Dedicated to the cocker spaniel and the mutt in The Lady and the Tramp.

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Mi Amor

By Shinji no Hikari
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Cooking... it took a bit of patience, especially on cold, windy nights as this one. Kagome felt her teeth chatter as she waited for the wind to go away so she could finish boiling the water for their ramen. Inuyasha, in his human form tonight, was pouting beside the God Tree, his fists jammed in the large sleeves of his hakama. He glared around the forest, as if something was hidden in the trees, and turned to Kagome. She, noticing his mouth open to say something, raised a single finger as she poured ramen into the pot on the fire. Suddenly she cursed.

"What?" Inuyasha asked, eyeing her suspiciously, believing she had burnt the ramen.

"I forgot another bowl. We only have one." She explained, holding up their only bowl. "So that means we'll have to put all the ramen together and share it." Inuyasha's face screwed up at the sight of sharing ramen, but he sighed and allowed it. After all, Kagome did have the 'sit' spell, and he was in his human form. He watched, almost greedily at the ramen, when Kagome brought the bowl of ramen to him. She handed him some chopsticks, and, taking her own, dug into the ramen. Inuyasha was actually being neat with his food, after all, Kagome would complain about the lack of food for her, and a grumpy Kagome usually equalled a 'sat' Inuyasha.

Suddenly, the girl in question started giggling. Inuyasha raised an eyebrow, as he slurped a noodle, and looked at Kagome, "What are you laughing at?" She turned her head to face him, and kept laughing. "What?"

"There's this... story in my time that was all about a rich dog and a poor dog who fell for each other," Kagome started. "There was a part of the story when they ate spaghetti -"

"What's that?"

"Something like ramen, except using a red sauce. It's very good," Kagome said, slurping a noodle herself. "Anyway, they were eating this same plate of spaghetti, and the two dogs suddenly were eating the same noodle, only at different ends."

"Well, that's stupid. What happened to 'em?" Inuyasha asked.

"Well..." Kagome giggled and blushed slightly. "They... kind... of kissed each other..." She giggled again when Inuyasha jumped. "What? It was just a story!" She ate another noodle, and waited until Inuyasha sat down again. "You know, this is a very pretty night, ne?" The hanyou shrugged, and went back to eating. She, watching the stars still, picked up a noodle, while Inuyasha did as well.

The two were looking in different directions as they slurped their noodle... until they both felt their faces being pulled to the center.... and the two felt lips pressed against their own.

Kagome broke away, blushing brightly, and looking the other way. Inuyasha, on the other hand, was in a daze. "I am so sorry, Inuyasha..." Kagome said, feeling sort of stupid. How could she have made that happen?!

"Why...?" Kagome's face turned to the hanyou, who was staring into space. "Why are you sorry?" He looked up to her, and she blushed again.

"Well... I... I..." She stutted. "You like... Kikyo... and it's not right for me to do that..." She looked down. "Besides..." 'It's not like you like me, anyway.' She felt fingers pull her face up. Inuyasha gave her a reassuring smile before going back to his ramen.

"That's what you think," She thought she heard from the hanyou.

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---Owari

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I just loved that scene from Lady and the Tramp! ^_^ Hope you liked this! R&R!