It only took Akane an hour to take the hint and leave. But Kagome and Hideaki kept playing checkers. He was actually pretty good at it, and tended to hoot when he made victories. When the house was quiet, "So, do you want to help me bake some cookies and watch a movie with me?" Hideaki had a very nice relaxed smile, and Kagome couldn't help but wonder if that was a kind of smile Inuyasha would have had, if he didn't have the life he had had. Kagome blinked and got rid of the fog in her head, luckily Hideaki hadn't noticed her face, he had been putting the game away. Kagome smiled to herself. People always thought teenagers were unreasonable, but if you're polite and a little nice they like you. Kagome slid off her bed and slipped on her fuzzy slippers.
Hideaki seemed to like being useful, so Kagome decided to have him help her around the house, it might make him feel better. Kagome also admitted to herself that it would take a load off her as well. "Hideaki? Would you mind helping me down the stairs?" He blinked at her for a moment but seemed to remember why she needed help, his lips shaped into an O. He jumped right up and hovered around her to the stairs. Kagome stepped to the edge of the stairs and took a deep breath. Walking was okay but the stairs were always exhausting. He was standing behind her, so she pulled him over to her right and grabbed the left side banner. "Give me your arm.." She muttered and latched onto his forearm. "okay move with me." Kagome was not used to being the authority figure, to be giving orders and not following. Slowly they descended the stairs together, step by step. He was breathing harder than her by the time they got to the bottom and Kagome was happily surprised that she didn't feel bad at all.
They went into the kitchen and he was nice enough to collect many of the things for her to cook with, ingredients and gadgets. he helped her measure things as she mixed, turned the oven on for her and she slid the cookies in. Right after that Souta came home, announcing himself with the slam of a door. "Oh hey! Your Hideaki right? So have you played Uber Ninjas?" Hideaki's lit up in video game joyness, "NO! My mom wouldn't buy it! You have it?" Souta's face lit up equally bright. "I haven't played on the two player setting yet wanna?"
Hideaki nodded enthusiastically and Souta walked towards the stairs. "Okay, come up to my room." And with that they were gone. Kagome sighed, feeling a little jello-y. She set the timer and moved into the living room, sitting on the couch and clicking the remote to find something to watch.
- Ding! Ding!
The oven beaped for the last batch of cookies and an exhausted Kagome pulled them out, she decided that next time she would only make half a batch. But she knew she was lying to herself, the cookies never lasted very long. She slid the parchment off the cookie tray and used the spatula to lay the piping hot cookies on a rack. Then moved over to the first wire rack and the first round of cookies, they were cool enough but still warm in the very middle, perfect. She pulled out a tray and a plate and piled some cookies on it then filled three glasses of milk. Two glasses went on the tray, the other was for her, and she stepped over to the end of the stairs.
"Okay Boys! Break time, come down here and have some cookies!" There was a moment of silence, then the stomping of feet, door knob twisting and the thunder of elephants on the stairs. Gravity pulled the boys down fast and they nearly bowled her over at the end. "Thanks Kagome!" Souta grabbed a cookie then kissed his sister on the cheek. Hideaki just verbally thanked her while nibbling a cookie watching Kagome closely. The boys each chewed on their cookie, finished it and simultaneously grabbed their glasses of milk and chugged half of it.
Souta grabbed another cookie and ran up the stairs again, Hideaki waited until Souta was in his room before turning back to Kagome, a mischievous smile on his face, "Can I give you a thank you kiss too?" He waggled his eyebrows at her.
Kagome felt a little scandalized, a young teenager like him hitting on his babysitter! "NO! Punk, now go play, shoo...shoo! Kagome waved a hand at him as if she was dealing with a small animal. Having gotten the reaction he wanted, Hideaki just laughed and went up stairs.
About an hour later Katsuo showed up for her tutoring.
"So how do you like my cookies?" Kagome smiled at Katsuo chewing on one of her cookies. He finished his first one and drank a whole cup of milk. He smiled at Kagome as he cheerfully grabbed another cookie. "Ah Kagome these are some of the most delicious cookies I've ever tasted. I'm gonna hafta ask you to bake more for me, pay me in cookies, then I will get fat but I will be soooo happy...* munch munch*." He barely finished his sentence before knawing on his second cookie again.
"So I am going to be stuck here for the weekend Katsuo, I am looking after one of my moms friends sons. Right now he is playing video games with Souta, they should be pretty quiet and leave us alone."
"We need to learn today Kagome, and no distracting me this time. I don't want to get too behind my schedule."
Kagome frowned at him sadly, "But I hate math. Anything else is more interesting."
"Kagome, I don't want to give your mom even one reason to fire me as your tutor! Just think, the faster we get through chapters the more time you get to spend with me. Not doing math."
Kagome laughed and hooked her arm through his that was holding the remain bite of his cookie. He smiled down as his lovely student and blessed the day she came into his life. Katsuo shoved the last piece of cookie into his mouth and kissed Kagome at the same time. A doubly sweet moment for them both.
"Who's this guy?"
The couple whirled around, caught by surprise by Hideaki. His face was stonily serious, his eyes seemed darker than she first thought and Kagome realized she was looking at his anger.
Kagome cleared her throat which suddenly felt dry. "This is my boyfriend, Katsuo. He's also my tutor for the summer."
Hideaki, not ever taking his eyes off of them, moved into the kitchen and grabbed another cookie from the rack. The quiet moment was awkward.
Hideaki just turned and stomped back up the stairs. Yelling back, " He looks old for you!"
(Hey fans, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I know it's been a long time since I updated and it will probably be again but never lose hope! As always I love Reviews and Messages! :p
Tip: If you like more mature stories look into the others I've written.)