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He just lay there, completely motionless, and stared at her. Neither one of them said anything for a moment. Inuyasha was completely shocked that she didn't seem repulsed by the fact that he was laying in her lap and didn't know what to say. He wasn't sure how he had ended up there in the first place, but the sudden realization of where he was hit him all at once as he stared into her unblinking eyes. Feeling his face burning in embarrassment he flipped into a sitting position faster than he had ever moved before, causing Kagome to jump a bit in surprise. Hair swirling wildly around him, he relocated himself quickly away from her, with a dazed expression on his face. He gritted his teeth, completely mortified, and closed his eyes in embarrassment.
Kagome just looked at him worriedly and sighed, this was the reaction she hadn't wanted from him. She looked down, sad that he was so embarrassed by her, and folded her hands in her lap. She half expected him to get up and leave her again, and wished that just for once he would suck up his pride and talk to her. She looked up at him, and sighed exasperatedly as she waited for him to turn around and run off. She jumped in mild shock when instead of turning away from her, he opened his mouth to speak.
"Thanks –for the present."
Kagome looked up at him, presently surprised, and noted that although he wasn't looking at her he didn't seem to feel inclined to run away at the moment. She hadn't though he was going to stick around and felt herself blush at the sudden comment. She had thought he was leaving, and the fact that he hadn't run off, waking up the way he did, made her feel slightly better about their relationship. He had his usual conservative expression back on his face and seemed to be ignoring the fact that a moment ago she had been holding him in her lap. For the moment, that was fine by her. If he wasn't ready to mention the incident, she wasn't going to either. She gave him a hesitant smile and nodded.
"Yeah, I thought you might like it to remember your friends by."
Inuyasha looked thoughtful for a moment before replying. "What do you mean by remember your friends? I wasn't aware you were going anywhere."
"Well— I don't know, we aren't always going to be together are we? We're all together now of course, but I suppose we can't be with each other all the time. The book I gave you is called a photo album. It's for remembering people when they're gone, or if you just want to remember the good times you've had with them. So when I go down the well for example, all you have to do is look at my picture and it's like the person never really left. Of course it's never the same as having the person there, but it helps....." she trailed off here, feeling his intense gaze on her, and looked up at him curiously.
"What makes you think I'm gonna look through this thing every time you go down the stupid well? I'm not that pathetic— I have a life if you didn't notice Kagome." He folded his arms imperiously and sniffed, as if her comment was quite laughable. Kagome felt herself ball her hands into fists again and frowned at his rudeness. That comment had really hurt her more than she would ever let him know. Didn't he miss her at all when she left? She was just trying to make him happy— why did he have to go and act like he didn't even care about her when a half hour ago he had just hugged her? He could be so immature sometimes!!!! She felt herself flush an angry red color, and closed her eyes in extreme irritation.
"Fine Inuyasha, don't look at it if you don't want to! It was just an example— I was just trying to give you a Christmas present that you would like. The fact that I stayed up half the night sorting through all those pictures probably means nothing to you, so if you don't mind, I think I'll be going home now to spend Christmas with my family."
Kagome stood up rather stiffly and walked past him without even giving him a second glance. Inuyasha stared after her, mouth hanging open in confusion, and felt himself questioning her motives for the third time that night. Hadn't— hadn't she just been holding him a few moments ago? And he had pissed her off already?
"Wha— wait a second! You're going back?? But you just got here! There's no way you're going back yet!" He shouted frantically.
Kagome stopped, angry enough to sit him, and gave him one of her worst glares yet. "Inuyasha, leave me alone!!! I'm going home now so I can be with my family on Christmas moring, and I'm NOT staying here no matter what you say. In case you haven't noticed, I have presents for them too, ok? I want to be there when they open them— and I know Souta has been working really hard on his present for me and he's been really excited about it. I'm not just going to stay here and disappoint him by not showing up when he gives it to me, alright? I'm going, and that's final!!!"
Inuyasha gaped at her, mouth working furiously in indignation but no words coming out. Kagome walked away before he had time to respond, and Inuyasha felt himself really starting get pissed off.
"Dammnit Kagome, stop! We've wasted enough time already with this Christmas thing of yours and we have to get back to collecting jewel shards, do you hear me? Listen, I do like your present thing, ok? Now will you stop this crap about your family and stay?"
Kagome stopped, not even bothering to turn around, and shouted, "SIT!!!" at the top of her lungs. Inuyasha crashed into the ground with even more force than usual, and groaned in agony as he struggled to get up.
"OW!! Damnit Kagome, why do you always do that?" He cried angrily.
"Why do I always do that???!!! WHY DO I ALWAYS DO THAT????!!! I'll tell you why I always do that, I do it because sometimes I hate your guts you jerk!!!!!!" Kagome screamed so loudly, it made Inuyasha curse as her shouts hurt his sensitive ears— so much for feeling guilty.
She was steaming as she stared at the indignant look he was giving her. Who did he think he was to go ordering her around like that? He had no right— not to mention he was being extremely rude.
"Dammnit Kagome." Inuyasha muttered angrily.
Kagome just stared at him, eyes flashing angrily, and turned once more to leave. She got two steps before whirling around to shout one last thing at this impudent jerk of a hanyou.
"And don't even think for a moment that I'm ever going to rub your ears again— because I won't!!! You acted like such an insensitive jerk after I tried to do something nice for you— I made you a Christmas present and I even tried to make up for yelling in you ears by rubbing them. But now I don't even care if I'm yelling to loud that it hurts your ears!! You deserve it you jerk!"
Kagome could feel her face go red as she realized her mistake in bringing up the ear-rubbing situation, and abruptly resumed her angry retreat without another word. She allowed herself a small smile of satisfaction at the complete look of embarrassment and anger on Inuyasha's face before she had turned away, and decided he had gotten what he deserved for acting like that.
She had already walked a fair distance away from him, and was starting to disappear into the foliage, when Inuyasha finally managed to think up a retort to Kagome's last statement.
"Yeah— well, what makes you think I liked it?" He asked lamely, not able to think of anything better to throw at her in his moment of embarrassment.
Kagome heard him but didn't even bother to acknowledge his words as she continued to move away from him. She knew as well as he did that he was putty in her hands if he let her get a hold of his ears again. There was no way she would believe anything he said if he continued denying that he wasn't in control of the situation the entire time. He had even purred for god sakes, did he really think she was going to believe he hadn't liked it? He had to practically force himself to tell her to stop, and that was only when she had paused long enough from rubbing his ears for him to get the sentence out. Kagome sighed nonchalantly and continued her trek, trying not to bother herself with further thoughts of the last two hours even though it was near impossible. Inuyasha, thank god, wasn't following her, and she felt inclined to slow her pace a bit.
She continued walking in this manner for fifteen minutes before finally breaking out of the forest. As soon as she stepped out of the foliage she noted with some thankfulness that Sango, Shippo, and Miroku had taken their gifts and made camp somewhere for the night. She really didn't want to explain to them why she was leaving already, and knowing Miroku, he would automatically think Inuyasha and her had been up to something in the woods. She wasn't in the mood to deal with him at the moment, and was just happy to be going home for now.
She smiled familiarly at the shape of the wooden bone eaters well as she walked across the clearing leading to it. It was dusk and Kagome felt a slight shill in the air as she made her way over to the well. At home right now, her mother was most likely preparing some chai tea for the cold weather. Kagome brightened knowing that in a minute or so she would be greeting her mother and getting some of that tea for herself. She smiled briefly and put her hands on the sturdy worn edge of the well swinging her leg over the side as she did. She was just about to lean into the well, when she felt a sharp blast of wind whip across the clearing, causing her to shiver violently. She rubbed her shoulders absently and looked up into the sky. It was a soft grayish blue color, suggesting snow was to come. As she pondered this thought, her suspicions were confirmed quickly, as the first heavy flakes of snow floated down around her.
It didn't snow often where she lived, but whenever it did, it gave her a sort of peaceful feeling in side. She sighed defeatedly and gave herself up to the serenity she felt flowing over her. She swung her other leg over the edge of the well so that she was now sitting on the brink of the well with both her legs dangling down over the bottom, and closed her eyes for a moment. After a bit, she lifted her head slightly and opened her eyes to the wall of perfect snowflakes drifting lazily about her in the breeze, and whispered one thing before pushing herself into the well.
"Inuyasha.......I guess I have to forgive you, stupid hanyou." She smiled momentarily, and was lost in a swirl of blue light as she was launched through the well into her own time.
He just lay there, completely motionless, and stared at her. Neither one of them said anything for a moment. Inuyasha was completely shocked that she didn't seem repulsed by the fact that he was laying in her lap and didn't know what to say. He wasn't sure how he had ended up there in the first place, but the sudden realization of where he was hit him all at once as he stared into her unblinking eyes. Feeling his face burning in embarrassment he flipped into a sitting position faster than he had ever moved before, causing Kagome to jump a bit in surprise. Hair swirling wildly around him, he relocated himself quickly away from her, with a dazed expression on his face. He gritted his teeth, completely mortified, and closed his eyes in embarrassment.
Kagome just looked at him worriedly and sighed, this was the reaction she hadn't wanted from him. She looked down, sad that he was so embarrassed by her, and folded her hands in her lap. She half expected him to get up and leave her again, and wished that just for once he would suck up his pride and talk to her. She looked up at him, and sighed exasperatedly as she waited for him to turn around and run off. She jumped in mild shock when instead of turning away from her, he opened his mouth to speak.
"Thanks –for the present."
Kagome looked up at him, presently surprised, and noted that although he wasn't looking at her he didn't seem to feel inclined to run away at the moment. She hadn't though he was going to stick around and felt herself blush at the sudden comment. She had thought he was leaving, and the fact that he hadn't run off, waking up the way he did, made her feel slightly better about their relationship. He had his usual conservative expression back on his face and seemed to be ignoring the fact that a moment ago she had been holding him in her lap. For the moment, that was fine by her. If he wasn't ready to mention the incident, she wasn't going to either. She gave him a hesitant smile and nodded.
"Yeah, I thought you might like it to remember your friends by."
Inuyasha looked thoughtful for a moment before replying. "What do you mean by remember your friends? I wasn't aware you were going anywhere."
"Well— I don't know, we aren't always going to be together are we? We're all together now of course, but I suppose we can't be with each other all the time. The book I gave you is called a photo album. It's for remembering people when they're gone, or if you just want to remember the good times you've had with them. So when I go down the well for example, all you have to do is look at my picture and it's like the person never really left. Of course it's never the same as having the person there, but it helps....." she trailed off here, feeling his intense gaze on her, and looked up at him curiously.
"What makes you think I'm gonna look through this thing every time you go down the stupid well? I'm not that pathetic— I have a life if you didn't notice Kagome." He folded his arms imperiously and sniffed, as if her comment was quite laughable. Kagome felt herself ball her hands into fists again and frowned at his rudeness. That comment had really hurt her more than she would ever let him know. Didn't he miss her at all when she left? She was just trying to make him happy— why did he have to go and act like he didn't even care about her when a half hour ago he had just hugged her? He could be so immature sometimes!!!! She felt herself flush an angry red color, and closed her eyes in extreme irritation.
"Fine Inuyasha, don't look at it if you don't want to! It was just an example— I was just trying to give you a Christmas present that you would like. The fact that I stayed up half the night sorting through all those pictures probably means nothing to you, so if you don't mind, I think I'll be going home now to spend Christmas with my family."
Kagome stood up rather stiffly and walked past him without even giving him a second glance. Inuyasha stared after her, mouth hanging open in confusion, and felt himself questioning her motives for the third time that night. Hadn't— hadn't she just been holding him a few moments ago? And he had pissed her off already?
"Wha— wait a second! You're going back?? But you just got here! There's no way you're going back yet!" He shouted frantically.
Kagome stopped, angry enough to sit him, and gave him one of her worst glares yet. "Inuyasha, leave me alone!!! I'm going home now so I can be with my family on Christmas moring, and I'm NOT staying here no matter what you say. In case you haven't noticed, I have presents for them too, ok? I want to be there when they open them— and I know Souta has been working really hard on his present for me and he's been really excited about it. I'm not just going to stay here and disappoint him by not showing up when he gives it to me, alright? I'm going, and that's final!!!"
Inuyasha gaped at her, mouth working furiously in indignation but no words coming out. Kagome walked away before he had time to respond, and Inuyasha felt himself really starting get pissed off.
"Dammnit Kagome, stop! We've wasted enough time already with this Christmas thing of yours and we have to get back to collecting jewel shards, do you hear me? Listen, I do like your present thing, ok? Now will you stop this crap about your family and stay?"
Kagome stopped, not even bothering to turn around, and shouted, "SIT!!!" at the top of her lungs. Inuyasha crashed into the ground with even more force than usual, and groaned in agony as he struggled to get up.
"OW!! Damnit Kagome, why do you always do that?" He cried angrily.
"Why do I always do that???!!! WHY DO I ALWAYS DO THAT????!!! I'll tell you why I always do that, I do it because sometimes I hate your guts you jerk!!!!!!" Kagome screamed so loudly, it made Inuyasha curse as her shouts hurt his sensitive ears— so much for feeling guilty.
She was steaming as she stared at the indignant look he was giving her. Who did he think he was to go ordering her around like that? He had no right— not to mention he was being extremely rude.
"Dammnit Kagome." Inuyasha muttered angrily.
Kagome just stared at him, eyes flashing angrily, and turned once more to leave. She got two steps before whirling around to shout one last thing at this impudent jerk of a hanyou.
"And don't even think for a moment that I'm ever going to rub your ears again— because I won't!!! You acted like such an insensitive jerk after I tried to do something nice for you— I made you a Christmas present and I even tried to make up for yelling in you ears by rubbing them. But now I don't even care if I'm yelling to loud that it hurts your ears!! You deserve it you jerk!"
Kagome could feel her face go red as she realized her mistake in bringing up the ear-rubbing situation, and abruptly resumed her angry retreat without another word. She allowed herself a small smile of satisfaction at the complete look of embarrassment and anger on Inuyasha's face before she had turned away, and decided he had gotten what he deserved for acting like that.
She had already walked a fair distance away from him, and was starting to disappear into the foliage, when Inuyasha finally managed to think up a retort to Kagome's last statement.
"Yeah— well, what makes you think I liked it?" He asked lamely, not able to think of anything better to throw at her in his moment of embarrassment.
Kagome heard him but didn't even bother to acknowledge his words as she continued to move away from him. She knew as well as he did that he was putty in her hands if he let her get a hold of his ears again. There was no way she would believe anything he said if he continued denying that he wasn't in control of the situation the entire time. He had even purred for god sakes, did he really think she was going to believe he hadn't liked it? He had to practically force himself to tell her to stop, and that was only when she had paused long enough from rubbing his ears for him to get the sentence out. Kagome sighed nonchalantly and continued her trek, trying not to bother herself with further thoughts of the last two hours even though it was near impossible. Inuyasha, thank god, wasn't following her, and she felt inclined to slow her pace a bit.
She continued walking in this manner for fifteen minutes before finally breaking out of the forest. As soon as she stepped out of the foliage she noted with some thankfulness that Sango, Shippo, and Miroku had taken their gifts and made camp somewhere for the night. She really didn't want to explain to them why she was leaving already, and knowing Miroku, he would automatically think Inuyasha and her had been up to something in the woods. She wasn't in the mood to deal with him at the moment, and was just happy to be going home for now.
She smiled familiarly at the shape of the wooden bone eaters well as she walked across the clearing leading to it. It was dusk and Kagome felt a slight shill in the air as she made her way over to the well. At home right now, her mother was most likely preparing some chai tea for the cold weather. Kagome brightened knowing that in a minute or so she would be greeting her mother and getting some of that tea for herself. She smiled briefly and put her hands on the sturdy worn edge of the well swinging her leg over the side as she did. She was just about to lean into the well, when she felt a sharp blast of wind whip across the clearing, causing her to shiver violently. She rubbed her shoulders absently and looked up into the sky. It was a soft grayish blue color, suggesting snow was to come. As she pondered this thought, her suspicions were confirmed quickly, as the first heavy flakes of snow floated down around her.
It didn't snow often where she lived, but whenever it did, it gave her a sort of peaceful feeling in side. She sighed defeatedly and gave herself up to the serenity she felt flowing over her. She swung her other leg over the edge of the well so that she was now sitting on the brink of the well with both her legs dangling down over the bottom, and closed her eyes for a moment. After a bit, she lifted her head slightly and opened her eyes to the wall of perfect snowflakes drifting lazily about her in the breeze, and whispered one thing before pushing herself into the well.
"Inuyasha.......I guess I have to forgive you, stupid hanyou." She smiled momentarily, and was lost in a swirl of blue light as she was launched through the well into her own time.