“The Cruelest Love in the World – A Space Closed in Secrecy, Part 2″ by Arina Toshimi.

Summary: “Dream Crime” was the first installment, followed by “A Space closed in Secrecy, part 1,” and established Kurama’s unhealthy obsession and love for Hiei, who seems resistant to his advances. Kurama’s obsession is showcased by his nightmares of murdering Yukina, so that he may be the most important person to Hiei. But his human conscience stops him, and Yukina is alive. But now that Hiei knows that Kurama will do anything to have him, he’ll do anything in kind to protect his sister. But is this what Kurama wanted? For Hiei to give himself up for someone else’s sake? He’s getting what he wants… isn’t he?

 The rest of this series will deal with how this obsession plays out, for both Kurama and Hiei.

• To find all parts of this series, search for the tags “tagged/cruel_love_part_½/3″ etc.

Now continues  “A space Closed in Secrecy, part 2” in which we glimpse the consequences of Hiei’s decision. 

Rating for the series: R. Forced consent, sexual harassment, sexual assault, psychological assault. Nudity. Dubious consent.

(For clarification, this segment ends with Kurama not forcing Hiei into intercourse. Instead, his “love” seems to hold him back from hurting Hiei. And Hiei, though he is doing all of this to protect Yukina, does not show aggression or hesitation towards Kurama… even cuddling with him in bed. 

This is Arina’s special blend of “cruel love,” her complex characterization of these two people; One helplessly obsessed and unused to not having what he wants – now wanting not just the physical but the emotional heart of his lover. And the other, hesitant, skirting the line between accepting sacrifice and finding an excuse to do what he does… The rest shall be continued in “The Cruelest Love in the World, Act 1,” the first of the series to bear the name that has come to refer to the whole of this saga.)