Sorry it took so long to update. I've been gone on Spring Break and I had just recently finished this chapter. I know it's short and I apologize. But I hope you enjoy it just the same. I'll update soon! Sorry for the wait. Hope ya like! RR

Chapter 7: Presents

Inuyasha yawned and stretched as he sleepily tried to wake his body. Something heavy was lying on top of his chest. He sniffed the air to smell Kagome's scent right beneath his nose lying on his bare chest. He inhaled her scent, allowing it to freely fill his lungs. He began to sit up, pulling Kagome into his lap when a sudden thought hit him like a pound of bricks. 'Her birthday's tomorrow! I don't have anything but my original plan to give her. She'll kill me if I don't get her something else.' he thought. He gently and reluctantly removed himself from his love's arms and made his way to her bottom drawer. He pulled it out and found the extra pair of clothes Kagome's bought him for when he visited her time for long periods.

He changed into the loose faded jeans and pulled on the white t-shirt, followed by the blue button down shirt. He decided to leave it unbuttoned and then began to make his way downstairs. "Damn." he said, turning on his heel and grabbing the hated shoes next to the dresser and putting them on as well as the blue and red baseball hat. He then continued his way down the stairs into the kitchen. He wrote Kagome a note so she wouldn't worry ,grabbed some money from his hiding spot Kagome'd made for him, and walked out.

Kagome awoke to an empty bed. She looked around in confusion. 'Where's Inuyasha?' she thought. She walked downstairs to see if he was playing with Buyo in boredom. He wasn't there. She saw a note lying on the counter and walked over to it and picked it up.

'Dear Kagome,

Good morning beautiful. I'm sorry I couldn't be there when you woke up but I had to go out to buy something. Don't worry. I grabbed the extra clothes you got for me out of your drawer and money from the spot. I'll be back as soon as I can ok? I love you so much! See you when I get home. I love you.

Love,
You Know Who'

Kagome smiled as she read the note. 'I love him so much. I'm so lucky.' she thought as she made her way back up to her bedroom. She layed the note on her desk and happily crawled back into her bed, twirling herself into the covers and falling into a happy sleep.

Inuyasha walked into the house and sniffed around, trying to find where Kagome was. 'She's in her room.' he thought and walked up the stairs and stopped at her door. He could hear her soft and steady breathing behind it, telling him she was asleep. He quietly entered her room and placed his purchases in the very very back of her closet for safe keeping, knowing she never looked back there and then sat on the edge of her bed, brushing her long midnight hair from her face.

She was smiling. Inuyasha smirked as his ears picked up her whispering his name. 'She looks so beautiful in her sleep. She always looks beautiful. I'm so lucky.' Inuyasha thought as he gently rubbed the sleeping girl's cheek. She stirred and rolled over, as if she knew he was there. Inuyasha smiled and threw off the hated shoes and crawled into the bed next to her.

Kagome felt the warmth next to her and instantly rolled over, wanting to be as close as she could to the comforting form lying next to her. "Oh Inuyasha." she said quietly, laying her head and hand on Inuyasha's chest. She felt his ears twitch at hearing his name and felt his heart beat slightly faster before returning to normal.

He ran his fingers through her hair. It'd grown so long since he'd first seen her. He loved it long. Kagome'd matured greatly since the first time they'd met. But Inuyasha had as well. Although...some things never change. Inuyasha wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her closer to him and kissing the top of her head.

She let out a sigh and melted in his arms. She seemed to be asleep. "Kagome...I don't deserve you. Why...of all the boys around you, wanting to be with you...did you choose me? I've been so awful to you...but you never left my side. You were always there for me, comforting me, taking care of me when I was injured..saving me even. And I was such a bastard back to you. But still you stayed. Why would you put up with that?" he asked, not expecting her to hear.

"Because I loved you." she replied softly. Inuyasha looked down to see her eyes flutter open and she looked sweetly at the boy holding her. "How could you love something...no one else wanted anything to do with? Something no one loved...something others were afraid of or despised?" he asked, looking away, shame written in his eyes and all over his features.

Kagome spoke gently and in understanding. "I loved you because something inside told me it was ment to be. Everything that brought us together...no matter how hard we tried to be apart...it was fate. There was fear and longing in your eyes when I first saw you. A sweet sadness. And the more I got to know you on our adventures...the more I admired you." she said blushing and burrying her face into his chest.

"You admired me?" he asked, seemingly astounded at her words. She nodded and smiled. "Why?" he asked as if he didn't believe her.

"Because with everything that'd happened to you because of you being a half demon, you still loved, reguardless of whether you saw it. You didn't go hide in a corner and sulk about it. You were proud of it." she smiled remembering their earlier days traveling together. Inuyasha smiled, remembering as well. "But..Kagome...I was horrible to you." he said. She simply shrugged and smiled at him once more. "I knew you didn't mean it."

Inuyasha just shook his head and smiled at her. "I love you Kagome." he said before leaning in and kissing her. "I love you too." she said after they broke away. He smiled warmly and suddenly remembered. "Did you get my note?" he asked.

She smiled and nodded. "Yes. I did." she said. Inuyasha smiled contently and then laced his fingers in hers and lay there listening to her steady heartbeat and breathing that implied to him that she'd fallen fast asleep in his arms.

Hope you liked it. Sorry it was such a short chapter but I was in a bit of a hurry to finish it. Please RR and I'll try to update as soon as I can. I need some fresh ideas from ya'll so please please please RR ok? Thanks ya'll!