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Kagome woke with an ache in her back. Thick curtains surrounded her, blocking out whatever light there was in the room. InuYasha's head was still in her lap, but he had curled up on his side in the middle of the night. She remembered the previous events and smiled. InuYasha had really opened up to her, allowing Kagome to see what he was really like inside. She wiggled out from beneath him lie down on the bed, wrapped her arms around the sleeping hanyou and rested her head on his bare chest. It was almost like a scene from Sango's book, but in the book there was a studly man and a beautiful woman, not a bedraggled hanyou and a tired teen girl. Kagome giggled quietly and tightened her grip on him. It was cool in the room and there wasn't any way to take a blanket out from under them. Her foot smacked up against a soft pile of fabric and she pulled it closer with her toes. Someone out there must have really liked her since it turned out to be a thick cotton blanket. she spread the material over them both before returning to her previous position. She didn't care what time it was, she was just happy to be exactly where she was at the moment and wished to make the minute last forever.
Sango peered into Kagome's room, only to find that she wasn't in her bed. 'Where could she have fallen asleep?' she thought and began to search the house for her friend. Kagome wasn't in any of the usual places that Sango would expect her to have been. She ended up deciding to ask Miroku, since he knew where InuYasha was, who usually knew where Kagome was.
"Miroku?" Sango knocked lightly on his door. He answered, looking wrecked but handsome at the same time. Miroku had his boxers on and his hair was down. Sango fought back a gasp and pressed on with her errand. "Do you know where InuYasha is, because Kagome is missing and he always knows where she went."
"I dunno, unless she spent the night with him. I don't think that happened since they haven't even kissed and reason just doesn't give in to passion that fast." Miroku offered some advice and turned to crawl back into his own bed. Sango rose fairly early by his terms, and inhumanly early by InuYasha's.
'May as well check his room since it's the last one left in the house.' Sango turned the handle to his door, trying be as quiet as possible in case Miroku was right. She padded into the bedroom and over to the curtained bed. 'Funny, he usually keeps these open.' she pulled back the very corner of the fabric and peered in. There they were, Kagome curled up in his arms. One of them must have gotten out the spare blanket and covered them up. Both were fast asleep in each others grasp. Sango smiled and let the curtain fall back into place then shut off the lights as she left. She went back to Miroku's room and walked in without knocking. Sango walked over to his bed where he was curled into a ball, trying desperately to sleep. She sat down next to him on the covers.
"Guess reason does give way fast." Miroku shot up to find Sango on his bed, one of his dreams come true.
"Oh? And what are you doing in my bed?" He asked lecherously.
"In, not on, you hentai. They're both asleep in his bed, looking like the picture of young love. Fully clothed before you even ask." Sango added with a saucy glare.
"I wasn't going to, but that's good to know. I wonder why they're in there though.." he pondered several possible scenarios, none of them even close to likely.
"I don't know. Maybe they just got to talking and passed out?"
"InuYasha isn't much of a talker most of the time. Maybe you're right since Kagome seems to have opened him up a lot. He used to never string together more than five words in a day and now he's getting out whole sentences. I'm quite amazed at his progress." Miroku said seriously. Sango shrugged and leaned up against his headboard.
"How can I forget? I hope they're making progress together though. I'll have to find out from Kagome later on."
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InuYasha's eyes flickered open, his vision blurry from sleep. It was sometime in the morning he knew, but why Kagome was there he couldn't comprehend. Sleep still fuzzed his memory, making him just forget about trying to figure out why she was there and take advantage of the situation. They were hopelessly entangled in each others arms, even there hair made a black and white mess on the bed covers. Kagome had spread a blanket over them sometime and drawn the curtains.
'If I could only wake up like this every day...' he thought to himself as he looked at he peaceful face. She looked beautiful in the day, but when she was asleep she looked like an angel. He ran one clawed hand gently over her cheek as he watched her sleep. He had never been so happy since his mother died and he wished he could bottle the feeling and save it forever. 'If you could only get up some nerve and make a move you could end up waking to this face every day.' a voice inside his head nagged. InuYasha brushed away the wise thought and returned to watching her sleep. Suddenly a grey eye opened; Kagome was awake. She yawned quietly and smiled before realizing that InuYasha had also woken up.
"Good morning. I'm going to go take a shower before breakfast. Do you have any idea what time it is?" Kagome sat up and looked around in the darkness.
"Not a clue, but I think it has to be around noon since I never get up before then. I think I need to clean up too." InuYasha remained lying on his back, staring at the heavy wooden canopy that was over his bed. Kagome slid out from under the blanket and kissed him on the forehead before getting out of the bed and leaving the room for her shower. He made no move to leave his resting place, shocked that she had kissed him. It was only on the forehead, but it was still more progress than he had made. InuYasha sighed and rolled out of bed, covering his eyes at the harsh light that poured in through his windows.
Kagome finished fixing her hair after her long shower. She had stayed under the hot water until she was more wrinkled than her grandfather before getting out. Sango knocked quietly on her doorframe and sat down next to her on the stool.
"You were in his bed." Sango said simply. Kagome blushed lightly as she pushed a pin into one of her buns.
"And? I fell asleep. I think you've been hanging around Miroku too much and he's rubbed off on you. We were both fully dressed." Kagome scowled at her friend before moving on to her makeup. She carefully put on some lip-gloss and stood up.
"What were you doing before you passed out in such a compromising manner?"
"He was showing me pictures of his family and telling me about his childhood." Kagome pulled on her black sneakers and started to lace them up.
"He has pictures of them?" Sango was bewildered. He'd never told anyone he had a photo album, not even Miroku, his best friend.
"Yeah. His mother was so pretty and he's a lot like her. He said that he always was with her and has pictures to prove it. He even has a really funny one of him and Sesshomaru in a bath tub....has he never shown them to you?" Sango's face was one of total confusion and shock.
"No, he's never even told Miroku and those two are like brothers. He must trust you a lot."
"Oh. Don't mention that I told you because he might not have wanted me to tell. I think he's pretty sad under his tough exterior." Kagome stared out her window at the sea, remembering how sad he had been the night before.
"What makes you say that? He's always seemed so happy go lucky most of the time. Maybe that wasn't the best way to put that since he gets pissed easy. More like...well, not sad." Sango fought for the right words to describe the hanyou and failed miserably.
"He's got more emotion in him than you think. It just takes a while to get to that emotion. He's suffered so much in his life and tries to hide it. He actually does a good job of not showing it."
"You've cracked him open more in these few weeks than any of us have in years. I've known him for years and never knew this much."
"Really?" Kagome was off in her own world, not listening to Sango as much the girl thought. "He said I reminded him of his mother." Sango sat in awe of the statement. InuYasha had never been that nice in all of the time she'd known him. Compliments from him were disgustingly rare, making him seem as if he never thought anything was good enough. "What's for...lunch?" Kagome looked at her watch and noticed it was past noon and way too late for breakfast.
"I don't know, but I think Miroku was having a strong craving for burgers and fries." Sango got up to leave the room since Kagome was obviously off in la la land.
"Sounds good to me."
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"Okay. The grand high asshole called and wanted me to remind you all that the tour starts soon. Our first stop is going to be Wakkanai and after that we'll work our way south until we end up in Nagasaki. We'll go to Wakkanai by plane and then use the tour bus to get everywhere else. I'm assuming we'll have the usual cabin in the mountains and a few days off for skiing and all that good stuff. Questions?" InuYasha said between mouthfuls of fries.
"Yeah, exactly when are we hopping this plane?" Miroku asked. Sango and Kagome nodded in agreement. He'd probably left out that little detail for a reason.
"Umm...well, you see..." He stuttered.
"When do we leave, InuYasha?" Sango asked in the sternest voice possible.
"Sixdays." InuYasha ran the words together in a rush.
"What? We need to go shopping! And pack!" Kagome yelled, earning curious looks from the other diners.
"Calm down! You can go shopping today and pack the rest of the time." InuYasha tried desperately to make amends. Kagome obviously wasn't hearing it.
"I can go shopping? Uh-uh. You will be coming with us and act as our pack mule for not telling us sooner." Kagome crossed her arms over her chest. Miroku snorted loudly, nearly spraying coke on the table.
"B-but...he just called this morning and-"
"No buts! Consider yourself locked." Miroku only laughed harder at his friends plight.
"You too Miroku." Sango cast a sharp glare towards the snorting drummer. He sighed unhappily and stopped laughing. It would be a long, uncomfortable day.
They made it back to the mansion, armed to the teeth with bags. Well, the boys did, that is. Sango and Kagome tripped merrily up the stairs and in the door, carrying only their purses. They had spent the past six hours hitting every store within thirty miles and were on an unexplainable high that only came from a day of spending. InuYasha and Miroku trudged up the stairs with at least fifteen bags apiece, not counting the ones still in the limo. They had bought nothing for themselves since the girls didn't give them any time to look. Neither of them ever wanted to hear the word shop again.
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"Oh, shit! I have to go! I promise I'll be back in an hour." InuYasha flew out the door despite the fact that he still ached from yesterdays excursion. Kagome watched a white blur race down the hall, grab a jacket and slam the door. She shook her head and went back to watching tv.
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"He said an hour and it's seven o' clock! Where is he?" Kagome had begun to worry about InuYasha. He always kept his promises; only something really bad could hold him back. She heard the front door open and the sounds of heavy footsteps trudging inside. She prepared to give him the scolding of a life time as she jumped off the couch and stalked to the door. One look at his condition stopped her dead in her tracks.
His shirt was red with blood and his nose was bandaged like it was broken. A white bandage was wrapped around his head, hiding his ears from sight and bruises marred his face. InuYasha's right arm was in a sling, his other arm covered in more bruises. His free hand was wrapped in bandages and was shaking slightly. His breathing was heavy and erratic as he slipped his coat off his shoulders and tried to put it on the coat rack. He dropped it on the floor in the end then tried to pick up, only to find he couldn't bend over too far before white hot streaks of pain shot up his side. InuYasha smiled weakly at Kagome, causing a half healed cut in his lip to split open. A tiny streak of blood ran down his chin, leaving a red trail in its wake.
Kagome's hands flew to her mouth as she stared in shock. She raced up to him and wrapped her arms around his waist. InuYasha grunted slightly in pain but rubbed her back with his bandaged hand.
"What the hell happened to you?" Kagome said between sobs. she had burst out in tears at the mere sight of him. She had never seen InuYasha in this kind of condition before.
"I took a small tumble. I promised your mom that I'd be at your house by one to pick up a surprise for you and was walking up those damn steps and when I got to the very top one I slipped one something and fell backwards. Like any normal being I yelled and she came rushing out of the house but she couldn't stop me. I rolled down every single one of those steps until I hit the sidewalk at the end. I landed flat on my back and a blacked out for a few seconds. When she made her way down I was lying there on the street moaning in pain. She wanted to call an ambulance but I wouldn't let her, so she settled for driving me to the hospital even though I told her just to bring me home. My nose wouldn't quit bleeding no matter how hard I pinched it. I finally had to put my shirt over it because I was afraid that I would drown in my own blood. The hospital bandaged me up after I told them I was half demon and let me go home. My injuries total up to a broken nose, arm, shoulder, hand, one cracked rib, a split lip, a huge lump on the back on my head and major bruising." Kagome sobbed even harder as he told her what happened. "I'm fine, really."
"No you aren't. I was right from day one: you're a real dumb fuck." Kagome cried into his shirt, soaking it with tears. He laughed, only it sounded more like a wheeze. "You're lucky you didn't die, any human would. I was so worried and here you come into the house looking you got the losing end of a fight. What am I going to do with you?"
"I was thinking about going and putting on my trunks and getting in the hot tub." He had shuffled back wards as Kagome talked until he could lean against the wall for support. "If you'd like you may come with me and bring Miroku and Sango. I think some hot tub time would do us all some good here."
"There's a hot tub?"
"The door to the right of the gym leads to a spa room. Now can I please go change out these bloody clothes?" InuYasha peered down his broken nose at the sobbing Kagome.
"Okay. Be careful! Take the elevator!" She let go of him and watched him shuffle down the hall. Kagome looked down at her own clothes: they were covered in blood from holding him. She trudged off to her room to change after rounding up Miroku and Sango.
Kagome found InuYasha in the room he had indicated, already in the tub. He had somehow tied his hair back to keep it out of the water. She noticed he had bandages around his ribs also. Kagome slid into the water, Sango and Miroku were close behind. InuYasha regaled them all with his tale of pain before they could even ask questions.
"Don't worry about; I'll be well in four days max. All healed for the concert and ready to go. I'll be playing again before you know it. We have a whole day in Wakkanai before we have to play, which gives me a whole five days to relax. Kagome here acted like I was dead when she saw me." InuYasha smirked, only this time his lip didn't split. Kagome huffed and crossed her arms.
"You have no idea how worried I was! You were gone for six hours longer than you said." she nearly began crying again until InuYasha slid over next to her.
"I will be perfectly fine. I only fell down a grand total of seventy-five concrete steps. Heck, Sesshomaru put his entire hand through my stomach once and I don't even have a scar! I'd show you, but the bandages hide it." He wrapped an arm around her. "I. Am. Fine. Understand?" Kagome nodded and leaned back against his arm, earning another gasp of pain.
"I'm sorry!" she shouted and jumped up. His hand still shook furiously from not being in a proper cast like it should have been.
"It's okay! The more I use it, the less pain." He slowly bent his arm and wrapped it around her, then pulled her to his chest.
"You're so stupid." Kagome scorned, but allowed him to hold her. Miroku and Sango laughed as they watched the two argue it out like an old married couple.
"If you'll pardon me from interrupting this little anger fest, but I'd like to know what time we're leaving this week?" Miroku asked.
"Sometime around nine in the morning. I tried to get Sesshomaru to allow me my rest, but he wouldn't give in. I told him leaving at three was perfectly acceptable, but he just wouldn't give in. He's such a stubborn jerk." InuYasha pouted at the thought of losing sleep.
"At least he's a good manager. He doesn't take no for answer and always gets us the best arrangements possible. Oh, and why did he put his hand through your stomach, InuYasha?" Sango asked curiously. InuYasha sighed at the memory.
"It was when I was about thirteen and we were arguing over something stupid, so he ran his hand through my middle. His claws came straight through the other side of me. I was literally impaled on his arm. I healed up fast though; about a week later it had scabbed over." He shrugged as he nonchalantly spoke about having his brother's arm in his stomach. Sango cringed, Miroku looked queasy and Kagome had turned the color of paper. "What? We're demons, we can do some pretty rough damage to each other. I stabbed him through the arm with a sword once. Those were the days..."
"Yeah, it sounds like true brotherly love to me. 'I want the last cookie!' 'No, I do!' 'Alright, take this! I'll put my arm through you!'" Miroku mimicked two boys arguing like InuYasha had said.
"You know, I think we were fighting over the last cookie now that I think about. That Russian woman always made the best chocolate chip cookies." InuYasha reminisced while Miroku shook his head sadly.
"Like I said: You're so stupid." Kagome repeated. They passed the better part of two hours talking about the dumbest arguments they'd ever had. InuYasha's arm story won though. They finally got out and went take showers. InuYasha and Miroku went off to the boys' shower room and Sango showed Kagome the girls' baths. The house had been built with shower rooms off the spa so that you could bathe without having to track water all the way up to your room.
Kagome was passing the boys' floor on her way up the stairs to her room when she heard a voice curse loudly. It had to be InuYasha. She stopped and went down the hall to knock on his door. Another violent oath met her ears as she turned the handle to peek in. InuYasha had somehow managed to slip on a white t shirt and red boxers, but was trying to tie his broken arm up in a sling with one broken hand. He fought the piece of material furiously.
"Why don't you just use the hospital's sling that they sent you home with?" She asked while watching him try to tie the fabric into a proper sling.
"Because it cuts into my neck and if I use my mother's old scarf then it won't. When I was little and broke my arm she tied it up in this very same scarf. It's a lot more comfortable if I could get the damn thing on!" He was near to giving up when Kagome walked over to stand in front of him.
"Here." She took the material from him, folded it into a triangle, and began to tie it around his neck using both arms. He stood perfectly still; her face was so close to his. 'I'll never get a chance like this again..' he though as she continued to tie the scarf in a knot. InuYasha closed his eyes and slowly leaned in to capture Kagome's lips with his own. Kagome gasped as she felt his mouth meet hers. She stopped tying the knot and wrapped her arms tenderly around his neck, closing off what little space was left between them entirely. He wrapped his free arm around her waist, softly caressing her side with his broken fingers. InuYasha's tongue pressed lightly against Kagome's lips, asking for entry. Kagome parted her lips slightly as he swept around inside her mouth, exploring every crevice and absorbing her taste. 'She tastes even better than she smells.' He thought. Kagome ran her hands over his back, accidentally hitting a tender spot. Pain shot through him, making him gasp. InuYasha pulled away quickly, making Kagome jump. Hurt was apparent in her eyes; she had misunderstood why he moved.
"No, you just hit a big bruise on my back and it hurt some. It's not your fault, don't worry." He wheezed, smiling despite the ache. Kagome placed her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes.
"That's it. I'm staying here tonight. I'm dressed for bed anyways and you need someone to watch you. You might fall out of bed and not be able to get up. And don't you dare argue with me." She said, her voice slightly muffled. InuYasha held her, not wanting to let go. Kagome felt him tremble under her grasp. "You're shaking really bad."
"That's mostly your fault." He grinned and squeezed her a little tighter. "Do you want to sit down or something? I don't think I can stand up for much longer and I'm afraid I'd crush you if I fell over." Kagome let go and allowed him to hobble over to his bed. InuYasha swung his legs up onto the mattress and pat the space next him. "Come here. I'm not letting you sleep on the floor or the couch if you stay here." Kagome sat down next to him after executing a small hop to get onto the bed. He usually had a step on the floor so that he could get into his high bed but it was missing.
"What if I hit you in the middle of the night?" She asked.
"You don't move a lot when you sleep; I remember from the other night. Now watch this." InuYasha reached out and pressed a button on his nightstand. A flat screen tv slid up from inside his foot board and stopped at the perfect height.
"That's why your foot board is so thick!" Kagome cried as she watched in awe.
"Yup. Are you hungry, because I haven't eaten all day." Kagome nodded and moved to get off the bed.
"Oh no, allow me." He pushed a different button and spoke to what seemed like no one. "I need two cokes, a large plate of fries with plenty of salt and ketchup and some other treat for two. Surprise us." Kagome gave him a strange look. "There's an intercom that goes on when I push that. It runs right to the kitchen so I can get something to eat without moving. I got it installed when I got sick and couldn't crawl out of the room. I was well fast, but it's no fun when you can't have food whenever you want."
A knock sounded at the door as he spoke. InuYasha called for them to enter and a maid pushing a cart come into the room. She left the cart next to the bed and left the room. InuYasha served the food one handedly and they both settled in to watch tv. He turned on a movie they both liked and the two sat there eating, talking and watching tv for hours.
After both of them had nearly nodded off a few times InuYasha turned of the tv and cleared the plates. He drew the curtains around them so he didn't have to get up and turn off the lights. A small night light above his head board shed the only light in the bed.
"Um, Kagome, could you pull back the blankets? I really don't want to hurt my arm again and would rather not freeze to death tonight." InuYasha chewed his lip, embarrassed. He was usually extremely independent and hated to have to ask someone to assist him for anything. She pulled back the heavy covers and allowed him to slide under them before letting them fall back into place. Kagome lay down on an extremely soft pillow after turning off the light and closed her eyes. InuYasha reached around her and pulled her up closer to his side. She wrapped an arm around his waist as gently as she could, trying not to hit any bruises. He sighed happily and closed his eyes. Kagome sat up suddenly and kissed him.
"Good night, InuYasha."
"Good night, Kagome." InuYasha settled into his pillow and tightened his grip on Kagome as much as he could. 'This is the life.' he thought and slowly fell asleep.
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