Note: I'm slightly tweaking and reposting this fic, since I think there's more that I could have added to it the first time. Emphasis on "slightly," nothing too major being changed.
Also, for all those keeping track, I am the fic's original author, I've just changed my penname recently… after not updating for like a year… okay, so practically nobody remembers me anymore, but still it's good to clear that up instead of get reported for plagiarizing my own fic.
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"Damn her," Inuyasha muttered, fiddling with the stove as he struggled with the pack of Instant Ramen and pot of water at the same time.
"Just boil some water and throw in the instant!" she had said.
Instant what? After standing around for an hour, he had found a small package with the words "Instant" and "Ramen" paired next to each other, and had assumed that that was what he needed to "throw" into the pot.
Setting the pot on the stove, he unwrapped the ramen and scowled down at the solid block of frozen noodles in his hand. Oh well, Kagome did know how to do this, after all, so he should trust her instruction.
He waited until the water began to bubble, then took a few steps back, and hurled the block of ramen into the pot. The block hit the edge of the pot and knocked the whole thing off the pot to the ground, splashing scalding water all over Inuyasha's lap.
He stomped around swearing, and then threw the pot out the window. He would have his ramen if it killed somebody!
Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted Kagome's key. A little stiff card with numbers on it that she used whenever she bought things. She must have forgotten it when she went out to shop, so she would most likely be irritated. He didn't really understand why, but generally it seemed to him that she disliked using real money to buy things.
Well, if the money was fake, but could still buy things…
An idea began to form in his mind.
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Inuyasha was firmly planted on the sofa, eyes locked on the TV when Kagome finally returned home. Today was the weekend of the superbowl, and like all men she at first assumed he was watching it.
This wasn't the case. Every year during the super bowl, Animal Planet featured the "Puppy Bowl," which was a mini football field with toys in it filled with puppies, and footage of the puppies randomly running around playing would be looped for the entire day.
Inuyasha's eyes were locked on the Puppy Bowl with a kind of morbid fascination, his hand robotically feeding his mouth ramen from out of a gigantic bowl.
"Hey, I'm back!" Kagome called. No response.
Frowning, she snapped off the TV. Inuyasha jumped and gave a small whine, then finally looked at her.
"Oh hey, you're back… took you long enough"
"Welcome back to the real world, I had to turn that off before it sucked out your soul" Kagome motioned at the TV.
Inuyasha gaped "That thing can do that?"
"Yup"
"Oh… well it's a good thing it's off then."
Kagome laughed, then pointed at the bowl "So, I see you figured out how to make the instant ramen? I hope there's still some left."
"Nah," Inuyasha leaned back in the sofa and lazily chomped more Ramen "I found your key and managed to find a shop with ramen that would take it."
"Oh," Kagome nodded, assuming that by 'key' he meant her credit card.
"How long have you been here?"
"Three hours, why?" Inuyasha replied, feeding another large wad of noodles into his mouth.
Kagome mentally calculated the amount of ramen it would take to keep Inuyasha occupied for three hours, and how much it would cost.
"SIT!!!"