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She Just Wants Him to be Happy, Part 1 (Rewrite)
Title: She Just Wants Him to be Happy, Part 1
Author: Kat
Fandom: Inuyasha
Genre: AU, Modern
Word Count: 574
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Ramen.
Summary: Izayoi loves her son. She worries about him but she never says anything because she just wants him to be happy. But she's not sure he is.
A/N: This is the rewrite.
Izayoi was in the kitchen lovingly arranging orange slices and maraschino cherries into flowers to go with the Ramen she’d prepared for her son’s after school snack when she heard the door slam and feet stomp up the stairs. Normally, she would have been greeted with an enthusiastic “hey mom” as Inuyasha snagged his Ramen before he would run upstairs. But it was Tuesday. On Tuesdays Inuyasha was picked up from school by his half-brother instead of his father. Inuyasha never said anything, but Izayoi knew what Sesshoumaru was like and how he felt about his younger brother. She could only imagine the hellish car ride her son went through once a week. Izayoi put Inuyasha’s snack on a tray so she could carry it upstairs. She knew he would be hiding in his room for the next two hours, just like every other Tuesday. On her way upstairs, Izayoi thought about how Inuyasha would be sixteen soon. She had been talking with his father about getting Inuyasha a car for his birthday so he could drive himself home from school, at least on Tuesdays.
When Izayoi got to Inuyasha’s room, he was lounging on his bed petting his favorite stuffed animal, Kouga. Kouga was a large dark wolf with blue eyes that Inuyasha slept with every night and carefully arranged on his bed every morning. Kouga had often made appearances downstairs and they had had several fights over whether or not Kouga could go with them on outings.
“Hey, Mom?”
“Yes, Honey?”
“Where’s Ginta?”
Izayoi noticed Inuyasha was staring at the giant pile of stuffed animals on his dresser. All of them were canines and almost all of them were wolves. Sometimes when she was cleaning, Izayoi would hide one of them in hopes that he wouldn’t notice and that he would be willing to give it up later. But he always noticed.
“Did you look in the laundry room?”
And she always gave them back.
The summer before he started high school, Izayoi had tried to talk Inuyasha into packing his stuffed animals in a box and putting them away. She still remembered the fight they'd had.
“Honey, you’re a little old to have stuffed animals all over your room.”
“So?”
“What about when you invite your friends over? Won’t you feel too embarrassed to hang out in your room?”
“If they’re really my friends they won’t care. At least that’s what you used to say about my ears.”
“Honey, I know you don’t really like to talk about this, but what if you want to invite a girl over? Girls don’t tend to like boys that have stuffed animals all over their rooms and teenage girls aren’t exactly kind about...”
“Get out.”
“Inuyasha?”
“Get out! Get out! Get out!”
Inuyasha shoved his mother out of his room and slammed the door. Izayoi was scared by her son’s behavior. She was well aware of Inuyasha’s temper but it had never been directed at her before.
Later, Inuyasha went downstairs with his eyes downcast. When he finally did look at his mother, his face was the picture of guilt. She thought he was about to cry.
“I’m so sorry, Mom.”
The two of them sat down and worked out an agreement. Inuyasha could keep all of his stuffed animals in his room as long as he kept them all in one spot.
Inuyasha had been sticking with the agreement for almost three years.
Author: Kat
Fandom: Inuyasha
Genre: AU, Modern
Word Count: 574
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Ramen.
Summary: Izayoi loves her son. She worries about him but she never says anything because she just wants him to be happy. But she's not sure he is.
A/N: This is the rewrite.
Izayoi was in the kitchen lovingly arranging orange slices and maraschino cherries into flowers to go with the Ramen she’d prepared for her son’s after school snack when she heard the door slam and feet stomp up the stairs. Normally, she would have been greeted with an enthusiastic “hey mom” as Inuyasha snagged his Ramen before he would run upstairs. But it was Tuesday. On Tuesdays Inuyasha was picked up from school by his half-brother instead of his father. Inuyasha never said anything, but Izayoi knew what Sesshoumaru was like and how he felt about his younger brother. She could only imagine the hellish car ride her son went through once a week. Izayoi put Inuyasha’s snack on a tray so she could carry it upstairs. She knew he would be hiding in his room for the next two hours, just like every other Tuesday. On her way upstairs, Izayoi thought about how Inuyasha would be sixteen soon. She had been talking with his father about getting Inuyasha a car for his birthday so he could drive himself home from school, at least on Tuesdays.
When Izayoi got to Inuyasha’s room, he was lounging on his bed petting his favorite stuffed animal, Kouga. Kouga was a large dark wolf with blue eyes that Inuyasha slept with every night and carefully arranged on his bed every morning. Kouga had often made appearances downstairs and they had had several fights over whether or not Kouga could go with them on outings.
“Hey, Mom?”
“Yes, Honey?”
“Where’s Ginta?”
Izayoi noticed Inuyasha was staring at the giant pile of stuffed animals on his dresser. All of them were canines and almost all of them were wolves. Sometimes when she was cleaning, Izayoi would hide one of them in hopes that he wouldn’t notice and that he would be willing to give it up later. But he always noticed.
“Did you look in the laundry room?”
And she always gave them back.
The summer before he started high school, Izayoi had tried to talk Inuyasha into packing his stuffed animals in a box and putting them away. She still remembered the fight they'd had.
“Honey, you’re a little old to have stuffed animals all over your room.”
“So?”
“What about when you invite your friends over? Won’t you feel too embarrassed to hang out in your room?”
“If they’re really my friends they won’t care. At least that’s what you used to say about my ears.”
“Honey, I know you don’t really like to talk about this, but what if you want to invite a girl over? Girls don’t tend to like boys that have stuffed animals all over their rooms and teenage girls aren’t exactly kind about...”
“Get out.”
“Inuyasha?”
“Get out! Get out! Get out!”
Inuyasha shoved his mother out of his room and slammed the door. Izayoi was scared by her son’s behavior. She was well aware of Inuyasha’s temper but it had never been directed at her before.
Later, Inuyasha went downstairs with his eyes downcast. When he finally did look at his mother, his face was the picture of guilt. She thought he was about to cry.
“I’m so sorry, Mom.”
The two of them sat down and worked out an agreement. Inuyasha could keep all of his stuffed animals in his room as long as he kept them all in one spot.
Inuyasha had been sticking with the agreement for almost three years.
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*puts on beta hat*
This line: “I’m so sorry mom.”
Needs a comma after "sorry." It should read: “I’m so sorry, Mom.” Mom in this instance should also be capitalized as he's using it as her name.
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Oops! Thank you and fixed. :)
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You're welcome again! ;p
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(and the circle of huggles begins... ;p)
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Hey I know it ended on the 28th, but do you know if there is anything else going on with the kill off challenge?
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