CHAPTER 9.
Kagome sat pouting, arms crossed, in the car beside Sesshoumaru, who was driving.
He had explained himself, but she was still pissed.
'It kinda turns me on..." Sessh thought as he watched her from the corner of his eyes.
Then suddenly Kagome's arm landed on his.
"Stop," she said.
Then she looked at him, "Sesshoumaru, stop the car!" she said, louder.
He pulled over, a bit confused.
She immediately grabbed her wallet from her bag, and dashed out of the car, and into a small store called 'Kaze'.
Sesshoumaru couldnt see anything special about it, as he stepped out, but then he saw spray paint in the window.
He went inside and spotted Kagome flitting between the shelves, grabbing random cans of spray paint. Neon green and blue, deep red, orange, purple, a pale pink, yellow, lavender, black, and several others.
When her arms were full, she ran to the cash counter eyes sparkling, and dumped all the cans on the counter.
The old man behiend the counter smiled at her, and while he was making the bill, he said to her, "You know miss, you're the only person I've seen buy so many, and in all these various colors too."
"I'm gonna use then to paint! I have this great idea for an abstract canvas painting," and they continued to chat about art and paint and various other art related things.
The kindly old man ended the conversation by telling her," I want to see this painting when you're done with it, Higurashi san."
"I'll be sure to bring it over! You'll be the first to see it, Totosai ojiisan." She replied grinning, as she handed over the cash. He kept half, and gave the rest back to her.
"I'll give you a discount, for brightining my day, but I do need to keep some. I have to earn a living too, after all." He smiled.
"Arigatou gozaimasu!" she said to him, bowing, then, spotting Sesshoumaru, she took her leave.
She walked out of the shop, Smiling broadly.
Sesshoumaru raised an elegent eyebrow, but said nothing.
About twenty minutes later, they pulled up outside her house.
Kagome hopped out, and left Sesshoumaru to park the car.
She ran up to her room, and changed into an oversized while cotton T shirt, and worn, faded blue, paint stained jeans.
Then she ran down to the garage, which was her makeshift art room, and pulled out a large canvas. It was 7x6 feet.
Sesshoumaru stood in the background and watched as she painted on the canvas.
She blended charcoal, and oil paints, and her beloved new spray paint, and eventually he could see the image taking shape.
But it wasn't abstract at all.
It was him.
His amber eyes widened, as she painted him in great detail, watching his face appear on the canvas in various warm shades.
It suddenly struck him that maybe she hadn't realised he was watching her.
He decided he didn't care.
He waited till she had stopped, and stepped back to look at her work. Then he went up to her , and wrapped his arms around her in a tight hug. He heard her gasp.
"You were here the whole time?" she questioned, horrified that he had seen her paint him. For her, painting someone was practically like declaring her eternal and undying love to that someone. And he knew that.
"I love you too." He whispered, as he spun her around to kiss her.
He kissed her with such passion, then she felt like she had melted.
His lips only left hers for a few brief seconds, so that she could breathe, then he was back.
She smilled dreamily against his lips, but realised something.
She realised she couldn't feel him. She couldn't feel his lips on hers.
"A... dream?" she wondered.
Her mind groaned.
She felt someone shake her.
Suddenly her eyes snapped open, and she was sitting in the car. They were still driving, but she had the bag of paint on her lap.
They were near her house, and Sesshoumaru was gently shaking her shoulder.
"Do you need me to kiss you awake, sleeping beauty?" He softly chided, smirking.
She was awake instantly.
'It really was all a dream... aw, crud."
