I swear I do not make you guys wait on purpose. Life just hasn't been that great & I can only promise I will do my best to update as soon as possible. Thank you so much to the ones who still wait (im)patiently, regardless of how long I take :]


"Jesus, Sessh!"

"I'm fine, I'm fine"

"It's not you I'm concerned about!"

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorr-"

"Ahhhhh fuck! It doesn't hurt so good! Ughhh call the doc...I think it's broken"

Sesshomaru painstakingly rolled his naked body off of Inuyasha's & tried to stop his legs from shaking. Damn this treatment! Another one of it's side effects was he would just suddenly get so tired he couldn't hold himself up...& this time it happened while they were having sex.

"Shhhhit..."

The inuyoukai rolled his eyes up to see his mate with his eyes closed, both hands wrapped around his dick. "Yasha..."

"Shh, shh...sit there in silence & think about what you might have just ruined"

"But I-"

"Begged to get on top! It would've been fine if you'd just fell straight down but noooo, you had to fall to the side, damn it!"

Sesshomaru's eyes closed by themselves. He was so exhausted..."I'm...sorry..."

"Jesus...please don't let my dick be broken. I will do anything if you could do that for me. & if it's broken just fix it...please. I'm begging you, man..."

"Yash..."

"I'm praying! Don't be rude!"

It took every ounce of strength for Sesshomaru to reach over & put his hand on Inuyasha's. "Let me see"

The hanyou slowly let his hands fall & he opened one eye carefully to look down at his half-hard member, expecting it to be at a ninety degree angle...but there was no change. He still had what he called his scorpion curl [which he was really happy to see] & there was no damage to be seen minus a very faint red hue to the head but that was pretty normal too. He sighed deeply in relief & whispered a thank you to the ceiling.

"I'll make it up to you later" Sesshomaru muttered, already half asleep.

"Ya damn skippy you will! You could've ruined junior!"

Sesshomaru struggled to muster the energy to raise an eyebrow. "Junior?"

"Yeah! I ain't got a name for him yet!"

"Junior makes it sound small...'

Now Inuyasha knew he was pretty well endowed. He could still remember the astonished look Sessh had on his face the first time they made love & how proud he was that he could impress a demon, who usually had a dick that was the size of those 'dildos for hoes' the sex shops always had in the back. But to hear Sesshomaru imply that calling his dick 'junior' was an understatement & false advertisement made his chest swell with pride anyway. "Well, shit, you name him then!"

Sesshomaru was already half asleep but he was fighting it like he used to fight his enemies back in the days of old. "The Hulk"

Inuyasha grinned from ear to ear. "The Hulk. I like it. Well you almost broke The Hulk tonight"

"S...sorry..."

The hanyou, despite himself, smiled as his mate rolled himself up in the blankets like a live burrito. It was really hard to be mad at someone who's feet were sticking out & crossed at the ankles. He leaned forward & kissed the inuyoukai on the forehead before getting up from the bed.

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Inuyasha became aware that he was awake by the noise the birds outside were making. He cracked one eye open, glaring in the direction of the noise, but unfortunately the birds either didn't see him or didn't care cause they kept on chirping.

He exhaled to his nose & stretched. Ah well, it was probably for the best. Kami knows he gets sluggish when he sleeps too long. When his stretch was done he turned over to look at his mate who had his eyes closed but was not sleeping. "Good morning, beautiful"

Sesshomaru opened his beautiful eyes which practically glowed. "Good morning"

The hanyou smirked & leaned in for his good morning kiss. "You want breakfast?"

"Not particularly. Maybe just some fruit"

Inuyasha raised an eyebrow. "You just want fruit? Is this a side effect or have you switched bodies with my future husband?"

"I'm just not very hungry right now, that's all"

The hanyou put a hand on his mate's forehead then his cheek. "You don't have a temperature so I guess you're not sick-"

"I said I'm not fucking hungry, Inuyasha" Sesshomaru said very sternly, eyes narrowing. The sudden hostility took Inuyasha so much by surprise he didn't react for several minutes.

"Who you talkin' to like that?"

"I don't know why I have to keep repeating myself" the inuyoukai grumbled, standing & walking into the bathroom.

Inuyasha followed him. "What the hell has gotten into you? I just asked you a simple ass question"

"Several times! Just...ugh, I need to piss"

Hmm, strange. Sesshomaru very rarely ever said something like "piss". He usually deemed it too vulgar, dirty. "You need to fuck, is that your problem? You feel some kind of way cause last time it got cut short since somebody nearly broke my dick?"

The silver haired beauty scoffed & shook his head while he handled his business, shook twice & washed his hands. "I will not dignify that with an answer"

"The only time you're this cranky is when I put you on punishment & don't fuck you for week-"

"Not everything is about fucking, Inuyasha!" Sesshomaru bellowed in his mate's face, gesturing with his hand to bring his point across.

"You got one more time to yell in my face..." Inuyasha said in a very low voice.

The inuyoukai looked like he was about to say something very rude to that but then he just paused, deflated & sighed then laid his forehead on his mate's chest. "I'm just tired, that's all"

"If that's your way of apologizing you gotta do better"

Sesshomaru leaned back to look in his face. His expression was soft, like he was thinking about something pleasant. "I'm sorry for snapping on you"

Inuyasha hid his surprise at the apology by scoffing. "Fucking side effects, man..."

...

Inuyasha sighed as he parked the car & let the garage door down. Working these twelve hour shifts made his checks pretty but damn, he was tired. He barely had the energy to get out the car but the thought of a warm meal & the love of his life waiting for him inside made him pull strength out of every nook & cranny of his body to get the strength to get out. "I'm home, baby"

"Welcome home"

The hanyou sighed again, happily this time at the smell & sound of dinner cooking. Without even turning around he already knew it was gumbo with that spicy Italian sausage he loved so much & those big juicy shrimps marinated in a sauce he found online. Oh sweet Jesus he was ready to wrap his mouth around a spoonful.

"How was your day?"

Inuyasha hung his keys up & painstakingly pulled his shoes off. "Not too bad, I guess. Four people walked off so the temporary agencies had a hard time bringing in replacements & three lines ran out of material so we had to cancel them. At least it made the day a little less stressful but I did a lot of walking aro-"

"Oh!"

The half breed glanced up quickly to find Sesshomaru holding his hand to his face, his back turned. He walked up to his mate quickly. "What happened? Show me"

His eyebrows rose slowly at the thick trail of blood slowly leaking from Sesshomaru's right nostril but what surprised him more than actually seeing the nosebleed is how incredibly turned on he was at the sight of it.

The inuyoukai grabbed a napkin & dabbed at his nose. "It never lasts long. Nothing to worry about"

"Worrying is the farthest thing from my mind right now..."

The silver haired beauty raised an eyebrow at the husky tone his mate took with him but didn't comment. He was too distracted by the powerful waves of seme laced aromas in his face & Inuyasha staring him down like he was a starving man & Sesshomaru himself was a hunk of juicy meat. "Yasha..."

The half breed wrapped one of his strong arms around his mate's waist & pulled him close for passionate, teasingly slow kiss. His rock hard body, pressed so close, Sesshomaru could feel his heartbeat, molded with his like a Lego block, perfect. Sesshomaru's eyes slid closed as he relaxed into the kiss & wrapped his arms around his mate's neck. How long had it been since they'd been like this, taking their time & having no destination really in mind? Sure they'd kissed & made love just yesterday but this...this felt like it a very long overdue.

Inuyasha pulled back & kissed his way down that long column of neck. "How bad do you want me?"

Sesshomaru shuddered at the growled question, goosebumps popping up all down his arms & raising the hairs on the back of his neck in anticipation. "I..."

A strange feeling came over him then. At first he didn't pay much attention to it but then he lost feeling in his left arm & it dropped to his side. Inuyasha raised his silver head & leaned forward to continue kissing his mate until he saw his face & his expression went from sultry to alarmed. "What?"

"I cuh feh mah ah..." Sesshomaru mumbled. He'd meant to say he couldn't feel his arm but for some reason his tongue felt too big for his mouth, heavy. As he'd been speaking his realized the left side of his face felt funny too. What the hell was going on?

Inuyasha placed his hands firmly on Sesshomaru's shoulders. "I can't understand you, baby, speak up. You're freaking me out"

'_That makes two of us...'_ Sesshomaru wanted to say but instead he busied himself with trying to find a place to sit before he dropped to the floor. All of a sudden his left leg was staring to feel like his face & arm, just weak. "Ah nee tah sit..."

"Jesus, Sessh" Inuyasha breathed, his hand near his mouth as if he was about to cover it, "What's wrong with your face?"

Sesshomaru reached up with his right hand & touched his cheek. It felt like his face was melting & that's when the panic really set in. Immediately his breathing grew rapid & his heart starting banging around in his chest like a trapped humming bird. Was he dying? He was fairly certain this wasn't a side effect cause he would've been a little more prepared for it like all the other ones he experienced. It didn't say anything about drooping face!

Inuyasha snatched his cell phone out of his briefcase & dialed something quickly then came back over to his mate to hold his hand.

"911, what's your emergency?"

"Something's wrong with my boyfriend, I think he's having a stroke" Inuyasha said. Surprisingly his voice was pretty calm though his facial expression said otherwise.

"Is he conscious?"

"Yes"

"I'm sending out a dispatch as we speak. Can you stay on the line with me & make sure he stays awake?"

Inuyasha started sweating. "I...yeah. Yeah I'll try & stay on the line. Please tell them to hurry"

"According to my computer they should be there in about six minutes"

Sesshomaru worked his jaw. The left side still felt weird & his arm wasn't responding the way he wanted it to so the fear was still there, gripping his chest like a freezing cold band but he was slightly calmer. Was this what it was like when you were dying?

"Stay with me, baby" Inuyasha murmured, pushing the inuyoukai's bangs away from his face.

The silver haired beauty made a noise in the back of his throat. His tongue still refused to function.

"How do you feel? Are you in any pain?"

Sesshomaru shook his head. He was feeling just a little sleepy but he got the feeling it was probably best not to tell his mate that.

"They'll be here any minute, baby, alright? Everything's gunna be ok. I'm not going to leave you...kay? I'm staying with you" the hanyou said in a low voice, his gaze fierce. His hand, which was holding Sesshomaru's left hand, squeezed almost uncomfortably but for some reason it made him feel so safe, like he would be alright through Inuyasha's sheer will & determination.

"Ok" he whispered.

They sat in silence, staring at each other until there was sharp knocking at the door. Inuyasha hung up the phone then stood to let the paramedics in. He showed them where Sesshomaru was still sitting in the dining room patiently. The paramedics swarmed him, asking him questions, hooking him up to machines & speaking to him as if he was mentally challenged. "Aye"

They ignored the hanyou & started trying to get the inuyoukai onto the stretcher they unfolded.

Inuyasha gripped the arm of one of them. "Aye, man, chill the fuck out! Give him a minute to figure out what the hell is going on before you get all up in his face & shit!"

"We know what we're doing sir! Just stand back & let us do our jobs!" the paramedic said somewhat but not really calmly.

"Inu..."

Immediately the anger & impatience was forgotten & Inuyasha zipped to his mate's side, grabbing the hand that was reaching our for him. "I'm here, baby, I'm here"

Sesshomaru's eyes slid closed. He seemed to relax so much to the point Inuyasha quickly checked his pulse to make sure he was still alive & breathed a sigh of relief to feel the thrumming beat beneath his fingers. The paramedics loaded him onto the stretcher & took them out to the ambulance.

"If you don't mind, can you drive behind us? There's not much room back here" another paramedic said kindly.

Inuyasha nodded & kissed Sesshomaru's fingers slowly. "I gotta drive baby, but I'll be right behind you aight? You hear me?"

"Ok" Sesshomaru whispered, his eyes still closed.

He watched as the love of his life was packed into the ambulance & felt his stomach slide down to his knees as it started & peeled off. Only then did he cry, a long, pitiful whine that left his throat aching. If only he'd known the side effects were that serious he would've never let Sesshomaru take the treatment. How he wish he could go back & change so many things.