Sorry for the wait... Life got crazy one me for a while... Please Enjoy
Sango and Kagome got on the elevator to go to lunch. When they stepped into the lobby InuYasha was there waiting on Kagome.
"Oh, well hello InuYasha." Sango said as the three of them stopped to talk.
"Hey." He looked at Kagome. "I came to take you to lunch."
Kagome smiled "Thank you but Sango and I usually go to lunch together-"
Sango cut her off "But if you guys want to spend some time together you go right ahead." She smiled
"But are you going to be ok by yourself?" Kagome asked
"Well if you don't have anybody to go to lunch with I would be glad to escort you." Miroku said coming up behind them.
"Well then, I think everything is settled then. Let's go Miroku." Sango said headed for the door.
Miroku skipped after her happily.
Kagome and InuYasha went to her favorite café right around the corner from their apartments. It was nice and small and sat back away from the street.
They went inside and sat in the back in a covered booth. Kagome ordered oden and InuYasha ordered ramen.
Kagome tucked a stray tendril behind her ear and nervously cleared her throat.
InuYasha leaned forward staring at her.
Kagome tried to fight the blush that rose to her cheeks. "What?" she asked shyly.
She looked into his eyes and a saw softness and tenderness that she hadn't seen in him before.
Her heart softened.
He smiled at her. "Why are you so nervous now?"
Kagome opened her mouth and closed it. She didn't know why she was nervous.
"I don't know."
"You are beautiful when you're flustered" he said and she blushed.
Their waitress came back and sat Kagome's food down in front of her and slid InuYasha his food roughly. They both looked up at her confused.
"Enjoy." She said rudely at InuYasha. She turned to Kagome and said "If you need anything ma'am my name is Kikyo." And she walked off.
"Just great" InuYasha mumbled pushing his food away.
"Is she another one night stand?" Kagome asked distantly.
"No, she's my ex from a few years back." He said angrily
Kagome looked up shocked. "Ex?"
"Yeah..it's a long story, how about we take that food to go and eat in the park?"
"Alright."
Kagome and InuYasha went to the park and sat on a bench under a tree. Kagome opened her food and began to eat it. InuYasha didn't bring his food for fear of poison. Kagome handed him a spork so he could have some of her food.
After they finished they sat there for a moment and Kagome cleared her throat. "So… did you want to talk about it?"
"I guess… After my mother passed when I was 17 I went to live with my half-brother. We didn't get along so well at first, but then we grew to tolerate each other. Kikyo knew my brother because she was always trying to get with him for his money and then she met me. I dated her for a while and she used me for my money every chance she could. I really liked her so I didn't want to believe the worst about her. Until I saw it for myself. I dumped her and she begged for me to stay with her. After I embarrassed her and let everyone know what she was after, she couldn't get a date with the men she wanted no matter how hard she tried, and she tried VERY hard. So we've had a mutual dislike for each other." InuYasha explained.
"Wow….sounds like we both have crazy exes. I don't really see anything wrong in what you did. Maybe the whole public embarrassment was harsh but I understand." Kagome said.
"Harsh? Feh, don't be so soft woman." He smirked.
Kagome smiled "I am not soft, I'm understanding."
InuYashas eyes went to her lips and back up to her eyes.
Kagomes eyes smoldered. She was very confused.
Before she knew it his lips were on hers, her fingers were in his hair, and he was pulling her on his lap.
They broke apart when Kagome had to catch her breath. Her head was spinning, and not just because of the searing kiss.
Kagomes chest heaved and she placed her forehead against InuYashas.
"Why are you doing this to me?" Kagome murmured
"Doing what?" His eyes glowed.
"Making me like you." She laughed.
He grabbed her chin. "I want you to like me."
"Why?" she asked seriously.
He shrugged. "I like you…and you might be good for me."
Kagome smiled and glanced at her watch. "Well Mr. Sweet talker, it's time for me to get back to work."
Kagome walked back into the office cheerily.
"Hello Sango." She said walking past.
Sango followed. "Well well well, nothing like a make out session to cheer a girl up during the work day."
Kagome blushed "What? That's crazy, what did you and Miroku do?"
"We went around the corner and had pizza, but back to you and InuYasha, what happened?" Sango questioned.
"Nothing, we went to get soup at The Bowl, and the waitress was an ex girlfriend of his, we ate on a bench outside and talked."
"And made out?"
"Yes, but that's nothing new." Kagome blushed again.
"You two are certainly getting close." Miroku said coming in the room.
Sango turned "How long have you been standing there?"
"Only long enough to know that Kagome and InuYasha made out, nothing more."
"So what did you and Sango do for lunch." Kagome asked Miroku to change the subject.
"We had some pizza, we didn't make out but we did kiss." He said casually as Sango turned red.
"Oh! So there was a kiss!" Kagome said excitedly.
"Yeah, well I'll be seeing you ladies later, good luck tonight Kagome." He said and walked off before she could ask him any questions.
"Wonder what that meant?" Sango asked aloud.
"Knowing Miroku, who knows, but tell me more about this kiss…"
Sango looked away quickly. "Um, well…it was nothing really. Only for a minute or two."
"Yes, well a minute or two can become something more…a lot more"
InuYasha was waiting for Kagome in the lobby after work. He was oddly quiet the entire way home.
When they arrived at the door he stopped. Kagome arched a brow in a very InuYasha like fashion. He turned towards her and put his hand on her hips and pulled her close. He leaned in and in a husky voice said "I want you to go into your apartment, take a hot shower, put on a sexy dress and meet me in my apartment in two hours."
Kagome blushed and stuttered an "ok." She went into her apartment and ran to her closet. She was rushing to find a dress that was good enough to impress InuYasha. After all, the type of girls she saw exiting his apartment were double d's with blonde hair and skin tight clothes.
Doubt started to form in her mind if she could even turn his head the way they could. She chewed her bottom lip as her hand landed on a red dress she had never worn. Sango bought it for her as a gift on her 21st birthday and it still had the tag on it. She pulled it out and sat it on the bed.
She already wasted 15 minutes freaking out on what to wear so she couldn't waste anymore time. She took a twenty minute shower and washed her hair. She put some rollers in her hair and painted her nails and toes while she sat under the hair dryer.
She put on very light make-up and walked into her room. She looked into the mirror and took a deep breath.
"You can do this Kagome. You may not be a bombshell or some kind of porn vixen but you can charm him with your wit… This is sad, even I don't believe me." She sighed. "Well, there's nothing I can do about it now so I might as well get ready.
Kagome stepped out of her apartment wearing her curve hugging red dress. It had one strap that went over her left shoulder. The dress was tight, but not too tight. The fabric was soft to the touch and it stopped mid-thigh. She wore black peep toe stilettos and her hair bounced slightly when she walked. She opened InuYasha's door and heard him in the bathroom.
"InuYasha" Kagome called from his bedroom door.
"Gimmie a minute!" he yelled back and she heard the shower cut off.
"Are you just now getting out the shower?" she asked incredulously.
"Yeah, I fell asleep for a while. I'll be out in a minute."
He came out a few minutes later with his hair pulled back into a low ponytail with a pair of black slacks and a white shirt, unbuttoned of course.
When he looked over on his bed he saw Kagome and thought 'This is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my life.'
InuYasha was starring at Kagome and she blushed and looked away.
He walked over to her and pulled her up to him. Her eyes shot to his and his manly scent invaded her senses and made her lose her complete train of thought.
"You are so beautiful" he told her. He kissed her on her cheek and then again on her neck.
She unconsciously moved closer to him and moaned. Her eyes shot open and she blushed.
"So where are we going?" she asked nervously as she buttoned his shirt slowly.
"We are supposed to go to this restaurant downtown but if your hands keep toughing my chest like that then we won't make it out of this room." He grinned sexily.
"Well then…I guess I'll wait for you in the living room" she smiled and walked out of the room. InuYasha watched her bottom sway until she left his sight.
They left his apartment almost ten minutes later and arrived at the restaurant at 7:30.
They had a nice booth in the back and the entire restaurant was dimly lit. They sat and ordered their food.
"This is very nice. Is this what a date out with InuYasha looks like?" Kagome asked
"Only when I care about someone. I haven't done this in a while." He answered
"Neither have I. Last time I went out with Koga ended in disaster. Arguing in the middle of a restaurant. Not one of my finest moments but it was well worth the argument."
"What happened?"
"He got angry because the server pulled out my chair and threatened to get the guy fired, completely childish." Kagome shook her head.
"I had a similar experience with Kikyo. The waitress supposedly gave me more water than her and that was considered flirting and she screamed at the girl and made her cry."
"We definitely had a matching pair of nuts." Kagome said and they laughed.
The dinner went smoothly and they got to know each other much better.
They talked about their families and friends and past experiences in high school and college. They had so much in common but were total opposites at the same time.
When they got back to InuYasha's apartment they were holding hands and went inside his apartment.
They sat on the couch and drank almost an entire bottle of wine. They laughed and Kagome finished the last of her glass. She was definitely tipsy. She sat her glass on the table, barely making it, without breaking the glass.
"Maybe I should move those." InuYasha said grabbing it from her.
When their skin came into contact with each other's there was a spark between them.
Kagome pulled InuYasha's face to hers and pressed her lips against his hard. InuYasha took control and leaned her back against the couch, never breaking the kiss.
Kagome unbuttoned his shirt and realized the glass was still in his hand.
"Maybe you should put those in the kitchen before we break them." She suggested.
He got the glasses and the empty wine bottle and put headed in the kitchen. He rinsed the glasses and left them in the sink and put the bottle in the trash.
He walked back into the living room to find Kagome asleep on the couch.
He laughed and picked her up and headed on in the bedroom.