InuYasha woke up and saw that Kagome wasn't in her room. So he figured it was safe to go outside. As he walked into the kitchen, only Sota was sitting at the table. InuYasha breathed a sigh of relief to see only Kagome's little brother. Sota looked up and saw InuYasha, then smiled.

"Hey!" He said holding out his rice bowl, "You want some?"

"Nah, I'm okay." InuYasha replied, sitting on one of the chairs, "Where's Kagome?"

Sota laughed "That's all you ever ask. Are you sure you're not in love with her?"

InuYasha's face matched his outfit and he lowered his head, "I'm not…"

Sota raised his eyebrows, "Right. Well Kagome went somewhere with her friends, then I saw her come back, and she went to your time."

"What?!" InuYasha asked, standing up quickly.

"Don't worry, she'll be back. She left her back pack here. So, I'm guessing it's going to be a quick visit."

InuYasha kept standing panic was filling his body. His mind was racing. What if Kagome found that he had been here the whole time? Eventually, he was going to tell her, he just didn't want her to hear it from Miroku or Sango…or Shippo. If they told her, it would seem as if InuYasha's intentions were to spy on her and not let her know, which is untrue. She had the right to know and InuYasha was going to tell her…he'd tell her soon enough…

"If she does come back, we can't just be talking casually in the kitchen." Sota said, rising from the table.

"We should go to your room." InuYasha suggested, "I mean, she hardly ever comes in there, right?"

"Right."

They both made their way down the hallway into Sota's room. It looked like a typical little boys room. Pale blue paint, a wooden bunk bed, baseball memorabilia, and a lone teddy bear on the bed. InuYasha smiled about the fact that Sota had a teddy bear, he found it oddly cute. Sota walked over to his bed and sat on it.

The room was silent for about minute. Both stared at the floor, each deep in thought about something different.

"So…" Sota said, trying to break the silence that bound them.

"Has Kagome said anything about me?"

Sota stared at him eerily, "Uh…not really. The night she came home, she was crying a lot. I could hear her."

"Oh…" InuYasha's caught a whiff of something not so pleasing to his sensitive nose. "What is that smell?"

"Houshi decided to go to the bathroom in here. Thanks to Kagome. And, I haven't heard her mention you this whole time. I mean, she has been really quiet…so I haven't heard her say much of anything. Maybe she's like trying to forget you or something. I know nothing about this stuff."

InuYasha, crushed, sat on the bed beside Sota. He stared at the floor, and suddenly felt worried. What if now that InuYasha had realized his true feelings for Kagome, she was sick of his mixed emotions, and decided to give up on him? What if now that she was done putting up with him, she decided to leave for good? He couldn't stand his "what-if" questions. They were stupid anyway, and hopefully false.

"Um, did I say something wrong?"

"No, It's just, um, I guess I miss her."

Sota nodded understandingly, "To be honest, I think she's just hiding the fact that she misses you."

InuYasha's heart leapt, "You really think so?"

"Yeah."

Then they once again sat in silence, only this time, it was awkward. Then abruptly a voice erupted from the other side of the door.

"Sota!"

Sota's eyes darted over to InuYasha, "Quick!! Get in the closet or something!"

InuYasha went over to Sota's closet, and tried to open it as fast as he could. He swung the door back and then the door hit his toe.

"OW!!!!" He yelped, grabbing his big toe and jumping up and down, "Agh!!!"

"Sota what are you doing in there?"

"Hold on a sec!!" Sota yelled back.

Sota ran over to InuYasha and pushed him into the closet.

"Eh!" InuYasha protested as he fell back and landed in Sota's clothes.

"SSHHH!!!"

Sota shut the closet door, and nervously creaked open the bedroom door.

"What took you so long?" Kagome demanded.

"Why are you in such a bad mood? Did you not have fun?"

She glared at him "For your info…I had no fun. They tricked me into visiting Houjo."

"Oh."

"So why'd you scream ow?" she asked.

"I stubbed my toe…" he said, shifty eyed.

"You seem fine now," She scowled at him and looked at his toe, "but, whatever."

Sota looked down nervously, and Kagome remained there.

"Where's Hoshi?"

"What? Kagome, you had him last."

"But, you took him from my room while I was gone, right?"

"No."

"Well, someone did!!" She yelled, clearly getting upset.

"Well, I don't know what happened to him."

"Ugh, well, I'll be around the house or something, looking for Hoshi."

She turned and went into her room. Sota shut the door and opened the closet.

"Damnit, that was close." InuYasha said, relieved.

"Yeah…" Sota said, looking around the room.

Suddenly the door opened back up, "Hey Sota, do you—"

Kagome stopped dead in her words, mouth open, in shock as she stared at InuYasha.

I'm so sorry it took me so long to update. i really am! please forgive me!!