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It took a while for Kagome's mom to come to the hospital. Inuyasha spent that time squeezing Kagome's hand repeatedly to make sure he wasn't dreaming (he had been rather delirious lately from his lack of sleep). Mrs. Higurashi walked in while he was beaming and still squeezing Kagome's hand. She watched him for a while before Inuyasha had actually picked up on her presence. She saw how pathetic he looked; his sullen, dark eyes, his pale skin, he was skinnier than usual, he just looked soo exhausted and over worked, but his face was presently so bright, happy, and full of life. He needed to be surprised with this. He had looked so dreadful and depressed, but yet he remained, watching her day and night. He didn't consume anything except for the vitamins (that she and the nurses force fed him so he wouldn't get sick, it was the only thing that he would eat) and coffee.

"Hi! Watch this!" He squeezed Kagome's hand and it squeezed back…again. He turned wide-eyed, ecstatic; he looked like a toddler that thought he had done something amazing. "Isn't it great! The doctor said she should come out of the coma soon!"

She laughed. "That's so great to hear! You can sleep now, right?" She had felt so worried for him and his health, that's why she made it such a point to have Inuyasha eat the vitamins.

"I could, but I want to be awake when she wakes up." Inuyasha looked down at the sleeping girl, Mrs. Higurashi could tell that he loved her, she felt a pang of sympathy for him in her heart, he obviously lived for Kagome, and he would willingly die for her. 'This must have been dreadful for him; Kagome told me that both of his parents are dead, his old love sealed him to a tree for fifty years and his brother longs for his death. She said that he didn't fully trust humans until she started traveling with him…he has no one except Kagome and their friends.'

She smiled at him. "That's sounds like a good idea…you stay here and I'll go get some food…what would you like to eat?" 'Please say something other than coffee!'

"Coffee will be fine, if you don't mind."

'Ugh! Stupid coffee!' "Are you sure that's all you want?"

"Yeah."

"Will you eat when Kagome wakes?"

"Probably."

She got up and left, looking over her shoulder as she left. He looked so helplessly pathetic, she pitied him terribly.

Inuyasha sat squeezing Kagome's hand for the five minutes, but then he started checking if her other reflexes worked. He started to tickle her neck, she squirmed, he squeezed her knee, her leg moved, he blew in her ear, she raised her shoulder…he kissed her lips…she flickered her eyes. He flew back, almost falling backwards in his chair.

"K-Kagome! You're awake!" He beamed, he fumbled with the pager from the doctor, he had it in his hands, but she put her hand over his and stopped him. "What are you doing, I have to call the doctor!"

She leaned forward and kissed him. "You look like hell, have you gotten any sleep since I was here….speaking of here, where am I?"

'She doesn't remember…anything that happened.' He sat with a shocked expression on his face for a while. "…"

"Where am I, Inuyasha?" Her eyes were burning holes into his skull.

"…In the hospital." His head was down, allow with his eyes.

"Why are we at the hospital…what happened?"

"You were out with your friend….Ketori." Her eyes widened in horror.

"Where is she… is she okay!"

He shook his head. "Um…no, she died, you guys were T-boned by a drunk driver."

"Well, how long ago was that?"

"Two and a half weeks."

"Were you awake that entire time?" Her eyes were full of concern, she was praying he hadn't.

He nodded slowly. "Yes."

"How is that even possible….did you even eat, you look skinnier that usual?"

He shook his head. "No."

She started to cry and kissed him again. "You idiot! Not eating or sleeping for two weeks! Are you trying to kill yourself!"

He looked up, his eyes were teary. "I wanted to make sure I was awake if you woke up! And I just couldn't see the point of eating, I was never hungry! Your mother and the nurses forced vitamins down my throat and I drank plenty of coffee! I'm fine!"

She started crying harder. "You're never not hungry and coffee is bad for everyone….you could have died!"

"So could've you! I didn't see any point in living if I couldn't do it with you!" His eyes widened in shock of what he had just said and he put hid head down so his hair shielded his eyes. "I went back to tell Miroku, Sango and Shippo in tears."

"Oh, Inuyasha!" She leaned forward and kissed him. She held him tight to her. Now she had fully recovered from her grogginess and remembered the accident. "The last thing I remember thinking when the car hit us was 'please don't let me die without seeing Inuyasha at least one more time!' I couldn't go on without you…I love you!" She hugged him closer.

He returned her hug; they were as closer as possible now. He whispered lightly in her ear, "I love you, too. I can't live without you. I need you with me!" He pushed her back and they looked into each others' eyes.

"You need sleep, Inuyasha, no matter how you look at you, you still look like hell." The smiled and laughed. "Get in bed with me." She patted her hand on the bed.

"Are you sure that's okay?"

"Yeah, it's fine, come on in, the covers are fine and the company's not bad either." She smiled brightly and they laughed again.

She moved over and he came in; her head resting on his shoulder, his arm around her shoulders, holding her tight. They sat smiling for a minute before Inuyasha drifted into a deep sleep.

Her mom came in noticing them both asleep in a very cut position. She smiled and pulled the camera out of her purse and took a quick picture. Kagome stirred, she opened her eyes and turned to her mother.

"Hi, mom!"

"Oh, honey! You're okay!" Her facial expression turned much more serious, "Um I have something to tell you."

"Inuyasha already filled me in on what happened." She turned to him and smiled.

Mrs. Higurashi looked at him and smiled as well. "It's good to see him sleep; next step is to get him to eat!" She looked at the coffee in her right hand and threw it out, "Looks like he won't be needing this…thank god!"

Kagome giggled. "What's with the camera?"

"Oh nothing!" She shut it off and put it in her bag.

"You took a picture of us, didn't you?"

"Yes." She blushed slightly.

"Remind me to take that to the feudal era with me and I'll take some better pictures. Inuyasha and I don't look good, either of us." She laughed quietly. "Well, Inuyasha and I officially love each other."

Her mother smiled, "Well, at least both of you finally admitted that much."

"We have to call the doctor now; I wouldn't let Inuyasha do it earlier."

"Why not?"

"I thought it would be better for us to talk before a doctor would be poking at me with different tools."

"That definitely ruins the romance in any moment." Mrs. Higurashi grabbed the pager from Inuyasha's hand and called the doctor.

He was there fairly quick, knowing that the girl seemed to be the only one in Inuyasha's life and his only reason for living at all. He beamed when he saw Inuyasha asleep and Kagome awake. "Well, good morning, young lady! You gave your boyfriend quite a scare; he didn't sleep or eat for the entire time you were asleep."

"I know, he's terribly reckless." She looked down at him and smiled.

"Yes, but it is evident that he loves you deeply. He wouldn't accept anything except coffee and the vitamins we forced him to take…he's pretty reckless, I'd say."

"What do we have to do?"

"Well, you just completed three of you tests; you speak fine, you recognize people, and you have full control over you eyes. Wave at me and wiggle your toes."

She did what she was told. Just to be funny she patted her head and rubbed her stomach at the same time.

"Very funny, that's generally not a test, but I'll have to make it one!" He laughed while he was saying this. "Touch your nose, eat this mint, then open your mouth and say 'AHH'."

She did what she was told.

"Well, you pass the tests with flying colors."

"That's completely different from what happens at school."

"Really, you seem like someone who would strive for good grades."

She looked over at Inuyasha, "Yeah, I'm a little preoccupied."

The doctor looked at Mrs. Higurashi. "Teenagers, huh? I've connect with this one enough to somewhat understand him. He seems like he's a good guy."

"Yes, he'd protect Kagome, even if it meant his life."

"That's love right there." The doctor turned to leave.

"What doctor!" Kagome nearly jumped out of bed.

"Yea-s?" He turned around and smile with curiosity.

"When can I leave?"

"What, and leave this place that according to Inuyasha 'smells like death and illnesses', I would never want to leave here." The sarcasm was dripping off of his comments. "At the end of the week, I think he will be awake by then, Two and a half weeks of no sleep being caught up in three days doesn't seem like too big of a feat for him to conquer." He look at the sleeping teen.

"Not at all, so then Saturday, right?"

"Yes. Now, go to sleep young lady, you look like hell, the both of you do," He turned and left.