Ta-da! I'm dedicating this to sathreal, who was the first one to show any activity towards my baby. Many thanks! Oh, I also narrowly avoided a trip to the hospital today; I almost got hit by a bus walking home! x.x So anyway…

Disclaimer: all rights go to the amazing Rumiko Takahashi, for giving the world these characters. I just make them my personal puppets to control as I wish! *cue lightning and evil laughter* Have fun! :D

That had been way too close for my liking. I'd had time to rub one of Inuyasha's ears and hear that pretty little mewl again before he tried to shoo me off. "Get outta here moron! I don't want to be explaining this." I had another idea light up, and took off without a word. Oh, this day had turned out much better than I could've wished for.

'Stupid wolf…'

I watched to make sure I couldn't see him anymore, and sank down until my nose was just above the water. It was obvious something had been going on; I could feel my face still burning. Just in time for everyone to show up…great.

"Inuyasha, what are you doing?"

Ahh, it was just Kagome. She was actually pretty cute for a human (not that I'll ever say it) but when I looked at her now, after that kiss…nothing. Nada. Zilch. Zip. Yea, sure, I liked her most days, mostly when she wasn't throwing out 'sit' commands. But just in the way of friends. Kouga though…I felt my face warming again. No, focus, nothing happened!

"Feh. What's it look like? I'm taking a bath." I put on a face and hoped she couldn't see the color still lingering. She looked a bit suspicious, but thankfully it worked.

"Oh…well I just wanted to come tell you goodbye. I'm going home for a couple of days." She waved and turned the bi-sih-kul thing around, riding off the way she came. I stared while I waded back to the shore, considering how many times I would get a 'sit' for trying to fit into that bag of hers. It was like a traveling version of the well…wait a second.

'Where are the rest of my clothes?'

I had pants on and Tetsusaiga strapped to my hip, but for some reason I couldn't find anything else. Fine! I'd let my nose tell me what my eyes obviously couldn't. I sat on the ground, smells and sounds mingling around. I could feel my ears filtering away all the extra noise. There, off a ways and…Kouga too? I made the connection a second later.

Oh, he was in trouble.

Creepy as I felt, stealing Inuyasha's clothes and wearing them, I thought it was a good idea. Now he had to come find me…and they smelled like him too. I turned and straddled the tree branch I was on, scratching at the bark, lost in thought. It was only a matter of time.

All too soon I came to realize why Inuyasha always looked like he was sleeping in this tree. The warmth of the sun on his robes, plus my own clothes under it, was shutting me down for sleep. Maybe that wasn't such a bad idea…I crawled down to the ground and settled back. Sleep enveloped me moments later.

'Kouga…'

Hands…trailing down my neck and across my chest, the clothes that covered it long discarded. Soft breaths by my ear, the mouth they came from nipping gently. The hands moved ever lower, fingertips skimming my waist and making me squirm. A pressure settled on my hips, like I was being straddled…

And my eyes opened to meet a pair of amused amber ones. It took a moment to realize I was, in fact, shirtless, and the eyes I was staring into belonged to none other than Inuyasha, who did happen to be sitting on me.

"Damn…I oughta steal your clothes more often. I'm really starting to like this."

"Well, don't get used to it. You're one hell of an ass, and I think it's my turn to play, hm?" I just stared as those amber eyes flickered down my body and back up, giving my delicious chills. He wasn't thinking…I gasped as cold air blew across my stomach, and a warm tongue, my hand unconsciously weaving a hold in his hair.

"Oh…"

When my eyes opened, I found the stars above me, and another body pressed against mine. I smiled at the sleeping wolf and brushed a hand through his undone hair, marveling at how the black looked against my own pale hand. Finally, for one of the first times in my life, I had woken up in someone's arms and the urge to run hadn't appeared. I nuzzled into his neck and breathed in, wondering how I, of all possible choices, had gotten this lucky.

I was Inuyasha, a half-breed, a disgrace to both my races. Any self-respecting demon, including what family I had left, would never accept me, nor would I ever be able to live alongside humans without their doubts gnawing away at me. Sure, I pretended not to care, but even one such as me had the right to their emotions. I squeezed my eyes shut and tried to fall back asleep.

Perhaps morning would be better…

I'm sorry if the guys get OOC, but hey, it's my fanfic! :D If you have any suggestions, let a girl know, eh? I'm horribly nasty sick, so I gotta put some nasty stuff on me to keep my runny nose away Dx *is hit by the vengeance-seeking bus*