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Piecing Together Broken Hearts

Chapter 8

In Her Room

Inuyasha pulled into the parking lot of Tokyo University. Kagome pointed at a spot, an empty spot.

They slid out of his car. Inuyasha was caught off guard when Kagome snatched his hand, pulling him towards the buildings. He blushed a little.

"W-wait, don't we need to get the groceries?!" he said trying to pull away, but she squeezed his hand harder, so that he couldn't. She pulled them to a stop in view of a building.

"That's my building, 'kay." She said. "I thought you should know where we needed to go."

"Oh; so that's why you seemed to forget about the groceries. I thought you just couldn't wait to get me in your dorm room." He scoffed.

She took hold of his hand once again, pulling him this time to the car.

"Dammit, wench you're gonna rip my arm right out of its socket!"

She swerved around facing him, sheer anger on her beautiful face.

"Is that REALLY the way you treat a LADY!!! I won't stand for it! You'd better apologize right NOW or go home alright! And if you EVER address me like that again I won't forget it! You'll never be invited to my dorm again, DO YOU UNDERSTAND!!!"

"Yes! Yes, I understand! Alright, consider this my apology."

"HMPH!" she said stomping her foot and pulling him forward once again.

"I will need to hear "I'm sorry!" from you before you enter my dorm."

"No!" he thought. "I never apologize!" Yet somehow he knew he wanted to enter her dorm. So he would actually have to apologize. By this time they had already reached the car and Kagome had piled the grocery bags on him and her.

"Let's go." She said leading the way, but this time not grabbing his hand.

In a few minutes, they had reached the door to her dorm. It was time to do it.

"I'm sorry." He said.

She smiled. "Welcome to my room."


Sango, Ayame, and Juniya were watching from Juniya's window watching as Kagome and Inuyasha stepped out of a big red truck. Kagome then dragged the man to view the dorm, pointing right where they were standing.

"Eep!" Ayame screamed, ducking and pushing her friend's heads down.

"OW!!! Ayame that hurt! Warn us next time!" Sango protested.

"No, Sango; don't scold Ayame, we should be thanking her! Her reflexes saved us being spotted and lectured by Kagome or the man she's with!" Juniya said rubbing Ayame's head messing up her hair up, but if Ayame had a tail, it'd be wagging right now.

Then she registered what Juniya had said. "Wait, Kagome's cheating on Koga!"

"No, they broke up." Sango said.

"So does that mean I can hook up with him?"

"I'd ask Kagome if it's ok first."

"Yeah, I will." Ayame said. "Well, she and silver hair dude seem to be getting along well." She said, turning her attention back to the window. She had spoken too soon, though. Just now, Kagome had blown up at the new man.

"Whoa; Kags looks really angry!" Juniya exclaimed.

"Yeah, no kidding!" Sango said.

"Looks like she calmed down some." Ayame noticed. "She must have been mad at him and he said sorry."

The pair headed to the car.

"Do you think they fell in love at first sight? Or they learned to love each other?" Ayame asked.

"I'm not sure." Sango said. "But, as you can see, they clearly like each other."

The girls giggled and gossiped until they heard someone coming down the hall.

They all stuck their heads out the doorframe.

Kagome and Inuyasha were coming down the hall, loaded with groceries. The girls watched as they made their way through the hall to Kagome's door.

"I'm sorry." Inuyasha said.

"Welcome to my room." Kagome said, sticking her keys in the lock and unlocking the door. It swung open.

After the door was closed behind them, the girls all giggled, and Sango let out a muffled scream of excitement.


Inuyasha entered the room and was immediately intoxicated with the scent of orange blossoms and lavender. It was Kagome's scent and it was everywhere. He put the groceries and had the urge to hug her. How did she do this to him!

Kagome set down the groceries and started putting them away. She put the things that needed refrigeration in the fridge, and the dry stuff in the pantry. When she was done, she got two mugs and filled them to the top with ice cream.

"Inuyasha, come get your ice cream!" she hollered. She was surprised when he hugged her from behind, his warm breath tickling her neck.

"Thank you, Kagome." He whispered into her ear. He put his face in her hair and inhaled her scrumptious scent.

"Inuyasha…" she breathed.

He was barely able to pull away. He picked up his mug of ice cream. "Where do we sit?" he asked.

"You can go sit on the couch." She said, still out of breath. The sudden act had taken her by surprise. She went to go join him.

They sat on the couch. Inuyasha sniffed the ice cream. It smelt sweet and sugary. He tried a spoonful.

"Mm, this is really good, Kagome!" he exclaimed. "I understand why you love this ice cream do much!" He started eating it twice as fast.

"Watch out, if you eat it too fast you might get a…"

"BRAINFREEZE!!!" Inuyasha yelped.

"I was going to warn you! I'm sorry! I was too late!"

"Don't worry about it." He said. He felt dizzy; from the ice cream and the intensity of Kagome's scent. Under the effects of the brain freeze, he pulled Kagome onto his lap.

"Oof!" Kagome said as Inuyasha pulled her onto his lap.

Inuyasha put her head on his shoulder gently. He hugged her lightly, but firmly. Soon afterward he fell asleep with her in his arms.

Kagome tried to get out of his grasp, but he didn't let her, holding her tight when she tried to escape. She didn't mind all that much, but she was still a little embarrassed. She settled into his arms, relaxing.

"Apparently, the only option I have is to wait until he wakes up." Kagome thought. She snuggled into him, and soon fell asleep as well.


Author's note: Thanks to everyone who reviewed, and again special thanks to the people mentioned in the other author's note! I hoped you liked this chapter! I liked writing this! It was fun! Hope you keep reading, my readers! Next chapter is coming soon!