Next song up is, 'They Don't Know,' by Jon B. This chapter features our lovely canon couple of Kagome and Inuyasha. This is "their" song.
Enjoy!
Inuyasha hated when Kagome hung around Sango. She always came back in a foul mood. It went one of two ways; she picked a fight with him or wouldn't speak to him.
No matter how he tried to get her to open up she would rage over nothing or be silent then act as if nothing had happened.
He had approached Sango, asked her why in the hell Kagome came home so belligerent, only to be told it wasn't his business. This cut him incredibly deep as, firstly, he felt it was his business seeing as how Kagome was his wife and there were obliviously issues he didn't know about.
Secondly Sango was his friend too and for her to dismiss him so coldly hurt. It made him want to hide, to just go somewhere away from all of them and not return.
That was what he would have done years before but now he tried so hard to make this all work out, neither of them were making it easy.
Inuyasha decided to approach it and roll the dice when Kagome was in a good mood. He practiced how to choose his words carefully and not rush into the conversation with his usual brashness.
"Kagome, I need to know why you always come back mad when you visit with Sango." He said to the point. They were walking along the river in the warmth of late spring. He had suggested it much to Kagomes delight.
"Honestly." She said stopping to look at him.
"Honestly." He repeated suddenly afraid of what she was going to say. Shaking her head she adverted her eyes from his for a moment before holding his gaze.
"We talk about the past. When we were traveling, finding the jewel shards, our fights with Naraku…but it always seems to come back to Kikyo." Kagome said softly.
"And it's like l'm there again with all of my doubts and insecurities and fears. Even after all of these years, everything we went through and have been through she's still there and I still am afraid that somehow she will end up taking you away from me."
"Oh Kagome." Inuyasha said drawing her to her for an embrace. Sniffling she wrapped her arms around his middle.
"Even if Kikyo were still around me and you would be together. You were there for me in ways that she never was. It's because of you that I have everything I ever wanted. You have loved me selflessly and believed in my love for you, even when we denied it."
Hearing her give a small laugh among her tears he buried his nose into her hair. "You. All you. I can't change the past but I am trying here, now, and for our future."
"I know. I'm sorry for being such a bitch." Kagome said.
"You know better than anyone that I don't mind fighting over stupid shit but no matter what know that my heart beats only for you Kagome." He whispered close to her ear.
Giving a nod Kagome tightened her arms around her husband feeling reassured that she had nothing to worry about.
