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Chapter 43 – The Night of Love

This night is the night Inuyasha absolutely hates – the night of the new moon. If there was something that 'eased his pain' was the fact that always these nights, his most appreciated nurses, Mitsuhiro and Kaede, were on the shift all night. But there was something Inuyasha realy looked forward to for this night – his dad would come for a visit all through the night.

It was getting late, and Inuyasha was on call at the main door, sitting on the floor, leaning against the door. All the patients had already got in bed, as it was almost 10 PM. His daddy would be here any minute.

Then the boy could smell him – his daddy! He got up at instant and pressed his nose against the glass door. And when the sturdy man came from the staircase...

Inuyasha started whimpering louder than ever and pushed the door. The man on the other side smiled and raised his hand. He pressed the doorbell.

"It must be Mr. Kita", Mitsuhiro smiled at the office – there's no mistake when Inuyasha was whimpering like that.

Mitsuhiro walked to the main door and saw the sweet moment. Inuyasha and his father were holding their hands against the door.

"Ready?" Mitsuhiro grinned and opened the door. And something happened. Something that he had actually been prepared of.

Inuyasha dashed in his father's arms and buried his face against his chest. Inutaisho smiled and stroked his son's silver hair and dog ears – he knew he would be able to do that only within a few hours. At midnight the boy would transform.

"Please give me your backpack", Mitsuhiro pleaded as the man had got in. "We have to check that there is nothing prohibited inside."

"Hehe, don't you trust me?" Inutaisho raised his bushy eyebrow.

"You do know, it's just a habit we must always do."

"I know, I know..." the man nodded and gave the backpack to him. "So, can we go...?"

"Yes, go to the living room. I will bring you the backpack in a few minutes."

Inuyasha and his father walked the corridor hand-in-hand, Inuyasha more like hanging to his father. They sat on the living room's sofa, side by side. Inuyasha laid down his head on his father's lap and closed his eyes. Inutaisho smiled and started stroking him.

"I have been missing you so much, son..." he said quietly. "And Sessh, he too. I'm sorry he didn't come here this time, but, well..."

Inuyasha nuzzled against his father's lap, whimpering.

Then Mitsuhiro came with the backpack.

"Everything's okay", he said and handed over the backpack. "We will be in the office if you need me."

"Thank you."

The clock was tickin in silence. But no words could describe the love between the son and the father in the room. Inuyasha was completely relaxed in his father's arms, as he stroke and pet him... Until something started happening:

Inuyasha broke free from his father's grip. The man could see his son's hair turn black, his dog ears and the purple stripes on his cheeks disappearing, and red eyes turning normal human eyes, with dark blue irises.

"So, how are you feeling now, son?" Inutaisho asked, putting his sturdy hand on his son's skinny shoulder. Inuyasha WAS slender even in his demon-form, but as a human he lost even all the 'extra-muscle' he had as a demon.

"Now tell me, what would you like to do?"

Inuyasha didn't answer at first, but when he dug in his arms again, he said quietly:

"Daddy..."

Inutaisho's eyes widened. Usually was much harder to get anything out of his mouth. And they had been together for about an hour, and he let out a word! It might sound silly, but even this made Inutaisho happy.

Inuyasha always acted like a little child when around his father. He hugged and, as a demon, sometimes licked him, and loved being in his arms and getting stroken and pet. He nuzzled deeper and hugged him tighter. He was a comletely different person.

As Inuyasha was breathing slowly, Inutaisho started singing quietly;

Yuuyami semaru kumo no ue
Itsumo ichiiwa de tonde iru
Taka wa kitto kanashi karou
Oto mo todaeta kaze no naka
Sora wo tsukanda sono tsubasa
Yasumeru koto wa deki nakute

Inuyasha fell asleep. He slept for about an hour on his father's lap. The man kept stroking him until he woke up and sat up. They held each-other's hands.

Then someone peeked in the living room. It was Kagome. She could see the father and son having a tender moment. But she wanted to see more, so she slowly tip-toed towards them...

Until the family saw and turned towards her.

"Hi uh... I am Kagome", the girl said a but nervous, raising her hand. "You must be his daddy."

"Yes", he nodded. "And if you are Kagome, I want to thank you."

"Thank me?"

"I have heard about you from Inuyasha's own nurse. You are the one who has made Inuyasha talk."

"Well, you could put it that way..."

"And that you two have clearly feeling towards each-other."

"M-hmm."

"Say, Inuyasha, do you like this girl?" Inutaisho asked. After a moment of silence:

"Yes", the boy nodded. The other two people smiled – it was always nice to hear a word coming from Inuyasha.

Kagome sat next to Inuyasha and put her arm on the boy's shoulders. But the boy didn't growl – he never growls as a human. Humans don't growl. Humans don't bare fangs – they don't have fangs. So he just stared at Kagome, all calm.

"I can see Inuyasha is getting better", the man said. "When he was put here he let almost nobody near him. I can only wait for a few more years to see how he is like by then."

"Me too..." Kagome smiled a bit. She had strong feelings towards Inuyasha. Maybe his feelings would strengthen in time.

For a while the trio sat on the sofa – Inuyasha in the middle.

"Tell me..." Inutaisho wondered. "How do you do it? How can you get near Inuyasha?"

"I just... go? I just have to be unafraid of him growling and the facts that he can attack anyone... I'm just not scared."

"You are brave", Inutaisho smiled. "All his peers in his past were so scared of him they didn't let him near, didn't play with him... I am actually even not surprised how he has grown like this."

"I'm glad to help", Kagome nodded. "Just like Inuyasha, I have been bullied at school... I guess we were somehow meant for each-other."

Inutaisho smiled a bit and pet her shoulder.

"Thank you, Kagome. Thank you. And as a sign of gratitude..." he said and started digging the backpack. He took out a bag of candy and two bottles of Mountain Dew.

"The other soda was supposed to be for me..." he said and handed over the bottle to the girl. "... but I want to give it to you. I'm sure Inuyasha would like to share the candy with you."

"Thank you but... I don't feel like it now..."

It wasn't a surprise how Inuyasha reacted to this. He dug his hand in the candy bag, took one handful of candy and put them in front of Kagome's mouth.

"Eat."

"Inuyasha..."

"EAT!"

"Calm down, son..." Inutaisho shushed. "Let's not awake others. You can't make her eat."

"Yes I... I think it's time for me to leave."

Kagome started walking out of the living room, but Inuyasha quickly rushed off the sofa and followed her. He stopped in front of her and grabbed her hands in his fists.

"Sorry", he whispered. Kagome stared at him, nodded, and Inuyasha walked back to his father. Kagome was a bit starteled, but smiled and went back to sleep.

"Is everything alright?" asked Mitsuhiro, who had been summoned to the living room by Inuyasha's shout.

"Yes, yes, everything is fine", Inutaisho nodded.

Inutaisho came here for Inuyasha's new moon night pretty rarely. But when he did, they didn't do really anything. They just were together. That was enough. They loved each-other so much.

Inutaisho leaves just before the other patients wake up. But as Inuyasha transforms back to demon at 6 AM, he gets to see him in that form for a bit over than an hour.

Inutaisho was stroking his son's hair. He knew the transformation was at hand. And suddenly – hair turned silver, dog ears appeared on his head, stripes on cheeks and eyes blood red.

"It's time...", said Mitsuhiro, who walked to the living room, but went quiet as he saw the transformation had happened already. "You have one hour. Enjoy it!"

Now Inuyasha and his father sat on the sofa, Inuyasha leaning his father's shoulder, Inutaisho holding his arm on his shoulders.

"Would you maybe have something else to say?" he asked. No kind of an answer... Until:

"I love you", the boy whispered. Inutaisho's eyes widened and he started ruffling the boy's hair.

"I love you too. More than anyone or anything."

As his father left the ward, the boy was feeling really down. He was sitting right before the main door, the Mountain Dew he got from his father in his hand. He sipped it slowly.

Other patients started walking the corrior towards the dining hall for breakfast. The way from the patient-wing to the dining hall went through the main door, and everyone saw the dog boy, sitting there, looking very grumpy.

"Where did you get that from?" Koga asked, pointing at the soda bottle in Inuyasha's hands. Inuyasha didn't answer, just took a sip.

"It was your dad who was here last night wasn't he?"

No answer.

"You know, sometimes your silence in really about to piss me off", Koga snorted and walked. Inuyasha leaned against the glass door and sighed. He would wait for Him. What if he'd come today? Who knows? It is possible!

And so, he just kept waiting.