Discalimer: I don't own Inuyasha. Ms. Takahashi hasn't responded about trading my car for him. Well…fingers crossed.

Inuyasha had been true to his word. He stopped partying. It had been pretty hard not to, since he had a break from filming, but he was determined to prove to Kagome that he could change. He and Sango had talked about it, and she pointed out that this may be the best way to get Kagome to see him in a different light.

After the break, the paparazzi were still on the assault, and Kagome was a little worse for wear. She looked tired when she walked in the door, but the look was quickly wiped off her face when she walked in the makeup trailer to see Inuyasha sitting in her chair, sipping a cup of coffee and read a newspaper. Inuyasha looked at her out of the corner of his eye, trying to make it look like he wasn't waiting for her reaction.

"Good Morning," Kagome said cheerfully, with just a hint of surprise.

"Oh," Inuyasha said putting down his paper, trying his best to seem casual. "Hey, I didn't hear you come in."

"Yeah, right" Kagome laughed. Inuyasha's heart leapt. He hadn't realized until just now how beautiful her laugh really was. "You're here early." she remarked, placing her bag under her station.

"Yeah," Inuyasha smirked. "Would have been here earlier, but…" he leaned over and grabbed a second cup of coffee, handing it to Kagome with a smile.

"Hmm," Kagome glared at him playfully. "This had better not be decaf or I might kill you." Inuyasha smiled and shrugged his shoulders. Kagome laughed making his heart thrill again. She sipped the coffee and beamed. "How'd you know I take cream and six sugars?" Inuyasha just smiled and shrugged again. Kagome just smiled at him, staring a little too long directly into his eyes. Kagome seemed to realize that she was staring and blushed. "Uh, Thank you." she stammered quickly looking away.

And with that Kagome dove into her work. Inuyasha chatted with her, trying to ask questions that would help him get to know her better. They chatted about, books, movies, favorite foods, pet peeves. Inuyasha was trying to compile a list of things in his head. Her favorite book was Pride and Prejudice, he'd never read that so he wanted to get a copy. Her favorite movie was Some like it Hot, he'd never even heard of that. Favorite food, pasta…an idea started forming in his head. But before he could say anything Kagome let out a rather big yawn.

"You ok?" Inuyasha asked.

"I'm fine," Kagome said taking another swig off her coffee. "Just didn't sleep last night."

"What were you too excited to come in and see me?" Inuyasha jested earning another lyrical laugh from Kagome.

"No," she said moving in to apply the prosthetics to cover his ears. "The paparazzi were outside my house all night last night, crawling around in bushes, and trying to snap pictures through the windows." Inuyasha heard her but she was so close to his face right now her was too busy fighting the urge to kiss her. He took a deep steadying breath, but she smelled so good, it did nothing to clear his head.

"That's insane," he murmured, staring at her studying her features. "You…uh" he lost his train of thought. She was simply too close to him for him to think clearly. "Uh…did you call the cops?" he stammered.

"Not much that they could do," Kagome shrugged. "Freedom of the press and what not…" Inuyasha frowned. He was really enjoying this sort of flirty banter. He didn't want it to end. But her work was almost done. And her was due on set soon. Of course he'd see her out there, but this was perfect. Uninterrupted time with her to try and convince her that he was worth a shot.

An idea started forming in his head, before he'd really had the chance to think it through he blurted out, "Why don't you stay with me this week?" He watched as her smile faded into a look of confusion.

"Really?" she sounded excited, but hesitant.

"Yeah," Inuyasha smiled trying to find a way to recover from his half thought offer. "I have a spare bedroom, with it's own bathroom. My apartment building has a doorman who's used to chasing off paparazzi so you could catch up on your sleep and maybe if you don't go home for a few days the reporters outside your place will give up and move on to someone else."

Inuyasha amazed himself. It really sounded like a well thought out plan. He knew if he could just spend a little more time with her that he would be able to…well what he didn't really know. He knew it'd be hard to keep his libido in check but he knew that he could.

Kagome smiled at him, "I don't know. I could just stay at Sango's." Inuyasha panicked slightly. Damn assistant, not even here and she was ruining everything.

"Yeah," he shrugged trying his best to sound nonchalant. "You could, but he place is easier to get into than my place." Inuyasha was desperately trying to come up with a better reason than that, but Kagome's solution was sound. His stomach dropped a little in disappointment.

"Yeah," Kagome said brightly. "Why not stay with you? I mean as long as you behave yourself" Inuyasha's heard soared. He did his best to keep a goofy love-sick grin off his face. He noticed, disappointed that she was cleaning her brushes and putting things away. This meant that she was done and their time together had come to an end.

"Uh," Inuyasha stammered. He really hadn't been prepared for what he would do if she accepted. "I do have a couple of friends coming over for dinner tonight." Kagome's eyes narrowed at him. "Not girls or anything, well one of them is a girl, but she married. But it's not like that she's married to my friend." He was suddenly so nervous that he couldn't seem to spit out that it wasn't a date. Much to his surprise, Kagome laughed. He took a deep breath and calmed down a little.

"Ok," Inuyasha tried his best to laugh at his own stupidity. "Let's try this again. My friend Koga, and HIS wife Ayame are coming over for dinner tonight." Kagome's face seemed unmoved but the way her posture shifted suggested that she was happy it wasn't a date. Maybe I actually have a shot, Inuyasha thought. "I'm sure they'd love to hear about my pathetic antics while on set, that is" he paused, praying to anyone who was listening that she'd say yes. "If you maybe want to be my date for the evening?"

Inuyasha swore that the pause that followed his question lasted an hour. He was so nervous around this girl that he just couldn't help but acting like a fool. He so desperately wanted her to say yes, but he was so sure she wouldn't. Kagome said something that was so quiet he couldn't tell what she'd said.

"I'm sorry," Inuyasha said. "I didn't hear that."

"Yes," Kagome said again a little louder. "I'll go to this dinner with you…as your date."

Authors Note: Grrrrr. I'm sooooo not happy with this chapter. It took forever to write and I kept getting distracted and loosing my train of thought. But there it is. I plan to try a re-write on this at some point in the future, but I felt that it was more important to try to get back in the swing of things after the weekend and just keep writing rather than fret over the fact that this one short section doesn't live up to my stupid standards. Hope it's not too fragmented.

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