When we got to his house I gasped. It was so small. Of course I've seen small houses before but it was a very poor looking house. When we entered I was immediately trampled by Shippo.

"Pretty Lady!" he yelled as he jumped on me, causing me to fall but being caught by two strong arms. I looked up and blushed at Inuyasha.

"Shippo, don't do that or Pretty Lady won't want to come back," he said smirking as he placed me back on my feet.

"Sorry."

"It's alright, Shippo," I said, smiling.

"Come on, Pretty Lady, I'll show you my room!" he exclaimed, pulling me in a random direction.

Being around Shippo, being around Inuyasha, being around a real family…it felt so nice…so real.

Inuyasha stood leaning against the door framing watching us as I played with Shippo.

"Here," Shippo said handing me something. "I made it in school."

I looked at it. It was a card and it had mine and Inuyasha's name on it. I opened it up and there was a Shippo drawn picture of Inuyasha and I kissing.

"Why'd you draw this, Shippo?" I asked quietly, showing it to Inuyasha who smirked.

"We had to draw a picture of the two people we like best."

"So why are we kissing, Shippo?" Inuyasha asked bluntly.

"Because, you guys are going to get married one day and Pretty Lady is going to be around all the time to play with me," he explained simply.

I blushed once more at his words.

"I don't know about that, Shippo," I said, remembering my wedding with Kouga.

"Why not? Don't you love each other?"

"Um…Shippo…why don't you…go play…?"

"Okay!" Shippo said, running off happily.

"He defiantly has an imagination," I said, turning to Inuyasha.

"Well, he really likes you."

"I Wonder what he is going to do in about 3 months when I marry another guy who isn't you."



"Yeah," Inuyasha muttered, looking at the ground.

"Well, I should go…I have…a wedding to prepare for," I said reluctantly.

"Kagome, don't be so sad about it. I mean, it could be a lot worse."

"No…it couldn't."

"You could be marring a poor guy like me," he pointed out.

"I'd rather marry you than anyone of the guys my mother likes." I sighed. "When I'm with you…I can be myself. We've only known each other for a week…but you probably know more about me than my own mother does."

"I doubt that," he laughed, trying to lighten the mood.

"She thinks I like getting whatever I want. She thinks that I actually want to marry Kouga. She thinks that I'm happy."

"You can't hate it that bad, Kagome."

"I'd love to be like you," I cried. "I'd love to have a family, and actual friends. I'd love to have to work for something, and be able to speak my beliefs. I'd love to be able to be free, Inuyasha, and with you…I get that, if only for a little while."

"Kagome, you have a family, and I'm sure you have friends. Sure you don't have to work but work isn't all you think it is. As for speaking your beliefs…you can't be afraid of what your parents will think, or you'll be trapped forever…"

"My parents…they're never around. My friends…they're all stuck up. And if I speak out my beliefs…No one hears me," I explained sadly.

"I do."

I smiled lightly.

"I know. You're the only one who hears me though. You're the only one who knows I have a voice…and for that, I'm thankful."

"Other people, Kagome, are stupid not to listen to you."

"Thank you, Inuyasha. I-I…have to go," I reminded him, stepping towards him and the door.

"I'll see you later, then?"

"Maybe," I said before, giving him a kiss on the cheek and leaving, heading towards my hell.



When I got home…There were wedding planners everywhere. The thing is, when I entered the house…none of them even looked up. I didn't get to even plan my own wedding, or even be part of the planning.

"Kagome, Kouga is waiting for you outside," someone told me.

I sighed before heading towards one of the last people I wanted to see.

"You wanted to see me?" I said when I approached him.

"Yes. Close your eyes…I have a surprise for you."

I did as I was told and he led me in an unknown direction. He let me open my eyes after a while and I gasped.

Before me was a beautiful field full of flowers of all different kinds.

"You like it?" Kouga asked me.

"It's gorgeous."

Kouga smiled, taking me in his arms and kissing me deeply. When he kissed me…I always remember the feel of Inuyasha's lips on mine and the meaning of the kiss it's self.

"I have to go help plan the wedding…You can come if you'd like…but you'd find it rather boring."

Maybe because I don't get a say in anything!!

"I'll just stay here, thanks," I said waving to him as he left.

I sat there…the rest of the day…just thinking of Inuyasha.