Author's Notes: This was written for my friend Kellychan85 :)
Title: Innocence
Genre: Drama/Romance/Introspective
Rating: G
Pairing: InuYasha/Kagome
Summary: She had always wondered just how old he was.
She looked over at him again.
She couldn't help it; he was just sitting there with this innocent and youthful expression on his face as he rummaged through her bag. It was times like this that she found herself wondering exactly how old he really was.
Sure, she thought, InuYasha was pinned to that tree for fifty years. But he was just frozen then, like he was sleeping- suspended in time.
"Neh InuYasha," Kagome ventured, causing the white-haired hanyou to jerk up and stick his hands quickly into his sleeves.
"I was just looking..." He muttered, hoping that she wasn't berating him for digging through her belongings again.
"No, it's just... well, I was just curious- how old are you?"
He blinked as he tried to absorb what it was she was asking.
"I don't know... I guess about..." His face contorted into a slight pout as he calculated the answer.
"Fifteen summers have passed."
Kagome's face slowly lit up as she realized what that meant.
"You're...the same age as me..." She explained, her face burning with a blush.
"Keh! So?" InuYasha muttered, his head quickly snapping to the side.
At first Kagome thought he was upset or that he'd taken her words incorrectly, but as she made out the blush staining his cheeks she knew the real reason for his short reply.
He was so innocent because- he was just a boy at heart.