Naraku sat on the bed, dropped his head into his hands, and groaned.

"I don't care." Sesshoumaru argued. "You said and I quote; we can do whatever you want when I get done with my meetings."

"That's not what I said." He looked up at the boy who was glaring down at him.

Sesshoumaru narrowed his ambers upon him. "Maybe not in those exact words but you still said that."

"Well then you can't quote me if it's not what I said."

"Don't change the subject." He growled. "Now you said we could go do something when you got done. You're done and we're going." He ordered.

Naraku sighed in defeat. "Very well." He stood up to gather his things so they could go do whatever it was the boy wanted to do. "At least I'll be able to pick something up for this damn headache. So where are we going?"

"The art museum." Sesshoumaru nodded curtly. "And before you even start, no complaining. It'll just make it worse and you'll still do it anyway."

"At least it'll be quiet." Naraku sighed.

"It's your own fault for drinking so much." Sesshoumaru glared at him. "I figured out of anyone you would at least know better."

"I do." He headed for the door with the boy right behind him. "But sometimes you just have to indulge."

"Why?"

Naraku sighed deeply. "Because what fun is life if you're always restraining yourself?" He questioned back as he led them down the hall towards the elevator.

"You don't have to restrain yourself to still have fun in life." Sesshoumaru pointed out. "Life without moderation is madness."

"Who told you that?"

"My dad." He answered curtly. "He was a wise man, the wisest man I know still."

"Oh ho aren't you just the funniest thing ever." He rolled his eyes as he punched the button for the elevators.

"I like to think so." Sesshoumaru looked up at him an nodded. "Especially where your not so funny sense of humor is concerned."

Naraku entered the elevator when the doors opened with the boy right behind him. "Yes, that's why I never hear anyone around you laughing at anything you say." He pointed out punching the button for the first floor. "Then again that would require you to have friends and beyond seeing that girl ONE time I've seen no one else around you."

Sesshoumaru pressed his lips together tightly and scowled. "I told you I don't like people AND I talk to enough of them every day at school. Shouldn't that be enough socialism for one day or even a lifetime?"

"You don't count it by what you've already done." Naraku nodded curtly. "You count it by what you will do."

"That's stupid." He huffed. "Besides whether I talk to people or not shouldn't matter AND," he glared at him. "I'm done having this same conversation with you over and over again."

"Fine." He sighed and exited the elevator. "Let's just get this day over with so I can come back and sleep."

Sesshoumaru glared at him as he followed behind and decided that he was going to drag this day out as long as possible. This would be his punishment for drinking, the stupid nickname, and for being such a drunken tease.

xx

If he could give himself a lethal injection and end it all he would. Sesshoumaru had dragged him all over Atlanta with the only breaks allowed were stopping for a bottle of water. Not only that but most of their sightseeing was wandering through the heart of the city window shopping.

How he got talked into this he'll never know but one thing was for certain he was ready to call it a day. No amount of aspirin was helping his headache or the ache in his feet from walking so much. Not only that but he was damn well starving and running on his last bit of patience.

"Boy," he glared when he looked up at him ambers narrowed suspiciously. "we're stopping at the next restaurant we come to and I won't hear a word otherwise."

Sesshoumaru shrugged at him and kept walking with a smirk on his lips. For a brainy doctor Naraku in his hung over state was a moron. He had been leading the doctor around the same four blocks all morning. It was tiresome, however, since the places he really wanted to see didn't open until later in the morning he had to kill time somehow. So why not walk Naraku to death and punish him for his behavior last night. Although he was sure this would be a lot funner if Naraku knew he was being punished and how.

"How about here?" Sesshoumaru questioned, stopping in front of the bagel shop.

"Fine." Naraku nodded curtly and entered the shop with Sesshoumaru following right behind him.

They made their orders and as they were paying Sesshoumaru suddenly wanted to slap the cashier across her face.

"Wow, you must have worked up an appetite after all that walking." She smiled brightly at Naraku.

"Pardon?" He arched a dark brow at her.

"Noth…" Sesshoumaru tried to intervene only to have the little twit cut him off.

"Yea, I saw you two walking by when I came to work this morning." She nodded at the doctor. "I remember because I remember thinking what a handsome man you are. Then I saw you walk by again and about every twenty minutes after that you would walk past again."

"Is that so?" Naraku glared over at Sesshoumaru only to find the boy completely entranced in a picture hanging on the wall.

"I really kept hoping you would come in here every time you walked by so I could meet you." She blushed.

He took his eyes off the boy and looked back at her. "Well it's a pleasure." He smiled at her though he didn't much feel like smiling at all. What he really felt like doing was taking Sesshoumaru back to the hotel and putting him over his knee.

"Um… so… do you live here?" She questioned nervously.

"No, we're just here visiting for a few days then we're headed back home." He nodded.

"Oh." She frowned then suddenly smiled up at him. "Well have a good trip then."

"Thanks." He nodded then turned to the boy who was sitting a table surrounded by other patrons. Oh he was a clever little snot he had to give him that. Sitting somewhere where he wouldn't make a scene. Yet that was only going to be temporary because they couldn't stay there forever. Eventually they would be alone and when they were he was going to be sorry.

He set their order down on the table then took the seat across from him. "Morning strolls are lovely; aren't they?" He questioned with a bite to his voice.

"I've always thought so." Sesshoumaru shrugged dismissively. "It's good for getting the alcohol out of your blood," he turned and glared at him. "and it helps work off the sexual tension."

Naraku's eyes narrowed even further. "Is that what this is about? Payback for last night?"

"You're good." Sesshoumaru picked up his bagel. "Surprised you even remember, being the drunken slob you are."

"Oh I remember quite well." He nodded with a sigh. "I'm also surprised you stopped it."

"Because I don't want some drunken fling you'll regret later." He bit out. "I want it to be special because you want it like I want it." His ambers narrowed deeply. "I find it rather funny you give me this big lecture about being with you and why we have to wait. Yet you have no problems throwing yourself at me the first chance you get when you have an excuse to do so."

Naraku arched a brow at that. "You think I threw myself at you because I was drunk?"

"Think? You did." He scowled. "Why are you saying that you weren't drunk? Are you trying to tell me you just used it as an excuse?"

"No, I did have a bit too much to drink." He shrugged. "However, that doesn't mean I was so far gone as to forget. Like I said I find it curious you stopped what you wanted."

"Again I want special." He glared at him. "And when the time comes that's exactly what it's going to be!"

Naraku sighed deeply to himself. If truth were to be known, last night he was really hoping Sesshoumaru would give in. He would finally get to feel Sesshoumaru like he had been dreaming of doing and Sesshoumaru would get what he wanted. Then the next day he could pretend he didn't remember due to his drunken state and all would be mostly okay. It would be just a drunken mistake. Leave it to Sesshoumaru to get all girly on him and want it to be special.

"So when you say special, exactly what are we talking here?" He arched a dark brow highly at him.

"I don't know." Sesshoumaru shrugged. "When the time is right it'll happen and it will happen because it will be special." He then stared at him suspiciously. "Are you saying you want to do it while we're here?"

"Not at all." He quickly answered. "I was just curious."

Deep ambers narrowed deeply. "Why does it feel like you're either lying or keeping something back?" He questioned suspiciously.

"You just think that because you're a suspicious person by nature." Naraku shrugged.

"I am not!" He hissed. "Now do you or do you not want to do IT with me while we are here?"

Naraku could feel a few eyes on the two of them from some of the people nearby. If the boy was going to make a scene then he was going to really make a scene about it. "And exactly what do you mean by it?" He questioned a little loudly with a smirk.

"You know exactly what I mean." Sesshoumaru bit out quietly.

Naraku set his elbow on the table and rested his chin in his palm. "Actually I don't think I do. Why don't you just tell me so I know what you're talking about."

Sesshoumaru realized what Naraku was doing rather quickly, especially with that mocking glint in his eyes. Oh if he wanted to play then he would play. "Alright I will tell you what I'm talking about." An evil smirk tugged on his lips. "I'm talking about us and you finally telling your wife that we're together." He crossed his arms over his chest superiorly. "You need to tell her that you want a divorce and that these last few years have been nothing but a sham."

Naraku jerked back and widened his eyes hugely at the boy. A quick glance around discovered that almost everyone around them was staring at them expectantly. He chuckled nervously and jabbed his fingers through his hair. "You're funny."

"No I'm not." Sesshoumaru nodded curtly. "I'm dead serious. It's time for you to choose, me or her." His ambers glinted deadly. "And it damn well better be me after all we've been through since we met. All those days in class as my teacher, it was so hard not to throw myself at you when you would give me THAT look."

Naraku very nearly choked on his own spit at that.

Sesshoumaru leaned across the table until they were nose to nose. "Now kiss me and tell me that you love me and that you'll tell your wife about us tonight."

Naraku stared into those deep golden eyes and even though he knew the boy was mocking him he could see the hope that he would in fact kiss him. He was so tempted to do just that too but with so many people looking at them he couldn't. "Actually I brought you here to tell you I found another and that I'm ending it with both you and my wife." He smirked when Sesshoumaru's eyes widened hugely.

"I hate you." Sesshoumaru huffed and plopped back into his chair. "Let's just forget it," he suddenly smirked at him. "DAD." He said rather loudly causing a few people around them widen their eyes. "Mom knows about us anyway and she doesn't care since she's doing the neighbor down the street."

Naraku coughed to cover up the chuckle that was about to escape his lips. This was getting way out of control but entertaining. All these people were going to have one hell of a story to talk about later. "I can't help it if you're more alluring and feminine than your mother." He smirked at him. "If your mother had legs like yours…" He trailed off with a leering look at the boy.

"Are you saying I have girly legs?" He demanded getting very defensive.

"Just calling it as I see it." Naraku shrugged. "Actually it's not just the legs, you have that womanly hourglass figure a lot of men love." He drew his brows thoughtfully. "Maybe you should have been born a girl."

Sesshoumaru's eyes widened hugely. "You better be joking." He hissed coldly.

Naraku just smirked at him as his eyes glinted.

Sesshoumaru picked up the message loud and clear from the look on the doctors face. He started it and Naraku was only finishing what he started therefore he had no one to blame but himself. "You'll regret this." He growled with one more glare at the doctor before he picked up his bagel and took an angry bite vowing to get him back good for this.