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The Plan (B)

Inuyasha and Kagome are married at last. It seems the plan succeeded without a hitch (more or less). But their work isn't done. Taisho ojii-dono hasn't given up. Kagome and Inuyasha must now survive on their own, depending on their own money for two whole years. Will the pressure of paying bills be too much? Or will their love overcome all?

...

Kagome lay on the bed, staring up at the ceiling. She couldn't believe the summer she had had. First off, she got married to the man of her dreams. But from there, everything sorta went downhill.

They didn't get to have a honeymoon. They spent the entire summer trying to find a place to live.

They found one.

Kagome grimaced. She looked at the decrepit ceiling, wondering when it would collapse on her. It's cheap, it's cheap! Inuyasha kept insisting. All he cared for was whether or not it was affordable. Well, he said that the functionality mattered too. But considering what they actually picked, she couldn't find herself believing that.

And then, they had to look for jobs. Jobs that could get them good money but not interfere with their schoolwork.

Kagome had never done so much work over a summer break in her life. She had never gone through that much stress during school, let alone out of it.

She let out a sigh. But all that's over and done with. A blush spread across her cheek. Now they were in their own home. They had their own room. It was finally time. They finally had the opportunity to follow that centuries old tradition.

Their first night.

Kagome's face completely heated up.

Inuyasha was currently showering, but would probably be finished soon.

Their first night.

Kagome heard the sound of Inuyasha shutting off the tap.

Their first night.

There was a painful silence as Kagome waited for the sounds of Inuyasha heading down the hall towards their room.

Their first night.

Inuyasha peeked around the door. "Good night, Kagome."

"Good night," Kagome responded.

He shut the door and Kagome could hear him heading across the hall.

Their first- wait, what?

Kagome sat up abruptly. What just happened? What does he mean good night, Kagome? What about their-what about- their first night? They were married now. And that meant...that meant-!

Kagome got out of bed and stormed over to the room she assumed Inuyasha had headed into. It was their first night! She even had put on her battle underwear! What the hell was going on here!

She opened the door to find Inuyasha settling to sleep on a bed Kagome hadn't remembered him bringing into the apartment.

"Inuyasha?" she called, suddenly growing very shy. After all, she was about to ask about their first night.

"Kagome, go to sleep. We have school tomorrow," he replied before turning away from her and pulling the covers over himself.

Kagome stood there. Eyes wide. "Kagome, go to sleep. We have school tomorrow." What?

What about their first night?

...

Inuyasha had no clue why Kagome was so grumpy the next morning. He poured her some cereal and she took it from him with a toss of her head and a hmph! Inuyasha shrugged it off, assuming she was still mad about the apartment. He knew it wasn't the fanciest looking apartment in the world but it was cheap and still standing.

Inuyasha sighed. He kind of wished that this morning would go differently. After all, they were married now. That should mean something. That should change something. But of course, they weren't really married until Taisho ojii-dono let them be. At least, that's how Inuyasha thought about it. They had no time to enjoy married life while Taisho ojii-dono was searching for the smallest reason to end it.

Inuyasha let out a heavier sigh. To prevent Taisho ojii-dono from breaking them up, he and Kagome had had to make some major sacrifices. Like comfort-wise as Kagome would probably agree, if she was talking to him that is. And time-wise. Part-time jobs do take up a lot of time. Especially when you have to readjust your life to accommodate for both school and a night job.

This would probably be the last real time they had to spend together.

And Kagome was mad at him.

"Figures," Inuyasha muttered before gathering his schoolbag and following Kagome outside of their apartment.

...

"Wow, looking at the expression on your wife's face, you must've slept on the couch last night," Miroku remarked, elbowing Inuyasha.

Inuyasha rolled his eyes, having already braced himself for all the stupid married life jokes. "We don't even have a couch yet, Miroku."

Miroku rolled his eyes. "Details, details, my friend. Now what did you do now?"

"Nothing," Inuyasha replied before wondering if that's really what he did wrong. With Kagome, it was always hard to tell. He shrugged, "Whatever it is I did wrong, Eriko's sure to lecture me all about it at lunch. Or whenever. I'll find out eventually."

Miroku sighed, a little worried about Inuyasha's nonchalance. "Did your idiocy interfere with your most special of moments?"

"What the hell are you talking about?" Inuyasha replied, having no clue what Miroku was talking about whatsoever.

"I'm asking if you and Kagome spent the night sharing glorious pleasure with one another, exchanging moans of-"

"Stop. Right now. I'm serious. That's gross," Inuyasha replied curtly, his face an embarrassed and horrified crimson, "And to answer your unnecessarily graphic question, no. We didn't."

Miroku stared at Inuyasha, eyes begging for an explanation.

"We had school the next day," Inuyasha began, "And I didn't want to force Kagome into anything and we just moved into that house and if you honestly saw that piece of crap we ended up with, you'd understand why I wouldn't even be in the mood to even try, I mean, not only does it seem unsanitary to do so, it's also looks pretty unsafe, the slightest-"

"Excuses much, Inuyasha?" Miroku cut in.

Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "Why are you talking like Kagome'd be the one the most upset?"

Miroku blinked, "You're right."

Meanwhile, the girls, a little further ahead and just out of hearing range, were having a similar enough conversation.

"So you guys didn't do it?" Eriko gasped.

Kagome nodded, furious tears spilling out her eyes. "He was just all 'go to bed, Kagome, we have school tomorrow' and crap like that!"

Sango rolled her eyes. "And you're upset that he's being considerate?"

"But...he didn't even...it's like it never even crossed his mind to-to-!" Kagome began, her sentence swallowed up by her embarrassment.

Sango sighed, already growing tired of being the voice of reason. "What if, in all the chaos of renting the apartment and finding a job, Inuyasha just forgot."

Eriko have Sango a look. "You think a guy could just forget to have sex with someone?"

Sango just rolled her eyes in response before replying, "A guy like Inuyasha could forget anything and everything, given the right circumstances."

Kagome sighed, "Maybe he just didn't want to."

Eriko and Sango shared a look before placing a mollifying hand on Kagome's shoulder. Eriko replied, "Even if he did, believe me, it had nothing to do with you. He might've been tired."

"And, c'mon," Sango replied, "You guys needed to get a good sleep. Because it is school today."

Kagome tried to take in Sango and Eriko's assurances, but she couldn't help but feel the alarm of insecurity ringing in her heart.


Here's the first chapter of the sequel of The Plan! Hope you guys liked it!

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