A/N: This is my first fanfic! Yay! Please R & R!

Description: InuYasha and Kagome's nighttime musings about their feelings

You Will Never Know...

He sat there in that tree watching. Looking over his friends as they slept soundly. However, his golden eyes kept straying to one in particular. He gazed at her raven hair and facial features. 'Wow,' he thought, 'I... I never realized before... How... Pretty... Kagome is...' As soon as her name escaped his lips, his heart skipped a beat. He didn't notice. He was too deep in thought. 'Wha... Why... Why do I feel...' He blinked. He suddenly felt a pang of an emotion he hadn't felt in a long while. 'Do I... ? Do I love Kagome?' His body tensed up at the thought. He wasn't sure if he did feel that way towards her, but he certainly did feel something. He brushed some silver hair out of his face. How long had he had this feeling for her bottled up inside? Why was it coming out now? He still wasn't sure if it was love, but he knew it was something much stronger than friendship. He remembered her cheerful laugh, and her beaming smile, and he smiled himself. He looked up at the sky, still musing. He thought about her more, and he finally realized, "I know what it is I feel now," he said, failing to see that he had just said it out loud. 'How long have I felt like this, yet never known it? Keh. It doesn't matter.' He looked at her once more. 'She would never love some half-breed like me.'

She laid in her sleeping bag, Shippo curled up beside her, peacefully resting. Her eyes slits, she gazed at the blurry red and silver figure in the tree. She smiled. 'InuYasha.' She watched him move some of his hair out of his face. 'I wonder if he knows how I feel...' She looked at the ground. 'I guess it doesn't really matter if he knows or doesn't know. He loves Kikyo.' Her vision was blurred more as her eyes temporarily watered up. She fought the tears back. 'This is pathetic. I love him, but he probably couldn't care less about me. I'm just his... Jewel collector.' Her eyes began to water up again, and this time she couldn't help but shed a single tear. She hoped InuYasha wouldn't notice. She rolled over and petted Shippo's hair lightly. She let out a small giggle when she thought about how annoyed InuYasha would get when she played with his ears. 'I just can't help myself!' She smiled a little. She rolled over again and caught a glimpse of InuYasha staring at the sky. 'I wonder what he's thinking about...' She toyed with this idea for a while until she became sleepy again. She stared at him again and thought inwardly, 'I love him so much... But I guess it doesn't matter.' She looked at him once more. 'He would never love some human 'wench' like me.'

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A/N:

Well, what'd you think of my first story? Sorry it's so short. If InuYasha seems out of character in the first half, that's just me. XD In my mind, all guys are sensitive and stuff. I know it might not seem very angsty to you, but to me it is, keep that in mind. xD So anyways, please review! And give me plenty of advice! ;D