Heating Pad Blues
Title: Heating Pad Blues
Rating: PG13
Pairing: Inuyasha/Kagome (vaguely)
Summary: Standalone. Kagome returns home to her time and discovers that her Grandfather has told everyone that she has an illness horribly embarrassing for her. Trying to help of course, Houjo pays her a visit. But Inuyasha starts eavesdropping at the wrong moment, and Houjo and his gift (a heating pad) get into a bit of trouble.
This is just a silly thing I wrote up really quick =] It's kinda pointless, but I hope you enjoy it anyway!
“Dammit, Kagome! Why do you always leave at the worst of times?!”
“I’m sorry! I don’t mean to!”
Inuyasha and Kagome were having their normal argument which took place whenever Kagome mentioned going home. She was perched on the lip of the well and had one leg dangling down into it, ready to jump off at any moment. But Inuyasha, of course, felt the need to protest.
“But it’s the new moon in a couple of nights!”
“So? Because of that, we can’t go very far from the village anyway.”
Inuyasha frowned and crossed his arms, desperately racking his brain for a legitimate excuse to make her stay. Of course he would never admit this to her, but the only reason he argued and fought with her so much whenever she wanted to return home was because he hated her being out of his presence. He hated not having her beside him. He hated not knowing at every moment that she was safe under his care. Really, he just hated not being around her. But of course, he would never ever admit any of that.
He turned away from the well and “feh”ed.
“Whatever. Just go if you think you need to so badly.” Kagome grinned from behind him.
“Thank you, Inuyasha! I’ll be back in a couple days!”
Inuyasha sighed as his sensitive ears picked up the sound of her sliding from the lip of the well and descending into its dark depths. He turned to look back at the well just in time to see the neon blue lights that were evident of Kagome’s time travel disappear.
He sighed again and began walking away from the well. “Might as well go find Shippo,” he thought bitterly, “considering there’s nothing better to do when Kagome’s not around.”
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Kagome had just gotten all of her belongings unpacked from her trademark huge yellow backpack when she heard the door bell ring.
She collapsed onto her bed with a content sigh as she heard her mother’s cheerful voice greet whoever it was who had rung the doorbell. Kagome closed her eyes, trying to relax as she heard her mother’s voice again.
“Yes, Houjo-kun, Kagome is feeling a bit better. You may go up and see her if you like.” Kagome groaned and covered her head with a pillow.
She really, really did not feel like dealing with Houjo right now. She had been in the feudal era for over three weeks, and she was completely ready for a few days of nothing but rest and relaxation, and Houjo certainly didn’t fit into her plans. She let out another grumble and a sigh as she heard him coming up the stairs.
She decided that her best way of escaping him would be pretending to be asleep, so she rolled under her blankets and closed her eyes.
But a second later, she heard her bedroom door being pushed open and Houjo’s over-enthusiastic voice say, “Oh Kagome! I’m so glad I can finally see you!” Kagome screamed a little bit inside.
Houjo welcomed himself in and strode into the room. “I’m glad that you’re recovering from that horrible yeast infection.” Kagome’s internal screaming changed from being directed towards Houjo to now being directed towards her Grandfather. Oh why did he always have to pick the WORST illnesses?
She let out a deep sigh and sat up in bed, seeing that the feigning-sleep strategy was clearly not going to work.
“Y-yeah, Houjo, I’m feeling much better.”
He grinned, “That’s good! I’m glad to hear it.”
Kagome forced a smile for him and nodded, “Yeah. Thanks for coming to check on me, Houjo. You’re really thoughtful.” He blushed and scratched the back of his head, smiling slightly.
“I-I brought you something.” He began pawing through the back pack he removed from his back, and Kagome just silently prayed that it wouldn’t be some sort of cream for her oh-so-embarrassing “illness”. However, he thankfully pulled out a heating pad. Kagome let out a small sigh of relief. His gift was normal enough…. Oh, but then she noticed the odd shape of it and realized which area of her body it was for. Her cheeks turned crimson red and she snatched the heating pad from him before he could get a chance to explain to her exactly what it was for.
“Th-thanks Houjo, it was really nice of you.”
His smile appeared again as he said, “No problem!”
Kagome just prayed to every god up there that Houjo would leave so that she could finally get some much needed sleep. Her prayers became much more desperate when Houjo reached for the heating pad and said, “I really think I should tell you what this is for…..”
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Inuyasha made his way to the Bone Eater’s well, hands stuffed into his sleeves and grumbling under his breath. There was absolutely nothing to do around here when Kagome wasn’t around.
As soon as he reached the peaceful, sun-lit clearing, he hopped up onto the lip of the well and then jumped into it. The bright blue, swirling lights in the well had lost their charm long ago for him, and his frown did not lessen at all as he descended farther into the well. It wasn’t until he jumped out of the well on the other side and breathed in Kagome’s sweet scent that his frown turned up into a small smile.
But as soon as he pushed open the doors of the shrine, his nose was assaulted with a different, unpleasant smell. He sniffed a few times before his mouth curled into a snarl and a quiet growl emanated from his throat. He could smell the stench of that sniveling little boy from Kagome’s time that always seemed to follow her around everywhere like a puppy. Just the idea of the little wimp around Kagome made him growl again.
He leaped into the branches of the Sacred Tree and from there jumped onto the roof over Kagome’s room. He strained his ears to try to hear the conversation that was going on below him.
“Houjo, you really don’t need to explain this…”
“Yes I do, Kagome, how could you possibly know where this goes?”
“H-Houjo, it’s pretty obvious.”
“Just let me show you.”
“That’s really not necessary!”
“Kagome, I don’t want you to do it wrong!”
“I can tell that it goes in a private area!”
“Yeah but it goes in a certain way! You can’t put it in wrong.”
Inuyasha’s upper lip curled back as he listened to the conversation.
Of course, there was one extremely unpleasant thought that came to his mind as he listened, and it seemed to be the only possible thing that was going on. His fists clenched just at the idea of the stupid little boy touching Kagome. He restrained himself from bursting into Kagome’s room and beating the boy to a bloody pulp right then. Instead, he just growled softly as he continued listening.
“Look Kagome, it goes here.”
“H-Houjo…please don’t…”
“Yeah, just like that.”
To Inuyasha’s ears, Kagome sounded very unwilling, and Inuyasha’s anger overflowed as he heard Houjo’s voice again. He could tolerate this no longer. With a snarl, he quickly jumped to Kagome’s windowsill, threw open the window, and barged inside.
“What the HELL are you two…..”
He stopped mid sentence as the two pairs of eyes in the room turned to focus on him. He could quickly discern that he had been quite wrong about what was going on in Kagome’s room.
Kagome was sitting on her bed and Houjo was standing on the opposite side of the room. It didn’t look like there was anything suspicious going on…..but then his eyes settled on the strange square object that Kagome was holding against her lower stomach.
Before either Inuyasha or Houjo could recover from the awkward shock, she let out a strange-sounding yelp and jumped from the bed to stand in front of Inuyasha, waving her arms in the air in attempt to block Houjo’s view of Inuyasha’s peculiar dog ears. But she could tell by Houjo’s startled face that her method wasn’t working.
She turned and started pushing Inuyasha towards the window, random words and mumbles spilling from her mouth directed towards Houjo, “He’s…he’s, um, Souta’s friend! They…they like to pretend they’re ninjas and demons and….and they play on the roof all the time…and…and they always get these amazing costumes…” She finally reached the window and shoved Inuyasha out of it. He let out a shout and she cringed at the sound of him hitting the hard pavement beneath.
“Kagome, what the hell!” She slammed the window shut, blocking out Inuyasha’s shouting and turned back toward Houjo, a huge smile slathered on her face.
“So….uhh, anyway. Yeah, thanks for showing me how the heating pad works!”
Houjo was silent for a good ten seconds, before his gaze turned towards the window and his eyebrows knit together in confusion.
“Kagome….who was…”
“Souta’s friend!”
“Souta’s friend was that tall?”
“Yeah, he’s one of Souta’s older friends.”
“And he had silver..”
“It’s a wig!”
“And he also had dog…”
“They’re fake! Just part of the costume!”
Silence stretched between them for a few moments, Houjo still looking as puzzled as before. Kagome finally clapped her hands together and said with an enthusiastic grin, “So! How about you explain this lovely heating pad to me some more?”
A/N: So yeah, I just randomly got the idea for this and just had to write it =] I know it wasn't amazing, but comments are much appreciated anyway =] Thanks for reading!
Rating: PG13
Pairing: Inuyasha/Kagome (vaguely)
Summary: Standalone. Kagome returns home to her time and discovers that her Grandfather has told everyone that she has an illness horribly embarrassing for her. Trying to help of course, Houjo pays her a visit. But Inuyasha starts eavesdropping at the wrong moment, and Houjo and his gift (a heating pad) get into a bit of trouble.
This is just a silly thing I wrote up really quick =] It's kinda pointless, but I hope you enjoy it anyway!
“Dammit, Kagome! Why do you always leave at the worst of times?!”
“I’m sorry! I don’t mean to!”
Inuyasha and Kagome were having their normal argument which took place whenever Kagome mentioned going home. She was perched on the lip of the well and had one leg dangling down into it, ready to jump off at any moment. But Inuyasha, of course, felt the need to protest.
“But it’s the new moon in a couple of nights!”
“So? Because of that, we can’t go very far from the village anyway.”
Inuyasha frowned and crossed his arms, desperately racking his brain for a legitimate excuse to make her stay. Of course he would never admit this to her, but the only reason he argued and fought with her so much whenever she wanted to return home was because he hated her being out of his presence. He hated not having her beside him. He hated not knowing at every moment that she was safe under his care. Really, he just hated not being around her. But of course, he would never ever admit any of that.
He turned away from the well and “feh”ed.
“Whatever. Just go if you think you need to so badly.” Kagome grinned from behind him.
“Thank you, Inuyasha! I’ll be back in a couple days!”
Inuyasha sighed as his sensitive ears picked up the sound of her sliding from the lip of the well and descending into its dark depths. He turned to look back at the well just in time to see the neon blue lights that were evident of Kagome’s time travel disappear.
He sighed again and began walking away from the well. “Might as well go find Shippo,” he thought bitterly, “considering there’s nothing better to do when Kagome’s not around.”
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Kagome had just gotten all of her belongings unpacked from her trademark huge yellow backpack when she heard the door bell ring.
She collapsed onto her bed with a content sigh as she heard her mother’s cheerful voice greet whoever it was who had rung the doorbell. Kagome closed her eyes, trying to relax as she heard her mother’s voice again.
“Yes, Houjo-kun, Kagome is feeling a bit better. You may go up and see her if you like.” Kagome groaned and covered her head with a pillow.
She really, really did not feel like dealing with Houjo right now. She had been in the feudal era for over three weeks, and she was completely ready for a few days of nothing but rest and relaxation, and Houjo certainly didn’t fit into her plans. She let out another grumble and a sigh as she heard him coming up the stairs.
She decided that her best way of escaping him would be pretending to be asleep, so she rolled under her blankets and closed her eyes.
But a second later, she heard her bedroom door being pushed open and Houjo’s over-enthusiastic voice say, “Oh Kagome! I’m so glad I can finally see you!” Kagome screamed a little bit inside.
Houjo welcomed himself in and strode into the room. “I’m glad that you’re recovering from that horrible yeast infection.” Kagome’s internal screaming changed from being directed towards Houjo to now being directed towards her Grandfather. Oh why did he always have to pick the WORST illnesses?
She let out a deep sigh and sat up in bed, seeing that the feigning-sleep strategy was clearly not going to work.
“Y-yeah, Houjo, I’m feeling much better.”
He grinned, “That’s good! I’m glad to hear it.”
Kagome forced a smile for him and nodded, “Yeah. Thanks for coming to check on me, Houjo. You’re really thoughtful.” He blushed and scratched the back of his head, smiling slightly.
“I-I brought you something.” He began pawing through the back pack he removed from his back, and Kagome just silently prayed that it wouldn’t be some sort of cream for her oh-so-embarrassing “illness”. However, he thankfully pulled out a heating pad. Kagome let out a small sigh of relief. His gift was normal enough…. Oh, but then she noticed the odd shape of it and realized which area of her body it was for. Her cheeks turned crimson red and she snatched the heating pad from him before he could get a chance to explain to her exactly what it was for.
“Th-thanks Houjo, it was really nice of you.”
His smile appeared again as he said, “No problem!”
Kagome just prayed to every god up there that Houjo would leave so that she could finally get some much needed sleep. Her prayers became much more desperate when Houjo reached for the heating pad and said, “I really think I should tell you what this is for…..”
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Inuyasha made his way to the Bone Eater’s well, hands stuffed into his sleeves and grumbling under his breath. There was absolutely nothing to do around here when Kagome wasn’t around.
As soon as he reached the peaceful, sun-lit clearing, he hopped up onto the lip of the well and then jumped into it. The bright blue, swirling lights in the well had lost their charm long ago for him, and his frown did not lessen at all as he descended farther into the well. It wasn’t until he jumped out of the well on the other side and breathed in Kagome’s sweet scent that his frown turned up into a small smile.
But as soon as he pushed open the doors of the shrine, his nose was assaulted with a different, unpleasant smell. He sniffed a few times before his mouth curled into a snarl and a quiet growl emanated from his throat. He could smell the stench of that sniveling little boy from Kagome’s time that always seemed to follow her around everywhere like a puppy. Just the idea of the little wimp around Kagome made him growl again.
He leaped into the branches of the Sacred Tree and from there jumped onto the roof over Kagome’s room. He strained his ears to try to hear the conversation that was going on below him.
“Houjo, you really don’t need to explain this…”
“Yes I do, Kagome, how could you possibly know where this goes?”
“H-Houjo, it’s pretty obvious.”
“Just let me show you.”
“That’s really not necessary!”
“Kagome, I don’t want you to do it wrong!”
“I can tell that it goes in a private area!”
“Yeah but it goes in a certain way! You can’t put it in wrong.”
Inuyasha’s upper lip curled back as he listened to the conversation.
Of course, there was one extremely unpleasant thought that came to his mind as he listened, and it seemed to be the only possible thing that was going on. His fists clenched just at the idea of the stupid little boy touching Kagome. He restrained himself from bursting into Kagome’s room and beating the boy to a bloody pulp right then. Instead, he just growled softly as he continued listening.
“Look Kagome, it goes here.”
“H-Houjo…please don’t…”
“Yeah, just like that.”
To Inuyasha’s ears, Kagome sounded very unwilling, and Inuyasha’s anger overflowed as he heard Houjo’s voice again. He could tolerate this no longer. With a snarl, he quickly jumped to Kagome’s windowsill, threw open the window, and barged inside.
“What the HELL are you two…..”
He stopped mid sentence as the two pairs of eyes in the room turned to focus on him. He could quickly discern that he had been quite wrong about what was going on in Kagome’s room.
Kagome was sitting on her bed and Houjo was standing on the opposite side of the room. It didn’t look like there was anything suspicious going on…..but then his eyes settled on the strange square object that Kagome was holding against her lower stomach.
Before either Inuyasha or Houjo could recover from the awkward shock, she let out a strange-sounding yelp and jumped from the bed to stand in front of Inuyasha, waving her arms in the air in attempt to block Houjo’s view of Inuyasha’s peculiar dog ears. But she could tell by Houjo’s startled face that her method wasn’t working.
She turned and started pushing Inuyasha towards the window, random words and mumbles spilling from her mouth directed towards Houjo, “He’s…he’s, um, Souta’s friend! They…they like to pretend they’re ninjas and demons and….and they play on the roof all the time…and…and they always get these amazing costumes…” She finally reached the window and shoved Inuyasha out of it. He let out a shout and she cringed at the sound of him hitting the hard pavement beneath.
“Kagome, what the hell!” She slammed the window shut, blocking out Inuyasha’s shouting and turned back toward Houjo, a huge smile slathered on her face.
“So….uhh, anyway. Yeah, thanks for showing me how the heating pad works!”
Houjo was silent for a good ten seconds, before his gaze turned towards the window and his eyebrows knit together in confusion.
“Kagome….who was…”
“Souta’s friend!”
“Souta’s friend was that tall?”
“Yeah, he’s one of Souta’s older friends.”
“And he had silver..”
“It’s a wig!”
“And he also had dog…”
“They’re fake! Just part of the costume!”
Silence stretched between them for a few moments, Houjo still looking as puzzled as before. Kagome finally clapped her hands together and said with an enthusiastic grin, “So! How about you explain this lovely heating pad to me some more?”
A/N: So yeah, I just randomly got the idea for this and just had to write it =] I know it wasn't amazing, but comments are much appreciated anyway =] Thanks for reading!