It's been awhile but work has been busy so haven't had time to upload or do much of anything else for that matter. Oh well as goes life so too I go. Hope you enjoy; much love for you all. Keva

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Naraku waited… and waited… and waited… AND WAITED for what seemed like forever. In fact it had only been a mere two hours since Sesshoumaru went to his room and he didn't know if he was asleep yet. He wanted to go up and check but if he wasn't; then what? Did he just go in there and ravish him on the spot; which is what he really wanted to do.

He knew Sesshoumaru liked to sit up and read one of his old books for awhile before going to bed. However it was now two in the morning and Sesshoumaru on a normal day was asleep by ten but today wasn't a normal day. So what did he do?

Should he risk it or should he wait a little while longer?

He wanted to ask Jak what he thought he should do. However Jak was out cold on Kage's lap and he didn't want to wake him up just for a question to cure his indecision. Especially since Kage looked like he was quite content having Jak curled up on his lap.

"I'm heading out."

"Yea me too." He answered as he glanced at the stairs for the millionth time in the matter of minutes.

Kikyo smirked at him. "You must really be into that boy."

"What?" He drew his brows as he looked at her.

"Alright," She placed her hands on her hips. "what is it Naraku? I know you and when you're this out of it something's on your mind."

Naraku just gave a small shake of his head. "Just debating with myself."

At that her eyes widened. "Now I've never known you to be unsure about anything. So what's the problem? Maybe I can help."

"I doubt it." He snorted.

She huffed at that. "Well now tell me how can you know I can't help if you don't tell me what the problem is."

"Alright," he arched a brow at her. "Sesshoumaru is up in the room, I want to crawl into bed with him, but I don't know if he's asleep or not."

"If he is or if he isn't what difference does it make?" She stared hard at him. "You're not planning on just jumping in bed with him; are you?"

"It crossed my mind." He shrugged dismissively.

"Crossed your mind?" She questioned in shock. "Does he even want you in his bed?"

"I don't know." He stared at her like Sesshoumaru's opinion didn't matter one way or the other. "I mean we've kissed here and there and he did get jealous because of you."

"That doesn't equate to just jumping into his bed." She countered. "Unless he invites you you can't do that to him."

He snorted at that. "That boy will never invite me to do anything."

"Even still that doesn't give you the right to just jump into his bed." She stared hard at him. "Instead of just throwing yourself at him why don't you date him." When he just stared blankly at her she sighed deeply. "I can't believe I have to tell you about dating."

"Oh DATING." He drawled sarcastically.

"Yes DATING." She nodded curtly at him with a glare not liking his sarcasm. "Take him out somewhere he's never been before or to somewhere he would really want to go." She suddenly stared wide eyed at him. "Didn't you say he was into old books or something?"

"Loves them." He snorted. "But I can't afford books on the scale he's looking to buy."

"I didn't say buy him a book; now did I?" She bit out completely irritated that Naraku was acting sooo stupid. She didn't remember him being this dumb when they were together or did she just not notice?

He nearly huffed as he stared at her. "Then what else is there?"

"Oh I don't know," she waved an annoyed hand through the air. "maybe find an old book store to take him to or something. You know a date something like you did with me when we first met."

"Oooh," Kagome called from the other side of the room. "take him antiquing for books down in old town. Maybe he'll find an old book that you can afford to buy."

"Now that's a good idea." Kikyo agreed. "And maybe he'll find a really rare book that no one knows is rare but him."

Naraku looked between the two woman. "That doesn't sound like a bad idea."

"Of course it isn't." Kikyo sighed again. "Woo him proper and he'll be puddy in your hands before you know it." She planted a kiss on his cheek. "If you need advice or anything call me and I'll help however I can."

"Will do." He hugged her then walked her to the door. "Wish me luck."

She snorted at that. "Not on your life," she smirked. "with your kind of luck I'd probably jinx you." She winked at him. "I'll see you later."

Naraku watched her go then closed the door and returned to the living room.

"I just say do what you want and whatever happens happens." Kage partially slurred.

"Oh is that what you're doing?" He arched a dark brow at him as he eyed Jak in his lap cuddled against him. "Just letting it happen?"

Kage shrugged. "I'm his one and only; why fight it?"

"That's the silliest thing I've ever heard." Kagome pointed out. "If you don't want it don't let it just happen."

"Woman mind your own." Hiten ordered with a glare at her.

"Hey I'm just trying to help." She countered. "Unlike you who does nothing and says nothing!"

Hiten snorted at that. "You see that over there?" He nodded at Kage and Jak.

She narrowed her eyes as she stared at him. "Of course I do they're right in front of me after all."

"Well there you go." He nodded.

Kagome rolled her eyes at him. "That is not hooking them up."

"Well just shy of throwing them both into bed together butt naked I think we've done enough!"

"Hey!" She pointed a sharp finger in his face. "Don't you yell at me!"

"I'll yell at you if I want to!" He challenged.

"And I'll punch you soooo hard if you don't shut-up right now!"

Naraku snorted at the two with a small shake of his head. With Hiten and Kagome it was the same damn thing day in day out. Argue, argue, argue, and claim that they do no such thing. They had to of been made for each other.

"I'm going to bed." Kage set his drink on the end table. "I'm partied out." He yawned, gathered up Jak, and on wobbly legs stood up.

"Do you really think you can make it up the stairs in your condition while carrying someone?" Naraku arched a brow at him.

"Absolutely." He nodded curtly. "It's all a matter of bal…" He trailed off as he fell back into the couch jarring Jak awake.

"Yea balance; that's all it'll take." Kagome rolled her eyes at him.

"What's going on?" Jak yawned.

"Oh nothing but Kage trying to kill both you and him all in one fail swoop." Hiten answered with a snort.

"What?" He drew his brows as he stared over at him.

Naraku shook his head. "Just get up and help Kage to bed then get in it with him."

"I think I can do that." He got up, stretched, yawned again, and turned to the man on the couch. "Come on big boy lets get you to bed." He held a hand out to him.

Kage grunted and took the hand held out to him. Though due to the size to size and weight to weight ratio between him and Jak he just ended up pulling him back down onto his lap.

Jak huffed irritably then looked at Naraku. "Think you can put those thick muscles of yours to good use?" He huffed.

"I suppose." He shrugged. "But it'll cost you."

"Cost me?" He glared at him. "Why should it cost me anything to get him off his ass and into bed?"

"Because it's just where you want both him and you to be." He smirked.

"I don't need your help to get into his bed." He glared at him.

"No but I need yours to get into Sesshoumaru's."

Jak shook his head and rolled his eyes at that. "Why didn't you just say that in the first damn place?"

"What can I say," he shrugged. "I just like to make things difficult."

Jak crossed his arms over his chest indignantly. "No wonder you can't get into his bed."

"Very funny." He grunted.

"Aren't I though." He smirked back then stood up. "Alright lets get him into bed then you can tell me what your problem is."

"Yes because it's clearly me and not Sesshoumaru's standoffishness." He grumbled to himself as he moved around the couch to get Kage up so they could get him into bed.

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Twenty minutes and a lot of arguing with Kage later; Naraku and Jak stood outside Kage's door staring at each other tiredly.

"So what's the problem?" Jak stared up at him. "And can we make this quick; I don't want him passing out on me."

Naraku snorted at that. "Okay, Sesshoumaru got jealous of Kikyo, stormed off to bed, and now I need to make him feel better. I was thinking of crawling into bed with him but was told that might be a bad idea."

Jak just stared at him wide eyed. "Sesshoumaru? Jealous? Are you sure?" He questioned suspiciously; Sesshoumaru and jealous did not go together In the same sentence… ever.

"Well he nearly bit my head off about Kikyo kissing me and got rather bent out of shape about her hanging all over me; which she never did. Then he stormed off and went to bed without another word." He sighed deeply. "So I can only assume he was jealous."

Jak just stared at him trying to wrap his mind around what he just said. "I don't believe it." He shook his head.

"Yes and had it not happened to me I wouldn't have believed it either." He sighed again. "So what do you think? You've known him longer than anyone; any advice on what I should do would be very helpful."

"Yes I know Sesshoumaru but I've never once in our entire friendship seen him get jealous over anything." He stared wide eyed at him. "So whatever it is with you must be serious."

"Well that doesn't help me at all." He scowled. "Just tell me; should I go hop into his bed and cuddle him or have my way with him?"

"You try to have your way with him and I believe he would gut you." He nodded curtly at him. "You move to fast with my Sessy and he'll either run like a coward or destroy you."

"So a good cuddling then?" He arched a dark brow at him.

Jak shook his head. "No, he's mad at you apparently and that'll only make it worse."

"Then what do you propose I do?" He questioned exasperatedly.

"Just what you've been doing that made him so jealous in the first place." He nodded.

Naraku suddenly smirked at that. "Jumping into his bed it is then."

"You haven't been jumping into his bed." He drew his brows. "Well he hasn't said anything about you doing that anyway."

"That's because I haven't." He nodded at him. "With Sesshoumaru I haven't been giving him a choice. I just do what I want, he threatens me, I ignore him, things are fine for a day or two, then we do it all over again."

Jak just shook his head. "Yes I knew about you doing as you pleased but jumping into bed with him…"

"I'm not going to ravish him." He scowled at him. "That's not the best way to woo your future girlfriend you know."

Jak grinned at that. "Agreed." He then sighed. "Here's my advice; it's like I just said. Do what you've been doing because it's obviously getting under his skin and believe it or not he likes it."

"That I can do." He smirked at him. "Well you better get in there and get your man before he's too out cold."

He looked at Kage's door and smiled. "No matter how out cold he is," he looked back at him. "I'll get him up." He then winked at him and opened the door. "Oh and one more thing," he looked back at him. "go easy on my little tiger. Under all that cement he's a tender soul."

Naraku just nodded and headed towards his room. Tender soul his ass, that boy was hard through and through and that is what he liked about him.

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Instead of walking into his room like he normally did; Naraku quietly cracked it open to peek in and see if Sesshoumaru was awake. However Sesshoumaru's bed in relation to the door and the wall to the closet left Naraku with nothing to see but a white wall.

"Damn." He quietly hissed then pushed the door open and walked into the room.

To his relief Sesshoumaru was indeed asleep and he couldn't help but smile at the boy in the bed. The only word that ever came to mind every night at seeing Sesshoumaru sleep as he was was cute. Yet… there was something almost sad about the scene as well.

Every night Sesshoumaru would fall asleep on his stomach, head on pillow, and arm dangling over the edge. However eventually in his sleep he would roll onto his side, pull his pillow down to his chest, and curl around it. It was like he was looking for something to hold onto; something solid.

He closed the door behind him and moved to stand next to Sesshoumaru's bed just staring down at him. All he could do was think that he could be whatever it was Sesshoumaru wanted to hold.

He pulled his shirt off and let it drop to the floor before doing the same with his pants. He then eased himself down to sit on the edge of his bed and begin to work the pillow from his grasp without waking him up.

Gently he placed his fingers on his back at the base of his neck and slowly trailed them down the length of his spine. It was just light enough to cause Sesshoumaru to shift his shoulders to make it stop; it didn't stop. He kept it up until Sesshoumaru released his hold on his pillow and rolled onto his back to get away from the tickling thing.

"Perfect." Naraku grinned then moved the pillow back up to the head of the bed before quietly lying down next to the sleeping boy. Now it was just a matter of time before Sesshoumaru would seek out his small piece of comfort and would get something bigger and a whole lot more comforting.

Again he found himself WAITING on Sesshoumaru and he did not like it at all. Although what he was waiting for this time was going to be well worth it. To feel that warm little body pressed against his own; it was going to be hard not to just roll him over and have his way with him.

That led him to wonder if this was indeed a good idea or not? Was this going to lead only to him torturing himself for the rest of the night? It kind of felt like that was what was going to end up happening but it would be worth it in the long run. Sesshoumaru was going to be his no matter what he had to do to get him even if that did mean spending time in dusty old book stores. Yes he was going to woo Sesshoumaru proper.

With that thought in his head he let his eyes fall closed with a smile on his lips as Sesshoumaru rolled over and curled against his side.