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Chapter 10

Tuesday- 5:47pm

She was on the D13 almost at the home bus stop and itching to get off the bus. Even after a month she still ached for the comforting presence of Inuyasha beside her. She had almost saved enough to get a cheap car. She couldn't wait.

Packing up her iPod and book she dinged the buzzer to get off and stepped off the bus she turned to walk away but was distracted by the ostentatious red colour in her peripheral vision. Her heart leaped to her throat as it always did when she was that shade and went to catch a glimpse of what was red this time and took a shaky breath when it was who she always wanted to see standing at the bus stop.

Inuyasha was looking back at her with a bus timetable loose, and upside-down, in one hand while the other was restlessly clenching and unclenching.

He started for her and she found she was tearing up.

'I didn't know which one you were on' he started awkwardly. Kagome had a revelation that he might not be feeling the same way as her and to him was just seeing a slightly friendlier acquaintance after a long time. Sucking up her feelings she replied.

'Ok, where did you want to go then?'

Inuyasha furrowed his brow and scrutinized her face taking in her shaken expression and unfallen tears seemed to have confirmation and said the most words she had ever heard him say in a single sitting though she couldn't understand half of them.

'I went away for a bit… but I'm back now and I shouldn't have gone, I didn't get anything done and I hated buses for a while. I just was stuck at home listening to my bastard brother and the pervert saying I was a coward and crap but it wasn't my problem. Then I saw books and flowers and stupid stuff you like and decided I hate not going on buses than I do seeing them and really needed to get on one but I decided to wait for you instead cause those buses are always better,' he finished with a large outtake of air and looked pleased he said all he needed to say. Kagome stared blankly at him and tried to decipher what he actually meant by his words, she was fluent in Inuyasha after all.

'Why can't you just admit that you didn't know what bus to get on…' she finally said. Inuyasha smiled cheekily.

'That's cause you said I could always follow you'

'Idiot…'

'Does that mean I cant?'

'…don't be stupid'

Kagome gave up on keeping her tears back and impulsively hugged him. No one was more surprised than her when Inuyasha's arms came around her and he hugged her back and gruffly sounded out an 'I'm not stupid you're stupid' into her hair which made her roll her eyes and laugh. His reply was to hug her tighter.

I updated sooner because the last chapter was so sad. I'm sorry it didn't end up being one chapter a week but it was unavoidable. Just the epilogue left guys

-Evyira