What Relationship?

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Chapter 11: Opening Up

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"What the hell do you want me to say? You want me to say something poetic or something?" Inuyasha asked.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU SAY TO KIKYOU ALL THE DAMN TIME?!" Kagome barked out.

"YOU WANT ME TO SAY WHAT I SAY TO HER TO YOU?! LIKE IT'S JUST THAT GODDAMN EASY?!" Inuyasha shouted back.

Kagome took a deep breath. She wanted to actually go somewhere this time and didn't just want another shouting match. "What exactly do you mean by that?" She asked in a calm and rational voice.

Inuyasha had prepared to shout something back but hearing Kagome's calm voice soothed him. He breathed deeply and softly said "It's still hard to open up so much..."

"But you've opened up to me before. We've talked about things you haven't talked to anyone else about." Kagome pointed out.

Inuyasha sighed. "That's true, but this is different and what we've talked about in the past doesn't make this any easier." Inuyasha softly let out.

"Huh?" Kagome asked.

"Sometimes, I forget how young you actually are. You are so mature sometimes but then you can be so childish." Inuyasha let out.

Kagome resisted the urge to call Inuyasha on his acting childish when it came to his jealousy over Kouga or the way he has acted in battle before. She didn't want to get into another argument with him when he was really opening up. "So, because I don't have an old flame that I can't possibly understand your feelings. Is that what you're saying?" Kagome asked.

Inuyasha backed off. His silence told Kagome more than any of his words could have. Finally, she spoke again. "What do you want me to do? Have a relationship with some other man and then leave him and go to you? But you're so possessive that I can't do that either. You complain that I don't know anything about love and ignore me but then chase off any man that would try to get close to me. That's not fair." Kagome complained.

"You're right. It's not fair." Inuyasha said as he leaned next to Kagome.

The next words that came from Inuyasha's mouth shocked Kagome. "I'm sorry, Kagome." Inuyasha softly let out.

To Be Continued...