I haven't been writing for a while... And there are no excuses except no ideas and just simply being lazy.
And yes, originally this story was supposed to have no pairings or romance. But I failed, this is extreme InuKag!
Chapter 33 – When the Daffodils Bloom
As Christmas and the New Year went by, the snow started to melt, turning into sleet. The sun was shining, the birds were singing, and slowly, daffodils started growing everywhere, especially the lakefront.
Easter was getting closer. And like at Christmas, the ward was decorated, too. A few weeks ago they had planted some ryegrass, which was now growing tall and green on the windowsills and tables. There were cheerful pictures on the windows everywhere. Easter eggs and bunnies, flowers and suns.
Now it was time for some occupational therapy.
Not all patients took part in it... But there was this one patient who had joined, even though no other patient could have believed how he was allowed in – Jakotsu. Because there would be nothing sharp used in this session, he was allowed to join.
So, what did they do?
The therapeutist had brought a bag of styrofoam eggs. She sat down at the round table, where the patients sat around.
"So, here we have some eggs..." she said and stared giving out the eggs. They circled the table until all the patients had one.
"Now, here are the colors..." she said and gave them out. "You can color it any way you like. Here we have some glue and glitter... There are no rules... Well, okay, maybe some limit. Nothing sexual."
"Aaaaw", Jakotsu complained.
Everyone got to work. Around the table sat Jakotsu, Kagura, Kikyo, Koga, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, and Inuyasha, finally free, with no straightjacket or even being medicated.
But Mitsuhiro was sitting behind Inuyasha. He was just like the boy – not saying anything.
"Now, are we all finished?" the therapeutist asked after 30 minutes had passed. "Would you like to show us your eggs?"
Everyone looked at each other, quiet. Then finally Kagura sighed and stood up.
"I don't think there's anything to say about this... thing. But it Was nice to make it." And she sat down.
"Thank you, Kagura. Anyone else?"
After a silent while, Kagome got up.
"I, uh... I thought I'd make this for one specific patient here..."
"Inuyasha", Koga grinned. Kagome turned at the wolf boy, a bit blushed.
"Hey, not fair! I'm the one who will give him the egg!" Jakotsu shouted.
"Now, now, calm down. I'm sure Inuyasha will accept both eggs", the therapeutist tried to calm the situation.
"You don't seem to know Inuyasha now do you?" Koga raised his eyebrow. "He adores Mountain Dew, but didn't drink a sip of it when he heard it was from Jako."
"Yeah, believe it – rejects Mountain Dew! That's somethin'!" Miroku pointed out.
And so, Jakotsu handed over his easter egg at Inuyasha. But the boy grabbed it and threw it out of the room.
"So I'll take it as a no..." the therapeutist sighed. "Kagome?"
Carefully, the girl came closer to Inuyasha, and finally gave him the egg. It was colorful, covered in rainbow glitter, very well made. Inuyasha took it in his hands, turned it around and sniffed it. Then his ears jumped up towards the girl, and he leaned his forehead against her.
"That's cute", Koga smirked.
"S' not!" Jakotsu puffed.
"Should we have a little easter hug, too?" Miroku asked Sango. The woman didn't even hesitate. And so they hugged.
"This is the house of love", Kagura grinned.
The next number for this day was following: searching for Kinder chocolate eggs. They were hidden all over the ward, some very easy to find, others very hard.
Of course, there were two people that this was unfairly easy to. Inuyasha and Koga. They could smell all the chocolate eggs in the ward.
"Please be fair with this. You can have your five eggs, but you must let others have their share", said Mitsuhiro. Koga nodded, and the boys got on their way.
Inuyasha crawled on all fours all around the ward. The search had started ten minutes ago, and he had found already four out of his five eggs.
Then Kagome happened to see Inuyasha, crawling on the floor. She giggled a bit.
"Can you smell the chocolate eggs?" she asked, walking closer to him. Inuyasha stared at her for a while, got up and walked away.
Almost an hour had gone by. Everyone else had found all their five eggs... Except for Kagome. She had found none. But she wouldn't fool the nurses – it wasn't like she couldn't find them. She only wanted to avoid eating the chocolate.
"Kagome, what if we find the eggs for you? Together?" Kaede asked.
"Oh, no, no, you don't need to..." Kagome waved her hands. But then...
Inuyasha walked to her and handed over his Kinder eggs to her. Kagome stared at them, then Inuyasha, back at the eggs...
Inuyasha pushed the eggs closer, but the girl didn't take them. Inuyasha turned his ears back and growled quietly.
"Calm down, Inuyasha", Mitsuhiro said, laid his strudy hand on the boy's shoulder, withdrawing him a bit, just in case, even though he was almost positive the boy wouldn't hurt the girl.
Finally Inuyasha gave up and ate the eggs. Kagome was feeling a bit guilty, maybe even a bit scared. She just sat in her room, rocking herself slowly.
She heard a knock on the door. Mitsuhiro came in.
"Hi, Kagome", he said and sat next to her on the bed. "I understand you might be a bit upset from what happened an hour ago... Don't be afraid. We were discussing this back at the office and decided that Kaede will be with you all day. Even though I don't think he would ever harm you in any way, I will be with him."
"... Thanks..." the girl mumbled.
Next it was time for something that Inuyasha hadn't experienced for a long while.
He would be let out to the lakefront, with no straightjacket. He was very lightly drugged, but with Mitsuhiro by his side, all the nurses were positive things would go just fine.
And so a huge blanket was laid on the grass field. Reiki and Ame brought two straw baskets and all the patients sat down.
"Here we have some soda – sorry, Inuyasha, Coke, not Mountain Dew – strawberries, pancakes and cream."
Everyone started eating with a great appetite – except Kagome. But Inuyasha wanted to cheer her up somehow. If not with food, then something else...
He sniffed the air... Delicious pancakes, Coke... And then!
Inuyasha got up and dashed to the lakefront.
"Inuyasha!" Mitsuhiro shouted and ran after him – no good, the boy was too fast. But when he finally caught up with him, he saw something sweet. Inuyasha was picking up daffodils.
"Well, well, well!" Mitsuhiro grinned. "Wanting to apologize her?"
Inuyasha was like he didn't hear the man. He picked a few more flowers, got up and got on his way towards the picnickers.
Koga was the first to see Inuyasha with his flowers.
"Ooo, lookit' that, Kagome!" he grinned. The girl turned around to see him, and after seeing the flowers, her eyes widened. Inuyasha knelt down next to her and gave the bush of daffodils to her, fast.
"T-these...? For me?" she stammered. Inuyasha sat down and Mitsuhiro gave him a plateful of strawberries.
"Thank you", Kagome said quietly, with a little smile.
