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Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. I don't own anything. Nothing. I am an empty, possession-less void.
Notes: I promise this wasn't supposed to sound like the beginning of a bad porno.
ふたりごと
(prologue)
東京/Tokyo
JST 09:52
They didn't need all this tea.
Yeah, okay, he and Kagome would be gone for a few days with nothing but his car and their wallets to shelter and feed them but he thought three entire boxes of bottled tea was a bit of overkill. No, actually, it was a lot of overkill. Plus, it would probably make the trip so much harder if Kagome kept asking for a damn bathroom every half-hour if she insisted on guzzling three boxes of tea the whole way.
Where did she even manage to procure three boxes of green tea in the middle of summer when the demand for it was the highest? And why three? Why not just two? Or one? Why so much damn tea?
Why were they even doing this whole road trip thing again?
"Because you need a break from chasing after psychotic youkai who could easily injure you in your state and I need some time off before school starts up again," Inuyasha jumped when Kagome's voice piped up from behind him and he berated himself not only for thinking out loud (again) but also for completely failing to detect her scent at their proximity.
"Injure me?! I'm the precinct's best detective and fighter and this whole city knows it!" Inuyasha countered, his shoulder's tensing defensively. Kagome gave him a long suffering look she mastered a long time ago and stepped around Inuyasha to place a cooler bag in the back seat of his car. A small sniff told Inuyasha that inside the bag were slices of bread, ham, cheese and other foods that Kagome was probably planning to use to feed him on the way to Kyoto.
"Yes, yes, and pretty much the whole country knows it too," Kagome recited, sighing. She turned around to face him and reached up to pat her hands on his chest pointedly. "The whole country also knows that your last little spat with the Hokkaido Bird Clan put you in a coma for six days and almost broke your body beyond repair."
"But it did repair!"
"After a month!" Kagome's eyes flashed harshly enough for Inuyasha to think over his next words. "Sango practically had to order you to - oh, how did she say it? She's always so eloquent."
"'Get the fuck out of her station before she kicks my lousy canine ass back to police academy'?" Inuyasha offered sardonically. Kagome snorted.
"That was it," she agreed, a small smile gracing her face. She pulled away from Inuyasha to stand about a foot away from him and study his form.
"'Lousy canine ass', though?" she mused, tilting her head, her eyes raking over Inuyasha's healed body shamelessly, obviously taking her time while her eyes glinted with the promise of something pleasantly delightful (perhaps later that evening), something Inuyasha was familiar with and certain he'd enjoy. He even let himself believe for a moment that he might have a little fun on this trip after all.
"I would disagree," Kagome commented in such a straightforward manner that Inuyasha had to backtrack to remember that she was referring to his ass. A little taken aback by her boldness, he wracked his brain for something to shoot back at her, an embarrassed outburst perhaps, or hell, maybe even something equally as sexy to fire her up, but she cut him off by turning away to walk towards the elevator.
"We're driving to Kyoto so we can both actually relax for once and you are going to enjoy it," Kagome pressed the up button before turning slightly to fix Inuyasha with a determined stare that dared him to challenge her again. Inuyasha didn't hold back his annoyed snarl but he turned his face to avoid Kagome's eyes.
"Keh! Fine. This better be worth it, Kagome," Inuyasha muttered before throwing a duffle bag full of his and Kagome's clothes into the back seat and climbing into the driver's seat, slamming the door behind him petulantly. Kagome almost rolled her eyes at his minor tantrum but held back, knowing that he'd be fine once they got on the road.
Silly hanyou. And she knew he loved long drives just as much as she did.
"Oh, it'll be worth it, Inuyasha. I promise," she said under her breath, not even bothering to hide the husk in her voice, knowing fully well that he could hear her perfectly.
to be cont.
Notes: ふたりごと (futarigoto) is also a song by RADWIMPS - please listen to it and bury me alive - and means "things about us". I hope you stick around to read the rest of this stupid story!