This oneshot is rather long. I was up till 5 in the morning trying to finish this, but didn't and just finished it a little while ago. It's actually sorta based on this hentai manga (I came across it while trying to look for some smutty doujinshis *teehee!*) and despite the hentai parts, the story was actually very sad, but very sweet. I forget what the manga's called though... Anyway, R & R! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Teletubbies are not mine. Inuyasha isn't either but this fanfic is!



Waiting: The Request

by PhoenixBlade

Rated T



The Deal

He could hardly believe what he was hearing. He, Sesshoumaru, had just been asked by his younger half brother, Inuyasha, to help his best friend study to pass the exams to graduate. At the moment, the whelp was looking away in annoyance with a scowl on his face. It was clear that he didn't want to ask him for help, but something must have triggered this request.

"You…want this Sesshoumaru to help your friend study?"

The boy's eyes snapped at him in anger and Sesshoumaru merely smirked back at him. The boy didn't like him, nor he to him. They had hated each other since they were little and he wouldn't have it any other way. Annoying the brat and making him weak and vulnerable in front of him always made his day.

"Tch! I don't really wanna have you do this either, alright!? So you gonna do this or what?"

The boy had the nerve to snarl at him… but no matter, he was enjoying this small act of submission.

Turning to the next page of the book in his hands, he spoke up, "And what do I get in return?"

Inuyasha was biting his lip to stay silent, but his aura was flaring up a storm. Whatever he was giving up, he obviously didn't want to say it.

"Well?" he asked the boy as he closed the book.

"…"

The college student placed the book back on the bookshelf and began walking away, "If you've nothing to offer, then this Sesshoumaru will-"

"I'll dogsit Fluffy next month," he barked out finally.

He stopped and turned around. It was a tempting offer. By doing this, he could free up his schedule for the next month and take that nagging girlfriend of his to that damn restaurant that she had been whining about for the last couple of days.

"Make it three and I may consider it," Sesshoumaru added as he tossed his silver white hair over his shoulder for effect.

Inuyasha's face turned red with anger and yelled, "What!? But graduation's in three months! I can't watch a dog while I'm studying for the exams!"

"Hn. Then you will have to find another tutor for your friend," he told him nonchalantly and turned back towards the exit.

"Two months! That's all I'm offering!"

Sesshoumaru stopped and thought it over for a few seconds before speaking again, "Two months and babysitting Rin next month when she's over."

Inuyasha huffed in anger, but replied, "Fine! I'll dogsit and babysit!"

Sesshoumaru smiled to himself. He would be free for the next two months! It was too bad he didn't stop to look around to see the reaction on the idiot's face, but he could probably imagine how it looked like, and what a sight it probably was!

"Tell that friend of yours to come home with you tomorrow. We start right away," he told him and exited the room.



The Friend

Of all the people he could have had to tutor, he didn't think that it would be her, the chatterbox girl. There she was, sitting on the other side of the table in her white and green school uniform, dark hair tousled and unkept from a long day at school and hazel blue eyes sparkling in gratitude. This girl, Kagome, was also the whelp's best friend, and one he had hoped wasn't the one who needed tutoring.

"You have no idea how grateful I am to have you help me on studying!" she smiled brightly at him, "Thanks Sesshoumaru!"

Honestly, this girl was too happy for him. Everytime he saw her over at their house, she was always laughing, smiling and killing his ears with her incessant talking. His father adored her, his step-mother loved her like the daughter she never had and their cousin, little Rin, wanted her for a sister. Even Fluffy, his dog, always ran to her whenever she was over. Sometimes he just wanted to darken that radiating light of hers just a tad bit so he wasn't overly blinded by her bright white teeth.

"Hn. Do not thank me yet girl. Before we begin, I must set some rules for you first."

She rose one eyebrow but nodded, "Um, sure… I guess."

"First off, be punctual. I do not like tardiness. Aside from tardiness, I do not like absences either. You will come here everyday when you are not at your club practice. If you miss one day of our lessons, I will immediately call this off and you will have to find another tutor," he told her.

She rose her hand, "Wait, what if my brother gets sick or the teacher keeps me afterschool for some reason?"

He narrowed his eyes on her. Did this girl not know how to respect rules?

"There will be no excuses," he told her sternly in an even voice, "You will either be here or not here at all."

She looked at him with mouth open wide in retaliation, but clamped it shut after nothing came out. She crossed her arms in annoyance, reminding him of a certain half brother of his who always did the same thing.

"I see the half-breed has rubbed off on you," he scoffed.

She scowled at him, "Yeah well, at least he doesn't have an icicle shoved up his ass."

He didn't like her attitude. The half-breed was certainly rubbing off on her in more ways than one.

"And another thing, you will respect me or I will have no qualms about ending our study session here and now," he told her, voice more stern and annoyed than before.

She waved her hands frantically in the air, "Ok ok ok… I'm sorry for acting this way. I'll go by your rules. It's just that… well, I'm really happy that you agreed to help me, but I'm just not used to… you know…"

Me, you're talking about me right? Hn. No matter, by the time I'm done with you, you'll wish you never asked me for help… he thought to himself.

"Hn. Very well then. Let's begin."

She smiled and opened her book.



The Late One

He tapped his finger on the table. Sesshoumaru was not a patient man. The girl was already half an hour late. Honestly, she had promised him that she would abide by his rules and not be late, but at the end of the week had broken rule number one.

The sound of running footsteps caught his attention. Suddenly, the door was thrown open and a panting Kagome rushed into the room with her book bag.

"You're late," he told her, annoyed.

Her hands were down on her knees as she sought to calm down her breathing. He wasn't happy, especially in having to wait for her to start their lesson.

Her head rose and she panted, "Sorry… Important…Phone call… Something… came up…"

"You agreed that you would not be late," he told her with a grim look on his face.

After catching her breath she stood up straight and clasped her hands together, "I know… Sorry! I promise it won't happen again!"

Fuming, and not wanting to argue with her any further, he slammed his book down none too gently.

"If you are late again, I will not hesitate to increase your workload for the next lesson," he barked at her.

She looked at him hesitantly, "So… you're not canceling our study session?"

He looked at her annoyingly. Seriously, was this girl stupid?

"Are you absent? If you are not, sit down and open your book!"

Instead of saying anything back, she smiled at him and did as he told. Sparing one last glance at her, he opened his book.

"Let's begin."



The Book

"I can't believe you lost your book!" he fumed one more time.

She turned away from the bookshelf and clasped her hands together in forgiveness, something that he had come to acknowledge and hate about her, "I'm really sorry! I didn't mean to lose it! When I got home, I realized that it was missing! I'm really really sorry!"

"Whatever. Hurry up and look for it," Sesshoumaru scoffed and walked away from her.

What should have been another evening of studying turned into a book hunt at the book store. Kagome had lost her book somewhere at school and in turn, turned up at the mansion bookless and clueless. Already two and a half weeks into her lessons, it took her several promises to do extra homework for him to relent and not stop their lessons. Plus, he was actually starting to, dare he say it, enjoy himself around her. The girl was easy to tease and though she talked back and blabbered the night away, she made him feel at ease… something his current girlfriend could never do.

He suddenly felt someone jump on him, "Sneak attack!"

Realizing whose voice and hands were poking his back, he turned around and faced the attacker head on, "Kagome, we've no time for your antics. We've wasted the evening away and by the time we get back to the mansion, it'll be time for dinner and there won't be enough time for you to study!"

She smiled and lightly punched him in the shoulder, "Oh come on Sesshoumaru! You're such a spoilsport! Lighten up a little! Instead of eating with the family tonight, we can eat in the study room if that'll work out better for you."

He sighed, "Father will not be pleased. We must eat with the family, as we've been doing every night since you've studied at our house."

Her smile faded away into a pout, "You're right. Your dad's not one to mince words with. He's a great guy, but I've never seen him angry…I doubt I'll ever want to see him angry."

He looked down and saw a book in her hands. Taking the book, he looked through it, "Is this it?"

"Well, you tell me Einstein. Is it the book?"

He glared at her unappreciatively and she smirked back at him. Rolling his eyes, he turned away and began walking towards the cashier.

"You did not just roll your eyes at me!" Kagome exclaimed in astonishment, "The Ice Prince can actually be a human being sometimes!"

He sighed in annoyance and placed the book down on the counter. Kagome giggled and came up beside him. The cashier, an old man, saw Kagome and flashed a toothy smile at her.

"Good evening Kagome!" he greeted her.

"Good evening, Fujimoto-san!" Kagome beamed at the old man, "How're you doing today? Is your wife in or is she teaching a lesson today?"

Sesshoumaru rose an eyebrow in slight interest as the two became engrossed in their conversation. He was rather surprised that the old man was so responsive to Kagome… as well as talkative as her.

Well whaddya know, birds of a feather flock together… he surmised.

"Oh! By the way, that Brail book you wanted is coming in tomorrow. Will you be in tomorrow to get it?" the old man asked her, capturing Sesshoumaru's attention.

She shook her head, "No, I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow. Maybe I'll stop by this weekend."

Someone cleared their throat behind them, catching the attention of the old man.

"Oh I'm sorry. Here we are talking and I haven't told you the price yet!" the old man chuckled.

"Oh, hold on a second, Fujimoto-san. I have to look for my wallet," she told him as she searched in her bag.

Sesshoumaru shoved a card in front of the old man. He took it and ran it through as Kagome looked on in shock.

"Sesshoumaru! What do you think you're doing!?" she shouted at him.

The old man handed back his card and receipt, and he took it, "What do you think I just did, girl? Take your book, we're going back right now. No more delay."

He left the store as Kagome grabbed her book and rushed out after him.

"B-but it was my book! I could have paid for it!" she exclaimed.

"Hn. You can pay me back later," he merely said.

After a few more moments of bantering back and forth, Kagome finally came to the conclusion that she would pay him back by taking him out for a day with a free meal.

"It'll only have meaning if you pass the test," he teased her in his regular bored tone.

She punched him in the shoulder, "Don't jinx it for me!"

He smirked and the two continued walking in silence for a few moments before he remembered what the old man and she were talking about at the store.

"You read Brail?"

She seemed to have jumped out at her thoughts and turned to him, "Um, sort of. I just started and I'm not that good yet."

"Hn."

He was surprised that she would even take interest in things of that sort, but this was Kagome, someone whom was starting to amaze him in ways he never would have thought possible. Perhaps she wasn't as stupid as she had first seemed…

They didn't speak the rest of the way.



The Break-up

The door to the study room opened just as he chucked his cell phone at the wall beside a surprised Kagome.

"What're you doing here!? Get out!" he yelled at her angrily.

He was in no mood to be messed with today. His girlfriend-correction, his ex-girlfriend, had the gall to call him just a moment ago trying to explain her questionable position on top of their professor, in his office no less, the day before. After catching them together, he broke it off with her, but she had been trying to call him since yesterday and he had been ignoring her calls. When he finally answered the last call and demanded answers, she finally broke down and told him that she had been sleeping around with the professor for the past few months. He was an idiot not to have realized it… but then again, his interest in her had been waning…

Kagome stood still and was quiet. He noticed that it was the first time he had seen her without her school uniform on. This was their first weekend studying together due to a switch in both their schedules.

Calming himself down, he spoke, "Forgive me. Today… is not a good day. We'll continue your lessons tomorrow."

She set her lips to a grim straight line, "No."

He wasn't in the mood for a sparring contest with her today and glared murderously at her, "Girl, did you not hear me? Leave!"

Instead of doing as he said, she walked forward and grabbed him.

"What're you doing!?" he growled at her, but she ignored it.

"You, Sesshoumaru, are coming with this Kagome to forget your woes. So shut up and just come with me or I will tell Inuyasha about this," she told him forcefully.

If Inuyasha got wind of this, he would never let him down about it… Defeated, Sesshoumaru sighed and stopped fighting back. Though small and seemingly weak, Kagome was quite the powerhouse sometimes…and sometimes… she seemed stronger than him…



The Day Out

Kagome was licking an ice cream cone as Sesshoumaru looked off in the distance wordlessly.

Why was he here at the park with her again? Oh right, she was trying to cheer him up after he broke up with his girlfriend. After she nagged him incessantly about why he was so pissed off, he finally gave in and told her. He mentally groaned and slapped himself on the head. He had just shown weakness in front of a girl, Inuyasha's best friend no less.

"So why did you go out with her?" she asked him after she finished her cone.

Too tired to care about his pride, he answered, "She came to me. She had a sexy body so I went out with her."

Kagome rose an eyebrow at him and scoffed, "Men!"

"It's the truth. I am a man and when I want something, I get it," he told her.

She shook her head at him. "You may get what you want, but it doesn't look like you're any good at keeping it."

He scoffed and leaned his head back on the cool bench. Kagome looked at him and giggled a little.

"Inuyasha used to tell me stories about you two, you know? He always told me about how he always had to fight for the things he wanted, like his girlfriend Kikyou, and you always got what you wanted."

He closed his eyes and zoned in on her talking.

"But you never could keep the things that you wanted, could you?" she said to him, "…I have something to tell you."

"Hn."

She hesitated a bit, but continued, "While you were away at the university, Inuyasha and I sometimes...uh… raided your room."

His eyes snapped open and he looked at her with a not too happy face, but she giggled at him instead.

"Oh don't worry," she waved her hand at him, "we didn't do anything to your stuff."

"I would hope that none of my things were touched," he scoffed.

She smiled lightly and turned to look at her feet, "We never took anything, just kind of browsed through, you know?... Your room was really clean, like nothing had been touched and everything had been placed there for a long time. Not like Inuyasha's messy and junkyard of a room, but I was surprised as I looked through your things… there was nothing at all."

Shaking her head, she looked back at him, "How could someone like you, who had all that he could ever want, not have anything at all?"

He said nothing and looked down, but she continued.

"Then it dawned on me, everything that you got freely had no meaning for you. You never had to work or fight for the things that you've wanted. They came easy to you. Even Inuyasha, who had to fight for what he wanted, kept almost all his junk with him, but you… You got things handed to you on a silver platter, but they have no meaning to you and you tossed all that stuff away soon after you lost interest, didn't you?"

She placed her hand on his face and turned him to look at her, "Sesshoumaru, don't be angry with yourself. You're just trying to be as human as the rest of us. Take this as a lesson in life that not all things are given freely and not all things are kept easily by your own will and whim. You'll have to fight for what you want and keep fighting so that they'll never leave you."

Her hand felt so warm against his skin. He wanted to lean into it and never let go. Kagome… suddenly felt special to him.



The Talk

"What? Kagome? No, she's not dating anyone," Inuyasha shouted to him over a wet, soapy big dog who was trying to get away from him, "Wait, why're you asking me something like that?"

"None of your business whel-… it's nothing…" he told him and began walking away, "Thank you for the talk."

Just as he turned a corner, he overheard Inuyasha saying, "Did he just…thank me?"



The Book – Found

"Sesshoumaru, you didn't have to drive me home, you know. I could have taken the train…"

He had driven her home after another study session and they were now walking up the steps of the shrine to her house.

He shook his head, "Nonsense. If I am to tutor you, I am also in charge of your personal well-being while you are in my hands."

She shrugged at him, "Well, suit yourself, but don't complain tomorrow about failing your exam or something because you drove me home."

Reaching the door, Kagome knocked and it opened a few moments later, revealing Kagome's mother.

"Tadaima!" Kagome said to her mother.

"Oh, okaerinasai!" her mother replied back and turned to Sesshoumaru who bowed slightly in respect to her, "Sesshoumaru-kun, I'm sorry for bothering you with having to drive Kagome home, but thank you for doing so."

He shook his head, "No Higurashi-san, I don't mind driving her home at all. Since she has to come to our house to study, it is only fitting that I drive her home."

"Honestly, I've been telling her that she shouldn't take the trains home alone at night, but she won't listen to me!" her mother said.

"Mom!" Kagome groaned, "I'll be fine! I've been doing this since Inuyasha and I were kids in elementary school. I haven't been jumped or mugged yet so I'm perfectly safe!"

Her mother frowned, "Young lady, just because it hasn't happened doesn't mean it won't."

Sesshoumaru decided to interrupt, "Higurashi-san, if you don't mind, I can bring her home after her study sessions. It was rude of me not to have enforced this at the beginning."

"Oh thank you Sesshoumaru-kun! It does a mother good to know that her daughter would be well cared for!"

Kagome rolled her eyes and walked into the house past her mother.

"Oh! By the way Kagome," her mother spoke up stopping her, "You remember that book that you lost several weeks ago? Well, it was in the living room where I told you to look. Didn't you see it?"

Kagome hesitated for a bit, but shook her head. She seemed… distressed…

Her mother, picking up her distress, turned away to look at Sesshoumaru, "W-well, it's been a long night and I'm sure you're tired Sesshoumaru-kun. Would you like to spend the night? It's late and perhaps driving home in the morning would be best for you."

Turning his gaze away from Kagome, he shook his head, "Thank you but I will have to decline your invitation. Perhaps another day. Have a good night Higurashi-san."

He bowed to her and turned around making his way back to his car.

That… was odd…



The Call

His phone was ringing and her name was on the screen. Although they had started talking (more like she was doing all the talking) over the phone, this was the first time she had called him…on a day that she had her study session with him.

Picking up the phone, he answered, "Kagome? What is it?"

There was silence over the phone.

"Kagome?"

"Um… Hey…" she hesitated.

He started to grow worried, "Is something wrong?"

"No! No, no, nothing's wrong… um… but… well… it's about today's lesson…"

Worry was growing into slight frustration due to her hesitation, "Can you not come today?"

"Yeah… Um… Well, you see… there's a doctor's appointment that I have to go to…"

He became confused. Doctor? Was she not feeling well?

"Are you ok, Kagome?" the worry came back in his voice.

"I'm fine! Nothing to worry about me! It's just…um… there's a doctor's appointment that I have to go to-with my mom! Yes, with my mom. It's for her. You know, old people and all, they have to go get their tetanus and rabies shots and other old people shots that they can only do with doctors you know… not do like doing them, but do stuff with their doctors…the good medicine stuff!"

He was starting to get the feeling that she was hiding something from him.

"What is it, Kagome?" his voice was stern and growing impatient.

"W-well," she stammered, "Remember rule number three? About how I couldn't miss a day?"

Despite her obvious display of hesitation and keeping things from him, he calmed down realizing that she wanted the day off.

"Can you not come in today then?"

"No… am I in trouble?" she squeaked over the line.

He was silent, not sure how to respond, but he felt something odd, at the pit of his stomach rumbling and rising, all the way up to his lungs, his windpipes and finally out his mouth. He was… laughing.

"Sesshoumaru? Are you… laughing?" Kagome asked quietly.

He laughed and nodded into the phone. Honestly, his Kagome was such an idiot at times, but she was adorably funny in her own way.

After a couple of choked laughs, he managed to speak, "It's fine. If you can't come today, it's quite alright. Will you be free tomorrow?"

"Well… no. I won't be free the rest of the week until Sunday. Sorry, but can we use that day to pack in all the lessons that I'll miss?"

"Kagome, I don't like making adjustments to our schedule… but if you must…"

"Oh really!? Thanks Sesshoumaru! I'm sorry for all the trouble, but thanks so much! I'll be there on Sunday, bright and early and ready to learn!" she yelled happily into the phone.

When she hung up, he realized that he had just thought of Kagome as… his Kagome…

Suddenly, an idea popped into his head…



The Talk - Take Two

"So… that's all the things that she likes, including amusement parks. Got all that?" Inuyasha told him as he slapped a heaping spoon of ice cream into a bowl for their little cousin Rin.

Sesshoumaru quickly scribbled the rest in as Inuyasha gave their cousin her bowl. She took it happily and began chowing down.

"Sesshoumaru-sama! Can Rin come with Kagome-neechan and Sesshoumaru-sama too?" she asked through spoonful of ice cream in her mouth.

"No Rin. Inuyasha has promised to take you to go see the Teletubbies movie that you wanted to see," he told her as he put the small notepad away.

"Aw come on! Teletubbies!? You've got to be kidding me!" Inuyasha moaned.

"You promised or the deal's off!" he threatened.

Inuyasha immediately perked up, "I love Teletubbies Rin! Who's your favorite Teletubby?"

She flashed a gap-toothed smile at him and began recounting on why she liked a certain colored Teletubby whom Sesshoumaru cared not to remember.

"Inuyasha," Sesshoumaru interrupted as Inuyasha began telling Rin why red was a more dominant color than purple, yellow or green, "I have to go run some errands. Don't feed Rin too much sugar or I will make sure you will regret it."

Inuyasha rose an eyebrow at him and waved him away, "Yeah yeah. Whatever."

As Sesshoumaru was heading to his room, he heard, "Hey Rin, you think white would be a good color for a new Teletubby?"

She giggled.



The Day Out – Take two

He found the both of them slumped down on a bench, tired from a whole day of thrill rides and eating all kinds of greasy and sweet foods that he would have never touched if not for the girl who loved eating them beside him. Although he wasn't someone who liked thrill rides, the smile on Kagome's face was worth it.

"How're you feeling?" she asked him when she noticed him looking at her, "you didn't look too good when we went on the high roller coaster."

He shook his head, trying to forget the embarrassment of riding on that particular ride, "I am fine."

She smiled at him, but suddenly her face contorted in pain and found her head in her hands in the next moment.

"Kagome! Are you alright?" Sesshoumaru asked her, worry edged in his voice and body.

"I'm… I'm fine," she managed to say out loud and turned to give him a weak, but slight smile.

"Are you sure?" he asked her, still worried.

She blinked several times and nodded.

He looked at her face to see if she was telling the truth, but seeing her light smile, he calmed down some, "Is…is there anything I can do for you?"

"Well… could you get me a cup of water?" she asked and he nodded, getting up to go buy one at one of the food vendors.

By the time he came back, he found Kagome on the ground facing the bench, searching for something frantically.

"Kagome? Did you drop something?"

She jumped, as if she had been caught doing something wrong, "Um, n-no…uh-yes… yeah… I kind of lost something…"

"What did you lose-" he began saying, but a slight crunch underneath his shoe stopped him.

He stepped back and leaned down to grab it. It was a small, rounded white container with a clear lid that showed small round tablets inside of it.

"Is this it?" he asked and Kagome turned on her knees to him.

"Oh! You found it!" she exclaimed happily and reached forward. "Thanks!"

However, her reach was short and she fell on her face.

"Kagome, why are you acting like this?" Sesshoumaru asked as he helped her to her feet.

She took back her container and laughed hesitantly, "Because I'm funny?"

Sesshoumaru sighed at her attempt to cover up and led her back to the bench. Once sat, he asked her what she wanted to do next.

"I…want to rest for a bit," she told him.

Se looked really tired and fatigued. He started to feel bad. Although, he had wanted to spend the whole day with her, she was probably feeling tired and wanted to hide it from him to keep him from feeling this way. Perhaps he would have to bring her home then.

"Do you want to go back home?"

She shook her head and suddenly laid out on the bench with her head in his lap.

"This works just fine for me…" she mumbled and fell asleep not too soon after.

He looked at her sleeping face and had the sudden urge to kiss her, but refrained from doing so. Instead, he found his hand stroking through her hair and caressing her face. As she rested, he thought about their day up to her weird little episode after he went to go get water. It was only then that he realized that she hadn't been looking at him that whole time.



The Talk – Take Three

"Inuyasha, has Kagome ever… done strange things around you?"

Inuyasha looked at his brother as if he had grown a second head, "What?"

The older brother glared at his younger brother.

He rose his hands in the air, "Ok ok, not a joke, I get it."

Crossing his arms, he thought about it for a bit, but shook his head.

"Aside from Kagome weird…well, not really. It depends on what kind of weird you're talking about… What kind of weird are you talking about?"

Sesshoumaru sighed in futility and shook his head, "Never mind. It's nothing."

He walked off. Inuyasha said nothing this time.



The Promise

Despite the odd behavior she had exhibited at the amusement park, Kagome had returned to her usual spunky self the next time he saw her at their usual study sessions. Seeing as to how Kagome seemed fine, he decided to forget the weird incident and continue the rest of their study sessions finishing what needed to be completed. On their last study day, they took the day to review everything that she had learned during their study sessions as well as from school.

"I think you're going to do fine on the exams Kagome. You learned the material very quickly and you've improved since the first day," Sesshoumaru told her.

She beamed with pride and hugged him, "That's because I had a fantastic tutor!"

It was the first time she had hugged him and he felt… happy… that and the fact that he felt like there were (and he quotes Rin) "butterflies in his tummy." Kagome had been his finest student, well, his only student, but he was proud of her...and falling in love with her. Oh he knew that he was falling for her, and although he wanted to tell her that he did, but he had never told anyone that he loved them before, least of all his ex-girlfriends. He wanted to tell her, but it would have to wait, at least, until after her exams where the burden wouldn't be so much.

Yet despite his internal promise to himself that he wouldn't tell her until after the exams, he found himself pressing his mouth against hers. One hand found itself entangled in her hair and the other wrapped tightly around her. He could feel the heat of their bodies through their clothes, the smell of her, the feel of her breasts pushed against him and the softness of her lips.

Wait… what am I doing? he thought to himself.

Just as he realized what he was doing, Kagome's arms tightened before he could pull away. She leaned into the kiss and pushed herself closer against him. Just as she opened her mouth, he dove his tongue in and began caressing every crevice and corner of her mouth, diving deeper as he laid her down on the table.

The next minute, he found her flushed, panting for air with hair tousled and clothes in disarray. Perhaps he looked the same way, but as she was wedged between him and a hard place, he was hard and wedged between her legs. Smiling at him, she leaned up to kiss him on the lips once more. He met her halfway and pushed her back down on the table as both their hands sought out the buttons and zippers to their clothes. He felt an urgency with her like had never had before and it would have to start by having their clothes off each other.

Knock knock!

Unfortunately, that urgency would have to wait… or did it?

Kagome looked to the door, but Sesshoumaru kissed her back down and began trailing kisses down to her neck.

"Um… we should probably get that…" she managed to gasped out through her growing haze of desire.

"Hn…"

He ignored another set of knock knocks as he began sucking on the side of her throat while still unbuttoning her shirt.

"Sessh-"

"Shh…"

"But we should really-"

He shut her up with another mind-blowing kiss.

Knock! Knock!

Why wasn't the knocker leaving yet? Shouldn't the person have realized that they didn't want to be interrupted?

"Um… hello?" came a small girl's voice from behind the door, "Uncle Inutaisho said that its time for dinner."

"It's-it's Rin! Sesshou-it's Rin! Get off me-get off-we need to-oh get off!" Kagome told him as she tried to pry him away from her throat, possibly in trying to give her a hickey.

He reluctantly gave in and pulled away as Kagome quickly button up her shirt to hide her pink lacy bra, much to Sesshoumaru's disappointment. She looked down and noticed that he hadn't bothered to zip up his pants.

"Are you going to zip that up or not?" she said pointing down.

He smirked at her, "Well, it's kind of hard down there. Want to take care of it for me?"

Kagome slapped him on the shoulder, "You pervert! Leave the dirty jokes for some other day!"

Sighing in defeat, Sesshoumaru pulled up his zipper as Kagome walked over to the door and to see to Rin. She banged her hand on the doorknob, but shouted a "I'm alright!" causing Sesshoumaru to chuckle.

After zipping and buttoning up, he turned to her, "Kagome?"

She turned around to face him once she shooed Rin away, "Yeah?"

"I'm… coming to your graduation, is that alright with you?"

She froze for a second as if she were hesitating and he felt hurt. Did she not want him to be there?

Then her face melted into a warm smile and she threw her arms around him, "Better get front row seats then. I want to see you when I walk down that stage to get my diploma!"

"It's a promise," he smirked and kissed her.



The No-Show

He was dressed in his best suit and had sat uncomfortably through the whole speech given by the principal as well as watching the students getting their diploma, his brother included, but he did not see her. He had been hoping that she was late or-or something!... but now, he was in the courtyard taking pictures with his family for Inuyasha's graduation pictures and ignoring the googly eyes that the high school girls and older, married women were making at him. His thoughts were on her. Where was she?

When his parents were busy chatting with some other parents, he walked right up to Inuyasha, who was talking to his group of friends, and pulled him aside.

"Where's Kagome?" he asked forcibly, "Why isn't she here?"

Inuyasha looked at him angrily at first, but then it began to fade as realization and sadness reached his eyes, confusing Sesshoumaru even more.

"Oh… She didn't tell you, did she?"

He had seen her a few more times after she had passed the exams and he had brought her to his apartment for a private and pleasurable celebration for her, but she had said nothing to him then. The look on Inuyasha's face told him enough to know that she had in fact, been hiding something from him.

"Tell me, where is she?"



The Confession

"Her mother's been with her all day, but I gave her a call saying that you'd be here so she left a while ago. I was planning on seeing her today, but since you're gonna be here, I guess you can give her diploma to her," Inuyasha told him as he handed him her diploma.

Now, they were at the hospital where Kagome was staying at. His brother and he were standing in front of the door to her room with a bouquet of flowers in hand and a diploma in the other.

"Hey…" Inuyasha began as Sesshoumaru began turning to the door, but stopped, "I'm… I'm really grateful for all that you've done. I've never seen Kagome happier since she's been with you. When she told me about this, she was depressed… and sad a lot, but you… you made her happier than she could ever be and… well… thanks bro. Thanks a lot."

He could see his younger brother's eyes well up with water, but he wasn't close to his brother enough to deal with his tears… but still, if it hadn't been for her, he wouldn't even be talking to his brother right now.

Sesshoumaru put a hand on his shoulder, "No. Thank you… for being her friend."

Inuyasha let out a heavy breath though his nose and nodded, "Yeah… Now go on before I cry in front of you. I don't want you to use this as blackmail in the future."

He smirked and turned to the door. Placing his hand on the door knob, he opened it and entered. He was greeted with a white room, completely empty save for a few chairs and small tables, some paintings on the wall and a bed. On the bed was a sleeping Kagome… his Kagome. Although he wanted to run to her and hug and kiss her, he was afraid… but of what?

The door closed behind him, probably done by Inuyasha. Breathing in deeply, he clutched tightly onto the bouquet and diploma, and slowly walked to her bedside where a chair was. He placed the flowers and the diploma on a table and slowly sat down, trying not to wake her.

He watched her as her chest slowly rose and fell. A bandage had been wrapped around her eyes, obstructing his view of her beautiful hazel blue eyes that he had grown to love. Her soft lips were slightly parted and he wanted to kiss her, but held back from doing so. Her hair was thrown all over the pillow, but a small strand of hair caught his attention as it lingered innocently over her face. Leaning forward, he moved it aside, but instead of pulling back, he rested his palm over her cheek. She was like a sleeping princess in the fairy tales…and he, like a prince, leaned down and pressed his lips to hers.

He felt her shift and moan. Pulling back, he sat in the chair and watched as she began to wake. She stretched and moved to sit up. Her long length of hair fell down her back gently and some to her front. In the light of the setting sun through the closed windows, she looked so… beautiful.

He felt something run down his cheeks and realized that he was crying. It was shameful, someone like him crying. If Kagome saw him like this, she would probably be laughing.

Although he didn't want to let her know that he was there, he took an unconscious sniff due to the tears, alerting Kagome that there was someone near her.

"Who's there?" she asked gently, "…Inuyasha?"

Sesshoumaru could not answer as he held back a sob. Clenching his teeth together he looked away as the tears streamed down faster. He did not want her to see him like this…

She hesitated a bit, but moved towards him, holding her hands out to touch him. He froze, but relaxed at the feel of her gentle hands.

First, her hands touched his hair, caressing it as she moved lower. Then she felt his forehead, tracing it down to his eyebrows, his eyes, then his nose. He felt the pads of her fingers tracing his mouth, his chin and his jawline. His hands clenched into fists as she took his face into the warm palms of her hands and smiled.

"Sesshoumaru…"

He didn't know what to say, but he knew that he wanted to hold her, touch her and never let her go. He dove forward and found his arms wrapped around her waist as she tucked his head beneath her chin. In his current position, it would seem that he was the one who was being comforted instead of her.

"I love you," he whispered. He had been waiting to say it for a long time now.

He felt her shift and smile into his hair, "I love you too."


I was researching some stuff that could leaddd blindess, but gave up in using one cause I'm stupid when it comes to research. Anywho, this is perhaps my longest oneshot to date and my sis suggested I break it up. but I dunno, it doesn't look like it should be broken up, but that's just me. Oh well. Thanks for reading!