Keichi had long since resigned himself to the fate of his Master's whim. He hadn't complained upon being told what he'd be doing today. While he might not have understood in the beginning the odd sort of training this man put him through, he'd realized on more than one occasion that his particular brand of 'lessons' had their advantages. Unlike Kurama's counterpart and his student, Keichi possessed the type of patience required for such training. Alrhough admittedly it was something hed had to find for himself in the start.
As it stood, he was before his Master now, seeming to have been pulled into a lesson not necessarily meant for him. At the same time, there was plenty he might be able.to take away from it. Still, he couldn't help the bubbled thought on feeling as though he'd been turned into a guennea pig for this exercise despite himself. He didn't let it show. "I will do my best," he offered lightly. While he may have a tendency to be pulled into the rowdiness of the other temple occupants on occasion, he'd grown pretty obedient when it came to their sessions together. Even when he couldn't possibly fathom the point of certain exercises he would do his best to wait the confusion out. That wasn't to say their weren't times when he could still be quite the hand full; but he'd gotten much better to say the least.
Large purple hues landed on the imp upon offering verbal agreement. It had been said almost purely for the imp. His Master already knew his position. Besides. Even if he had wanted to deny this small session he most likely wouldn't have been permitted to. The big happy smile Cooryn turned on him when he looked put him on edge almost immediately. It was far too innocent for her normal behaviour lately. The fact that she wasn't speaking told him she was preparing herself. This was a routine he was more used to than the rest of them. Of all the children, Keichi had been the best so far at avoiding her advances.
It was when that innocent look twisted into a seductive smirk that he grew more easy; not that he let down his guard. He simply recognized that this meant she would start by coming at him in a forward manner. It was something he could fend off simply in most cases. And when she took her breath to speak he steeped himself mentally with little physical change that spoke toward it. The natural expression that Yusuke had referred to on more than one occasion as a 'resting bitch face' crossed his features. The description wasn't entirely wrong as the boy grew to look somewhat bored quite suddenly, if not slightly annoyed.
However she didn't get to say a thing before they were inturrupted. From within the dining room Yusuke's loud expression filled the area outside of the closed door. "You wanna bet?!" He wasn't yelling, but once again that rowdy nature of his had surely gotten the best of him. Keichi wouldn't have allowed it to distract him if the imp's eyes didn't suddenly widen just slightly and turn in that direction.
She didn't have better senses than him when it came to most things, but as a manipulator of emotional state she did tend to for that. Her distraction became his. But he couldn't help but wonder, as Hiei happened to round the corner on the porch just as Yusuke made his loud proclomation, if that were the reason shed become distracted in the first place.
He would have turned to look back at her, but the fire demon's slightly odd behaviour had him more curious. Hiei picked up his pace just slightly. Although in any regard it still came off as a slow saunter despite that. And as he walked passed the dining room his hand shifted up nonchalantly, grasped the sliding door, and slid it open in tune to his steps. Although he stopped just beside the frame and leaned against the wall after having just done so. Arms crossed and what could only be described as a knowing smirk crossing his face.
The action might have been much more curious if the effects of it hadnt followed immediately. Karasori came sailing throigh the opened frame the moment Hiei relaxed. And Yusuke was quick to fill it after with that far too cocky smirk on his face. "Ha! Toldja! Like I said, it's your left!"
His arms were crossed in triumph. Although one had lifted in a gesture that perfectly accentuated that he was making a point on whatever they'd been discussing. He blinked a bit and bubbled down as he noticed the three of them in the yard. "Oh hey guys," the greeting was almost a question.
He'd been doing his damned to remain his bubbly self as much as he possibly could. By his honor, he'd been doing quite a good job of it. Though even the smaller children could tell something was wrong with him sometimes. And Keichi couldn't hide an annoyed scoff as he watched the young temple master do everything in his power to hide how heavily he jumped at Hiei's sudden interjection. "I have spent entirely too much time around here." The grumble was given as he walked past the former detective to find a place for himself out in the yard instead of wherever he had been previously; Yusuke watching him with an awkward look on his face before he righted himself and looked back at Kurama and his current students to offer a cheery smile.
Despite his growing patience it still wore thin quickly with the idiotic antics of the raven haired man. "What are you doing?" The question was rhetorical actually, as his lifted his fingers to press just above his eyes with a sigh. He wasn't pleased with the inturruption. Then again, he never seemed to be when it happened.
Yusuke's head tilted slightly and he tapped at his chin. "Gentrifying," he offered a bit too intelligently. This seemed to throw Keichi off just a little. But only so long as it took him to continue with that curious look he still had. "Although I guess we were supposed to be cleaning. We were doing that before though." A bubbly look landed on the girl "Then someone had to get smart."
"Look who's talking," the boy mumbled through his annoyance.
"Why? What're you guys doing?" Yusuke didn't seem to catch it. Or ignored it.
"Gentrifying," he answered back snootily before turning his attention away from the nuisance completely and huffing an indignant sigh.
The former detective blinked a bit at the word posed back at him in that way; the following attitude not helping his own offense. He sneered at the boy with the raise of a certain finger and a mocking chuckle before turning to check on the door and frame. Just about anyone could guess one of many choice words that could have gone through Yusukes mind to call him for the offense. Although he seemed to get over it just about as easily as normal as he instead commented on the unmarred door, as checking it over seemwd to catch his attentiom quite suddenly. "Lucky~"
Cooryn seemed perfectly amused by the entire scene as it stood. However somewhere within the conversation between the two her attention shifted back on Kurama. A silent question was on her lips. She only needed a small gesture for the answer. Keichi was decidedly distracted and that made him perfectly vulnerable. However, Yusuke was also standing right there and she wasn't sure if Kurama wanted him to witness this particular training session.
Hiei had most likely found a spot for himself, though he was out of sight if nothijng else.
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