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It's Visitor's Day! And visitor's day means Inuyasha is coming which means InuKag fluff which just makes me happy. I was stuck on how to start this chapter for THREE hours, but after typing and deleting I finally just decided to dive right into InuKag fluff and work out the details I was trying to fit in later. Please enjoy!

Confessions of a Band Camp Geek

Reunited and it feels so good
Reunited 'cause we understood
There's one perfect fit
And, sugar, this one is it
We both are so excited 'cause we're reunited, hey, hey

-Peaches and Herb "Reunited"

Confession #7: I snuck off camp grounds

I hate summer. I hate the unforgiving sun, the heat, the heavy stickiness in the air—I hate it all. My shirt is practically glued to my torso with a sheen of sweat because a goddamn cloud won't come by and block the sun. Yeah, summer's great because there's no school, but there's something we all forget about summertime: it's hot.

And now I'm supposed to meet Inuyasha while I'm sweaty and smell like an armpit. I don't really want the first thing Inuyasha does when he sees me after a week to be covering his nose.

"Can it get any hotter?" Sango moaned as we (me, Sango, Rei, and Aimi) lied stretched out under the shade of a tree. "It's as hot as Satan's balls out here."

"Oh my God, Sango," Rei laughed. "Satan's balls? Really?"

"I've been hanging out with the band for too long," Sango groaned, rolling onto her stomach and burying her face in her hands.

"If my parents weren't going to be here in a minute, I'd almost be tempted to take a cold shower," Aimi mumbled, rolling onto her stomach as well. "God, I really feel like a cat. I want to take a nap."

"You are a cat, Aimi."

"What time is it?" Aimi asked, ignoring me.

Rei pulled her phone out and held it up above her head, squinting at the screen. "5:55. They'll let visitors in, in five minutes."

"I can't take a nap in five minutes."

There is also no time to try to make myself look better either. I don't know how many times I've put on deodorant in the last thirty minutes, but I still seem to sweat it out every two minutes. In this heat, deodorant is useless. That's why I've been fanning myself and trying (and failing) to keep my shirt from sticking to me for the entire hour we've been laying outside. I don't want my family or Inuyasha to have to hug a sweaty me. Maybe I should change my shirt…

"Hey," Sango spoke up, rolling over to face Aimi. "This will be the perfect time for you to meet Raiden's parents."

"After all the humiliation I've suffered through this week in that godforsaken dance class? Ha," Aimi laughed with no inflection. "Yeah, maybe when I don't smell like Satan's balls."

"I said it's as hot as Satan's balls, not that we smell like them."

"We sound like a bunch of guys," Rei said, scrunching her nose up.

"We smell like a bunch of guys." I sat up, peeling the back of my shirt away from my skin, trying to air out my back. "We should head to the drop off site now."

"Right."

Nobody moved.

"All this heat is making us lazy," Rei mumbled. "And sweaty."

I lifted my arm and sniffed my pits. "Okay, I'm going to change."

"You really smell that bad?" Sango asked, a smile on her lips.

"Shut up!" I shouted, standing up and kicking nonexistent dirt at her. "At least I care enough about other's feelings to not repulse them with my sweat."

"Inuyasha is going to jump on you the second he sees you no matter how bad you smell," Sango waved off. "It's sickening how much he cares about you." She tipped her head back and smiled up at me, showing she was only joking.

I rolled my eyes. "I'll see you later."

"I want to meet your boyfriend!" Aimi shouted as I headed up the hill where our cabin sat on top of. "Don't go run off without a proper introduction first."

"Okay."

I started sprinting up the hill to get to the cabin as fast as possible, and somewhere along the way my phone fell out of my back pocket so I quickly bent over to pick it up. Out of habit, I went to my pictures and stared at the one I had taken the other night. I had taken up to staring at it because of this stupid nagging voice that had taken a permanent residence in my head.

I was starting to feel guilty.

Using a picture as blackmail is a low, underhanded trick that people with no hearts pull as a weak act of revenge. I usually would never stoop so low, but in the middle of the night I took that picture and now it's here, on my phone, in my hand. The decision to take the high road is so much harder now that I've given myself the option to take the low road.

It would be great if I was really a kind hearted person who could feel other's pain in my actions, but it's hard to think about the fact that Yuuki may really love this guy, or this guy may lose his job when Yuuki has gone out of her way to piss me off these past three days. You know, maybe if she hadn't tripped me in the mess hall (making me cover myself in spaghetti), or poured syrup over my swimsuit (I'm so lucky to have her in Swimming with me), or stomped on the drawing I did in Portraits when I dropped it on the way to a bonfire when I was showing it to Bank, then maybe I would have been able to delete the picture. But no, she had to be a supreme bitch and now I'm stuck contemplating which of my morals would I be okay tossing away.

The unrelenting bitchery I've been receiving from her makes me wonder if she somehow knows I know she's hooking up with that counselor. I can't remember doing anything else that deserves this kind of reaction. Maybe she saw the flash go off through the window, or heard me running away. But if she did know shouldn't she be treating me better? Knowing I have the very picture that could lead to her demise is rather life staking. The only thing I might have done was that brief attack at her pride the other day, but if that's what this is about, then she has some serious mental issues because this is overreacting.

Another reason to not like Talent: the people here are nutcases. Really, Ms. E, Kiyoko, Hojo, and now Yuuki; there are just too many whackos for my liking.

I snapped my phone shut. There was no time to worry about Yuuki and her mental issues; Inuyasha is coming and that's all that matters.

I ran into the cabin and pulled my shirt off over as quickly as possible and dried myself down with a towel. I then deodorized for the trillionth time and grabbed some body spray that Sango had left on top of her duffel bag. I sprayed it in the air and ran through the mist. Sango was laughing now, but while she smells like Satan's ball sack, I'm going to smell like a cucumber melon.

I dug in my trunk and pulled out the first shirt my fingers graced (Kovu's shirt from my Lion King collection; very fitting) and pulled in over my head before running back out of the cabin, full speed, determined to be there the second they allowed visitors in.

~0~

This is what I imagined when I came to the parking lot: Inuyasha would see me coming over the hill and give me his classic half-smirk half-smile and start walking towards me. As the distance between us grew shorter I wouldn't be able to control myself anymore and I would start sprinting towards his open arms. I would then jump into his embrace and shower him in kisses as if he had just come back from war. Then I would pull back and Inuyasha would be giving me one of his amazing, but rare smiles.

"I love you, Kagome," is what he'd say, his voice barely above a whisper. "I love you so much."

Clearly, I've been watching way too many movies. Scenes like that just don't happen in reality.

What really happened was not something I pictured; I spotted Inuyasha first, leaning against his car. After waiting forever for him to notice me, I decided that I couldn't wait any longer and I approached him. He was so focused on glaring at something he didn't even notice me when I leaned next to him against the car.

"To be honest, I was hoping for a bone crushing hug when you saw me, but I guess I'll have to settle for that unattractive scowl. I missed your smile so much too." I scoffed and crossed my arms. "I had this great romantic scene played out in my head too and you completely ruined it."

Inuyasha's ear twitched once in my direction before he turned around to face me, smiling as he hooked his fingers through the front belt loops of my shorts and pulled me against him. I rested my hands on his hips and tilted my head up as he leaned in close, his eyes beginning to smolder.

"Hey Kagome," he whispered, his lips were so close I felt the words more than heard them. I closed my eyes and I leaned into him when my knees went weak. "Did you miss me?"

This is way better than that romantic scene. This has Inuyasha stamped all over it which makes it perfect.

"Hmm…" I hummed in reply, standing on my toes to mash our lips together like I've been dying to do for the past week. He still smelled like Ivory Soap and whatever intoxicating cologne he used. His breath was still minty fresh. "Breath mints?" I asked in the brief second we pulled apart for needed oxygen.

Inuyasha chuckled, already leaning back in, and I felt the vibration through his chest against me. "You know me too well."

I love kisses like these, the ones that are mind blowing because there's love rather than intense passions (though those are really good too). Inuyasha only indulged in these slow, meaningful kisses when we were alone so the fact that he was completely disregarding everyone else told me that he missed me more than his cool act was letting on.

"Get a room!"

And, as usual, Bank had to come along and ruin my moment of complete bliss. I curled my fingers into the edge of Inuyasha's shirt as if it would keep his lips on mine longer, but the moment was broken and he pulled away. He kissed my forehead and I let out a slow breath before opening my eyes. I wrapped my arms around his waist and rested my cheek on his chest, looking in Bank's direction while Inuyasha wrapped an arm around my waist and leaned back against his car.

"Can we help you?" There was only a little irritation in my voice. I was starting to get used to Bank's interruptions over the months, but I still didn't like them.

"I can't say hi to one of my good friends?" Bank asked as he exchanged some complicated handshake with Inuyasha.

Not a minute after we just reunited.

"Not when your timing is horrible," Inuyasha answered. "Enjoying camp?"

"Do I enjoy getting eaten alive by mosquitoes and sharing a cabin with fifteen other guys? Of course, I'm loving camp." Bank rolled his eyes and Inuyasha laughed. "It's alright. Your girlfriend here loves to keep me busy. She's on the verge of declaring war on this girl."

"That Yuuki girl? Kagome describes her as being a real bitch."

"Yeah. I see Kagome here is keeping you up to date on camp gossip."

I smiled, proud of myself. "I do try."

"Yeah, she's even got me caught up with your romantic life." Bank started to blush while Inuyasha laughed. "Where is the lucky lady that caught this douche's attention?"

"I think Rei's family came down this weekend so she's with them. Oh! You can get the awkward part out of the way and meet her family now, Bank!" I said smiling at Bank who looked like he was going to be sick or start to hyperventilate.

"That is the stupidest idea I've ever heard!" Bank shouted. "I would just look like some creep if I did that."

"You would look like a friend of Rei's who has enough manners to introduce yourself. Ichiro is getting all this play with the family because he already knows them and her parents probably already love him and you're just lagging behind. Slackers never win, Bank."

"Ichiro is your competition, right?" Inuyasha asked for confirmation.

"God, Kagome did you tell him everything?" Bank shook his head and sighed. "And he's not my competition. He's just a friend of Rei's from back home."

"Denial," I said shaking my head. "Also not healthy."

"Well, I came over to say hi, but Kagome is driving me crazy with all this stupid stuff so I'm going to leave. I'll see you later Inuyasha. I think I saw my Mom pull up not too long ago…"

"Cowards never win either!" I shouted to Bank's back and he just tossed a hand over his shoulder. "He'll be back," I told Inuyasha. "He sucks at romance and he'll come crawling to me for advice. Actually, where's Mom and Jii-chan? And Souta?" I just remembered that my family was also supposed to be here. Cue that guilty feeling for being so excited about my boyfriend that I forgot about my family. I looked around us, but I still didn't see them anywhere. "Weren't they supposed to be riding up with you?"

"Yeah…" Inuyasha scratched the back of his neck, a sure sign that he was nervous about something. "About that…"

"What do you mean by 'about that'?" I didn't like the way Inuyasha was presenting this issue. It just sounded like something I wasn't going to like. "What's going on?"

"So you know those sweepstakes your grandpa is always applying for?"

"Those stupid things that take up all his time on Sundays? Yeah, I'm not new to the territory."

"Well, he finally won." Inuyasha gave me a sheepish grin. "They went to Hawaii."

I blinked twice. I had to have heard that wrong because what kind of cruel and heartless people would fly off to Hawaii and leave me behind at camp. My family loves me; they wouldn't go on a trip like that without me. They would at least call me if they did.

"That's not a funny joke, Inuyasha," I frowned.

"Which is why it's not a joke." My jaw dropped, my shoulders dropped. "Kagome, they—"

"They left me here to rot!" I shouted and Inuyasha flinched, flattening his ears against his head. "They just left me here, suffering at camp, while they went partying in Hawaii! Do they have no compassion, no hearts!"

"I highly doubt they're the partying type…"

"They're in frickin' Hawaii! They're living."

"Aloha!" Aimi called as she walked towards us, draping an arm around my shoulders. "Hawaii is a beautiful place."

"Yeah?" I sulked. "I wouldn't know."

Honestly, how can they just leave me at this disgusting excuse for summer fun and go to Hawaii? They could have picked me up. I'm sure missing a week of camp wasn't going to hurt anyone. Take a trip to Disney World, fine, but Hawaii? You have got to be kidding me.

"Don't worry about it Kagome," Inuyasha spoke up, reading my thoughts. "We'll go to Hawaii ourselves one day."

Well, looking at that as my consolation prize, I can't be too upset.

"Well isn't he a smooth negotiator?" Aimi mumbled in my ear before turning to extend her hand to Inuyasha. "Kagome promised I would get to meet this guy she won't shut up about and now that you two are done sucking faces we can have the proper introduction. Hi, I'm Aimi."

Inuyasha looked down at Aimi's clawed hand as he took it, sniffing the air before grimacing. "You're a neko demon."

"And you're a mangy mutt."

"Aimi!"

Inuyasha scowled. "You're—"

"Your girlfriend's new buddy." Aimi gave Inuyasha a smug smile and Inuyasha glared down at her. "I suggest you think long and hard about what you're about to say."

"You—"

"Oh look, I see Raiden. Bye!" Aimi cut Inuyasha off before he could make his rebuttal (which is going to annoy the hell out of Inuyasha. He always needs the last word) and removed her arm from around my shoulders. "I'll see you back at the cabin, Kagome. Nice meeting you dog breath!"

"I…" Inuyasha trailed off as he watched Aimi disappear. "I don't like her."

"Is it because she's a cat?"

"No! She reminds me of Kouga. And she's a cat, yeah."

"Don't worry about it," I told him, standing on the tips of my toes to give him a peck on the lips. "You'll learn to love her."

Inuyasha wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me against him, his lips inching closer to mine. "I highly doubt it."

"In a matter of time," I whispered before I was pulled in to another one of those mind blowing kisses. Separation truly does make the heart grow fonder. "Besides," I started when we finally pulled apart, "there are a lot more people you'll hate much more than Aimi."

"Who?"

Mrs. Fujimoto, Yuuki, Ichiro, Hojo. But why ruin this perfect reunion with such an ugly thing like hate?

"You'll meet them later," I promised, smiling up at Inuyasha. I took his hand and led him away from everybody. "Let's just hang out together for now."

"You don't want to introduce me to the rest of your friends?"

"I'd rather be alone with you." I looked over my shoulder and Inuyasha had a content look on his face. "Is that alright with you?"

Inuyasha gave me a lazy grin, sliding his free hand into his pocket as he let me drag him away from the mass of reuniting people.

'"It's perfect."

~0~

"It's not our lake or anything, but I thought it would suffice."

I led Inuyasha to the bank of the lake and sat down on the damp grass. I started taking off my shoes as Inuyasha plopped down beside me, rolling up his jeans and removing his socks and shoes too. We slipped our feet into the cold water, Inuyasha's foot coming to bush against mine and I smiled. I reached for his hand and laced our fingers together, resting my head on his shoulder and his cheek rested on top of my head.

I loved moments like this between us, when it was just us. Inuyasha was always the most romantic (as romantic as a slightly romantically awkward teen can get) when we were alone.

"I missed you," Inuyasha whispered into my hair and I smiled down at our reflection as it rippled in the water.

"It's only been a week," I mumbled and I felt Inuyasha tense, preparing to make some manly comeback, but I continued before he had a chance. "I bet I missed you more."

Inuyasha let go of my hand and wrapped his arm around my waist, kissing my forehead. "I'd take that bet."

"I wished you didn't suck at artsy things. Then you could have just come to Talent with me and we wouldn't have to wait for Visitor Days to see each other."

"It sucks to be musically challenged. But I have football practice all summer anyways."

It is official: football is a stupid sport.

"Next summer we're just going to have to spend a lot of time together," I concluded. We were silent for a while; listening to the crickets chirp and the cicadas hum and watching fireflies flicker in the distance. "I love you," I whispered barely audible, but by the way Inuyasha's grip tightened around my waist, I knew he heard me.

"I l—"

"Kagome!" I whipped my head around to see Hojo jogging down the hill towards us and Inuyasha removed his arm from my waist, leaning back to get a good look at Hojo. Wanting to strangle Hojo's neck doesn't even sound like a worthy punishment for ruining that moment.

"A friend of yours?" Inuyasha asked.

"Not exactly…"

"Fancy meeting you here," Hojo greeted me when he finally reached the bottom of the hill.

Yeah, seeing Hojo at the lake—the lake nobody in their right mind goes to alone at night because of some stupid haunted story—during visitor's night. Some fancy. He just murdered a moment.

I offered him a very forced smile over my shoulder. "Hey, Hojo."

Hojo stopped about five feet away from us and glanced at Inuyasha. "You must be the famous boyfriend I keep hearing about." He smiled at Inuyasha. "I envy you for being able to be with a beautiful goddess such as Kagome."

Inuyasha quirked a brow. "Really?"

Don't answer that, I silently begged. Inuyasha's tone wasn't an "interested" tone. It was a "you-might-want-to-shut-your-fuckin'-mouth-right-now" kind of tone.

"What I wouldn't give to be in your place. To have Kagome…" Hojo's eyes glazed over and Inuyasha's narrowed. "That would be a dream come true."

Idiot.

I watched as Inuyasha's jaw clenched, suppressing a growl I recognized as possessive. I rubbed my foot against Inuyasha's (where it was still hidden under the water) to try to calm him down. Did Hojo have a death wish or something? Dog demons don't share.

Inuyasha stared at Hojo for a few more seconds before pulling his feet from the water and standing up.

"What are you—" Inuyasha pulled me up before I had the chance to finish and then turned to face Hojo.

"Hobo, right?"

"Actually—"

"Close enough."

I stepped up beside Inuyasha cautiously. If he was going to attack, I would at least have to make an effort at trying to hold him back. Inuyasha draped an arm over my shoulders and pulled me close to him, not once looking away from Hojo.

He was jealous of Hojo.

. . .

Ha! That completely irrational thought just makes me laugh. Ha ha ha ha! Look, I'm laughing!

"You said Kagome mentioned I was her boyfriend, right?"

Hojo looked confused. "Uh… yeah."

"So you understand that means she's my girlfriend, as in she's dating me and she isn't some kind of whore that would even think about cheating." Oh God. "You get that?"

Hojo finally seemed to realize the insanity Inuyasha was capable of (thinking Hojo was actual competition—ha!) and he took a few steps back. "Um… I think I'm going to see if my mom is here yet."

Inuyasha pulled me even closer to him, still glowering at Hojo. "You go do that."

We watched Hojo scurry pack up the hill and disappear before I turned to face Inuyasha, shrugging his arm off my shoulders.

"You're such an overprotective bully." I looked up at him. "If you don't watch yourself you're going to turn into one of those cliché, football playing jerks who terrorize the obviously wimpy kids and I don't date cliché characters."

Inuyasha laughed and rested his hands on my hips, his forehead coming down to meet mine. "Is that one of the people you said I'd hate?"

"Yup."

"I hate him. He needs to learn how to see the fucking boundary line."

I laughed lightly and wrapped my arms around Inuyasha's neck. He hooked his fingers through the two belt loops in the front of my jean shorts and pulled me against him, causing goose bumps to run down the length of my arms. They were the good kind.

"How much trouble would you get in if I stole you away for the rest of the night?"

"A lot." I didn't even have to think about it; Kiyoko would kill me. "But that's only if I get caught."

"Hate to break it to you, but we always get caught."

"The hundredth time's the charm."

"Seriously?" Inuyasha's ears perked up and his face lit up like mine did in a candy store.

I stepped back and placed my hands on my hips. "No, I don't want to sneak out in the middle of the night with my incredibly handsome boyfriend who is being spontaneously romantic. Honestly, why would I want to do that?"

"So that's a yes."

"Of course, stupid." I grabbed his hand and my shoes and he followed in suit. "I just have to get my cover story set up and you should probably meet everybody before we got vanishing in the night. Don't want them sending out a search party for me."

Inuyasha scoffed as we started up the hill. "It's not like I'd ever let anything happen to you."

"I know."

~0~

"How good are you at thumb wrestling because I have yet to be defeated?"

Inuyasha gave Raiden a funny look. "What?"

"It's just this thing he and Sho have been doing all week," I explained. "They challenge each other on a lot of things and this week just so happened to be thumb wrestling."

"Next week we're doing yo' momma jokes," Sho informed us. "Are you any good at that?"

I thought back to all the "jokes" (that sometimes held hostility) Inuyasha and Kouga threw at each other and the stories Inuyasha told me about the boys' locker room. "He's a pro."

After walking around the camp grounds for thirty minutes trying to find my friends, we finally found most of them congregating by the mess hall, waiting for the late night snacks to be served. On Visitor's Day the kitchen cooks a bunch of food for the parents to try, but most campers take advantage of the extra food.

"Do you know where Sango is?" I asked Aimi who was playing go fish with Jakotsu and one of Jakotsu's drama friends whose name I already forgot.

"Nope. Do you have any sevens?" Aimi cursed when Jakotsu shook his head and picked a card from the deck. "But, I met her boyfriend and my guess would be that they're off in the bushes somewhere."

"Miroku should have stayed around longer so I could say hi. Do you know where Bank is?"

"Pining for Rei?"

"Do you know where Rei is then?"

"With Ichiro?"

"Do you—"

"Do I look like somebody who knows where the devil's spawn resides?"

At that moment she did.

"I'm guessing the correct answer would be no." I sighed. Did everybody else decide to sneak off campgrounds too? "Well, I'm not going to be back by lights out so I need you to cover for me and just stuff some stuff under my covers to make it look like I'm sleeping."

"That's a very uncreative trick, Kags," Aimi advised me as she handed a card over to Jakotsu's friend. "We're dealing with Kiyoko here. That woman can smell a broken rule from miles away."

"Please Aimi? I just need to get out of here."

Aimi casted a suspicious look in Inuyasha's direction as he thumb wrestled Raiden. "What exactly do you plan on doing that requires you to sneak off of camp grounds? It is only seven, Kagome."

"Get your head out of the gutter," I told her. "We just feel like driving. It's just what we do."

"It really is what they do," Jakotsu backed me up. "They're just freaks of nature that like wasting a bunch of gas."

"You see," I started, "proof that I'm not going to do anything bad. So you'll cover for me?"

"Yeah, I gotcha'. You had to use the bathroom in the middle of the night or something like that."

"Thank you, Aimi!" I gave her a quick hug and then grabbed Inuyasha's hand and dragged him away from his match with Raiden. "I'll see you later."

"You better! The last thing I need is to hear something about you turning up dead in the lake."

"Nothing's going to happen to her," Inuyasha promised, glaring at Aimi for even suggesting the possibility and Aimi just rolled her eyes. "Not while I'm here."

Lion King quote! I was smart enough to keep my mouth shut this time though, seeing as that line wasn't the most significant.

"You and Aimi need to get over the whole cat and dog thing and just get along," I told Inuyasha as we approached his car. I did a quick check around the parking lot to make sure no counselors were watching and ducked into Inuyasha's car. I buckled myself in the passenger's seat and then pulled the lever, reclining the seat so I was basically lying down. "Oh, how I've missed these seats. And you still have your blanket!" I leaned forward and opened the glove department. "Chips too."

"I switched it up though," Inuyasha said as he started backing out of the parking space. "I got barbeque instead of original."

"Ooh, daring." I opened Inuyasha armrest to pick a CD to listen to on our way to the mysterious, undecided place. "Any preferences this evening?"

"Surprise me."

I took the Anberlin CD from the armrest and slid it in, skipping to fourth track. It just had the kind of tone I was looking for at the moment.

Oh how I've tried to get you out of my head
And I lied, the broken words I said
Never thought I'd walk on this street again
Standing where it all began

And I tried to forget
When I left this town
But it takes me right back
When I come back around

"Retrace the steps we took on that long summer night," I sang along with the chorus and Inuyasha wrapped his hand around mine. "I'm back there by your side. Retrace the steps we took when we met; Worlds away, counting backwards while the stars are falling."

"I see this camp is really helping you with your singing," Inuyasha said as he let go of my hand and reached into the back seat and threw the blanket over me, effectively hiding me from the counselor that was waiting by the entrance. He waited a minute before he allowed me to remove the blanket. "You don't sound like a dying cat anymore."

"I do believe you're mistaking me with your singing."

"What?" Inuyasha pretended to be shocked. "Are you tone deaf? Oh how I find, everything screams your name," Inuyasha started singing. "It reminds me of the places and times we shared. Couldn't lived locked in these memories; now I'm chained to my thoughts again. See, that right there is talent."

"It sounded like somebody dropped a porcupine down your throat," I laughed, opening up the bag of chips and taking a handful. "I think you might be delusional."

"That song was just out of my range," Inuyasha waved off, smiling out the window as he kept on driving. "See you're wearing my shirt."

"Because I love you," I quoted the quote on the back of my shirt, batting my eyes.

"Good to know the feeling's mutual."

We drove for about an hour and a half just singing and talking and emptying out Inuyasha's bag of chips until we found a clearing that looked like a nice spot to park and Inuyasha stopped the car. I got out of the car with the blanket and chips while Inuyasha slid another CD in and rolled down the windows so we could still hear the music.

"So if you have a minute why don't we go, talk about it somewhere only we know." I grabbed Inuyasha's hand and pulled him along to the middle of the grassy area as I sang softly. "This could be the end of everything, so why don't we go somewhere only we know."

"We should make a playlist for all the songs we end up listening to when we go on these late night adventures," Inuyasha said as he took the blanket from my hand and laid it out on the ground. He sat down and pulled me down into his lap. "It will be an ongoing list of songs."

"Because we'll never stop taking these late night trips," I whispered, looking down at Inuyasha's hand that rested on my stomach. I took it in my own hand and turned it so it was palm up and then dug into Inuyasha's pockets to see if he had a pen.

"What are you doing?" Inuyasha asked, squirming around as my hand slid into his pockets.

"I'm starting our playlist," I answered, coming up with a pen. I made myself comfortable in his lap again and started writing on his palm. Somewhere Only We Know—Keane. "Number one on the playlist."

"Do you want to get some paper out of the car?"

"Nah," I said shaking my head. "If I write the songs all over you there's no way you can forget the songs by losing a sheet a paper."

"But it'll come off when I wash."

"So you're going to have to make the playlist before you wash." I added Retrace—Anberlin under the first song. "What else did we listen to?"

Inuyasha took the pen from my hand and started writing on my leg and wrote Valentine's Day—Linkin Park. Then Bulletproof Heart started playing from his car, so he wrote that down too.

"You can't write on me!" I protested. "We're supposed to write all the songs so you can go home and make the playlist. How are you supposed to make an accurate playlist when half the songs are on me?"

"I guess that just means I'm going to have to call you."

"You don't need an excuse to call me," I told him as he scribbled another song down on my thigh. I started humming a random song as Inuyasha moved me out of his lap and propped my leg up on his lap so he could continue tattooing me. "Hey! Don't write that one down. I don't want to have American Idiot written on my leg."

"We listened to it in the car so it has to go down somewhere," Inuyasha smirked. "What song were you just humming?"

"Wild Horses by Natasha Bedingfield," I said and he added it to his ongoing list on my leg. I took the pen from his hand and removed my leg from his lap. I pulled his arm to me, the pen poised, "What's another song?"

"Somebody Told Me by the Killers." I wrote it down on his forearm. "And I Dare You to Move. And All The Right Moves. And Leave Out All the Rest." I wrote down a few songs on his other arm, just to make it look somewhat symmetrical. I added Semi-Charmed Life—Third Eye Blind and then Everybody's Fool—Evanescence.

"We didn't listen to any Evanescence," Inuyasha said as he watched me move his sleeve out of the way so I could continue writing.

"I know, but the title just seemed to fit you," I shrugged. Then I started singing, "Perfect by nature, icons of self-indulgence. See? Now I made it a legit song to add since I sang it."

"I think that's cheating."

"You can't make up rules when you're making a playlist." I pushed his chin up and wrote It Ends Tonight—All American Rejects on his neck before he managed to take the pen back.

"Just singing a song so you can write the title on me defeats the purpose of this playlist." Inuyasha wrote three songs down on my other leg, The Only Hope for Me is You Alone, Party Poison, and Sing, all by My Chemical Romance. Then he pushed me down on my back and lifted the edge of my shirt, adding Kings and Queens—30 Seconds to Mars just above my shorts.

"I do believe that is an invasion of privacy," I whispered, watching as he wrote another song down on my stomach. "We listened to American Suitehearts."

"And She's My Wionna," Inuyasha added, working his way higher up my torso, writing it just above my belly button.

"It's my turn for the pen." I sat up and took the pen from Inuyasha, pushing him down on his back and straddling his hips.

"Well aren't you frisky tonight?" Inuyasha questioned as I pushed his shirt up.

I blushed and punched him in the shoulder. "Shut up. We're making a playlist."

"Whatever you say." Inuyasha moved his hands to my hips and then traced one finger up and down my spine. I had to bite down on my lip to keep from sighing.

"No distractions," I warned him, but I didn't stop him when he continued his ministrations. I wrote down five songs across his abs and then started to sing Your Song by Elton John so I could add it to the growing list. "I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind that I put down in words how wonderful life is, now you're in the world." I looked up to see Inuyasha staring at me and I smiled at him before rolling off of him and handing him the pen. "Your turn."

We carried on like that for what had to be an hour. My stomach was overpopulated with words and my back had a few songs written across it. Are You Gonna Be my Girl—Jet wrapped completely around my neck and my legs were covered in blue ink. I had mostly written on Inuyasha's chest, back, and his arms because I wasn't too keen about trying to write on his hairy legs. I was certain to put My Heart—Paramore right on his chest above his heart.

"It looks like I'm running out of room," Inuyasha mumbled as he examined every inch of my legs. He looked up at my face and moved the pen to my cheek. "Sing a song for me so I can write it down."

"And all the roads we have to winding. And all the lights that lead us there are blinding. And there are many things that I would like to say too, but I don't know how," I started singing the chorus of Wonderwall as Inuyasha carefully wrote it on my cheek. "Because maybe you're gonna be the one who saves me. And after all, you're my wonderwall." Inuyasha finished writing and looked at me. "That's the song I'm going to sing tomorrow for the show. What did you think?"

"I think you're going to have a great performance tomorrow that I'm going to miss."

I smiled widely at Inuyasha. "I'll tell Bank to record it for you."

Inuyasha smiled and looked me in the eyes before looking at my other cheek. He glanced at me again before looking back at my cheek and warning me, "Don't laugh."

"Why would I—"

"'Cause every time we touch, I get this feeling. Every time we kiss, I swear I can fly," Inuyasha started singing as he wrote on my face. He was singing the slow version that he knew I loved, but he refused to look me in the eyes as he sang. "Can't you hear my heart beat fast, I want this to last, need you in my life." He stopped singing and finished writing. When he looked up at me I was beaming at him. "Alright, I'm not singing to you ever again."

"Why not?" I laughed, smiling at his reddening face. "That was perfect."

"It sounded like a porcupine crawling down my throat," Inuyasha mumbled looking down at the blanket.

"No it didn't," I insisted, taking his face in my hands so he was looking at me. "I loved it. You sang Cascada for me."

Inuyasha shook his head. "I'm never singing to you again."

"You'll break that promise," I said as I took the pen back from Inuyasha. "This is the last song for tonight."

I started writing My Love—Sia on Inuyasha's right cheek, staring into his eyes as I sang. "My love, leave yourself behind. Beat inside me, leave you blind. My love, you have found peace. You were searching for release." I finished singing and smiled at into Inuyasha's captivating eyes. "All done."

Inuyasha leaned forward then and kissed me softly; he wrapped his hand around my neck and started playing with the hairs at the nape of my neck. I wrapped my arms around his neck and leaned into him, laying him down on his back as I hovered over him.

"You sure you just don't want to run away back home with me?" Inuyasha asked when we pulled apart, smirking up at me. "It's going to be really hard to go a whole week without this."

"As tempting as it sounds to run away with you, I can't." I rolled off of Inuyasha and cuddled into his side, one of his arms wrapping around my waist and pulling me closer to him. "I have some unfinished business here."

"You have some unfinished business with me," Inuyasha mumbled, nuzzling my neck. "But I guess I'll have to wait."

"Separation only makes the heart grow fonder."

"I really hope so."

We lied on the blanket for a long time after that, just looking up at the stars and listening to each other's breathing and the music playing from Inuyasha's car.

If you stay I would even wait all night
Or until my heart explodes
How long until we find our way in the dark and out of harm
You can runaway with me anytime you want

~0~

"I really don't want to leave yet," I told Inuyasha as we sat in his car by the front gates of Talent.

"I don't want you to leave either, but it's two in the morning. I don't want you to get in too much trouble."

"I told you, I'm only in trouble if I get caught."

"You're going to get caught," Inuyasha promised. "I've got one of those feelings."

"All the more reason to not leave this car." I turned my head to face Inuyasha, pouting. "I have to get out the car."

"Unfortunately, yes."

I sighed and stared out the windshield before finally unbuckling my seat belt. "My counselor really scares me. If I don't call you tomorrow it's because she killed me and threw me in the lake."

"You love your melodramatics," Inuyasha smirked at me and I wanted to buckle my seatbelt again and tell him to take me away with him.

"It's just who I am," I shrugged. "But I love you too."

Inuyasha smiled a barely noticeable, but content smile. "I love you, Kagome."

I smiled at him and then reached for the latch on my door to open it, but Inuyasha pulled on my arm and back into the car the second I got my first foot out.

"Inu—"

Inuyasha pulled me down onto his lips and tangled his hands in my hair, giving me another mind blowing kiss before I left him. I turned around, standing up on my knees in the passenger seat, cupping his face in my hands, retuned the kiss as best as I could before the demand for oxygen forced us apart.

"Just something to last you for the next week," Inuyasha smirked as he slipped his hands out of my hair.

"Mmhmm…" I was still trying to blink the floating hearts out of my vision. "I think you just put me in a daze."

Inuyasha laughed and kissed me one more time. "I'll talk to you later, Kagome."

"Right," I said nodding my head. "I'll call you with my side of the playlist."

"I'll have the CD burned for next time."

I smiled at Inuyasha again and reluctantly got out of the car and shut the door. Inuyasha drove about five miles an hour, looking back at me through the side view mirror until he faded from view.

Now I just have to wait another week.

At least my Inuyasha battery was recharged, I thought to myself as I headed through the entrance and down the path that led me towards the Crazy Frogs cabin. I don't know how I made it back to the cabin considering I was too busy replaying my evening in my head instead of paying attention to where I was directing my feet to go.

"Kagome Higurashi." I looked up to see Kiyoko walking off the front steps of the cabin. "You're late."

I see my excuse didn't work. "Yeah…"

Kiyoko flashed her flashlight at me and gave me a funny look when she saw all the writing that covered my body. She shook her head before saying, "We have zero tolerance for people who break the rules."

"I understand." At this point I was not up for a lecture. I wanted to just crawl in my bed so I could dream about Inuyasha.

"You have kitchen duty for the next week. You'll need to be up at six tomorrow to help with breakfast." Kiyoko tried to stifle a yawn uphold her strict persona but she failed "Now… now go to bed."

"Yes ma'am."

I might have showed some indignation about having to get up at such an ungodly hour, but I was too hopped up on Inuyasha to care.

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So, I took a break from the usual camp drama to give you some much need Inuyasha and Kagome fluff and I hoped you like it. I am SUPER sorry about the ridiculously long delay. At first I had writer's block, but then I finally got over that and then school work just got hectic. This semester requires a lot more work than last semester especially since AP tests are around the corner so I'm getting drowned in psychology review. I have 170 terms to define by Monday and I haven't started them. But, I got this Friday off and I just needed to type. Thankfully the AP exams are early this year so after May 2nd I'm basically done with psychology. More time to update!

I have good news though. This ENTIRE story has been planned out. An 8 page, front and back outline, that I did when I was supposed to be studying for finals last semester, but I devoted my time to this story instead. There will be about 22 chapters total and I no longer have worry about being completely lost on what's going to happen next. Maybe updating won't take forever this time.

Last thing: I had this chapter done April 1, 2011, but you're not getting get until now because a certain editor decided to give up all things Inuyasha for lent so that's the reason for the extra wait.

Please REVIEW!

~Kimiko888~

Giving InuYasha up for lent = hardest thing ever. Have you ever suffered a withdraw from a comic? I can now say that I have. Also, my apologies for the even longer wait! The week after Easter was unusually busy!

~hanmajoerin