A/N: I had a conversation with a dA friend of mine and this plot cooked up in our heads. A while back, there was a rumor going around-about Hiei having a sweet tooth, particularly for ice cream. So...this happened. |D I don't think it was true, though, but I still liked the idea! 83

Hiei is © to Togashi Yoshihiro's YuYu Hakusho; Kimura Mayumi and Story are © to moi~

"Ice cream cravings are not to be taken lightly." – Betsy Cañas Garmon

"Oh! Hiei-kun, you startled me…"

Kimura Mayumi jumped, letting out a small squeak, when she saw her three-eyed demon friend Hiei appear behind her. He had a tendency to sneak up on her at the least expected of times and he found it slightly amusing.

Hiei's blood-red eyes scanned around the area, inhaling the strong scent of pastries and fruits, then eyed her apron.

"What are you doing here?" He questioned bluntly.

"I work here," She replied as she pulled some sugar cookies out of the oven, using her apron to blow the steaming hot air out the window. "This bakery belongs to a family friend of mine."

She then took out a spatula, a few bottles of sprinkles, and some icing bottles to decorate the cookies. Her eyebrows furrowed slightly, racking her brain for ideas.

"Hmm… How should I decorate these…?" She turned back to Hiei with a simple, "Feel free to look around if you like~"

The fire demon dismissed her last words and took his personal tour around the kitchen. He could almost puke at the smell of all the sweet fragrances that entered his nostrils…

Yet his nose caught one particular smell when he turned a corner.

A small, white cake sat in a glass window by the display case. It was simply decorated with white icing flowers and white chocolate pearls. Hiei stalked closer to it, inhaling the scent from a closer distance.

Vanilla… Was it really…?

Hiei looked back to see if Mayumi was paying attention, before reaching out his finger, dipping it into the soft, creamy exterior.

Retracting his finger, he slowly lifted it to his lips, licking up the white substance that had oozed out of the cake.

It was cold…just like he had predicted.

His beloved vanilla ice cream~

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Mayumi had made her way into the front of the bakery in search of her friend, holding the plate of fresh, cool sugar cookies that were now fully decorated.

"Hiei-kun, there you are!" She beamed when she saw him behind the cashier's desk. "Did you like your tour around the bakery? I hope you weren't too bored."

A startled Hiei abruptly turned around; his expression was similar to that a child with his hand caught in the cookie jar.

"Uh…it was fine. Nothing too special."

He didn't even have time to wipe the frosting from his right cheek.

The pink-eyed girl stared in speechless shock.

I need to keep him away from the ice cream cakes from now on…