Hello, hello, hello. Try and keep the reviewing up, and I'll keep the fic up.

Last chapter:

- I-I did it because she was Kagome was being stupid! She was hurting you for something so damn stupid! I hate seeing you being controlled by a wimpy girl like that! I did it because... Because... I love you...

She said, building up in courage. Her face was turning scarlet, blushing deeper than ever before. Inuyasha's eyes were wide open, and his arms that were supporting him buckled, and he fell on his back, trying to take in what Sango had just said.

'She... Loves me?'

Chapter 3-Secret lovers

Inuyasha's eyes were wide open, hardly blinking as Sango started to calm down. He was caught completely off guard for a comment like that, and he certainly wasn't expecting it from Sango. He took a moment to just look at her, and for the first time since he had met her two years ago, she looked beautiful. He really didn't ever consider Sango to be anything other than a respectable and a skillfully fighting friend, but seeing her so serious about her feelings, telling him that she had feelings for him changed his perspective completely. His voice failed him as he tried to speak, and stammered, only being able to say,

- S-sango, I-I...

Sango looked into Inuyasha's eyes, still blushing deeply. She had never confessed any feeling to anyone, and she didn't even expect she would confess to Inuyasha that night, she sort of blurted it out. She turned her face away, her scarlet blush remaining on her face.

- See? I told you it was stupid... It was stupid to ask. I'll be going to sleep now...

Sango started to leave, sliding the door open more forcefully than she had to. Inuyasha got up, and put a hand on Sango's shoulder, stopping her.

- Sango, I think-

- I said I'm going to sleep!

Sango said, and shrugged his hand off, running as fast as she could to the furthest room away from Inuyasha's in the inn. She ran inside, slamming the door shut behind her, and locked it, hoping Inuyasha didn't follow. She leaned up against the door, panting. She put both hands on her chest, feeling it beating rapidly.

'W-why do I feel like this? And why did I say that I love Inuyasha? I haven't even thought about saying that to him... And why did I hit Kagome? Everything is happening so quickly, and my body seems to be acting on its own. Sure I've thought that Inuyasha was nice, good looking, and boyfriend material, but I... Never thought I'd tell him. I'm supposed to get married with Miroku after Naraku is dead. Inuyasha is just a friend... Even if I wish he was more, he doesn't think of me like that at all. He loved Kikyo, and now loves her reincarnation. That's that...'

Sango's thoughts were interrupted when she felt a hot tear she was unable to stop dripping from her eyes.

'What's this? I'm... Crying? W-why? I... normally don't cry easily, then why? J-just thinking that Inuyasha doesn't give a second thought about other women like me... That he just loves that one who isn't me, that he doesn't even think of me... It makes me feel... So sad...'

Sango thought as more tears followed after the first. She slid down the door, and reached the floor, sitting, and buried her face in her hands, sobbing softly.

'Sango...'

Inuyasha thought.

'I have to go and talk to her and clear some things up!'

He thought, determined, and rushed outside, closing the door behind him. He followed Sango's scent to her room, and knocked on the door.

- Sango, I know you're in there. Come out here, I want to talk to you.

Sango's head shot up, and her tears suddenly jerked to a halt. She frantically scrambled over to the candle, and blew it out, trying to brush away all her tears before he could catch a scent of it. In her best 'acting fine' voice, she said a bit shakily,

- T-talk to me tomorrow, I'm really tired tonight Inuyasha. Good night.

And she quickly layed down on the futon, burying herself under the thick blankets, which were being dampened due to her wet clothes.

Inuyasha frowned, but turned around to leave.

- All right, good night...

He walked away slowly, glancing over at Sango's room over his shoulder once in a while. He made it back into the room, and sat down, taking the tetsusaiga from his sash, and setting it in front of him as he closed his eyes, trying his best to sleep.

Sango couldn't help but continue to cry in her futon, hot tears staining the pillow. She sobbed quietly, trying to keep the noise level down. She couldn't even cry herself to sleep. Every time she thought about the reason she was crying, more tears spurted out from her eyes, and her sobbing grew louder. She made a small whimper, trying to keep it all in her throat, and pulled the blanket off her face, sitting up. She sniffled, walking over to a closet, and changing into a night-gown. She set out her tear and rain soaked clothes on the ground to dry, and she sat back on the futon, her crying subsiding a bit. Her legs were bent in front of her, and she put her arms on the back of her knees as she rested her head on the front of it. She sighed, sniffing again. She brushed away the remainders of her tears. She looked out the small window with a sad expression on her face.

Inuyasha sighed, opening his eyes. It was no use. Every time he was close to sleep, he heard Sango's voice echoing through his head, confessing that she loved him.

'But I love Kagome, don't I? Sango was to get married to the lecherous monk...'

He thought.

'This is all too complicated...'

He silently slid the door open, walking outside, sitting down on the wooden floor under the roof. It was still damp outside, but the rain had stopped, and the clouds had dispersed, clearing the vision to the moon glowing in the night sky. Neither Sango nor Inuyasha could sleep that night, thinking about each other.