Weekend Lovers

I.

A lot of arrangements were made that night, rather it be for the family trip or for Inuyasha and Kagome. While Kagome's mother was busy telling her all the important phone numbers she could call in case of an emergency, Souta was busy explaining to Inuyasha that he could sleep in his room.

"Though my bed's a bit small for you, I'm sure you can manage," was Souta's way of putting it.

The next day would be busy for all of them…well…mostly all of them. Higurashi-san, Jiisan, and Souta had to get up pretty early in the morning to begin their trip, Kagome having to wake up about an hour later to go to school. And she knew it should be a pretty frustrating day, since the day before finals always seemed to be. Plus, she still had a lot of notes to catch up on and had to find someone fast enough to let her borrow their notes.

She just hoped someone would…

The two older family members went to bed early since they would have to be doing the most. Souta would probably just let himself get dragged around everywhere for the first five hours before he actually wakes up.

They all tried to get Souta to go to bed early, but the kid was too excited about having a "sleep-over" with Inuyasha. Souta still kept his bed that night while Inuyasha was stuck laying on the floor, only able to stare wide-eyed at how much the kid could actually talk when he was excited.

Right next door, Kagome could also hear Souta's ecstatic jabbering. She was still up and sitting at her desk with only her desk lamp turned on. The light was pointing at the appropriate spot, which was on a lot of papers and a single book that lay open. Kagome was in her blue and green two piece pajamas already, her long hair puffier than usual since she had recently washed it and let it air dry. Though she really did try to concentrate, when all she heard was Souta, it was a bit hard. Not only that, but Inuyasha was in the house, and she always had a hard time concentrating when he was near.

She tapped her pencil roughly on her desk, the eraser getting bounced up and down. Her eyes averted over to the wall that separated her room from Souta's. They then went back down to her homework. She sighed and quickly shut her book after stuffing all the papers inside it, dropping the pencil beside the text. Kagome rested her elbow on top of the desk, placing her chin in her open palm.

"Poor Inuyasha…Souta's never going to get to sleep," she commented to herself before standing up from her chair. Her bare feet padded over her carpet, reaching her door and exiting her room.

Kagome knocked on Souta's door that was only barely open. She heard him stop talking immediately, "Souta, do you think I could borrow Inuyasha for a moment?" She peeked her head in the door.

Inuyasha, having been laying on his back, turned over to his stomach, propping himself up with his arms. Souta tilted his head back far enough to look over the bed at Kagome. His eyes seemed to sadden for a moment as he averted his eyes back down to the inu that laid at the floor, "Mm…I guess so."

Blinking a few times, Inuyasha finally pulled himself off the floor and walked towards Kagome, question marks clearly seen in his eyes. Kagome merely gave him a small smile before shutting Souta's door when Inuyasha was out in the hallway with her.

"What happened?" Inuyasha asked, immediately jumping to conclusions that something was wrong.

Shaking her head, Kagome cocked her head to the side as an indication for him to follow her. She walked around the banister and headed downstairs, her hand sliding delicately over the banister. Inuyasha obediently followed her down the steps without another word, stopping, however, when he saw that Kagome entered the living room and plopped herself down on the couch.

She patted the cushion beside her to tell him to sit down also. Almost becoming leery of what she was up to, he went around the couch and sat down in front of it, rather than on it. He bent his knees so he was able to press the bottom of his feet against each other. His hands reached down to grab onto them to hold him in his position.

Kagome looked down at him with dull eyes, though she should've known that he would do that. She ignored it, though, as she brought her legs up on the couch and folded them beneath her. Her frame leaned against the arm of the couch, her head resting down on her arms.

They stayed silent for a few moments before Inuyasha just had to break the silence, "What are we doing down here?"

She shifted and closed her eyes, "I just thought you would like to get away from my little brother for awhile until he fell asleep."

Inuyasha continued to stare at her, almost surprised that she knew what was bothering him, "Eh…well, why are you down here? Shouldn't you be sleeping, too?"

"I should…" she paused and then her look suddenly changed. She planted her feet on the floor again, leaning forward in her seat towards Inuyasha, making him lean away from her. Her eyes were full of determination to get through to him, her left index finger held up pointedly, "And also to set standards for this weekend."

"S-standards?" he repeated, not liking the sound of that one bit.

Kagome nodded, "Mm. First off, don't bother me! Like I said, I really need to study this weekend for my finals."

Inuyasha opened his mouth to say something, but Kagome held up her hand to quiet him.

"Secondly, don't get into anything that could leave a mess. I don't feel like cleaning up after you every time I take a small break."

Again, he wanted to say something but was once again silenced.

"Thirdly, don't even come in my room when I'm studying. I get distracted too easily just knowing you're there. And lastly, don't—."

She was finally cut off when Inuyasha barred his teeth and growled lowly at her. Without moving from his current position, his right hand lunged out to grab onto Kagome's hand. He squeezed her hand gently enough as not to hurt her, but hard enough to finally get his point across.

"Would you quit with all the rules! I'll do what I damn well please, and you know it," He growled again and pushed her hand away. He turned himself so he was now facing away from her.

Kagome's eyes widened at his bluntness before narrowing her brows down, "Listen Inuyasha, it's not my fault my käsan wanted you to stay here! So—."

"And it's not my fault that she wanted me to stay here and baby-sit you, either!" Inuyasha shot back at her, not even bothering to turn around and look at her.

"Baby-sit?! I don't need baby-sat! It's not my fault if you actually decide to stay here; you know you can go back as soon as they leave tomorrow. No one's making you stay," Kagome said pointedly, pulling on his ear a bit to make him turn back to her.

Wincing, Inuyasha smacked her hand away from his ear and turned around like she wanted him to and glared at her, "It's not my fault you don't want me here, but too bad, I'm staying."

Kagome retracted her hand on her own, gripping the fabric that covered her chest. She felt her heart suddenly begin to speed up again like it always did when Inuyasha said something to "trap" her, "…don't want you here?"

He nodded once, "If you make all these rules for me to not bother you at all, I could only assume that's what you want."

Though the room was dark, only dimly lit by a small light that was on the window and covered by the window curtains, she could clearly see Inuyasha's eyes like always. They were like a cat's as they shown through the darkness. It was clear that he was pissed off at her, but she always knew how to look deeper and saw that he was somewhat hurt.

Kagome sighed and lowered her eyes to the floor in shame, "Gomen ne, Inuyasha. I do want you to stay here with me." After she apologized to him, she felt much better and couldn't help herself as she looked back up to him and reached her hand out to gently massage his left ear.

Inuyasha quickly put on a smug look as he moved his head away from her touch, "Don't pet me!"

She giggled a little, "But you're—."

"Iie!"

"Demo…"

"Nya!"

"Inuyasha…"

"Keh!"

"Osuwari!"

The rosary around his neck glowed through the dark, throwing him face first into the floor once again. She heard him mumbling profanity into the floor covering, his claws at each side of his head as he clawed the carpet.

Kagome scowled down at him, her hands on her hips, "That's what you get, I was only trying to be nice!"

"What's going on…?"

Kagome quickly turned around to see her whole family standing in the doorway, each rubbing their eyes with their fists as though they had just been woken up. She sighed again and put a hand to her forehead. She could already feel a headache coming on.

This is going to be a long couple days, that's for sure…

**********

The next day was bad for Kagome. She woke up feeling as though she only got a couple hours of sleep, she forgot her book on her bedroom desk, she forgot to grab the lunch Higurashi-san had prepared for her, and she couldn't find anyone to borrow notes off of. Eri, Arimi, and Yuka stated that they had to study also and couldn't offer them over to her. Houjou, she was sure, would have been more than willing to give her his notes, but every time she ran into him, all he did was give her more presents to make her feel better.

So about time Kagome came home, one could only imagine the kind of mood she was in. Her book bag was full of all her books that she had to bring home to study through herself, a couple not being able to fit, so she had to carry them in her arms. However, once she walked in the door, she dropped her backpack and other books on the floor, also kicking her shoes off. It had been such a frustrating day that she didn't even feel like studying yet.

"Want some?"

Kagome jumped back quickly, her eyes going wide as she saw the chopsticks with noodles hanging off of them come in front of her face. She raised an eyebrow when she realized that it was just Inuyasha, holding a small soup bowl that was filled with ramen noodles. When he saw that she wasn't going to eat any of the food he offered her, he shrugged and stuffed the noodles into his mouth.

She watched him eat it before walking around him and into the kitchen. Looking around, she was more than surprised to see that everything was still intact. The stove wasn't beaten up and broken to bits, the plates and bowls and cups were still neatly piled in the one cupboard. Something just didn't seem to add up quite right…

"Inuyasha…" She began when she turned around and saw that he was standing in the doorway, "since when did you learn how to cook ramen noodles by yourself?"

A couple noodles slopped into his mouth, some of the broth flying to the side from the pressure, "That woman taught me how before she left this morning."

"Käsan?" Kagome questioned, watching Inuyasha give a small nod before tilting the bowl so he could eat and lap up the rest of the meal. She ignored his bad manners and loud noises as she opened the refrigerator and took out some sort of fruit drink, "She didn't have to do that…I would have made them for you."

Inuyasha ignored, or didn't notice, the slight disappointment in her voice as he went into the other room and dropped his dirty dishes into the sink, "She said you wouldn't have to worry about it this way. Besides…" he came back into her view, "I like the way I make it better. I'll leave the dish washing up to you."

Kagome was about to take a sip of her drink but paused when she heard these comments. Her eyes closed in irritation, ticked off marks appearing all over her head. "Inuyasha-a-a…!" she began warningly.

"Nani?" He cocked his head to the side, his one ear twitching.

She wanted to sit him…oh, how badly she wanted to sit him! But she held back the urge and just sighed, gulping down the rest of her drink. "Nothing," she replied when she was done, walking past him to put her cup in the sink and washing what was in there at that moment instead of waiting until it was full, "so what did you do today?"

"Eh," Inuyasha shrugged and walked into the living room. And that was the only answer she received.

"Sounds exciting," she responded, finishing up with the dishes and putting them back in their normal spots. She dried her hands quickly and followed him into the living room, seeing as how he sat himself on the floor in front of the couch again, staring at the blank TV. She blinked and took another step into the room, "You can watch TV if you want, Inuyasha. It won't bother me when I go up in my room. …that's where I'll be if you need me, okay?"

"Keh!"

Kagome muttered incoherently under her breath about useless things, exiting the living room to grab all her school supplies. She figured she might as well start now before she didn't start at all.

**********

"The square of the square root that is multiplied by it's reciprocal is the result of…wait…" Kagome paused after having been writing down what she was speaking, only to suddenly realize that what she was saying made absolutely no sense.

She sighed and looked at her clock that said it was a little after eight o'clock. Yes, she had been studying for quite awhile now, but was disappointed in the fact that she was getting nowhere on her studies. Since when did high school get this hard? She didn't remember ever falling behind when she was there everyday…but she also didn't remember math becoming extremely difficult for her.

Kagome put down her pencil and closed her algebra book. She needed a little break. She also noticed how eerily quiet it was in the house and wondered what Inuyasha was up to. She was sure she would have heard some commotion if Inuyasha was making a mess of the house, but she had to make sure, just in case.

Yet when she went downstairs, she could only hear the low hum of the TV and someone speaking on it every once and awhile. Walking into the living room, Kagome saw that Inuyasha was now sitting up on the couch, his teeth heard trying to bite into something. Going around the sofa cautiously, her eyes dulled when she realized it was the remote he was gnawing on.

"Inuyasha…" he continued to bite at it, "…what are you doing?"

"I can't get it to work!" he stated angrily out of the side of his mouth. He didn't protest when Kagome took it out of his grasp to examine it. And then he watched her as she turned the object around and pressed a button. He saw the picture on the TV change. She threw it back to him and he watched as it landed in his lap, "How did you do that?"

Kagome only shook her head and sat on the arm of the chair, "I think we're going to need a new remote…there's tons of teeth marks in that one now."

He glowered at her before crossing his arms over his chest and watching the moving picture on the talking box. She decided to watch a few minutes of it, too, but quickly lost interest as she couldn't help but keep letting her eyes wander over to Inuyasha.

"So did you wanna do something?" she asked abruptly, letting herself slide off the arm and onto the cushion.

Inuyasha shrugged, "Like what?"

Kagome mimicked him, "Whatever you want."

They were quiet for a few moments before she saw Inuyasha turn towards her with a certain…evil, maybe mischievous, glint in his eyes.

She looked at him with fear. Going by that look he gave her, she almost didn't even want to know what suddenly came into that mind of his. She watched as Inuyasha jumped over the back of the couch and disappeared within the other room. Kagome turned off the TV subconsciously and followed him with much curiosity.

"Inuyash-AH!" She screamed when he once again appeared in front of her, holding something else in front of her eyes. She saw that it was a package of some sort and had to lower his hand to get a better view of it.

Her eyes brightened as she looked up into his excited gaze, "You want to make cookies?"