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Overtime

Chapter 13

-Wednesday-

Kagome sat up in her bed feeling the discomfort of a sore throat and a runny nose. 'Great...' She thought leaning over to her nightstand for a tissue. "Alright." She said to herself after blowing her nose. 'I need to call work and tell them I can't come in this morning.' She felt around with one hand for the phone, picked it up, and called the store.

"Yeah, Sango? I'm not going to be —oh, how did you—oh...Inuyasha told you, okay...bye. Yeah, thanks. I will Sango." click

"Hmm..." Kagome leaned back into bed. "so they already knew I wasn't coming in because of Inuyasha...?" She shrugged. "Whatever." She went back to sleep and grudgingly got up around noon . If she stayed in bed forever like that she would die of pain. She was in the kitchen making tea when her doorbell rang. Clad in her pajamas she opened the door to Inuyasha again, who had stopped by to visit on his lunch break. He held a bowl of miso soup in one hand and a small bag in the other.

"Hey you," Kagome said, opening the door wider. "Come in."

He stepped inside and she shut the door behind him. "To what do I owe the visit?" she asked, eying him suspiciously.

"Well, I thought you might want some lunch. Since you're obviously too lazy to make it yourself I brought some stuff over from the restaurant across the street." He paused, uncertain.

"Wow, thank-you," she grinned despite herself.

"Hmph." Inuyasha followed her into the kitchen. "What are you doing out of bed anyway?" Inuyasha questioned, putting down the bag and soup.

"Just making myself some tea," Kagome said and switched on the kettle.

"Well, I can do it." Inuyasha said opening almost every cupboard looking for the cups.

"No, I got it." Kagome gently pushed him aside and opened the correct cupboard effortlessly, removing two mugs. Inuyasha squinted his eyes at her.

"It's fine Kagome, I can handle it." He pushed her back over to unplug the boiling kettle. By then Kagome was pretty worn out. She looked at him as he grabbed tea bags and put them in the cups smirking victoriously at her.

"Mmhmm." She gave him one last glare before grabbing the soup and crashing on her soft couch.

Minutes later he came in with their tea. They kept the TV off so they could talk. Kagome on the other hand had felt more like resting then engaging in conversation, so she did just that while Inuyasha started talking to her.

"So how are you feeling?" He asked, looking over to her lying peacefully on the couch. No response, Kagome was trying to sleep. "That's nice to hear," he nodded to himself and leaned back. "So how was your day?"

'Oh my word..' Kagome thought, covering her head with a pillow trying to block out his voice.

"Mine was just great!" Inuyasha said turning to her again. "Oh hey? Do you like Miso Soup?" By now Inuyasha knew he was talking to himself. His voice changed from his fake happy-go-lucky one to his usual arrogant tone.

"Good, I'm glad we could talk like this...why aren't you listening to me?"

Kagome opened her eyes ready to scream at him.

"You never listen to what I have to say, but you can talk for hours about whatever the hell you want and I don't say anything about it!"

Kagome breathed deeply into her pillow, relaxing...relaxing...

"And you know what? I think you're fat!" Inuyasha crossed his arms, Kagome flinched. A muffled: "I'm awake you know," came from her pillow. Inuyasha's eyes widened for a moment before returning to normal.

"Good..." He looked at the wall stubbornly. "I don't care."

"Oh my—" Kagome cut herself off. "You idiot!"

"Who's the idiot? I knew you were awake the whole time!"

Kagome rolled her eyes, deciding to drop it. "Whatever you say Inuyasha." She sat up and looked at her soup and tea, grateful for something to sooth her throat. "Thanks," she finally said in a monotone.

"Don't mention it," he replied, matching her tone.

"Don't worry, I'll be sure to never bring up this rare act of kindness from you again," she teased.

"Do what you want," Inuyasha retorted. "Anyway," he began, standing up." I should be getting back to work now." Kagome stood with him.

"Don't feel too special, I'll be in tomorrow."

"I'll take those papers for you," he said.

Kagome ran into the kitchen and brought them out for him, dropping them in his hands. She smiled brightly—fake but kindly at him, "have fun."

"Always do." He was now just outside of the door with his hands full. "Oh yeah..." Kagome looked at the ground and muttered out her thanks. "Thank-you for coming to check up on me, or whatever you did..." she trailed off.

"What was that?" Inuyasha leaned one ear in closer. "I can't hear you, you're whispering."

"I said thanks for stopping by here to check on me!" she said way louder, causing him to take a step back.

"Woah, there's a big difference between 'checking up on someone' and just bringing them food."

"Just except my thank-you already!" She yelled slamming the door on him. Kagome leaned against the door. "Jeeze.."

Inuyasha started to walk away but then quickly turned and ran back to the door of her apartment to yell through the wood, "I was leaving anyway!"

He could hear Kagome's growl as he walked away, satisfied.

End chapter 13