It was a sunny morning at the house. Inu was sleeping, unaware that Ed and Kagome had given him a female-make over. Kohaku had gotten sick, and since the guy's

house was closer than Kagome's, and Rin was staying with Kagome for a while, Rin stayed over with Shippou and the guys. And of course Kagome was still a bit twitchy about what happened with the spaghetti, she came over to check up on Shippou. When Ed saw her, he asked if she wanted a little payback. Which of course she did.

Right now, they were laughing outside the barn, imagining the reaction Inu would have when he woke up.

"You know," Kagome said, sitting down on the ground, "I think that he makes a much better girl."

"Like, good point. But it takes way too much make up to prove that." Ed replied, taking a very good girly-girl impression, as he sat down beside Kagome..

She started laughing again. 'And what a laugh.', Ed thought. Light as a bell, and bright as the sun.

Kagome noticed Ed was just staring at her, with a slight smirk on his face. His handsome, god-like face...'Stop that Kagome!' She thought quickly, then asked,

"Why are you staring at me?" She said, as Ed shook his head slightly.

"No reason. You just don't come around as much anymore." He said, a perfectly true statement.

"Yeah, well..." She almost said 'stop', but realized she didn't want him to. She just stared back.

"And may I ask why you are staring at me?" He said, smiling.

"What, was I staring?" She asked coyly, smirking in spite of herself.

"Yeah, you were." He said teasingly.

"Maybe I was, but why shouldn't I?" She said.

"Could it be because you...like me?" Ed said, keeping cool but mentally twitching.

Kagome said nothing, her heart beating wildly. 'Now what!' She thought, then decided to tell the truth.

"It might be.." She said, resuming a mysterious tone.

"Might be?" He said, in mock surprize. Her silence told him the truth. "C'mon, give me a better hint."

"Alright then; here's your hint." She said, leaning over and giving him a small peck on the cheek. "Gotta go. Send Shippou and Rin home later, will ya?"

And with that, Kagome left Ed sitting on the grss in bewilderment, and rushed home blushing madly.

'Now you did it, Kagome.' She thought franticaly. 'Why'd you do that? Never mind the fact you liked it--'

"I'm going insane over this guy!" She yelled, startling a group of 10-year old boys that were throwing stones a near by tree.

---Back with Ed---

He sat in a daze, then smiled. After that final confrontation with Jessica, he'd done a lot of thinking. Most of it ended when Winry showed up and said, "Quit mopeing around and move on! Go out with someone!"

'Winry was right.' He thought.

He stood up, and went to wake up Al. Time for breakfast.

--This next bit is over a phone, and all actions wiil be in-between stars. ducks out of the path of a random duck See?--

Winry hears a phone ringing, and is forced to wake up.

Winry: Hullo?

Kagome in a whiney voice: Winry, I'm going insane!

Winry: I'll say. Do you know what time it is?

Kagome:...It's 9:30.

Winry: Is it really? looks at alarm clock Wow. Alright, why are you going insane this time?

Kagome: Well, umm...

Winry:...You call me up and then don't tell me why?

Kagome quietly: I kissed Ed.

Winry:Kagome...

Kagome: Just on the cheek. I don't even know how it happened. We were just talking, and he kept staring at me with that smirk of his, and then I asked why and he said no reason, and asked why I was staring at him, was it because I liked him? And I said maybe, and well, he wouldn't take maybe for an answer, so I--

Winry: I get it. So...You like Ed. Did you just now realize that?

Kagome:...Maybe.

Winry: Alright. I'm going over to their house later.

Kagome: No don't go over are you nuts!

Winry: Yes. And I said I'd go over yesterday, so I can't get out of it.

Kagome: But I--

Winry: And don't worry I won't say a thing about this morning.

Kagome: Alright. Bye.

--end conversation on phone--

Winry looked down at the phone and smirked evilly. "Oh, I won't say a thing...directly."