Yo! The heat is rising… I mean literally. This weather.

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Jennifer. Haleokeawe: Yup! More updates will come, can't promise them in a week's time since I'm working on all of my stories at a time (that's an improvement) but yes soon. You got him lol. Thanks for the review!

Tmp3475: Sesshomaru has no excuses but he'll continue to hide behind his cover lol. Agreed, inuyasha is a strong one. And nah he wasn't considering an abortion (he probably wouldn't even know such a thing was possible), he was just frustrated. You know that's a really good point. I didn't think of it that way, but Sessho is indeed showing some sort of concern which should normally be repulsive to him. Or more like he doesn't give a damn about people usually. Thanks for all the reviews!

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Chapter 7:

Izayoi hummed as she stepped out of the bathroom and into the living room. She immediately recognized her son's white head barely visible from behind the sofa from across the room. She smiled and approached the teen. "Mornin—oh." She sang but instantly cut herself short and planted a hand on her mouth when she saw the sight before her. The teen was asleep. However, that wasn't the shocking part, Sesshomaru was laying there asleep as well! The elder looked a tad uncomfortable on the small space with Inuyasha sideways on top of him but the two managed somehow. Their mother had to rub her eyes before witnessing the display again. 'Unbelievable! Her boys were finally getting along—she couldn't believe it!'

"Mrgh…" Sesshomaru grimaced as he opened his eyes, pushing his front locks back with a hand while he was at it.

"Oh, morning…" The woman let out insecurely. Sesshomaru clicked his tongue and attempted to sit up until he realized a dead weight was restraining him. He looked at his chest and found Inuyasha resting it on it. 'They fell asleep here? Damn, it's all this half-breed's fault.' Even though the other's sleeping figure looked innocent and serene, Sesshomaru wasn't going to be someone's mat.

"Hey wake up." However, the other didn't budge at all.

"Well then, I'll just go ahead and get some breakfast ready, ne? Take your time boys~" Izayoi smiled and skipped away to the kitchen.

"Inuyasha." The demon strictly called out this time. Inuyasha frowned, not exactly in the mood to wake up but creaked an eye open to see what the commotion was about. "Get up."

"Eh…" It took the hanyo a long while to assess his situation and explain to himself why exactly his demon brother's face was so close to him. "Eh?!" He automatically swerved away and found himself sitting on top of the other. 'What was up with their position? Ah, the sofa? Did they fall asleep here? Whoa, Sesshomaru actually sleeping in with him?'

The younger's heart skipped a beat when he glanced back at Sesshomaru who was staring directly at him and laying beneath him on the couch with an aloof expression. Inu hid a blush and lowered his gaze, he couldn't understand why he felt heated from that…

"How long do you plan on sitting there half-breed?"

The last part caused the hanyo twitch. "I get it, I'm getting off—geez, calm down, I just woke up." He carefully climbed off and went into the kitchen.

"Morning, dear. Hungry?" his mom greeted.

"Mh!" Inu nodded before chugging down a glass of water. 'Damn his stomach felt weird. Maybe, he shouldn't have drank so much at one time?' "I'm gonna go to the bathroom first though." He claimed but hardly walked two steps and felt his insides regurgitate back up his throat. The younger immediately turned on his heels and dipped his head in the nearby garbage can. The teen gagged and vomited the sickness out, feeling weak around his shoulders already.

"Oh my God! Inuyasha! Are you alright?" Izayoi cried out. Sesshomaru stretched his back in the living room but heard the teen gagging all the way from there—also since the kitchen was right next to it. "Was it something you ate last night?"

'You don't know the half of it…' Inu thought.

"What's the matter?" They heard the silverette step into the kitchen.

"Sesshomaru! I don't know he suddenly started vomiting after drinking a glass of water..."

'Ugh...' the teen frowned. 'Did Sesshomaru really have to see him like this?' He almost figured the other was looking his way, but he feigned ignorance.

"He most likely ate more than he could handle—typical." That sounded more like a taunt than the lie it was. The younger secretly glared at him. With that, the demon left and returned a couple of minutes later with a pill bottle.

Izayoi simply watched as the silverette knelt down and placed a tablet in the other's palm. "Take this."

Inuyasha stared at it troublesomely. 'What was this? His medicine?' "Can I at least get some water?"

"Here you go." Izayoi granted his wish. The teen swallowed it all down.

"I'm fine mom." The hanyo mouthed when his mother's worried expression was eating him from the inside.

"Are you sure?" Inuyasha nodded before turning back to the elder and muttering a very bashful, "…thanks…"

Sesshomaru didn't say anything in return and instead walked out of the kitchen. Inuyasha merely stared at his back. 'I get the feeling he's not as bad as he makes out to be.' It was an alleviating thought.

Inuyasha and Miroku met up at the front gates of their school to walk home together. Fortunately, the girls had left before them to execute their plans of shopping.

"You ready?" Miroku posed as he started walking. Inuyasha followed suite until they crossed the streets and were closer to the buildings and stores. The hanyo happened to sense bad vibes coming from behind them and noticed three large men trotting behind them. 'Was it his imagination?' He didn't report to Miroku straight away but when they continued to walk down the not-so busy streets, he felt them creeping even closer and it was beginning to unsettle him.

"Miroku…" Inu whispered. "On the count of three—Run." The brunette looked puzzled at first, but the other's serious expression told him to trust him completely. "One… Two… Now!" He hissed and they ran for it. Just as he anticipated, the men charged forward as well. "Let's split up! I'll distract them while you make a run for it!"

"No chance." The brunette straight out denied and ran with him. "This way!" He led them to sharply turn into an open alleyway and exit from the other side. The henchmen still followed behind but were slowed down from the turns.

"Nice." Inu remarked with a grin but clearly had no idea what they were up against. It didn't take them long to catch up, one of the guy's hand directly behind Miroku as he prepared to grab him. "Miroku!" Inuyasha screamed but was dumbfounded when another figure landed from the sky right on top of the man.

The teens stopped running and watched the figure slowly rise. He was wearing a school uniform, similar to theirs' but a different shade, held a black bag in his hand and had long raven hair tied in a high ponytail. The boy grinned mischievously to the point his canines where showing. "A fight—yesss, count me in!"

"Ack." Inuaysha and Miroku nearly dropped dead at this guy's level of erroneous willfulness. They were further impressed plus astonished when he took out all three of them right before their eyes.

"What are you guys standing around for? Move it!" The ravenette claimed and ran ahead of them. "Hah, what'd you do to stir that much trouble? Ya don't look the type." He posed as they lost sight of the men.

"Ask them, not us. They're the psychos that started it. Anyway, who are you?" Inuyasha demanded.

"Are those real ears? What are you, a half-breed?" The new teen pulled curiously on the hanyo's dog ears.

"Hey! You wanna die? Answer my question! And where'd you learn to fight like that?"

"Heh, shouldn't ya introduce yourselves first before demanding answers from others?"

"It's Inuyasha. And my name's Miroku. We study at D.W. High." Miroku interjected, hoping to put an end to their bickering. "You seem to be wearing a uniform too but not from our school?"

"Hmph. The name's Koga. I'm from Y.Z. High."

"Oh. The school that's just five blocks down from ours." Miroku thought out loud.

"So what grade are you?" Inuyasha had to ask.

"10th."

"What? You're our age?" Inu harped.

"Sad truth, eh? Whatever, I got better things to do—stay out of trouble now kids." Koga waved and parted ways.

"Ugh, I hate that guy already." The white-haired teen spat.

"He certainly has quite a bad tongue." The brunette agreed. "Anyway, catch you later? Get home safe."

Another week went by and Inuyasha could physically feel the bulging of his stomach—nothing that couldn't be covered up with a baggie hoodie. Though, he was really beginning to worry how long their secret would remain a secret. Also, lucky enough for him, their dad was gone on a two-week business trip, so it was easier to hide. It's not like his mother could pick up weird pheromones or scents. Nonetheless, he still wanted to speak to Sesshomaru about how they would continue like this. They hadn't had a proper conversation about the pregnancy thing since the hospital visit.

The younger had a half day in school, hence was home earlier than usual. His mother was out to a friend's house for the afternoon, so he decided to sit and wait in the living room for the demon's return. If he wasn't mistaken Sesshomaru had college today instead of work, therefore should be arriving anytime soon now.

Time went by slowly as he played on his phone, laid on the couch, grabbed a bite to eat and was back in the living room. At last he heard a car engine outside and the front door open. "Welcome back! Finally!" The hanyo exclaimed at once, jumping up and down.

The silverette stared at him for good long minute, processing the very unexpected welcome. He certainly wasn't used to the personal attention. "…What are you doing?"

"Uh, greeting you…?" Inu was baffled by the question. "Where's yours?"

"What?"

"Where's your greeting?"

"…hello?" Sesshomaru frowned, at a loss of words. "Though I inevitably don't see the purpose of that. I only saw you this morning, unfortunately."

"No! I mean the words you say when you enter the house!"

"In that case I don't say anything—so if you'll excuse me." Sesshomaru lined up his shoes on the shoe rack and removed his coat, ready to walk across the living room to the stairs.

"Whoa whoa slow down! I waited forever for you—we need to talk!" Inuyasha barricaded himself in front of the other. "Oh also, when you come back, you say 'I'm home.'" He saw the demon roll his eyes.

"Talk about what?"

"What do you think? About this…" The younger awkwardly pointed to his stomach. The pure blood demon raised a brow before shocking the other and throwing him on the couch. "Augh! He—" Inu gasped when the elder yanked his sweatshirt up to expose his stomach and landed a cool hand on it. The teen flinched. "W-hat?"

Sesshomaru quietly examined his belly before lifting his hand and straightening himself. "There's nothing wrong with it."

"Huh? O-of course I know there's nothing wrong with it!"

"Then what did you want to speak about?"

"Well…this…I mean … how long are we going to hide it? I'm already showing—maybe a little bit now…but that's not gonna last forever…and …how's it gonna even come out…I mean…are they gonna do surgery…—there's so much to talk about but you just left me with all the crap!"

Sesshomaru didn't believe that an airhead like his younger brother had the ability to overthink, but it was clear he was dreading the pregnancy. The elder averted his eyes in thought. They had to face reality one day. And the reality was that they needed to somehow resolve this issue—there was no way they could keep the pup. "Tsk." This was the first time he couldn't calculate a strategy for a given circumstance, and it was infuriating him. Meanwhile, Inuyasha stared at him for answers.

"I…don't know." To his surprise he was able to utter the truth to the hanyo, who slowly nod his head in helplessness. 'Why did that bother him?' "If you can give me a moment to change, I can take us to the hospital." The teen looked up at him almost immediately, appreciating the thought. Sesshomaru took his facial expression as an answer and stepped towards the stairs. He was back before one could count to ten. "Get ready." The demon ordered as he fetched his car keys. The hanyo nodded and dashed towards his sneakers, tying them on. He followed the other outside and into the car.

'At least he wasn't completely alone in this.' The teen mused while he waited for the engine to warm up.

"It's alright." The demon inaudibly murmured before hitting his foot on the gas and driving past the gates of the mansion. Inuyasha pursed his lips and relaxed a fraction at that. 'Was the other trying to console him?'

To Be Continued…

Hm, with those men chasing after Inu, anything can happen… keep your mind open (hint hint). Anyway, hope you enjoyed the chapter—sorry if it's slightly shorter but hopefully I can update soon. I just need willpower and focus lol. 2 things that always seem to die during my summer haha.