More Than Words
A One-Shot Song-Fic by Josie Marie
This one is dedicated to all my readers. The ones who kept coming back delayed chappie after delayed chappie! Especially Becca-Chan who is still waiting for me to FINISH my 20 year project Rin's Revenge… Which never turned out like it was supposed to originally. I wuv you all!
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha OR More Than Words.
Kagome bit a nail and scowled. Who did he think he was any way? So what if she was temporarily deaf? Nobody had the right to make it her fault they'd lost the demon they were after. It was just another mission! After the last youkai screeched so loud to deafen her, he'd become a total jerk. Weak this, humans that! How dare he make her feel like this! Kagome looked up at the branches of the Goshinboku. Inuyasha sat cross legged cursing through his teeth. He looked at her.
"Keh, What are you looking at!"
Kagome raised an eyebrow. Reading lips was harder than she had thought. 'quarter yule o king at…' How was she supposed to understand him if he kept spouting off at the mouth instead of giving her time to read his words? Rolling her eyes, she hugged her knees up to her chest. He was never the understanding type. He only seemed to see things through his point of view. Kagome rested her chin down on her knees.
The world was a different place when everything was quiet. She was stuck in a mostly observational mode. She noticed much more. For example, the way Sango would watch Miroku sleep. She would lie down facing wherever he was. Kagome swore she could she Sango's eyes rising and falling with Miroku's respirations. Another thing she noticed was the way Inuyasha's muscles tensed up the slightest bit when she was on his back. She never really got too many chances to get close, yet she noticed how he tapped his left foot when she was sitting particularly close to him.
Lately Inuyasha had been following Kagome everywhere she would go. She would leave to go for a walk and he would go stalking after her. She guessed it was to protect her, but even then, his walking beside her made her wonder. She'd wonder about all the times he'd hugged her or the one kiss they'd shared months back.
For her, that kiss had opened up a can of worms that she was struggling to keep a cap on. 'What does it mean for you?' She'd struggled to keep her emotions at bay. Sometimes it made her wonder what it meant for Inuyasha. He always pushed her away when she got to close. Except… Except for that one moment when his youkai half fell back and he'd softened for a moment, letting himself press into her kiss.
Saying I love you,
Is not the words I want to hear from you.
It's not that I want you
not to say, but if you only knew.
How easy it would be to show me how you feel.
Kagome looked over at Inuyasha and slowed down. He stopped and turned. His features softly lined by the setting sun. She wanted to ask something. So maybe this 'not able to hear' bit would be good. She wouldn't have to hear him if he went off on a rant and she wouldn't feel pressed in his silence because she was already deaf.
"Listen. Don't say anything or stop me because I can't hear what you say anyhow." She moved closer so that she was facing him face to face. "What do you want? I mean out of this whole thing? What will happen when all of this is over and I'm stuck with a bow, a few arrows and a broken heart? I don't know how this will end, but I know how I feel. Sometimes I wonder what you feel. Is everything just an 'I'll protect you'? Or… Do you genuinely care about me? What am I to you? What will I be? And… will you ever show me how you feel?" She looked up at Inuyasha. His expression was hidden. His head down and his hair falling just so, so that she couldn't see his face. "I don't need to hear it. But you could at least show me so I don't keep up hoping you'll let me in."
More than words,
Is all you have to do to make it real.
Then you wouldn't have to say that you love me
Coz, I'd already know.
Inuyasha turned, wordless and continued down the same path they had walked for days now. He didn't know what to say. Not that she wanted him to say anything anyhow. Kagome's heart clenched. He'd turned his back… Did that mean rejection? Was that just his way of pushing her away like he always had?
Kagome followed after him, slow in pace. She would rather stay confused forever than feel rejection. But still it hurt that he had turned away. A solitary tear slid half down her cheek.
What would you do if my heart was torn in two
More than words to show you feel
That your love for me is real
Kagome rushed forward wrapping her arms around him from behind. Inuyasha inhaled, the smell of tears reaching into him.
What would you say if I took those words away
Then you couldn't make things new
Just by saying I love you
He turned in her arms. Kagome had half expected him to push her. But he didn't. Inuyasha pulled her closer into the hug. "Inuyasha, I…"
More than words
No words passed his lips only a soft sigh. He shook his head. And she let out a sob. Kagome felt like this was his admittance of his rejection. Her arms dropped from the hug. She tried to step back, but he didn't let her budge. He looked down directly into her eyes. "Keh, baka! Do I have to say I love you for you to realize it?" He gently reached her rose tinted cheeks to wipe the tears from under her eyes.
Now I've tried to talk to you and make you understand
All you have to do is close your eyes
And just reach out your hands and touch me
Hold me close don't ever let me go
Inuyasha leaned down pressing a most gentle kiss on her forehead. He grabbed her hand a continued walking.
More than word is all I ever needed you to know
Then you wouldn't have to say you love me
Coz I'd already know
Kagome stopped. Moving closer to him she leaned up on tip toes and placed a kiss on his lips.
What would you do if my heart was torn in two
More than words to show you feel
That your love for me is real
What would you say if I took those words away
Then you couldn't make things new
Just by saying I love you
"Don't say anything… I can't hear you any how. No matter what Inuyasha, I'll never leave you. I love you. You don't even have to say it. Just show me. Show me more than words." Kagome looked up at him. He was crying. She kissed his tears.
Letting his lips find hers, they kissed. The orange glowing sun, shone its' last beautiful rays on their kissing forms.
More than words