Shippo looked at her. "Um, Kagome...Where's Inuyasha?"
Kagome bit her lip. "He's..coming. He was out for a walk. He'll be back soon."
She said all of this very rushed, as if she didn't believe it herself.
Sango and Kilala had dozed off, but Miroku and Shippo continued to fire Kagome with questions.
Then Inuyasha came.
He stood at Kagome's side, almost like he wanted to touch her, but couldn't.His eyes had a soft, forlorn look of apology in them.
Shippo and Mirku glaned at each other. Something was wrong. "Well, er, goodnight!" Miroku said quickly as he and Shippo began to sleep.
Inuyasha knelt down to Kagome, who had still not wavered from her school book.
"I thought you would have left by now..." He said with a hint of amusement.
"That's what you want, right? For me to be gone so you can be with..Kikyo."
"I didn't mean it tha-"
"Save it." She spoke with bitter distaste.
"Kagome, I wish you'd listen-"
"I am."
"What?"
"I'm listening." She closed her history book and stared at him.
Inuyasha stared back.
"Well..."
"Well?" Kagome was obviously annoyed as she crossed her arms.
"Kagome, if you were just a shard detector to me, I wouldn't have done so much for you!"
"Like?" She stared at the ground.
"Like taking you to Sesshomaru, like saving you from Kouga, like taking you home."
"Listen Kagome, I'm...not sure of how I feel right now. But I know that I care about you and if something were to happen to you, I couldn't live with myself."
Kagome's lip quivered. She gazed at Inuyasha with starry eyes.
"D-Do you really mean it, Inuyasha?"
A faint tinge of rouge spread across the hanyou's cheeks.
"Yeah.."
At this point, Kagome enveloped him in a bear hug.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Inuyasha! I'm too hard on you!"
Inuyasah, puzzeled, slowly patted her back.
"Are you angry?"
Kagome pulled back, and Inuyasha saw that she ahd been crying. "Not any more."
She sat beside him, her head on his shoulder.
"Hey, Inuyasha?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you think...I could go back to my own time tomorrow?"
Kagome, seeing Inuyasha was about to explode, said one word.
"Sit."
So Kagome, now cheerful, drifted off to sleep.
YAY! I uploaded this chapter cuz i may b going out of town TOMORROW!
it makes me sad I won't be able to update my story in almost a week (maybe) :'(
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