Tech Savvy
III
Camera
"Hmm, let's see here" Kagome bit her bottom lip and picked up one of the many photographs cluttered around her pink sheeted bed, "where should I put this one?"
She looked at it for a couple of minutes before putting it back down, then she picked up another one and began to scrutinize it the same way she had done for all the previous ones. A strange tapping sound on her window interrupted her photo analysis and she looked in the direction of the source.
She jumped slightly on seeing Inuyasha's crouched form on her windowsill, and dropped the photo she was holding and it fluttered down to the floor near the foot of her bed.
"Should I ask why you're here?" she asked him once he was inside and the window was securely shut behind him. She couldn't help the wary tone in her voice, she was getting used to his more than frequent visits now that she had to spend more time in the present in order to finish the last few months of school.
"Keh" he snorted, "I'd appreciate it if you didn't". He didn't need a reason to come see her, she was his after all.
"Ok then"
"What are you doing?" he asked, looking at all the shiny colorful paper strewn around her bed, "What are those?"
"What?" she asked, following his gaze, "Oh, these are called photographs Inuyasha"
"Photo—what?" he asked, scrunching up his eyebrows in confusion.
Kagome sighed, 'Here we go again' she thought with mild amusement, "Photographs Inuyasha, they're pictures taken with a camera…that thing" she added before he could ask, she pointed at her digital camera which was sitting on her desk.
Inuyasha walked over to it and picked it up carefully; sniffing at it and sneezing at the strange metallic scent it gave off, "How does this thing make these pictures anyway?" he finally asked.
"It has a memory card inside it, it captures the moment that you want to take a picture of and remembers it using the memory card so that we can see those pictures anytime we want to" the miko explained, in the simplest way that she could, leaving out any technical stuff.
"Like magic?" he asked her, looking at the camera with fascination now.
"No no, it runs on a power source similar to electricity" she said, hoping that he remembered what that was, at his nod, she continued, "It's called a battery, it's a small cylindrical vessel that has stored electricity inside of it and whenever it runs out, we can recharge it with electricity again"
"Oh" he said, looking over at the different buttons on the camera's metallic surface, 'Hmm…I wonder what'll happen if I push this one' he thought, curiously staring at the round red button with a white symbol on it. Being of an inquisitive mind, he did just that and let out a feral snarl when a light on the device started beeping. A few seconds later, a cylindrical part on its front started opening out. The hanyou glared at it and Kagome snatched it out of his hand before he mangled it with his claws, or worse, his sword.
"That thing looks dangerous" he growled out, still glaring at the innocent gadget safely nestled in Kagome's hands.
"It's not dangerous" the miko said, "You just pushed the button that turns it on"
She pushed the same button that Inuyasha had moments before and showed him the lens, which was slowly making it's way back inside and once the camera was turned off, she pushed the button again, turning it on, "See, nothing to worry about" she chided.
He took a closer look at the screen at the back of the device, he could see Kagome's palm in it because of the way she was holding it, "Is that where you see the pictures?" he asked her.
"Yeah" she answered, "after you take the picture, you can see it through this screen"
After another moment she asked, "Do you want to see Inuyasha?" she giggled at his hesitant nod.
"Ok, go stand over there" she told him, pointing at the spot beside her desk, "Just do it" she sighed at his confused look. Once he was positioned at the said spot, Kagome angled her camera so that she could take a proper picture of him, and then pushed the button next to the power button.
Inuyasha growled slightly at the flash that accompanied the 'click' sound, "Are you trying to blind me wench!"
Kagome ignored that in favor of showing him the picture. Inuyasha stared at it, it was him standing next to Kagome's desk wearing an annoyed expression on his face. It had even captured all the minute details like the shadow he cast over the desk and the way his hair glinted, reflecting the evening sun's rays filtering through the miko's window. This thing was pretty incredible.
"You want to try?"
The hanyou looked at her, then regarded the camera for a second before answering, "Ok"
"Ok, so this is where you see the image of the thing or person you want to take a picture of" she said pointing at the screen, "Then once you're happy with the way it looks through here, you push this button, but make sure you hold the camera steady when you push the button, or else the picture will turn out blurred. The light that flashes when you push the button is just so that the camera can also add in all the details"
She handed him the camera and watched as he positioned it so as to take a picture of the tree outside her window, after angling it to his satisfaction, he pushed the button and kept the camera as steady as he could when the flash illuminated the room.
"Hey that's pretty good" Kagome said, looking over his shoulder at the picture, "You're a fast learner"
Inuyasha tried to hide his blush but couldn't quite keep the smug look off his face at his bitch's compliment, "Keh, nothing to it"
"Do you want to take some more?" she asked him.
"Can I?" he asked back, he looked excited, maybe these gadgets were starting to rub off on him, "Not that I don't have better things to do" he added as an after thought, Kagome giggled, he was just so cute when he tried to act tough.
The next half hour was spent with Inuyasha taking photos of all the inanimate objects in the miko's house and he even took a few of Buyo sleeping, but he got bored of that fast, "Can't this cat do anything else?" he complained.
They headed back upstairs to Kagome's room once Inuyasha had managed to take a picture of everything, twice.
"So how do you like the camera?" the miko asked with a slight giggle, it was more of a rhetorical question, the answer was obvious.
"It's ok"
"Hey" Kagome asked suddenly, "Want to take a picture together?"
"Sure, but how? There's no one else here except the cat" for a second Inuyasha had the strangest mental image of Buyo handling the camera.
"We can use the self timer" she answered matter-of-factly.
"The what?"
"Here" she held out her hand for Inuyasha to give her the camera, and she showed him how to set the timer using the menu bar, "This way, no one needs to take the picture, once the timer runs out, the camera will take a picture of whatever is in front of it"
Inuyasha watched as she set the camera down on her bed, propping it up using a few books, she pushed one of the buttons on the side and stepped back. The hanyou couldn't stop his blush this time as the miko grabbed him by the arm and pulled him to her side, "Smile" she said before doing so herself.
Inuyasha looked at her; she looked so cute grinning at the camera like that. He sighed, turning back to face the gadget, 'What the heck' he thought before twitching his mouth up into a crooked smile, maybe just this once…for her.
The camera flashed once the timer had run out, after waiting a few seconds, Kagome ran up to it and picked it up, "This looks amazing!" she exclaimed after looking at it. She gestured for Inuyasha to come over to look at the picture too. He strode over to her and stared at the screen she was showing him.
It really was an amazing picture. Both he and Kagome were smiling. A slight crimson dusted his cheeks when he noticed that the camera had also captured, to the utmost detail, how his and Kagome's hands were intertwined. They looked good together…almost like mates.
He better get those thoughts out of his head or Kagome just might notice his flushed face, but he couldn't help the fluttering sensation in the pit of is stomach.
"Hey" he wanted to change the subject before his fantasies got out of hand, "What were you doing before I got here?" he asked, his attention returning to the pile of photos on her bed.
"Oh that" she said, placing the camera back on her desk after turning it off, but not before making a mental note to get that last picture developed and framed, "I was arranging those pictures in my new album"
"Album?"
"It's a sort of book where you keep the photos so that you can look at them whenever you want to, and they won't get lost" she explained.
"Oh"
"This won't take long Inuyasha, you can help if you want" she said, before plopping herself down on her bed.
"Sure" he said, going to sit down on her bed next to her, when something caught his eye. Something was glinting near the foot of the bed. He bent down to pick it up. It was another photo; it must have fallen down by accident.
He looked at Kagome, she was busy looking at another picture, her tongue was sticking out, she looked deep in concentration. It never ceased to amaze him how she gave her complete attention to whatever she was doing, even something as insignificant as arranging some pictures in a book.
He turned back to look at the picture, and smiled slightly. It was a picture of Kagome standing in front of the Goshinboku. Her head was cocked to the side, her eyes closed and she was smiling one of the most beautiful smiles he had ever seen. Maybe he could slip this picture into his haori without her noticing, he sneaked another look at the miko before carrying out his earlier thoughts.
"Inuyasha?" her voice startled him, "What are you doing down there?" she asked, giving him a puzzled look.
"Uh…nothing, I thought I saw a bug down here, that's all" he lied, sighing in relief when she smiled at him and turned back to look at the photo she was holding.
Inuyasha smiled back. He'd ask her to become his mate; that was something he had decided on long ago. But, he needed the right time, the right moment. He also needed to give her family a heads up on his plans. He didn't need their permission, but he wanted their approval.
Sooner or later, sooner preferably, he would ask her, but…until then…
He placed his hand on his haori right over his heart, the place where he had kept her photo.
'Her picture would just have to do'
AN: - Well there's the third chapter for you, and I apologise if it's a little short but there was really nothing more I wanted to add. So I hope you guys enjoyed it.
DISCLAIMER: - I don't own Inuyasha, I do, however, own the digital camera this chapter was based off of...
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