I could feel Inuyasha peering over my shoulder at my homework, I sighed and was tempted to make him sit but I decided not to be that mean. I covered up my answers with my arm and looked at him annoyed.

"Would you stop trying to copy my homework?!" I glared at him.

"I hate math, and your so much better at it then I am." He said shrugging.

I looked down at my English essay and groaned, then I spoke slowly. "Inuyasha…I am writing an English paper!"

He looked down at my paper again and nodded, "I knew that…" I heard him mumbled, "Well I guess that's why it wasn't making much sense."

I closed my notebook and decided to work on my homework later, he was giving me a headache. There was very little point to argue with him, he would never admit when he was wrong. I sighed and rubbed my head. I was so glad that I was going to be able to go to my classes tomorrow, I was sick of being holed up in my room. Inuyasha wasn't all that happy that I was going to be attending my classes since I was still hurt, but I got Lady Kaede to give me the thumbs up. As long as I didn't strain myself too much I would be okay.

I was seriously bored out of my mind, I couldn't think of one thing to do until tomorrow. I wish there was a TV in here. I knew Inuyasha would never let me go down to the student's hangout to actually watch TV. He wasn't even going to let me carry my own book bag tomorrow. I texted Rin earlier to see if she would come over, but Sesshomaru had some special evening planned for her. I looked at Inuyasha, "Do you want to do something?" I asked.

He looked at me warily, "Like what?"

I shrugged, "Oh I don't know…I'm kinda bored. How about we go on a walk?" I asked.

He narrowed his eyes, "Nice try! You're on best rest until tomorrow." He crossed his arms while trying to look at me sternly.

Man he was being stubborn about this, maybe if I tried being sweet with him I could get my way. It was at least worth a try. I smiled at him, "Please Inuyasha? I feel like I'm going crazy in this room, I just want to take a little walk around the school."

"Hell no!"

"What if I let you hold me up? And if I promise that I'll come back the minute I start to feel pain?"

He looked at me for a minute, "Fine but I don't want to hear any complaints when I decide for us to come back, got it?" He asked.

I nodded and smiled, "You got it." I said. I started to slowly sit up, and Inuyasha helped me stand up.

He looked me over, "How do you feel?" He asked.

"I'm fine." I said smiling at him. Truthfully my ribs were hurting a little bit, not that I would ever tell him that.

"Hmph." He wrapped an arm around my waist to support me, then we walked out of the room. We walked in silence for a few minutes. I felt like I should say something to him.

"Inuyasha, thank you." I said softly.

I could have sworn I saw him blush but he shrugged, "No problem, Kagome." I felt him wrap his arm around my waist tighter, but not tight enough to make me feel any pain.

"I'm sorry for being such a pain in the butt Inuyasha. I really do appreciate you taking care of me while I was hurt. Not many people would do that for someone."

He looked down at me, "I enjoy taking care of you Kagome. I just wished you didn't hate me so much." He said quietly.

I blinked. Hate him? I didn't hate him. I stopped walking abruptly and he quickly stopped looking at me curiously, "I don't hate you Inuyasha."

"You could have fooled me." He said.

I sighed knowing he was right. I could be nicer to him, but the whole mating thing scares me. "I'm sorry for how I've been treating you Inuyasha but you have to understand, I didn't grow up thinking I would ever be mated to a demon. I'm still in school, and this whole thing is scary. I really don't know how Rin does it."

"Mating with me scares you?" He asked shocked, "Kagome…"

"Yes." I said honestly, "Inuyasha you practically jumped me, my first day of coming into this school. I was nervous about even attending this school, and then all of a sudden you pounce on me, sniff me, and then declare yourself my mate. How did you think I was going to take it?"

He nodded, "Your right Kagome." He said looking at me tenderly. Wait I was right? This was the first time he admitted that he was wrong. "I didn't consider how you would feel about this, I'm sorry for that. But you have to understand that, I'm a demon and it is extremely hard to resist my natural instincts. And when I met with you my instincts were screaming at me to mate with you."

I blushed and bit my lip, "Inuyasha, I don't think I could ever measure up to what you expect in a mate. I only ever thought demons mated with other demons."

He looked at me confused, "What do you think I expect of you?" He asked.

"What most men want from women? Someone to clean up after them, cook for them, obey your every order! I can't be the submissive housewife." I said shaking my head.

He looked disgusted, "I don't want a submissive housewife! You wouldn't be my wife anyways Kagome! You would be my mate, and that runs deeper than any human marriage. I would never expect you to do any of those things. When a demon find his mate he dedicates his life to making his mate happy. You would be mine, and I take care of what is mine." He said kissing my forehead. "I don't want you to be afraid of mating with me. There is no one better to take care of you, then me."

Everything that Inuyasha was saying actually sounded wonderful, but if I rushed into it I could regret it. I need time to adjust, and get to know him. "Could you settle for just being with me for now? Until I get more comfortable with you being my mate?" I asked.

He leaned his faced close to mine, "Is this anything like when you told me you wanted to be my friend? Because that won't work for me." He stated.

I shook my head, "No, we could date for a while. And then when I'm ready, we could mate." I said blushing as I saw his face slowly turn upwards into a grin.

"Date? I like it!" He nodded and hugged me tightly to his side, "I'll give you some time to get use to the idea of mating with me. Just please don't take advantage of my trust." He said softly.

I shook my head, "I won't. I promise you Inuyasha." I hugged him back.

"Hmm, this walk was actually a smart idea Kagome. I'm glad you suggested it."

I grinned, "Yeah it was. Well now that we are together, maybe now you can back off a little and stop worrying so much. You won't have to be so protective.

He chucked, "Funny mate. C'mon let's circle the school, and then get back to your room"

I sighed, "I wasn't joking…." I mumbled.

He held onto me and we walked down the school. For the first time it felt like we are on the same page, and aren't arguing so much. Hopefully it will last….

Author's Note: Okay you guys I'm starting to lose my muse for this story which is really disappointing! I really want to keep going but for some reason it's getting harder to keep on writing this story. Maybe if you guys review and tell me what you want to see happen, I'll be able to write more. And review! I always feel inspired to write after reading your reviews! I probably will go back to my normal length chapters. I'm sorry I can't keep trying to stretch out my chapters, I hope you guys still enjoy it!