As they laid there silently, Inuyasha reached out his left hand and touched the sheet between their bodies. "I really missed this bed."

"You didn't spend many nights without it", Kagome pointed out, turning her body towards him. Her skin was slowly turning back to its normal colour and her breath had returned even. "I think you missed more the activies which usually happen in it."

"Hey, I'm trying to be romantic here", he smirked, this time placing his hand on her hip.

"Towards the bed?"

"No. The best feeling in the world is to wake up with you in it", he confessed. He also wanted to continue the subject which they had left unfinished. "I don't really care when we're going to marry. Since the day we began seriously dating I knew that it would happen someday. Because I knew that you are the only one for me."

"Inuyasha, what's gotten into you?" she joked but didn't hide her admiration for his words. He did know how to remind her that he loved her but usually he did it with acts.

Inuyasha moved closer until they were both tightly pressed against each others. "I don't want to fight with you like that ever again."

"Me neither", she whispered and let his hands wander where ever they wanted to, let him keep her whole body in captive inside his tight grasp. "Hold me", she asked yet again.

Kagome had almost entirely forgotten Kouga who was now restlessly moving his leg up and down. He didn't like it that Kagome had kicked him out yesterday besides her asshole boyfriend. Ex one, he hoped. He couldn't lose Kagome's heart now when he was so close to get it finally.

He had always loved Kagome, her beautiful looks, her smart and kind nature. High school had been a hard time for him and he had been bullied among few teens. It wounded his pride and he began to act shy and wary with everyone. The only one who had stayed beside him was Kagome and even though it was shameful to see how a girl defended him from the bullies Kouga was always grateful to her. When months passed and Kagome seemed to get more gorgeous by day after day, the love for her turned to obsession and he wanted to keep her as close as possible but couldn't never find enough courage to say his feelings out loud. The move to another country was hard and Ayame Ikeda just happened to catch him on his way. After years Koga noticed that he was on top in his work, in his life; people respected him again and he had gained back his confidence. Kagome was strongly in his mind at that time when he realized he could finally tell her everything. He could tell about his feelings and when Kagome would say yes, he would leave Ayame instantly without a doubt. The disappointment had been hard to descripe when he met her, them; Kagome's douchebag partner who appeared to treat the world's most precious woman like a cheap shoe. Kouga was not going to lose to some man who moreover seemed to be a brat inside adult's body.

"I'll be going now", Kouga heard Ayame's voice but didn't answer right away because of his thinking. "Hon?"

"Oh, yeah. Have fun", he gave her a short smile.

Ayame put a blakc jacket on and frowned at her boyfriend. "Are you sure you don't want to come with me? We could go to restaurant and eat something good."

"No thanks, I'm going to enjoy my free day by staying inside."

"But we don't go anywhere anymore", she said and touched his cheek. "Sure we have parties in here but I'd like to spend time with you, just the two of us."

Kouga sat up from the kicthen chair and kissed her cheek. "Don't look at me like that. You know how hard time it has been for me at the work and I'm always so tired when I get home, that's why we haven't gone outside lately. But I will take you to some fancy place when things in work has calmed dow, alright?" he looked her in the eyes, hoping that she would buy it.

"Fine then", she said but disappointment didn't disappear from her voice. "But if there's something else going on with you I hope you'd tell me."

"Everything's fine", Kouga assured. It wasn't that he didn't feel bad for saying all this nonsense to Ayame but soon he would leave her and she would find a better man for herself who wouldn't feed lies to her. It was just a matter of time. "Go already, you silly", he tapped her left thigh few times with his hand till she was willing to smile a bit. She waved to him as she walked to the outside door and then Kouga was left alone with his thoughts. He did stay there for a good while, sitting on his chair and pondering about his one certain high school crush and the upcoming future before the door bell rang.

It hadn't been easy at all for Kagome to get up from the bed and come to meet Kouga, especially when Inuyasha had been so deliciously reluctant to let her go.

Ah, Kagome groaned almost out loud as she stepped in the elevator. At this moment she had to focus on Kouga and on how she could say to him as nicely as possible; "You are important to me only as a friend."

She had to scold him about threatening Inuyasha though. Kouga had no right to make him doubt her love. And maybe if everything went well and Kouga would learn his lesson, they could still be friends. Well, maybe.

When she rang the door bell it took a longer than before for Kouga to open. He was in his baggy gray pants and green t-shirt. And at that moment as she saw his eyes, she noticed it too: the smile and shine on his face which was apparently only meant for her. Oh dear...

"Hey", she greeted.

"Hey", Kouga answered happily. "Actually good morning."

"I'm sorry if it's too early-"

"No, no. I'm glad you came", he opened the door more and motioned her to come inside. "Last night didn't end so well."

Now was her chance. "No, it did", he gave her a confused look. "I mean it was sad how I drove you away, I'm sorry about that."

He still looked confused and she suggested, "Let's sit down?"

Kouga nodded slowly and offered her coffee but she refused and decided to get to the point. "Last night, after you left me and Inuyasha made up our fight."

"What?" he let out an incredulous laughter. "Kagome, you can't be serious. I remember that I wasn't the only one who you kicked out last night."

"Just listen, please?", she asked. "Inuyasha didn't cheat on me."

"And you believe him?"

"I do because I love him", she tried her best not to raise her voice. "And I know him. He loves me."

"Jesus", Kouga swore, running his hand through his black hair. "She treats you like a shit, that's not love."

"Maybe you have a good reason to try and make yourself believe that", she hinted but when he didn't take the bait she said it straight. "I know that you have feelings for me."

He stopped moving and she saw him gulp. "C'mon Kagome if that asshole has-"

"Don't call him that", her voice was firm now and she stood up to face him. "Look at me, Kouga. Don't hide this anymore."

He sighed but didn't listen at first. But Kagome waited patiently and slowly he turned his head towards her and she saw his unsure eyes. He was like a guarded puppy then, puppy who had done something he shouldn't have and was now waiting for its master's reaction. He closed his eyes. "I didn't plan you to find out like this."

"Then when were you going to tell me? After Inuyasha would have left me?"

"Yes", he answered truthfully.

"And that was part of your plan", it could have been a question, she didn't want to believe it. But she had promised to trust on Inuyasha's word so she couldn't expect it to be a lie.

"Don't say it like that!" he exclaimed. "I just want you to be happy and he can't give you that! He doesn't deserve you."

"You don't know that", she narrowed her eyes, needing him to understand. "You don't know what he's gone through, he deserves every happiness in the world! And I am happy with him."

"You think so because you have always been like that! Thinking about others before yourself", suddenly he was closer and placed his hands on her shoulders. "I didn't mean to hurt you, I swear. I only did what was best for you."

"What about Ayame?" she pressed on. "Do you think she deserves all this?"

Kouga shook his head and his hand moved along her neck to her cheeks. The touch brought cold shiver to Kagome. "Kagome. I've always loved only you. Just give me a chance", he whispered. "I can give you everything you want, just let me love you."

She knew she had to stop this so she pushed his chest with her palms. "No, don't."

"Kagome."

"No. Kouga, I care for you but I love Inuyasha. That won't change, I'm sorry."

"You don't mean that", he rasped. "Give me a chance."

"No."

"Give me a chance", he continued to say and Kagome felt his grip tighten on her face.

"Let me go, Kouga", she pushed his chest more, now wanting desperately to make more distance between them. She had a bad feeling about what his mind was planning.

But he didn't stop and his eyes seemed darker. He pulled her more towards him and just like that he kissed her, so fiercely that it scared her.

She squirmed and tried to pull away, without success. Instead he tried to deepen the kiss and when she didn't open her mouth for him he bit her hard. She gasped at the pain and as he got his chance to taste her she was horrified, now doing her everything to get away from him. But his body was big and hers much smaller. His hands moved to her waist and from there lower, squeezing too hard.

Her heart was beating madly and she prayed and prayed that he would snap out of it, let her go, take his FILTHY hands off of her. He didn't but there was something else, a door's opening which happened.

"I'm forgot wallet, hon! Can you believe that?" came out Ayame's yell. It made Kouga stop everything he was doing at that moment and loosen his grasp a bit. Kagome on the other hand pulled slightly away, lost all her self-control and punched him right on the eye.

"What's-" Ayame was going to ask when she heard the noises from the kitchen but the coming words disappeared as she came in to the kitchen. There was Kagome, taking suport from the wall behind her as she trembled like a leaf, and Kouga, who had covered his eye because of the sudden pain but his other eye was wide and his face was shocked. "What the hell?" Ayame managed to whisper.

Kouga couldn't believe what had happened. Something in his head had just snapped and he had forced a kiss on Kagome, the most important person to him, without caring about her protests. Now she was looking at him like she didn't know him anymore. She was afraid of him and for a reason.

"Kagome", he didn't pay any attention to Ayame, he just wanted to make his mistake right and make Kagome trust him again but she stepped away as he made a move to come closer.

She walked to Ayame's side and whispered, "Don't come closer."

Kouga could have tear himself apart when he heard her voice, so faint but beyond angry at the same time. "I..."

Kagome grasped Ayame's arm who winced at the sudden contact. The redhead seemed to wake up from her confusion and demanded for answers, "What is going on? What happened?"

"Ayame", Kagome whispered to her, her brown eyes starting to glitter with tears. "I'm so sorry."

"What?" Ayame snapped and squeezed Kagome's hand. "Tell what's going on!"

"Just... I'm sorry", Kagome shook her head.

"Kagome", Kouga spoke again. "Please listen. I didn't mean- I-"

"No. Shut up", Kagome wanted to say much more but she couldn't. She wanted out of here. She wanted to go home. "I'm sorry", she said once more to Ayame and quickly made her way out of the apartmen before a sob came out from her throat.

Ayame thought about going after her but the guilty look on Kouga's face made her stay in the kitchen with him and ask from him instead, "What happened?"

Kouga didn't answer. His legs gave out and he collapsed on the chair. He had never felt so ashamed and the power of that feeling made his eyes blind and head mixed. He could only think about Kagome's lips and body against his which lead him to vision of her red and teary face. It made him lower his head as Ayame continued to question details about what had happened. When she couldn't get even a noise from him, she gave up and sat down on the other chair, watching at his defeated form.

It hadn't been one of Kagome's finest moments when she ran from Kouga's home to her own, people staring at her with confused eyes because of her panicked expression and crying eyes. She was grateful though that no one hadn't stopped her and she was quickly back home. There was no ways to descripe the worry in Inuyasha's face as she clung to him and started sobbing helplessly.

It was hard for her to believe that Kouga had acted so threatingly. She had though she knew him well and that he could never do something to scare her. Part of her wanted to hear his explanation to what he did but right now she couldn't bear the though to be near him. If there was a possibility for him to lose control like that again around her she was content to say away.

"I'm going to kill that freak", Inuyasha growled out. There, that was the thirtieth time he said it, Kagome had counted.

She didn't answer but kept her eyes closed, hugging his waist. They were sitting on the couch and the TV was on though nether of them really watched it. Inuyasha had been holding her since she came home, of course after she had convinced him not to go and kill Kouga but stay with her. It had been a very hard task.

Inuyasha sighed. "Are you okay?" he asked softly.

"Yes", she pulled away slightly and stared at her hands. "It feels unreal though. I thought he was my friend."

"To you he was a friend maybe. To him you were an obsession", he stroked her hair, trying his best to soothe her shock and sadness but his words weren't very comforting. She couldn't shake the feeling that she had done something wrong to cause this change in Kouga. "Kagome", Inuyasha caught her attention again. "Don't blame yourself, alright?"

Sometimes it amazed her how well this man knew her.

"I think Kouga's a bastard and I know I'm right but I know too that when guy has feelings for someone you can't do anything about it", Inuyasha said. "So it can't be your fault. They're his feelings and if he can't control them then there's no way you can either."

Kagome sighed deeply, let his words sink in and she nodded. "Poor Ayame", she said then. "She is going to be hurt when she hears."

"You're sure Kouga's going to tell her?"

"I hope so. Kouga can't continue that theatre anymore", she locked her eyes with Inuyasha's gray ones and smiled. "I love you."

His left eye brow rose. "I guess I love you too though you're stupid."

"Why's that?" she asked playfully.

"'Cause you didn't let me come with you to Kouga's place. If you would have then none of this had happened", he touched her lower lip where was a bite mark from Kouga's kiss.

"I will remember it next time", she honestly promised.

They spent the rest of the day by staying inside and watching soap opera from TV. There was a time before nine when Inuyasha told her honestly that she had to distract him so he wouldn't take those beers from the fridge. She knew it would be hard for him and she tried to ask if he wanted serious help with his drinking, more from a professional than her.

"I can think about", he answered softly as she spilled the alcohol to the sink. She smiled to him sympathetically.

They didn't stay up for late because both of them had work again tomorrow. However something bothered Kagome which was the reason why she couldn't get sleep right away but stared at their white ceiling.

"There's better ways to spend time if you can't sleep, you know", Inuyasha whispered into her ear but Kagome stopped his hand when it slid under her shirt. "Well boo hoo", she heard him snort and laughed.

"No, I just... Ayame hasn't called. I only wondered if she's alright."

"Maybe she doesn't want to talk to you", he answered and she turned her gaze to his face. "Think about it. Her man is revealed as a big fat liar who is in love with you. I wouldn't want to talk to you either if I was her."

"Thank you", the tone in Kagome's voice was sarcastic.

"Hey, be sweet", he complained, burying his face into her neck though she tried to turn her back at him.

"We should sleep", Kagome tried to sound cold, just to tease him but gave up when he whispered Lolly. "Yes?"

"You smell nice", those words gave her a clue of how awake he truly was and she bit back the coming laughter.

"You smell nice too", she intertwined their fingers under the blanket. Though she had lost a friend she could not be happier that Inuyasha was there again, beside her after this unpleasant weekend.

Ayame did call her when she was at work. She apologised for the bad timing but told Kagome that she needed to say to her that she was sorry for Kouga's behaviour. Kagome assured that she was alright and she never meant to ruin their relationship. She suggested that they could meet after she got from work but Ayame refused. "Maybe after my head's cleared up", she chuckled weakly in the phone. "I think I want to be alone till then."

"That's understandable", she answered and looked at the shop's door, making sure that there wasn't any customers coming in. "Can I ask you what happened with Kouga?"

"He confessed how he had lied to me and what he felt for you. I was hurt of course but he looked really miserable when he told me this. Maybe because of what happened between you two", Ayame paused for a while to let out a sigh. "He did wrong but I'm sure he knows it and regrets it deeply."

Kagome felt a shudder creep up her spine everytime she remembered the kiss Kouga had forced on her but she wasn't so angry with him like yesterday. "You broke up with him I suppose?"

"Yes", Ayame sighed again. "He left last night. I don't know where but he told me that he wasn't going to stay here."

"Alright", she said then noticed how the door opened and an old lady stepped inside the shop. "I have to get back to work now. Take care of yourself, Ayame. And I hope we can meet again."

"You too", she answered before hanging up.

After work when she was back at home she opened her computer, deciding that she would spent her time in internet before Inuyasha came back home. When she checked her email there was a message from Kouga.

I'm so sorry, Kagome.

She started thinking about was Kouga even in the same town anymore when he apologised with an email or was he just too afraid to face her. Kagome sat on the chair and stared at the message. She wanted to ask many questions and say many things but she knew that it was better to be honest and straight. They could never return back what they were before but she couldn't hate him. He could have done something differently but like Inuyasha had said, he couldn't help what he felt.

I forgive you.

Kagome

Inuyasha came back home with an unusual grin on his face. Without a word he pulled her closer and opened a small box. Inside it was a beautiful silver ring.

"I didn't want to kneel, it's so corny", he said, watching keenly at her reaction. Of all things Kagome blushed but her face was shining.

"It doesn't matter", she shook her head and hugged him tightly. "Not at all."

She wouldn't let go of him ever again.

AN:

Don't throw at me with anything! Actually this chapter has been ready since summer but there was few complications so I got to post it only now. So it's done now, thank God. This really took me forever but I think you guys now that, sorry.

Okay, so thank you to all who wrote a review, everyone of those really helped me end this. This story wasn't anything special or great, just a little slice of life I guess. I hope you're happy with the ending, I'd like to know what you think about it. Thanks for reading!

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha