She woke early the next morning, feeling sated and completely pleasured. Wrapped in Sesshomaru's arms, it felt like the world was perfect. Kagome nuzzled her cheek on his bare chest and dozed for a few more minutes until his alarm clock rang.
She pouted when he released her and turned to the irritation object, effectively ending it with a quick touch from his poison whip.
"You shouldn't do that," she giggled and straightened in bed. "We can't keep on replacing all the objects you break."
He quirked an eyebrow. "And why not?"
"Because," she waved her hand and then faced him with a secretive smile gracing her lips, "we could do so much more with the time it would take to replace them. I've already thought of a couple ideas, you know."
He smirked. "Oh? Please, do elaborate…" His hands snaked up her thighs and she leaned towards him.
"Things like," she gasped when he touched her in a sensitive spot, "running, golfing, fishing, swimming, eating, braiding your hair, uhm—"
She was silenced when he stole her lips into a long, passionate kiss.
He shifted her onto her back, but stilled when she winced. After a moment, he watched a blush spread on her cheeks, and she supplied an answer. "It seems I'm a bit sore. Umm, you know… down there."
Sesshomaru smirked again, and placed a warm kiss on her brow before leaning back on his knees. "It's only to be expected, after last night."
His eyes held a glint of amusement and desire, which only served to deepen her blush. Scooting out from underneath him, Kagome dashed towards the refuge of the shower. She half expected him to follow her in, but after a few minutes of letting the warm water run over her muscles, it seemed as though he would respect her aching body.
Sesshomaru pulled on a pair of loose sweat pants before sitting on his bed again. With a smug smile towards the bathroom, he decided to let her have that one shower alone. He wouldn't make any promises about her alone time after that, if last night was anything to judge by. Their life together, he decided, was starting to seem more than just amusing.
Startled by his own thoughts, Sesshomaru furrowed his brow. He was thinking about their relationship incorrectly. Hadn't he wanted a simple lover? Where had the idea of keeping her a mate come from? He hadn't though he would want her the way he did… And when he had decided to take her as a mere lover, they hadn't faced and overcome the difficulties they'd had now.
He fisted a hand through his hair, slightly uneasy. He hadn't expected to feel the way he did about her. It wasn't a completely new feeling, he supposed, because he had begun to care about her a long time ago. But it was new to him. And maybe, if he allowed himself to fully embrace the feeling, he wondered, would he finally know the meaning of true happiness?
"Hey, Kaggie, your phone is ringing!" Rin exclaimed from the other side of the table that the girls were sitting at, which was currently filled with scattered puzzle pieces.
Kagome, who had decided to spend some quality relaxation time with Rin on her day off from working out with Leola, groaned. As if she hadn't had enough interruptions already. All she wanted was to find a place for these damned pieces that just wouldn't fit together! But noo, she mentally grumbled, the world just couldn't let her do that!
"Pass it over here," she requested, and watched Rin rifle through her purse until she found it.
With a quick look at caller ID Kagome answered. "Sango, I have extremely important business to attend to, so let's make this snappy."
"Yeah, right. I know you, Kagome. The only business you have is taking care of Rin, and my little angel could never cause anyone trouble." Sango raised her voice on the other end to try and talk to Rin, whom she knew was with Kagome. "Hi Rin! How are you, sweetheart?"
"I'm great!" Rin piped up on the other side of the living room. "Kagome's only cranky because she's never been good with puzzles!"
"Traitor," Kagome hissed, and refocused her attention on the phone connected to her ear. "So, what's wrong?"
"Cakes. So many cakes. Vanilla, chocolate, pink frosting, white frosting, strawberry decorated, fruity gelato... More cakes than you and I have baked in our entire lives."
Kagome frowned, but said, "Are you trying to tempt me? Because it's working. Where are the cakes?"
"They're at my house. Twenty two of them—"
"I've made way more than twenty two cakes in my life, Sango. You're talking to the winner of Miss Cake Baker's competition in highsch—"
"Be quiet," Sango interrupted the already interrupting Kagome. "Miroku entered some silly cake contest and somehow, we won. So I need you, Rin, Sesshomaru, and whoever else you know to come over and take some."
After thinking for a moment, Kagome smiled. "Sure thing. We'll be over for dinner!"
When she had finished talking to Sango, Kagome excused herself from the family room for a moment to make a private phone call. Dialing Inuyasha's phone number, she nervously tapped her foot and waited as each ring sounded in her ear.
He picked up when the answering machine turned on. "Hello?"
His voice sounded stronger than the last time she met, Kagome noted. "Hi, Inuyasha. It's Kagome."
She could hear him tense, but replied shortly after. "Hey."
"I, umm," she cleared her throat, "Sesshomaru and I were wondering if you wanted to have dinner together tonight. I have a friend who is giving out some free cakes, so we were going to have a small get-together and we wanted to know if you would like to come. It won't be anything big, just a small dinner and dessert kind-of-thing."
She swallowed a lump in her throat trying not to sound as awkward as she was feeling.
"Sure," he said after a beat. "Where should I meet you guys?"
"Just come over to the house and we'll go over together," Kagome said hurriedly, extastic over Inuyasha's agreement.
"Okay," he hung up after a quick good bye, leaving Kagome to alert Sesshomaru and Rin of their plans for the night.
At precisely five in the evening, the unconventional family of one taiyoukai, a miko and two hanyous climbed into a car and drove towards Miroku and Sango's house. After a few minutes in the car, Kagome had learned that Inuyasha was already acquainted with Sango because they worked together, and therefore would be more comfortable than Kagome had worried he would be.
Sango opened the door as the group approached, Inuyasha leading, Kagome holding Rin's hand and Sesshomaru placing one of his hands on the small of her back. Once in the house, dinner was served quickly, with the cakes following closely behind.
"Oh, wow," Kagome moaned after her first bite of one of the strawberry-decorated cakes. "Miroku, you need to win more cake contests. These are amazing."
Inuyasha grumbled an affirmative and held out his empty plate towards Sango, who was still slicing a piece for herself.
Rin who had been unusually silent for the moment made steady observations of Sesshomaru's graceful eating habits and began incorporating them to her own. Kagome, noticing the little girl's careful eating, smiled and ruffed her hair. This family... my family, is just too good, Kagome thought with delight, taking in the sight of everyone eating together.
"Let me help you with that," Kagome offered as Sango made a move to clean up the plates. "Rin, you go keep Miroku occupied. You know how childish he is, and can't be trusted to sit and wait patiently."
Rin grinned at Kagome's wink and Miroku's playful offense and tugged both Miroku and Inuyasha into the family room to start a game. Kagome watched them choose uno and begin to deal out the cards before entering the kitchen.
"Just take a couple cakes, please," Sango motioned to the stack of pastries on her counter exasperatedly. "I can't and shouldn't eat all of those."
Kagome rolled her eyes at her best friend and called over to Sesshomaru. "Which is your favorite? Rin will want this purple one here..."
He walked over to her from the other side of the room and unconsciously placed a hand on her waist. She turned to him, fitting their bodies together as he reminded her in hushed tones that he did not, in fact, like sweets.
"Oh, please, you liar. I know you took that meringue, dog boy. Either 'fess up to which cake you want, or I'll choose my favorites. And, if you don't want to be eating cake for the next three weeks like Sango and Miroku..." she giggled and tilted her lips up to his ear, "I'd make your own decision."
He growled into her ear, hot breath on her flushed face. "I've already decided what I'll be eating tonight, though I can't say it'll be one of the cakes. Any guesses?"
She swatted him, her face flaming, and retreated to the other side of the room, "Just choose a cake, Sesshomaru."
He threw her a heated gaze, swiped he nearest cake and went to go play uno with the others. Kagome sighed, slouching against the counter, trying to make up her mind between swooning and rolling her eyes at her insatiable husband.
"Oh my god, you didn't."
Her eyes flashed open and she watched Sango's jaw drop. "Kagome Taisho, you so did not!"
She blushed as Sango walked over to her and exclaimed, "You had sex with him!"
Kagome clamped her hands over her best friend's mouth and hissed, "Not so loud! We don't want everyone in the neighboring towns to know!"
Sango brushed her hands away and pursed her lips, raising a delicate eyebrow. "Dude, you're married. It's sort of a given that you have sex. It's expected."
"Okay, fine. Whatever. Though it is definitely none of your business, I'm no longer a virgin."
Sango laughed. "Given up your V-card, eh? Popped the cherry, poked the bear, finally 'did it' after several months of marriage? You guys deserve a medal for waiting so long!"
"It wasn't that long, so stop making fun," Kagome frowned. "But... I know you warned me a couple times because you don't think he's a good choice but..."
Kagome hummed to herself for a moment before finishing. "I think I might love him. He's not perfect, but neither am I, and I just get this feeling sometimes that maybe even though we aren't amazing people in general, maybe we are just perfect for each other."
"How perfectly romantic," Sango batted her eyelashes playfully and grinned. "I'm happy for you."
"You are?" Kagome asked, trying not to sound as surprised as she was. "You did tell me getting involved with him was a bad idea."
"Yeah, I did. But correct me if I'm wrong, lots of stuff has been happening between him and you, and now I suppose I misjudged him. He might actually have a heart."
Kagome smiled, her heart overflowing with joy. Whispering softly, she admitted, "I've thought so too for a while now. There's a lot more to the great demon lord than meets the eye."
The girls both smiled at each other, happy for the way life had suddenly turned out, before Kagome and family bid goodbyes for the night.
I'm not even sure if I should be ashamed by the sheer amount of fluff in this chapter. Don't worry, the plot will pick up soon. But yeah, please enjoy this cheesy fluff until then. ~Gracie
All characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi