OMG! Ya'll really don't like cliffys do you?! You guys are killing me! :P


Sunday morning came real quickly for Kagome. Sango dropped her off at her apartment around five after a quick trip to the mall. Kagome bought some more scrubs for work and some red lingerie for her birthday. She ordered some Chinese and went to bed at nine. She got up at four Sunday morning and had to be at the hospital at five. She was exhausted. The night before she did have dreams, but these were sensual and passionate. She really thought she could get used to these dreams, but she wanted the real thing even more. She got a shower, dressed in some new plum colored scrubs, brushed her teeth and left her apartment. She got to the hospital in record time. She encountered no traffic. She parked her car and laid her head back against the head rest to catch a few more 'Z's. She didn't realize that she fell asleep.

Inuyasha pulled up into the hospital parking lot and parked beside Kagome. He got out and walked up to the driver side of her car. He saw that she was resting. Smiling at her, he carefully used his claw to unlock her door. Successfully opening with little resistance, she moved a little bit in her sleep but didn't wake up. He reached across her to unbuckle her seat belt. He grabbed her keys and her purse in his hand. He took her in his arms and closed her door and locked it. He walked effortlessly into the hospital. Some of the doctors from the night shift looked at him funny but he didn't care. The only thing he cared about was the woman in his arms; his mate. He smiled down at her when she cuddled into his chest. She sighed happily in her sleep and smiled; he smiled again. After what his dad told him, he told himself that he would do everything in his power to make sure that Kagome didn't die before they mated. He opened the door to the doctor's lounge and placed her on an empty bed. He brushed the still damp hair out of her face and she sighed again; placing his jacket on top of her to keep her warm. He then took her hospital ID and clocked them both in. Going back into the doctor's lounge to see her still asleep. He watched her as she slept. And only thought she was so beautiful when she slept. The door to the doctor's lounge opened and Inuyasha saw his mentor, Dr. Kaito Yamamoto walk in. Inuyasha got up from her side and walked out of the door to join the elder doctor.

"So Inuyasha I see that you and Kagome have hit it off."

"Well it's not so much as hitting it off. She's my mate…"

Kaito looked at the young doctor. He smiled at him but noticed his sad demeanor. "What's wrong Inuyasha? Should a demon be happy when he finds its mate?"

Inuyasha sighed. "It's more complicated than that Kaito. Kagome, she's….she's dying."

"What do you mean? She's in perfect health isn't she?"

Inuyasha shook his head. "When a demon finds his mate it has to mark her and perform what we call a blood bond. It's basically a transfusion of each other's blood into the other's body. This has to happen the first time they...mate in order for the weaker of the two to get the strength of the other. In mine and Kagome's case, that didn't happen. I found out last night that she was my mate and we had sex almost two and a half months ago. I didn't mark her or perform the blood bond because well, I hate to say this but our first time was a one night stand. And that's why we blew up on each other when she first got here. And since then her body has needed my blood. Once the mate finds the other, and has sex for the first time with each other, it needs the other's blood to stay alive. I need her blood as much as she needs mine."

"So what you are saying is that until you two mate officially, then you both are in danger. And she is deteriorating as we speak."

"Hai. And her panic attacks and hypoglycemia will be more severe." He looked down in shame. He's causing much pain to his mate and he can't stop it.

"So when you mate both of you will be fine?" Inuyasha nodded. "Then what are you waiting for?!"

"I can't just claim her without her permission. She has to willingly participate…"

"How long do you have?"

"I don't know but I'm going to try and get her to love me enough to mate her and then we'll go from there. I'm really worried about her."

"I know you are. Look how about this. You go ahead and get her up and go downstairs for some breakfast. Take your time, no rush. I know you want to help your patients, but right now, your mate needs you more than anything. You go ahead and take care of her and we'll see you when she's up to it."

Inuyasha looked up into the old eyes of his mentor. He hugged him and with tear filled eyes he went back into the doctor's lounge to see his mate.


Kagome woke up to someone running their fingers through her hair. She moaned at the sensations. Her eyes fluttered open and saw who was caressing her. "Hi…"

"Hi…" He smiled at her.

She looked around and was confused. "How did I get in here?"

He shrugged his shoulders. "I brought you in. You feel asleep in your car this morning."

She yawned and stretched. When she stretched her top road up to show her flat tummy; Inuyasha almost couldn't help himself. He wanted to taste her skin again. She looked at the hanyou and blushed some. She slowly got up and sat on the edge of the bed with him. "What time is it?"

He looked at his watch. "8:30…"

"8:30?! Oh no I'm late and I haven't seen any patients or ….!" She was silenced by his lips pressed firmly to hers. She tried to back away from him but he had a death grip on her neck with his hand. She finally relaxed and enjoyed the kiss. They stopped and stared into each other's eyes, pressing their foreheads together.

"Why do you keep doing that?" she breathlessly whispered.

He smirked at her. "Because I want to…" and he kissed her again. This time she accepted the kiss. They parted again when her stomach rumbled. They both laughed.

"Hungry?"

"Yeah I need to eat. My blood sugar's getting kind of low…"

"Can you still walk?" He asked worried.

She smiled. "Yeah it's not as bad as last time…" To make her point clear she got up and walked to the door with ease. She looked back over her shoulder at the Inu-hanyou. "Come on puppy. Maybe they got some crack-cake made already!" He laughed while he got up. He escorted her to the cafeteria for breakfast and maybe some cake.


Their shift ended at five. She was in the locker room getting her stuff that she had put in there after breakfast. She smiled as she thought of the hanyou. 'Inuyasha is really starting to get to me. I didn't think that he would be this nice to me; especially after that first day.' She smiled and blushed at all of the times they kissed in the past few days. She liked it when they would sneak away from their duties on breaks and make out in a vacant room. And she didn't know when she started seeing him as more than just a friend. 'I think it started when I saw Yuki's family as my own and saw Inuyasha sitting beside me with our daughter in my arms…' She sighed. 'It will never happen…' She closed her locker and got up to leave. She clocked out and started walking to her car. What she didn't expect to see was a beautiful bouquet of red, orange and yellow roses sitting on the hood of her car; attached to it was a note:

Yellow roses for the friendship and joy that we have;

Orange for your enthusiasm and desire to help others in need,

and Red…well everyone knows what a red rose means…

I'll call you later.

Dr. Inu

Kagome couldn't believe that he would give her roses! She had to wipe away a few tears. 'He's so sweet to me…. It's kind of scary….But I still like the attention…Hehe I can't wait till he calls me.' She made a squeal for joy. She got into her car, being careful to place the roses down in the passenger seat so they won't get crushed and drove off to the family's weekly get together.

Kagome couldn't contain her excitement while driving down the road. She had to call someone. She picked up her phone and speed dialed number 3. She waited for the other line to pick up.

"Hey Kags! Only one more day till you're 25!"

"Sango you would not believe what Inuyasha did today!"

"What?! What did he do?!"

"He gave me a bouquet of yellow, orange and red roses! And he wrote a note and attached it to them. Oh it was so romantic! Here let me read you the note! 'Yellow roses for the friendship and joy that we have; Orange for your enthusiasm and desire to help others in need; and Red…well everyone knows what a red rose means…' Oh Kami isn't that so sweet!"

"Okay okay Kags! You make it sound like you never gotten a gift from a guy before…"

"…" Kagome's mood slowly deteriorated and Sango gasped.

"Oh Kagome! I'm sorry! I didn't mean it…"

"Yeah I know but it's really weird. All of this started Friday and, I don't know…. Does it sound like this relationship that we have, whatever it is, is going too fast?"

"No not really. When you really like someone you do things for them. Like Miroku, before we started dating, he would come by the desk and leave little mementos like that just to let me know he was thinking about me."

Kagome sighed. "Well I just got home for dinner. I might call you back. Inu is supposed to call me later…."

"Oh really?"

"Uh-huh…Wish me luck!"

"Good luck. Byes!"

"Thanks Bye!" She pulled up to the shrine and turned the car off. She got her flowers and made the long trek up the shrine steps to her family house.


"Mom, Souta, Grandpa! I'm home!"

"Kitchen!" she heard three different voices call.

She chunked her shoes at the door and ran into the kitchen to show her family her gift. "Hey look what I got today!" she announced when she entered the kitchen.

"Oh wow sis! They're pretty! Where'cha get them?" Her 14 year old brother asked.

"From a guy…"

"A guy? Is it that doctor you and I had a talk about?" her mother questioned her.

"Yes… And he wrote a note too! It's so sweet! And he's going to call me tonight!" She squealed again. Her grandpa had gotten up and gotten a vase to put her flowers in and ran some water into it. She smiled at him and thanked him while kissing his forehead. She ran upstairs to get her camera to take pictures of the flowers. She took about ten pictures from different angles and close-ups of the blooms. When she was done, her mother was done with dinner. They ate and Souta told them of his week at school, grandpa told them of the upcoming shire holidays and mom just listened to her family talk. Kagome listened but only halfway. She was really excited that she was going to get a call from the man of her fantasies and…wet dreams. After dinner she helped her mother with the dishes. "Kagome?"

"Hmm?"

"Do you like him?"

She smiled at her mother. "Yeah I think I do. He makes me feel…special."

Her mother smiled. "Well when he gets a chance I want to meet him."

"I don't even know if we're at the level in our relationship yet. I don't even know what to describe it yet. Are we friends, more than friends, dating? I don't know. That's going to be one of the things that I ask him when he calls." As if on cue, he phone starts going off. She runs to her phone and looks at the caller ID; Inuyasha.


He waited for her to come out of the hospital in a dark corner; watching her read the note he wrote and saw her wipe a few tears away. She squealed, got into her car and drive off. He smiled at her reaction. Getting into his car, he went to his apartment. After he got home, took a shower and dressed in some red gym pants and sat on his couch. He couldn't wait to call her; he would've called her by now but he wanted her to at least get something to eat and relax some. His phone started ringing; picking it up, he groaned.

"Hi Dad…"

"Hi son. How are you doing today?"

"I'm fine. I made sure that Kagome was properly fed and not stressed. Damn I sound like an expecting father…"

His father did laugh at that. "Well son when that does happen, it'll be much worse! Then you'll have to worry about mood swings and strange food cravings…"

Inuyasha sighed. 'If only Kagome and I can get that far.' "Dad I told Dr. Yamamoto the situation. He's just as concerned as I am. And he understands and wants to help out as much as he can."

"That's good Inuyasha. I just wish that all of this could've been avoided…"

"You and I both… I gave her a bouquet of roses today."

"Ah! So you are courting her now? That should've been done before sex son…" he said in a kind of teasing but yet serious tone.

"Yeah dad I know! But you should've seen the look on her face when she found them. She was so excited. I told her I was going to call her tonight. I want to talk about our situation but I don't want to do it over the phone. Should I ask her over to talk about it or what?"

Toga thought about it. "Hmmm… Well you can always take her out for dinner. But that would spoil the whole dinner… Maybe a walk around the park? But then if she gets sick, you would want to get home quickly…. I guess you can invite her to your place….Food and then no wasted money on a spoiled dinner!"

He growled at his father; he was no help. "Yeah thanks dad…Look its 7:30. I'm gonna go ahead and call her. I'll talk to you later."

"Okay son. Call me if anything changes."

"Yeah bye dad." He closed his phone and took a breather. He wanted to talk to her but after his dad calling he wanted to see her; really bad. He got the nerve to call her a few minutes later. Kaito made sure that they had each other's numbers for emergencies; he was glad now.

He speed dialed her number and waited for her to pick up. She picked up on the third ring. "Hey."

"Hey; Whatcha' doin?"

"Oh nothing really. Helping my mom wash dishes. You?" She went upstairs to her room and laid down on the bed.

"Just got off the phone with my dad. He was just wondering how I was doing. I told him about you…"

"Oh and what about me?" she teased.

He chuckled and smirked. "Well I told him that you were the most beautiful woman that I ever met…"

She was shocked to say the least. "A-are you serious?"

"Yes…. I also told him that you absolutely loved the roses I gave you."

She smiled. "I did, thank you. You know…that is the first bouquet of flowers I've ever gotten from a guy…"

This time he was shocked. A pretty girl, like Kagome, never gotten flowers from a guy before? "Really?"

"Yeah really... So… I was wondering if you were doing anything for your birthday."

"Well I might go over to my parent's house and see them. But other than that….You got something for me to do?" He smirked at the double meaning.

She smirked. "Well I kind of told my mom about you and she wants to meet you…"

"Okay well I guess I could meet your family and you meet mine. What you gonna get me if I go through with it?"

'So he wants to flirt and be perverted, I can do that…' "Well I did buy some lingerie the other day. And if I remember correctly they're your favorite color…" she said in a sing-song voice.

'Woman you have no idea what that did to me' "Oh really? Red lingerie, huh? Well why don't we skip our birthday plans and spend the day together in our birthday suits; but only after you walk around in the lingerie…" 'Damn it! I didn't mean for it to come out like that! Damn it my beast is being feisty tonight….'

'Oh Kami! That turned me on!' She giggled. "Well before we do that I would like to know what we are, ya know? Are we dating or we like…. friends with benefits?" she asked seriously.

"Well…that's really…. up to you Kagome? I would like to date or court you in my terms but I didn't want to rush you…"

She sighed. "Inuyasha…I'm just scared. I've never been in this situation before. I was always preoccupied with my studies that I didn't have time for a relationship. But now, I want it so bad… I just don't want to get too distracted that I have to give up my dream of becoming a great doctor…"

"Well I can tell you one thing. If we do decide to be together, I will be totally professional at work so you won't have to worry about a distraction, as you so call it, at work. But outside of work, I can't promise anything…" He said with a small smirk.

She sighed. Then a thought came to her. "If you're going to be professional, then what about all of those make out sessions that we had at the hospital?" she asking teasingly.

He laughed nervously. "Uh…Well…they were different…."

"How?! We were still at the hospital and still on duty, I might add!"

He sighed and smiled at her. "Okay okay. No more make out sessions at work; but at least, maybe a couple of kisses on breaks?"

"Are you doing the famous puppy dog face?" She heard him whine and giggled.

"Aww okay puppy. Just a few." She sighed again. She wanted companionship and she wanted someone to love her.

"Kagome? You okay?"

"Inuyasha…If we take it slow, I'm willing to try."

"So that means….you'll go out with me?" He asked hopeful.

She sighed then smiled. "Yes."

Inuyasha was doing a happy dance in his mind. Now he had a reason to stay with her and make sure she's okay. "Hey Kagome…"

"Huh?"

"I don't want to come off too fast but it's still pretty early and we don't have to be at work tomorrow until 9. You want to meet me somewhere and get some coffee or something?"

She smiled at his eagerness. "Sure. Do you know where the Cornerstone Café is?"

"Yeah it's down the street from my apartment. So I'll meet you there in fifteen minutes?"

"Yeah that will be great. See you in a few."

"Bye Kagome."

"Bye Inu." She sat up in her bed and squealed again. She had her first boyfriend…