Waking up, InuYasha hopped in the shower and got dressed, anxious to make his way to the school so he could see her.

Walking with Sango and Suki, Kagome did her best to keep cool, but one look at him and she couldn't help the little smile and blush on her cheeks. He made every nerve in her jump at the scorching gaze of his molten gold eyes.

Bashfully, she waved at him, "good morning, Mr. Takahashi."

"Morning, Higurashi. You seem to be in a good mood."

Laughing, she tucked her hair behind her ear, "I had a very good night sleep, that's all. Anyway, see you in class."

Shaking his head and smirking, he followed them in and couldn't help noticing how brilliantly his girlfriend seemed to glow, and every guy seemed to also notice. Some even approached her and she gleefully turned them down, making it hard for the guys to be upset. What an incredible woman.

In class, there seemed to be a similar problem as the guys fought over who got to sit close to her. InuYasha raised a brow and felt his eye twitch in irritation.

"Everyone, take a seat! Anyone that doesn't have a seat in the next thirty seconds is going to be sent to the principal's office!"

All the boys found a seat, aggravated that they didn't win the match for any surrounding the lovely Kagome. She looked at him and said a silent 'thank you' before class began.

At the lunch table, Kagome played listlessly with her food with a big smile on her face, thinking of how possessive he was being last night. Just the way he claimed almost every part of her body with his strong hands.

Sango and Suki eyed her strangely, "Kagome?"

The girl looked up, "yes?"

Sango grinned at her, "I understand you are sublimely happy today, but you do still need food to sustain that body of yours."

"Oh, right, I'll eat."

InuYasha watched her under his lids as he ate and pretended to pay attention to the other teachers. Picking up his tray, he glanced at Kagome just long enough to lock eyes before he walked out. It was the sign she was waiting for as she sat in her seat for another few minutes. Standing up, she dumped her tray and acted like she was going to the restroom. It was the perfect strategy so they could meet on the roof again.

Anxiously, Kagome charged up the stairs and burst through the door, looking around for the sexy hanyou that stole her heart. Suddenly, she felt warm hands come around her waist, "took you long enough."

Turning, she leaned up and gave him a deep kiss, one that left him panting and grasping the back of her shirt. He took in a shaky breath and tried to squelch the need she awakened.

"How am I supposed to wait if you kiss me like that?"

Grinning, she ran her hand down his chest and stopped on his stomach, wanting so bad to know how he would feel in her hand. Funny, before she would never even think of boys, and now she was imagining the feel of his hardness; since when did she become so lewd?

InuYasha could tell where her thoughts were going and put a little distance between them, "Kagome, I can't be the only one trying to keep control. We agreed to wait until marriage. So, pull yourself together, babe."

Moving her hand down to hold his clawed one, she beamed at him, "you're right, and I love the sound of you calling me babe."

Just then, InuYasha's ears moved to the direction of the door, "someone's coming."

Formulating a plan, Kagome ran to the other side of the roof and pretended to have fallen asleep against the fence while he stayed in view of the entrance and looked out towards the sky. If it was a demon, they would smell her instantly, so hopefully they won't get suspicious. He heard the door open and someone approaching him.

"Is there a reason why you came to the roof, little brother?"

Smirking, the hanyou shrugged, "I just need some fresh air."

"No, you were thinking about her."

"Is it that obvious?"

Sesshomaru nodded, "InuYasha, do you have any idea the kind of career suicide you would be committing to be with her?"

"Yes, I know."

"You faced so much cruelty and ridicule during your schooling, so you could finally have a respectable job that you could be proud of; are you truly willing to throw all that away for some fevered infatuation?"

The hanyou was getting very angry as he glared at his brother, "I already said I know! I get your freaking point!"

Staring coldly at his little brother, Sesshomaru raised a brow, "I just wanted to make sure you were aware of the gravity of the situation, should you feel…tempted to give into your more primal urges. If you did, all the respect you've gained will be destroyed."

Sesshomaru walked to the door and stopped, a ghost of a smile softening his face, "make sure Ms. Higurashi gets to class on time."

All this time, InuYasha was getting caught up in his desires and forgetting everything else. Kagome was worth it, but what kind of life could he have, or give her, if his reputation was destroyed?

Kagome got up and walked over to her love, wrapping her arms around him from behind, "that was a close one."

Something was wrong. He didn't try to hug her back, instead, he stayed rigid.

"Kagome."

"Yeah?"

"Something Sesshomaru said really spoke to me. You graduate soon, so maybe we should take a break until then. We could get back together after you're done with school, but we've only been dating a couple of months, so it should be easy to forget this for now."

She let go of him as if he had burned her, "what are you saying? After we got the okay from my mom, and I confessed my love, and we've shared so many intimate moments, you just want to end it? I mean, what if you find someone else before the two months are up?"

"If that happens, then we weren't meant to be."

Closing his eyes, he knew he couldn't look at her, or he would melt and forget about doing the right thing. He stayed silent, kept his back to her, and Kagome felt a stabbing pain in her chest.

She walked away and spoke before opening the door, "I hate that you're doing this to us and…I hate you so much right now I can't even stand to look at you!"

Those words cut very deep, and once he was finally alone, he sagged in defeat. It was the right thing to do, he knew it, but why did it feel so wrong?

Kagome showed up to class, red-rimmed, puffy eyed, and a solemn expression on her usually bright face. Sango and Suki were very concerned, but the girl seemed to be in a different place as she stared blankly at her desk. Somewhere in her cloudy mind, she knew they were trying to talk to her, but all the sounds around her were muffled and unclear, overpowered by the incessant beating of her heart.

InuYasha walked in and started his lesson, forcing himself to ignore Kagome. Said girl felt debilitating pain in her chest every time he spoke. Finally, enough was enough and Kagome got her things together, shoving her books in her bag, and walked out the classroom. It didn't matter that she missed class, or that she could get in trouble, what mattered was getting away from him.

She walked out to the parking lot, unaware of the eyes on her from the window, and kept on until she was at her house. Taking a bath, she allowed all the emotions she was holding in, to finally release and her body was wracked with sobs and trembles as her heart seemed to break, over and over again, the wound never healing, always staying fresh. Being away from him before was hard, but now, after experiencing firsts with him and falling so hard…it was too much.

He watched her walk off the school grounds, probably heading home, and he felt lower than dirt for hurting her so much. Unfortunately, the day had to keep moving at an agonizingly slow pace. It was then his phone rang.

Looking at who it was, he rolled his eyes, "what do you want?"