Disclaimer: I don't own them....as in any of these characters...as in any of the Inuyasha characters...as in.....shut up Katie...

A/N: Sorry it's been so long, I've been working on a site DEVOTED TO INUYASHA that me and my friend started. Please check it out and join: and search for inuyashasworld.

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After awhile the fire slowly died down to embers and the girls were bored of sitting there listening to Miroku and Sesshomaru talk about lake trout. Kagome sighed and Sango yawned, almost in perfect unison. The looked at each other and giggled, then got up and slowly headed for the house.

"What a boring bonfire, I mean, I wanted to use that time to get to know Inuyasha – and I'm sure you wanted to talk to Miroku too," Kagome said, nudging Sango.

"There's always tomorrow..and the rest of the summer...besides, he's probably just shy...:"

"I hope you're right..."

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He watched her leave. 'Crap, now she thinks I'm really boring and will forever see me as the guy who is obsessed about trout.' Without even thinking about it he got up and started to follow them.

"Umm, where are you going, 'little brother'?" Sessho-maru asked, elongating the last two words to remind Inuyasha of his age and position in accordance to his brother.

"I ... uhh... oh man...I don't feel good...I think I ate too many s'mores...I'm gonna go back to the house..." Inuyasha said stumbling away with very unconvincing moans of pain.

Miroku and Sessho-maru looked at each other and said in unison, "What's he up to?" They decided to follow him and make sure he really was sick.

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Inuyasha stumbled off into the woods until he thought he was a safe distance away from the fire. He then stood up straight and whipped the sweat and leaves off his forehead. Looking around, he couldn't see the girls anywhere, but he knew they weren't inside yet, no lights were on. So he decided to casually walk past her house like he was going home, and hopefully they'd be outside and he could finally talk to her.

Unfortunately, Inuyasha being casual is like the Vikings winning the Super Bowl : near impossible. He strutted past her house in a slow motion version of a female runway model. He stopped half way to smile slightly as he "looked at the moon" but it made him look like he was about to sneeze. Then, when he was almost to the end of her driveway, and very disappointed, a voice called to him.

"Inuyasha! Is that you?" He turned to see Kagome walking towards him. Her hair was flowing back and her face was slightly flushed giving it a soft glow. 'God she's beautiful' he thought, and his mind went blank.

"Inuyasha? Are you okay?" She asked, seeming concerned. He could barely manage a nod. She handed him son=me Kleenexes.

"Here. Sango and I saw you leave the fire, you looked like you were going to throw up, then you stopped and walked really slowly and we didn't know if you were going to faint or what. Then finally you looked up and we realized you just had to sneeze so I figured I'd bring you a Kleenex." A slight bewildered pause from Inuyasha, "Are you sure you're ok?"

He smiled, then started to laugh. Kagome stepped back in surprise, then looked around nervously. Pretty soon Inuyasha was doubled over on the driveway with laughter. Slowly Kagome started laughing with him.

The two just sat there laughing, and soon not even knowing what they were laughing about. After awhile they stopped and sat panting for breath on the driveway, Inuyasha wiping away tears.

"What. Was. So. Funny?" Kagome asked, between breaths.

"You know, I can't even remember," he said, his chest still heaving, "but I haven't laughed like that for a long time. Thank you." He smiled a shy smile and looked down at the driveway.

Kagome looked at him in the moonlight. She had never noticed it before, but when he smiled he had dimples. She gazed up at the moon.

Suddenly she felt a hand lightly touch her cheek. Kagome looked down, startled, and found Inuyasha's hand lingering by her chin. She blinked, confused.

"There was....a mosquito...I didn't want him to getcha," he flicked it off his thumb.

"Thanks.." she said staring into his eyes. A twig broke in the woods and he could hear Miroku and Sesho-maru walking up the path. Quickly he got up and started running for his house.

"Where are you going?" Kagome called after him.

"Shh...I'll talk to you tomorrow okay?" he whispered over his shoulder.

Puzzled she just sat there staring after him until a presence on the other side of her caught her attention. It was Miroku and Sessho-maru.

"Where's Inuyasha?" Miroku asked.

"I don't know, he ran by here awhile ago, I'm just looking at the stars." Kagome said, trying to sound innocent.

"On the driveway?" Miroku raised and eyebrow.

"Well, you know, the best spot is right here, you...you can see everything! He hehehe..."

"Weather that be the case or not, you should probably go inside now. It's past midnight, and I'm locking the doors in 5 minutes. Sango inside?"

She nodded.

"Ok then, in 5 minutes, Stargirl," and he walked off.

Sessho-maru held out a hand to help her up and she took it. "Thank you," she said, yawning. She started walking up to the house and he started walking home when he heard a horrible scream. He turned around to find Kagome hopping around on one foot, holding the other.

He rushed over to her. "What's wrong?" He asked, very concerned.

"I stepped on a sharp rock!" she wailed.

"It's ok, it's ok, lemme see," he said, gently taking her foot and picking out the rock. "See? Good as new. Can you walk?"

"I'll try," she got up and started limping towards the house.

He went over to her, picked her up, and started carrying her to the house.

"Thank you," she said, while she laid her head on his shoulder like a small child.

He brought her to her room and set her on her bed. "Where are the bandages?" He asked.

"You don't have to do that, really." She said, but he didn't move.

"They're in the hall closet, third shelf from the top.

He disappeared for a moment then reappeared with a bandage and a wet rag.

"Lets get it cleaned up so it won't get infected," he said and stared washing the wound. Then he put a band-aid on it, and to top it off, one of her fuzzy blue slippers. "All better."

"Thank you," she said, smiling. She leaned over and gave him a hug, which he awkwardly returned. For a brief moment he caught the scent of lilacs.

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He left their house that night thinking about the events of the day, but his mind kept wandering back to Kagome. 'I had never realized it before, but when she smiles, she has dimples...'

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A/N: so.....what did you think? Don't worry, It's a Kag/Inu fic, or is it? I'm just adding a little sexual tension...

Big shout out to LCA, your review about s'mores is o so true, everyone should read it, it is frickin' hilarious!!!