Chapter five

Coughing awoke him from his sweet dreams and he scowled. All was not right in the world. Stuffing a pillow over his head, Inuyasha groaned and kicked his legs. "Shut up," he mumbled.

"Sorry, Inu," Kagome whispered out as she turned away from him.

Guilty, Inuyasha turned back and wrapped his arms around her waist and spooned her. "Shh, it's ok, it isn't your fault your sick, it's just the flu probably."

He softly kissed her neck and her feverish skin prickled with goose bumps as his lips made contact. Kagome shivered at the sensation of his lips on her and melted into his firm chest. Her back making contact with his shirtless chest she allowed his legs to wrap around her and lock his ankles with her own.

Coughing softly, she closed her eyes. Inuyasha began to run his fingers through her hair and whispering comforts to his future-wife.

"Sleep, Kagome," he whispered and kissed her earlobe, making Kagome shiver.

After Kagome had fallen into the realm of sleep, Inuyasha untangled himself from her and walked out of the window and sat on the fire escape. The cold December air whipped around him and he shivered. Wearing only boxers out into the night air had not been smart. He leaned on the fire escape and looked down on the world around him. Sighing he rested and looked at the sky.

Something touched his nose and he wrinkled said body part to examine it.

It was snowing.

Gaping, he looked as small snow crystals fell from the sky. Grinning he stood and held his hand out. It had been years since he had seen snow. Usually it was never cold enough for it to snow here, and yet here it was, and by the looks of it, it was sticking.

Coughing was heard and Inuyasha turned to see Kagome climb out the window. She had on a hat and scarf and tossed a coat to Inuyasha. "Baka, what are you doing out here in only your boxers?"

"What are you doing out here when your sick?" Inuyasha countered and walked towards her, wrapping his arms around her in an attempt to keep her warm. "Baka."

Kagome snuggled into his warmth and looked up at the sky, where small little snowflakes were falling and reflecting off the streetlights. The wind blew softly around them and they looked at the world of snow.

"It's pretty," Kagome whispered.

"Yeah, but if you don't get inside, your health won't be pretty either," Inuyasha stated as he hefted Kagome up into his arms and climbed through the window. "Besides, that old lady will probably show up soon and tell us we're too loud. Honestly, if they don't like us, they should move into a retirement home."

Kagome shrugged and snuggled into Inuyasha. She giggled softly and wrapped her fingers in his shirt.

"'Night yasha," she said sleepily.

"Yeah, yeah, I'll be here when you wake up."

Kagome yawned loudly and sat up. Her throat felt raw and bare and her body felt cold and hot at the same time. She moaned loudly and fell back onto her pillow and curled up into a ball. Sniffing, she tried to fall back asleep, but the agonizing feeling of her sickness prevented such a thing.

Groaning, she turned and snuggled into her covers as best she could. Why was it so damn cold in this house?

The door creaked open and Kagome cracked open her eyes to watch Inuyasha walk in. he yawned and sat on the side of the bed next to Kagome. "Hey, how you feeling?"

"Like shit," she whispered, her voice too hoarse to raise it any higher.

Inuyasha smiled softly and tucked some of her bangs behind her ear. His fingers felt cold against her fevered forehead and she shivered again.

"I called the doctor," Inuyasha said and got off the bed to kneel on the ground so he was eye level with her, "He said that you only have an extremely bad case of the flu. He says that you should just stay in bed for a couple of days and if you aren't better soon I should bring you in."

Kagome nodded weakly and snuggled into the covers.

"Do you need another blanket?" he asked tenderly.

Kagome nodded and watched as Inuyasha stood up and walked briskly to the linen closet on the other side of the room. "How many?"

Kagome coughed to clear her throat and sat up slightly, "Two would be good, please."

Inuyasha nodded and grabbed a wool blanket and a fleece blanket from the bottom shelf. The wool was a dark green and blue with a single black stripe and the fleece was a dark blue with little soccer balls on them. Neither were fond of the sport, it was on sale at a garage sale for a small amount of yen and they couldn't resist.

"Better?" Inuyasha smiled softly when Kagome nodded and leaned forward to kiss her forehead. "Do you need anything else?"

"Tea would be nice," Kagome whispered.

As Inuyasha left the room, Kagome felt her heart swell. When in her entire life did she ever do something that would justify having Inuyasha with her? When did she do something that would allow her to even come close to deserving Inuyasha? She concluded that she didn't deserve him and promised herself that when she was better she'd make it up to him.

After a while Kagome heard the whistling of the teakettle and concluded that Inuyasha was indeed making her some tea. He entered the room with a smile and handed a mug with a little kitten on it.

"I didn't have any peppermint tea, sorry, but I did have this kind of tea that's good for colds...and I put honey in it, I know how much you love honey," Inuyasha said softly and helped Kagome sit up so she could sip the drink.

Kagome felt her heart swell again, "Thank you." She smiled gratefully at her fiancée and sipped the drink, making sure she didn't burn herself.

"Feh," Inuyasha replied and crossed his arms, trying to hide his blush. Kagome smiled and continued to sip her tea in silence.