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-Silver Mist

She woke and found her vision blurred from the red fabric covering her eyes. She turned her head and looked up. It was 4 o'clock in the morning according to the digital clock on the side table. Her eyes adjusted to the dimly lit room. Only the fireplace was left on, the flames danced along her vision.

She felt movement under her and realized that she was no longer on Inuyasha's lap but lying on top of him. He was snoring softly. His right hand held the small of her back as his other was arm hanging off of the coach. She moved slightly, intending to get up but not disturb him, but she felt his arms wrap around her and pull her closer. His golden eyes opened precariously. He loosened his grasp.

"Kagome. What are you doing?" He whispered tiredly, before glancing at the clock, "It's four in the morning."

"I woke up here." She giggled nervously, "I was just trying to get up."

"You don't have to," he continued cautiously, "if you don't want to."

Kagome relaxed a little. "Okay." She whispered almost inaudibly but Inuyasha's ears could pick it up. He could also hear her heart and how quickly it was beating.

They sat in silence for awhile, both fighting sleep, but neither wanting to admit it.

"What do you do anyway?" Kagome asked, tired of the silence.

"What do you mean?"

"What's your profession?"

"Oh," he chuckled, "I'm the CEO of a restaurant and Miroku is the CEO of Red Hot Resort. We're business partners and best friends."

"You're a CEO?" Kagome's eyes grew wide.

"Yeah. It's not as impressive has it sounds. Both of my parents are dead and my brother and I were left a lot of money. I just learned to use it wisely."

Kagome took a moment to soak the information in.

"So what do you do Kagome?"

"Right now I'm just waitressing at a couple of places, but I'm working on getting my degree. I'm becoming an animator."

"That's really cool. So you can draw and stuff?"

"Yeah," she giggled, "I work mainly with the computers though."

"What's your brothers name?"

"Sesshomaru."

"Is he half demon like you?"

Inuyasha sighed, "No, we share the same father but my mother was human."

"I bet she was beautiful." Kagome replied softly.

"She was." Inuyasha agreed, pulling out his wallet, and handing her wrote photograph.

Kagome gasped. In the photo his mother was young. She had large warm brown eyes, and long black hair that tell fell well below her back. Her skin was flawless and porcelain, and her smile was small but cute.

"What's her name?" Kagome asked, gingerly returning the photo to Inuyasha.

"Izayoi." He grinned, "What about your family Kagome?"

"My Grandfather and Mother take care of the Higurashi Shrine. I also have a younger brother named Souta."

"Does he get all the ladies?" Inuyasha winked.

"Yeah," Kagome laughed, "He's had more girlfriends than I have had boyfriends and he's only in High School."

"I find that hard to believe." He chuckled.

Kagome stuck her tongue out at him. "How old are you anyway?"

"In human years? Almost twenty-three. And you?"

"Twenty-one." She replied, "Do you think Miroku and Sango would be a cute couple?"

"Feh. How would I know? That's girl talk." He teased.

They laid there for awhile enjoying the silence.

"Kagome."

"Yeah Yash?"

"I know things have happened recently and maybe you're not ready but," He paused and sighed before spitting out the rest, "Would you like to go on a date with me sometime?" He said it all in a single breathe and it took a moment for Kagome to understand what he was asking.

"Sure." She smiled, after the long awkward silence had become too much for both of them.

"Really?" Inuyasha's face broke out in a big smile.

"Really." She smiled back, mustering up the courage to give him a kiss on top of his nose.