A/N: Hello you guys! Here we are with the sequel of STYD, "After the honey moon ends,"!
I know, I'm excited too! I had such a great response to STYD so I hope there will be an even better response!
Mind you, this is a co-written story. The lovely midnightlily105, will be working with me to accomplish this wonderful story. Please, let half of the credit go to her! *bows humbly*.This first chapter will be written by me, Daichi, but the rest will be split up between me and my co-writer. REVIEW ok, you guys? This will be great!
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, but I do love him (no offense, Kagome!)
Chapter 1: The Move-in
"Kagome! Where are those crates you said that had the plates in them?"
I looked up from the box I was unpacking, sighing and putting my hands on my hips. How could he have forgotten when I had told him where everything was before we even got here? You just can't rely on husbands anymore, can you?
"You idiot, I told you a million times! It's the crate marked 'fragile'!"
Inuyasha, who had been scratching his head for ten minutes turned around and exclaimed, "I found them!"
Half-laughing, I bent down to keep sorting out the crate in front of me. The cottage Inuyasha and I were going to live in seemed to be a whole lot smaller with all the crates and boxes spread out in the living room. We might as well make it homey.
So we're in the process of moving in. School doesn't start until late fall and Inuyasha and I just came back from our honey moon. Needless to say, I will never forget those first days together as a married couple. I'm still giggling at the idea.
For now, though we have to wait out the rest of the time doing other things. There's lots of stuff I haven't tried that I would love to try with Inuyasha. Besides, there was still Ayame and Sango's wedding to plan. Miroku might've not proposed yet, but we all know where they're headed in the long run. Ayame's wedding is actually right before Inuyasha, Miroku, Sango and I will be entering college, so we're all psyched to go.
We're all going to attend the same University, though we had all tried to get accepted into Ayame's University first. (I nearly died taking the entrance exams. It didn't take a genius to figure out I was not getting in that school.) So we all picked one we knew we could get in easily and that it wouldn't cost us much. (I'm sure Inuyasha's father could throw in some money for all of us, but no one wants to owe the 'boss' any money.)
"Kagome, where do you want me to put this?" Sango came in from outside, holding a pair of pale red window curtains in her hands.
"Just leave them in the bedroom. I'll hang them up later." I jabbed a thumb in the direction of the hallway behind me, which lead to the master bedroom.
Sango, nodding and smiling brightly, ran off in the direction of the bedroom. I sighed as I threw the empty box in front of me to the side in favor for another full box. I swear, I didn't even know I had this much stuff! I guess my mom had packed more things than I had accounted for because the next box was full of useless wall decorations and little porcelain dolls. I mean, where could I put all this stuff?
"Inuyasha, what are we going to do with this?" I held up a little doll and watched his eyes zero in.
He shrugged non-chalantly. "I don't know. How about the little closet over to your left?"
I stood up, walking over to the closet, and even though I was going to regret it, opened the door. A mass of useless knick-knacks and decorations cascaded like rain, falling onto the floor. It literally looked like a mountain. Inuyasha was so surprised; he had already backed away from the mass of the dumb crap we had as if it were going to bury him alive.
"Where did all that come from?" he exclaimed.
I leaned against the doorway of the closet. "Mom." I said, as an explicative.
Inuyasha laughed nervously, a hand behind his head. "Your mom sure knows how to give stuff. I guess I see your point."
I shrugged and stared at the mess I had just created. I bent down to start cleaning up again. The thing about doing stuff like this is that your hands are the only things preoccupied. Your mind however, runs like a wild turkey on Thanksgiving Day. I guess it's just human nature to be paranoid.
If it had been me from a few months ago, I would have been worrying about the status of my life. I would also be contemplating whether or not Inuyasha and I would stay together forever, like I had always dreamed of in my wildest fantasy.
But since that was me from my past, we'll just pretend she never existed. I don't want a trip down that memory lane.
The me from the present, though, has a lot things to be happy about. Apart from having the satisfaction of seeing the man who attempted to kill her being locked away, she also got to see the slut who had wanted to take her man away shipped off to an asylum. Not to mention that she got married with said-man. In short, I couldn't be any happier than right now. Well, maybe there were some other things, but those could be settled easily. Nothing's ever perfect right?
That said, I think I should clean up the formidable mountain of porcelain dolls, scary looking owls and who knows what else before I run away.
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"I'm so exhausted!" Miroku exclaimed, falling into an armchair that we had moved up against the wall. All of us in the room simultaneously glared at him. Miroku opened his closed eyes and looked at us with a puzzled expression.
"What?"
Sango, a vein pulsing in her head, smacked Miroku upside his head, resulting with him on the floor. "You didn't do a thing! All you did was drive back and forth!"
Miroku, getting up from the floor with a nosebleed, rushed to defend himself. "But Sango dearest, it was all for you?" He said it more like a question than a declaration of love. I had to muffle my laughter behind my hand. I glanced at Inuyasha, who I noticed had turned away and silently laughed towards the wall he was standing near.
Sango rolled her eyes and turned away from Miroku. "Hmph."
The glint in his eyes should have been enough to at least tip me off on what would happen next. His hand moved with skill and precision, landing right on his intended target, his doom and his last deed before he completely sealed his death.
Yep. He groped Sango's butt.
Sango whirled, lifting her hand and smacking Miroku to near Pluto. Her face was red from embarrassment and anger as she shouted. "I thought I told you not to touch me!"
Inuyasha and I, on the other hand, could not find a way to stop laughing. Tears were streaming down my face as I watched the couple's feud unfold. It certainly wasn't the first time this happened, but it was still as funny as the first time.
Masochistic comedy never gets old.
Knowing that their bout would take a couple of more minutes, I moved closer to Inuyasha, slipping my hand through his. Inuyasha caught the movement and squeezed my hand.
"It never gets old, does it?" He nodded his head toward Miroku and Sango. "Sango just doesn't get that's how Miroku shows his affection."
I giggled. "Even if she did know, she'd still smack him straight into space. He's pulled this stunt so many times, I wonder if he's a masochist or something."
Inuyasha laughed. "I've wondered that too."
So, even though the circumstances weren't all that romantic, I felt like melting against Inuyasha. I had always loved him, but now I felt that if I loved him anymore that my heart would burst. It was just a wonderful feeling to spread in your chest.
Inuyasha pulled me closer, his arm around my shoulder. He smelled like the cologne I had given him as a wedding present, though we had agreed not give each other any. (He gave me a ruby necklace and matching earrings, so he broke the rule too. I felt like crap that I had only given him cologne but he made me not buy him anything else.)
"Are you tired?"
Suddenly, it was as if all the weight came crashing down at the very moment he said those words. I yawned and nodded. "Yeah," I answered meekly.
"Then go ahead and lean on my shoulder. I'll carry you to bed later."
I nodded once more and closed my eyes, Sango and Miroku's bickering lulling me to sleep. I laid my head onto Inuyasha's shoulder and was content. The one thing I knew would never get old was this. Me, snuggling with Inuyasha like this. Nothing could ever break us apart.
Even if I had had my doubts before, nothing could tell me that I didn't love Inuyasha. If our love had been written off in the first place, I would have been like Juliet and I'm sure Inuyasha would have been my Romeo. We would have meet somewhere, on the outskirts of town, spent time together and fall in love. Even if we had been born in different worlds, I would have done anything to be with him. A love like this could simply not be compared to anything else in the world, and I'm sure I would be horribly devastated is something ever drove us apart.
Slowly, my eyelids drooped until I was fast asleep, holding Inuyasha's hand and leaning onto him.
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A/N: A bit on the short side, but don't worry. It will get much better after this. I promise! I have a really cool plot that I think will really get your attention. Plus, as a writer, I think I have improved a lot since the first chapter of STYD. (No one agree to that)
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-Daichi