Kagome woke to the smell of fish and the sounds of what sounded like soft muttering and cursing. She couldn't tell where the sound was coming from and felt around her body to feel soft.. fur? She blinked her eyes open, adjusting her eyes to the light before shooting up and briefly scanned the room. "It wasn't a dream. I'm actually back in the feudal era. She tried to stifle the soft sobbing that had built up in her throat. Inuyasha burst into the room as if his feet were on fire,
"Kagome, what wrong?!" He quickly walked up to the bed and sat down beside her, she flung her arms around him and just sobbed into his hakama. Inuyasha was shocked by her sudden outburst of tears and tried to soothe her by rubbing his hand up and down her back whispering that it was ok, and this was real, that he was real and right here with her.
After Kagome had calmed down, she lifted her head and actually looked around the room she was in when a thought hit her.
"Inuyasha.. whose house is this?" She looked into her hanyou's eyes and watched a smile cover his face. He stood up off the bed and offered his arm out to take her hand and help her up,
"Come with me," He said trying to hide the excitement and nervousness in his voice. She stood to follow him out into the sitting area where he sat her down at the fire; he walked into the kitchen to grab her the tea he had been making for her before she had broken out into tears. He handed her the drink and sat down beside her.
Kagome raised an eyebrow at Inuyasha's silence, "Thank you... Um... Inuyasha..?"
Inuyasha held on to Kagome's free hand and looked around before looking back at her with a cheeky smile on his face still,
"It's my.. er our house, What do you think.. do you like it?"
Kagome's eyes widened as she looked around the house, this was his house.. our house..? Looking around at all the detail that went into the house and was suddenly holding back the tears again.
"Oh, Inuyasha I love it! Did you build this on your own?"
Inuyasha flushed with her praise but quickly replied, "No some of the village men wanted to build me a house after everything that happened, Miroku told me to accept the offer, so I did. But I did help build it and even helped make some of the furniture, even though the village woodworkers thought I was insane with some of my ideas. I wanted some stuff to look like things in your world," his voice got quieter as he continued, "In case you ever came back... I wanted you.. to feel more at home.."
Kagome put her cup down on the floor beside him before surprising Inuyasha when she leaped at him from her seat and hugged him with all her might, "Inuyasha, you are amazing. I love it all, I would have been happy with just you but.. this is more then I could ever have asked for.. thank you.." she lifted her head to see his blushing face looking off at the other wall to avoid getting caught with a rosy-tinted face. She kissed his cheek and whispered, "I Love you Inuyasha."
Inuyasha whipped his head around to look at Kagome her face also dusted with the cutest shade of pink. He couldn't help himself, deciding to go for it, he put his fingers in her hair and pulled her into a passionate kiss, he licked at her bottom lip seeking entry into her deliciously cute mouth. She complied and opened up for him, their tongues dancing with each other for a while before Kagome drug the tip of her tongue along the edge of his fangs, feeling him shudder underneath her. Leaning back to catch their breath they stared into each other's eyes for a few moments before Inuyasha's ear flicked towards the door and he cursed under his breath.
"Fucking wish he would work on his timing a little better" Inuyasha mumbled placing Kagome in the seat she had been in before their brief make-out session. Kagome confused by Inuyasha actions gave him a questioning look before he sighed heavily,
"Shippo will be here in a couple of minutes. He lives here too when he's not up on the mountain for lessons and ranking exams."
Kagome was surprised to hear that Inuyasha had let Shippo live here as well while she was away. "I'm surprised Inuyasha, that's very kind of you to do that for Shippo" She smiled brightly.
"Keh, well the runt needed someone to be there for him after.." he looked away as guilt and sorrow filled his eyes.
Kagome's voice was soft and a little sad, "I know, thank you" she forced a smile and went back to drinking her tea while she looked into the fire, lost to her thoughts.
Inuyasha leaned over towards Kagome, placing a hand on each shoulder he pulled her close for a quick but loving kiss, "I love you too Kagome" he whispered.
Kagome eyes went wide and teary for the third time that morning; she smiled brightly while leaning up to place her forehead against his. "Inuyasha... I'm so happy, thank you so much" she whispered back.