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It's All On Camera!
By: Caffeine Lover
Scene Four: The 'B' Word
Rated: G - PG
Pairings: InuYasha x Kagome
Genre: Fluff
Warnings: Language, boyfriend-obsessed and insane friends.
Summary: InuYasha finds out that Kagome's friends think that he's her boyfriend (much to Kagome's horror). What a perfect time to make a move.
Scene Four: The 'B' Word
"You know, InuYasha, I would feel a lot better if you agreed to come with me…I promised Mama ages ago that you'd visit and have dinner with us on one of your human nights!" the raven-haired girl whined as she adjusted the thin straps of her strangely empty yellow knap sack on her thin shoulders. Her worn back hummed in pleasure at the nonexistent weight that laid on them, and her neck – for the first time in weeks – refused to tense up and cause the poor teenage female to suffer any pain on her sleepless and tired nights. Yes, life was good when all of your necessary supplies for survival in the Feudal Era were finally used up. It was the peaceful time when a person can go home, visit their suddenly distant families (no pun intended), and to maybe take a long, well-deserved bath to heal those aches and pains.
It was also a time of argument and persuasion with the inuhanyou, whom would occasionally outright refuse to even go near the well, often complaining that their snail-of-a-pace in their shard collecting was unacceptable, and that their enemies were becoming stronger by the day. It would hardly be a time for relaxation and visiting family, which was the dog demon's opinion on the matter.
Today's argument was no different.
"We have shards to find, Ka. Go. Me." InuYasha spat irritably as he placed a harsh emphasis on each syllable of Kagome's name. "This is hardly a time to go socializing and visiting your family. Don't you even give a damn about the quest?" The sixteen-year-old half demon looked strangely childish as crossed his arms stubbornly, his nose raised in the air haughtily as his ears drooped slightly, his perfect lips in a pout.
Kagome almost squealed at the adorable position her protector was in.
Now, normally, Kagome would have said something equally accusing, with an equal amount of fire. But today, she decided on a different tactic. A way to a man's heart is through his stomach, right…?
"But Mama has already prepared a feast," Kagome whined in a high-pitched voice, her greyish-blue orbs clouded over in hunger as her mouth parted slightly. "She's made oden, steak, ramen, oyaku-"
"Your mother cooked ramen?" Amber orbs widened in fascination as his mouth began to slightly water at the thought of the heavenly (and cheap) food. And as the hanyou continued to fantasize about every way and every flavour that Mama Higurashi has prepared the ramen, Kagome energetically pumped her fist into the air with a Yes!
She would have to remember this attack mechanism from now on…
The petite female grabbed onto the large and calloused clawed hand of the figure clothed in red as she pulled him eagerly along, her lips in a brilliant smile as her eyes shined in joy. She was going home, she was going to take a bath, she was going to –
"Wait a minute…" InuYasha sneered as he halted Kagome to an abrupt stop (No! I was only three feet from the well…), his golden eyes narrowing in suspicion. "How the hell does your family know about my human night?"
"Oh…about that…" Kagome trailed off with an apologetic smile as she scratched the back of her head absently, trying to think up a good excuse. "Heh heh heh…" The hanyou growled.
As the moonlight disappeared from the night sky, so did all the (lovely, Kagome thinks) features that pointed InuYasha to be classified as a hanyou. His youkai blood weakened as his human blood dominated his body, thus causing his claws to extract slowly into its blunt, short form; his triangular-shaped appendages vanishing as new human ears appeared, replacing his old ones, at the side of InuYasha's head; his amber orbs darkening into a beautiful and stunning shade of violet, and his blindingly bright silver hair changing from the roots up into a dark ebony, as if someone had spilled litre after litre of ink upon his head.
This transformation never ceased to impress and amaze the reincarnated priestess, who watched in fascination as the couple sat quite comfortably on her single pink bed, their sides pressed up against each other snugly.
"Does that hurt?" the girl beside him asked, concerned and in wonder. The boy shook his head, his left hand trying to get his long black bangs out of his eyes.
"It isn't painful," InuYasha began, chewing his bottom lip thoughtfully as if thinking of the appropriate words to say. "It just feels…numb. All over, I mean. I feel so weird without my senses."
"I see…"
The couple sat in an awkward silence, both wondering what was so happen next. Dinner wasn't going to be finished until two hours later (Mama Higurashi had informed the duo of this with an ominous wink), and to all honesty, Kagome just couldn't study with InuYasha near her.
Especially with InuYasha near her…
Then, the inevitable happened.
"Kagome dear!" came the clear and ringing voice of the motherly Higurashi. "Yuka, Ayumi, and Eri are here. Why don't you let them meet InuYasha, hmm? I've already invited them over for dinner tonight."
The aforementioned teenage girls giggled loudly in happiness as they marched up the stairs noisily, their mindless chatter and murmurs of the word 'boyfriend' coming closer and closer to the threatened couple…
Where was a youkai when you needed one?
Kagome ran to the wooden barrier between her menacing companions and herself as she hastily locked it with a click. InuYasha stared in bewilderment, unmoving from the bed.
"KAGOME!" Yuka yelled as Ayumi pounded on the door of Kagome's bedroom relentlessly. "Open up, girlfriend! I see that your boyfriend is finally here!" Squeals filled the air; it was the one time in InuYasha's life that he was grateful to the kamis of his toned down sense of hearing. "Come on! Open the door."
"Boyfriend?" the once-hanyou asked as a thick eyebrow rose in questioning. Kagome groaned and muttered something almost inaudible along the lines of 'this is so embarrassing'. "They think I'm your boyfriend? Did you honestly tell them that?"
"No, I didn't tell them that!" Kagome snapped, a little offended that InuYasha would find the concept of her and him being together to be amusing. "They just assumed it, that's all."
InuYasha sat silent on the bed for a moment, his mind blocking out the extremely loud screaming of the girls outside as they begged to come in and meet him, while Kagome groaned and considered to bang her head on the nearest wall and die.
Would he be mad? Would InuYasha be disgusted and humiliated that some people had thought that Kagome and him were together-together?!
Completely different from Kagome's expected reaction, InuYasha just stood up and walked calmly up to the flushed female as he clutched her hand warmly, her heart pounding like crazy in her ribcage.
"Okay then, let's go and face them now. I'm sure that they're not as scary as the youkai in our time." He smirked, and if he were a hanyou, Kagome was certain that a deadly fang would have peeked out. She especially liked how he said 'our' instead of 'my'. A sudden thrill went from the tip of her toes to the top of her head.
"Actually, you might be wrong about that – they're quite monstrous," she retorted sarcastically with a roll of her eyes. "You don't have to pretend to be my boyfriend, you know, InuYasha." This was said in a much quieter tone, her eyes averted from his steady and intense gaze as she studied the fluffy material of her house slippers. They reminded her of Sesshomaru's boa thing that was always perched upon his shoulder.
He tightened his grip on her hand momentarily – a comforting gesture which the jewel shard detector appreciated very much. "Who's pretendin'?" He asked in a playful tone as he shot her a wink…much like the one that Mama Higurashi had given them earlier.
Kagome smiled as she squeezed his hand back.
And…CUT
The Coffee Corner: I had fun writing this drabble. Yuka, Ayumi, and Eri are just such wonderful characters that always somehow bring Kagome and InuYasha closer together. XD Please read and review!
- Caffeine Lover
