Author's note: Hey, my adoring fans! I'm glad everyone liked the last chapter! This is an AU, just for you! Just a small note: "The Unmentionables" is…um…the thing you see in NC-17 movies. ;-)

Here, my dear, dear friends, is an Inuyasha/Kagome one-shot. Read. Study. Review. Merci!

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Will You Be My Valentine?

Chapter five

By: darkangelprincess24

Special warning: Rated M. Swearing (sorry, kiddles!), and implied sexual situations.

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Lately, things had been…well, rocky between the couple. Inuyasha's temper flared more often, and Kagome…actually, Kagome didn't know what she had done. They were just fighting more and more each passing day. They fought already (oh, did they fight), even before they were together. But, in the past few months, there were troubles in the make believe non-paradise they were already living.

'It was bound to happen, I suppose.' She thought once more, 'I mean, two years is a long time. And it was a big step for me, moving in with him. I'm only nineteen…and he's older than me by four years.'

It had been just like always. Inuyasha had come home from work, only ten minutes after his girlfriend had arrived from college, and changed into jeans and a t-shirt.

As any persistent boyfriend would do, Inuyasha mentioned…well, The Unmentionables.

Yes, The Unmentionables.

Something couples don't talk about, they just do. At least, that's how Inuyasha wanted it to be. Quite contrary to her mother's hopes, Kagome and Inuyasha hadn't, as she put it, "done anything to make her a grandma". Kagome wanted a right time to…well, that. But Inuyasha, the inpatient bastard, couldn't wait. He wanted Kagome now.

That just would not do.

There was a little argument, but all was well in the next hour or so when Inuyasha reluctantly apologized.

The next day, Kagome was home at her usual time. But, she realized after an hour, Inuyasha was not. She called his cell phone. It went to voicemail. She had shrugged and made some ramen for him. He was never more than an hour and a half late, so he was sure to be home to eat it. Eventually, he came home, he kissed her, and apologized a million times.

Today, Kagome had come home to see Inuyasha there. He said the boss had let everyone off work early. She smiled and started to move to the kitchen, accidentally knocking over his leather bag. All the contents spilled onto the floor. Inuyasha hurriedly tried to gather it all back inside before Kagome saw what was hidden in the business papers.

Well. That plan was shot to hell when she stood, holding a red, lace bra that was pinched between her two delicate fingers, and bit her lip.

"What…is this, Yash?"

Those four words were enough to make the man scurry to her side and try to embrace her. She ducked out of his reach. The bra had dropped onto the floor, and her eyes filled with tears.

"That…" She motioned to the undergarment, "…isn't mine, Inuyasha." He looked away. Tears fell heavily from her eyes. "Who's is it?"

He was silent for a while.

"Her name is Kikyo, Kag, but she's just a--"

SLAP!

Inuyasha brought a precautious hand to his cheek, lightly brushing his fingertips over the red mark he'd received.

"--stripper." She finished for him. His eyes met hers sadly.

"How long have you known?"

"Two weeks." She crossed her arms over her green leather jacket. "Do you even know her last name?"

"…No." Inuyasha ran a nervous hand through his hair. She shook her head, a small smile on her face.

A long, uncomfortable silence spread around the room. Kagome gently rested her hand on his cheek, an action she had discovered since she gave in to Inuyasha and his wanton behavior. She smiled up at him, her tears slowly drying. Her smiled turned distressing as he leaned into her touch.

A kiss that made him want more is all she left him with. Their remains of a tattered and torn relationship. Her hand dropped to her side all too soon. She turned to walk out the door but paused when her hand reached the doorknob.

"Kagome…" Inuyasha choked out, an indescribable amount of hurt shaking in his voice. "Don't leave. Please, Kag, please try to find it in your heart…forgive me."

The moment she turned around to tell him goodbye, a pair of strong, muscular arms crushed her frame. She breathed in the woodsy scent of her Inuyasha.

"I…Kagome, if it helps at all, I was thinking of you the whole time."

"Is she better than me?" Kagome's voice cracked. Her arms came up to wrap around his waist.

Inuyasha smiled softly and held her tighter. "No one is."

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END…or first chapter to a possible new story?