Wh-what?" Kagome asked, only slightly confused.

"How do you feel about me?" Inuyasha asked again; he had seen something in her eyes when she looked at him.

"Well…uh…umm…I-I…" Kagome stuttered out, embarrassed, looking down while fiddling with her fingers.

"Kagome…" Inuyasha started.

"I really like you!" Kagome exclaimed very red in the face before getting up to run to one of the bathrooms or something.

Meanwhile, Inuyasha sat there shocked; he wasn't sure what to think…so his mind went blank.

Ten Minutes Later:

Inuyasha finally managed to get up and walked over to the bathroom Kagome ran to.

When he got there, he heard her crying; he just sighed as he knocked on the door.

"Kagome…are you ok?" Inuyasha asked, mentally slapping his head.

"I-I'm ok…I-I'm sorry." Kagome stuttered through the door.

"For what; for how you feel? Well don't… Kagome…I feel the same way about you; I really like you as well." Inuyasha said through the door, while leaning against it.

"Wh-what?" Kagome asked shocked…very shocked.

"Kagome, I really like you; I have since you came here." Inuyasha said calmly, trying to coax her out.

After a few minutes of nothing, Kagome finally slowly opened the door and slowly walked out, blushing.

"Inuyasha…" Kagome started, blushing and fidgeting with her fingers.

"Kagome…do you mean what you say?" Inuyasha asked seriously.

"Yes…do you?" Kagome asked softly looking directly into Inuyasha's eyes.

"Yes, I do. Like I said, I've liked you since you arrived here." Inuyasha said calmly, looking at Kagome while moving some hair from her eyes.

"Inuyasha…" Kagome said softly causing Inuyasha to smile.

"Is that all you're going to say; you seemed so mesmerized." Inuyasha said teasing her a little; but it just seemed to go over her head.

"I'm sorry." Kagome said softly, just staring into his eyes; she was very mesmerized with his blue eyes as they reminded her of looking into an ocean or a lake.

"No, it's fine." 'But I'm going to kill the others…' Inuyasha said and then thought to himself while looking into her brown colored eyes.

"Hey, are you hungry; it's getting pretty late…and we haven't had dinner yet." Inuyasha said looking at Kagome, making a face when he heard her stomach growl.

"Oh ummm…" Kagome started, unsure.

"Come on; let's go see what everyone left us for food." Inuyasha said, gently taking Kagome by the hand as they walked to the fridges.

When they looked in the fridges, Inuyasha had all sorts of fresh ingredients while Kagome had a lot of processed food.

"Wow; all that looks really good…" Kagome said softly looking in Inuyasha's fridge.

"Your food looks good as well. But, I'm kind of surprised; the note that everyone left said that our fridges were stocked with our favorite foods…that's why there's two different fridges. But you just said that my fridge of food looked good; you like this kind of stuff? Then why wouldn't any of it be in your fridge as well?" Inuyasha asked confused.

"It's not that I don't like any of that stuff… just don't know how to cook any of it. Actually, I don't know how to cook anything at all…" Kagome admitted sadly.

"Oh…I see. Well that's ok; I can teach you how to cook…if you want that is. And, if you wish, we can just share both fridges of food." Inuyasha said calmly looking at Kagome.

"Oh sure." Kagome said looking at Inuyasha with some excitement before looking down.

"What's wrong?" Inuyasha asked concerned.

"Maybe you should cook the food; we need to make it all last the weekend." Kagome said softly, embarrassed.

"That's fine; sounds like a plan. How does burgers with French fries sound?" Inuyasha asked looking between the two fridges and then to Kagome.

"That sounds amazing; can we uh…can we have carrots with them as well?" Kagome asked softly.

"Yeah; that's just fine. What should we have to drink?" Inuyasha asked looking at Kagome.

"Umm…I think I'll just have some orange juice." Kagome said softly.

"Well then, I just have a beer." Inuyasha said looking in his fridge.

"You drink?" Kagome asked softly, confused.

"Only sometimes; and only beer." Inuyasha said calmly.

"I'm sorry; I'm not…I mean I don't mean to judge." Kagome said becoming flustered.

"Hahaha; its fine. I suppose you're not used to seeing a high school student drink, are you?" Inuyasha asked looking at her.

"No, I guess not." Kagome admitted looking at Inuyasha.

"Something wrong?" Inuyasha asked looking at Kagome, who was looking at the beer.

"Oh. No, sorry. Umm…" Kagome started.

"Have you ever had a drink before?" Inuyasha asked looking at Kagome.

"Not beer…but I've had vodka and tequila…without knowing it. Hmm…oh…umm…my stepdad used to spike my orange juice with a little tequila. And Sango made jello-o shots for one of her parties…and apparently I had a lot of them…but so did Ayame, Yuka, Eri and Ayumi." Kagome said softly, trying to figure out exactly how to say everything.

"How did you figure out about your stepfather spiking your orange juice?" Inuyasha asked calmly.

"A cop found me laying in a ditch; he had me blow into one of those things that tells them how drunk a person is. He then had an ambulance transfer to me to a hospital. That was the first time he actually got arrested and taken to jail for a month or something like that. That was actually kind of nice; mom stopped doing drugs and starting kind of paying attention to me. But then he came back and she went back to how she was again…" Kagome said sadly.

"I'm sorry. But wait…didn't any of the girls tell you that jello-o shots are filled with vodka?" Inuyasha asked confused.

"No…well they did…the next day." Kagome said softly.

'Well, her stepfather is a sleazebag. And if I didn't know Sango, Ayame, Eri, Yuka and Ayumi, I'd say great friends…but those three girls are great. As for Bulla…I think I'll be having a talk with her… But Kagome…she's so sweet, kind and caring; she shouldn't have gone through what she went through…' Inuyasha thought to himself, looking directly at Kagome.

"Is something wrong?" Kagome asked when she noticed Inuyasha looking at her.

"No. Would you like a drink…or sip? See if you like it or not?" Inuyasha asked looking directly at Kagome.

"Oh…sure…" Kagome said softly walking over to Inuyasha, who cracked open his beer.

When Kagome took a small drink of the beer she immediately spit it out into a trashcan causing Inuyasha to smile and chuckle a little bit.

"No?" Inuyasha asked getting her some water.

"How can people drink that stuff; it taste like piss or something!" Kagome exclaimed, shocking Inuyasha.

"Wow…someone has a potty-mouth…" Inuyasha said looking at Kagome; he had never once heard her swear. He's never even ever her say anything like crap or shoot.

"Sorry…I try not to swear too much. I was always told that girls who swear were very un-lady like and would never find love or anything like that. It's just…that stuff tastes really bad." Kagome admitted softly.

"Oh no; it's perfectly fine. And I don't mind if you swear; a lot of girls I know swear and still have love lives. Sango is one of them; and Miroku loves her just the same. I believe you should just be you. Swear or don't swear…" Inuyasha said honestly as he started to form hamburger patties.

Kagome didn't say anything; she couldn't say anything; she was filled with so many emotions at that moment…so she started to cry.

"Hey, don't cry; I'm sorry." Inuyasha said seriously.

"No, don't be; I'm not sad… It's just nobody has ever said anything like that to me before." Kagome said smiling, tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Oh. Do you need anything?" Inuyasha asked concerned, looking at her.

"A hug?" Kagome asked softly.

"Sure." Inuyasha said with a smile as he set the burger down, wiped his hands off; he then walked over to her and hugged her, just holding her while she lightly clutched onto him…