Addicted To You

2/7/05

by: Cynic X

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Chapter 8: Jerks and Jealousy

Kagome got up at her normal time that morning, despite her insomnia the night before. She wanted to make herself look as good as she possibly could. After all, she had a performance to put on that morning. Grabbing her books, Kagome walked to school like any other morning, but the sight she saw made her stop when the entrance to the school came into view. Kouga was standing on the front steps with a dozen roses.

'He's making this too easy.' Kagome thought with an evil smile. Normally, she would have been repulsed at the idea that Kouga was trying to buy back her affections with flowers, but considering the job Kagome had set out to do, they were the perfect touches for her plan.

"Kagome, over here!" Kouga called waving to her. "You look really nice this morning, did you do something different with your hair?" Kouga asked sweetly.

"Yeah, I actually decided to brush it." Kagome replied. How dumb could Kouga be, she thought to herself. Kikyo couldn't have seriously fallen for these lame pick up lines.

"Oh…umm, these are for you." Kouga said, thrusting the flowers into Kagome's arms. "I was hoping you would accept them as an apology for what happened."

"Oh Kouga, you're so sweet." Kagome said happily, bringing them up to her nose, acting in accordance with her plan. In reality, she would have liked to have shoved them down Kouga's throat, but she needed to manipulate him now, like he did to her.

"Did you think about what I said yesterday?" Kouga asked hopefully.

"Yes I did. And I accept." Kagome replied, a happy fake smile plastered all over her face.

"Kagome you're the best!" Kouga cried, pulling her into a hug. Kagome returned it, but reminded herself that she was going to have to wash her clothes in bleach later.

Kouga grabbed her hand and walked her into the school building in the direction of her locker. Kagome grabbed her books, and gave them to Kouga and the two started walking towards class, Kouga carrying Kagome's books, and Kagome carrying the flowers he had given her.

'Just wait until Inuyasha sees this.' Kagome thought happily, and turned towards Kouga. The dumb-ass thought the smile was meant for him, and Kagome was not about to tell him otherwise.

They arrived at the classroom, and Kouga followed Kagome to her desk, placing her books on it. Kagome just continued to smile the whole time. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw that Inuyasha had just entered the room with Kikyo. He glanced at her, looked away, and then did a double take. Kagome wished she could have been looking at Inuyasha straight on, but that would have been too obvious. Still, she was able to see how his face displayed the emotions he was feeling. First he looked at her in confusion, then disgust, and then anger. 'Why would he be angry?' Kagome thought to herself. I'm my own person; I can do what I want to do. He has Kikyo, why shouldn't I be happy too?

Inuyasha didn't have a chance to go and talk to Kagome because the bell rang. Kouga grabbed Kagome's hand, and kissed it, saying he would see her later. Kagome nodded, and discretely, wiped the back of her hand on her skirt, wishing she had something stronger to burn away the skin he had touched.

During the entire class, Kagome tried to ignore the lovesick looks that Kouga was sending her, and the evil ones she was receiving from Inuyasha. It was amazing she was still able to keep her grades up with all these distractions. When the bell range, she didn't even have a chance to gather her books, because the moment she looked up, Inuyasha was standing at the corner of her desk.

"We need to talk. Now." Inuyasha growled. He had no idea why he was so upset that Kagome was with Kouga, but it was bothering him more than he would have liked to admit.

"Why, is something wrong?" Kagome asked, acting like she was clueless.

"You could say that." Inuyasha replied through clenched teeth. Why was Kagome having this kind of effect on him?

"Inuyasha dear, are you coming?" Kikyo asked, not liking the idea that her boyfriend was talking to another girl.

"Later Kikyo, I'm busy." Inuyasha replied, still looking at Kagome.

Kikyo stopped, stunned at his remark. An instant later, she started laughing.

"Good one Inu-chan, you almost had me there." She said, continuing with the fake laugh.

"Looks like we'll have to talk later, your princess is waiting." Kagome said sweetly, grabbing her books, and walking to Kouga who was waiting for her at the door.

"I don't think so. We have to talk, and I mean now." With that, Inuyasha grabbed Kagome around the waist, threw her over his shoulder and starting running for the school doors, ignoring Kagome's fighting and yelling at him to be put down.

Once the pair was outside, Inuyasha placed Kagome down softly under a tree that was still on the school property. It was almost in the exact same spot that had met.

'How appropriate.' Kagome thought sarcastically. She was fixing her skirt and was about to start yelling at Inuyasha, when he beat her to it.

"What the hell are you doing with Kouga!" Inuyasha practically screamed at her.

"What do you mean!" Kagome cried back. "The plan was that we would get out ex's back! You seemed very happy with Kikyo, so why couldn't I get Kouga back too?" Kagome replied, crossing her arms.

Inuyasha was at a loss of words for a moment, not sure why he cared so much about whom Kagome was with. He couldn't sort out these strange feelings he was having. Finally words came into his mouth, and he said them without thinking.

"It makes you look like a whore! You look easy…like you don't care about who you're with."

"You should be one to talk! You're no better! You did the exact same thing! Why is there a double standard for me?" Kagome was on the verge of tears again. The paper thin walls she had put in place last night to hold her emotions for Inuyasha back were breaking, and she had to do something to stop them from showing again. She did the first thing that popped into her mind…she slapped Inuyasha…hard…right across the face.

Inuyasha's hand immediately went to his reddened check. Not only was Inuyasha stunned at her actions, but Kagome started in shock at her hand as well. She had no idea that she had it in her to hit a guy, but she figured that Inuyasha deserved it after what he said about her.

Inuyasha looked at her. Kagome wanted to crawl under a rock and die. If there was any chance before that she could be with Inuyasha, she was sure that she had just shattered it. He started rubbing his check, staring Kagome straight in the eye.

"You know, no one ever did that before." Inuyasha said softly.

Kagome didn't know what she should do. She wanted to run home and hide, never having to return to school again, but she knew that wasn't an option.

"I…I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me." Kagome replied, barely above a whisper.

"No…its fine, I deserve it for dragging you out here like this. I just…I just wanted to make sure you knew what you are doing." Inuyasha replied, and started to walk away.

"Inuyasha wait!" Kagome cried, running after him. He stopped, but didn't turn around.

"I don't want things between us to end like this." Kagome said, in between the tears that had started making there way down her face. "We were good friends. What happened?"

"I don't know." Inuyasha said softly, still not turning around. "Life, I guess. People change, their priorities change. People don't feel or act the same way they used to."

Kagome stopped to think for a moment. She couldn't believe how much Inuyasha's words spoke to her, how much he was saying without even realizing it.

"You don't know how true that is, Inuyasha." Kagome said in agreement. "Sometimes people change, their feelings change, and the people standing right in front of them can't even see it." Kagome said in between sobs. She knew that he would never catch on to her riddles. Feeling like a fool yet again, her instincts took over and she ran. She thought she was in control, that she had a plan, but she realized that she was just as mixed up as before. Kagome ran through the school, not even stopping to get her books. She just knew that she had to run and get out of there because she was afraid to face Inuyasha again…afraid that she would come out and tell him the truth, and he would see how pathetic she really was.

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– CynicX