The Blood I Shed for You
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Inuyasha smiled. Looking at her, now, he was reminded of just how beautiful she was. Her face was so innocent, so sweet, so... Kagome. He watched as an errant lock of hair fell across her face and reached forward to tuck it snugly behind her ear. As he pulled his hand back, Kagome's hand reached up to hold it against her cheek. Inuyasha watched as her eyes fluttered open, her hand still resting on his. His heart began to race as brown eyes met gold.
"Inuyasha?" she questioned sleepily.
Inuyasha swallowed hard as Kagome sat up and stared at her hand, which held his. She looked back at him with confusion in her eyes. She hadn't expected to wake up to find herself holding his hand. Absentmindedly, she let his hand go.
"What time is it?" She asked, yawning.
"It's late. Go back to sleep."
"Oh." Kagome muttered, sleepily, still trying to wake up enough to process what was going on. "Why was I holding your hand?"
"I don't know! You're the one that grabbed me!" Inuyasha yelled indignantly, hiding his embarrassment.
Kagome shushed him. "Don't yell. Everyone's asleep."
They looked at each other for a minute.
"Did you just get back?" Kagome asked looking at the clock to see it was nearly 3:30am.
"Yeah."
"What did your sister want?"
"She just wanted to know when I was coming back." He lied.
Kagome looked at him disbelievingly for a moment, but shrugged it off. They looked at each other for another minute or so.
"Inuyasha?"
"What?"
"I set up a bed for you in Souta's room. Be careful, though. He leaves his toys on the floor."
"Keh. I'll just stay in here. He'll try to get me to play with that 'video game' thing again if I wake him up."
Kagome laughed and smiled. Inuyasha felt a warm fluttery feeling. Even in the dark, her smile made his heart beat a little faster. Kagome lifted her covers and looked at him expectantly.
"What are you doing?" He asked apprehensively.
Her smell was so strong. Her whole room smelled like her, but her bed most of all.
"I'm sharing my bed with you. Do you think I'd make you sleep on the floor?" She asked exasperatedly.
Inuyasha went wide-eyed.
"You mean you want me to sleep in there?! With you?! All night?!"
"That's the idea." She said a bit annoyed. "Hurry up. The blankets are getting cold."
Uneasily, Inuyasha climbed into the bed. Kagome covered him up and grabbed one of her pillows.
"Lift your head."
Inuyasha did as she asked and Kagome slipped her pillow under his head. The second he laid his head back down, his senses swam with Kagome's scent. It didn't take long before he felt completely relaxed. Her smell was so soothing. He looked over at her as she turned her back towards him and snuggled into her other pillow. He watched as her breathing became slow and steady. She was asleep in no time. He took as deep of a breath that his demonic lungs would allow, taking in as much of her scent as he could. She smelled so good. He soon found himself feeling undeniably sleepy. It didn't take long before he was asleep, as well.
Morning came peacefully in the Higurashi home. The smell of breakfast wafted through the house as Kagome's mother prepared food for everyone. Souta had hurried off to a friend's house first thing to borrow a game to play with Inuyasha. The day was slightly overcast, so the morning sun wasn't too bright. Inuyasha began to wake from his peaceful slumber. He felt like he had slept for 3 days, and for some reason, he was really comfortable. Something smelled really good, too. Then he realized what it was he smelled as he stretched and found himself tangled with something, or rather someone. He opened his eyes with a start. He stared down to find Kagome curled up against him, his arms wrapped around her, and their legs interlocked within the soft blankets. He felt a red-hot flush burn across his face as he wondered how he had gotten into this position and how he would get himself out. If he moved, he'd wake up Kagome. If he didn't move, she'd wake up to find him like that, not to mention completely red from embarrassment. Kagome opened her eyes and smiled at him. Too lateā¦
"I've been wondering when you'd wake up." She said smiling.
"How long have you been awake?" He asked, his blush getting darker.
"For a while. I didn't want to wake you. You look so cute when you're sleeping." She teased.
Inuyasha looked as if he'd swallowed a bug, and made slight choking noises from embarrassment. Kagome paid no attention to Inuyasha's broken pride as she stretched and yawned. She soon found herself in the same dilemma Inuyasha had been worried about as she tried to move.
"We're stuck." She said, looking at him awkwardly.
Inuyasha tried moving, but found it quite difficult to tell where he, Kagome, and the blankets began and ended.
"Try moving your right leg."
"I can't. It's caught in the blanket." Kagome said.
"Well try moving the blanket."
"I can't. You're laying on it!"
"Well I can't move at all until you move your right leg. It's wrapped around my right leg and on top of my left leg." He complained.
It was about then that they heard the door open and Souta call out.
"Kagome! Is Inuyasha here? I want to show him this cool game!"
Inuyasha and Kagome looked at each other with wide, panicked eyes as they heard Souta come stampeding up the stairs. They both knew he was going to come charging right into her room. They both also knew that Souta would run off yelling about it if he saw them in the same bed. Neither wanted the added embarrassment. They started struggling to break free as Souta's footfalls drew closer. The thrashing caused both to topple onto the floor. The impact loosened the blankets and Inuyasha took the opportunity to free himself. With out a backward glance, he darted out of the window just as Souta reached the door and let himself in.
"Hey! I thought Inuyasha was going to be here this morning." Souta whined.
"I'm sure he'll be here any minute." Kagome said nervously.
"Why are you on the floor with all your blankets? And what was all that noise?" He asked, looking at her suspiciously.
"I fell out of bed." Kagome responded. "Now get out! I have to get dressed."
"Ok." Souta said as he left, closing the door behind him.
Kagome let out a sigh of relief once he was gone. She tossed her blankets back on the bed and was about to pull her nightshirt over her head when she heard someone speaking.
"That was close."
Kagome squeaked and turned with a start to stare at the speaker, who happened to be Inuyasha.
"How long have you been there?" She asked, irritated.
"Since Souta left."
"Well you can get right back out."
"Why?"
"Because I'm getting dressed!" Kagome shouted.
"So?"
Kagome eyed him warily.
"You've been spending too much time around Miroku."
"What!?" Inuyasha cried outrageously.
Unfortunately, his cries of indignation were on def ears as Kagome opened the door and called downstairs.
"Souta!" She sing-songed. "Inuyasha's here! He says he can't wait for you to show him that new video game!"
The sound of scrambling feet and excited yelling came from downstairs as Kagome opened the door wide, smirking in triumph at Inuyasha. Inuyasha glared at her.
"I'm going to kill you for this, wench." He snarled.
No sooner had that left his mouth than an excited Souta ran in, blathering about this and that, grabbed his hand, and dragged him downstairs to play 'Ninja Masters'. Kagome heard him grumble something about 'traitor' before she shut the door behind him. She laughed to herself as she began to undress.
"I didn't even have to say 'sit'." She chuckled.
At that exact moment, she heard a series of loud thuds and angry shouts from half way down the stairs.
"Oops!" She exclaimed, her eyed wide. "I didn't realize he could still hear me."
She ran to her door and poked her head out. "Sorry, Inuyasha!"
Her only response was murderous, yet muffled, yelling from the bottom of the stairs.
