Chapter Three

"I'm not used to lying in bed

You ask how my day was"

Kagome stared at the red numbers on the clock on her bedside table.

1:37. She had been laying in bed since 7:00 that morning. Six hours of complete boredom.

After being picked up from school yesterday, her mom insisted that she stay home today, even though she felt fine, her temperature was almost back to normal too. Kagome suspected that she just didn't want to be interrupted at work.

She looked at her clock again. 1:39. Time might as well have been moving backwards. She just wanted school to get out so she could call Inuyasha and yell at him, it was after all his fault she was stuck here.

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Inuyasha sighed. It was so boring without Kagome. Miroku and Sango were arguing about something or other, and Kikyo was busy talking to her friends about which famous guys they thought were they best looking. A conversation he had no interest in whatsoever.

It never occurred to him before how big of a part Kagome was in his life. In fact, this was the first day since 9th grade that he hadn't seen her.

He sighed again.

Sango slammed her hand down on the table. "If we so boring, why do you hang out with us!" she asked, annoyance clearly present in her tone.

Inuyasha stood up. "I'll see you guys later." There was at least twenty minutes left of study hall, he could go see Kagome and be back in time for fifth period.

"What's gotten into him?" Miroku asked.

Sango just shrugged, but Kikyo looked hurt. He just stood up and left, he didn't give her a kiss or anything. She hoped something wasn't wrong with him. He had been acting odd lately. Ever since…no, she wasn't going to jump to any conclusions. At least not until she talked to him.

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Kagome practically jumped out of bed when she heard the doorbell ring. She was under orders not to get out of bed, but she couldn't just leave that poor person out there in the cold. No, that would be rude.

She opened the door, Inuyasha stood at the doorstep, his hand raised as if he was going to ring the doorbell again. He lowered his hand and smiled at her, his smile quickly faded into a frown.

"You should be in bed."

Kagome's hand went to her hips. "Well who did you expect to answer the door?"

"Just get in bed." Inuyasha said, coming inside and cosign the door. He grabbed her hand and pulled her toward her room. Having been there so many times before, he knew exactly where it was.

In no mood for an argument, Kagome allowed him to lead her away.

"What are you doing here?" she asked as she sat down on her bed.

Inuyasha was taken aback. She wasn't happy to see him?

Kagome saw the slightly hurt look his eyes held. "I mean shouldn't you be in school?"

His smile returned. "I had some time left in study hall and I came to make sure you were doing okay."

"I'm fine. In fact, I would be in school right now if you hadn't insisted I go to the nurse."

Inuyasha's grin widened. He sat down on the bed next to Kagome. "So how was your day love?"

"Fi-fine, good." she stuttered out. What had come over her? He called her love all the time. It was just a friendly term of endearment. No, something had been different when he said it this time. The way he said it. The look in his eyes. They held the same indescribable emotion as that night at the movies. The same….passion? Love? She wasn't sure.

"Kagome? Are you okay?" Inuyasha placed his hand on her shoulder.

She nodded vigorously. "Yes! Sorry, what is it you asked?"

"I asked how your day was."

"Oh it was um great." she kept her head down, and stared intently at her sheets. She didn't want to look him in the eye, it scared her. It scared her that she even thought for a moment that she might be… NO! She had a boyfriend. A wonderful boyfriend that she….. Loved? Of course she loved him, why wouldn't she love him?

She laughed inwardly at herself. She was just being stupid. Inuyasha was her friend, her best friend. Kouga was her boyfriend. And that's exactly how it should be. That's how she wanted it to be.

"Kagome?" Inuyasha questioned.

She looked up at him and smiled. Hoping that he didn't notice anything wrong. After all, she was fine, nothing was wrong.

Thankfully, he returned her smile and stood up.

"I have to go. I'm probably late as it is."

Kagome laughed nervously. He waved at her before heading out the door.

"Stay in bed!" He called over his shoulder.

She smiled despite herself. She had to smile when she thought about Inuyasha. It was the little things he did that meant so much to her. He could be so considerate without even trying.

Come to think of it, he was a lot like Kouga. They both had the same tough guy exterior, but would do anything to protect their friends. They could both be the sweetest guys on earth without even realizing what they were doing. They were both just really great guys.

But Kouga, Kouga had never looked at her like that. She couldn't figure out what that meant.

Kagome ran her fingers through her hair and sighed.

'What is he doing to me?"

Hey guys! OMBuddha, I am so sorry it took me 2 weeks to update, I just couldn't find time to write my story! Well I think this is the longest chapter I have written so far, which isn't really saying much considering how short it is. Anyway I would just like to thank you all for reading and being so patient while I updated.

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