Sorry for the wait. I need to figure things out for this story. I'm having so many complications. But here is the next part of the night.

Since that day...

Part Two

Even while everyone is asleep, rain is still falling from the heavens. Kagome has now a little Rin to accompany her sleep along side with Shippo. Sango and Kirara are close by her. Miroku sets himself on the other side of the women and children. Inuyasha is only a yard away from the monk.

But even if the hanyou tries so hard to sleep, he cannot. Even if he tries to not look over to his brother's side of the cave, he cannot. Inuyasha hates himself that he cannot be more like his brother. Sesshomaru looks so calm, not at all like himself, who is lusting with every part of his soul. How can Sesshomaru stay like that? Wait! Of course, he can. Why is he so stupid! He's not like Inuyasha, and may not even feel the same way the hanyou does about him. Why is he so damn stupid! Inuyasha loves that damn man, but obviously he does not. Just thinking about that makes Inuyasha sad once again. Was that really true? Did that day mean less to Sesshomaru than it did him? Wait! That cannot be right. Inuyasha fingers the mark about his collar bone. 'This means something, right?'

So many questions fill Inuyasha's poor head. And the more Inuyasha thinks the more frightened he is of the answer. What if Sesshomaru does not love him?

But Inuyasha's thinking stops when he spots his brother's amber eyes open and are directing at him. He stares back incredulously. He thought Sesshomaru was asleep.

They stare at each other for some time, neither one changing the expression on their faces—Sesshomaru calm, while Inuyasha surprised. But as Inuyasha stares at his brother, it almost seems as if Sesshomaru is answering the questions he has proposed in his mind. Sesshomaru's eyes are so unexplainable but Inuyasha can see himself in it, which makes him feel that his former questions were just utterly stupid.

When Sesshomaru looks away, closes his eyes, and rests his head back in its former position, Inuyasha feels empty. He continues to stare at his brother, the perfect complexion revealed by the moonlight.

Inuyasha doesn't know where he found the courage to get up from his position and walk up to his brother, but he did just that.

"Sesshomaru," Inuyasha sighs as he sits himself on his brother's lap and rests his head on the demon lord's chest.

Sesshomaru opens his eyes. "What are you doing, Inuyasha?" he asks calmly. He had sensed his brother's coming, and yet he didn't protest openly to the other's actions.

"I can't stand it," Inuyasha replies, almost in a whimper.

"Go back to your spot," Sesshomaru says not at all harsh. But it tugs at his heart to say it.

"I can't sleep like that," the hanyou almost whines.

"Why not? You've slept like that hundreds of times," the demon lord states coolly. He should know, he has watched his brother, even if the half-demon did not sense it. And he has seen his brother seen in worse conditions.

"Not with you around," Inuyasha nuzzles up to his brother's neck.

"That's crap, Inuyasha," the older brother declares.

The hanyou only wraps his arms around his brother's neck and nestles again against the warm body that only looks cold. "I missed you, Big Brother," Inuyasha whispers, his breath hot against Sesshomaru's skin. "I want to stay like this."

After a short consideration, Sesshomaru holds his brother from him by the shoulders. "But I will tell you that you cannot," Sesshomaru says, his voice level normal but it isn't enough to wake the others, especially with the rain still falling.

"Why can't I?" Inuyasha asks stubbornly. "Please?" he pouts. He knows that he shouldn't be pleading or pouting, but he can't help it.

"Inuyasha, you know..." Sesshomaru is cut off.

"I know, I know, but..." Inuyasha stops there for a few seconds. "But don't you want more than that too?"

"Inuyasha," Sesshomaru growls lightly and turns his gaze away from his brother, trying to find a truthful answer.

"Can't I at least stay by you for this night?" Inuyasha desperately asks. "I promise that I will move before anyone wakes up," the hanyou swears and brings himself to his former position, finding it so heavenly to be with his brother.

Sesshomaru sighs heavily. It is not that he doesn't want his brother with him, he does, but what if someone sees? It won't be good if that happens. Sometimes, he wonders if he is simply more cautious than Inuyasha or simply more afraid.

But when the moment of tension fades, Sesshomaru concludes that he would rather not sleep and have his brother's company. "That was quite an excuse you came up with," Sesshomaru comments.

Inuyasha pouts. "You didn't help me," he exclaims, but nothing that will wake anyone up.

"You didn't need any help anyway," Sesshomaru replies.

"But I'll never mind help from you, Big Brother," Inuyasha states, while cuddling himself against his brother.

Sesshomaru sighs softly as he wraps his arms around Inuyasha's waist. "And I'll never mind helping you," he says, his chin above his brother's head.

"Big Brother," Inuyasha looks up at his brother, "you don't regret this, right?" He looks at the mark.

Sesshomaru looks down. "No," he says plainly. And that is enough to receive a grand smile from Inuyasha. His brother snuggles up to him. "And you?" Sesshomaru asks.

"Never," Inuyasha replies, sounding happy.

Sesshomaru is happy about it too. So neither of them regrets that day, and neither of them would ever want to change it. It makes them both a little relieved to know what the other feels.

"Inuyasha," Sesshomaru says.

"Hm?"

"Your ears are so cute," Sesshomaru purrs. Then he proceeds to touch the fur of those ears with his lips, earning a small moan from his brother. "So soft," he whispers in one of Inuyasha's ears, sending a shiver down his little brother's spine. And then after a little more harmless biting, Sesshomaru stops, and rests his chin back on his brother's head.

Inuyasha looks up, causing his elder brother to move his chin. "That's it?" he asks.

"Yes, I believe that is it," Sesshomaru says coolly.

"Big Brother, you torture me too much," Inuyasha whines, finding his brother arousing him one minute and then stopping the next, too much of a torment.

"Hn? What else would you like me to do?" Sesshomaru asks, sounding a little playful.

"Something more," Inuyasha purrs slightly.

"Like what?" Sesshomaru inquires with a little grin evident. He is clearly going to enjoy being the one in control.

Inuyasha withdraws a second to come back with his legs on either side of Sesshomaru's, straddling his brother. "Anything," he moans as he presses himself against his brother, loving the pressuring contact of their bodies.

"I don't understand what you are gesturing," Sesshomaru teases, which he himself finds uncharacteristic, but loving your brother so intimately is not characteristic anyway.

"Kiss me," Inuyasha cocks his head up seductively, waiting for his brother to claim his lips. But he doesn't have to wait long until Sesshomaru's warm and slightly wet lips collide with his and they begin their dance.

Sesshomaru rakes his claws on Inuyasha's back, making the younger brother moan in the kiss, but the hanyou doesn't stop, he only serves to intensify the kiss, which Sesshomaru reacts by lifting Inuyasha slightly by the hips and pushing the hanyou down so that both their hard cocks touch in a clashing contact. The pressure makes Inuyasha break the kiss and toss his head back. He presses harder, feeling the pleasure increase with the pressure of both their erection which are so painfully confined. Inuyasha's mind runs wild with crave. He wants to take those horrible pants off and now. He tries to do just that but Sesshomaru notices and stops him. "No," he says, a little breathless still. "We can't do that," Sesshomaru states, "not here. If they hear us..."

Inuyasha understands that they would be in trouble if their friends see them. He stands up from his brother while lifting Sesshomaru up as well. He looks out at the dark night and realizes that the rain has stopped. It's as if it just magically stopped. Inuyasha steps out the cave, almost dragging Sesshomaru behind him.

"Inuyasha, what are you doing?" Sesshomaru asks, stopping Inuyasha from his tracks.

"Somewhere else," Inuyasha replies, looking at his brother as if it was such an obvious answer. Sesshomaru casts a surprisingly quizzical look as if unbelieving. Inuyasha closes the space between him and his brother, holding Sesshomaru's hand tightly in his. "Yes, Big Brother, I want it that desperately," Inuyasha moans, "I need you." As quickly as he finishes his sentence, Inuyasha turns to walk hurriedly again. Sesshomaru smirks, feeling almost the same way as Inuyasha. He follows without a word.