DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN INU-YASHA OR ANY CHARACTERS IN THIS FIC. INU-YASHA BELONGS TO RUMIKO TAKAHASHI.

********************Chapter 4: Use your Imagination, I'm tired

"HUH?!" He suddenly sat bolt upright, the blanket falling and revealing his torso. "How could you ask a question like that?!"

Kagome looked at him, also sitting up. "Well, you never told me, and I think I deserve to know."

At this he lay back down and put a hand to his head.

"Of course I don't, baka!"

"But-" he put a hand over her mouth and whispered in her ear.

"How could any body LOVE a dead woman?" he removed his hand from her mouth and said, "I just have to make all that misery up to her, that's all." At these words, a warm bubble swelled inside her. Knowing that he didn't have feelings for Kikyo made Kagome feel very happy. All this time Inu-yasha had been thinking about a woman, and Kagome could tell. She had thought it was herself, but whenever he looked at her she got a really weird feeling like he was seeing her as Kikyo. This only left Sango to compete with, but that was not seriously practical. She was already half drooling over Miroku behind his back, pretending to blow her nose whenever he caught her.

"Then who do you love, Inu-yasha," she said, toying with his ears.

She was smiling up at him and had a gleam in her eye that he almost didn't like. Oh gods, not that question AGAIN! How in the world am I supposed to tell her his true feelings, when she told him herself that she did not love him. Wait, who was she kidding!? All of that affection had to be love, what else would she call it!?

"What I feel for the person is not love but very close to it." He tapped her on the nose with a claw. There, that hadn't been so bad. At least she'd get the point if she had been messing with him before, and she'd know it was herself.

Inu-yasha lay back on his arms and grinned. Now THAT had been smooth. Kagome lay next to him in the same position and pretended to be asleep. Inu-yasha heard a muffled giggle and sat up to find Miroku and Sango gone. (Character's expression -_-;). He lay back down and heard a 'WHAM' and a 'OOF!' come from the closet near the place where Miroku and Sango had been. Miroku came staggering out of the closet, holding the blanket around him and clutching a particular part of his body.

"What did you try and pull this time," Kagome said, yawning.

"OoOoW!" he wailed, collapsing on the floor. Sango came out of the closet and was blushing such a deep red that you could compare it to Inu-yasha's Kimono. She was also holding her casual wear outfit closed under the neck.

"H-he tried t-to," She gulped. "W-well..... I h-had to r-re-resort to that!" pointing to Miroku, who had a contorted expression on his face, still holding himself. Kagome giggled and winked at Inu-yasha, who looked like you could have fried an egg on his face.

"It's-s-s not funnyyy!" he hissed, glaring at Kagome. Kagome had to admit he was well built (not as well as Inu-yasha) and blushed the slightest pink when the blanket slipped down to his abs by accident. Most unfortunately, Inu-yasha saw, and let his blanket slip on purpose. Kagome noticed what he had done, and when Sango bent over Miroku, she gave him a kiss on the cheek, for reassurance.

When the sun had risen (A/N: the sun had risen, but it was till cloudy, so they could only tell by the lighting outside.) Inu-yasha and Miroku got dressed in Kagome's room. Kagome was condemned to making pancakes, because they hadn't had any dinner or lunch yesterday. They were a hit and Inu-yasha had managed fourteen, before taking a nap on the couch. Kagome served Miroku several before he finished.

"Those were the breast-

*WHAM*

"I mean, those were the best asscak-

*WHAM*

"THOSE WERE THE BEST PANCAKES I'VE EVER HAD!!" He ended up shouting after several tries. It had not only been Sango hitting him on the last few, because Inu-yasha happened to hear. And he hit him square on the head, creating a very large lump every time. Kagome was bright red by the whole fiasco, and had to have a breathing session on the couch with Inu-yasha, both venting anger on pillows. (Inu-yasha's was down to bits of leather and cotton balls by the end of two minutes).

When every body had eaten, Kagome got up to check the thermometer on the porch and it was 28 degrees F. She walked back over to Inu-yasha on the couch and sighed.

"It's still too cold for the snow to melt." she said, looking up at him. "And I'm not letting you out of the house until the snow is AT LEAST melted to 6" deep." She gazed out the window and measured with her eyes somewhere from four to five feet, piled high against the window. Inu-yasha leaned over sideways, still facing front.

" Kagome?"

"Yes?"

" I have to go....uh.."

"To the bathroom? It's upstairs around the corner."

"Yes, but..."

"OH!! Where do you go in Feuda- uh, maybe I don't want to know. Come with me please."

She led him upstairs to the bathroom, she opened the door to the bathroom and gestured to the toilet.

"This is a toilet," she explained. "you, uh, do your business in here." She pointed to the lever on the side. "you push this to make it go away. This paper here, on the sink you use to clean yourself." After all that, she blushed slightly as she left, closing the door behind her. She waited at the top of the stairs.

"Kagome,"

She spun around and immediately shut her eyes.

"INU-YASHA!!! YOU CAN'T JUST WALK AROUND THE HOUSE NAKED!!"

"I just wanted to know how to get water into this hot spring of yours."

Kagome got up, grumbling, and made her way to the bathroom, feeling the walls.

"Put this on," She turned from him and found a bathrobe and thrust it at him with out looking. After making sure he had it on, she walked with him to the bathroom.

"This tap makes hot water," She said gesturing to the left knob. "and this," she said pointing at the right one, "makes cold water." But Inu-yasha was only paying so attention. She was so close, he wanted to just take her into his arms right there, and return the affection she had given him, but she had already started to leave when he actually thought he would be able to pull it off. He watched her until the door was close, then he started the water and took off the bathrobe Kagome had given him. He turned and examined himself in the full-length mirror on the back of the door. He was still wearing his loincloth, why would she make such a big deal out of something like that? He took the under garment off and slipped into the tub. It was warm, he never knew why Kagome always went to the hot springs, until now. The hot water made his tight, over used muscles relax.

Kagome was downstairs on the couch, Sango, Miroku and Kaede were chatting at the table. Shippo was sitting in her lap, and Kirara was still curled by the fire, but was purring loudly. Kagome was remembering what had happened on the stairs. Inu-yasha had just walked out of the bathroom wearing nothing but his medieval underwear. She blushed to herself and examined the hem of her skirt; he was definitely the most gorgeous guy she had ever seen. She blushed deeper and bowed her head. But there had been times where he hadn't been so gorgeous especially when he thought she had slept with Kouga when he captured her. But then, she left for home and found her clock missing the next morning. She knew what had happened: he had come in through the window right when her alarm clock went off. He had panicked and stolen it, to get it to shut up. This, of course, happened when she was asleep. She had to admit Inu-yasha could be pretty damn cute sometimes.

****************End of Chapter 4: Use your Imagination, I'm tired

SORRY IT'S SO SHORT, I JUST GOT REALLY JUMPY 'CAUSE I PROMISED YOU GUYS THE

CHAPTER, SO THERE IT IS, ENJOY. REMEMBER TO R&R!! There are still more to come

SPECIAL THANKS TO

Fire, WHO HELPED ME THINK OF THE SECOND HALF AND ALSO GOT A SNEAK PEEK AT IT BEFORE I POSTED IT.

Kizoona, WHO TOLD ME MY STORY WAS GOOD ^-^ THANKYOU!!