'You wait till I get my fucking hands on you, baka!'

Inuyasha stood in the middle of his living room looking at the text from the last person he expected to hear from. His brother.

"Of course she would run to him, I should have known!" Inuyasha sat down with his head in his hands. 'I can't believe I slapped her! What is wrong with me?'

"You can stay here as long as you want to, Kagome. I am not going to argue about this, I told you that I don't care what they think it's none of their business." Sesshomaru unlocked the door and led her into the front entrance with a hand to the small of her back.

Kagome put her purse on the table that was next to the door, "But Sesshomaru, I can't stay here for long, I mean I don't have any money and I need to find a job and mmmph…."

Sesshomaru gently clapped a hand over her mouth, "Kagome, that's enough I don't want to hear another excuse. As far as you paying me any money you have lost your mind if you think I would take even if you had it. And if you must work I am absolutely sure we could find something at the company for you. Although, really I'd rather you not work until that pup is born you have had enough stress lately, but…." He raised a hand as she started to interrupt, "I am not going to dictate what you can and can't do. You do what you want."

Kagome's gaze softened as she looked at her longtime friend, she had missed him so much and hadn't really noticed until that moment. "Ok Sesshomaru, have it your way I'll stay here…for now. Thank you." She stood on tiptoe and hugged him and kissed his cheek.

Sesshomaru wrapped his arms around her and gave her a gentle hug, "Good, glad you see it my way." He pulled back with a smirk.

Kagome playfully scowled at the golden eyed man before her, "Don't think just because I'm staying here means I'm cleaning your nasty underwear or your dirty socks!" She giggled at the stunned look on his face and run off to find the bedroom she used to sleep in when she stayed over as a child.

Sesshomaru watched in amusement as she ran off and chuckled, 'Same ol' Kagome.'

That night as they ate dinner he watched her eat and came to the conclusion that he was very happy she was back in his life, he had missed her.

"So, what have you been doing since the wedding?" She had finished and noticed he was watching her and decided to start the conversation.

"Well, not much actually I've been working and that's about it, nothing terribly exciting."

"No girlfriends or dates or anything? Sesshomaru, you were one of the biggest playboys in high school so don't tell me you have been doing 'nothing.' Now tell me!" She grinned as he scowled at her.

"If you must know I dated a girl for awhile but it didn't work out."

"Why not?"

"To immature. Actually, that's rather the nice version of it, she was childish and I couldn't see myself marrying her; so I didn't see the point in continuing the relationship."

She put on a sympathetic look, "Believe me I understand that I mean living with Inuyasha was like living with a child sometimes. I guess that's one of the benefits of living with someone before you actually commit to a marriage, you get to see the person's true colors."

He smirked and put on that 'I told you so' look. "Threw his underthings all over the house, did he?"

She sighed, "You have no idea." Kagome looked down at her plate and yawned, she was unbearably tired all of a sudden.

Sesshomaru frowned and stood up, "Come on, you need to get some sleep."

She stood up yawning, "But I'm not tired," she said sleepily.

He chuckled and put his arm around her waist and led her to her bedroom, "I think you are, now come on."

When they got upstairs to her bedroom she turned and gave him a hug, "In case I haven't said it enough, thank you so much for everything you're doing for me, Sesshomaru."

He hugged her back and kissed the top of her head, "No need to thank me, but you're welcome all the same." He pulled away and watched her walk into her bedroom closing the door. He turned away and went in search of his own sleep.

Sesshomaru awoke with a jolt, it took him a moment to figure out what had woke him up; Kagome was whimpering in her sleep. He was hesitant to go to her at first, he didn't want her to think he was invading her privacy, but then she screamed and he shot out of bed the decision taken from him.

He ran down the hall and threw open her door and saw Kagome sitting up tears running down her face with a horrified look in her eyes. She turned to look at him and sobbed.

"Kagome, baby, what's wrong? What is it?" He went to her and sat down on the edge of the bed and pulled her into his arms.

"H-he was here. He was s-standing over me, his eyes were red Sesshomaru." She squeezed him harder and shuddered.

It didn't take a genius to figure out who she was talking about, "Baby, he's not here, you were having a dream." He stroked her back trying to sooth her with his touch.

"It seemed so real, Kami Sess, he looked like he was going to kill me." She whimpered and pulled back a little, "I'm sorry I woke you up."

He kissed her forehead and gently pushed her back down and pulled the blankets up around her shoulders, "Don't apologize, it isn't your fault, Kagome." He started to get up to leave, now that she was calmer, but he felt her small hand catch his wrist.

"Sesshomaru, could you…I mean…can you…stay with me. Please."

She looked so uncertain and vulnerable that he couldn't tell her no although he doubted he could have denied her anything, "Slide over." He slid in beside her under the blankets and pulled her against him, wrapping his arms around her waist. "Go to sleep, sweetheart." And closed his eyes and went to sleep thinking it felt nice having her in his home…in his bed.

She snuggled against him further and sighed closing her eyes. The way they were sleeping was no different than the many other times they had slept together when they were children, before she and Inuyasha had gotten together. But for some reason this felt different but she was to tired to think about it and slipped back into a deep sleep, no dreams this time.

Author note: Sorry for the very very slow updates but I get writers block a lot and Im in school so I don't have much time on my hands. Sorry! Please review!