This one's kind of short, but I really like it. It's based off a Taylor Swift quote that goes something like this: "I've apparently been the victim of growing up, which apparently happens to all of us at one point or another. It's been going on for quite some time now, without me knowing it. I've found that growing up can mean a lot of things. For me, it doesn't mean I should become somebody completely new and stop loving the things I used to love. It means I've just added more things to my list." I don't know in what context she said this, but, according to the quotes section on Goodreads, she said it at some point or another, so that's who I'm crediting it to.
This one is just kind of based on the quote, so no one actually says it. Yes, I know, it's disappointing to hear that InuYasha will not be quoting Taylor Swift, isn't it? Ah, oh well; another time, perhaps.
I don't really have a lot more to say about it, I mean, it's barely a page long so... Eh, you don't need my commentary before you even read the thing...
8/5/11: Quote this chapter is based off: "I've apparently been the victim of growing up, which apparently happens to all of us at one point or another. It's been going on for quite some time now, without me knowing it. I've found that growing up can mean a lot of things. For me, it doesn't mean I should become somebody completely new and stop loving the things I used to love. It means I've just added more things to my list." ~Taylor Swift~
"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Ka-go-me... Happy birthday to you!" I glanced around the room at the smiling faces of Ayumi, Yuka, Eri, Hojo, Souta, Mama, Gramps, and then the scowling face of InuYasha. Everyone else was crowded around the table near me and the cake, but he was leaning against the counter-top with his arms crossed inside his haori, moping about having to cover his ears up I smiled, a giggle threatening to bubble up at the scene that was played out before me. InuYasha was so out of place here! But he had still showed up...
"Make a wish, Nee-Chan, before the candles melt!" Souta exclaimed, ever impatient to get a piece of cake. InuYasha's bandana moved slightly, telling me his ears were twitching beneath it. His eyes moved slightly and caught my own, his mouth opening to reveal his fangs in a small, sexy smile. My heart skipped a beat as I turned back to my cake after returning the smile. I closed my eyes tightly and thought with all my might:
I wish that I never stop loving him.
Then I blew out the candles and snapped my eyes open as my friends and family all applauded.
Later, as I was opening my presents and reading cards that congratulated me on a happy sweet sixteen, InuYasha plopped down on my bed next to me, making me think about the wish I had made and what it really meant to love something. I had lived my whole life loving things but not really loving them; not knowing what love actually was. Now, as I turned another year older, I knew that I still loved most of those things, but at the same time, I loved a whole slew of new things as well. My past and my present mixed together in my heart, sharing all the love I had. Did I know anymore at sixteen than I had at fifteen or fourteen what love was? Any adult would probably tell you that I didn't, but - even if I didn't - I still liked to think that I did.
"Wench..." InuYasha started, slowly undoing the bandana and twitching his ears so they could loosen up and relax. As he rubbed his ears gently, I realized that I had wasted a perfectly good wish, because there was no way I could ever stop loving him. Not ever. He wasn't just on the list of the things that I loved, he was the list most of the time "I've been thinking long and hard about what I can get you for your birthday and... Well... Here." He turned his head toward me so I was staring at his fluffy ears. "You're always staring at them and I know you want to touch them, so here. Five minutes and you never speak of this to anyone, 'kay?"
I squealed with delight and began counting down the time, as I started rubbing his ears gently between my fingers. I would always love doing this, too.
A/N: I just love the idea of InuYasha offering up his ears for five whole minutes as a birthday present to Kagome, don't you? That'd be a great present to get... God, you know something's wrong when you're jealous of a character for a situation you wrote them into. Ah, it can't be helped.
I wrote this one all the way back in June and decided to just post it since it was so short and wouldn't take me much time to type up and edit and things of the such. I've read through it about ten times by now, so I'm kind of sick of looking at it because of that; I've pretty much got the whole damn thing memorized by this point. Haha, that reminds me of Axel from Organization 13 from the Kingdom Hearts games. "Got it memorized?" In this case, Axel; yes, I most certainly do.
Peace out.
~Hisa-Ai~