A/N: Hello peoples. How's you today? I'm okay. I got straight As on my report card. Reviews? Yeah, I did them. Here you go:

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Lil' Angel Aj: I know! I hate cleaning the bathrooms too. The cleaner smells horrible. (I love the song)

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Meeko: Not even just a little? Anyway, the songs that Kagome or Faded does are Evanescence but some of the songs aren't on the Fallen CD so you'll have to find them some other way. And Half-Breed is the All-American Rejects. I'm sticking to those so any of the songs they do has been done by those Groups. I hope that was helpful. Thank you.

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~*~Muted Words~*~ §First§

-Thursday-

"Oh, come on Kagome," Sango pleaded, "Best eight out of fifteen?" Kagome turned to her sister and sighed. They were heading inside after the 'battle' and after continuous coin flipping. Both Sango and Kagome were still in their armor as they lead the way through the threshold.

"I think that we flipped the coin enough, Sango. You just have to face the facts that you were destined to become one with the toilets."

Sango growled.

You're a bitch. You know that. Kagome chuckled.

That hurts Sango.

I don't want to clean the toilets, Kagome. Sango was practically begging.

When it's my turn to clean the bathrooms, you can feel free to laugh at me when I get intimate with the lavatory. Kagome noticed a look of consideration cross Sango's face.

Deal. The two girls were heading upstairs, obviously to change, and found that they weren't alone. It was Sango's turn to sigh.

"Unless you want to fall from here to the ground, I suggest you turn around, Miroku," she warned. With a cute pout on his face, he heeded and glumly headed down the stairs.

A few minutes later, the two descended the huge staircase with the clothes they were wearing before firmly in place.

"So Koharu," began Kagome, "where were we?" Koharu turned to face the young woman.

"We finished my measurements and you asked me to pick out materials I like."

"Oh yeah, I guess we should get back to the basement then. You can finish finding what you want." Kagome lead the way to the basement with the gang in tow. They went through the corridor, past the studio, and headed through an open door that lead to Kagome's other studio...for sewing.

Bolts (those things that the material is rolled around at the store) of fabric were settled neatly around the room; covering three of the four walls. The colors were randomly arranged. Koharu began to select different materials for her new wardrobe. However, she was not the only one scoping the room.

InuYasha found this silky material that was like a deep crimson was elegantly splattered at haphazard places. He liked it, it looked like it would make something erotic.

"Do you like that material InuYasha?" InuYasha started. He turned to see Kagome looking at him in curiosity.

"It's okay," he said a bit shaky, thankful that they were speaking in whispers. Kagome smiled.

"I love this fabric. It's so enticing. Don't you think?" InuYasha was trying to get his brain working again.

"Yeah. I guess you could say tha-"

"Oi, InuYasha, we're leaving now." InuYasha glared at his older brother.

"I'm coming," he slightly snarled. InuYasha turned to Kagome. "See you tomorrow?" Kagome smiled at the hopefulness he tried and failed to hide from his voice.

"At six," she confirmed. InuYasha followed his brother out of the room. Kagome turned to the bolt InuYasha had been looking at.

-Friday-

"InuYasha, you'll be late for your date with Kagome if you don't stop staring at yourself. It's five-forty-five," Sesshoumaru stated, amused at the look that took over his brother's features.

"How did you know that I had a date with Kagome? I know I didn't tell anyone except Dad?" InuYasha asked in shock. Sesshoumaru chuckled.

"Rin told me. Now leave before I kill you." InuYasha smirked as he walked past his brother.

"Like you could." With that, InuYasha headed out the door.

This, of course, led to the situation he found himself in. There he was, Mr. Badass, trying to look calm with the single red rose, dethorned, clutched tightly in the hand that was behind his back. With a shaky finger, he rang the doorbell.

At the sound of the chime, Kagome ran down the stairs after checking her appearance in the mirror. She stopped before the door, checked herself to make sure everything was in place, and opened the door.

Damn, did he look hot!! He was wearing a silk, button-down shirt; bloody red, his favorite color, with a pair of black, slightly baggy pants. The first three buttons on his shirt were undone, leaving his black undershirt to Kagome's eyes.

InuYasha gasped. She truly was gorgeous. Her shirt was black with enough of a V-neck to expose some of her cleavage but not so much as to make her look, in any way, sluttish. But, though he did appreciate the shirt, he found the skirt to be his favorite.

It was made out of the same material that he saw when he was in the sewing room. It reached to her ankles and the crimson color was, as he had thought it would be, slightly erotic. The skirt matched her perfectly, down to the last strand of onyx hair.

Realizing that he was kind of ogling, he quickly proffered the rose.

"Hi, Kagome. Are you ready to go?" InuYasha asked in the meager attempt to calm down. Kagome took the rose and smiled at her date.

"Thank you. I'm ready, just let me grab my purse." After setting the rose affectionately in the empty vase on the small table by the stairs, getting her purse, and glaring at Sango who was conveniently leaning against the entrance to the living room, she headed out the door and followed InuYasha to his car.

"Where are we going to eat InuYasha?" questioned Kagome, trying to break the tension that hung in the air of the comfortable car.

"A restaurant that someone told me about. Hope that's okay," he answered, chancing a glance at Kagome to see if she was disappointed. She turned to him and smiled.

"It's fine." They remained silent for the rest of the quick trip there. The place looked a little fancy. As they entered, they immediately realized that this was a sort of couple's diner. The tables only seated two and there was a candle at each. The host took them to an empty table and handed them a menu.

"Do you know what you want yet, Kagome?" Kagome looked up at InuYasha.

"Not yet. What about you?"

"I'll be happy if I could just understand this thing." Kagome laughed lightly and InuYasha was thankful. It was helping to alleviate some of the tension.

"French not your forte, InuYasha?" He began to laugh as well.

"You could say that again." They began to laugh harder.

That was it.

The ice was broken and it felt great.

They were still laughing as a waiter came up to them, seemingly disgusted with their behavior.

"May I take your order?" he asked in a snooty voice. InuYasha turned to him.

"Yes, the directions to the nearest fast-food place that has some real food, please." The waiter looked shocked as the two left the restaurant and headed to the closest drive-through to order some burgers, fries, and drinks. They sat in the car in the parking lot, facing the sunset while enjoying their food. Kagome glanced at InuYasha and practically broke out in laughter. Startled, InuYasha turned to Kagome. Shaking her head slightly, she ran her thumb along the corner of his mouth.

"You men and your deplorable eating habits," she laughed. Taking her thumb away from his face, she showed him the small dollop of ketchup and then licked it off.

InuYasha could only stare in wonder. Did she just do what he thought she did? Did she really just lick the ketchup that was just by his very lips? In a pathetic attempt to regain his calm demeanor, he returned to his burger, eating a bit more carefully.

They finished their meal and headed towards the movies; making light, comfortable conversation ranging from how much of a bitch Urasuea is to who might have let that bomb-thing off in the girls locker room. The two were laughing on the way through the movie entrance and the guy at the desk gave them weird looks.

"What will it be?" he asked on instinct. Kagome turned to look at the selections overhead. This was when the employee got a good look at her. He thought she was beautiful and InuYasha was the only one to notice this.

"Two for the Secret Window, please," he grinded out through his teeth. He turned to Kagome and all malice he felt towards the cashier vanished. "That alright with you?" Kagome faced him and beamed.

"Sounds fine." The smile she gave made both men's knees a bit weak. The guy behind the desk gave them the tickets...well, he gave Kagome the tickets. He acted as though InuYasha didn't even exist. In sudden possessiveness, InuYasha put his arm around Kagome's waist and was delighted to find that she didn't object in the slightest.

As they found some seats in the back, the movie began. At some point during the runtime, Kagome had snuggled up against InuYasha and laid her head against his shoulder. Of course, InuYasha noticed this but he wouldn't dream of having her move. He loved it.

He loved her.

The movie ended but neither of them wanted the same to happen to their date. They both ended up sitting in the car in the parking lot of the cinema trying to find some way to extend their date.

"You want to get some ice cream?" Kagome suggested. InuYasha began to drive to the farthest ice cream place to stall for more time.

"We're here. What do you want?" Kagome looked at the menu. Her eyes caught something and her smile increased.

"Can I have a galati?" she begged in a hopeful voice. InuYasha walked to the register.

"Two cherry galaties, please."

InuYasha and Kagome strolled over to a bench and began to eat. Kagome was looking at the stars.

InuYasha was looking at Kagome.

'Gods, she's beautiful.' He took in everything he could. The way the stars reflected in her startlingly light-blue eyes. The way the moon accented the natural blue highlights of her soft, raven hair. The way her pale, creamy skin glowed in the light from the heavens like some ethereal goddess that came down to be with him.

Only him.

Kagome, feeling someone's gaze, slowly turned towards InuYasha. His amber eyes were shining with something that she couldn't identify. His silver hair swayed gently in the light breeze. To her, he looked amazing.

He looked demonic.

Without saying a word, she moved to him. Holding him as tightly as she could and smiled as she felt him return the favor. Lifting her head to face him, she finally spoke.

"I don't want this to end."

"Neither do I." Kagome frowned a bit.

"But we have to be home soon." His hold tightened.

"I know. Kagome?"

"Yes, InuYasha?" He held her chin is his hand.

"Will you go out with me next Friday?" Kagome managed to break out of his hold on her chin to kiss him on the cheek.

"I'd love to," she whispered in his ear. In a daze, the two were in the car and before they were ready for it, they were at the Higurashi estate, standing before the front door. All they seemed to be able to do was stare at each other. After the small eternity, Kagome couldn't take it anymore and touched her lips against his. It was meant to be quick. It was meant to be a little peck. It was meant to...

Oh hell, those two were meant to be and a little peck on the lips was not going to satisfy either one of them. The couple learned the hard way.

Separation may make the heart grow fonder, but not being able to act on emotion when the person is right in front of you is cruel and unusual punishment.

This kiss was their compensation for the punishment that they endured on their own behalf. Of course it's not going to be quick!!

It's enough of a shocker that it was even chaste!!

At first contact, InuYasha almost immediately wrapped his left arm around her slender waist and his right hand went to the back of her neck, desperate to feel the softness of her hair and making escape impossible.

As if she'd try to escape.

Kagome's position was almost the mirror of InuYasha's but her left hand rested on the middle of his back while her right was entangled in his silver hair. The kiss was on the borderline of chaste and the necessity to breathe was taking its toll.

Reluctantly, the two separated, taking deep breaths. Words were taking too much of an effort to recollect. All InuYasha could manage was one word.

"Friday?" Kagome regained control of her breathing.

"Friday."

Kagome headed inside while InuYasha headed to his car to head home. Once inside, Kagome leaned against the door and slowly slid down. The shocked look on her face slowly ebbed to a lazy smile. In fact, she began to laugh. At first, it was about one soft laugh about every five seconds until it grew to a point where she was doing a little happy dance from her place on the floor, bobbing her head up and down, wondering if she had ever been so stupidly happy in all her life.

When she finally regained her senses, she looked up to find Sango, Rin, Koharu, and Kouga looking at her like she was insane. She stood and wobbled slightly up the stairs, giggling a bit as she made her way to Shippou's room. Something was telling her that he wasn't asleep. As she ascended, she managed to make out a few words of conversation.

"So, how was your night? My night was great. First we went to eat, then we saw a movie, then we went for ice cream," Kagome began to giggle harder, "and lastly...the goodbye!" She left the confused faces for her son's room. Calming down to her normal self, she slowly opened the door to find Shippou still awake. "You should be asleep, Shippou," she stated gently as she went to his bed.

"I wanted to see you Mama." Kagome stroked his hair softly to comfort him into a sleepy state.

"I'm here now, sweetie. Go to sleep," she commanded softly.

"Sing me something, Mama," was Shippou's drowsy request. On command, Kagome began to sing the first thing that came to mind.

"I've been watching you from a distance

The distance sees through your disguise

All I want from you is your hurting

I want to heal you

I want to save you from the dark

Give unto me your troubles

I'll endure your suffering

Place onto me your burden

I'll drink your deadly poison

Why should I care if they hurt you

Somehow it matters more to me

Than if I were hurting myself

Save you

I'll save you

Give unto me your troubles

I'll endure your suffering

Place onto me your burden

I'll drink your deadly poison

Fear not the flame of my love's candle

Let it be the sun in your world of darkness

Give unto me all that frightens you

I'll have your nightmares for you

If you sleep soundly

Give unto me your troubles

I'll endure your suffering

Place onto me your burden

I'll drink your deadly poison

Fear not the flame of my love's candle

Let it be the sun in your world of darkness

Give unto me all that frightens you

I'll have your nightmares for you

If you sleep soundly

Fear not the flame of my love's candle

Let it be the sun in your world of darkness"

Kagome checked to make sure Shippou was really asleep before heading out of the room and silently closing the door. She was about to head to her room to find that the group of people she left at the door had found their way to the hall. Kagome sighed.

'This is going to be a long night.'

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A/N: Well, that's done. Hope you likey. And I actually have a request:

How do you get bold, italic (or any variation of that) font for the website? I keep on italic-ing but I get shit! Someone please help me!!

Anyway, review for my lack of self-confidence and the penguins that have inhabited my mind and tell me to move to the North Pole...please.