[Closed RP, Hiei/Kaga] Cowardice

[gourmetchairman.livejournal.com]

[[Takes place after this]]

It was cowardly. Kaga knew this as he sat in the Gryffindor common room. He shouldn't have just left the class after Professor Wednesday pulled out the handcuffs.

But he couldn't stay.

Just looking at them made him anxious, he didn't even want to think about how he'd react with them on. Not well, he knew that much. HOW not well, he didn't know.

It was still cowardly, though. And that class would have actually been beneficial.

He just couldn't let himself be bound again.

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[crispydemon.livejournal.com]

"Alright," Hiei said. He tried to sooth Kaga with his energy. It was something he wasn't used to doing but he did know how to do it. He just wasn't terribly good at it. Still, he tried.

So he held his hands out to Kaga, dangling the handcuffs from one of his pinky fingers. "My turn," he almost smiled. It was only fair he try the runes after Kaga.

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Kaga felt what he assumed was Hiei's energy and closed his eyes, calming down slightly.

Ah, thank god for Hiei.

He took the handcuffs from Hiei and gingerly placed them on Hiei's wrists, rather loosely, actually, but he doesn't want Hiei to be bound tightly.

I don't want to hurt him.

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Hiei almost told Kaga that there was no way those handcuffs could do any damage to him, but he didn't want Kaga to know he was listening to his thoughts. So he just watched him fasten the handcuffs then sketched the rune on a piece of paper.

Hiei had never been very good with written language. His handwriting his rather atrocious and though he could read, he didn't do it often. Or as a pass time, like he'd seen Kurama do. So, predictably, he didn't have much talent with the runes. When he tried to use the magic, the handcuffs shifted a bit but remained stubbornly attached to his wrists.

Hiei wrinkled his nose and glared down at his hands. "Oh, damn it."

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Kaga looked far too concerned. "Should I..." he reached for the key to them.

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"No. I don't need help," Hiei insisted. He had a bad habit of refusing assistance from anyone.

They will work. I've seen them work. Kaga made them work, so they'll work for me too. Hiei concentrated, willing himself to believe that the rune would unlock the handcuffs for him.

One of them almost unhooked. But then they settled on his wrists like gaudy bracelets. He glared again and jiggled them in childish frustration.

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I've seen them work. It had been a snippet of Hiei's thoughts, but Kaga mistook it for one of his own.

Come on Hiei. I don't want you trapped because of me. That was his own.

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Hiei glared at the handcuffs for a few moments more, willing them to drop off of his wrist. Decades of trust issues and depending only on himself, however, kept the handcuffs firmly clasped.

With a grunt, he reached over and tugged the cuff of his wrist. It took little effort and he was free, but now the cuffs were broken. And he was apparently terrible at runes.

"Hm," he frowned. "I need to get a new pair before you can practice again." This was about Kaga, after all.

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Kaga nodded weakly. He did need to do this, no matter how sick it made him. "Hang on." He pulled out his wand. He said a quick spell to fix them.

Then, sighing and setting down his wand, he held his hands out again.

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Hiei kept forgetting they could use spells to fix things. Magic was strange.

He opened the repaired handcuffs and placed them around Kaga's wrists. There was no hesitation before snapping them shut, but Hiei wasn't realaxed. Kaga freaked out a bit the first time and it was likely it would happen again.

Hiei took a step back, giving Kaga some space, and watched closely.

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Kaga tried not to freak out. He really was.

But he was remembering how Karasu handcuffed him and then betrayed him. He tugged on the cuffs a bit.

Then he thought of how if he had been able to get free, he could have attacked Karasu. And oh, how much he would LOVE to get revenge on Karasu.

Glaring at the wall, he managed to use the wards to free himself. He promptly took the cuffs and threw them at his mind's image of Karasu at the wall, snapping out of it when they clattered.

"I...I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me."

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Hiei, on the other hand, knew exactly what had come over him and smirked as Kaga chucked the handcuffs at the wall. He probably shouldn't point out that attacking Karasu was practically suicide for a human...Kaga didn't need to hear that. Not now, anyway. So in an infrequent gesture of understanding, Hiei kept his snarky mouth shut.

"Good," He grunted as he went to pick up the handcuffs. Kaga didn't need to do any more practice today.

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"I..." Kaga hesitated, before smiling. "Thank you." He reached for his gloves, he had had enough anyway.