Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. The characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi!
Author Note: That's right...I couldn't resist the puppy dog eyes. lol. If you don't get what the heck I'm saying; it's one of the comments a reviewer left that had me chucking. Hehe.
With something along the lines of a startled gasp, Kagome's lashes fluttered open in alarm. Inuyasha swore most foully at his blunder and did the first thing that came to mind. He tumbled down as well and pressed his body against hers, in an effort to steady her rhythmic bouncing.
"Eep! Inuyasha!" Kagome shrieked. The next thing she knew, Kagome was enclose in a nest of red fabric. She felt warmth shroud around her tiny frame and her palms, which had shot up at the start of their descent, were now pressed firmly against his solid chest. They stayed a tangled mess, each member breathing heavily. Kagome, her fingers sore with numbness, tried to free her hands from their trapped state. In doing so, her nimble fingers inadvertently caressed the startled boy's torso. In turn, Inuyasha (involuntarily!) let out a low moan. Kagome's eyes grew twice their normal size and her hands froze on spot.
"Let me," Inuyasha mumbled, pushing up into a sitting position. Kagome nodded, her cheeks tinged with a rosy pink. Was it just her imagination, or did Inuyasha actually mo—nooo way!
With a cough, Inuyasha stood up and turned his head away from her charming, inquisitive brown eyes. "I'll be in the kitchen."
And with that, he left, shutting the door quietly behind him. Kagome sat up halfway, leaning back against her elbows. She missed the warmth; the heat. The thought had her heart pounding like crazy and her face turning as red as a cherry. I'm becoming just as perverted as Miroku! This can't be good.
Looking at her alarm clock, Kagome was shocked to discover that it was a little past midnight. Stifling a yawn, she pushed herself out of bed and semi stumbled to where her open textbooks laid. Scanning over what was accomplished, Kagome smiled in satisfaction at her handiwork. Only five more problems to go!
Before finishing her homework though, Kagome decided to pay Inuyasha a little visit. We can't go on being embarrassed around each other. How can anything be accomplished that way?
As she drew closer and closer to the kitchen, her sense of reasoning faltered. The light switch had been flicked on and the room was bathed in a soft light. From where she stood, Kagome could make out Inuyasha's profile. He stood by the stove, ramen cup in one hand, tea kettle in the other. Kagome giggled gently at the look of perplexity marring his beautifully sculpted face. At present, the hanyo had no idea how to turn the stove on.
Kagome had to bite her tongue to keep from laughing as he nudged the buttons with the spout of the blue tea kettle. Inuyasha glared at the stove-top with malice, not bothering to set either of his possessions down.
"Are you just going to stand there?" said boy asked crossly. His comment made Kagome flinch in surprise, and she immediately felt guilty for waiting to offer assistance.
"S-sure," she stammered, hurrying to his side. Turning the black knob ignited the gas stove and Kagome, on impulse, guided Inuyasha's hand to placing the kettle on the metal rings. In the process, she made her companion blush uneasily.
"That should do it," Kagome closed the lid firmly in place and busily rummaged through a cabinet for a pair of scissors. "We'll need to take the plastic covering—"
"Done," Inuyasha held a shredded leaf of clear material to eye level. The dark brunette canceled her search, and snatched the flimsy piece of plastic from the clutches of her dog eared companion; Kagome tossed it in the trash bin and turned just in time to see Inuyasha burn himself from sticking his nose too close to the steaming spout.
"But it was whistling, Kagome" Inuyasha whined most adorably. A chime like laugh escaped her lips as she was tempted to reach out and stroke the object of affection. Inuyasha…he could be such a child sometimes. The glimmers of innocence never escaped her notice.
"That just means it's ready" she explained, barely able to suppress another fit of giggles. At the word 'ready', Inuyasha perked up and eagerly handed Kagome the ramen cup. He then dropped down to his haunches, and began sifting through the items kept in the lower cabinets. Pulling out four more ramen cups, he handed them up to Kagome.
"Oh, but Inuyasha!" Kagome tried to voice her objections while accepting five Styrofoam containers, one after the other.
Inuyasha stood to his full height, looking at her vexed face quizzically. "What's wrong, Kagome?"
"I didn't make enough water to fill all these ramen cups!" Kagome exclaimed, thrusting the pile up slightly to emphasize her point. Dropping the heap onto the counter, the brunette calmed the kettle's shrill screaming by removing it from the heat. She proceeded to fill one cup. Inuyasha broke the seal off of another and Kagome poured what remained of the steaming liquid into that container too.
"I'll heat some more water,"
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Kagome watched in awe as the boy of her dreams devoured the last of his late night snack. It was rather cute…his white canines were visible as he opened his mouth widely to accept the last bits of noodle and swallow the remaining broth.
"Had enough?" Kagome asked teasingly. She grinned at Inuyasha, whom at the moment, had trails of liquid running down his chin. He placed the empty cup down on the table and let out a contented sigh, mixed in somewhere was a burp.
"Keh, there was not nearly enough to fill me up," Inuyasha replied haughtily, pointing a clawed index finger at the messily discarded ramen cups. Kagome rolled her eyes at his swelled ego.
"Next time I'll just have to make you more, ne?" Kagome offered absentmindedly, she felt her lids drop ever so slightly.
"Hell yeah," Inuyasha agreed, eyes glancing in her direction…only to discover that she was falling asleep!
"Shit Kagome! It's way past your bedtime!" Inuyasha pushed aside the ramen discussion for a rainy day and gently tried to shake the girl out of her reverie. Kagome snapped awake and mumbled a broken thank you, her voice cracked and hoarse.
"Inu-" Kagome yawned widely. "Yasha…" Rubbing sleep off of her brown eyes, Kagome tried to focus them on a gradually blurring red figure. Her mind blanked. What was she going to say again? Kagome stifled another yawn with the back of her hand.
"Kagome, you should get to bed," Inuyasha reached out to steady the girl who tried to stand on a pair of wobbly legs. She fell hopelessly against his chest, and his arms went up immediately to encircle her in a seemingly romantic embrace. At the moment, Kagome was much too sleepy to go about blushing like a hormone driven teenager. Inuyasha on the other hand…
"K-Kagome!" Inuyasha stuttered, baffled by her accidental slip.
"Gomen-nasai, Inuyasha," Kagome mumbled sleepily. "Goodnight…"
Inuyasha cradled a sleeping Kagome in his arms, blushing all the while. "I knew it was a bad idea to come here!" he denied. Sucking in a breath, he carried her upstairs.
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"There," Inuyasha stepped back to survey his handiwork. Kagome lay on her bed, the blankets wrapped clumsily around her lithe form. Seating himself by her bed, Inuyasha gazed longingly at the cushiony surface of the bed. No doubt, Kagome would be mad if she woke up to find him sleeping by her side…or…or would she?
She had kissed him before leaving for her time. It was brief, and to his surprise, Inuyasha was left unsatisfied. So what plausible excuse would he have to return that kiss? His brain racked up all possible excuses until—
Flashback
Kagome sat with her back against the sturdy structure of a tree. Summer sun sifted through its green leaves, proving enough light for the girl to read her textbook. It was a rare moment of tranquility which was broken seconds later with the arrival of Shippo bounding joyously towards his favorite female companion.
"Kagome!" Shippo squealed. "I've been--mwaf!"
Kagome brought a hand to his mouth, muffling the kitsune's last words. "Shhh!"
Bright green eyes stared into widened brown ones. Gently removing her hand, Kagome smiled kindly at Shippo and winked. "I don't want Inuyasha to find me."
Understanding what Kagome was implying, since Inuyasha hardly ever ever left the schoolgirl alone, Shippo cuddled into Kagome's arms, blocking her view of "Atoms and Molecules: Building Blocks of the World." Kagome giggled and set her book down cheerfully. When she wasn't preoccupied with Inuyasha, Shippo acted as a substitute.
"Yeah…that stupid hanyo can be such a jerk sometimes!" Shippo complained, looking up to Kagome for affirmation. Instead, she chided gently him for his rudeness.
"Shippo! You can't talk about Inuyasha that way!" Shippo pouted, unhappy that Kagome was willing to defend Inuyasha when he had annoyed her all morning long by not letting her get her homework finished. Both Kagome and Shippo were unaware of the figure that rested some 50 feet up, listening intently to their conversation.
Inuyasha smirked. He settled back into the familiar touch of uneven bark and breathed out in complacency as Kagome began listing his good qualities.
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By the time Kagome was finished, Shippo was yawning and settling more into her lap. Then he said something that had the hanyo nearly falling from his perch.
"You can give me a goodnight kiss now, Kagome," Shippo pleaded tiredly. His two fists were bunched up and brought to rub at his closed eyes. "I don't think I could wait till after story time."
Inuyasha listened and waited for Kagome's response; sincerely hoping that she would explain this whole kissing concept.
The girl merely giggled and placed a soft kiss on the little mop of brown fur. Now, Inuyasha wasn't flabbergasted by her actions. She had hugged and kissed Shippo plenty of times. It was just the damn concept of 'Goodnight Kisses' that he didn't understand. Did it mean that Shippo got a kiss from Kagome every night? Regardless of whether or not he wanted one? (Which had Inuyasha asking, "Why the hell wouldn't he want one!) Inuyasha felt himself internally pouting, "UNFAIR!"
"Well," Kagome spoke slyly, addressing an already dozing kitsune, "Goodnight kisses are specially reserved for nighttime…but I guess we can make an exception today." And with that, she placed another affectionate kiss on his cheek.
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Now Inuyasha was faced with a predicament: he found himself not satisfied with the idea of merely kissing Kagome on the cheek. No…that was something Kagome did with Shippo. She was like a mother to the tiny fox. If Inuyasha wanted to surpass Shippo, (Kami, he was competing against a kid half his age human years) he would have to lip lock. It would be like a…um…thank you (cough) uh, hmm…
What a perfect time to get cold feet.
Mentally whacking himself for ever getting caught in this situation, Inuyasha stopped pacing (When had he started pacing!) and got down on his knees. Kagome chose the perfect moment to roll around on her bed and come nose to nose with Inuyasha. Of course, she had to be asleep…
Too shocked to pull away, and too scared to make a move, Inuyasha froze in his spot.
"Mmuyasha," Kagome mumbled, smiling in her sleep. Without the least bit of a warning, Kagome dove forward and closed the gap between sleeping girl and dog boy. Inuyasha captured her lips in his, without meaning to, and from then on, didn't need any additional encouragement. She had given him the incentive and he embraced it with open arms. Inuyasha dominated the kiss (for obvious reasons) and took his newfound opportunity to do a bit of tasting. He breathed in her tantalizing smell while feeling the delicate texture of her lips against his. The feel sent delightful chills down the length of his body. If anyone had told him how great this would feel, why…he would have done it a long time ago.
Meanwhile, Kagome was off in another domain have the most bizarre dream…It started out in the dusty grasslands of Africa…
The lioness arched her back and settled back down against the parched earth. Her shrewd tawny eyes scanned for any signs of wildlife. She hungered for a good chase…
Growling ever so lightly, Kagome squinted against the blinding sunlight and exhausting heat as Lion King Music began playing in the background. Something was approaching in the distance, though it could've just been another mirage. After all, the heat was settling in. Kagome watched suspiciously as the four legged figure drew nearer. By rolling into an attack position, the famished lioness was ready to handle any sort of danger. She waited.
And waited.
And then she pounced.
Funny how the unlucky victim just happened to look like…INUYASHA!
A/N: Pretty confusing ending, huh? Sorry about that. Please review and I'll love you forever!
