InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Death, No Reason To Forget Love ❯ Night at the Higurashi House ( Chapter 8 )

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha! I only own the story! But wouldn't it be good if I did own the show? Or the manga? Hmm… Anyway, I hope you enjoy! This kinda took me a long time to write. But besides my meaningless rambling, Inuyasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi.

NOTE: Yes, I know in this chapter Inuyasha calls himself a cat, but a lot of people think he has cat ears so that's where I got it from… Don't ask.

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Death, No Reason To Forget Love

Chapter Eight: Night At The Higurashi House

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Min utes after the last accident, Ms. Higurashi had walked up to the Styrofoam cups on the counter, stirring each one for a couple seconds before pouring the contents in different bowls, letting them have more space to cool off in. It was as she was setting up the last bowl on the table before Inuyasha came down the stairs again. Fully clothed in his regular outfit, the smell of the noodles had led him into the kitchen, as if in a trance.

"Why, hello, Inuyasha!" Ms. Higurashi said as she saw him, laughing as he made a beeline straight to the table and sat down. "Jeez, are you that hungry? It seems like you haven't ate in days!"

"I ate some meat that Sango had cooked for us earlier, but nothing compares to this!" Inuyasha said, quickly digging into his food with the fork. He had never used one that often, but it really wasn't that hard to figure out.

Souta followed the same pattern as his dog brother, digging in the same way. Having a large amount of noodles wrapped around his fork, Souta quickly put the fork into his mouth, eyes welling up with tears as he burned his tongue, almost choking as he swallowed them without chewing, burning the back of his throat. He would've spit out the noodles and ran to the nearest sink for some cold water, but he thought it would've been rude, especially since a guest was over.

Ms. Higurashi, who had been blowing on her fork with few noodles, put her fork into her mouth and swallowed, afterwards noticing what was going on. She handed her son a glass of water, which he gulped down in an instant. "Be careful, dear. Take your time."

Souta nodded, raising his fork again and blowing on the hot noodles.

"Mmm…" Inuyasha hummed, the rim of the bowl to his lips as he slightly tipped it, drinking the chicken broth. Almost slamming his bowl back onto the table, Inuyasha looked around to see three sets of eyes looking at him-- Ms. Higurashi's, Souta's, and Buyo's, who had been laying on the kitchen counter staring at him. "Um… I'm done?"

"Yes, we see that. Until me and Souta are done eating, why don't you just sit here or play with Buyo?" Ms. Higurashi suggested, nodding her head as Inuyasha's mind was made up in not even a second. Seconds later Inuyasha had picked up Buyo and was sitting in the middle of the kitchen floor, pestering the cat. Buyo backed away from Inuyasha at first, not used to his new, clean scent. But soon Buyo purred, walking over to Inuyasha then curling up in his lap, rubbing her head across the back of his hand.

"Hey, Inuyasha," Souta spoke up. "How come you get along so well with Buyo?"

"I don't know, I've never really thought about it. Maybe it's because she thinks I'm a cat?" Inuyasha joked, pointing up to his ears. "Kirara always gets along with me really good, too. Must be because I train with her often."

About five minutes later, Souta and Mother were finished with their noodles. "That was good!" Ms. Higurashi had said cheerfully, piling the bowls into one another, then placing the silverware in the top bowl, walking over to the sink to wash them. Meanwhile, Souta had gone upstairs to work on his homework, leaving Ms. Higurashi and Inuyasha alone in the kitchen. Ms. Higurashi was standing near the sink, doing the dirty dishes while Inuyasha was still sitting on the floor, not able to move since the overweight Buyo had fallen asleep on him.

"Inuyasha… Truthfully, how far have you gotten with my daughter?" Ms. Higurashi asked calmly while rubbing a soapy sponge over one of the last dishes, making sure it got completely dry with a dish towel afterward.

"What?!" Inuyasha asked, surprised as he looked up to Ms. Higurashi wide-eyed. He wasn't sure if he understood her correctly.

"How far did you ever go with her?"

"Well… I think we traveled the world at least once."

If she could've, Ms. Higurashi would've done a face fall right then and there. Sighing, she laughed and turned around, looking down at the boy who would've been her future son-in-law. "No, dear. Not like that. What I mean is… How far… Sexual… Physically… have you gone with her?"

"Oh, well um… Gee…" Inuyasha said nervously, scratching the back of his neck. "I don't know…"

"Inuyasha…" Ms. Higurashi said sternly, crossing her arms across her chest as she tapped her foot.

Inuyasha had saw that look once before, and he knew that meant she needed an answer now. "Pretty far?"

Ms. Higurashi only nodded, really not wanting to pry any deeper into the subject. "What time is it?" he asked, trying his best to change the subject.

Ms. Higurashi looked at the kitchen clock, pointing out to Inuyasha that it was around '9:30' at night. "Souta has already gone to sleep, and since you'll need to get up early tomorrow also why don't you head to bed?"

Inuyasha then carefully picked up Buyo from off his lap and set her on the ground as he stood up. Walking to the front door, Ms. Higurashi stopped him, asking where he was going. "I'm going to my tree."

"No, dear! You don't have to sleep in a tree, sleeping on a cushion or mattress will be much better! Do you mind if you slept in… Kagome's room?"

"Kagome's room?" Inuyasha repeated, his face becoming hot. He had been there a couple times with Kagome, even accidentally fallen asleep there a couple times before, but he had never been left there alone. "A-are you sure?"

"Yes." Ms. Higurashi laughed before going on. "I trusted you since Kagome first introduced you to our family formally, and I trust you to be in her bedroom alone, even though you can be a little… rude and destructive sometimes. And, since she's no longer here, I don't have to worry about getting any puppy-eared grandchildren!"

Those last words hit Inuyasha hard as he sighed, looking down, his eyes narrowing in confusion. "Puppy-eared grandchildren?"

Ms. Higurashi finally finished drying the last dish as she put it away before walking over to Inuyasha, putting a hand on his shoulder, even though he was taller than she was. "I'm sorry. I was always thinking about you're future together. Don't tell me you never thought of it either."

"Yeah, I have thought about it from time to time… But, I'm just gonna have to move on," Inuyasha started, taking a quick glance down at Ms. Higurashi before walking the opposite direction again, out into the hallway where he soon turned left up the stairs. Once upstairs, he walked down the same hallway he had been in earlier. Smiling lightly to himself as he saw Souta's bedroom door creaked open and Souta inside fast asleep under his warm covers, Inuyasha resumed walking down the hall and turned into Kagome's room.

Out of all the things in this world at the time, it was her scent that got him the most. He missed her sweet scent more than anything, and he just wished that she could be sitting in front of him at the moment, just talking or anything else. Inuyasha wished that he could hold Kagome in his arms just one more time… He sat down on her bed, once again smiling like he did last time as memories reawakened in his head. Soon, Inuyasha found himself lying with his back on the bed, legs straight, feet sticking out the end of the bed and hands behind his head as he stared at the ceiling. Ms. Higurashi walked in soon afterwards.

"Inuyasha, try and get some sleep okay? Just go under the covers, I'll turn out the light."

Inuyasha's train of thoughts stopped abruptly when he heard Ms. Higurashi's voice, but he then sat up, feeling awkward as he stood from the bed and pulled back the pink covers, feeling Ms. Higurashi trying her hardest not to laugh as he sighed while pulling the covers over him, feeling content under the warm covers.

"Comfortable, Inuyasha?" she asked, finally letting it out as she started laughing, seeing a nod from Inuyasha. "See, I told you this would be more comfortable!" Inuyasha agreed with her there, no question about it. Ms. Higurashi then turned off the bedroom light and shut the door so that there was only a creak left between the frame and the lock, much like Souta's door was earlier.

It didn't take much for Inuyasha to fall asleep, for he was relaxed, comfortable and warm under the covers, things he'd never felt all at the same time before.