Title: Better than Chocolate
Rating: PG
Pairing: Inuyasha/Miroku
Wordcount: 320

"And this is for you, Miroku." Kagome passed a chocolate heart to the monk, who was grinning from ear to ear.

"So this Valentine's Day you speak of, it's a celebration of love?" The monk grinned at all the wicked thoughts that popped into his head.

"Yeah. You're supposed to give candy to people you like." She giggled nervously, fully aware of the monk's slowly creeping hand towards her leg. "A. . . and your friends of course!"

The hand retreated.

"Where the hell's mine?"

Kagome blinked, staring at Inuyasha. "Well, I gave you the Sweethearts because I couldn't give you a chocolate heart. I mean, chocolate's bad for dogs."

Inuyasha growled, hurt that Kagome would consider him a mere dog. "Feh! I don't need your stupid love day anyway!" With that, he bounded off.

Kagome was about to run after him, when Miroku stopped her. "Let me." He said, and went off in search of the hanyou.

He knew exactly where to find him. After all, the the ground was littered with the candy hearts with little messages on them that Kagome had given him. Miroku glanced up the oak tree that the hanyou was pouting at the top of.

"That wasn't very nice, you know." He intoned, leaning down to pick up a pastel pink candy. In tiny red lettering it proclaimed, 'I love you.' Miroku smiled softly. Were these magical, prophetic items from Kagome's time?

"Go away, monk!" Inuyasha snarled, refusing to look down. Miroku picked up another heart. 'Kiss me', it ordered. The monk grinned.

"Come down here, Inuyasha. I have a present for this valentine thing."

"I don't want your dumb present!!!"

Miroku smiled. "I bet you do. Besides, it's better than chocolate."

Blades of grass crunched under his feet as Inuyasha jumped twenty feet to the forest floor. "I told you, I don't want--"

Miroku's mouth closed over his own.

And though he had never tasted chocolate before, Inuyasha had to admit. . .

. . . it was better.

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