He likes fall. She prefers spring. She says the air feels cleaner when all the plants are growing back. He likes it quiet; she likes things loud, because the quiet makes her feel alone. Her favorite colour is blue. So is his. They both love the rain.
Something about her made him want to like spring, like things noisy. Crowded, happy, talkative, loud as hell. That was everything she was.
That day they'd gone into the streets, to go 'shopping'. It was something that Inuyasha had heard of, but had never done, excluding shopping for food. But with Kagome Higurashi, you didn't just shop for food. You shopped for everything. That day was a day he'd remember for the rest of his life, the whirlwind of sights and sounds and smells that he hadn't experienced ever in his life, and he had lived there his whole life.
He brought his camera with him. Black and white snapshots of the crowded streets milling with people; Chinatown had never been busier. Kagome pulled him along like a dog on a leash and he only happily complied. She pointed at the kiosks, tugging on his hair like a child so his face was an inch away from the things on sale. Chattering nonstop, yelling at the top of her lungs to be heard above the crowd. She laughed and showed him the colourful balloons let loose in the sky.
"Look Inuyasha! Take a picture, quick!"
Snap. The image was captured in his camera, something he would keep forever. Kagome, smiling at the sky as the balloons rose behind her, the sun caught in her hair. He felt her hand grasp his. He felt he was one of them, floating with the clouds.