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Here another chap of Allergic Reaction.
Chap: what did you call me?!
Kagome woke slowly, blinking her eyes to adjust to the light. The street lights had come on outside and the sun had maybe an hour to go before it set. She was back in her room?
She sat up slowly, trying to remember what happened. The events of the very long day came back in a rush. Whoa. That's a lot for just less than two hours. The miko thought to her last memory. She had been talking with Inuyasha, about trust of all things, and had let him touch her throat. She blushed at the memory. She'd never thought anyone would touch her there, especially not at her command. What on earth had gotten into her?
But it had seemed to be the something that has finally gotten through to him. He'd calmed down and listened to her. And that's when he'd gotten off the tub and had gone on his knees and-
She gasped softly. He'd apologized! Again! She couldn't believe it. Two whole apologies out of the great Inuyasha in the same year. It had to be some kind of a record.
Speaking of the half demon, she glanced around her room to find him. Had he gone back down the well? A muffled 'hmph' came from below her and she leaned over the side of the bed to look.
And there was Inuyasha sprawled out on the floor below her, so deeply asleep that he hadn't even heard her wake up. His ears twitched at her movements, but that was it. He looked so peaceful, a hand fisted beside his face on his right side. Kagome slipped out of bed and tried to step over him. She caught the edge of a sleeve, (difficult not to), but otherwise made it without disturbing him.
Kagome almost raced down the stairs. She had to clean everything up. If her mother came home and saw this mess-oh. That's right. The girl almost stopped in her tracks as she remembered. Her mom was visiting Dad's sister, her Aunt Aika and their new baby. Grandpa had gone with her to supervise, to Aunt Aika's dismay, and Souta had opted to stay over at a friend's house.
They were completely alone in the house. (gulp.) She fought back the blush that thought brought on. It didn't matter, Inuyasha was in no shape for that sort of thing and she wasn't about to leave that mess anyway. She made it to the kitchen and cleaned up. Thinking ahead, she made a half dozen cups of ramen and put them on a tray with three cans of iced tea. 'I'll bet Inuyasha hasn't eaten. Best to make him something before he tries to find it himself, again.' She in no way wanted a repeat of this mess.
By the time she came back up the stairs, Inuyasha was slowly starting to come out of it. He blinked sleepily, shaking his head slightly to clear it. The hanyou looked up at her. "Finally up, bitch?"
Kagome bit her tongue before snapping out a sit. She really did have a problem with being called bitch all the time, what woman wouldn't? But the thing was, to her mind, was that he had to have some reason. Inuyasha might act like an idiot most of the time, but she knew that he was much smarter than he let on. So if he did something, it was almost always with a reason.
The thought had been bugging her lately, so she gathered her courage. She set the tray down on the floor and sat down beside him. He smiled at the sight of his favorite food from her time and grabbing some chopsticks provided began to dig in. The miko ate at a much slower pace, mostly to think about how to frame her question. She cracked open a can of tea and asked flat out, "Why do you call me that?"
Inuyasha looked up from his bowl in confusion. "Call you what?"
"Bitch. Why do you call me that? You know it annoys me, and I 's' you almost every time you say it. So why do you still do it?"
He frowned. "Because you are one."
That did it. A stressful day of testing, make-up testing, finding out you've failed nine assignments of homework, fighting off her friends and an offer of a date with Hojo, saving Inuyasha from suffocating, having the shock of your life, and then fainting does things to people's tempers, mostly shortening their fuse to damn near nothing. Kagome finally snapped at him, "How am I mean to you?!"
Inuyasha went blank in confusion. "Huh?"
"Do I bug you that much?! Do you really not like me so much that that word is the only thing you think fits me?!"
He was now totally bewildered. "Wha-"
She was up on her feet and shouting. "If I really bother you so much, then just leave!"
"What?!"
"Go!" Inuyasha had only once seen her this angry, when he'd asked her what had really gone on with Kouga while the wolf demon had held her hostage. If anything, this screaming fit promised to be a spectacular encore. "You don't understand me?!" He began to really worry that she was going to strangle him. "Then try this! Tu vas! Hit the road, jack! Vite, vite! Shnell! Get the lead out, Mac!"
He'd had enough of this shit. He got up too, roaring just as loud as she was, "What the hell crawled up your ass and died?! Why are you making such a big deal out of this?"
"Why wouldn't I?! I hate it when you call me that!"
"Why?!" He dropped his tone to that used for very slow children. "You. Are. A. Bitch! What else do you want me to call you?!"
Later on, Kagome would swear up and down that she had no idea what possessed her to say what she did next. "Try my name, you lousy son of a bitch!"
She froze in shock before slapping both hands over her mouth in horror. 'Oh- oh my god. I just called Inuyasha's mother a bitch! His mother! How could I say such a thing? He's gonna kill me!'
His next words absolutely floored her. "See!" he shouted. "You understand that my mother is a bitch, but not you! What is wrong with you?!" Thwump. "Kagome?"
She'd sunk to the floor, her legs collapsing under her. She was in total shock staring at the floor. Inuyasha scowled outright. "Don't you dare faint in the middle of this!" he shouted. "It's not winning any pity points- "
She tried to speak, and it only came out soft, hesitant. "You mean-"
"So don't expect me to just up and stop-"
".....its not-"
He stopped. Her tone had changed from raging harpy to confused in less than fifteen seconds. What was the matter with her? The boy let her finish her sentence.
"Its not....an insult?"
He drew back in confusion. "What? An insult? Why the hell would it be an insult?"
She looked up dazedly, trying to focus her thoughts. "Every time you-but it's-I thought-"
The honest bewilderment in her voice cooled the rest of his anger, and he sat beside her, eyeing her warily. "You thought what?"
She shook her head, and tried again. "Inuyasha, in this time, its--well, it's considered a very rude word."
He frowned slightly. "What is?"
"Bitch. I mean, I know it literally means a female dog, but-"
It suddenly hit him what the problem could be, but he still had to ask, "What else does it mean? Here, in this time," he qualified, "what does it mean?"
"It means"-she thought about this a minute, debating on which meaning she should tell him and settled for the modern female definition. "A bitch is a manipulative, cruel woman. Someone who messes with other people for fun, who likes to hurt someone's feelings. Basically, a really rotten person that's mean, spiteful, and vindictive. It can also mean well," she blushed slightly, "a whore. You know, a woman who'll do--"
"I know what a whore is, Kagome," he said with a blush of his own. The first thing to run through his head was--Based on what she'd just told him, by the standards of her time, he'd been calling her the worst possible thing he could think of. A female version of Naraku. "No wonder you sit me for it," he murmured.
"Inuyasha? Earlier, you asked me what else it could mean. What does it mean in your time?"
"A female dog, or," he blushed, "the mate of a dog demon. But also, it's used for a woman who's old enough to"-he shut up in a hurry.
"To what?"
He swallowed hard. Here comes the sitting. "Old enough to mate." He waited for the slam.
It didn't come and he was honestly surprised. Her next words got him though. "You know, that's not a very nice thing to call a woman in any case. We're not dogs, and I for one don't like being called one."
"What's the matter with being a dog?"
She mentally winced. "Nothing wrong with being part dog-'demon', I just don't like being called an animal."
He nodded in reluctant understanding. "Yeah, it is a pain in the ass. Don't let it bug you."
"I won't." Kagome looked hopeful. "Does this mean you won't call me that anymore?"
He snorted and went back to eating his ramen. "Feh."
It spoke volumes about how well they knew each other that she understood that he'd just said, "yeah, sorry." Two apologies, out loud apologies, would be too much for him in one day. Hell, maybe even one month.
She smiled and sipped her tea. ##$$%%
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Here another chap of Allergic Reaction.
Chap: what did you call me?!
Kagome woke slowly, blinking her eyes to adjust to the light. The street lights had come on outside and the sun had maybe an hour to go before it set. She was back in her room?
She sat up slowly, trying to remember what happened. The events of the very long day came back in a rush. Whoa. That's a lot for just less than two hours. The miko thought to her last memory. She had been talking with Inuyasha, about trust of all things, and had let him touch her throat. She blushed at the memory. She'd never thought anyone would touch her there, especially not at her command. What on earth had gotten into her?
But it had seemed to be the something that has finally gotten through to him. He'd calmed down and listened to her. And that's when he'd gotten off the tub and had gone on his knees and-
She gasped softly. He'd apologized! Again! She couldn't believe it. Two whole apologies out of the great Inuyasha in the same year. It had to be some kind of a record.
Speaking of the half demon, she glanced around her room to find him. Had he gone back down the well? A muffled 'hmph' came from below her and she leaned over the side of the bed to look.
And there was Inuyasha sprawled out on the floor below her, so deeply asleep that he hadn't even heard her wake up. His ears twitched at her movements, but that was it. He looked so peaceful, a hand fisted beside his face on his right side. Kagome slipped out of bed and tried to step over him. She caught the edge of a sleeve, (difficult not to), but otherwise made it without disturbing him.
Kagome almost raced down the stairs. She had to clean everything up. If her mother came home and saw this mess-oh. That's right. The girl almost stopped in her tracks as she remembered. Her mom was visiting Dad's sister, her Aunt Aika and their new baby. Grandpa had gone with her to supervise, to Aunt Aika's dismay, and Souta had opted to stay over at a friend's house.
They were completely alone in the house. (gulp.) She fought back the blush that thought brought on. It didn't matter, Inuyasha was in no shape for that sort of thing and she wasn't about to leave that mess anyway. She made it to the kitchen and cleaned up. Thinking ahead, she made a half dozen cups of ramen and put them on a tray with three cans of iced tea. 'I'll bet Inuyasha hasn't eaten. Best to make him something before he tries to find it himself, again.' She in no way wanted a repeat of this mess.
By the time she came back up the stairs, Inuyasha was slowly starting to come out of it. He blinked sleepily, shaking his head slightly to clear it. The hanyou looked up at her. "Finally up, bitch?"
Kagome bit her tongue before snapping out a sit. She really did have a problem with being called bitch all the time, what woman wouldn't? But the thing was, to her mind, was that he had to have some reason. Inuyasha might act like an idiot most of the time, but she knew that he was much smarter than he let on. So if he did something, it was almost always with a reason.
The thought had been bugging her lately, so she gathered her courage. She set the tray down on the floor and sat down beside him. He smiled at the sight of his favorite food from her time and grabbing some chopsticks provided began to dig in. The miko ate at a much slower pace, mostly to think about how to frame her question. She cracked open a can of tea and asked flat out, "Why do you call me that?"
Inuyasha looked up from his bowl in confusion. "Call you what?"
"Bitch. Why do you call me that? You know it annoys me, and I 's' you almost every time you say it. So why do you still do it?"
He frowned. "Because you are one."
That did it. A stressful day of testing, make-up testing, finding out you've failed nine assignments of homework, fighting off her friends and an offer of a date with Hojo, saving Inuyasha from suffocating, having the shock of your life, and then fainting does things to people's tempers, mostly shortening their fuse to damn near nothing. Kagome finally snapped at him, "How am I mean to you?!"
Inuyasha went blank in confusion. "Huh?"
"Do I bug you that much?! Do you really not like me so much that that word is the only thing you think fits me?!"
He was now totally bewildered. "Wha-"
She was up on her feet and shouting. "If I really bother you so much, then just leave!"
"What?!"
"Go!" Inuyasha had only once seen her this angry, when he'd asked her what had really gone on with Kouga while the wolf demon had held her hostage. If anything, this screaming fit promised to be a spectacular encore. "You don't understand me?!" He began to really worry that she was going to strangle him. "Then try this! Tu vas! Hit the road, jack! Vite, vite! Shnell! Get the lead out, Mac!"
He'd had enough of this shit. He got up too, roaring just as loud as she was, "What the hell crawled up your ass and died?! Why are you making such a big deal out of this?"
"Why wouldn't I?! I hate it when you call me that!"
"Why?!" He dropped his tone to that used for very slow children. "You. Are. A. Bitch! What else do you want me to call you?!"
Later on, Kagome would swear up and down that she had no idea what possessed her to say what she did next. "Try my name, you lousy son of a bitch!"
She froze in shock before slapping both hands over her mouth in horror. 'Oh- oh my god. I just called Inuyasha's mother a bitch! His mother! How could I say such a thing? He's gonna kill me!'
His next words absolutely floored her. "See!" he shouted. "You understand that my mother is a bitch, but not you! What is wrong with you?!" Thwump. "Kagome?"
She'd sunk to the floor, her legs collapsing under her. She was in total shock staring at the floor. Inuyasha scowled outright. "Don't you dare faint in the middle of this!" he shouted. "It's not winning any pity points- "
She tried to speak, and it only came out soft, hesitant. "You mean-"
"So don't expect me to just up and stop-"
".....its not-"
He stopped. Her tone had changed from raging harpy to confused in less than fifteen seconds. What was the matter with her? The boy let her finish her sentence.
"Its not....an insult?"
He drew back in confusion. "What? An insult? Why the hell would it be an insult?"
She looked up dazedly, trying to focus her thoughts. "Every time you-but it's-I thought-"
The honest bewilderment in her voice cooled the rest of his anger, and he sat beside her, eyeing her warily. "You thought what?"
She shook her head, and tried again. "Inuyasha, in this time, its--well, it's considered a very rude word."
He frowned slightly. "What is?"
"Bitch. I mean, I know it literally means a female dog, but-"
It suddenly hit him what the problem could be, but he still had to ask, "What else does it mean? Here, in this time," he qualified, "what does it mean?"
"It means"-she thought about this a minute, debating on which meaning she should tell him and settled for the modern female definition. "A bitch is a manipulative, cruel woman. Someone who messes with other people for fun, who likes to hurt someone's feelings. Basically, a really rotten person that's mean, spiteful, and vindictive. It can also mean well," she blushed slightly, "a whore. You know, a woman who'll do--"
"I know what a whore is, Kagome," he said with a blush of his own. The first thing to run through his head was--Based on what she'd just told him, by the standards of her time, he'd been calling her the worst possible thing he could think of. A female version of Naraku. "No wonder you sit me for it," he murmured.
"Inuyasha? Earlier, you asked me what else it could mean. What does it mean in your time?"
"A female dog, or," he blushed, "the mate of a dog demon. But also, it's used for a woman who's old enough to"-he shut up in a hurry.
"To what?"
He swallowed hard. Here comes the sitting. "Old enough to mate." He waited for the slam.
It didn't come and he was honestly surprised. Her next words got him though. "You know, that's not a very nice thing to call a woman in any case. We're not dogs, and I for one don't like being called one."
"What's the matter with being a dog?"
She mentally winced. "Nothing wrong with being part dog-'demon', I just don't like being called an animal."
He nodded in reluctant understanding. "Yeah, it is a pain in the ass. Don't let it bug you."
"I won't." Kagome looked hopeful. "Does this mean you won't call me that anymore?"
He snorted and went back to eating his ramen. "Feh."
It spoke volumes about how well they knew each other that she understood that he'd just said, "yeah, sorry." Two apologies, out loud apologies, would be too much for him in one day. Hell, maybe even one month.
She smiled and sipped her tea. ##$$%%
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