Accidents Happen
Torment

A date. For two years they had been raising Seishirou together, spending most of their time together yet… not being together. They were parents, not lovers, but that didn't mean feelings weren't there. At least, that's what she thought. Wasn't there emotions there?

Wasn't there something there between them?

And he was just going to go date someone else…? She supposed she couldn't stop him. She had no reason to tell him not to do it but... then again, she did. Didn't she? There were those feelings. She groaned, bitterly, as she rested her head against the table. Usually, nothing was complicated.

That was why having emotions in the situation was annoying. That was why they had been trying to avoid the problem for years now. Yet… that wasn't helping in the least. She had feelings for him while they were dating, that was true, but it was watching him be a good father for Seishirou that made them deeper that turned it into something more.

Something so much more…

"Mom," Seishirou called out, "dad is on the phone! He wants to know if I can go to the movies tonight, can I!"

She paused for a moment before looking out the kitchen door to the living room, where Seishirou was, then she replied, "sure."

"He wants to know if you want to come!"

"No thanks, sweetheart."

Kid movies were never interesting, she was glad to pass that responsibility on to Inuyasha. Though, to be honest, she looked forward to him coming over to return Seishirou. She… really wanted to talk to him. Thus, she waited those grueling hours until she got a text message instead of a knock on the door. Their son had fallen asleep on the way back and his apartment was closer to the theater than hers so he'd be spending the night.

Generally, she was fine with that. Inuyasha was his bio-dad and a faithful father, he had a right to him but… not that night so she slid on her jacket and marched right over to his apartment. It was her turn to go knocking and his to open the door, with a bent brow and a confused look.

"He's asleep," Inuyasha said.

"Can we talk?" She inquired with a small frown, he nodded then and stepped aside to let her in.

"I didn't think it'd be a big deal to take Seishirou-"

"It's not that," Kagome assured him while her eyes met with his, "it's… about last night." The dumbfounded look on his face made it clear to her, he didn't know what she was getting at, so she explained more. "Your… date."

"Oh," he chimed before a long silence lingered between the two, an awkward one actually, so he broke it. "What about it, Kagome?"

"I," she drew out while she looked down to her hands which she was fiddling with. "I don't like it… I don't like that you went on a date with someone else."

"Is that so?" he asked as he took a couple steps closer to her, "why is that?"

"You know why," she countered while she looked up to him then swallowed before asking, "don't you? Or… is it just me that feels this way? That thought that there was something here?"

For a while, he remained mute before he lifted his hand and cupped her cheek, "you aren't the only one."

"Then why did you go on a date?" she asked, a tinge of sorrow on the edge of her words.

"It wasn't a date-date, Kagome, it was something I had to go to for work. There was that big reception at shikon held by my brother's company, remember? I've been talking about what a pain in the ass it has been to organize for weeks," he explained and instantly he saw relief flash across her face, firstly followed by embarrassment.

"Oh," she whispered, "I thought… you shouldn't have said date then."

"I kind of," he started slowly before confessing further, "did that on purpose… to see how you'd react."

"That's mean!" she snapped but any other complaint was snuffed out by him pulling her closer so that their lips could meet. At first, she was ever so surprised but then… she allowed them to mingle, allowed the kiss to go deeper, and allowed so much more.