Monday Afternoon

Kagome woke up at noon and rushed into the shower. She was so exhausted from her wild weekend at Inuyasha's. All they did was have sex, snuggle in bed, eat food and have more sex. While she didn't mind the mind blowing sex, she was wondering if that was all there was to their relationship.

"I have to hurry or I'm gonna be late!"

"Inuyasha. Are you sure about this?"

"Sango, I'm in love! This isn't what I had with Kikyo. This is supernatural. We were born for each other."

Sango studied the look in his eyes. They were soft and twinkling like he reached Nirvana. "Alright, Inuyasha. Don't you dare hurt Kagome or I will kill you."

"I won't do that! I will take good care of my girl." He spoke confidently as he went down to the stock room.

Soon after, Kagome showed up. She waved at Sango as always and clocked in. She stood at the other register as Sango kept glancing over at her.

"You know, don't you?" Kagome asked her.

Sango nodded. "Well, I figured since you were at his apartment all the time, something was bound to happen. I don't know what you've done to that boy but I've never seen him happier."

Kagome smirked and blushed. "I didn't do anything to him. But he did something to me." Kagome showed Sango the mark on her neck.

"He told me about it. I was surprised myself."

"What does it mean? Do all the girls he dates get this mark? Is there something I should-"

"Slow down, Kagome! I'll explain everything." Sango knew plenty about demons. She was a Demonology major. "First of all, you're the only girl who has that mark. From what I understand, you're the only girl Inuyasha has ever been intimate with."

Kagome gave her a blank stare. "He-he never told me."

"He was probably embarrassed. Was he your first time?"

Kagome shook her head. "He really seemed to know what he was doing."

"Probably his instincts. Inuyasha informed me of all the strange coincidences between you two. His demon probably knew you two were fated and that's why you have the mark."

"What if we weren't fated?"

"He wouldn't have marked you. Demons don't go around marking girls they like. They have supernatural power. There are things they know and are able to sense. Which is which is why I'll never understand how Inuyasha can be so stupid sometimes." She said as she shrugged. "But he is half human so I guess that explains it."

Kagome laughed at Sango's statement. In the back of her mind, she was concerned that maybe Inuyasha's human side had a different idea of what their fate should be. She was afraid of the end result.

Moments after their conversation, she received a text from Inuyasha asking her to come down to the stock room.

"Hey, Ayame can you take the register for me for a bit? I have to go downstairs."

Ayame nodded and ran behind the counter as Kagome went downstairs.

Kagome looked around the stock room behind all the boxes for Inuyasha. He surprised her as he snuck up behind her and hugged her from behind.

"Did you miss me?" He whispered in her ear.

"Of course!" Kagome blushed and smiled widely as he held her.

"Good. You better come home with me tonight too." He told her as he slid his hand between her legs.

Kagome bit her lip as she continued to smile to the point where her cheeks were hurting. "I will."

"When I get you home, I got a surprise for you."

"Is...it something dirty?"

"No. I was just gonna give you a set of keys."

Kagome giggled as he kissed her earlobe.

"Then I'll give you something else."

"Something else like what?"

"Like this." He pressed his erection against her butt and slowly ground against her.

Kagome gasped and let out a slight moan. Being mated was definitely a lot of fun.

"Here. Take this up to Bankotsu for me."

"Inuyasha this is a pink slip. Are you firing him?"

"No. We stopped using pink slips a long time ago. I just want him to come down here and help with the stock. He's been avoiding this for a month."

Kagome laughed at his little scheme and gave him a soft kiss. "I love you so much."

Inuyasha stood still and gawked with a smile like he was entranced. His entire face turned a fiery red as he flubbed his words. "I lo-love you too. So so much."

Kagome laughed because he did that every single time she told him she loved him.

She kissed him again and walked up the stairs.

Kagome got upstairs and found Bankotsu fixing a window display.

"Sup, Kagome?"

Kagome gave him a stern look and handed him the fake pink slip. "Inuyasha asked me to give this to you."

"The hell is this?" He wondered as he read the paper. His calm face turned angry as he read the paper. "He's gotta be joking! I'm getting fired? Where is he? I'm gonna kick his ass."

Kagome tried her hardest to keep a straight face. "He's in the stock room."

Bankotsu angrily marched his way over to the stock room. "No way in hell I'm getting fired. I have a kid to feed!'

Kagome laughed as he stomped through the store and she went back to the register.

"Inuyasha used the old pink slip to get people to work in the stock room trick again?" Ayame asked.

Kagome nodded while still laughing. She loved Inuyasha's silly ways.

Kagome and Inuyasha returned to his apartment that evening and immediately began their usual routine of stripping off each other's clothes and playfully nipping at each other's necks.

As good as Kagome felt when they touched, she couldn't help but wonder how things would be once this crazy stage was over. She wanted to know what her place in his life would be. She just wanted some indication that she was in no way a mistake to him.

She promised Inuyasha she would trust him but she couldn't help but wonder…

'Does he trust himself?'

'Does he truly love me?'

Kagome wanted to ask him how he felt deep in his heart and what made him choose her but she figured now wasn't the best time. She wanted to wait until the end of the week when his blood wasn't boiling.

"What's the matter?" He asked her as he had her pinned to the bedroom wall. "You don't seem like yourself today."

She didn't want to talk about it until the time was right. She pushed her thoughts to the side and focused on Inuyasha.

"I'm fine." She told him as she kissed his neck, right below his Adam's apple.

"No you aren't." He grabbed her hands and escorted her to the bed. "Lie down."

Kagome lied down and Inuyasha began massaging her back.

"This feels so nice. You're such a gentleman."

"Tell me what's wrong. You're stressed, sad and anxious. Does it have something to do with me?"

"How do you know that's how I feel?"

"I can just tell."

"I'm worried about...us. I feel so connected to you, but I'm afraid you'll regret being with me. Like it was too soon after being with Kikyo. And...as strange as this may sound, I don't think I can be with anyone else. Actually, I know I can't."

Inuyasha nodded in understanding as he turned her over, running his palms in gentle circular motions on her breasts. "You think about Kikyo more than I do. And you were on my mind more than Kikyo was since the day I met you. I knew my relationship with her was over months ago. I don't know why I held on for so long, but I just want to forget about her. All I see is you."

"I'm sorry. I guess I'm being insecure."

"It's fine. You could have just told me how you felt. I knew anyway."

"I just thought it would be best to wait until...you know."

Inuyasha chuckled and stroked Kagome's cheek. "You wanted to wait until my blood went back to normal, right?"

"Yeah." She giggled. "Sango told me about the whole mating thing."

He leaned in and kissed her, stroking her bang away from her eyes. "Well I understand you feeling that way. The first day I met you, I got this weird fever, and I got them a lot when I was around you. My brother told me my fate was tied to yours. If I was more connected to my demon I would have realized...those coincidences meant something."

"Can I tell you something honestly? Promise you won't think I'm weird for this."

"I promise."

"I was in love with you the day we met. I was so embarrassed because of the condition I was in when I saw you. I wanted to be different. And you wanted me to be different too."

Inuyasha smiled. "We're soul mates and I really care about you."

"You know...I always thought mating meant having children."

"What? Do you want to have a baby?" He asked as he spread her legs apart.

Kagome laughed. "Not yet! But one day."

"Just remember, I know what I'm doing. Well...now I do. Being with you makes things a lot clearer for me."

"I'll keep that in mind...Oh and there's one more thing I need to tell you."

"Huh?'

"My mom wants to meet you."

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