Accidentally in Love

Chapter Two – Everlasting Love

By Patche

Disclaimer – I do not own Inuyasha. Sadly, enough… I just get to enjoy playing with it's characters.

Summary – After Kagome is dumped by her boyfriend of nine months; her best friend, Inuyasha, decides the best way of getting him back is making him jealous. So, they both agree to keep it completely friendly and fake a relationship to make her ex jealous. However, the plan begins to fail when the two fall for each other.

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The sun shone through her blinds. Kagome squinted her eyes to keep her from waking, but it was too late. She sighed and threw her covers back. It was morning. Kagome groaned and grabbed her head. She felt horrible. Her nose was stopped up and her throat was sore from crying all night. She picked herself off the bed and headed into the bathroom to brush her teeth.

Kagome stared at herself in the mirror for a good while. Her eyes were bloodshot and her skin was red and blotchy as opposed to her normal "pretty pale" look. Kagome splashed some water on her face before grabbing her toothbrush. She picked up her toothpaste and squeezed out enough to cover her whole toothbrush. She got ready to brush her teeth, but found herself beginning to cry some more.

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Downstairs, Inuyasha was talking to Kagome's mother, Matsuko, while she fixed breakfast. Matsuko was generally and odd woman. She had a heart of gold, but definitely had a weird way of expressing it. She acted like she was still sixteen. She loved gossip and even acted like Kagome was her best girlfriend more than her daughter. Kagome didn't mind this, of course, she loved her mom… but sometimes she just needed a mom not a best friend.

"So, he just threw away nine months of a relationship…?" Matsuko asked, turning her attention away from the pancake batter only for a minute, her chestnut eyes which matched Kagome's stared intently at Inuyasha. Inuyasha grabbed an apple and took a bite out of it.

"Yea…" He said with a full mouth, "Well he cheated on her, too." Matsuko looked at him furiously.

"How so?" She asked with an eerie tone. Inuyasha opened his mouth to respond but was cut off by Kagome, who he didn't hear thanks to the noise Matsuko was making.

"He slept with his ex." Kagome finished for him. Inuyasha turned around to see her standing there… her ebony hair up in a messy bun, dressed in tank top and some jeans. God was she ever beautiful… even with her 'just finished crying' eyes. Her mother poured the batter onto the griddle and looked at her daughter like she was crazy.

"He slept with his ex?" She repeated. The two nodded. Matsuko ran and hugged her daughter in a bone-crushing hug.

"I'm so sorry, sweetheart. You didn't deserve that." Kagome smiled lightly and returned the hug.

"I'm fine, mom… really." She said. Inuyasha gave her a weak smile as Matsuko let go. She took off her apron and set it on a hook by the pantry.

"Well where are you two off to on this lovely Saturday?" She asked placing her hands at her hips. Inuyasha turned to Kagome.

"I was just going to leave her here and have fun on my own." He said receiving a thwack to the back of his head.

"No, you weren't." Kagome said loudly. "We're going to go to the mall." Kagome looked at him. Inuyasha mouthed 'the mall' making a pathetic face as if he were whining without even making a sound. Kagome rolled her eyes.

"Well, you two have fun. You want to wait for the pancakes?" Kagome shook her head and grabbed Inuyasha's jacket, pushing him out the door. Kagome sighed and sat down on the porch. Inuyasha sat down next to her. She handed the jacket over to Inuyasha and watched her Maple tree as a leaf fell from it's golden top. It was mid-fall and the weather was getting very cold quickly. Some trees had already lost all their leaves. Kagome's maple, however, was special. She and Inuyasha had helped her mom plant it four years ago. Since then, it had grown into and almost full-sized tree. And every year, its leaves would turn yellow in the fall but it only lost one or two leaves. For some reason, that maple would never lose a lot of leaves. They always thought it was strange, but by now it had just become something they knew.

Inuyasha looked over in concern as he saw Kagome shivering.

"Cold?" He asked. Kagome shook her head. "Then why are you shaking?" He asked. Kagome stuttered.

"I… I… don't know…" She said softly. Inuyasha wrapped his jacket around her arms. "I'm not cold." Kagome said. Inuyasha scoffed.

"Then give me back the jacket!" He said. Kagome smiled and shook her head, putting her arms through the sleeves. "Wench…" he muttered. Kagome giggled and punched him lightly on the arm. He rubbed the spot, before standing up and walking next door to his car. He opened up the door and called for her.

"Hey, Kagome! Are we leaving or what?" Kagome stood up and ran after him.

"Okay! To the mall!" She said as she opened the passenger door.

"So you weren't kidding about the damn mall?" Inuyasha asked seeming upset. Kagome smiled and got in the car.

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All the way to the mall, Kagome just sat and thought about Kouga. She really did miss him and if he were truly sorry, she would take him back. He didn't seem too sorry, though. In fact, he seemed proud of what he'd done. She sighed and leaned her head on the passenger window, watching the objects close to the road zoom by. Her thoughts were halted when she felt a hand on her back. She turned around to see Inuyasha staring at her concerned.

"You alright?" He asked, rubbing her back as bit as she sat up. Kagome just nodded in response and watched out the windshield.

Inuyasha sighed and watched her intently. 'I wouldn't ever break your heart like that, Kagome…'

"INUYASHA! WATCH OUT!" Kagome shouted as a car pulled out in front of them. Inuyasha slammed on the brakes just barely making it in time. The car honked at him a few times, then continued on its way.

"Yeah, I hear you ass hole!" He shouted to the car before softly hitting the gas again. "You're okay, right?" Inuyasha asked Kagome as he pulled up to a red light. She was holding her chest and breathing hard.

Kagome swallowed before turning to him and taking a deep breath. "I'm fine." Inuyasha nodded.

"I'm really sorry…" Inuyasha said. Kagome gave him a weak smile.

"I'm not upset about that." She said and Inuyasha assumed it was Kouga that was on her mind. 'Ugh… damnit. He was always on her mind. She always thought about that sorry excuse for a fucking life.' Inuyasha loathed Kouga from the moment Kagome introduced him as her boyfriend. Maybe it was just because he was jealous. Kagome hadn't ever had another man in her life and it was pretty hard to adjust to when you're in love with someone. But, it didn't matter. Maybe life would always be so hard. He loved her, she loved Kouga…' Inuyasha sighed and shook his head unknowingly.

"Inuyasha…" Kagome said interrupting his thoughts. He looked over at her.

"Thanks…" She said softly as the light turned green. Inuyasha accelerated his car and drove through to the next red light.

"For what?" He asked not taking his eyes off the road this time.

"For being there last night. I really did need you." She said. Inuyasha turned to her for only a second to give her a smile that said 'you're welcome'. Kagome nodded and turned to the radio.

"We need some music!" She said turning on the radio. She gasped when "Everlasting Love" came on. "You listen to this, Inuyasha?" She asked laughing. He smiled and shook his head embarrassed.

"My mom was in the car last." He said changing the channel. Kagome shook her head.

"No, I like this song." She changed it back and began singing to it loudly and very out of tune.

'Open up your eyes! Then you'll realize! Here I stand with my… EVERLASTING LOVE!" Kagome shouted it more than sang to it. "Aren't I a lovely singer, Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha smiled and shook his head "The best", he said as they drove on to the mall.

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"Need you by my side! Want to be your bride! You'll never be denied…EVERLASTING LOVE!" Kagome was still singing the song and still in her obnoxious manner through the mall for the past… 3… hours.

They had finished shopping by that point and Inuyasha was more annoyed than ever. Three hours shopping with his broken-hearted best friend who could not stop singing "Everlasting Love". 'I'll make sure she never hears that fucking song again…' he thought to himself. Three hours of shopping and Everlasting Love… yea… not much fun for a guy. They had just started to walk outside when Kagome's phone started ringing.

"Who is it?" Inuyasha asked as she pulled her phone out of her purse. The screen read "Kouga".

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AN: Okay… Ooh cliffy. By the way, I don't own Everlasting Love. That is Gloria Estefan's song. But I hope you liked. This chapter goes into a little bit more about Inuyasha's feelings for Kagome. Next chapter will kick much ass… I promise.

So please review if you liked it. More will be up soon. I'd love a lot of reviews though… that would be so nice. So even if you didn't like it, at least tell me what I can do better please.

Love always,

Patche