After dinner, Inuyasha jumped back into the tree he had retreated to earlier. Miroku, having eaten half of Inuyasha's ramen, which was quite a lot if you think about how much Ramen Inuyasha eats, was feeling very bloated. He sat down, and leaned his head back onto the trunk of the same tree Inuyasha was perched.

Sango sat, on the opposite side of the campsite, and watched as Miroku and Inuyasha both kept sending each other glances. She sighed. What was going on between those two?

Inuyasha jumped down, and sat next to Miroku, slightly startling the monk. Inuyasha put a hand on Miroku's shoulder, and Sango felt a pang of jealousy. She looked to see Kagome digging in her bag, probably looking for her homework.

She looked back to Inuyasha and Miroku. She sighed, as if in defeat. It was obvious to her what was going in. She knew what that look in the monk's eyes meant. The look he was giving to Inuyasha was the same as he used to give her. She wondered how Kagome hadn't noticed this development.

All of a sudden, Miroku yelped in pain. His hands flew to the top of his head, as if he was having a splitting headache.

"Miroku!" both Inuyasha and Sango yelled as he held his hands to his head tightly. Sango ran to his side and tried to touch his arm, to comfort him. Inuyasha threw her back, almost violently, to try and help the pained monk.

About a minute later, Miroku slowly lowered his hands, and let them fall to the side. His head fell limp onto the tree trunk behind him.

"Inuyasha... what happened to me?" He asked, trying to catch his breath.

Inuyasha smiled at him, and said, "Hard parts over."

"What do you mean?" Sango asked. Looking from Miroku and Inuyasha.

"You'll see in a sec." Inuyasha replied. He reached out and took Miroku's hand, pulling him up from tree trunk. Perched on the top of his head were two snow white dog ears.

Sango gasped in surprise. Inuyasha, who was expecting this to happen, reached out and lightly massaged Miroku's ears. Miroku moaned and leaned into the touch. Sango watched the two, wondering why Kagome wasn't over here as well. She looked for her friend, to see that she was nose deep in one of her homework books.

Inuyasha chuckled, and stopped rubbing Miroku's ears. He sat down, next to the monk and threw his arm over his shoulder. Sango, who was staring at the too, felt curiosity ebb it's way to her mind.

Inuyasha finally noticed her presence and growled.

"What the hell are you staring at, Sango?" He asked her, in a less than friendly voice. She muttered something that was undecipherable.

She decided to leave the two be, and went off to train herself with Kirara. Inuyasha smirked when she left and turned to check on Kagome. She was killing her self over some book, and Inuyasha whispered to Miroku that they should sneak off while she was busy.

Inuyasha and Miroku snuck off in the opposite direction of Kagome and Sango. They walked, hand in hand, through the forest. Inuyasha looked up at the almost dark sky.

"Get on my back." He told Miroku. He crouched down and Miroku hopped onto his back. Inuyasha jumped into a tree and maneuvered them, so that Miroku was in his lap, and he was resting against the tree.

Miroku leaned his head back on Inuyasha's chest and let his mind wander. He thought back to that time in the hot spring. It was about 2 or 3 weeks ago and to him, it seemed that Inuyasha was a very affectionate lover, despite his attitude to his friends.

Before he had the pleasure of being Inuyasha's significant other, he had always imagined him as a caring, but quite distant lover, who wouldn't show hardly any affection, and would be the type to hide a relationship such as theirs. It was true, Inuyasha preferred privacy, but there were a few times when the Hanyou would risk his pride to steal a kiss.

Miroku also had stopped his constant flirting, not wanting to risk the threat of a jealous Hanyou. He had lost all interest in other rear ends anyway. The only one he wanted to feel or see was Inuyasha's.

He thought back, to about 16 days ago, when he had let his hand stray to Inuyasha's rear end. The Hanyou had yelped, making everyone (the two were walking behind everyone else) turn with weapons raised. Inuyasha managed to fight off the looks by saying he stubbed his toe on a loose rock. Miroku smiled at the thought. Now, Inuyasha was used to feeling Miroku's hand stray to his rear and often encouraged Miroku to do it. At times, he would often press back into Miroku's hand.

Miroku sighed in contentment and glanced up at Inuyasha, to see that the Hanyou was asleep. He turned, and nuzzled his nose into Inuyasha's neck. Inuyasha wrapped his arms around his monk, and pulled him close, obviously in a most loving and affectionate manner.

Miroku felt the realm of sleep overcome him, and he let himself drift off. He dreamed of he and Inuyasha in this embrace forever.

Author's note: Short Chappie, I know. Sorry bout that. But c'mon! what more do ya need? He got's the Kawaii inu ears now and there was a cuddle scene. Sango got knocked on her butt. (I hated to do that. I love Sango.) Next chapter, Miroku's gonna get a surprise, and a big fight between Inu and Kagome. But, shhhhhh, It's a secret.