.
"Don't I always?" Shizuru asked proudly. Pretty soon, everyone even HIEI agreed, well, he did say yes when Yusuke asked him. Botan's blush got deeper.
"Nonsense! I'm reserving myself for Koenma-sama and him ONLY!" Botan cleared crossing her arms. Keiko just shrugged as a reply. "Well, it's your loss. At least Kurama knows how to fight better than Koenma does" she said simply.
"Hey! Maybe Koenma-sama's like that but he's real nice!" Botan exclaimed. She couldn't believe she just said that. The thought made her sweatdrop.
"Nice? Kurama's nicer you know, not unless you make him angry and fight him. And he's good in school too" Yusuke pointed out.
"Yeah, and he always studies with me whenever I need help in my schooling" Kuwabara added.
"And Genkai-baasan said that among all the four, Kurama-san's the easiest to talk with and the one who always understands" Yukina said. The other guys didn't like what she added but at least it adds up on the reasons.
"Hn. And he's the only one who listens when you talk to him" Hiei added as well. Yusuke and Kuwabara gawked.
"You talk to him?! What kind of stuffs?" Kuwabara asked only to meet a mallet as a reply.
"None of your business!"
"And, Kurama's always the one who volunteers to help when you need it"
"And he's real neat unlike some guys here"
"Hey! Well at least he's a great person"
"Yeah, and you should've seen those girls stick to him like as if some sort of glue was on him and they can't get away"
"Sometimes even guys starts to like him"
"And you know that he's the one who's easy to be with"
"And can't you just see his stares at you? If I were you I'll fall for him pretty soon" Keiko added sweetly.
"Hey, keiko! What about me?" Yusuke asked.
"Shut it off Yusuke!"
Kurama this, Kurama that...
"AAAAARRRGHHH!!!!" Botan exclaimed, throwing up her arms and stopping the others from their blab. "Alright! You made your point! But can you blame me for liking Koenma-sama instead of that kitsune?!" Botan asked exasperated. They all looked at each other.
"Yes" they all answered. Botan rolled her eyes and sank on the couch. She glanced at her watch. "Alright! I better get ready so...scidaddle!" she said, pointing the door to everyone.

The doorbell rang again. Botan fixed her hair up before answering the door. She was wearing a sleaveless purple dress with a slit on the right side, showing a little view of her ankle up to the middle part of her leg. She has half of her hair tied up in a bun while the lower half was flowing down her shoulders and back. The doorbell rang again.
"Konbanwa, Kurama-kun!" Botan greeted cheerfully as she answered the door. She looked intently at Kurama. He was wearing a bluish white suit with a red tie on him. He was also holding a bouquet of roses he grew himself in his hands. Botan must admit, he did look pretty charming with it. He handed the flowers over to Botan with a smile.
"I really appreciate this, Botan" he said, giving Botan a quick kiss on her cheeks. Botan blushed slightly at the gesture but asked him to come in for a while. She placed the roses on a vase with water and sat them down on her living room.
"You make great roses Kurama" she commented. Kurama smiled at her and looked at the roses.
"They are my favorites, you know. And I grow them all the time, especially on my battles" he said with a grin. Botan grinned back, she knew what he meant by that. Kurama then took her hands and wrapped them around his arms and they walked together outside.
"Takanaka-san said we could use his car for tonight" he said as he lead Botan to the front seat of the red car. Botan giggled and thanked him as Kurama clsoed the door. He then walk over to the driver's seat.
"I didn't know you could drive" Botan said as Kurama closed the car door as he sat down on the driver's seat.
"Hey, I'm good at a lot of things" he said grinning at her again. Botan smiled and started their "date" together.

"Soooo...how was it?" Yusuke's nosiness ruled again. Botan looked sleepy and stifled a yawn.
"Great, just great" she said tiredly. She buried her face in her arms on the table.
"Hey! What time did you sleep last night? You look terrible!" Keiko told her. Botan yawned again.
"2:45" she answered. "Kurama and I haven't thought of the time while we were..." she paused.
"While you were---???" Yusuke asked curiously.
"Nevermind, we just lost track of time, that's all" Botan said sleepily closing her eyes again. Yusuke gave her a suspicious look.
"You two didn't do something...I don't know...something something, did you?" Yusuke asked with a suspicious grin. Botan hit him with a pillow from the couch.
"Baka! Of course not!" Botan yelled angrily.
"Well what does "nevermind" stand for?!" he yelled back. Botan blushed.
"Well...I must admit I did have fun last night" Botan said, blushing deeper. All of them grinned at her.
"Guess you're looking at Kurama on a new light, ne?" Kuwabara asked. Botan rolled her eyes.
"Over my dead body!" she exclaimed.
"Don't worry, it would only be for another three days and you're all done" Shizuru said with a shrug. Botan nodded slightly.
"Yeah, at last. But he did ask me again for another dinner date...on Saturday" she said.
"Isn't Saturday the night the potion'll wear off? Kurama drank the potion exactly 3:27 in the afternoon, it's gone by that time" Shizuru said.
"I know, but he asked, what can I do? And...maybe he'll forget about it once the potion wears off" she asnwered. There was nothing in it, but she felt strange by the thought. When the potion wears off, Kurama will stop bugging her, right? So, why does she feel disappointed by that? She shook the thought away.

[2:54 pm Saturday]
"Okay, any minute now, Botan-chan, that potion will get off your little kitsune's body and you'll be free" Keiko said as she fixed the plates. They became a bit often in Botan's house that week to discuss about Kurama's state.
"Tsk...to bad..." Shizuru said sadly with a sigh. "Isn't that what you want?"
"Yeah, I guess" Botan glumly answered. Keiko and Shizuru turned to her.
"What is it?" Shizuru asked her. Botan just buried her face in her arms.
"I don't know, somehow I feel---" Botan stopped. Disappointed? Disappointed that the damn thing will wear off? Why? She should celebrate, right? Somehow...she felt sad. That's when it hit her! All their nights together, all the laughs and jokes they shared, the times she had fun with him, they all add up. She was falling for the youko kitsune.
"What's wrong Botan-chan? Koenma's coming today, this'll be our second chance to try it on him, at leats we know it works" Shizuru said, holding up the small bottle in her hands.
"Gomen ne, Shizuru-chan, I'm not in the mood to try it" Botan said with a sigh. Yusuke stared at her for a moment.
"You mean you don't like Koenma to like you anymore?" he asked. Botan took a glance of him for a moment and shook her head. Yusuke just sank on his seat. "And to think I thought we'll have fun in here"
"Wait! is it possible that Botan has finally realized she liked Kurama and not Koenma?!" Kuwabara asked suddenly. All heads turned to him. "Well it was just a thought---"
"Kuwabara, my idiotic brother! For the first time you said something that made sense!" Shizuru said as she stood up. "Isn't that right Botan-chan?"
Botan just sat down, leaning against the table. She didn't want to admit it, but Kuwabara's right. She felt like crying, pitying her self that it was too late for that now. She stood up and ran to her room.
"What's with her?" Yusuke asked. He stood up to follow her but Keiko caught his arm. She shook her head on him.
"No. Don't disturb her, Yusuke. She should be alone" she said sadly as she looked at Botan's room. Yusuke sat down. Then, Botan's doorbell rang again.
"Who could that be?" Shizuru asked. She stood up and ran to the door.
"Kurama?!"

"What?!" they all chorused and went to the door. Kurama sweatdropped in place.
"Looks like another reunion" he said and looked around. "Where's Botan?"
They all looked at each other and glanced at their watches.
"3:27" Yusuke said as he stared at his watch.
"Mine's 3:29" Keiko added.
"Naw...mine's 3:35" Shizuru said.
"Nope, got 3:33 in here" Kuwabara shared.
"4 o'clock" Hiei muttered. They all looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "Kidding" he answered with a chuckle.
"Hiei, what are you doing here?" Kurama asked. Hiei shrugged.
"I just never thought that Botan's place can be quite fun to be in" he replied and walked back to the living room. Kurama sweatdropped again.
"So, where's Botan-chan? And what's with the time? Look, I don't know if she forgot but we have a little dinner tonight, just want to remind her about it" he explained. They all gawked.
"But---But---it's already 4 o'clo...bleh! I mean almost 3:30, it should be over now!" Yusuke said confused. Looks like all of them are confused. Kurama sweatdropped again.
"What do you mean?" he asked, confused himself.
"Better talk to Botan, she's in her room" Keiko said as she pointed to Botan's room. Kurama nodded and went inside to get to Botan's room.

A light knock. She didn't answer. Another knock. No answer still. Kurama opened the door and peeked inside. Botan was lying on her bed, facing the wall. She seem to be crying or upset about something for her shoulders were shaking lightly.
"Botan-chan, can I come in?" Kurama asked. Botan suddenly sat up as she recognized the voice. Her head quickly flew on her alarm clock.
"What the---???" she asked as she shook it. Kurama sweatdropped, yet again.
"Is something wrong with the time? You guys seem to get a sudden interest in it" Kurama said with a chuckle.
"But--But......" she paused. "You're probably here to cancel the dinner aren't you?" she asked, lowering her gaze. Kurama raised a disapproving eyebrow.
"No...why would I want to do that?" he asked.
"So you're not here for that?" she asked.
"No...I'm just here to make sure you didn't forget" he replied and sat down on her bed. "Something wrong with that?" he asked. Botan gawked.
"But--But...it should be gone by now" she said. Kurama gave her a questioning gaze. With a sigh she explained everything until the time Yusuke made him drink the glass. Somehow, Kurama's gaze lowered.
"So you mean, it's Koenma that you really like and not me?" he asked with a low voice. Botan placed a hand on his cheek. "Before...but after this week, I realized Koenma-sama's not the person I really like, it's you. And I admit this is the best week I ever had" she said with a smile, slowly lifting Kurama's gaze on her. Kurama smiled, then he chuckled.
"I didn't drink it" he said. Botan's jaw dropped on the floor as the door suddenly flew open, revealing the bunch of people eavesdropping namely, Shizuru, Yusuke, Kuwabara and Hiei. Kurama stood up suddenly and looked at them. "What are you doing here?!"

"You mean you didn't drink it?! But---how?!" Yusuke was yet again confused. All of them were. Kurama shook his head.
"Hey, I knew there was something in it so I didn't drink it. I know how an orange juice smells like you know" he said with a grin. "It just spilled on my shirt and on the floor that's all, but nothing of it entered my throat" he explained. All of them looked at each other.
"Let me get this straight, you didn't drink anything. But...why the sudden asking of dates from Botan?" Kuwabara asked. Kurama shrugged.
"Hey! Coincidence probably. I really liked Botan since I got to know more of her, which was a very long time ago...probably during our missions" he paused to take a look at Botan who was listening like all the others were. "But...I didn't have the courage to ask her or tell anyone about it, or at least Hiei"
Hiei snickered.
"You mean you knew about this all along?!" Shizuru asked, turning to the little koorime. With a grin, Hiei just shrugged. "Why you----!!!" she ran out and chased the little youko.
"Ne, Kurama, but you looked like your choking real hard at that time" Yusuke told him.
"Hey, after what you did who wouldn't choke on their own? After all, you did hit my throat pretty hard back there!" Kurama answered angrily. Yusuke smiled sheepishly.
"And you got a headache" Shizuru added.
"I wasn't able to sleep that night before, that's why. Maybe also because of what Yusuke did," he paused a took an angry glare at Yusuke. "And...isn't it normal to just have a headache? And I was kinda lost back there. Happy?"
They all looked at each other and nodded.
"Hey, where's Keiko and Yukina?" Shizuru asked. All of them shrugged. "I'll go find them. With that, Shizuru left. Kuwabara and Yusuke also left as well. Kurama then turned to the girl on the bed who was shocked at all that happened. He sat down beside her again and cupped her cheeks in his palms.
"Now do you understand?" he asked her with a smile. Botan smiled back and flew herself to him. Kurama held her tightly. "I really wanted to tell you about it, but I'm afraid you would reject me" he explained.
"Kurama no baka! You should've told me that before" Botan scolded but overjoyed at the same time by what he said. Now she knew Kurama DID have feelings for her. Kurama chuckled and just hugged her tighter. They pulled away as Kurama kissed her gently on the lips. He leaned on her, leading her to lie down on the bed. They kissed there for a while, taking all their time when...
"Shizuru-chan!"

They ran down the stairs to see Koenma chasing Shizuru on the living room.
"Keiko-chan! Yukina! Someday I'll get you both for this!" Shizuru yelled as Koenma caught her and held her hands.
"Shizuru..." he muttered lovingly, hearts popping around him. Shizuru looked at him disgusted.
"What happened?" Botan asked. Yukina and Keiko giggled.
"Well, we used up all of the potion left on Koenma" Keiko said holding up a caramel colored hair in her fingers.
"ALL of it?!" Botan asked, suprised. Keiko nodded proudly. They all laughed.
"Kinda adds up for the effect I think" Keiko said sheepishly.
"Grrrr...Keiko-chan!!!" Shizuru yelled again as she stopped Koenma's face from getting closer to her ans almost kissing her. They laughed harder as Yusuke placed an arm around Keiko.
"Hey let's make it a triple date with Botan and Kurama" Yusuke said. Kuwabara laughed.
"Hey, count me and Yukina-chan in!" he said with a grin. Yukina giggled. Hiei smirked and almost ran to Kuwabara but Kurama pulled him before he could jump on the "big oof". Hiei smirked again and sat down.
"Koenma-sama, please!" Shizuru's voice rang again.
"Shizuru-chaaan...."
"Looks like the date will be exciting with these two" Yusuke commented. Shizuru gave him an angry gaze.
"So...the date's still on?" Kurama whispered with a smile as he leaned towards Botan who was wrapped around in his arms. Botan smiled and leaned on Kurama's shoulder as he planted another kiss on her lips...

~owari~