Note: There is a bit of a lime at the end of this chapter.
Is This What Love Feels Like?
"Inuyasha! Where is Kagome?" Shippo shouted as soon the hanyou entered the village. As the hanyou continued to ignore him, the kit followed him speaking rather loudly, "I know you went to the well. Why didn't you come back with her?"
"Uh huh," he absentmindedly replied walking past the child.
I kissed her and she kissed me back. I can still feel her lips on mine. Inuyasha thought feeling shaky all over, ignoring the fox youkai child chasing after him. He had experienced feelings of extreme hope, happiness, gut wrenching despair, and love in the time period of a quarter of an hour. Inuyasha was emotionally spent.
Yet Inuyasha felt warmth within his chest. Not physical warmth, but emotional. He felt loved, wanted. In turn, he wanted to do things for her for no reason. And although she was on the other side of the well and missing every part of her, he did not rush over the threshold of time.
Is this what it feels like to be truly in love? the young hanyou pondered. Inuyasha had never felt this way before. With Kikyo, they never had the luxury to let their feelings develop fully. He loved Kikyo, but Kagome made his heart flutter.
He settled under the shade of a tree and sat down gazing at the horizon. Night would fall soon. Puzzled, Shippo sulked away from the odd-behaving hanyou disappointed that Kagome did not return with him and paused as Inuyasha sucked in a breath as he licked his lips.
"I can still taste her on my lips," he whispered, which was also heard by a very confused Shippo. The kitsune shook his head and walked towards Miroku and Sango, who were also observing Inuyasha under the tree. Both knew that Inuyasha had gone to Kagome's era and were worried when he returned alone in a daze.
"Did something happen between him and Kagome?" Sango asked, concern in her voice.
"I am not sure. I hope nothing bad. I'd hate for either of them to get hurt," Miroku replied, wondering if his hanyou friend had followed all of his advice.
"But this time he's behaving different. He's in some kind of daze."
I'd be too if I got some action with a certain someone, Miroku mused wondering just how inexperienced with girls Inuyasha was.
"Shippo are you okay?"
"No, I miss Kagome. Why didn't she come back with Inuyasha?" Miroku and Sango looked at each other, worried about what Kagome's extended absences would mean once she started university.
"I know Shippo. We all miss her. But we need to let Kagome and Inuyasha figure things out for themselves," Miroku explained, wondering if perhaps something good happened on the other side of the well. "Did Inuyasha say anything?"
"Not really except for tasting something on his lips." Sango and Miroku both snorted, holding in their laughter. Shippo just stared at them, confused.
"Did I say something funny?" the kit asked.
"Nothing," Sango said reassuringly, wondering if on the other side of the well a schoolgirl was gazing out her bedroom window looking at the sky as well.
"Kagome, Kagome," came from the voice of Yuka. The schoolgirl who was gazing at the brilliant blue sky turned to see Eri, Ayame, and Hojo behind her hoping the blush on her cheeks was not visible.
"Um, hi," Kagome said, smiling strangely.
"Are you okay?" Yuka asked. "You seem kind of out of it."
"Everything is fine," she said sighing and looking at the clear blue sky, leading her friends to the house.
"Then what was all that shouting about?" Kagome stopped and closed her eyes, feeling her cheeks grow hot.
"You, you heard that?" Kagome stammered her cheeks reddening even more, then noticed Hojo standing there. "Um excuse us Hojo, girl talk," she quickly said dragging her three girlfriends into her bedroom, where they saw the wildflowers and note on the floor.
Kagome fidgeted for a moment before stammering out," The screaming you heard was from me and Inuyasha."
"Did you guys get into a fight?" Eri asked in a critical tone.
"Not exactly," Kagome began smiling. "Inuyasha told me he loved me and we kissed out where you found me in the courtyard."
"See, I thought I heard 'Inuyasha Taisho I love you'" Ayume told Yuka and Eri.
"Did Hojo hear that?" Kagome gasped stooping to pick up the flowers and running out of the room. Eri noticed a square of rice paper on the floor and picked it up observing the ancient calligraphy that was so distinctive of Inuyasha's handwriting.
"Did Inuyasha write this?" Eri asked as Kagome returned with the flowers in a beautiful vase, looking flushed about something.
"Yeah, he did," she nodded, quickly taking the note and placing it in her bedside table. A knock at the door jolted the girls from their conversation.
"Hojo, we're s-s-sorry," Kagome stuttered as she opened the door to gaze at the hopeful adolescent. Suddenly she found it difficult to look him in the eye. "Got carried away with girl stuff." She gestured with her arms and the boy entered, looking longingly at Kagome. The lovelorn boy did not even notice the flowers on the dresser.
"Don't worry about it, girls," he replied with a confident smile on his face.
"Well," Kagome said composing herself "let's get started", all the while thinking of a certain someone on the other side of the well.
Shippo, Sango and Miroku kept throwing suspicious glances his way, so Inuyasha took off, finally settling in to a tree for the evening. Strangely he fell into a deep nap, which was unheard of on this side of the well. As usual he dreamed of Kagome, but unlike other dreams, they never were this vivid and they were never about a night of passion before.
Inuyasha snapped awake panting, disturbed. He had never dreamt, much less fantasized, about Kikyo in that way, causing him to feel guilt and shame. He was a hanyou, he knew where his role in the world was. Yet mere hours before the schoolgirl had professed her love for him to an entire city block making him feel like the luckiest man on the planet. And at the moment he realized his feelings were so much stronger for Kagome than they had ever been for Kikyo.
Maybe I'm supposed to feel this way about her, Inuyasha mused half-awake, trying to justify the dream and his past fantasies of her.
"But what do I feel about her?" he asked himself aloud. Fortunately, he was alone and no one could hear him. I love her that's true. I would die for her. But I also want to hold her and kiss her again. And…Inuyasha never got to finish his thought as he fell out of the tree.
"That's what I get for thinking about doing that to her!" Inuyasha grumbled rubbing the bump on his head.
Kagome lay awake in her bed, sleep failing to claim her as the light of the bright moon filtered in through her window. All throughout her study session she had been thinking of the kiss she shared with Inuyasha feeling that familiar warmth in the pit of her stomach threatening to emerge. She closed her eyes and licked her lips recalling the feel of his lips against hers.
Opening her eyes halfway very slowly, Kagome sighed unable to get the hanyou out of her mind. But what she did next surprised even herself. Slowly she slipped her hand down under her pajama pants and into her panties where she could feel a throbbing sensation between her legs.
Kagome clenched her teeth and squeezed her eyes shut as her fingers found a delicate bundle of nerves that sent pleasurable sensations across her body. Her other hand found its way to her breast, massaging herself.
"Oh Inuyasha," she gasped as she felt her fingers glide over that spot between her legs, the tension and pleasure growing stronger. A part of her felt as if it was awakening and she never felt more alive. But another part of her wanted Inuyasha to be the one doing this to her. Placing a finger inside herself, Kagome dared to think what it would feel like to have him inside her.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome hissed sitting up, panting lightly. What would he think if he found her like this? Her cheeks reddening, Kagome realized he would probably be embarrassed. She looked towards her window, the moonlight filtering in her room, hoping that one day she would be with Inuyasha like she had imagined.
Sorry not much action here. Next chapter will be a bit more exciting. I promise!