A/N: Okay now we are rolling! LOL. I know exactly where I am going now and it may take a while to get there. But hey, it should be fun. Thanks to all my readers for reviewing and making me want to post this chapter A.S.A.P. Thanks for the patience as well. Okay well enjoy and I swear I will have another longer chapter up soon. ;)

Kagome awakened to the sound of Inuyasha screaming at Sota.

"I am gonna have to wear that? No way!"

"Come on, Inuyasha. It's just for a little while!"

She heard him grumbling as she sat up in bed. She realized she was dressed in another pair of pajama shorts and a tank top. She also noticed that on her pillow, beside the indentation from her head was an ice pack. Had Inuyasha dressed her? She went pale as she thought of it. She also noticed as she sat up farther that she had a sanitary pad on too. Nope, Mom came to the rescue.

She rubbed her head where it hurt and felt a lump. She shut her eyes and gritted her teeth. If she didn't already look terrible, now she was going to have a lump the size of Mount Everest on her face.

"Kagome?" Her mom had walked into her room with her pill and a glass of water. "I didn't think you'd want anything to eat, seeing as you'll probably lose it all in just an hour."

Kagome leaned against her headboard. "Thanks, Mom."

She handed the cup and capsule to Kagome and sat on the edge of her bed and she took it and drank the water. She brushed a strand of hair out of her daughter's face and kissed her on the forehead. Kagome set the glass down on her bedside table and leaned further back in bed.

"Do you think it's a good sign? The spotting?"

Kagome shook her head, "No clue."

Her mother nodded and picked up the empty glass. "I'm going to give Dr. Katchi a call, okay? How do you feel other than your bump and the effects of the pill?"

Kagome thought and did a systematic mental check of her body. "Fine, I actually felt pretty good when I came out of the shower."

Her mother stood. "Did you trip? Did you faint?"

Kagome shook her head. "I don't think I tripped, but I didn't feel woozy until after I hit my head."

She nodded. "I suppose you just lost your balance a fell then?"

"Probably."

"Well, I'll tell the doctor about that too and I'll come back after."

"Okay Mom."

Her mother left the room with the glass and Kagome lay back on the bed, waiting for the pill to kick in. A moment later Inuyasha was pushed through the door by Sota, wearing a pink floral bathrobe.

"Show Sis. Hey Kagome!" Sota called from the other end of her room.

"Shut up you little…" Inuyasha cut himself off when he saw Kagome was awake and laughing at his attire. "Okay, I didn't want to wear this okay? He­ put me in this thing!" Inuyasha picked Sota up and pushed his nose against his. Sota laughed while Inuyasha growled. Kagome laughed even harder seeing those two together like that with such different reactions.

Sota squirmed out of Inuyasha's grip while laughing and ran out of the room shutting the door behind him. Kagome breathed in and calmed herself as Inuyasha walked over to her side. He sat down next to her like her mother had before, and placed his hand on her cheek. His touch was cool and gentle and she soon found herself leaning into it with her eyes closed.

"You're kind of warm, Kagome." She opened her eyes to Inuyasha's concerned expression.

Pushing her back further up on her pillows, she reached her hand out to run her fingers across the fabric of the robe. She giggled. "Yeah, well you look pretty."

He dropped his hand to his lap and his expression changed to his normal annoyance. "Keh, well it wasn't my first choice. But you made my clothes stink." He cocked his head to the side, squinted, and spoke in a higher pitched nasal sound. "Miss Sit, sit sit."

"You sound like you are tempting me, Inuyasha." Kagome raised an eyebrow to the boy.

"Keh," he crossed his arms over his chest. Did he look nervous? Kagome wondered. He has never been afraid of "sit" before.

Kagome lifted her arm and placed her palm over Inuyasha's hand that rested in his lap. His eyes widened slightly and then his expression softened. His eyes began to look more golden and sparkled in the light of the evening sunshine fading through Kagome's window. She loved it when he looked at her like this. At peace. She had always heard that the guy you loved would send electricity down your spine, and she had always read that his eyes would make you shiver and your stomach stir. Inuyasha did make her feel like that sometimes, but on the more rare occasions like this he would make her warm and relaxed. She felt safe and cared for when he looked upon her in this manner, and she preferred this feeling to the shocking and chilling one always described to her. Did that mean she had no sexual drive?

Good grief, she thought, why in the world would that cross your mind at a time like this?

"Kagome…" Inuyasha squeezed her hand. "Did you remember what tonight was?"

Kagome glanced at her calendar hanging on the wall. "Oh yeah." she sat up. "The new moon is tonight." Her eyes traveled back to his gaze.

He nodded and continued to watch her solemnly. Tonight he might be able to put his pride aside for a moment to ask her to be his girlfriend. When he said the word aloud earlier, a bitter taste filled his mouth. That word meant that she could back out of it anytime, that she wasn't bound to him. But now as he thought about it, he wondered if his opinion had changed again. He wanted to say it, just to see if it tasted bad on his tong. He stood, leaving Kagome leaning back on her pillows, and walked to her window. Opening it, he slipped past the double panels and stepped soundlessly out into the balcony.

The air was clean. He had spent very little time outside recently and he remembered how much it used to be a part of him. No matter, soon he would be outside in the forest again all the time. This time though, Kagome would be with him.

Kagome sat on her bed confused. Did she say something wrong? She knew Inuyasha was sensitive about his condition during the new moon, but she didn't think she had offended him. He just got up and left, without a word. Kagome grasped her sheet in thought, then sat up and swung her legs over the side of the bed.

Peeking out the window to where Inuyasha leaned on the rail, Kagome noticed the sun setting and Inuyasha's hair darkening. His back was to her and she decided to leave him to his thoughts…while watching him just to make sure he was okay. Her mother's robe Inuyasha wore fluttered in the slight breeze. His hair continued to darken as she watched him smell the night air and his ears receded into normal human ears. She finally decided that she wanted to lie down again because her pill was starting to affect her. Turning around to walk back to her bed, she stopped. What was that? She moved her ear in the boy's direction to pick up the words she thought he said, but was sure he hadn't. Please, she thought, please repeat it.

Inuyasha sighed and bent down onto his elbows resting on the rail. "Okay, you can do this…"

Kagome squinted. "Do what?" she whispered knowing that with his human ears he wouldn't hear her.

Inuyasha stood up straight and leaned on his left leg as he ran a clawless hand through his black bangs. He stood straight and planted his feet on the ground as if waiting for a pretend confrontation. Kagome breathed. What is it, Inuyasha?

"Kagome…" She was sure he must know she was there somehow and jumped a bit at the sound of her name. She was ready to run away.

"Kagome," he repeated his practice proposal. "Would you be my girlfriend?"