A/N: I haven't updated in AGES! It's June 24th, and my last update was around April… so it's been around 3 months. Well… now it's summer time! Although my updates probably won't increase in speed… I have a LOT more time to write and stuff! Anyway, no further delaying the story! Wait a minute… this is the last chapter! Gasp!

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha.

True Confessions

Contentment

He just watched, dumbstruck, as she began to cry.

'Nani?!? What did I do? What do I do?'

His eyes were now wide as platters, bulging out of his head, and his mouth was held agape.

'God, I hate it when she cries…'

He knew he had to do something…help her, comfort her… something! He just didn't know what or how…

"Kagome…" he took a step towards her but she immediately protested by raising a hand.

"Pl-Please…" she pleaded, "please, Inuyasha. Leave me." With that, she turned and ran, leaving behind an extremely confused half-demon.

'He would just cause me more pain…' tears were still flowing freely down her face, but she had succeeded in calming down her frantic sobs. Kneeling on the ground, she was clutching her heart with her hand.

'It…hurts' of course, it was more than that, the pain she was feeling, but she couldn't describe it. It just… hurt.

Clenching her fist tighter she thought, 'My heart… I would give it to him freely. It already belongs to him.'

A final tear was nearing it's end as it made it's journey slowly down her right cheek, 'I fell in love with him, there's nothing I can do about that. I should be happy, at least, to be by his side. I couldn't imagine leaving him.'

She wanted to smile at the memory, but somehow couldn't manage it. She had told him, yes, that she wanted to see him. That she wanted to be with him. That she would not leave his side… She saw his eyes, so full of feeling. She felt his hand, how it tightened around her own.

Tears began to well up in her eyes once more, but she held them back. 'I'm in love with that arrogant, violent jerk.' She snorted, 'I'm in love… it's a feeling I can't control. Love. Period.' Sighing, she slowly got up, and after staring blankly ahead for a few seconds she yawned and stretched her arms.

"Yes! I should be getting back now." She began to walk back in the cabins general direction, but then as an afterthought yelled, "You should too, Inuyasha!!!"

WHAM

Rubbing his head, Inuyasha looked up at the now vacant tree and mumbled a few incoherent words that sounded something like "fucking branches…" and after a few more silent curses, Inuyasha finally focused his attention on to the cause of his fall.

The girl was standing there, a wide grin plastered on her face and arms crossed in victory. 'Talk about mood-swings…'he thought. "Oi! Kagome!" she had begun to walk away, but froze when he called her.

"You… you all right then?" his voice was hesitant, he didn't want her to yell at him for being persistent. She sighed, and flipped her head around. "Hai, Inuyasha, I'm alright."

He stared at her, perplexed, 'Is she… is she serious?' Her eyes showed him more than that, but the boy decided for once in his life to leave her be.

Walking to her side, he told her "I won't question you, Kagome, and you don't have to tell me why you were walking around the youkai-filled forest, alone, in the middle of the night." She smiled at that comment, though he didn't know why. "But you always can."

Then he did something neither of them expected; he took her hand and held it tightly under his own. "Let's get back, dawn is approaching and we don't want the others questioning us, do we?" she shook her head and was shocked to hear him smirk, "yeah I can just picture Miroku with his perverted thoughts," he mimicked him, " 'Inuyasha! You sly fox, you!' I swear if he's awake when we get back-" he stopped abruptly at the sound of Kagome's laughter. He smiled before joining her.

'Contentment…' She decided it was a pleasant feeling.

Holding Inuyasha's hand, knowing she would never leave him, and he would never leave her, she decided it was a very pleasant feeling indeed.

And so they walked off, hand-in-hand back to the hut where their friends were waiting, asleep, no doubt, and forever oblivious to the nights events.

End

A/N: A nice little fic, wasn't it? Not leaving a great impact, but pleasant to read nonetheless. Well I hope you all liked it, I'll be sure to keep writing, and I hope to improve with each story I compose. For now, anyway, you can help by reviewing! Thank you!