The next morning, Kagome rubbed her eyes and turned off the alarm on her phone. Walking out to the living room she tried to shake InuYasha awake, but he wouldn't budge. Then she remembered him saying something last night about how ticklish his neck was. Plan formed, she leaned over the couch and lightly touched the smooth skin with her fingertips, but she was not prepared for his arms, which came out and grabbed her waist, tossing her on top of him.
"InuYasha!"
His eyes shot open and he stared at Kagome, scantily clad in her PJ's and straddling him.
"Did something happen I should have been awake for?"
Practically growling in annoyance, Kagome got off him and ran to the shower, thankful he didn't see the blush she was sporting.
Smirking, InuYasha tried to calm himself, "down boy."
That was a rare and glorious sight to have, Kagome on him like that, if only he'd gotten a chance to rub those sweet thighs of hers.
After her shower, she dressed in her uniform and walked out, surprised to smell something cooking. As she made her way over, InuYasha suddenly appeared in front of her with a cup, "you want some coffee?"
"Um, thanks."
She took the cup and continued walking as he followed her. InuYasha was a little nervous, but moved to reach the kitchen first so he could fix her plate of eggs and bacon. Smiling a little, she took a seat and started eating, shocked at how good everything tasted, "this is amazing! But, why go to all this trouble?"
Smirking, he took a bite of his bacon, "I just wanted you to wake up and not regret your decision. I want to give you the best life you can have."
"Why, I mean, why did you help me keep the business?"
Scratching the back of his head, he gave her a sheepish grin, "because I like you. If this situation never happened, I was going to ask you out anyway."
Blushing, Kagome got up and walked over to his side, InuYasha held his breath as she leaned over and kissed his cheek, "I like you too."
Smirking, he reached for her hand, "then let's not worry about the whole engagement thing and just be boyfriend and girlfriend."
"That live together?"
"That live together. So, what do you say…will you be my girlfriend?"
Biting her bottom lip, she remembered the way it felt at school with him and how cute she thought he was. Smiling wide, she nodded her head, "okay, but no one can know we're engaged."
"Fine by me, as long as I can call you mine."
That made her cheeks darken even more.
Leaving the hotel, they walked hand-in-hand to school, not surprised to see people staring and whispering. Obviously, shocked to see Kagome snagged the new hottie after only being there for one day.
InuYasha chuckled as they entered the school, "looks like you're popular today."
Kagome scrunched her nose up and wrapped her arm around his, "I don't like it. They're probably upset that you're the new guy and already taken."
Grinning, he snaked his arm around her waist pulling her even closer, "and all those dejected horny guys are probably pissed as hell that the new guy gets to be with you."
Kagome hid her face in his side as they walked to class. Her bashfulness was the cutest thing to him.
They took their seats as class started and Kagome couldn't stop smiling as she thought about the drastic turn her life had taken in just twenty-four hours! In all honesty, saving her dad's business was most important, but having InuYasha was becoming a nice perk to the whole thing as well.
All through their classes, it seemed as if people couldn't stop noticing them when they walked by. Finally, it was lunch time and Kagome grabbed her food, happy to see her boyfriend already waiting on her. Just a few feet away and she felt someone side-swipe her, causing her to fall. Waiting for the inevitable face-plant, Kagome didn't expect the warmth of InuYasha's chest as he caught and cradled her close.
"Are you okay?"
Her face turned red as she nodded, too embarrassed to speak. He helped her up and left her food on the floor, "InuYasha, what about…"
Glancing at the smeared food, he scoffed.
"Let the jerk that pushed you clean it up."
He sat Kagome down and got some money out, "I'm going to get another try of food, so you can go ahead and have mine, okay?"
"It's fine, I can get it myself."
Leaning in close, he gently lifted her chin with his fingers, "let me dote on you; I like doing this kind of thing."
Blushing has become a thing with her now, but how can anyone keep a normal complexion when a hunk like InuYasha was saying such sweet things?
"Mmkay."
As he walked off, a couple of girls came over to Kagome, crossed their arms and sneered at her, "you must think you're something hot now! Trapesing around here on the new guy's arm, but we know you, Higurashi."
The other spoke, "yeah, we know how freaked out you get whenever a boy gives you attention, oh yeah, wasn't it because of that one boy in junior high?"
The blonde bimbo cackled, "yeah, that's right. You filed charges against him, but everyone thinks you cried wolf, and on the most popular boy in school! Why do you think you don't have any friends? All us girls hate you for getting poor Kouga in trouble."
The whole time they were talking, every conversation in the lunchroom stopped so they could hear, and Kagome just sat there with her head down, tears pouring down her face.
InuYasha came out with a tray and heard the last part of what that blonde girl said. Then he saw Kagome and she looked completely broken. He did not like that.
"What's going on here?!"
The two girls turned around and smiled at him. Blondie winked and walked past, "nothing much, just girl talk."
The other one followed her, semi-ducking her head.
Coming up, he sat next to Kagome and felt a sharp pain in his chest as he saw her hiding the tears, "Kagome, what happened?"
"InuYasha, you shouldn't be with me. I'm damaged goods and I push every guy away. Eventually, I'll push you away too."
Shocking her, he wrapped his arms around her, "then I'll just hold you tighter so you can't."
That was it, she crumbled into his chest and fisted her hands into his shirt. For some reason, when she was touched by him, there were no flashbacks, no anxiety, no feeling of impending doom…just the calming warmth that was him.
"Come on, Kagome, let's go for a walk. I'm sick of everyone staring at us like their own personal soap opera show."
Relieved, she got up with him and followed him outside, happy to get away from everyone.
"I'm sorry about what happened back there."
Holding her hand, he lightly squeezed it, "you have nothing to be sorry for, and we've only known each other a couple of days, so I don't expect you to tell me all your secrets yet… but I hope one day you'll be comfortable enough to tell me the story."
Smiling, she leaned into him, "I will one day, I promise."
They stayed outside for the rest of the lunch period, until the bell rang for their next class. She sighed, "time to face the music."
Smirking, he lifted her hand and kissed it…the first time he'd ever kissed her! Staring wide-eyed at him, she gulped.
"What was that for?"
"I've been holding myself back all this time, but I couldn't resist kissing you any longer."
She couldn't help giggling, "well just so you know, I don't like being surprised all the time."
"But I like surprising you."
If she was honest with herself, she liked it too, "come on, prince charming, we don't want to be late."
Getting to class, everyone stopped their conversations when they entered, obviously talking about the lunchroom incident. Kagome turned red as she sat down, doing her best to ignore everyone. The hanyou wanted to growl and yell at them, but kept his cool, having a feeling Kagome would only get upset with him for making a scene.
The rest of the day went by quickly and Kagome laughed cheerfully as she and InuYasha walked the small trek to the hotel, but someone shoved past them.
Turning around, InuYasha was going to say something, but thought better of it as Kagome tugged on his arm.
Reaching their room, Kagome set her things down, but was surprised to feel InuYasha pick her up from behind and twirl her.
"Ahahahahaha!"
She laughed and giggled as he spun her around before setting her on the bed, "get changed into something nice, cause we're going out on a date."