The Snow Angel by SunsetMiko

The Progress

Chapter 66 - The Progress *Breathless*(Stella's Soundtrack Challenge)

"What the fuck is this now?" Inuyasha hollered, smirking when Kagome jumped as she was ripped into the waking world by his voice.

The miko looked around with a groan. "Damn it, Inuyasha, you have to stop doing that!" Taking in her current position, she blushed. "I'm sorry, Sesshoumaru. I have no idea how I ended up like this." Her head was on his chest, one arm thrown across his abdomen with one leg bent up over his thigh. It was far more intimate than how they had gone to sleep the night before.

Sesshoumaru tightened the arm he had around her back, half to alert her to the fact that she was not the only one to have moved during the night and half to keep her from pulling away. "You have nothing to apologize for, Kagome."

The hanyou smirked. "Maybe not, but he sure as hell does."

The miko looked up at her friend in confusion. "What are you talking about? I just woke up. I'm not in the mood for riddles."

"I'll be nice and clear then," Inuyasha replied. "He's got a fucking boner the size of that mountain we just climbed."

Kagome giggled, not noticing just how tense Sesshoumaru had become. "Really? You think that's something he should apologize for? Come on, Inuyasha. I know about morning wood. I think it's your penis's way of doing a systems check while making sure you haven't forgotten about it," she said with a laugh.

"Oh, yeah," the hanyou said with a devious smirk. "I forgot just how much you know about sex." With the second bomb of the morning dropped, Inuyasha turned and headed back to the main room, grinning like a fool.

Sesshoumaru couldn't believe what he had just heard. If Inuyasha's declaration hadn't been bad enough, the miko hadn't bothered to deny it! It made no sense. Everything about her screamed innocent, except her warm weather clothing, which had to be due to the differences in his time versus hers.

He subtly leaned down and buried his nose in her hair. He breathed her in deeply, analyzing every subtle nuance of her scent. He could easily find Inuyasha and Shippo's scents on her, as well as the scents of the slayer, monk and firecat. He was pleased to discover that his scent clung the heaviest to her. He was also relieved to detect no other scents. No man had touched her in a very long time, if ever.

He had no idea what the hanyou was talking about or how Kagome could be well versed in the realm of physical pleasure without having participated in it herself. He'd been so sure, because of her behavior, that she was innocent. Truly it didn’t matter if she had a lover in her past, as he had himself.  He still wanted her either way. He was just intensely curious. Perhaps he could eventually get an explanation, but he didn't dare question her now. They were doing well, and he didn't want to risk upsetting her by questioning her virtue.  

"How did you sleep?" Kagome asked softly.

"Better than I have in a very long time," the taiyoukai replied honestly.

"I should be totally freaked out right now, laying here like this with you," the miko started. "But weirdly, I'm not."

"I am glad. I want you to be comfortable with this Sesshoumaru."

"This comfortable?" she asked with a half-smile.

"This and beyond," he answered. Sincerity flowed out of him, in his tone, his eyes, and his body language, and Kagome allowed herself to melt against him.

"What's happening here?" the miko questioned. Things were so confusing. She had never experienced lying so intimately next to someone before, and she didn't know what to think about it. It was quickly becoming obvious that her friends were right to say he had some kind of romantic interest in her, but her mind still demanded she find out the how, when and why of it.

"Good things, I hope," he said quietly, nuzzling his nose into her hair. Unable to resist, he pressed his lips to her temple in a gentle kiss.

A sigh escaped Kagome in a whoosh as butterflies took flight in her stomach, and her heartbeat sped up. He just kissed her! Sesshoumaru, Lord of the Western Lands, had just kissed her, and she had no idea how to react.