Kagome shivered in the chill of the morning air.

"Inuyasha! Close the window! I'm freezing!" she said as she rolled over and put a pillow over her head.

"Sorry," Inuyasha whispered.

Kagome jumped out of bed and looked him in the eye.

"Did you just say sorry?" she said as she studied his face more closely. She plopped back onto her bed "Wow. It must be my birthday because you never sa-. Oh my god!" Kagome jumped up suddenly. "It is my birthday! Yessss! I'm 18 today!"

"Happy Birthday!" Inuyasha congratulated. "Maybe now you'll start acting more mature and not like a little child."

"You're one to talk Mr. Immature." Kagome shot back.

"I am not immat-." Inuyasha started but was cut off by Ms. Higurashi

"Can you kids ever have a normal conversation without fighting?" she teased, "If you ask me, I think you both are very immature.

Kagome and Inuyasha turned their backs to each other with a big 'Humph'.

"Now, Kagome get changed and come downstairs." Ms. Higurashi said. "We are all waiting for you. And Inuyasha come downstairs with me to help get the table ready. It'll also keep you two from fighting."

With that Kagome's mom left through the door and Inuyasha followed but not before he got an evil glare from Kagome and hurried off more quickly.

Kagome hurried and put on her clothes. She ran downstairs and was greeted by Gramps, Sota, and her mom.

"Happy Birthday!" they all yelled in unison.

"Thank You!" Kagome answered back. "Where's Inuyasha?"

"Oh, he was looking at something over by the TV." Sota told his sister.

"Thanks." She said as she walked over to Inuyasha.

Inuyasha looked at the diamond ring. He still had to ask Kagome's mom if it was okay with her but he hadn't had time to talk to her yet. He was planning on asking her after Kagome cut the cake.

A smile spread across his face at the thought of Kagome's name. 'Kagome's going to love it' he thought.

"Inuyasha? What are you doing?" a woman's voice called from behind him.

He fumbled with the ring, trying to get it back in his box. He just finished tucking it back into his pocket when Kagome showed up behind him.

"What are you doing" she asked eyeing him suspiciously.

"I was l-looking at t-the TV," he nervously replied.

She looked at him with a raised eyebrow.

"Righttt…" she said as rolled her eyes. "Come on, we're going to go cut the cake!" she grabbed Inuyasha's hand and led him to the kitchen. Inuyasha blushed at the touch but followed.

Kagome positioned herself in front of the cake and everyone started to sing.

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Kagome, happy birthday to you!"

Kagome blew out the candles. 'I wish to always be with Inuyasha' she thought. She smiled and looked over at Inuyasha.

He was looking at her. Kagome and Inuyasha held each others gaze and would have held it longer had it not been for Sota who waved his hand in front of Inuyasha's face.

"You guys really have to stop doing that," he said. "It gets annoying after awhile. If you're going to do that, go sit on a couch and stare at each others faces. Who knows what's so interesting about them." He finished as he started to walk away.

Kagome and Inuyasha's faces were bright cherry red. They looked quickly looked away.

"Umm…so do you want a piece of cake?" Kagome asked.

"Uh…sure," Inuyasha answered.

Inuyasha took the piece of cake that Kagome gave him and stuffed it in his mouth.

"Mmmm…this stuff sure is good! Hey, why are you laughing?" Inuyasha questioned to the laughing Kagome.

"Hahaha, you have some cake on your nose." She said as she walked over and wiped off the chocolate cake that was sitting on his nose.

Kagome blushed as she saw how close she was to Inuyasha. She could see he was blushing too. Again, they were looking into each others eyes.

"Ughh… you guys are so strange. But whatever makes you happy." They heard Sota say. But they were too transfixed in each others gaze that they barely noticed him.

Inuyasha leaned in for a kiss and Kagome waited for the moment. Then she felt her lips against his. Inuyasha pulled her closer and deepened the kiss. It was the most wonderful feeling they had ever experienced.

"Ahem."

Inuyasha and Kagome broke apart and their faces turned deep red as they noticed the whole family staring at them.

"I'm sorry if we're interrupting a special moment but can we get to opening the presents now?" Gramps asked trying to suppress a laugh.

Kagome hurried past the group and towards the living room where the presents were.

Everyone was still staring at Inuyasha.

"Umm…shall we go?" Inuyasha asked as he walked past Kagome's family.