Alcohol Hurts
Her head ached. In fact, she ached all over. Work had been hard today; a little more so than usual. They had had five emergency calls and at least two of them had been pranks; the rest had them up to their elbows in grime and dead bodies.
She breathed in the heavily moist air as she continued to wash the sweat and massage the hurts from her body. The smell of vanilla was strong in the shower as her shampoo and conditioner worked the tangles out of her hair; Kagome found the smell the most pleasant and it was the best shampoo she had had in years.
Getting out, she toweled her body dry and wrapped up in a bathrobe, tying the string and leaving her hair wetly lying against her back. The chill of the air outside the bathroom made her shiver and fold her arms, rubbing them for warmth.
Coffee; chocolate. The one thought on her mind. She didn't know why, but she had the worst craving for coffee, and Kagome intended to give in to her hankerings along with her hidden stash of rich, dark chocolate.
Suddenly, the sound of someone knocking on the door reached her ears right as she had gotten to the cabinets above her kitchen. Sighing and glancing at the clock, she headed toward the door. Who would come knocking on my door at eleven o'clock at night? The knocking became more insistent, near pounding.
"I'm coming!" she yelled.
Unlocking and opening the door, she was shocked. Inuyasha stood hair in disarray, uniform still on, and slightly swaying on his feet.
"Inuyasha? What are you doing here? I thought we were off duty."
He grinned at her. "I just learns today; were parners, eh?"
Oh boy. Inuyasha drunk in the middle of the night and at my front door. "Yes."
He took a step forward, nearly keeling her over with the stench of some alcoholic beverage. "Well, parner, let's say we…get to know each of us better. What'd'ya say to that?" He was looking her over with a gleam in his eyes that she didn't like overmuch and he was making her nervous.
"Look, Inuyasha. You're drunk. Go home. Take some Tylenol or something because I don't want to see you at work tom—" She stopped abruptly as he grabbed her and pulled her close.
"Afraid? I promise I'll be good to you."
Her stomach lurched, and she was afraid she was going to throw-up all over him the smell was so strong and vile. Kagome placed her hands against his chest, trying to put some distance between them, but only got far enough so that she didn't have to look up as much to see his face.
"Inuyasha, you really don't want to do this. You're drunk. Now, go home and get some rest."
He started to lean forward, about to kiss her. Not good, not good, not good! Just as he got an inch from her lips, Inuyasha collapsed against her, unconscious.
"Oof!" was all she could get out as his weight bore down on her slighter form, but she managed to keep him up. With lots of heaving and maneuvering, she managed to get him over to her couch and place him onto the cushions; she was breathing heavily by the time she got him laid out on her sofa.
Great; this is just fantastic! She walked back to the door, re-closing and relocking it. The coffee and chocolate forgotten, Kagome grabbed some blankets and tucked them around the now peacefully sleeping Inuyasha, taking his shoes off as well.
I wonder just how much he drank after the news… With that, she left, going to her room and locked her own bedroom door. Quickly, she dressed in her pajamas and got in bed with a sigh of contentment, perfectly fine with the drunken man sleeping in her living room.
Groans were all she heard; loud groans. Throwing off her blankets, Kagome got up with an annoyed sigh and walked out of her room. At least we're up in time to get ready for work. She made her way to the kitchen, pulling out some Aspirin and filling up a glass of water for her over-night roommate. Quickening her pace as the groans continued on, she rushed into the living room and shoved the cup into his hands along with the pills.
"Here; take them."
He obeyed without a word and handed the glass back to her.
"Better?"
"Keh."
She rolled her eyes and headed back to the kitchen, preparing a breakfast for two. She hummed lightly, every now and then swaying her hips to the music she had going on in her head as she cooked.
Inuyasha sat down heavily in one of the chairs surrounding the table and placed his head in his hands, going unnoticed by Kagome as she hummed. Slowly, he lifted his head and smirked in amusement as she kept the beat with her hips and skillet. A light chuckle broke from his lips as he watched her.
"You know, Kikyou, I've never known you as a dancer. You're voice has improved a bit, though."
Inwardly, Kagome cringed at the name and her morning cheer vanished. Sighing, she said, "Ohayo, Inuyasha-chan. I do this every morning; I don't know about Kikyou."
The playfulness in him disappeared in a flash and he looked confused, angry even. "Where am I and what am I doing here?" he asked, suddenly realizing his mistake at who this was.
"You're in my apartment. You were so drunk last night that you thought it would be a good idea to crash here for the night."
Inuyasha sighed, rubbing his eyes and temples. "Kagome."
She turned, placing a skillet of scrambled eggs on a pot holder in the middle of the table among the other items already placed.
"I'm glad you remember my name. Keep it that way."
"Feh. Whatever, wench."
Breakfast went on in strained silence until Kagome got up and went to her room to change. In his own silent apology, Inuyasha cleared up the table and other breakfast items then went in search of his shoes.
"Hey! Where are my shoes?!"
Kagome rolled her eyes as she came out of her room, binding her hair back with a hair-band. "They're on the floor next to the couch." She went into the kitchen only to pause and turn, looking at Inuyasha in bewilderment. "What happened to the dishes?"
"What do you think?" he retorted as he pulled on his shoes. "They just walk off?"
I'll never get anything out of him. She rolled her eyes at him and moved over to her coffee-table, snatching her things off of it and placing them in various pockets.
"Do you have a car outside?" she asked.
"I don't know."
The alarm in her room went off, signaling it was time to leave.
"Crap! I'm going to be late!"
She scrambled around the apartment, hurrying herself to grab everything and not leave anything behind.
"C'mon, Inuyasha, we gotta go!"
"Yeah, yeah. Give me a minute!"
"We don't have a minute!" she screeched at him, grabbing his arm and pulling him out the door as he finished buckling his belt.
"Kuso, woman! Slow down!"
She threw him a glare as she hastily locked her door and started to run for the stairs with Inuyasha at her heels.
"WHAT?!"
Inuyasha's yelling could be heard all over the station from the chief's office, and Kagome rubbed her ears not for the first time that morning.
"No way in hell is this going to work! Change it, Sesshoumaru!"
Kagome groaned as she sipped her coffee and turned back to the paper work littering her desk. Every now and then, her eyes would stray to the office, wondering what was going on inside that door.
Moments later, Inuyasha came storming out of the room, murder in his eyes. He strode over to her cubicle and pointed an accusing finger at her.
"You. You did this."
She glared at him indignantly. "Hey! I didn't ask to be assigned to a jerk-off like you! Don't you dare blame this on me!"
He slammed the palms of his hands down on her desk, about to retort when the alarm sounded. He straightened as she stood and they both glared at each other, defying the other with their eyes.
"We'll continue this later," he said.
She made a smile at him as they both rushed out the door. "Can't wait."
So… good, ne? Yes, yes, I know you love me. But you would love me even more if you reviewed. ^^