Note: There's a smut scene in this chapter and I marked it between * signs. If you want, you can skip that part. Enjoy!
Kagome was slowly emerging from her slumber. Sun rays were coming through the space between the bedroom drapes, drawing a line across the bed and on the bare stomach of the man sleeping beside her.
She observed his peaceful face. The purple marks from the night before had disappeared from his skin. His fangs, visible behind his slightly open lips, were back to their original size.
Her hand was resting on his chest and she could feel his steady heartbeats and the slow pace of his breathing.
She softly traced the outline of his pectorals, his clavicles, his jaws, his ears. Golden orbs appeared slowly as he opened his eyes. Their color was back to normal.
"Hi" Kagome whispered, smiling.
"Hey beautiful." answered the hanyo, stretching his arm to caress her cheek. "How are you feeling this morning?"
She sighed, relishing in the sensation of his warm palm, now tracing the curves of her shoulder.
"I feel... peaceful, content...very happy to be here with you."
Inuyasha smiled at those words. He lifted his head to take a look at the light mark visible on Kagome's shoulder. My mate... he thought. He leaned on one elbow and kissed the four little dots on her skin.
"I can't believe this is real." he murmured, tickling her shoulder with his lips.
"Me neither" his girlfriend answered. "It feels like I'm dreaming. But I don't want to wake up."
Inuyasha trailed feather light pecks up her neck and lower jaw, before kissing her softly. The kiss grew into a slow passionate embrace, where hands were exploring exposed skin.
*
The hanyo held Kagome against him and rolled so he was on top of her, never breaking the kiss. He slid his tongue on her bottom lip, seeking entrance, and she happily obliged. Her mouth was warm, her lips soft. Their tongues danced together for a while, then Inuyasha kissed her neck ardently, making her sigh.
With their naked body pressed together, she could feel his desire against her thigh. She caressed his back and butt, giving him goosebumps.
The hanyo moved to her side.
"Lay on your stomach. I want to give attention to your back too." he asked.
Kagome did as requested and her lover leaned in to kiss her nape slowly, leisurely tasting her soft skin. She shivered under his ministrations and moaned softly when he licked a sweet spot near her ear.
He continued to explore her back with his mouth, giving her open mouthed kisses along her spine. He stroked her sides up and down with both hands, his clawed fingers brushing her ribs.
His hands went further down and he cupped her buttocks, massaging them lightly.
Kagome sighed and spread her legs, giving him access to her sex. Careful with his claws, he slid one hand underneath her, towards her pelvis, and stroked her core softly with his fingers. Kagome moaned loudly, lifting her hips a bit to give her lover a better access.
He caressed her sensitive bud in circles, slowly, making her pant and whine.
"Inu... Yasha...I want you... All of you." Kagome pleaded.
After a few more strokes, he guided her so she was on her back and settled between her legs. He slid slowly inside of her, but didn't move yet, savouring the intimate connection they were sharing.
He kissed her softly and gazed into her eyes. She was so beautiful and he felt lucky to be able to feel her that way.
He then started to move his hips slowly, never breaking eye contact. Kagome smiled softly, lifting her hand to caress his ear and face.
The hanyo was pouring all his emotions through the love language of his body.
"I... I wanna try something." said his girlfriend between two shaky breathes.
He moved away from her. She placed a couple of pillows against the bed headboard. "Come here." she said, adding the finger gesture to her words.
The hanyo sat with his back against the pillows and his mate straddled him before giding him inside of her. Both took a sharp breath, the new position allowing deeper contact.
Snaking her arms around his neck, Kagome kissed her boyfriend passionately and started to move her hips up and down. She swallowed his grunts in their kiss.
The pace of their movements increased as the tension grew more and more. Kagome lifted her face towards the ceiling, lost in the sensations. Inuyasha took the opportunity and kissed her throat fervently, while massaging her breasts with both hands.
Taking support with her hands on his shoulders, the woman's movements became faster and erratic. The hanyo slid his hand between them and massaged her now very sensitive bundle of nerves with his knuckle.
Kagome's grasp on his shoulders tightened, her nails digging in his skin.
She cried out and her core squeezed him, also unleashing his ultimate pleasure. They rode their orgasms together, clinging to eachother like a lifeline.
Breathless, they stayed in this position for a few moments, hugging lovingly and exchanging sweet kisses.
*
"That was... amazing" said Kagome, looking into his eyes.
"Yeah..." breathed her boyfriend.
"And it seems your yokai side stayed put this time." She chuckled.
"Yes you're right... Probably the mating ritual yesterday calmed it down." he acknowledged.
They decided to take a shower together. Inuyasha set up the water temperature and got under the hot flow. Kagome joined him. They hugged and kissed for a moment, the water cascading on their bodies.
Kagome took her shampoo but her boyfriend grabbed it from her hands.
"Let me." he said.
She turned her back to him and he poured some shampoo in his hands, before gliding them in her hair, covering them in lucious foam. He massaged her scalp thoroughly.
Then he took her body soap and also poured some in his hands. He spread it on all her body, then proceeded to massage her neck, shoulders, back, arms and legs, before she rinsed herself under the water stream.
"Your turn now." Kagome said, smiling.
She gave the same attention to his hair and scalp, laughing when he grunted. She was careful around his ears, not wanting to put soap in them. She had fun giving him silly hairdos in the process.
She then put soap all over his body. She traced the outline of each of his muscles, before massaging them like he did to her before.
After they finished their shower and got dressed, they decided to go eat a late breakfast at a small bakery downtown.
Kagome called Sango, who was obviously at Miroku's, and invited her and her boyfriend to join them.
Inuyasha and Kagome were sitting side by side in a booth, enjoying a delicious freshly grounded coffee while waiting for their friends.
"Hey lovebirds!" called Sango when she saw them.
They sat at the table and the four of them ordered their food.
"Kagome! You're literally glowing today!" noticed Sango.
Inuyasha gave his girlfriend a smug look and she blushed.
"Oooohhhh!" exclaimed Miroku and Sango at the same time.
Kagome blushed even more and hid her face behind her boyfriend's shoulder. The hanyo chuckled. "You don't have to be shy, they knew one day you wouldn't be able to resist my charms anymore."
She weakly hit his arm to shut him up, only managing to make him smirk.
Sango looked at her boyfriend, laughing. Miroku lowered his voice and said to the hanyo: "So, I see that your... wilder side didn't shred Kagome to pieces. It seems everything worked out finally and that you both were worried for nothing."
"Well actually..." answered Inuyasha, looking for Kagome's approval to reveal what happened. She nodded. "We kind of did the mating ritual... It calmed down my other self."
"You did!!" Sango shouted. "That was a real thing?! Did you actually mark her, like it was written in the papers??"
"Yeah he did." Kagome answered.
"I couldn't control it. It's like my body acted on its own." the hanyo added.
They interrupted their conversation while the waitress brought them their plates and refilled their coffees.
"So how did it happen then?" continued Sango, curious.
Kagome blushed again. "Well... We were, you know... And then he bit me."
"Oh, that's kinky. We should try that." said Miroku, winking at his girlfriend. Inuyasha snorted.
"Shut up you perv." Sango answered. "Did it hurt?" she asked her friend, concerned.
"Not really." Kagome pulled down the neckline of her sweater, revealing her shoulder. Her friends leaned over the table, trying to see. "You see the four white dots? That's it."
Inuyasha couldn't stop himself from kissing her mark.
"That's... You did that with your teeth?" Sango asked him.
"Yeah. My fangs actually." He opened his mouth and pointed at his sharp fangs to illustrate his point. "They grow when my other side takes over."
"I wasn't scared. I trusted him. Anyway this side didn't reappear this morning when-" Kagome slapped her hand on her mouth.
"This morning too, huh? You wanted to make up for lost time, didn't you." Miroku asked the hanyo, smirking.
"Okay enough details on our sex life." declared Inuyasha.
Sango was lost in her thoughts and Kagome looked at her, wondering what her friend would come up with.
"So..." the brown headed woman started. "Since Inus mate for life, it's as if you're married now!"
Inuyasha looked at her wide-eyed and Kagome almost choked on her bite.
"Can we not..." she coughed "get ahead of ourselves now? My mom would have a heart attack if I got married behind her back."
"Maybe one day. We'll just continue mating for now." added the hanyo.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome scolded him.
Miroku was laughing, definately having too much fun at their expense.
The four friends spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out at Miroku's place, playing boardgames and having a good time. They ordered pizza for dinner.
Later, Inuyasha escorted his girlfriend back to her place. She preferred that he didn't stay for the night because she needed to rest for work tomorrow and it would be too hard to keep their hands off of eachother anyway.
The hanyo held her in a loving embrace and kissed her goodnight, before parting ways.
Once she was settled in her bed for the night, Kagome couldn't stop herself from grinning. She couldn't believe how lucky she was, to be destined to be with such an amazing and handsome man.
A thought crossed her mind that, maybe, having studied in her field was a way for destiny to guide her in the right path.