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Chapter 6: An Evening Together Part I
Hand-in-hand, each slightly blushing, Inuyasha and Kagome walk together through the brightly lit and lively streets.
After a period of silence, Kagome reddens slightly and looks away from him as she says, "I – I like the outfit you're wearing. How did you get that?"
Surprised and proud, Inuyasha says, "I went to someplace called the mall with your mother and brother today."
"Ah, so you were here then. I thought it was just the two of them who went!"
He looks away and says, "So – you really like it?"
She smiles as she looks at him.
"Of course, the color and samurai design are perfect for you!"
He blushes and continues to look away from her as he says, "Is that so?"
She nods her head yes in response. Both become quiet again, unsure what to say next.
Soon after, to Inuyasha's surprise, Kagome stops and looks in a window.
She looks back to him and says, "We should get a disposable camera, it would be fun to take photographs tonight!"
Confused, Inuyasha says, "Dispos-a-ble camrah, photografts?"
Kagome thinks for a moment and then says, "I'm sure you've seen plenty of paintings, right?"
"Yeah."
"A photograph is like using a machine to paint an exact picture of whatever you want. You take the camera, look through the lens at what you want a picture of, and press a button. After you take a lot of shots, you bring it to a store, and you get back a set of photographs!"
Kagome giggles as she notices Inuyasha's gaping mouth.
"Let's go inside," Kagome says as she opens the door. She steps inside and Inuyasha follows. As he stands by, she picks one out and purchases it at the cashier.
As they exit, Kagome turns to Inuyasha and says, "Smile!"
"Smile?"
She takes a picture and Inuyasha swipes at the camera, knocking it onto the ground.
"Inuyasha!"
"Didn't you see that? It attacked me with some sort of lightening rod!"
Kagome sighs and thinks, 'Forgot to tell him about the flash.'
She picks it up and inspects it, and is pleased to see that it still looks functional.
She turns to him and says, "Inuyasha, it's night, so there's not a lot of light."
"Yeah, obviously."
"The light you saw is called a flash. It's used for pictures at night or indoors where there isn't bright light."
He shouts, "Why didn't you explain that before!?"
"I'm sorry, I forgot about it."
'He didn't have to yell at me, I just wanted to tell him about something great we have in this era,' Kagome thinks.
He looks at her and notices she seems sad, so he says, "Here, give me that thing."
She looks at him in surprise but then hands it to him.
He moves it around, and, after some trial and error, sees Kagome through what he thinks is what she called the lens.
'I wonder if this is how she did it,' he wonders.
He holds it steady, and presses the button.
He moves it down and passes it back to her.
Slightly blushing, he says, "Now there'll be one of you, too."
She smiles at him and, startling him, takes hold of his arm and quietly says, "Thank you, Inuyasha."
They walk together again, intermittently stopping to take pictures of each other, and asking other people to take pictures of them together. Later, Kagome stops once again and looks to Inuyasha while she points at a store.
"Let's go in here, Inuyasha."
With a confused expression on his face, Inuyasha says, "What is this place?"
"It's a coffee house. They serve coffee, hot cocoa, tea, and delicious desserts!"
He shrugs and says, "Ok."
With a broad smile, Kagome takes hold of his hand and leads him inside.
She looks to him and says, "I think it'd be best to get you tea, but I would like you to try something new, too. Hmm, I'll get you a slice of chocolate cake."
He says nothing but smiles slightly.
When they approach the counter, Kagome says, "I'll have a hot cocoa and chocolate mousse with whipped cream. He'll have a hot tea with a slice of chocolate cake."
The person at the counter takes the order and Kagome pays.
After Kagome gets them napkins and utensils, they carry their items to a table by the window and she smiles broadly as she begins.
"Mmm, delicious!" she says.
A little apprehensive, Inuyasha looks at the fork that Kagome gave him and asks, "What's this?"
Remembering that Inuyasha is used to eating with only chopsticks, she answers, "It's a fork. Here, I'll show you how to hold it, it's pretty easy."
She picks up the fork in her right hand and displays to him how it should be held and how it's used to cut a bite from the piece.
"Here, now you try."
Still unsure, Inuyasha grabs hold of it in an awkward fashion and flails at the piece. After a few tries, he becomes frustrated, so he clenches it in his fist and uses a powerful vertical motion to jam the fork into the piece, causing a large chunk to become attached to it.
He lifts it up with a proud expression and places it into his mouth.
'Well, I guess that's one way to do it,' Kagome thinks, stifling laughter.
As he chews, he says, "Wow, this is really sweet."
"Inuyasha, don't talk with your mouth full."
Not caring, after he swallows the piece, he sticks out his tongue at her.
She clenches her fist and looks angry as she says, "Inuyasha, I'll say 'it' if I have to!"
"Keh," he replies, but, after that point, makes sure that he swallows his food before saying anything.
After they finish, they throw away their trash and place their used plates and cups in a bin.
As they step out onto the sidewalk, Inuyasha says, "Kagome, what's a girlfriend?"