A/N: As much as I don't really like to see one-shots (they're always too short for me…), I feel like writing one. This just popped in my head and I don't want to say good-bye to it. I have another fanficcy to type up but…after being kinda pressured into making it a Kikyou/InuYasha centered fanfic, I've decided that it needs some more planning and whatnot…so it'll be delayed for quite a while.

Should I also mention that I write my fanfics in notebooks then type it up? It delays me even more but I'm never on the computer as much as I would like to be.

Anyway…here's a one-shot just for InuYasha and Kikyou (I know the 'y' in InuYasha is s'pose to be lower case, but my Microsoft Word has it on auto correct for 'InuYasha').

Title: Just A Tweak

InuYasha settled himself on his favorite tree branch. Sure it was a tree branch in a dead tree, but it was his favorite. Smack in the center of a clearing just by the village. He sighed, leaning against the tree truck. His gold eyes watched the passing clouds that he found both comforting and amusing.

Look at that little fluff ball of a bunny cloud go…

His day was close to perfect. Clear skies, a nice meal of deer and rabbit, no demons randomly attacking with the usual "Damn hanyou!", and of course…that little fluffy bunny cloud. He watched it hop along the blue sky, over his head, over a second cloud and to his dismay…it vanished as the wind picked up. New clouds were formed in his wake.

He smirked and let out another sigh. More bunny clouds.

That one had whelps. He thought as he counted how many appeared. He took in a deep breath of crisp, fresh air. His heart skipped a beat and he looked down below his tree branch.

"Good afternoon, InuYasha," Kikyou stood with her hands behind her back, smiling that tiny, sweet smile of hers as she looked up at him. InuYasha quickly looked away when he felt a blush creep up on him from making eye contact with the woman below.

"How long have you been there?" he asked nonchalantly, hiding the fact that his heart was pounding from joy of seeing her return from a trip of miko training.

Kikyou settled herself against the tree branch, watching the same clouds as InuYasha. "Just long enough to realize you've dropped your guard." She let out a giggle. "I could have startled you if I wished too, but you caught me."

"You have a tendency to do that anyway." The hanyou skewed a glance at her through the corner of his eye. She looked rather tired and worn out. "Where'd you go over the last few days?"

"Training in the southern province," Kikyou settled herself at the base of the tree. "I did tell you I was going, correct?" She looked up at him to see his face, having not seen it in over a week and not getting much time to spend with him before she left. She was missing him greatly, but for all appearances, InuYasha didn't seem to care. He just continued to stare at the sky.

"I don't remember," the hanyou stifled a yawn with the back of his hand.

"…"She looked up at him to see his face, having not seen it in over a week and not getting much time to spend with him before she left. She was missing him greatly, but for all appearances, InuYasha didn't seem to care. He just continued to stare at the sky.

InuYasha felt her stare and turned his head to stare back. The woman quickly looked away, a tinge of blush on her cheeks. "What? Is there something on my back?" The hanyou sat up, reaching his arm back as far as it could go to snatch any possible giant bugs or something he didn't want touching him. He stopped when he distinctly heard the soft giggles from Kikyou. No sound, soft or near silent, could escape his ears…especially a sound he didn't hear often. With the look of someone who felt like he was being teased, InuYasha leapt off the branch, landing gently in front of Kikyou making her start in her spot.

He was right. She really did look tired and worn out. She looked like she was about to pass out if she had to put forth any strength to anything. "Geez, looks like you've been through hell and back."

Kikyou sniffled.

"You should sleep or something," InuYasha suggested as he took the vacant 'seat' next to her.

"Not yet," Kikyou said with a little more force in her voice than she meant to. InuYasha eyed her with slightly furrowed brows.

"But you look so exhausted…" InuYasha realized he was saying too much and quickly dropped the subject before Kikyou realized that he was starting to let her see his 'soft' side. "Keh! Fine if you want pass out, pass out." He crossed his hands into his sleeves and looked back up at the growing bunny cloud population.

He heard her sigh softly as she repositioned herself from the seiza position to a casual seating arrangement. She stretched her legs out, slightly crossed at the ankles and held her hands in her lap. She looked up at the sky too, also seeing little bunnies hopping about.

"It's a nice day today," she said after a few minutes of silence. "It would be a waste to sleep it away."

Inuyasha scoffed his agreement.

"Are you not happy to see me?" Kikyou asked, looking at the side of InuYasha's slightly blushing face.

"…" InuYasha didn't want to admit his feelings outright. He'd feel exposed. But he didn't want to lie either. If Kaede had asked that question he would've waved it off, but with Kikyou… "You were gone for eight days and one night," he turned his face to meet her gaze.

"Yes, I was," Kikyou said, knowing he was just stating the obvious but heard the hidden context in his sentence. "So you are happy to see my return?"

"Why do you have to ask? You should already know the answer," InuYasha keh'd and went back to cloud watching. He was getting the feeling he'd never get to say how he really felt with the way he was acting.

"You just seem so…aloof whenever I come back from training that I always wonder if you even care," Kikyou sounded hurt. It made the hanyou tense up and he had no choice to look at her.

"Where is all this coming from?" he asked.

Kikyou sighed again, leaning against his shoulder. "It's nothing. I met a broken couple on my way back and I saw a resemblance to you and me."

InuYasha gulped. Couple? Is that what they were now? A couple? He didn't know how to respond in a way she'd like. "I don't think we're broken. Looks like your toe might be," he gestured to Kikyou's slightly bent toe. "You stub it against a rock?"

Kikyou help back the urge to roll her eyes. InuYasha was just too dense for a conversation this deep. "Just say you are glad to see me."

InuYasha didn't try to hold back a blush since Kikyou's face was flushed too. "Yeah…I'm glad to see you back," he wrapped an arm around her, drawing her closer. "Don't stay away that long next time, alright? I was bored out of my skull and I don't think I can handle anymore stones being thrown at me from the whelps. They keep trying to get me to play tag."

"InuYasha…?" Kikyou lifted her head to look at him.

"What?" he responded. He noticed Kikyou's arm reach up towards his face and not sure what she was doing, he just watched her reach up to his ears. "What the hell are you doing?"

"Just a tweak, InuYasha," Kikyou said sweetly as her smooth fingers made contact with velvet soft ears. She gently rubbed one ear between her fingers, a small smile on her lips.

The hanyou watched her curiously. "You're being random again."

"I have always wanted to tweak your ears in the same meaning someone greets their lover's return."

InuYasha's face flushed again. They moved from couple to lovers. "I think you really need some sleep now." He made to move Kikyou's arm away, but he was enjoying the ear rub, so all he could do was hold onto her wrist. Almost subconsciously, he other arm that was employed at holding her around her shoulders, moved to her waist, pulling her onto his lap. She didn't stop what she was doing, or show any sign of noticing her new placement. She just settled herself against him, rubbing both ears.

"I don't want to waste this day of sleeping it away. I want to spend my idle time with you," Kikyou said softly into his dog ears.

InuYasha sighed against her neck. He didn't want to protest, he was rather enjoying this. He rarely got any alone time with her so he decided to make the most of it. He looked up at the bunny clouds again, his chin on her shoulder. "Fine…but just a tweak, alright?"

"Yes, just a tweak."

A/N: Um…yeah. The one-shot is kinda pointless, and shorter (much shorter…) than I wanted it to be, but it's cute. I planned on it being an NC-17 (as you can get the hint with the bunny clouds) but I didn't want to ruin the cuteness. Lol. You can just let your imaginations wander. I'm thinking of making this a collection of one-shots since I'm have a very hard time solidifying the plot to my planned fanfic. My goal is to make at least 50 one-shots. !w00t! Oh, I've also updated my DeviantART site (ish uber happy). Pictures of my oh so sexy scarf, 'new' drawings that have finally made it on the computer...I'd say this has been a very good month.

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