|| 開始 (kaishi) = start ||

The small fire cracked once, the shadows which it created swaying slightly as the wind broke through the mat door. It wasn't cold, didn't make Kagome shiver as she felt how her eye lids started to fall. Inuyasha watched her silently. They had been quiet a while now, Kaede and Rin were already asleep. He noticed that was where she should be too.

"You should get some sleep. Everyone will be fussing around you tomorrow too so you need to rest", he said roughly, elbowing her gently. "Oi."

"I'm not tired", she argued weekly. The truth was that she didn't want to leave from his side quite yet. He would probably sleep in the forest.

Inuyasha rolled his eyes, then with a fade red on his cheek bones, he placed his hand on top of Kagome's black head and pulled it against his shoulder. Kagome blinked before smiling and snuggling against him.

It was strange. At the same time Inuyasha couldn't believe she had come back to him, risked everything to be with him again. Still it came naturally to be close to her again, to touch her and speak with her, like the three years had been nothing which was bullshit. Three years was everything else but nothing.

Kagome was suddenly a lot more perkier than few seconds ago when Inuyasha was holding her like that. Since their reunion at the well, he hadn't embraced her until now. It felt wonderful. It felt like everything was right and still it wasn't. She didn't know would the well work again tomorrow nor could she take a risk and try it, scaring it would close itself again. She didn't know where she would be living and how would things change now. Because now she was going to start her life here, it wasn't just shard searching anymore. Kagome knew that Inuyasha and she had to talk. But maybe not tonight. "Inuyasha?" she couldn't help but ask. He made a sound that he was listening. She glanced up at his face. "What happens now?"

He locked his eyes with her. Before she could breathe in the warm air that was around them, he leaned towards her and pressed his mouth gently, unsure, against her own. It happened so out of nowhere that she forgot to close her eyes. That didn't matter because his eyes were open too, watching her as he carefully moved his lips. Kagome welcomed the warm feeling, wrapping it around her heart and touched his cheeks, stroking them. The kiss wasn't long but altogether it made her almost cry from happiness. She saw it and felt it. How much he had missed her.

Inuyasha pulled away but kept his face close to her own. "I don't know", he answered to her question at last, looking at her without blinking. She rarely saw his eyes so serious. Actually for three years she had rarely seen his eyes at all.

But she felt urge to smile and surrendered to it. "Sounds good."

She saw a smile on his mouth too, then felt how he hugged her again against his side. Now just a little bit tighter.

AN:

No, I am not starting a new story. The big number of these after the end-stories on my story list just bothers me a lot sooo I'm going to move them here. Which means this is going to be some kind of collection. So if you notice that your favorite story is missing, I think you'll be finding it here :)

Takes place at the night of the day when Kagome returned.

Thanks for reading and comments are welcomed!

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha