InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Life She Chose ❯ Christmas Decorations ( Chapter 6 )

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The Life She Chose

 

Chapter 6:

 

Kagome couldn't sleep. She had been laying awake in her bed since she got home from the store, and that had been about three hours ago. Sighing, Kagome got up and showered, knowing that she wasn't going to fall asleep, and even if she did she would only get a few hours of sleep until everyone else was waking up. She dressed in a pair of old jeans and a green shirt that had the Grinch on it. On the back in large writing it said `because his heart was two sizes too small.'

 

She left the room, and went to a big closet in the hallway. A closet that she had dedicated just to Christmas stuff.

 

For the next few hours, Kagome hung up garland, and indoor lights. She hung mistletoe under doorways, to add a bit of romance to the house, hoping that the happiness of the others would relieve the tension. Kagome packed up all the knick knacks that she had up all year round, and decorated with snowman, elves and Santa. As she worked, she jammed to Christmas music on her I-pod.

 

Garland hung around the doorframes, stockings hung over the fireplaces. Windows were covered in fake snow and holiday cling-ons. The dining room was beautiful, with white lights and candles everywhere. Every bathroom in the house had Christmas shower curtains, towels, and rugs. All the curtains that hung over the windows were now red, green, or had some kind of cute Christmas like design on them.

 

Kagome had wrapped the front door in shinny, green wrapping paper, and had put a giant red bow on it. She had pushed a sleigh, led by Rudolph, in the front yard. Red, light-up, candy canes lit the path to the front door. The porch was covered with white lights.

 

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InuYasha groaned, and pulled the pillow over his head. He had been up ever since Kagome had started making noise. She was so damn loud that it was waking him up. Amazingly, Sesshomaru was still sleeping, even though his hearing was better then InuYasha's since he was a full demon. InuYasha could hear him snoring, another reason he couldn't sleep. Sesshomaru had always yelled at InuYasha when they were kids for being loud, when he got up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. He had no idea how he was sleeping through all the racket Kagome was making. He had either gotten use to how loud Rin was, or was sleeping with a good set of earplugs in. InuYasha was betting on the latter.

 

Biting his tongue from screaming in annoyance, InuYasha kicked his feet, and rustled miserably around the bed. Now it sounded like Kagome was on the damn roof, and he could hear every damn step she took. All he wanted to do was sleep, but nooooooo! He had to be stuck in a house where there was an amazingly loud girl, who never seemed to sleep. Oh how the Gods must hate him…

 

Rolling his eyes, InuYasha got out of bed. He quickly pulled on a pair of jeans, a sweatshirt and his Nikes. Grumbling, he tried to navigate his way to the stairs, only getting lost once, he eventually made his way to the front door, and outside.

 

“What the hell are you doing? Do you realize what time it is? Why are you making noise at this un-Godly hour?” InuYasha demanded, scaring Kagome, who whipped around, to find the owner of the voice, only to get her legs wrapped in the lights she had been hanging on the roof.

 

“What are you talking about `un-Godly'? It's seven o'clock!” Kagome yelled down, glancing at the watch on her wrist. “And what does it look like I'm doing? I'm DECORATING!” With that, Kagome made a move to stand closer to the edge of the roof, to see him a little better, not realizing her lights were wrapped around her legs. Before she knew it, she was sliding down the shingles, and off the roof, the lights that she had already stapled down where the only thing that kept her from falling.

 

Cursing under his breath, InuYasha grabbed the ladder Kagome had used to climb up to the roof, and leaned it against the roof, next to where Kagome was hanging upside down.

 

Quickly climbing halfway up the ladder, InuYasha wrapped an arm around Kagome, and continued to climb up. Enduring a great deal of screaming from Kagome, who was being carried up the ladder upside down, and getting kicked by her feet, InuYasha finally got to the top, without dropping her on purpose, and set her down. He worked on getting the lights off her legs as he scolded her.

 

“Why would you go up there without anyone out here to make sure you didn't fall? That was a stupid move. And how did you manage to get these damn lights around your legs? You're really clumsy. You know? I'm truly amazed that you managed to hang yourself, upside down, with a strand of Christmas lights.”

 

Kagome opened her mouth, to retort rudely, but found that her voice had left her. Her mind seemed to be too focused on InuYasha's fingers that brushed against her legs, as he pulled her free. Just the slightest touch from him, made shivers wonder up her spine, just like when they were teenagers.

 

“You cold?” InuYasha stopped yelling to ask, finally getting the lights off her legs, and pulling her to her feet. He had noticed she had been taking chills, and wasn't sure if it was from being outside to long in the cold, or because she had been scared when she was hanging upside down.

 

“Uhhh…no. I'm ok.” Kagome answered quickly, pulling her hand out of his. “….Thanks.” She whispered, not looking directly in his eyes.

 

“Keh. It's not like I could have just left you hanging there. The others would have killed me if anything happened to you. Then the press would probably think I killed you, since we broke up and all.” InuYasha muttered, stringing the lights across the roof.

 

“What are you doing?” Kagome asked, watching him do what she had been attempting to do since she got up here.

 

“What the hell does it look like I'm doing? I'm putting up your damn Christmas lights, since you seem incapable of that.” InuYasha snapped, angrily, continuing to string them across the roof, and staple them down.

 

“If you're going to insult me, then don't do it.” Kagome said, getting pissed off herself. She was grateful that he saved her, really she was, but….why did he have to be such an ass about it? Of course there was what had happened between them, but…she was trying to get back on his good side.

 

“Shut up. I'm doing it. Now either be grateful and go make me some breakfast, or continue to stand up here, nag me until I'm finished, and then make me breakfast.” InuYasha ordered Kagome, not even looking up at her. If he was going to be stuck with Kagome, then he was going to make her life a living Hell for as long as he could.

 

Kagome sighed in defeat, not knowing what else to do. She couldn't exactly be really mean to the guy. Not after what she put him through. After all the pain she made him go through before, Kagome didn't feel like she had a right to be mean to him. She should try to make it up to him, even if he wouldn't accept it. Slowly Kagome made her way to the ladder.

 

“InuYasha,” Kagome said quietly. He glanced up at her, to show he was listening. “Ramen?” She asked, already knowing the answer.

 

“What the fuck else, bitch?” InuYasha snapped, without skipping a beat. Kagome smirked, and climbed down a ladder. Bitch was a word that dog demons used to show possession, of a female that would make a good mate, or should be considered a mate. They never used it as an insult; it was only used as a compliment. Kagome knew that the word had slipped, that InuYasha really hadn't meant to say it. But still, even knowing that it was just a slip up, and he would probably never say it again, it warmed her heart.

 

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A/N: thanx again 4 readin!! Sorry this toke so long to get out. I've just been having trouble trying to get my storys out. I keep getting new ideas, or I keep deleting the chapter and starting over. but, hey, at least its out… right? Shit…I didn't realize how short this was….sorry.