Author's Note: I do not own Inuyasha by Rumiko Takahashi. This is a fan based fiction piece written in my spare time. I am not getting paid to write this. Please support the original release.
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Kagome closed her laptop and went to the bathroom to wash her hands. She pumped the hand soap five times before lathering it up. In sets of five, she rubbed the soap over her hands counting in her head: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...1, 2, 3, 4, 5… She did this until her hands felt clean, sometimes it took her counting to twenty but on her worst days she counted to one hundred. She rinsed her hands in the same way but stopping at fifteen. She washed her hands and brushed her teeth in the same manner. She dried her face and hands with a fresh hand towel and immediately threw it into the dirty clothes bin before turning the lights off and on then off in multiples of fives.
She put on her latex gloves and looked at her watch waiting for ten o'clock when her doorbell would ring. She opened the door a crack and saw the delivery person nod as he did every morning to greet her. She opened her wallet that she kept next to the door and handed him the money. The man placed the bag of food on the floor and nodded once more before leaving. Kagome waited ten seconds, counting aloud until she felt safe enough to grab the bag and locked the door and unlocked the door five times before locking it again the final time.
She brought the bag into her kitchen, placing the bag on her counter and removing its contents. She counted each item five times making sure she had multiples of five of each item; five cucumbers, five bananas, five apples, five carrots, a package of mushrooms which she opened and counted the mushrooms to make sure they were in multiples of five...etc. When all of her food was counted then washed, she divided them into separate containers and placed them in the fridge. She took one apple and cut it into five pieces placing them on a plate in a circle. She washed her hands before consuming the food and again when she was done. She washed her dishes and put them away, making sure to put her food waste in the bin before washing her hands again. She then took her cleansing wipes and wiped down every surface she touched and threw the wipes in the bin and washed her hands.
She removed the sheets from her bed and threw them into the washer along with the towel she used earlier and threw them in the washer. While the washer was going, she went to her linen closet and grabbed clean sheets that she had put in a tightly zippered clear bag the day before and made the bed. She then swept, vacuumed, and mopped each floor in her apartment with disinfectant. She wiped down every surface with cleansing wipes and bleach spray until her house had a strong aroma. She cracked open a window in each room and put on her paper mask to protect her from the fresh air.
When the washer was finished, she put them on the drying rack and turned on the floor fan to help dry them faster. She then removed her clothes, threw them in the washer and jumped into the shower. She washed her hair, face, and body five times each counting aloud to make sure she did it enough. If she lost her place, she started over. When she felt clean and safe, she turned the water off and moved the temperature handle on the faucet five times before getting out and drying herself.
She went to the bedroom and opened the drawer that had all of her clean clothes packaged in clear zipper bags. She picked one up and opened its contents, putting on her underwear, bra, loose fitting pants, long sleeve shirt, and socks. She then threw the bag away and threw the towel she used into the washer and started another load of laundry. She looked at her watch: 5:00pm.
She opened her laptop and began her school work, taking notes in her notebook and using her textbook with care. When she was done, she wiped down all of the surfaces with a cleansing wipe and washed her hands in the bathroom. When the washer was done, she removed the dry laundry off the rack and placed them on her bed. She dried her clothes on the drying rack, placing them in front of the fan. She folded the clean linens and placed them in a clear zipper bag and put them in the linen closet. She folded the clean towels and clothes and put them away in the same manner.
She made dinner consisting of a small salad and a block of tofu that she cut into ten pieces before frying in oil. She placed them on a plate making sure to separate each ingredient so that none of them touched each other. She ate her meal while counting her chews in multiples of five and using a different utensil for each food item. She then got rid of her food waste, washed the dishes and her hands before cleaning the surfaces once more.
She put on latex gloves and took the garbage to the hallway where her neighbor would come and take it to the trash area for her. She then put her gloves in the bin and washed her hands. Her watch showed 9:00pm. Kagome went to the bathroom and washed her face and brushed her teeth before crawling into bed. She took her phone and turned on her meditation playlist to help lull her to sleep. She opened and closed her eyes in multiples of five until she made it to thirty and closed her eyes for a final time.
She felt tears fall from her face and knew in her heart that she was unhappy from being locked in her home. She cried because she was lonely and scared. She cried because this was her life. She also cried because tomorrow, she would have to leave her house for the first time in six months.
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