When He Was Mine
By: Maggz
Disclaimer: InuYasha and Co. © Rumiko Takahashi
Chapter 16
InuYasha and I didn't talk about Kouga... or Kikyo... or my parents... or even US as we rode home. He wanted me cuddled by his side for as long as the remainder of our ride took and that was just where I wanted to be. His arm was draped around my shoulders... my head on his shoulder as we drove on toward home. I closed my eyes... only letting thoughts of InuYasha enter my brain... not worrying with what I would face once I got home... or once he had to leave me to go back out on tour... and we hadn't even gotten around to discussing THAT.
I dozed lightly, my hand on his thigh... his fingers moved up into my hair to lightly run through and stroke it. If I slept, I never knew it... but I soon heard him calling for me... "Kagome... Kagome... wake up... we're almost to your house...", he was saying. I opened my eyes and raised my head looking at him. He turned to me and smiled a sad smile and gently pulled on my hair. "It'll be OK... I'm as HERE for you as I can be... just tell me what you want me to do... how you want to handle this.", he said. "You don't worry, InuYasha... I'll handle it... just call me later, ok?", I said as he pulled into the circular drive in front of my house. "No... I'm at least bringing you inside and explaining why you were not home all night... no fuss from you, Kagome... I mean it.", he said and he leaned over and kissed me quickly... then got out of the car and came around to my side. I had already opened my door and gotten one leg out and he grabbed my hand and pulled me all the way out.
As we walked up the steps to the front porch... the front door opened and my mother ran out... followed closely by Kikyo... and soon after... by my dad who slowly followed. I felt InuYasha's hand tighten on mine and I was grateful at once that he HAD come up with me to explain. "Where have you BEEN, Kagome?", my mom wailed... pulling a fist to her mouth. "We've been worried sick... Kikyo said you were still at the party when she left... and that Kouga said you left with InuYasha just a bit after she left. "She did leave with me, Mrs. Higurashi... but my car stopped quite a few miles from the house where the party was held... luckily we were near a section of road that has several seasonal cabins... and we were able to stay there for the night until we could make our way back. "And the car... is it OK, now, InuYasha?", my dad asked. "Yes, Mr. Higurashi... it is... it was this morning... and I apologize... my cell phone battery was out... Kagome's cell phone was here, she had forgotten it and we had no way to communicate at that hour of the night."
"Kagome... you've nothing to say... to add?", my mother said and I looked from her to my dad. "I'm sorry... what InuYasha said was true... car trouble on an empty road, no cell phones... and we found shelter for the night... that's all... and I'm sorry I worried you... if there had been anything we could have done... we would have... we came home as quickly as possible so as not to worry you more.", I said. I had purposefully avoided Kikyo's eyes during all of this but as I swung my eyes away from my mom and looked at her finally... I sucked in a breath... for her eyes were on InuYasha... strange and unreadable and then they swung back to me and she smirked as she turned away and went back into the house. My mom's eyes followed her and then went back to me... an accusing look on her face... and I felt dirty, like some kind of common whore... and tried to move my hand from InuYasha's grasp but he held tight to me and put his other arm around me.
"Please accept my apologies, Sir...", InuYasha said and my father smiled and moved toward us... allowing InuYasha to release me and for them to shake hands. "Apology accepted, InuYasha... just glad you two were safe...", he said lowly. I could hear my mom take in a breath as if she was ready to say something else but my dad, for once, put up a hand as if to silence her. "Thanks, Dad... thanks to InuYasha we were...", I said and looked at InuYasha with a smile. He smiled back and tightened his grip on my waist. "I must go, Mr. and Mrs. Higurashi... we have some studio time coming up in the next few days... I'd love for Kagome to come and see what goes on behind the scenes if I may...", he said and I felt my heart nearly drop to my feet. I'd had no idea he would go this far. "I don't think...", my mom started but my dad broke in once again for me... something I would never understand and something I was extremely grateful for.
"That will be fine, InuYasha... I'm sure Kagome can talk further with you about this... but I'm sure she'd love to go...", he said. InuYasha nodded and smiled at me. "Now... I'll be going...", he said and I felt him tug on my waist... wanting me to go with him back to the car. "Mom, Dad... I'm going to walk InuYasha back to the car... I'll be right in...", I said and my dad took my mom's arm and led her back inside. I could hear her insistent hissing... and his answering murmurs and I sighed and slunk back against InuYasha's body. "Now... that wasn't so bad, was it Kagome...?", he said and hugged me to him. "No... it was ok... thanks for breaking the ice... I owe you one!", I smiled. "Come on, walk back with me...", he said and I held fast to his hand and walked back down the steps to his car.
He stopped just outside his car... leaning up against it and making me stand in front of him... his hands loosely holding mine. "I need to be with you as much as possible during the next week... can you... do you... want that too?", he asked as his thumbs stroked the sides of my hands. "You know I want to be with you, InuYasha..", I answered. "Good... I'll call you tomorrow... arrange a time for the next day... and I'll see you then?", he asked. "That would be nice... I have to go and make sure my classes are lined up for next quarter tomorrow... so it's a busy day for me.", I said. "Leave some time for me", he said and I smiled at him. "I'll try, InuYasha...", I laughed, because he was poking out his lower lip at me... darting his eyes to the ground and then back up at me.
"Kiss me, Kagome... kiss me...", he whispered and his hand went to my neck... underneath my hair... a soft gentle stroking... and he pulled me to him and kissed me... so soft and easy... so simple and sweet. "Amazing girl...", he said as he pulled back and smiled at me. "Amazing guy...", I said back and put one finger to his face... tracing down his cheek bone. "Dream of us, Kagome... until we can be together again...", he murmured and reached for my hand... squeezing it and kissing the top of my knuckles.
I didn't want him to go... didn't want him to leave... afraid he'd never come back... and afraid he would. InuYasha had changed me forever... just how much and in what ways, I'd find out over time.
"Talk to you, later?", he asked and I nodded. "Ok... good... I... I had a great time... being with you... like nothing else... ever... call me if you need me...", he said and I could only nod past the lump in my throat. He stepped forward... kissing my nose... and then moved to open his door and get in. I stood there... watching him... not wanting to move... and he waved and left .
I stood for a few moments... collecting myself and then walked back up to the house and just outside the door. I could hear the TV on in the living room and knew my dad was watching it... as sure as I knew my mom was in the kitchen. I walked past and up the stairs... to my room... closing the door behind me...
Taking off my sweater and then sliding out of my bra and jeans... along with shoes and socks... I went into my bathroom and started a shower... I walked back out and picked up my clothes... throwing them into a hamper... and then back to a warm shower. I was going to lie down and sleep once I finished my shower... emotionally and physically... I was worn out.
I washed my hair... soaped my body and rinsed... turning off the water and grabbing towels to wrap my hair in and to dry off with. I looked at myself in the full length mirror... wiping a mist of steam off to better see. I wondered what InuYasha saw in me... I couldn't see it , not even if I looked closely. As I examined myself I noticed a place here and there... and with a smile realized that it was where InuYasha had bit my shoulder... sucked the soft skin of my neck... or bit down on my breasts. A sweet reminder... all my own... of what we had shared.
I slid the towel off my hair and ran my fingers through it... then reached round and hung up both towels... opened the bathroom door... and gasped... for my sister was sitting on my bed... legs crossed... waiting on me.
It never occurred to me to cover my body first... this was MY room... and my door had been closed... what right did she have?
"Washing InuYasha off you?", she smirked and I stood still... looking at her. "My God, Kagome... LOOK at you... just look at you...", she said and I turned to reach for my robe, where it hung on the closet. "Good God!", she spat and I refused to turn to her until I had grabbed my robe and pulled it on and around me. "What the hell did you two do? your back... it's COVERED in scratches... what DID YOU DO?", she screamed at me as she rose up off my bed.
"I slept with InuYasha, Kikyo...", I said and it felt good to say it... she'd smirked at me enough. "You let him FUCK you?", she asked and I stood my ground as she walked up to me and slapped my face... tears stinging my eyes. "I hate you, Kagome... I hate you!", she spat. "Why... because he didn't want you anymore, Kikyo... is that it? because he turned down your ultimatum?", I asked. "You little bitch! you think you come back home from the States and you're everything... you think you KNOW everything... you know NOTHING.", she hissed. "I've been with InuYasha for over six months... SIX MONTHS , little sister... I can tell you things that will make your head spin about InuYasha... what he likes to do... how he likes to do it... how many times... and how far he'll go... you're just a sweet little virgin diversion... something to make me jealous... and you're my own sister... just too stupid to even see what he's done.", she said.
I said nothing... what good would it do... even if I tried to ignore what she said... it would come back later and haunt me... for I already had doubts about InuYasha... even if I didn't want to. "And you're supposed to be the 'smart one'", she laughed. "Now you are NOTHING... NOTHING!", she said. "If I wanted him back... I'd take him right now... trust me... and it wouldn't be hard... you wouldn't believe how easy it would be...", she sang as she moved away from me and toward the door. "You're stupid, Kagome... you fell for a stupid trick... a thousand girls would have seen it coming... tell me... did the car start up immediately this morning...?", she asked and backed out the door... slamming it shut behind her.
I stood there for perhaps two seconds... lost in myself... and in her words... in my humiliation and pain... and then I walked over to my door and locked it tight... and I tumbled into my bed and cried... my face stuck into my pillow... my fists beating the mattress... until the tears would not come anymore.
If she'd wanted to attack me in the right place... she had... but she had always known how to. And oh!... I'd been so smug... so sure... and now... I felt stupid... like a child... and I had even begun to wonder and worry about InuYasha... his meanings... his place with me... if I WAS only a temporary diversion... everything had happened so fast... I'd let my body do the talking... I hadn't been smart... only went with the feeling between my legs.
I thought back to us in the woods... his taking me against the tree... his body against mine... his mouth on mine... and God help me... I wanted him again. Part of me not caring if he was true to me or if I WAS just a diversion. The other part... mortified that I'd let him taste me... that I'd tried my hand at tasting him... that I'd let him screw me outside against a tree, ripping my panties from me... and me... me wrapping my legs around him... urging him on... dear God, what had gotten into me?
I snuffled and hiccupped... tried to sleep and only tossed and turned... cried some more and cursed myself... and then my mobile rung on my night table... and I looked at the clock and sighed. It was late... who would be calling me... so late... and I didn't want to talk to anyone... nobody at all.
I reached for the phone... and answered it. "Yeah...", I said. "Kagome?", I heard and my heart thundered... it was InuYasha. "Kagome... are you OK. You don't sound so good... did I wake you?", he asked. "I'm Ok... no... I was just lying here... you didn't wake me...", I said. "Good... I wanted to get to you before you went to sleep... wish I was lying beside of you...", his deep baritone sounded and I shivered but said nothing. "Kagome, what's wrong?... did it all blow up after I left you?", he asked me. "No... it's OK... nothing I can't deal with... don't worry, InuYasha..", I said and screwed my eyes shut... feeling tears roll down my face. "Kagome, I just wanna hold you...", he said softly and I turned over in the bed and looked out at the full moon outside my window. "I wish you could, InuYasha...", I said softly.
"I can't wait two days, baby... can I see you tomorrow night...?", he asked me. How did one tell InuYasha Hara 'NO'?.", I wondered. My body cried for him... ached for him... and I was too weak to say no. "Maybe... I'll call you...", I said. "That doesn't sound promising...", he said softly. "Kagome... are you crying?", he asked at once and I caught a sob in my throat and swallowed hard. Taking a breath I answered him. "No... not crying... just... tired, a bit tired... aren't you?", I asked him. "No... I could have you in my arms all night long... make love to you to all night... that's what I want... not this damned phone... we'll have to do that soon enough when I leave... why can't we be together now?", he asked me.
"Let me come pick you up...", he said and I sat up in my bed. "It's not that late... we can be together for several hours and then I'll get you back home... before anyone notices... please, Kagome... I need you..", he said. My heart pounded in my throat... I wanted him too... so badly... so what if what my sister said was true...? it was me he wanted right now... and shameless as I was at this moment... I wanted him as much.
"Do you mean that?", I asked and brushed the tears from my face. "More than my life... please... meet you at the end of the drive... wait for me...", he said and hung up. I got up and washed my face... pulled my hair back in a pony tail and slipped into a track suit and tee shirt... along with my trainers. I couldn't believe I was sneaking out of my own house to be with InuYasha... well, let's be honest... to screw with InuYasha for several hours... it was mad... crazy... and I loved every minute of it.
I made it to the end of the drive and stood there... my arms wrapped around my body... shivering in the cold night air. What in hell was I doing? making myself more of a whore? I had just turned to go back inside when his car turned the corner and he slowed and stopped in front of the mail box for me. "Get in, it's cold!", he said and smiled at me. "What's wrong, Kagome?", he asked and frowned. "Nothing... InuYasha... maybe...", I started. "OH, no... uh un... no... c'mon, get in... let's go someplace alone... get in the car, Kagome..", he said softly and I did as he said... rounded the front of the car and climbed into the passenger side. The lights from the dash board illuminated the inside of the car and he pulled off quickly... not saying a thing. "Get over here and sit next to me...", he said and I did that too... without a word. His arm went around me and I snuggled against him... pressed myself against him... not wanting to ever leave him.
He was taking me somewhere quiet... just for us... to be alone... alone with him... again... and I fell deeply asleep against his side... those words ringing in my ear.
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Maggz