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The Effects of Absence
InuYasha watched Kagome put their son to bed, laying him gently into the wicker basket that was his cradle. The light from the lamp and the fireplace cast warm highlights on her hair and her skin as she gently tucked the silver-haired child in, ran a gentle finger over one of the boy's puppy ears. She was the very picture of a loving mother.
She looked at InuYasha, gave him a little smile as she stood up. For a moment, neither of the said anything, but in that moment, something changed, and the air grew electric.
He tossed a log onto the fire, and stood up. Suddenly she was wrapping herself around him. "You were gone too long!"
His arms wrapped around her, automatically, "You..."
She cut him short as she pressed her mouth to his, a hot and hungry kiss. Even as he let himself be swept up in it, he could feel her hands fumbling for the ties to his jacket. The intensity of her attack lit his own fire and they quickly found themselves sinking to the floor.
When she finally let him come up for air, he was laying there half dressed and her robes were open. He gave her a little smirk. "So you really did miss me, eh?"
Her eyes flashed with an intensity that was almost scary. "Strip," she said. "I'll go get the futon."
As he slid the fabric of his shirt and jacket off, he grinned. "Homecomings. Got to love'em," he whispered. "Maybe I need to be gone for two weeks at a time more often."
By the time she was done with him, he wondered if he'd need two weeks to recover.