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Note: Hey guys. I'm back sorry it took forever. I had major things to deal with. In this chapter Miroku and Kagome have a talk and then she asks him something special.
Kagome leaned in eager to hear what he was going to say. It had shocked her that all of the tension that had been building up in the group had seemed to vanish in one night. It made no sense and she didn't understand it, but she knew Miroku would tell her. Meeting his gaze she smiled when he offered her his hand and immediately took it without thinking.
Seeing him smile in return, she squeezed his hand before asking.
"So what's going on?"
Miroku smiled at her again.
"Do you remember anything that you dreamed last night?"
She frowned in confusion before nodding.
"Will you tell me about it?"
She was silent for a long moment and he was sure she was going to say no, but she surprised them both by nodding.
"I was dreaming of when you asked me what I wanted you to do to prove your feelings."
She waited for him to speak but he shook his head to indicate that he wanted her to continue.
"I yelled at you about you and Inuyasha treating me like a prize and not a person, and how you were making me feel like whatever is developing between us is in that same category. Then me telling you what you had to do to prove yourself to me. You leaned in and kissed my cheek and then we smiled at each other and I woke up."
He nodded and she watched his eyebrows furrow together as he was thinking. She waited for him to continue but he just sat there thinking. Finally she squeezed his hand impatiently.
"Miroku, what does my dream have to do with anything?"
"The last few weeks, you've been having erotic dreams and you moan and toss around so much that Inuyasha and I were barely getting any sleep at all unless we were completely exhausted."
He looked up to see she'd lowered her head in guilt and surprised her by cupping her chin and raising her face back to his before kissing her forehead.
"Its not your fault Gome. You can't control what you dream."
Kagome blushed under his gaze, and by him calling her a nickname, but smiled.
"The reason that things were different this morning was because for the first time in weeks you actually slept the whole night without tossing or turning, Inuyasha didn't smell your arousal which put him at ease because he feels very strongly about you and it was making things harder on him, and you were silent. Inuyasha said the only thing he felt from you was happiness."
She nodded understandingly.
"I was happy. When I woke up I felt better than I had in a long time and I was happy because..."
Her voice trailed off and her cheeks were bright red. Miroku smiled before rubbing his thumb over the back of her hand causing her to close her eyes.
"Please tell me." He whispered to her.
"I was happy because for the first time, you didn't take something away from me. You were treating me and my feelings with respect. You didn't push me for something I didn't want to give."
It was his turn to feel guilty only his guilt was coupled with him feeling like a total asshole. He shouldn't have taken her first kiss like that, regardless of what he had wanted. He should have made it special for her. Kagome leaned into him and placed her head on his shoulder before whispering.
"You know if you'd just waited a day I would've let you kiss me happily."
She giggled when she saw the shock that fluttered across his face.
"I kissed Inuyasha back because I thought it was you. That was the only reason and I wished it had been you."
He said nothing wrapping his arm around her instead knowing that they didn't need words. They sat perfectly still and Miroku wondered if she had fallen asleep. Turning his head to look down at her he noticed she was looking back up at him and there noses were touching. She offered him a small smile and was about to say something when they heard Inuyasha coming back into camp.
Breaking apart reluctantly they began to build a fire and Kagome began boiling water to make Inuyasha some "ninja food" to compliment his hunt knowing he'd be grateful. He came running into camp and triumphantly set his kill down while offering to help Kagome cook. She was relieved that the tension had not entered back into the group and they were even more surprised that when Kagome fell asleep that night she didn't have any erotic dreams or wake up lustful.
Smiling when she woke up she looked over to Inuyasha and Miroku who were smiling as well. After dressing and making breakfast she said she was leaving and Inuyasha nodded saying he was leaving as well. Miroku waited until he left before offering his hand to Kagome and walking her to the well.
They were silent and Kagome felt her good mood disappear at the thought of leaving Miroku for an extended period and then chastised herself for thinking that way when she shouldn't. When they reached it she sat on the edge kicking her feet.
"I wish you weren't leaving."
She smiled.
"I was happy about leaving before. I figured I'd get to see my mom and my friends, but..."
He watched her blush and waited silently for her to finish.
"I'm kinda sad about what I'm leaving behind."
He sat down with her and she placed her hand in his leaning into him like she had the night before. After thinking for a moment he asked her.
"Can you take me with you?"
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