Chapter 5
A Need for Sight
By: Silver Teardrops
"Inuyasha I have to tell you something and it's serious..."
She lifted her head up as I felt her hair brush against my neck and arms. "What is it Kagome?" I asked as she led me to a bench by the tree. I noticed this because the rustling of leaves were growing as we neared it.
"It's about you..." She hesitated. By the sound of her voice, it wasn't good news at all. So I didn't want to rush her. "It's...you remember the day where you got mad at me for feeding you breakfast?" I nodded as I flinched a little. It still wasn't a comfortable thought to remember. "Before it, I had a conversation with Kaede outside before I came in to talk with Sango." In my mind I did a double take. So I didn't hear much of the conversation at all, only the end of it.
"And? What's so serious?" I asked as my dog curiosity reached its peak.
"Your sight." Was her reply and soon my mind went tumbling down. In my head, what she said meant that I'd be blind forever. It can't be cured now can it? I'm stuck a disabled hanyou.
"Ok, I get it now Kagome. Can you just-" I started to get up but her hand caught my arm.
"But Inuyasha, listen." I turned around my face showing misery, even pity for myself. She got up still clutching onto my left arm. "Inuyasha, Kaede said it was nearing the 3 week line, whereas she can tell if you could be blind forever or you could be healed easily." I heard her take a sharp breath and somehow I hadn't moved, nothing- just stood still for the blow. "She said, it looks not the better." I kept my place and listened to the wind as it rustled a few leaves around us and whipped her scent in all directions. Maybe if I tried to forget, maybe I could live a good life. Maybe if I just give up? What if I… killed- "Inuyasha, please, don't leave me." I heard her say as she pulled my arms around her waist and rested in between my chest.
"Kagome, I would never leave you, starting now." I whispered back as I held her. But I still wondered is she doing this because she's guilty of making me blind? Or is this her true feelings? Because I know mine are of true intentions, I wanna know hers. But I was afraid to speak it. So we stood there together, in each other arms, trying to comfort another without words, only actions. "Kagome?" I asked after the feeling started to turn to awkward rather than intimate.
"Yes?" She asked still contently snuggled in my chest.
"Um, Souta, he's staring at us. A lot." I said and Kagome pulled herself apart from my body instantly and I heard her talking to Souta.
"Please don't tell mom, and especially Grandpa what you just saw. Keep it between us, okay?"
"But what do I get out of it, seeing my hero hugging my sister? Not a good deal." Souta remarked. I wanted to chuckle, but Kagome seemed pretty serious.
"Um how about… I make Inuyasha play games with you later okay? We need to finish talking." I heard Souta scurry off as Kagome returned to my side.
"How did you know Souta was staring at us and not at something else?" She asked as she hooked her arms around mine.
"Because I felt his glare on me. It felt… weird. You know? You could probably feel it too. Hasn't anyone done that to you?" I questioned her. I didn't know where she was taking me, but the surroundings suddenly turned from normal 'shrine' smells to wondrous scents of flowers, plants, and much more.
"Yeah, it does make you feel weird under their stare, huh?" She asked. She let go of me and left, cause I tried grabbing around to see if she was near me. She returned about 2 minutes later. "Here. This is from me to you." Her voice had gone from silliness to elegant, warm, wisdom even. She held my palm open and placed in it a small flower. I brought it up to my nose and sniffed it. I don't think up in my time we have this kind.
Kagome picked up on my confusion and explained to me. "It's a flower, to be precise, a forget-me-not." She giggled slightly to herself, like a teenage girl talking to her favorite idol.
"Why did you give me this?" I asked.
"Because I wanted to, need it to..." She trailed off and suddenly changed the subject. I remembered all flowers have meanings. I wonder what these mean. I gotta keep it then. I heard a distant calling.
"Kagome! Mom says its dinnertime!!!" Souta screamed to her.
She replied back by screaming, "Coming! Tell her Inuyasha's here too!!!" She held my hand in hers as she dragged me back to the house. But since we touched hands, I felt a tingle. it felt so strange. Because no one held my hands since a long time. No one held my hand as far as I can remember, but her.
We came in and ate in laughter mostly. I don't think Kagome's family knew of my… short sense. They all just poked me to get my attention or to give me something to pass. It was rather… fun. Kagome had gone outside to help her grandpa with something and Souta went upstairs to take a short shower before our "game challenge". So that left Kagome's mother and me in the kitchen.
"Inuyasha, dear, can you give me the bowl next to you?" She asked as she turned to speak to me. I felt around a little and found it and handed it to her. But right then the forget-me-not Kagome gave me fell out of my sleeve. "Oh? What's this?" She was right next to me and already had the flower in her hand.
"Um...I think Kagome called it a forget-me-not. Um..." I thought maybe I should ask her now. "Do you know what this flower means?" I felt her warm smile emanating as she talked to me.
"A forget-me-not means, Inuyasha, true love that gives you beautiful memories. I remember anyone who gives you one of these really loves the other, so much that they would even try to hide it if it was for the best." She handed me back the flower. "Ah, well. I'm not going to ask who gave you it. It's your business so I won't pry into it. Oh by the way I hear Souta calling you." She remarked. I was so shocked by the meaning that I almost became deaf! I moved sluggishly up the stairs the words still processing in my mind. Kagome, she would even deny her feelings if she thought it best. "Inuyasha!!!" Souta pulled my hair into his room and gave me the object that moves these monsters on a screen. Damn it Kagome!!! You're going to make me lose against the kid, shoot. Stupid blindness.
"Hahaha!!! I won again! For the 15th time in a row!!!" Souta's cheers made me want to grumble the more, but I kept it in, behind my-very, very- forced smile.
"Okay Souta, time for bed. You have school tomorrow." A smooth, nice, velvety voice and sweet aroma came into the room. It was Kagome. I knew it. "But SiiiiiS!!!" Souta whined. "No, you have to get your rest." She turned off the screen and told me to get up from the bed and tucked Souta into bed. She then pulled me out of the room and into hers. How did I know again? Her whole room was of her scent.
"Inuyasha, do you want me to return back with you tonight? Or tomorrow morning? Because I wanna go back with you." She said. I stood there. if I go back now, I won't hear the end of this from Miroku and Shippo. and if I stay I can just be in her company admiring just her.
"Tomorrow morning. I feel tired and you must be too." I said and stood awkwardly in her room, just wondering where she'll put me for the night. Like a lost little puppy. (^.^) "Oh, Inuyasha you can stay in here with me tonight. that is if you want." She said and shut her door closed.
"Yeah, alright." I felt around for the wall and found an open spot on the floor but when I sat down, Kagome's arms pulled me up and led me somewhere else.
"Kagome?" I asked as I felt a nice warm, soft bedding, maybe the futon.
"You can have the futon, I can sleep on the ground. You need more rest than me. Really." She got out of the bed, but I caught her hand. "Inuyasha?" She asked, her voice shy-like.
"Do you trust me?" I asked, sounding like a puppy pleading.
"um, Yeah, I do." She stood there still waiting for me to continue. I pulled her hand and her body followed, onto the bed and smiled at her.
"Then we can share." She giggled and agreed and suddenly I saw a bright flash of colors all at once.
"Are you alright?" She asked. "Oh, um yah. Oyasuminasai." I bent down to kiss her lightly on the cheek and turned over and went to sleep. What got into me? I didn't know, but I liked-no loved the feel of her warm skin on my lips, even if it was for a short while. My lids shut closed, my body felt light, I felt tired and gave into the night. (Sorry I had to rhyme right here, weird person I am I know.)
"I want to see you smile, just because of me. I want to see you laugh, when you see me. I want to be your everything."
I woke up the next morning and found Kagome gone. She was in the shower, as again I heard water running. I looked at the source of noise as a door slammed opened. "Kagome? Oh Inuyasha? Oh um, this is a little awkward. Is Kagome in the shower?" Kagome's mother came in and sat down next to me.
"I guess." I said stretching.
"Poor thing." her mother said patting my head and I felt the sympathy out of her voice.
"For me or for Kagome?" I asked her.
"For you. Kagome's been so worried, I knew when she was forcing her cheerfulness a little too much at the dinner table yesterday. And yesterday night I found her awake taking care of you all night. It must be hard being blind and all." She said still the voice with the same tune to it.
"How did you know I was blind?" I asked now sitting up.
"I heard you bump into things in her room and I put all the pieces together and found out. Kagome's really worried; I heard her cry all night. Did you know?" She asked me. Me? Know? Know what? I'm just finding this all out now.
"Um-" Before I could say no, or a yes, or whatever my mouth was about to blab out, Kagome came into the room.
"Mom? What are you here for? Does grandpa need help again?" She asked.
"No, I just wanted to see if you were still here or not. So you'll both be going soon?" She asked, her voice now cheerful, unusually from her tone used when she talked to me. "Yep. Right Inuyasha?" Kagome asked walking closer to me. I nodded. What is wrong with me? I need my sight, I need to see her face, I need to see...
A/n: Sorry I am feeling lazy these days so I hope you like this chapter and review, and I'll promise next time I'll shoutout to your reviews, I'm lazy just forgive me and move on heheheh.
A Need for Sight
By: Silver Teardrops
"Inuyasha I have to tell you something and it's serious..."
She lifted her head up as I felt her hair brush against my neck and arms. "What is it Kagome?" I asked as she led me to a bench by the tree. I noticed this because the rustling of leaves were growing as we neared it.
"It's about you..." She hesitated. By the sound of her voice, it wasn't good news at all. So I didn't want to rush her. "It's...you remember the day where you got mad at me for feeding you breakfast?" I nodded as I flinched a little. It still wasn't a comfortable thought to remember. "Before it, I had a conversation with Kaede outside before I came in to talk with Sango." In my mind I did a double take. So I didn't hear much of the conversation at all, only the end of it.
"And? What's so serious?" I asked as my dog curiosity reached its peak.
"Your sight." Was her reply and soon my mind went tumbling down. In my head, what she said meant that I'd be blind forever. It can't be cured now can it? I'm stuck a disabled hanyou.
"Ok, I get it now Kagome. Can you just-" I started to get up but her hand caught my arm.
"But Inuyasha, listen." I turned around my face showing misery, even pity for myself. She got up still clutching onto my left arm. "Inuyasha, Kaede said it was nearing the 3 week line, whereas she can tell if you could be blind forever or you could be healed easily." I heard her take a sharp breath and somehow I hadn't moved, nothing- just stood still for the blow. "She said, it looks not the better." I kept my place and listened to the wind as it rustled a few leaves around us and whipped her scent in all directions. Maybe if I tried to forget, maybe I could live a good life. Maybe if I just give up? What if I… killed- "Inuyasha, please, don't leave me." I heard her say as she pulled my arms around her waist and rested in between my chest.
"Kagome, I would never leave you, starting now." I whispered back as I held her. But I still wondered is she doing this because she's guilty of making me blind? Or is this her true feelings? Because I know mine are of true intentions, I wanna know hers. But I was afraid to speak it. So we stood there together, in each other arms, trying to comfort another without words, only actions. "Kagome?" I asked after the feeling started to turn to awkward rather than intimate.
"Yes?" She asked still contently snuggled in my chest.
"Um, Souta, he's staring at us. A lot." I said and Kagome pulled herself apart from my body instantly and I heard her talking to Souta.
"Please don't tell mom, and especially Grandpa what you just saw. Keep it between us, okay?"
"But what do I get out of it, seeing my hero hugging my sister? Not a good deal." Souta remarked. I wanted to chuckle, but Kagome seemed pretty serious.
"Um how about… I make Inuyasha play games with you later okay? We need to finish talking." I heard Souta scurry off as Kagome returned to my side.
"How did you know Souta was staring at us and not at something else?" She asked as she hooked her arms around mine.
"Because I felt his glare on me. It felt… weird. You know? You could probably feel it too. Hasn't anyone done that to you?" I questioned her. I didn't know where she was taking me, but the surroundings suddenly turned from normal 'shrine' smells to wondrous scents of flowers, plants, and much more.
"Yeah, it does make you feel weird under their stare, huh?" She asked. She let go of me and left, cause I tried grabbing around to see if she was near me. She returned about 2 minutes later. "Here. This is from me to you." Her voice had gone from silliness to elegant, warm, wisdom even. She held my palm open and placed in it a small flower. I brought it up to my nose and sniffed it. I don't think up in my time we have this kind.
Kagome picked up on my confusion and explained to me. "It's a flower, to be precise, a forget-me-not." She giggled slightly to herself, like a teenage girl talking to her favorite idol.
"Why did you give me this?" I asked.
"Because I wanted to, need it to..." She trailed off and suddenly changed the subject. I remembered all flowers have meanings. I wonder what these mean. I gotta keep it then. I heard a distant calling.
"Kagome! Mom says its dinnertime!!!" Souta screamed to her.
She replied back by screaming, "Coming! Tell her Inuyasha's here too!!!" She held my hand in hers as she dragged me back to the house. But since we touched hands, I felt a tingle. it felt so strange. Because no one held my hands since a long time. No one held my hand as far as I can remember, but her.
We came in and ate in laughter mostly. I don't think Kagome's family knew of my… short sense. They all just poked me to get my attention or to give me something to pass. It was rather… fun. Kagome had gone outside to help her grandpa with something and Souta went upstairs to take a short shower before our "game challenge". So that left Kagome's mother and me in the kitchen.
"Inuyasha, dear, can you give me the bowl next to you?" She asked as she turned to speak to me. I felt around a little and found it and handed it to her. But right then the forget-me-not Kagome gave me fell out of my sleeve. "Oh? What's this?" She was right next to me and already had the flower in her hand.
"Um...I think Kagome called it a forget-me-not. Um..." I thought maybe I should ask her now. "Do you know what this flower means?" I felt her warm smile emanating as she talked to me.
"A forget-me-not means, Inuyasha, true love that gives you beautiful memories. I remember anyone who gives you one of these really loves the other, so much that they would even try to hide it if it was for the best." She handed me back the flower. "Ah, well. I'm not going to ask who gave you it. It's your business so I won't pry into it. Oh by the way I hear Souta calling you." She remarked. I was so shocked by the meaning that I almost became deaf! I moved sluggishly up the stairs the words still processing in my mind. Kagome, she would even deny her feelings if she thought it best. "Inuyasha!!!" Souta pulled my hair into his room and gave me the object that moves these monsters on a screen. Damn it Kagome!!! You're going to make me lose against the kid, shoot. Stupid blindness.
"Hahaha!!! I won again! For the 15th time in a row!!!" Souta's cheers made me want to grumble the more, but I kept it in, behind my-very, very- forced smile.
"Okay Souta, time for bed. You have school tomorrow." A smooth, nice, velvety voice and sweet aroma came into the room. It was Kagome. I knew it. "But SiiiiiS!!!" Souta whined. "No, you have to get your rest." She turned off the screen and told me to get up from the bed and tucked Souta into bed. She then pulled me out of the room and into hers. How did I know again? Her whole room was of her scent.
"Inuyasha, do you want me to return back with you tonight? Or tomorrow morning? Because I wanna go back with you." She said. I stood there. if I go back now, I won't hear the end of this from Miroku and Shippo. and if I stay I can just be in her company admiring just her.
"Tomorrow morning. I feel tired and you must be too." I said and stood awkwardly in her room, just wondering where she'll put me for the night. Like a lost little puppy. (^.^) "Oh, Inuyasha you can stay in here with me tonight. that is if you want." She said and shut her door closed.
"Yeah, alright." I felt around for the wall and found an open spot on the floor but when I sat down, Kagome's arms pulled me up and led me somewhere else.
"Kagome?" I asked as I felt a nice warm, soft bedding, maybe the futon.
"You can have the futon, I can sleep on the ground. You need more rest than me. Really." She got out of the bed, but I caught her hand. "Inuyasha?" She asked, her voice shy-like.
"Do you trust me?" I asked, sounding like a puppy pleading.
"um, Yeah, I do." She stood there still waiting for me to continue. I pulled her hand and her body followed, onto the bed and smiled at her.
"Then we can share." She giggled and agreed and suddenly I saw a bright flash of colors all at once.
"Are you alright?" She asked. "Oh, um yah. Oyasuminasai." I bent down to kiss her lightly on the cheek and turned over and went to sleep. What got into me? I didn't know, but I liked-no loved the feel of her warm skin on my lips, even if it was for a short while. My lids shut closed, my body felt light, I felt tired and gave into the night. (Sorry I had to rhyme right here, weird person I am I know.)
"I want to see you smile, just because of me. I want to see you laugh, when you see me. I want to be your everything."
I woke up the next morning and found Kagome gone. She was in the shower, as again I heard water running. I looked at the source of noise as a door slammed opened. "Kagome? Oh Inuyasha? Oh um, this is a little awkward. Is Kagome in the shower?" Kagome's mother came in and sat down next to me.
"I guess." I said stretching.
"Poor thing." her mother said patting my head and I felt the sympathy out of her voice.
"For me or for Kagome?" I asked her.
"For you. Kagome's been so worried, I knew when she was forcing her cheerfulness a little too much at the dinner table yesterday. And yesterday night I found her awake taking care of you all night. It must be hard being blind and all." She said still the voice with the same tune to it.
"How did you know I was blind?" I asked now sitting up.
"I heard you bump into things in her room and I put all the pieces together and found out. Kagome's really worried; I heard her cry all night. Did you know?" She asked me. Me? Know? Know what? I'm just finding this all out now.
"Um-" Before I could say no, or a yes, or whatever my mouth was about to blab out, Kagome came into the room.
"Mom? What are you here for? Does grandpa need help again?" She asked.
"No, I just wanted to see if you were still here or not. So you'll both be going soon?" She asked, her voice now cheerful, unusually from her tone used when she talked to me. "Yep. Right Inuyasha?" Kagome asked walking closer to me. I nodded. What is wrong with me? I need my sight, I need to see her face, I need to see...
A/n: Sorry I am feeling lazy these days so I hope you like this chapter and review, and I'll promise next time I'll shoutout to your reviews, I'm lazy just forgive me and move on heheheh.