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To Miroku, Sango's laughter was like bells of some sort. He would find himself smiling like an idiot whenever she did.

And right now, her laughter was making his heart race in the weirdest way.

"So you fell into the toilet?" She was giggling as she questioned him for the millionth time and he nodded for the millionth time.

"Yes, but let me remind you I was, what, six years old?" He said.

"I know, I know. But I can just imagine little Miroku! You must have been so cute!" She kept giggling and laughing which was unlike the dry humor Sango who only laughed when she drank too much.

"I bet you have had your moment of embarrassment too!"

"I do have one, but mine is much worse!"

"I told you mine, now you HAVE to tell me yours. It's only fair." He crossed his arms like a little kid who wasn't getting dessert.

"Okay, fine. I'll tell you. Once, like when I was five, we went to the beach. When I say we, I mean me, Kagome, Kagura, and our families. Anyways, we were playing in the sand and I picked up a baby crab. Somehow the crab ended up in my bathing suit so I took it off running around butt naked! Happy now?!"

She was bracing herself for Miroku's peels of laughter which came moments after her telling him.

"I told you it was worse!"

"You must've been pretty cute yourself running around like that."

"It was embarrassing. Lucky for me, I won't be picking up anymore crabs."

"That's too bad. I would have loved to see you with out your bathing suit on."

Sango didn't waste time pinching his ear into oblivion. "Don't be such a pervert."

"AAAAHH. Okay! I surrender. NO more!"

Satisfied, she released his now red appendage.

"You're a cruel, cruel women."

"And you don't know when to stop being such a womanizer!"

"Oh. Don't worry. I only have eyes for this one girl with brown eyes and hair.."

"You used that trick on me before."

"Have I really?"

"Yes. Yes you have."

"Oh. Well I meant those things if it's any consolation."

Sango looked away not allowing him the pleasure of knowing she was smiling like a school girl.

"Oh? That's good for you." She said demurely.

"Yep."

The comfortable silence between them was peaceful as they walked allowing the snow to drift all around them.

Kagome couldn't help from pacing the living room floor looking at the clock as the minutes ticked by. When she got home without Inuyasha, she immediately changed and ate and eventually fell asleep trusting him to come back safely.

She had been wrong. After waking up to get some water, she noticed he wasn't sleeping in the living room and it was already 1:30 in the morning. Not only that, but she had missed the call from the key makers. They left a message saying that Inuyasha's key wasn't going to be there until Monday afternoon.

"Where are you, you idiot?" She voiced to Buyo who was residing in her lap as they stared at the clock. She was worried.

"That's it Buyo. I'm going to go look for him. Its really late and I'm worried." She looked at the cat that seemed to understand and jumped off her lap.

Kagome was wearing her black cotton pajama bottoms with a fitting white tee shirt. On top she was wearing her zip up gray hoodie and on her feet were her favorite stylish moccasins in black. She was going to find Inuyasha and bring him back.

"Another one." Inuyasha slurred.

"I'm sorry, but I really think you've had enough for one night mister." The bartender was drying a glass at the moment.

"Hey. I'm tipping you well aren't I, so gimme another bartender." He tried to muster up his most commanding voice but sounded more like he was gonna puke.

"Okay, but its not going to be a pretty sight when they drag you out." He slid down another beer to where Inuyasha had his face on the table.

"Thanks Mr.Bartender."

"Don't mention it."

He gulped the beer wincing as it filled his stomach. He was painfully aware there was no food to back up all that alcohol he consumed but what did he care?

"Inuyasha?!"

The bartender looked up at Kagome. "Is this your boyfriend? Cuz hes had a little too much to drink for one night."

"NO. Hes not my boyfriend, but I'm here to take him home."

He could hear somewhere from behind him a familiar female voice.

He took a whack at it. "Kikyo?"

"Try again Inuyasha."

A woman stepped into his view. Long jet black hair, big brown eyes, and lips twisted in discontentment.

"Your pretty cute today Kikyo. I've never seen you without ten pounds of makeup."

"Inuyasha look at me! It's me. You know. KA-GO-ME! Got it?!"

He looked at her hard trying to decipher if it really was Kagome. He was seeing more than one of her that was for sure.

"Do you have twin or two?"

Kagome looked at him with disbelief. "You're drunk! There's only one of me!"

"Suuurreeee."

"Come Inuyasha. Its time to go."

"No. I need more beer! MR. BARTENDER!!"

"NO."

Kagome swung an arm of his around her shoulders and neck and lifted him up. "Why are you so heavy?!"

She almost fell over but eventually got used to his weight around her.

"Or maybe you're the heavy one. Didn't think of that did you?"

"Shuddup. It's the alcohol in you. Now try to walk."

His arm was draped loosely around her shoulders and Kagome was holding his hand.

"You're impossible you know that?"

"Can I kiss you? Kikyo was a bad kisser, but you, you know how to kiss. Mr. Bartender! I'm gonna kiss her!"

She was blushing. BLUSHING FROM A DRUNK GUY'S CONFESSION!

Shaking her head she ignored his request and they began to walk along the sidewalk. Albeit, not even in something remotely close to a straight line.

"Remember Christmas? When we kissed? That was nice. I thought about that one for days!" He was practically yelling.

"Can you just focus a little on trying to walk?"

He nodded his head. "But yeah. I wanted to kiss you again, but I was tied down to Miss Wondering Lips Kikyo. If I knew what I know now, things would be different. Yep. Very."

Kagome shifted uncomfortably and tried to laugh it off. The apartment building was still along ways off and they were only at the tip of Upper East Side.

Kagura didn't sleep and hadn't anything to eat since that tea with Sango. As night began to slip into day, she sat on her bed, a pile of things next to her.

Amongst the pile were clearly aged letters from her dad, old photos of her family together, of course all smiles, poems she had written, short notes Sango and Kagome and her had passed around during class, and a ton of letters she had written to her dad but never sent.

She was going down memory lane and it was taking its toll on her. Crying one minute, laughing the next, and staring into space in between. Her emotions were the equivalent of a huge car accident involving about, oh, one hundred cars all smashed up and bursting into flames every few seconds.

She picked up one of the letters she didn't send and began to read it.

Dear Naraku,

I'm sixteen now and if you were wondering if I got your letter, I did. To answer your question, I'm fine and so is everyone else here. How are you? I'm good and mom is… well mom is mom. I'm not sure what to say to the man who has left his family. I guess I just really want to know why. Why? What was it that we did to make you leave? Did I not tell you thank you enough? Did you not love mom. At least you could have told me or better yet gave me closer. I feel so empty and lost. Mom won't talk to me and Kanna is too young to understand anything yet. You left me to deal with this on my own. How could you? I mean, I'm not mad at you. That's not it at all. I love you, but I don't understand what went wrong. Do me a favor and tell me more about why you left in your letters to me. The ones you send are not enough and not answering anything. I feel like I don't know you anymore. What has happened to us? I guess I should have been writing to you more in the first place. Well, I have to go to sleep, but I'll write to you soon. I love you dad. Please don't forget me.

Confused more than ever,

Kagura

She felt foolish for ever writing something like that. Kagura was looking at her naïve sixteen year old self with disdain. How could she have been stupid enough to love someone who clearly only felt obligated to write to her. It wasn't even as if he told her he love her or missed her in those letters. A wave of relief crashed on her realizing she didn't send the letter in the first place.

After tucking the letters, pictures, and what not into a box and sliding it under her bed, she flopped onto her bed. She felt like she was trying to hide an elephant under a throw rug by putting the box away; impossible and quite frankly useless. They would only mock and haunt her thoughts every chance it got.

Quickly wiping a tear away, she got up not allowing herself to be so weak after years of hardening and toughening her exterior.

Her Mac ibook seemed to beckon her though. That she could not ignore. The light flashing like the rising and falling of steady breathing. Her body moved on its own accord and in a second her hands were flying wildly over the keyboard. What was she doing?

"This isn't my place?"

"This is my place."

"No. It's my place. I think I would recognize my own place."

Kagome sighed. It was like talking to a wall. "For the last time, this, this right here, is my apartment."

"Can we just get inside? I need to call Kikyo."

Kagome rolled her eyes feeling the pressure of Inuyasha's weight finally taking its toll on her.

"Exactly how many beers did you have? What five or seven?"

Inuyasha snorted. "Oh. That many is for amateurs. I had a little over, oh, 20? Or maybe less or more…or more or less."

Kagome took his arm off from around her neck and directed him to sit which he did.

"Where is my key? Where?" She rummaged through her bag.

"I have the key to my apartment. Here." Inuyasha handed over Kagome's key.

"You mean the key I gave you."

"What?"

"Nevermind."

She swung the door open grabbing Inuyasha on her way in.

"Let's get you something to eat."

"I'm not hungry."

She sighed rubbing the temple of her head. "Okay, but can you take some juice and aspirin?"

"I guess."

"Okay, hold on then."

She went to her room changing into a loose tee and pink polka dotted boy shorts. Looking in the mirror she untied her hair and returned to the kitchen.

"Here." She sat on the couch where he was currently draped on.

A pill and a cup of orange juice were in her hands and he took them.

"I'm so tired."

Kagome snorted. "You're tired? I'm the one who walked around to try and find you."

He looked at her and Kagome could see the underlying sadness in his eyes. Not to mention the deep gold stare of his.

"I miss just hanging out with you."

She laughed airily. "I do too but you should get to sleep."

"Stay with me." He said.

Kagome looked at him unsure of what he said.

"I said stay with me."

Sitting back down, she tucked her hair behind her ears and smiled at him sadly. "I cant. It wouldnt be right."

"I dont give a crap."

She let her head rest on his shoulder. "I'll stay."

After making sure he was asleep and comofortable she got up to get out extra blankets for him and left to her room.

Climbing into bed that night felt strange for some reason knowing he was in the other room. And suddenly her bed felt too big.

Sighing, she closed her eyes and resumed her sleepless sleep.

Im sorry for making you all wait. I feel bad, but here it is. The next chapter is MUCH more exciting. I know this because I have written half of it! I hope you guys enjoy the story and continue on with me. I'll get you what your craving. haha. now i sound like an ad. haha. byee!