"Please tell me this is the last of 'em."
How many times had they gone to and from her car, grabbing boxes and boxes of PR that they'd picked up from her PO box. Watching him carry many more boxes than herself towards the front of her apartment building, she let out a small giggle, knowing that he'd become used to this by now.
"Yup!" she chirped before following after him with the three boxes that she'd grabbed from the backseat. Kagome followed after him, managing to press the lock button on her key and hear the familiar beeps.
Taking their millionth trip up the elevator, Inuyasha adjusted some of the boxes he was holding with a grunt, "Some of these boxes are fuckin' heavy, Kagome. What the hell is in here?"
"I honestly have no idea. You know how some brands are. Remember when I showed you that box that had a small screen inside that played a video? They're intense sometimes." It seemed as though brands were trying to up the ante these days, making their PR more elaborate and opulent. A waste was what Kagome called it. She'd asked some brands to just send their products in a simple box, nothing else. Some complied and others seemed to have missed the memo.
Hearing the ding, the doors opened and Kagome walked out first, knowing she would need to open the door and let him in. As much as she would find it easier to just leave the door unlocked, she knew there was already thousands of dollars worth of product inside that people could easily steal.
Holding the door open, she watched her boyfriend carry the last of the boxes in before kicking the door shut behind her. Kicking off her shoes, she followed Inuyasha to the living room, where they'd been stacking the boxes in front of the couch. It was too crowded to open boxes in her studio and Inuyasha didn't feel comfortable filming in his home, so Kagome opted for the living room.
Typically, Kagome would film while Inuyasha did some work in her bedroom, but today she'd roped him into coming on camera with her and participate in a PR unboxing haul, "Thank you for carrying those boxes up, babe," she praised, watching as he carefully stacked the boxes on top of one another.
"Yeah well, if I didn't do it, you'da been doin' this all day," he countered in an attempt to deflect her thanks, an old habit that he'd yet to break. Placing the last box down, he placed his hands on his hips to marvel at his handiwork, "There. Done."
"Looks great," she complimented as she moved to stand beside him, gently maneuvering him so he faced her so she could get up on her tiptoes and wrap her arms around his neck. Easily, Inuyasha sank into her touch, wrapping his arms around her waist and happily letting her press a kiss to his lips. Allowing it to linger for a moment or two before pulling away, Kagome smiled up at the man that she'd been dating for the past year and a half, "I'm excited," she stated honestly, not surprised by the perplexed expression on Inuyasha's face.
"Why?"
"I like filming with you, is all," stated as if it were obvious, she could see his cheeks flush as he averted his gaze, "My followers like it, too."
"Keh. I ain't interesting to watch," he scoffed while feeling Kagome's lips press to his jawline out of comfort. Turning his head back to her, he stole a kiss from her, unable to help himself.
"Yes you are," she murmured against his lips, still keeping her arms wrapped around his neck as she pulled away enough to find his gaze with her own, "You gunna take your hat off?" she knew it was a sensitive subject, and by the way he tensed in reaction to her question, Kagome understood that he wasn't ready, "It's okay. You don't need to," she reassured, unwrapping her arms and running them down the front of his chest as she lowered back onto her heels.
Inuyasha knew that Kagome loved his ears, she made that blatantly obvious whenever she could; rubbing them while they lay on the couch, teasing them with her lips if she wanted to get back at him for making her beg, and he knew if they were in public she would take every chance to touch them. Yes. Kagome was accepting and loving towards his appearance and what it meant, but he knew not everyone was like that. Hell, before Kagome, every person he showed them to found them strange.
"Uh, yeah. Not yet," or ever.
Nodding in understanding, she released herself from his grip and began making her way to her studio, "Gunna help me move the lights and camera?"
"Yeah, yeah," he conceded, subconsciously adjusting the beanie on his head as he followed in after her.
They had to sit on the floor, the camera and her more portable lights set up in front of them on the other side of the coffee table. Adjusting the white balance, lighting and contrast, she finally settled on an image that suited her taste. All the while, her rather impatient boyfriend remained seated cross legged with his arms folded across his chest. Wearing a black henley with the first two buttons undone, it was easy to see the hint of fresh ink that began to sprawl over the entirety of his chest.
"Okay, got it," Kagome finally said, pressing record and moving to sit beside him before adjusting her light grey tank top topped by a thin black cardigan.
"About time," he murmured with the intent to only do so to himself, but soon saw Kagome shoot him a glare.
"I need to make sure it's in focus and properly balanced - this isn't something we can just do over," she explained in a rather scolding tone, only to see her boyfriend give her one of his infamous eyerolls. Not in the mood for his attitude, she smacked his arm with the back of her hand, looking up at him with her own scowl.
"Hey! Jesus. Can we just start?" He snapped, glowering down at her with a furrowed brow. Kagome continued to glare at him, Inuyasha unsure just what she wanted him to do and he wanted to figure it out soon; he could only handle that glare for so long.
"Apology kiss," she demanded, keeping her face close to his while Inuyasha scoffed in faux inconvenience before leaning forward and pressing a kiss to her lips. It was short and sweet, rewarded with a bright smile on her face as she broke away, "Okay, we can start now."
After a quick introduction to her channel, she let her followers know that Inuyasha would be helping her unbox PR, "As you can see we have...a wall of boxes that Inuyasha graciously carried up and stacked so well," she stated with a soft giggle, looking to her boyfriend as he peered behind him with a grin, "Do you wanna choose the first one we open?" she asked, seeing his gaze flit towards hers and back to the boxes.
"Sure."
As he gently gripped random boxes, trying to see which one was loose enough to grab without toppling the whole thing over, Kagome continued, staring back towards the camera as she did so, "As I always do with my PR unboxings, I'll be putting things aside for a giveaway. All you gotta do is go to the link in the description and complete everything there to enter - the end date to enter will be there too."
Grabbing a medium-sized box, he pulled it down without disturbing the structure behind them and placed it in his lap.
"Oh! Let me grab a knife," Kagome stated while climbing to her feet and running to the kitchen. Inuyasha was about to tell her to not bother, but simply shrugged when he heard her patter around the kitchen.
By the time she'd returned with the knife, holding it rather valiantly and proudly, the package was already sliced open, "Wait. What?" she asked, only to see Inuyasha lift his hand with a face full of disbelief towards her lack of realization that he had claws, "Oh!" she gave a slightly embarrassed laugh, "Right!" she waved her hand at him flippantly, as if she'd known the whole time.
Shaking his head in bemusement, he looked down to the box and opened it, seeing a bunch of extra packaging before finding the products that lay beneath, "I don't know what any of this is," he stated bluntly as he pulled a few products out and held them out for her to take without looking at her so he could rummage around for more. Taking the products, she looked at one of the boxes and lit up with excitement.
"Oh! This is the new Milk Makeup™ foundation and primer. I've heard you guys tell me that you want me to review these so I'll put those aside," and she did just that, prepared to make two separate piles: one for the giveaway and one for her to keep. As soon as she'd put those products down, she saw Inuyasha holding out another handful for her to take. Taking those, she talked through what each product was until Inuyasha reached back to grab another box.
Opening it with his index finger, he pulled it open before scrunching his nose and turning his head away on the verge of coughing, "Fuckin' hell. This box reeks," he choked out before finally letting out a cough to try and get the taste out of the back of his throat. With his head turned away, he shoved the box into Kagome's lap while lifting his tattooed arm to shove his mouth and nose into the crook of it.
"Are you okay?" she asked, somewhat amused by his visceral reaction, especially since she knew exactly was in the box, "I guess I should tell Bath and Body Works™ to not send any more candles," she stated as she pulled out a three-wicked candle that supposedly was scented with sandalwood and pine, "Or I'll just burn them when you're not around."
"Like hell you are! Burnin' 'em would just make the whole apartment smell," he countered, only to hear Kagome release an amused giggle. He wasn't wrong, it would make it smell for at least a couple of days and would likely end up causing her to hold the same scent. As much as she adored burning a nicely scented candle, inconveniencing her boyfriend held precedent, especially if that as his reaction.
"Guess they're going in the giveaway," she stated before closing up the box and setting it as far away from Inuyasha as possible. Though the scent lingered, it was far away enough for the scent to not burn his nostrils and shoot down the back of his throat, "Can you grab that huge box by the end of the couch? I think that's gunna take a while to go through," she prompted, seeing Inuyasha climb to his feet with a nod.
Needing to slide the box into frame, it reached Kagome's shoulders as she sat, "This one was heavy," Inuyasha stated bluntly as he knelt down as used his claw to open it up. Leaning over, she could see a bunch of frosted bags inside and her brows furrowed, "Huh…" Inuyasha began before pulling out one of the bags and handing it to her.
Adjusting the bag right-side up, she could see a logo that she couldn't discern before sliding the bag open and peering inside, "Oh! I think that's full of swimwear!" Kagome stated as she pulled the bright-red two piece from the bag as she listened to Inuyasha rummage around through the box, as if he was searching for something.
"I swear I saw it…" he muttered before feeling the poster board against his fingers, "Ah-ha!" Pulling the piece of paper from the box, he saw that it was a postcard with an image of white, sandy beaches and palm trees.
"What does it say?"
"Uh," Inuyasha flipped it over and stared at the words for a moment before finally reading it aloud, "Dear Kagome and Inuyasha, we are so excited to have you join our brand trip this summer. To make sure you're prepared, here's a big box of swimwear for the two of you to wear while enjoying the sandy beaches and crystal clear waters of Hawaii. We've also thrown in some new products that we think you'll love. We'll be seeing you soon. From, Trippin' with Tarte™." Inuyasha glanced towards the box before handing the card over to Kagome so she could look over it, "So, this whole box is just swimwear?"
"Hmm, no, I don't think so," she mused before getting on her knees herself and digging through the box, feeling something plastic at the bottom of it. Tugging on it, she made a sound of struggle before yanking it out and falling back on her ass with a yelp. A large, clear plastic weekender bag landed in her lap, filled with products - some new and some old.
"You okay?" Inuyasha couldn't help but ask, though it was obvious that she was fine, "That's a lot of shit," he added, seeing the bag filled at least half way with product.
Kagome knew that she would need to do a lot of censorship in this video, as she normally did when Inuyasha came on camera with her. Though her main audience were people her age, there were still younger viewers that watched her and she was conscious of that. Yet, she didn't want Inuyasha to try and censor himself while they were filming - she already knew she was asking a lot of him to even just be sitting in front of the camera in the first place.
"Yeah," she replied, lifting the bag and inspecting it, "Wow, there's so much in here. Thank you Tarte™. The bathing suits look great too. I'm gunna go through this bag later and see if there is anything that'll go in the giveaway." Placing the bag to the side, she watched as Inuyasha effortlessly lifted the box and slid it away on the wood floor.
Peering behind him, he could hear Kagome ask if he could grab the bright red, medium sized box that was right smack dab in the middle of the stack, "That's gunna bring the whole thing down, if I do; I guarantee it," he challenged, letting his attention fall back to his girlfriend with a skeptical expression.
"I believe in you," she chirped in deflection, offering him a cheeky smile as Inuyasha narrowed his gaze towards her.
Muttering to himself, he began pulling at the box, placing his hand on the boxes above it in hopes that they wouldn't fall over. The box itself was deceptively heavier than he'd originally thought it to be, dense and very obviously not holding makeup. The scent of silicone heavily coated the box, leaving him slightly confused as he yanked it out.
For a moment he thought he was successful in his jenga move, but slowly the boxes started to tilt in their direction, "Oh shit!" he called out, while Kagome let out a shriek of surprise. Quickly, Inuyasha reached to grab Kagome and pull her against his chest while she held her own arms over her head in an attempt to keep any boxes from hitting her. Thankfully, most of them were relatively light, tumbling off Inuyasha back and onto the floor.
When it became clear that all of the ones that would fall, did, Inuyasha pulled from Kagome some, looking down at her with an unimpressed face fixed with a light dose of smugness, "Told ya."
Kagome gave him a nervous laugh while looking up at him, "Oops," she apologized while Inuyasha cut the tape of the box that'd been the cause of the avalanche. His eyes never left her face as he did so, that same unimpressed look on his own as he opened the box and reached inside. It was only when he grabbed another box (though much larger than any he'd grabbed before) that he looked away from her and towards whatever was in his hand.
Both of them froze at the realization of what it was, choking on their embarrassment and shock.
"What is this?" Inuyasha sputtered, turning his attention to Kagome and away from the rather high-tech looking pink dildo that he held in his hand.
Kagome's face went beat red, catching his gaze with her own and trying hard not to laugh, "It's-
"I know what it is!"
That was it. Kagome couldn't hold back her laughter, letting it erupt from her lungs as she loudly and playfully argued, "You asked!"
"Are companies sendin' you sex toys now?!" He asked rather incredulously, gesturing to the box in his hand as Kagome kept up her fit of laughter. Wrapping her arms around her stomach, she continued her laughing fit as her boyfriend's face fell back into one of lack of impression.
When she finally managed to get herself under control, she wiped away the tears from her eyes while her laughter turned into small fits of giggles, "You done?" he asked flatly, seeing her nod as she reached out to grab the full box and dig out the card that she knew probably came along the product.
Finding it, she pulled it out and began to read it, "It's from ," she managed to say, though when she saw the next line, she couldn't help but struggle to get the words out through laughter, "They," a deep breath, "they gave me a p-promo code!" She fell back into a fit of laughter, leaning her head forward to rest it on Inuyasha's shoulder.
Out of everything she could have received, he had to admit, sex toys were very last one his list. Taking the card from Kagome's hand, he read the print on the front of it, "Fifty percent off your first order if you use the code: KAGOME50. Are you serious?! They're givin' you a fuckin' affiliate link?!"
Kagome was laughing so hard she was silent, mouth open and eyes closed tight as she kept leaning on him to keep herself from falling over.
"Jesus Kagome. How old are you - twelve?"
"Your face!" she practically screamed, "I'm keeping all of this!"
"Like hell you are!" he scolded, only to see her nod in defiance, catching her breath with deep gasps as she straightened.
"I gotta let people know about the code," she teased, both of them knowing full well that PR was never a guaranteed promotion. Peering down to the box, she opened it up a little more, "What else is in here, anyways?" she asked, sniffling as she wiped away a stray tear from the immense laughter she'd just partook in. Pulling out a ball gag, a butt plug and handcuffs, she could see the way her boyfriend side-eyed them.
Tilting her head, she held up the box of cuffs with an inquisitive and playful expression, "Something interest you?" she asked, hearing her boyfriend give a dismissive scoff before folding his arms across his chest and averting his gaze, "That means yes."
"Imma use that gag on you if you don't shut your mouth," he stated, flitting his gaze down to the box with the gag and back up to her face as he spoke.
"That a promise?"
"Shut up," he snapped back, though with a hint of a smile behind his tone, "We still got this pile of boxes to go through."
"Since when do you care if we finish filming a video?" Kagome asked, pushing her index finger against the side of his arm.
"Since you always make us get up and finish after we get distracted," he rebutted, leaning closer to her to emphasize his point, arms still folded across his chest, "I'd rather just finish this so we don't havta think about anythin' else," there was no seduction in his voice, no low husk or hint of arousal. It was matter of fact and, frankly, annoyed in nature, "Now can we move on?"
"Sounds like you got one of these up your ass," she stated, holding up the butt plug with a cheeky grin on her face.
"Kagome, I swear t'god-" he warned, only to hear her giggle and feel her press a kiss to his cheek, dismantling any true anger or frustration he felt towards her.
Lifting her free hand, she coaxed his head to turn towards her, leaning forward to give a soft, small kiss to his lips before asking, "Can you pass me another box?"