Bedroom Swap

She almost burst into giggles when she saw the window sliding silently open. She was wrapped in a pink blanket, curled on the bed in the corner of the room, only the top of her head sticking out from under it.

She observed the window basked in moonlight with a smirk on her lips. After it got opened she saw the light lingering on the pair of the cutest ears in the world, twitching on top of a head of silver hair which simply begged to be brushed. A blink of an eye and the red-clad boy was in the room, silent like a cat. She heard a faint sound of him inhaling deeply and sighing in contentment.

His face was shadowed, but she saw his eyes gleaming yellow in the darkness when he turned to look her way. Stealthily he made his way to the bed and the female under the blanket tensed. What was he going to do now?

She had never wondered what he was doing at night in this room, even when she had been aware that he had been visiting and staying here often at night. It had never crossed her mind that the white-haired boy was actually a youkai, even if a half. She had been listening to stories about wicked youkai for years and somehow in her mind the connection between this troubled teen and the mysterious, mischievous creatures, never came to her mind.

She didn't feel afraid, more like curious and a bit amused. After all, this was Inuyasha and she trusted him with everything she had.

It didn't even alarm her when she saw through her hone under the blanket, when he removed his sword from his obi and sat on the edge of the bed.

"Stupid wench," she heard his rough low whisper. "You annoying little human, you reckless, crazy girl," somehow, the tone of his voice wasn't matching the insults, it was uncharacteristically soft and affectionate. It made her grin widely under her blanket.

The boy slid off of the bed to sit on the floor, his back towards the bed, his sword in his lap. She had the perfect view of his ears now and she battled her urge to pet them with all her might. After all, those ears weren't hers, even if she suspected she could get away with some rubbing, like the first time she bad seen him.

"I love you, wench." she heard his whisper, barely audible, and she almost gasped at the confession of love. It wasn't like she didn't know it already, but hearing it, spoken so softly, so sincerely... It made her heart flat.

And then she saw the adorable ears twitch and swivel in the direction of the doorway. The door cracked and she could hear people whispering behind it. Inuyasha tensed.

"Ayumi, you go help Eri with the glasses and coca," a sweet voice drifted through the darkness. "Yuka, that's not the bathroom, it's Souta's room!"

"Uh, sorry!" came an embarrassed voice among giggles of the rest.

"Okay, it's the next door. I'll just go and get the movie from my room. Good thing I'm a sneaky wench, so I won't wake up mom..." the door opened wider and Kagome slid in, carefully shuffling her way to a shelf, browsing through it and grasping a DVD. Then she glanced in the direction of the bed and noticed the hanyou sitting there. "Oh, hi, Inuyasha. The girls are staying overnight, so I switched bedrooms with mon, 'cause she has a huge TV in her room. You can stay here, but don't let them see you, ok?"

"F-feh," Inuyasha whispered back. When the girl went away the boy let out a sigh of relief. "Good thing I didn't try to kiss her or anything..."

"I think next time you should," commented the highly amused, friendly voice from behind him.

A/N: Imagine Inuyasha's reaction now... :D