I seem to be slacking a little on my updates he he…I just bought The Sims 2 and I've been having so much fun playing it! But here I am again, sorry for the wait and thank you for the reviews!
Inuyasha slammed his car door shut and made his way up to Kagome's apartment.
'This fucking bitch missed out on work yet again!'
He finally reached her door and pounded on it. He waited and then pounded again. He frowned when he received no answer. He lowered his head to the door and his sensitive ear twitched at the contact with the cold door. He heard nothing. He reached down to the doorknob and turned it. To his surprise the door opened.
'How could she leave this door open?' he made a mental note to yell at her about it later. He stepped in and looked around. He momentarily smiled as he saw her small form sleeping on the couch. He walked over to her and was about to shake her awake, but then stopped. Glancing to make sure she was still fast asleep, he slowly turned over her wrist. His face hardened at what he saw.
Kagome's wrists were clad with fresh cuts. Her body had already set to work on healing them, but with one sniff Inuyasha could tell it would take some time. He let go of her wrist and shook her gently. Kagome groaned as she opened her eyes. At the sight of Inuyasha she felt her body pool with warmth. She smiled, expecting him to smile back at her, but what he did surprised her.
He sat down behind her and pulled her close to him. He held her tightly and whispered, "Tell me what's going on, Kagome." She blinked for a second, trying to register what he was talking about. Her eyes scanned the room, finally coming to rest upon her wrist. "No…" she whispered. She gently pushed away from Inuyasha and gazed up at him. "I had a dream with Hojo." She lied. Slowly she told Inuyasha of the dream she had a couple weeks ago, praying that it was enough to fool him.
'If I tell him that Hojo called, he'll probably go berserk, let alone tell him that he came over…' Inuyasha eyed her warily, and for a moment Kagome thought he didn't believe her.
"You could have called, Kagome." Relieved, Kagome said,
"Well it was late. I didn't want to bother you."
"Then you should have come over! I would rather you do anything but this." He looked down at her sadly. Kagome's eyes hardened.
"Inuyasha, I don't need you're pity."
"This isn't pity Kagome, this is concern! I just want to help!" 'Damn, every time I try to be nice she goes and turns it around…'
Kagome got up from the couch and sighed, not in the mood for arguing with the stubborn hanyou.
"Look, I know I'm late but just take me to Shippou, I'll watch over him for the rest of the day." Inuyasha stood and followed her out of the apartment saying, "You don't have to, and I'm off today." He stopped her as she turned around to go back into her apartment.
"But I want to spend the day with you." Kagome looked up into his eyes, squinting at the sun above his head. Inuyasha had to suppress the urge to kiss her; she looked so adorable when she scrunched up her face in thought.
"I don't want to burden you; you probably want to spend this time with Shippou…" Inuyasha shook his head and brushed a stray hair out of her face.
"Trust me, it's no burden Kagome" She couldn't resist. 'He used that damn purr in his voice again…' She smiled as she took his hand, leading the way to his car.
Kagome sighed as she watched the trees fly by. She was in Inuyasha's car on theyre way to his house. Inuyasha glanced her way a couple of times, but other than that it was relatively quite. As they came to a stop at a red light Inuyasha asked,
"Kagome, who called you two days ago?" She didn't take her eyes away from the window as she replied,
"A lot of people call me Inuyasha." 'That's a lie…' Inuyasha sighed.
"Someone called you just before we were going to eat lunch and after you got off the phone you acted all weird. In fact you're still acting weird!"
A soft smile found its way onto Kagome's lips as she said,
"I'm not acting weird, and I don't remember anyone calling me." Inuyasha suppressed the urge to scream. The light changed and they were on there way once more.
"I know you're lying….why can't you just tell me what's wrong? Tell me what's going on Kagome!" Kagome finally tore her eyes away from the outside world and lowered her head. 'Don't cry, don't cry, don't you dare be weak and cry!' It was no use. A tear slid down her face and she quickly reached up to wipe it away. But before she could, Inuyasha grabbed her hand and threaded his fingers through hers.
"It's okay to cry." She squeezed his hand and silently started crying. She lifted her head, staring out the window again. She willed herself to stop crying, but she couldn't. Inuyasha stroked her hand with his thumb and said nothing, thinking it was best to just let her think.
Kagome immediately felt better once she saw little Shippou. He jumped up into her arms, telling her how much he missed her when she didn't come yesterday. She giggled and hugged him tightly, wishing she could be as carefree as he was. She got up and asked Inuyasha if she could borrow a sweatshirt of his.
"I don't want him to see…you know..." she shifted uncomfortably and Inuyasha nodded understanding. She followed him as he walked into his room, digging deep into his drawers. She couldn't help but smile as she saw how much neater his room was.
"So I guess you've been paying attention to me after all."
"Huh?"
"You're rooms clean! You must really care about what I think then right…"
Inuyasha blushed lightly and continued rummaging around.
"Keh! It's just easier to find things now…like I care what you think…" the corners of Inuyasha's mouth twitched and he smiled a little.
'I guess I do care…'
"A ha! He pulled out a sweatshirt twice as big as Kagome and whirled around to show her. Kagome laughed softly at the triumphant smirk on his face. She muttered "thanks" and slipped it on. She sighed and laid down on his bed. Inuyasha sat down next to her. She gazed up into his eyes, feeling calmer and calmer the longer she did so.
"Will you tell me now?"
"I already told you, I'm still bothered by the dream."
"Come on Kagome I know you better than that-"He was interrupted by the ring of Kagome's phone. She shot up and reached into her pocket, taking it out and answering it.
"Sango? Hey!"
"Huh? Kagome it's me, Hojo!"
"Yeah I know."
"So then why did you call me Sango?"
"I don't know..." She sighed. Sometimes he can be so dense…
"Okay well anyways, I'm at you're apartment, but you're not answering you're door, come open it!" Kagome's heart sped up once more.
"I'm not home, but I'll be there soon okay?"
"Okay, ill wait." She hung up and looked at Inuyasha.
"Can you drive me home?" she asked. Inuyasha raised an eyebrow but nodded, and once more they were in his car. Not without Shippou making Kagome promise to come back tomorrow, though.
"What's up with Sango?"
She needs my help with something." Kagome lied.
"With what?"
"It doesn't concern boys, Inuyasha. Unless you want to learn something new of the female reproductive system…" Inuyasha gulped and shook his head. Kagome mentally patted herself on the back.
'Thank god I'm a good liar…' A couple minutes later Kagome got out of the car. Inuyasha got out also, but Kagome stopped him.
"What are you doing?" Inuyasha looked at her like she had gone crazy.
"I'm walking you up, what do you think?"
"I'm not a baby; I can walk up by myself!" Inuyasha's eye twitched as he sighed exasperated.
"I know that, Kagome but you don't exactly live in the safest part of Tokyo!"
"Just leave Inuyasha. Thank you for driving me here, and I'll be at work tomorrow." With that she turned around, ignoring Inuyasha's demands for her to turn around.
Inuyasha growled and slammed the door shut as he got into his car once more.
"Stupid wench, I'm nothing but nice to her and she acts like a fucking bitch!" He looked up towards her apartment. If he couldn't walk her up, then at least he would make sure she got inside safely. He couldn't help but worry, of course. But he narrowed his eyes as he saw Kagome talking to some guy standing in front of her apartment. He growled when he hugged her, and, "What? She hugged him back!" When he kissed her on the cheek he lost it.
"What the fuck is this guy doing kissing my Kagome! I'm going to fucking beat his ass down-"
'What am I thinking! She's not you're fucking girlfriend Inuyasha, get over it!'
Fighting a tremendous urge to get out of the car and beat this guy to a pulp, he started the car and made his way back to his house.
It wasn't so much the fact that the bastard had been all over Kagome, but the fact that Kagome lied to him.
'Why won't she trust me?'
A very hurt hanyou sped his way down the streets of Tokyo, wondering how his life got so messed up.
Meanwhile, inside the apartment, Hojo and Kagome were sitting on her bed.
"So where were you?" Kagome picked at her comforter fabric.
"Out doing errands."
"Oh really?" Kagome looked up
"Yeah…why?"
"Then where are your errands?" Kagome mentally kicked herself.
"In the car." Hojo smirked as he moved closer to her.
"Are you sure you weren't out with another man?" He cooed, inches away from her face. Kagome once again thought of Inuyasha, and how he had been so worried earlier that morning. 'He shouldn't worry. Maybe it will be different this time…'
She smiled and whispered "no" as she shyly leaned in to close the gap between them.
'Got her.' Hojo smiled against her lips as he gently pushed away.
"I'm sorry, Kagome."
"What do you mean?" Hojo took her hands in his and sighed.
"For everything. Don't think I have forgotten the way I treated you in high school." Kagome fell silent as she looked down at her bed again. Hojo went on,
"I was a stupid kid back then; I didn't know what I was doing. But now I have grown up, and I realized that I miss you terribly. I guess what I'm saying is..."he paused. "I want to be with you again, Kagome."
Instantly a rush of emotions welled up inside of her. She didn't think she had been so confused ever in her life.
'He wants to be with me again! Is this some sort of joke! What if he's serious…what if he has changed…' panic was etched across her features as Hojo pulled her into a hug.
"It's okay," he whispered. "You don't have to answer right now. Just tell me when you're ready." He lay back on her bed, pulling her with him. He stroked the side of her cheek softly until she drifted off to sleep.
Never in a million years would kagome imagine to find herself back in Hojo's arms once again.
It was now 3:00 in the morning and Hojo was long gone, promising to be back tomorrow. Kagome was in the bathroom, taking a nice long bath. She needed to think about everything that Hojo said.
She also couldn't help but think about Inuyasha.
She had secretly hoped that the more she spent time with him, the better they're relationship would get. but now it seemed to be falling apart.
"and who's fualt is that?" she muttered to herself. She sighed as she swished the hot water about with her hand. "all i ever seem to do is push him away...he worries about me so much..." 'is it so bad for someone to care about you?' a teeny voice said in Kagome's head.
She yelped as her cell phone rang on the bathroom counter. She sighed, making a mental note to lower her ring tone volume before it gave her a heart attack.
"hello?"
"Kagome?" a gruff, yet slightly concerned voice replied. Kagome couldn't help but smile.
"Yes, Inuyasha?" On the other end, Inuyasha was laying on his bed. He had done nothing but think about the guy that he had seen with Kagome ever since he got home. He sighed and said,
"How are you?" Kagome rolled her eyes and said,
"Just fine b>daddy /b>" Inuyasha smirked.
"That's kinda kinky..." Kagome laughed and retorted,
"well I am naked you know..." Inuyasha sat up in bed.
"W-what!" Kagome giggled. She could just see the blush that would be creeping onto his face right about now.
"I'm in the bathtub silly."
"Oh...well don't forget to take pictures okay?" Kagome scrunched up her nose.
"Will do daddy!" Inuyasha chuckled and then said,
"hey i have a question."
"Yes?"
"Who was that guy that hugged you today in front of your apartment?" The smile dissapeared from Kagome's face.
'He saw Hojo!'
"Oh that was my brother, he dropped by to surprise me!" Inuyasha raised an eyebrow, not believing a word.
"Oh yeah? well then let me talk to him!" Kagome sweatdropped.
"Ah, well uhm-"
"Listen why dont you just stop lying to me and tell me who the guy was. I wont get mad, i promise."
Kagome bit her lip. 'If only you knew how mad you would be...'
"Inuyasha i'm tired, and i don't feel very good anymore."
"What do you mean your're tired! It's only 3 a.m.!" Kagome smiled
"Exactly. just stop worrying okay? I'll get through this on my own." Inuyasha ran a hand through his hair.
"Let me help you, Kagome." Kagome fell silent. at that moment she wanted anything to be laying in his bed with his arms wrapped tightly around her. She sighed and said,
"Goodnight Inuyasha." He rubbed his temples and said,
"Just feel better, okay?"
Phew! Can you believe it took me three days to write this chapter! I had some major writers block, and I didn't want to rush it you know? So I wrote as it came to me. So what is kagome going to do! Is Hojo lying, or has he genuinely changed?(I'm still not sure on this, I'm leaning towards the idea that he's a bad guy, what do you guys think?) well anyways, will Kagome forget all about Inuyasha? Will she even tell Inuyasha!
(And when will I stop sounding like a TV announcer…no body knows!) lol…okay well don't forget to leave many wonderful reviews, I really love to hear what you think!
