Kagome glared at Barton from her spot in the kitchen, waiting for her teakettle to whistle.
"What are you doing here?" she asked crossing her arms and leaning back into her counter.
"Sesshoumaru wanted me to come and find you and bring you back home. Couldn't turn it down, kind of missed your smart mouth." Barton responded with a smirk.
"I'm sure that was the only thing you missed." Kagome mumbled pouring two cups of tea and bringing them over to her (unwanted) guest.
"Kind of missed you too, don't tell anyone." Barton winked.
"Wouldn't dream of it. I'm sorry to be the one to tell you though, I'm not going back, I left for a reason." She replied.
Barton shrugged and settled back into the cushions, cupping his tea. "That's weird, because I don't think I would have pegged you for a runner, after getting to know you and everything."
"But you don't know me." Kagome pointed out as she took a sip from her cup.
"I do though, I've been with you every step of the way. And when I finally meet Inuyasha instead of in passing on a skyscraper, I'm going to punch him in his face for everything he did." Barton said, holding up a book.
Kagome glanced over at the book, reaching out and grabbed the object, glancing down at it as she flipped through it idly.
"You've never run from anything." Barton said softly.
Kagome looked up from running her fingers over the words of her past and sighed. "It's late, you can stay on the couch if you want." She whispered.
Standing up, she placed her untouched tea in the sink before making her way over to her bathroom to get ready for bed, her mind racing the way it always did around the man on her couch.
