Chapter Seven - Fond Thoughts of You
Inuyasha turned his head from the wall to look at her face. Why was she hesitating? Wasn't it a known fact to her that they were friends? Girls were so confusing. But to be truthful, he wished that she would say that she didn't only want to be friends. But, its not like that would happen.
His memories immediately skipped back to the night at the Castle beyond the Looking Glass. That witch had kidnapped Kagome at the time, and she had risked her own life for him. He still felt guilty when he remembered how he thought that she would die. But that wasn't what he was thinking about, or what made him stare at her.
That night she had kissed him. And he had returned the kiss. Her lips had felt so warm and he remembered it clearly, though sometimes he wondered if he had dreamt it. Kissing her had felt so…right. Though, she had acted like it never happened.
I couldn't have dreamt it, though. Miroku and Sango mentioned it later on. Eh, I still remember Kagome commanding me to sit.
Inuyasha continued staring at her. His eyes flickered to her mouth, then back to her eyes. He mentally smacked himself. What was wrong with him? Her smell filled the air around them. It was so…enticing. He felt a growing urge in his hands to reach up and touch her. She looked so beautiful with the fire's light flickering over her hair and eyes.
"Inuyasha…I…you are…special…to me."
Inuyasha blinked. What was she saying? Her words were becoming hazy. Everything around him was getting blurred together and hazy. Kagome looked so cute…she was even…blushing? He shook his head slightly. This was making no sense. Why was he had hallucinations at a time like this?
"You smell good, Kagome." The whole room was heady with her scent. How…enticing.
"What?" She jerked her head up to look at him in disbelief, "Why would you say such a thing at a time like this?"
"Are you…cold?"
The girl just stared back at him. He could hear her heartbeat speed up, but this didn't make sense to him. She glanced at the blanket over her shoulders and then slowly nodded.
"Yeah…a little."
Inuyasha pulled off his crimson robe. She stayed quiet and muttered a thank you when he handed it to her.
Kagome pulled the robe close around her. It smelled like him. She lifted it to her face and rubbed it against her cheek. He was so quiet. Why was he talking so weird? She looked up to meet his eyes. Immediately she felt a little worried. They had a clouded look in them and he looked…hypnotized?
"Inuyasha, are you ok?"
"Uh…the air…is so…good…"
Kagome bit her lip and stood up. The look in his eyes immediately reminded her of the time when the boar demon came after her and the circlet ended up falling on Inuyasha's head. She walked around the fire and sat down beside him, lifting a hand up to his forehead.
"You don't have a fever. Are you sure you are ok? Oh, I shouldn't have let you stay outside so long..."
"Kagome…you…"
The half-demon was staring intently at her face. She felt the familiar butterflies in her stomach. But this was different. He was close, and his robe made her feel really warm.
"Inuyasha…would you like some water? I think you might be coming down with something."
"Kagome…"
Why does he keep saying my name? So close…way too close…
Wait, why was he so close? She stopped breathing. His face was inches from hers. Inuyasha was coming closer, but that wasn't what was making her brain freak out so bad. The look in his eyes made her think of the way she saw her mom look at her dad in pictures. Suddenly a memory came to mind.
It was a long time back, when he still despised her. That same day she was kidnapped and Kikyo was revived. But that morning they had been sitting under a tree. She remembered how he had grabbed her hands and started leaning towards her. Her heart had been racing and the only thing she could think of was to shove him away.
Too close…
"Inuyasha, what are you…"
Suddenly his eyes cleared. The boy blinked and few times before understanding of the situation came to him. She watched as he jerked back and stood up.
"What the hell!? I-I'm sorry…I think…I need…"
"Water."
Kagome tried to think straight as she rushed over to her bag and pulled out a bottle of water. This was just way too confusing. What on earth was wrong with him? And why didn't she push him away like she did the first time? Even more important, why couldn't she find the desire to push him away?
"Uh…here."
"Thanks."
Inuyasha snatched the bottle from her hand and opened it quickly, gulping the water down. He poured some into his hand and splattered his face. She watched him quietly, still feeling very confused.
"Inuyasha, maybe we should get some sleep. Talking doesn't seem to work very well."
"Feel free to try. I couldn't sleep for nothing."
"The storm keeps me up…"
"So…"
The two stared at each other. The silence dragged on for a moment. A few times the hazy look started to creep back into his eyes. But he quickly would shake his head and drink some more water.
"So, what do you want to do?"
"Do you have anything in your bag that is entertaining?"
