Chapter Eight: When I Left Him
He tightened his grip around her. Kagome squirmed from his embrace, staring into his eyes.
"You... you really mean that?" Kagome asked him, tears began welding into her eyes. Inuyasha gently placed his hands on her arms, sliding down them to her hands where he enlaced fingers with her.
"Why would I say something like that and wouldn't mean it?" He whispered in her ear. A small smile crept along his face. Kagome's blushing face snuggled into his shoulder.
"I... I love you too, Inuyasha." Kagome replied back to him. He trailed his fingers up to her face, cupping her cheeks in his hands. He nuzzled his face in her neck, tracing burning kisses up to the corner of her mouth.
"I've waited so long to tell you that. I've always been scared to show my true feelings for you." Inuyasha whispered to her, his mouth still pressed to the corner of her mouth.
"Inuyasha..." Kagome sighed, and turned her head so their lips caught each other. They then broke away after a few moments, staring longingly into each other's eyes.
'When I left him...' Kagome thought to herself, staring into his amber depths. 'Even though as stubborn, and as naïve as I was, he came after me, because he... he loves me.' With that, Kagome leaned up to him and pressed her lips to his.
She tangled her fingers in his hair as she cupped his face in her hands. Inuyasha brought his hands up to hold her wrists. Inuyasha deepened the kiss by opening his lips, and allowing his tongue to slip in her mouth, catching hers.
They released the kiss. All they could do was stare at each other, waiting for what happened next.
"Let's go, Inuyasha." Breaking the silence, Kagome took his hand in her hand and began walking along the side of the beach.
'When I left him... I thought that he hated me, when really he loved me. And now, we can love each other... forever...'
He tightened his grip around her. Kagome squirmed from his embrace, staring into his eyes.
"You... you really mean that?" Kagome asked him, tears began welding into her eyes. Inuyasha gently placed his hands on her arms, sliding down them to her hands where he enlaced fingers with her.
"Why would I say something like that and wouldn't mean it?" He whispered in her ear. A small smile crept along his face. Kagome's blushing face snuggled into his shoulder.
"I... I love you too, Inuyasha." Kagome replied back to him. He trailed his fingers up to her face, cupping her cheeks in his hands. He nuzzled his face in her neck, tracing burning kisses up to the corner of her mouth.
"I've waited so long to tell you that. I've always been scared to show my true feelings for you." Inuyasha whispered to her, his mouth still pressed to the corner of her mouth.
"Inuyasha..." Kagome sighed, and turned her head so their lips caught each other. They then broke away after a few moments, staring longingly into each other's eyes.
'When I left him...' Kagome thought to herself, staring into his amber depths. 'Even though as stubborn, and as naïve as I was, he came after me, because he... he loves me.' With that, Kagome leaned up to him and pressed her lips to his.
She tangled her fingers in his hair as she cupped his face in her hands. Inuyasha brought his hands up to hold her wrists. Inuyasha deepened the kiss by opening his lips, and allowing his tongue to slip in her mouth, catching hers.
They released the kiss. All they could do was stare at each other, waiting for what happened next.
"Let's go, Inuyasha." Breaking the silence, Kagome took his hand in her hand and began walking along the side of the beach.
'When I left him... I thought that he hated me, when really he loved me. And now, we can love each other... forever...'