InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Bishies Without Shirts ❯ Love is a Two Way Street ( Chapter 24 )

Chapter 24: Love is a Two Way Street

"Souta, do you have to study now?" Inuyasha griped. His voice was edged with irritation at being interrupted from the video game, but his eyes were focused only on Sesshoumaru, and they were gloating. "Onii-chan, you promised to help him study, ne? How surprisingly nice of you. I don't remember you ever taking that much interest in my education. Well Kagome, I can see that we'd only be in the way if we stayed here. Why don't we go somewhere else and leave these two alone."

"Inuyasha!" Sesshoumaru hissed as the hanyou took Kagome by the hand and lead her out the door. Inuyasha turned around, his mouth breaking into the biggest, stupidest grin that Sesshoumaru had ever seen on his half-brother's face.

"What's the matter, Maru-chan?" Inuyasha asked, his voice infuriatingly innocent. Then leaning in, he dropping his voice to barely a whisper and said "Thanks for taking care of the brat. He wouldn't have been happy until he had found us, as you can see, so we had to figure out some way of keeping him occupied. If there's one thing I'm learning from you, brother, it's patience. Have fun, onii-chan. I know I will." With a sly wink at Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha turned and picked up Kagome, throwing her over his right shoulder in a fireman's carry.

"Put me down!" she giggled fiercely as he descended the stairs, pounding him lightly on the back with her fists in mock distress. Without so much as breaking his stride, he reached up and gently slapped her on the behind, sending Kagome into a fit of hysterical giggles and causing Sesshoumaru to growl in frustration and embarrassment. When they had reached the bottom of the stairs, Inuyasha gently lowered her back down to her feet and pulled her pink, giggling face in for a quick but deep kiss.

"Mmmm…" Kagome sighed into his mouth before pulling away. "Think he bought it?"

"Of course." he chuckled softly, his eyes dancing with mirth. "Did you see his face? He's so pissed!"

"Serves him right!" Kagome laughed. "Like I don't know what time Souta comes home everyday!"

"Like I couldn't sense him waiting outside the doorway for ten minutes before he went downstairs... the pervert."

"He wasn't kidding, then. He really does think we're absolute morons, doesn't he?" Kagome frowned.

"Well, he thinks I'm an absolute moron." Inuyasha said as he nibbled at the spot on her neck below her ear. "You're just guilty by association."

"Ah. I see." She giggled as he hit a particularly ticklish spot. "We morons stick together, is that it?"

"Something like that." he said between working the kisses up her jaw line. "Although it doesn't help that you've been acting like an absolute moron since he got here."

"Why you-!" He found an easy way to quickly silence her anger. When their lips parted again, he leaned down and whispered into her ear.

"Can we go somewhere and…" he paused, unable to remember what she had called it when they had been doing it upstairs.

"Make out?"

"Yeah, can we go do that again?" he said, leaning his head against hers so that their foreheads were resting against each other and he could look deep into her eyes or right down her shirt, depending on what he wanted to see at the time. "That was…fun." Kagome laughed softly, placing her palms flat against his chest and pushing him lightly back a few centimeters.

"Actually, I was thinking of something a little more social, that is if you're feeling up to it."

"That depends on what you mean." he said, his cheerful tone taking on a sour edge of suspicion.

"Well," Kagome started, coyly twisting one of his forelocks around her finger, "I was talking to one of my friends today, and she pointed out that she's still never met my mysterious boyfriend…"

"Am I your mysterious boyfriend?" he smiled, drawing her close to his chest again.

"Who else?" she laughed, kissing him on the chin. "Anyway, I was wondering if I could invite one of my friends over to finally meet you…" she closed her eyes and stood up on her toes, placing her lips gently on his before they abruptly disappeared beneath hers, leaving her to kiss thin air as he backed out of her embrace.

"What?" he demanded. "Have you lost your mind?"

"Well why not?" she asked, unable to hide the disappointment in her voice.

"Why not? Why not?! Are you trying to invite a disaster? For one thing, Sesshoumaru's right upstairs! And for another," he pointed to the top of his head.

"My brother will keep your brother busy for hours!" she pleaded. "And Mama can help me figure out a way to cover your ears."

"One of those stupid, stuffy hats again? NO WAY!" He folded his arms over his chest and turned away from her, making a show of putting his foot down.

"Please, Inuyasha!" she begged, tugging at his sleeve. "It would only be Ayumi! She's really nice and not as loud as Yuka and Eri. But if she meets you, then she can tell the others and maybe they'll ease up a little."

"No they won't! They'll all want to come over here and annoy me!"

"No," she insisted. "We'd be safe for awhile! They'll be so busy pumping Ayumi for every single excruciating detail about you that they won't bother us for at least a few days."

"But they will come! Why not just avoid this whole ridiculous thing in the first place, Kagome? This is a BAD idea!" he hissed, his eyes occasionally scanning the area for Higurashi-san as the argument became more heated and subsequently louder.

"Because people are starting to ask questions! If my friends never get to meet you then they're always going to think of you as that violent, two-timing jerk I made you out to be that one time…"

"You did what?!"

"Or worse, they'll think I made you up! How horribly embarrassing would that be? Not to mention the fact that if they never meet you, they're going to keep trying to set me up with Houjo-kun…" That did it. Inuyasha's arms dropped uncertainly to his sides and he started to get flustered.

"You tell that guy to stay away from you! I mean it! If he so much as comes within smelling distance of this house again, I'll rip his throat out!"

"YOU SEE?!" Kagome exclaimed, pointing her finger in his face, "Violent and selfish!"

"That's different…" he grumbled, setting his jaw in a pout. "You're threatening me with another guy! That's not how a mate should behave…"

"Are you threatening me now?" Kagome whispered fiercely, tugging on his forelocks to get him to look at her face. Struggling to get a hold on her temper before the situation flared out of control, Kagome took a deep breath, then slowly began again.

"It's not at all like that, Inuyasha. I guess what it all comes down to is that I love you, and I'm proud to be with you. I want my friends to meet you so that I can show you off and they can be extremely jealous of me for landing such a tough, strong, sweet, bishounen."

Be they ningen, youkai or somewhere in between, never underestimate the power of a woman's sincere flattery on a young man's bruised ego.

"Bishounen, huh?" he growled good-naturedly, a hungry grin spreading over his face as he grabbed the sides of her arms and dipped his head down to claim her mouth again, this time his tongue snaking it's way past her teeth to taste the inside of her sweet mouth.

"Mmmm…" he sighed through his nose as her fingers crept up his arms and into his hair, his own fingers sliding down to her hips, then further down to cup her bottom and pull her hips tightly against his.

"Eh-hem!" Inuyasha's ear swiveled around at the faint noise, but the rest of his body was otherwise occupied and didn't respond.

"Excuse me!" the voice insisted, louder this time, finally prompting the correct response. Kagome pulled herself out of the steamy embrace, blushing madly and staring contritely at the floor. Inuyasha groped blindly for a moment before he figured out that Kagome was gone, then turned to look stupidly to his left, where he was greeted with the sight of Higurashi-san tapping her foot on the floor.

"So, what were you two up to?" she asked quietly, but he could tell by the way that she asked it that she already had her suspicions.

"Playing Tekken." he said defensively. "Ask Souta!"

"Oh? Who won?" Higurashi-san asked, trying to hide her amusement. It would do no good to encourage them.

"Kagome, but only because-" he stopped as Kagome elbowed him in the ribs. "Higurashi-san," he amended, bowing to her for the second time that day, "I am very sorry and embarrassed that you're going to have to reprimand me again. Maybe it would be best if I went home."

"And leave me alone with your brother? Not a chance!" Higurashi-san teased, ruffling the boys hair. "Just slow it down, guys, Ok? I don't want any puppy-eared grandchildren…yet." She gave Inuyasha a conspiratorial smile, while Kagome tried to see if she could use her miko powers to sink into the floorboards.

"Well, now that you're done…playing." Higurashi-san continued, "What are you planning for the rest of the afternoon? Do you have any homework, Kagome?"

"Not today…" Kagome smiled nervously, not about to admit that she had no idea whether she did or not, seeing as how she'd left school a few hours early. "Actually, Mama, if it would be alright, I'd like to invite Ayumi over so that she can meet Inuyasha." Higurashi-san looked from her daughter's hopeful eyes to Inuyasha's panic-stricken ones, conflicted.

"Well, it's alright with me, dear. Ayumi is such a sweet girl…but do you think this is wise, Kagome?"

"Mama," Kagome sighed, pleading her case. "I would like, if just for one afternoon, to be a normal girl who does a normal thing like introduce her boyfriend to one of her friends! It doesn't have to be a disaster! We could ask Souta to keep Sesshoumaru busy, and of course, explain to Sesshoumaru why he's being kept busy… And if you'll help me, I'm sure we can figure out a way to make Inuyasha look a little more human- without making him too uncomfortable!" she added when Inuyasha shot her distrustful glance.

"I still don't know about this…" he grumbled.

"Inuyasha, if you're going to be a part of my life, then eventually you are going to have to meet people!"

"But why does it have to be today? Sesshoumaru's here and I'm still not feeling well!" Kagome asked her mother to excuse them for a moment and dragged Inuyasha into the living room.

"Don't give me that crap, mister!" she whispered harshly, poking him in the chest with her index finger. "Less than an hour ago you wanted to do something that requires a lot more energy than meeting one of my friends, and I didn't hear you complaining until I asked you to stop!"

"Yeah, but I was enjoying THAT, and it probably would have done wonders for my health!"

"Shh! Listen to me. This is important, Inuyasha. I don't ask you for very much, do I?" Inuyasha looked up at the ceiling and began to count silently on his fingers. "Ok! Ok! I get it! I ask you for things all the time, alright?! Sheesh, when did you become so passive-aggressive?"

"I learned it from you."

"How sweet. You couldn't have picked up one of my better qualities?"

"No, no…this one's much more infuriating." He smirked at her.

"Tell me about it!" she said, eyeing him nastily. "If you weren't so close to the table..."

"You know, you're awfully cute when you're about to sit me." he teased, encircling her waist in his arms. "It's almost worth the pain."

"That's love, pal."