Summary: Inuyasha learns the concept of a birthday, and how close Kagome's is from now. He doesn't know what else to give her, other than one thing. InuKag.

Rated M for past lemon content.

Birthday Gift
Chapter 7: Telling Him

"What is it, Kagome?" He asked her. Kagome looked at him for a while before taking a deep breath. He'd find out eventually. If she didn't tell him now, he'd notice her scent had changed. She'd have a big pregnant belly when they were looking for jewel shards… It was going to come out. The sooner the better.

"Let's go outside." She said quietly. Inuyasha gave her a nod and held his hand out. He didn't know it, but Kagome took the gesture as a sign of comfort. If he was willing to help her up, she was sure he wouldn't mind it. She sure hoped she was right.

The two walked out in silence. Kagome took a deep breath then let it out slowly. Raggedly, almost. Was it possible to be this nervous about telling someone something?

Yes, it was possible.

"Inuyasha… I'm pregnant." Kagome finally choked out. Inuyasha didn't lower his head and hide his eyes. He didn't run. He didn't rejoice. He just stood there. He wasn't moving. This was just as intimidating as any other reaction he could have given Kagome. Her mind screamed at him to react. To let her know what was going on in his mind. If he even wanted the baby.

"You were that nervous about telling me? Is that what you started to say by the well?" He asked. Kagome nodded slowly and carefully. Her feet positioned to run in case he wasn't going to digest the information right. Just in case…

But her Inuyasha couldn't attack her, could he?

"Why are you doing that?" He asked as he looked at her. He still seemed hurt. She hadn't apologized for leaving him hurt over this. Was he still dealing with that hurt?

"Doing what?"

"You're ready to run from me…" He said. Kagome looked down at her feet. Yes, it was quite obvious she was on the running side if things went worse. But, he couldn't tell what was going on in her mind.

"I was afraid to tell you… I was afraid of how you'd react…" She said quietly. Inuyasha took a step towards her, and she backed up.

"What did you think I would do?" He asked her. Kagome shook her head and looked away. The nightmare's memories burned an image of fear into her.

"I was afraid you'd attack me… Or send me back home and keep me from going back." She said quietly. Before she could even realize the hanyou was moving, Inuyasha had hugged her tightly and buried his face in her shoulder.

"I would never do that, Kagome… I told you that I loved you, and I meant it. I'm happy that you have a child, but you scared me when you wouldn't talk to me about why you ran off." He said. Kagome was shocked that he was willing to let all this information out to her. He'd never been this open with anyone.

Least of all, her.

"So… You don't hate me?" Kagome asked him. Inuyasha broke the hug long enough to show her a smile.

"No… I love you, remember?" He said. Kagome smiled as he placed a gentle kiss on her lips. "I'm happy that we're going to have a child, Kagome." He rested his head on her shoulder, relaxing in the presence of the woman he loved.

They'd have a family. He couldn't be more happy. Even if Naraku were dead.

-Next Morning-

Kagome woke up with a million questions on her head. She had a dream about her family life class. You know, where you carry those little sacks of flour around and pretend it's your baby. She did that, but these things didn't add up.

Inuyasha was the only one in the gang awake. He was arguing with Kaede about how many of this nasty herb she was supposed to put in. Kagome tapped Inuyasha's shoulder and he turned his head to look at her.

"What's wrong?" He asked. Her face was filled with worry, even though she was feeling confusion full blow. She opened her mouth to speak then quickly closed it. She got up and went outside calmly. Inuyasha watched her go then cringed as he heard the most disgusting sound in the world. Vomiting. He hated the sound of it, and he hated Kagome doing it even more.

He stood up and left the hut – along with his argument with Kaede. He walked over to Kagome and pulled her hair out of her face as she threw up who-knows-what. He didn't even know if she ate to begin with.

"You feeling better?" He asked. She looked at him then smiled faintly. Her face was pale and he frowned. He didn't like to see her in any other condition than healthy. And she was throwing up. Not his idea of a fancy wake up. "What were you going to say earlier?"

Kagome sat up entirely, her hand on her stomach. She acted as if that's make her stomach settle down even more than it was right now.

"I have some questions for you…" She said. Inuyasha nodded then took her to the lake. He didn't want to have Sango, Miroku, and the runt around when she wanted to ask him questions.

Nor did he want the villagers around. He sat down on the bank of the lake and dipped his feet in. Kagome took off the things on her feet then let her legs dangle in the water.

"What do you want to ask me?" He asked. Kagome looked at him then looked away.

"Well…" She said quietly. She was hesitating on her words. Inuyasha could tell it.

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Yes. Short. I know. But your next chapter will come all the more faster! Wait... No you won't. You wanna know why?

Because I'm putting in all the chapters at the same time! Well, I guess that it means you'll get the whole cluster of chapters sooner.

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