Seven Sins
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Kagome groaned, slowly opening up her eyes. It was dark, quiet, and warm. Looking down she saw a blanket wrapped around her.
She tried to move her head but stopped as pain shot through her neck. She tried to speak, but when she opened her mouth no sound came out.
Closing her eyes, feeling useless, Kagome tried to go back to sleep. She waited a while, eyes closed, waiting for sleep, before realizing that she wasn't going back to sleep anytime soon. Opening her eyes she looked up at the darkened ceiling.
What an idiot she was. What was she trying to do? Casting a spell like that. She didn't even know if it worked. And now, her she laid, useless. If the spell didn't work, and her power was just drained, then Naraku good be watching, smiling and laughing like the deranged man he is, planning a surprise attack now, about to attack.
Kagome tried to shake her head, but ended up hurting her already aching neck.
"Kagome?"
Kagome tried to look turn her head toward the direction the voice came from but stopped as her neck felt as if it would snap with any more movement.
Groaning, she turned her eyes towards the voice, hoping she'd be able to see.
"What are you doing up? You should be asleep."
Kagome rolled her eyes, though she glad that Inuyasha was worried about her.
Inuyasha positioned himself on his knees, so he was behind Kagome, and moved her bangs out of her face.
"You need to go back to sleep."
Kagome rolled her eyes, again, finding this was the only action she could do without getting hurt.
"Don't roll your eyes at me." Inuyasha whispered. Kagome smiled, a small smile, wincing at the pain that caused her.
"Don't move. I don't want you to hurt yourself!" Inuyasha said quickly, looking Kagome over, trying to make sure nothing else was wrong with her.
Kagome felt her heart skip a beat as he said that. He still cared about her. She had been afraid that maybe he stopped caring.
And as if reading her mind Inuyasha looked down at Kagome tenderly, his amber eyes filling with love.
"…I'm sorry Kagome. I'm sorry I you're in pain, and I can't do anything about it. I'm sorry that I didn't stop you from doing the spell. I'm sorry I made you mad. I'm sorry I didn't trust you. I'm sorry I didn't stick up for you. I'm sorry we're not together. I'm sorry for just letting you walk away. I'm sorry for being such a lousy boy-I mean ex-boyfriend. I'm sorry I have so many things to apologize about. And I'm sorry that this isn't the end of my apologizes, because someday I'm bound to mess again."
There. He said it. He said all of it. He swallowed his pride and apologized. He did it.
Kagome stared up at him, shocked. He had just apologized, he even apologized for things that weren't his fault, and he apologized for things he hadn't even done yet.
It wasn't his fault the spell went wrong. It was hers. And it wasn't his fault that she was in pain. It was hers. It wasn't his fault that he was here to stop her from doing the spell. It was hers.
She was the one who said the spell wrong. She was the weak one, and if she hadn't been weak then the spell wouldn't have affected her as it did. She was the one who pushed him away.
Why was he apologizing for her mistakes? Was it because he thought they were his? Had she made him carry around the guilt of thinking everything was his fault?
The truth was, he wasn't a lousy boyfriend, she was a lousy girlfriend.
She felt tears run down her cheeks, as she opened her mouth to speak, ignoring the pain.
"What are you doing? Stop it! You're hurting yourself!" Inuyasha said, maintaining his whispering tone.
And she was. Her throat was burning, her head was aching, her stomach felt like it was squeezing, and breathing was hard. But she didn't care. She had to let him know it wasn't his fault.
Nothing was his fault. It was all her fault.
"Kagome stop it!" Inuyasha cried, is voice growing louder.
Inuyasha watched as Kagome continued to try to speak, tears still streaming strongly down her cheeks. What had he done?
"Kagome? I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. Just please, stop." Inuyasha said, helplessly.
What was he suppose to do? He couldn't make her stop moving without hurting her.
Kagome stopped trying to talk, but the tears kept flowing. What was she doing? She was making Inuyasha feel even guiltier.
And none of this was his fault.
Closing her eyes she stopped trying to hold back the tears. She didn't deserve him. Kagome opened her eyes as she felt herself move. She ignored the pain as she realized the she was lying on Inuyasha's lap.
Inuyasha, not being able to take the way Kagome was crying, lifted up her head, and sat himself down on the chair and laid her head back down in his lap.
"Kagome I don't know what's going on. But don't ever do that again! I can't stand just sitting by, watching as you hurt yourself, and I can't do anything."
Inuyasha said, running his fingers through her hair.
Kagome closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and tried to talk. She almost felt like crying again when she still couldn't talk.
The pair stayed quiet for almost an hour. Just enjoying each other's company.
Kagome's headache was gone, her stomach wasn't hurting as much, and she was tired again. Closing her eyes she waited for sleep to come.
"I love you so much. You know that Kagome?" Inuyasha asked softly, breaking the comfortable silence.
Kagome smiled, not caring about the pain it caused her.
Yeah, she knew.
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I know I promised the next chapter would be longer. And I know this isn't exactly longer. But, I wasn't planning on adding this chapter now. It was suppose to be a few chapters away, with a bit different situations, but I wanted you guys to see Inuyasha and Kagome getting along better now. Because, after this chapter, everything is changing. This is the last peaceful, non-war related, chapter in the story. And I wanted to show how Inuyasha and Kagome are, before everything else messes it up. So, yell at me if you must, but I promise the next chapter will be longer. I hope you guys liked this chapter. It was really very important. Read and Review. Till Next Time…
