The smell of eggs, toast and bacon filled the air. Kagome eye's fluttered open slowly as she looked to her side; he had already gotten up. The blinds were open, revealing soft light onto her face, and she smiled.
She took in a deep breath, with the aroma of breakfast, before getting up and rubbing her eyes. She raised herself from the bed, and walked down the stairs.
Hearing her footsteps, Inuyasha scrambled to prepare the plate. He took the best eggs out of the pan, and dashed some salt on them. He removed the pieces of toast from the toaster, and used a spatula to get the bacon out of the pan as well. Tossing the plate onto the table, he quickly moved himself to the refrigerator for the orange juice.
She giggled. "Inuyasha," She said sweetly. "You make it so hard for me to stay mad at you." She walked over to the table, sitting down infront of her plate, as Inuyasha set a glass of orange juice next to it.
He smirked. "Well,that was pretty shitty of me last night, and…"
"Don't explain. Just come sit next to me. Eat some too, so I don't feel fat."
He gathered some of the food for himself as well, sitting down across from her. Inuyasha, not being the most romantic type, did feel a little awkward. And he could smell how burnt the toast was. But hey, if she didn't mention it, he wasn't going to either.
"This is really good, Inuyasha. I'm surprised. Maybe you should cook dinner from now on." She looked up from her plate, with a small smirk, before continuing to eat her food.
He laughed. "Yeah. Keep dreaming." He may have been being nice this morning, but not that nice.
"So did you have fun, at least? I know I've been keeping you at this house so much lately, I'm glad you got a night with the guys."
"Yeah, I did. Caught up, had a few drinks. You know. What guys do."
"Meet any hot women?" She said, nudging him as she got up to put her plate in the sink.
"Kagome…"
"What? I'm not that naïve. You think I'm an idiot? I know you still find other women hot."
Inuyasha got up to put his plate away as well. Once he did, he grabbed her face gently and made sure she looked him in the eyes. "Other women may be hot, Kagome," He paused. "But you, you're beautiful." And he kissed her on the forehead.
She smiled at him, before going back upstairs to wake the children.
Inuyasha decided to plop himself on the couch, it being Saturday, he had nothing better to do. First appeared was the news, and since it caught his eye, he decided to keep it on. And in a few minutes, anyways, his children would be begging for the Saturday morning cartoons.
Earlier this week, there was a school shooting at Sengoku Junior High. Five were killed,and three were injured. The shooter(s) have yet to be identified, but there are some suspects already in custody.
"Have you heard about this, Kagome? At the Junior High?" He called upstairs. And in his mind, he thanked God that his kids were only in first grade.
But for some brighter news, a brand new all-day daycare center has been built downtown! It will be opening tomorrow morning, accepting new registrations and allow the children to meet their sitters, and get a feel for the new place.
"Daddy, can we go there? Please?" His daughter, Akemi, said from behind him. Startled, he slightly jumped, and then simply said, "Ask your mother."
He was playing this "Father" role better then he thought he would have.
"Akemi, that place looks dumb!" Said his son, Haku. Akemi stuck her tongue out at him, as they scrambled to the table for breakfast. Kagome served them the leftovers of the breakfast Inuyasha made, and then sat down next to Inuyasha on the couch.
"Looks nice enough," She said, looking at the screen and listening to how they were reviewing the new daycare. "Looks like it'd be a good way for them to meet other kids outside of school."
"I don't know if I trust it." Inuyasha said sternly, studying the screen as well. "You heard about that shooting, right? At the other local school."
Kagome rolled her eyes, now looking at her husband, her body turned towards him. "Inuyasha… first of all, this is a daycare, not a school. It's more private. And this is for young children, not middle schoolers."
He just let out a sigh, getting up from the couch. "I guess you're right." He opened the blinds covering the glass doors out to their backyard. "It looks hot outside. Why don't we get them a small blow-up pool or something?"
"Yeah! Let's get one! We have to!" They both exclaimed, now looking over at Kagome. Who, in turn, shot a look at Inuyasha.
"You can take them, then." She said calmly. "Because I don't feel like leaving today."
"You barely leave at all! C'mon, stop sitting around all day."
"I'm finishing this novel, Inuyasha." She said firmly, attempting to end the conversation at that. And, sure enough, a trashy romance novel was in her hand. He rolled his eyes.
"Have fun." He said sarcastically. He gestured to the kids, as they followed him towards the door and they left Kagome to her reading.
--
"This one! This one!" Akemi said, as she pointed to a pink blow-up pool with unicorns along the edge, the advertisement of happy little girls splashing eachother in their back yard.
Inuyasha, not being the biggest fan of pink, unicorns, or anything related, shook his head. "This is for Haku too, you know." He said sternly, examining the numerous children's pools on the shelves.
"How about this one?" Haku said quietly, pointing to a green pool with sharks and army print along the edge. "Ew." Akemi said in retaliation.
"No, no. Can you two agree on anything?!" He said, annoyed. They quieted, and stood behind their dad as he continued looking. He came across a red-colored pool, normal and generic. It wasn't expensive, or fancy.
"We'll get this one." Inuyasha said finally, as he pulled it off the shelf.
"But it's ugly!" Akemi exclaimed.
"Then don't swim in it."
They then all worked over towards the cashier, the large box covering Inuyasha's face and torso, the children staying close to his legs as he set it ontop of the checkout.
"That'll be 120 yen, sir." The cashier said lazily, looking to the side, leaning against the cash register.
Inuyasha grunted, annoyed, handing the currency in the cashier's hand. "Keep the change." He said coldly, as he grabbed the item once again and headed out the door.
--
That night, Inuyasha and Kagome lay next to eachother. Kagome set down her book, finally finishing it, while Inuyasha just looked at the TV.
"Inuyasha…" She said softly, turning her body so it was half on him. "I miss you."
"I'm right here," Inuyasha said, smirking, looking at her from the corner of his eye. "How do you miss me?"
"I miss how we were before." She now traced the lines in his chest with her fingertips, her eyes gazing directly into his. "When we were younger, and together. I love that I'm married to you. But there's less… passion." She smirked, squinting her eyes slightly.
Inuyasha chuckled, and grabbed her by her sides to lift her ontop of him. "Passion, hmm?" His hands were on her sides as she looked down at him. "What passion do you miss?"
Kagome lowered her head and kissed him on the lips, nibbling a little on his lower lip before pulling away. "That passion."
He overlooked her whole body, before meeting her eyes again. "Oh, I see…" He said calmly.
Inuyasha sat up slightly, as Kagome wrapped her legs around him and they kissed more. Inbetween breaths their kisses became deeper, more passionate. She touched every curve of his chest as he let out a small moan from deep inside his throat.
"I love you, Inuyasha…" She said intensely.
Few more words were spoken that night.
--
So? How is it so far? Reviews make me happy :D