Somewhere on Autumn Woods Drive

By Rikku Minouke

Disclaimer: Don't own YYH

AN: Shout out to two awesome people!

Heartluv: honestly... I want Kurama to kiss me during every moment (wink) haha

Smexy Kitten: I adore you haha you are so optimistic, but when is life ever as good as you think it's going to be. I guess that's why human beings hope and dream. Just you wait to see what happens next. dun dun dun!

Chapter thirty six

There are parts of my life I wish I could forget and then are the parts that I hope I remember forever. Like the color of Kurama's hair when the sun hit it in the morning. Or the color of your eyes when you tell me you love me. Those are good memories. But then there's the feeling of lying bruised and naked on the floor or fear of if today was the day I was going to die. Those are the bad ones.

Taking in a deep breath, I let the sun caress my face. I was so warm and comfortable that I really didn't want to move. That's when I noticed the arm around my waist. Subconsciously my body stiffened until I remembered last night. It really hadn't been the weirdest dream; it had been real. Licking my lips nervously, I rolled onto my back to look over and see the man I'd been missing for two weeks. A smile broke out on my face as I saw him sleeping with his hair in his face and mouth relaxed and slightly open.

One hand reached over to gently pull the hair off his face so I could see him clearly. Shit, I had missed him like crazy. This still felt surreal. If I was here in his bed that meant that last night, he had kissed me when I crawled into bed with him. The hand that touched his hair, rand lightly over his cheek to feel the smooth skin there.

I saw him fill his lungs with a large breath before his eyes fluttered open. His green eyes met mine before I let the smile grow on my face grow.

"Good morning," I whispered to him and he slowly blinked several times. Leaning forward I laid a soft kiss to his lips. I almost expected him to pull away but he didn't. Instead, his arm tightened on my waist as his lips pressed back. This was definitely a good morning already. His fingers softly gripped my hip as if I would run away and his mouth tenderly moved against mine.

I had never been kissed like this before and damn did it feel good. My hand slid into his hair as I held his head to mine. He was so gentle like I was a china doll that he couldn't afford to lose. Breaking apart for air, his other hand came up to run his thumb over my cheek and his touch sent sparks down my body.

"I've missed you so much," I whispered against his lips. There was no way I was letting him get too far from me now that I had him kissing me. That's when gave me a fleeting kiss, like he could read my mind.

"I've missed you as well," he told me and I smiled against his mouth when he kissed me again.

"Please tell me you won't take this all back when I leave your bed," I said and felt my mouth sag to a frown. Shaking his head, he made a point of kissing me for longer than two seconds this time. I was melting against him. His lips were practically massaging mine in open mouth kisses.

Pulling back, he said, "I almost don't want to let you leave my bed." I smiled at that and if it weren't so important to me, I might have laughed. "But no, I wouldn't dream of taking this back. Botan, these last two weeks I have been miserable-"

"Shhh," I whispered and kissed him lightly. I felt his body sigh as he complied. Then he pulled back and licked his lips.

"I need to tell you though," he breathed and I swallowed. Did I want him to say it? It was hard enough to be reminded of the torment both of us went through by the pain in my chest. Now he wanted to add another verse to that tragedy. "Botan, after valentines day… after we stopped talking to each other. I realized something." Biting my bottom lip, I listened to every word with so much hope that I felt dizzy from it. "I realized that even if I am a rebound-"

"You aren't a rebound," I said, letting my lip fall free.

"Even if I am a rebound," he said again. "At least I'd still be with you. I have gone these last few weeks without you and I don't want to go through that again."

I tried not to cry, really I did. However, I didn't succeed as tears welled up in my eyes and I pushed myself the inch forward to connect my lips to his. This time he let me take charge and I wrapped my arms around his neck with only slight struggling. Pressing my body fully against his, I moved my mouth against his until I lightly trailed my tongue along his lower lip. It didn't take long for him to respond. That was until the fluttering started.

He practically jumped back a foot. "What was that?"

A small laugh came from my lips. "That was the baby. He kicked you."

"What?" Kurama asked, eyebrows scrunching together. "When did he start moving like that?"

"Last week," I told him softly and I saw his face drop. "When Keiko came over was the first time I really realized it."

He sighed and raised his hand from my hip to my face. "I am so sorry I wasn't here for it. I should have been."

"Let's not get hung up on the past few weeks, Kurama," I told him and he gave me a soft smile and a quick kiss.

"Do you want me to make you breakfast?" he asked and I nodded.

"Quick question," I said as I watched him roll to his side of the bed and sit up before glancing over his shoulder at me. "Does this mean I can change my facebook relationship status?"

He laughed and stood up then, but didn't respond.

"Can I take that as a yes?"