~Kagome~

Her heart finally calmed down on the train ride back, it wouldn't stop after they had gotten off of the ferris wheel, or making their way out of the amusement park. She would glance up at him from under the rim of her hat, his cheeks were flushed, and he wouldn't make eye contact with her. She understood he wasn't upset with her, but embarrassed over the incident. When she thought back of how intense their second kiss was her face would get flush, her heart started to race-

Mentally shaking her head she tried to clear all thoughts, she gripped the pole tighter as to not lose her balance. Inuyasha stood in front of her, blocking her from anyone bumping into her, she was surprised when he insisted on this, but was thankful as people accidentally bumped into him, which he was careful to not move into her.

They got off at their station and walked in unison up the stairs out of the station to the street. Kagome turned to face him to say goodbye when he shook his head and nodded his head towards the direction of her house. She smiled and they walked together.

"You can walk me to the convenience store," Kagome nonchalantly mentioned, he gave her a quizzical look and she laughed. "Don't play dumb, I know you live in the other direction."

Inuyasha stared at her for a second as he processed this information. "How did you find out?"

"By the time I made it up the stairs I saw you walking back towards the convenience store, I had a feeling you didn't live this way." She gave him a smug look and laughed. He joined in with her raising his hands up, "Okay, okay, you caught me. I do live in the other direction, but I can't have a young woman walking home alone when it's late. You never know what kind of pervs are out there."

They made more small talk as they walked up to the front of the convenience store. Kagome was going to walk past when she noticed Inuyasha heading to the store.

"Where are you going?" She asked after she caught up with him.

"To get a drink, I'm thirsty." Inuyasha replied, he tried to keep walking but Kagome stopped him by gently grabbing his arm.

"I'll go get it, you bought lunch for us today. This will be my treat to you." She cooly replied, he agreed and waited for her outside.

She went to the cooler, grabbed his chilled black tea, and her bottle of water. She walked straight to the cashier, set the items out on the counter and began to dig in her purse to find her wallet.

"That's 800 yen."

Her hand froze in the bag, her heart began to pound in her chest as she slowly looked up at the smiling cashier, his cold eyes boring into her. She gave an awkward smile and pulled out her wallet. She gave him the total amount and waited for her change.

"It's odd to see you here so late, are you finishing your date nicely? I never seen you dress up like this before, and I know it's not for me."

His voice was like acid to her ears, her body screaming at her to get away from this man, she held her hand out to grab the change from him. He laid his hand flat on top of hers, his cold skin leaking into her warmth, she quickly pulled her hand away, whether it was from the cold or him touching her she wasn't sure. The touch made her skin crawl.

She tried to grab the drinks but he got to them first holding each bottle in each of his hands. Kagome looked out the front window of the store, Inuyasha was on his phone but he looked up and gave her a goofy smile before going back to his phone. She looked back at the cashier, putting on a brave face, "Am I able to get my drinks?"

"How come you never reply to my texts?" He spoke over her, anger flashing in his eyes as he leaned over the counter. "I text you all the time, but you never reply back. Why?"

"I-I-I'm s-s-sorry," Kagome stammered as fear welled up in her throat.

"It hurts me when you don't reply back, I'm only trying to get to know you. I'm a good guy, you just have to give me a chance." Naraku leaned further over the counter meeting Kagome at her eye level. "I can show you a better time than the guy you're currently with."

Kagome took a step back, panic rising in her body she almost turned to run out of the store when she heard the automatic doors open, she looked to see an annoyed Inuyasha standing there, his brows furrowed deeply over his eyes. He looked at Kagome to the cashier and loudly asked, "Is there a problem here?"

Naraku stood up and gave Inuyasha a fake smile, "No problem here sir. I was telling this customer that her strap on her wedge is ripping and to walk home carefully. Here are your drinks." He slid the drinks over the counter, Kagome waited for him to pull his hands back to his side before taking the drinks.

"Thanks," She mumbled and walked as fast as she could out of the door. She gave Inuyasha his tea and walked to the street, she left Inuyasha calling out after her. He caught up to her and stood in front of her to stop her from walking.

"Is there something wrong? Did that guy at the store say something to you?" Inuyasha crossed his arms, holding his tea under them.

"It-It's fine," Kagome looked at Inuyasha making eye contact with him but quickly looked away as soon as his eyes met hers.

"Well, you aren't acting like how you were earlier." He uncrossed his arms and leaned his face in to hers, making her come face to face to him. "If that guy said anything to you that made you uncomfortable in any way, I'll talk to him. Remember, I'm an officer-"

"Thank you Inuyasha, I appreciate the gesture but I'm more than ready to head home right now." She looked back at the convenience store window and saw Naraku intensely staring at her, he didn't blink or look away. She had to pull her eyes away and gave Inuyasha a wry smile. He nodded and led the way to her house.

They walked in silence, Kagome tightly gripping her water bottle, she couldn't get Naraku's piercing eyes out of her mind. Kagome was too busy thinking about Naraku to really pay attention to Inuyasha, who was clearly uncomfortable with the silence. He would open his mouth to say something and then shut his mouth. Kagome only snapped out of her trance when they reached the shrine's stairs.

Kagome turned to face Inuyasha and gave him a big smile, burying the anxiety which was building in her chest.

"Thank you so much for today Inuyasha, I had a lot of fun with you. Promise me we will hang out again, ok?" Kagome nervously said, she turned to walk up the stairs when Inuyasha grabbed her arm. She looked down at him, his eyes shimmering under the street lights, he leaned in closer while he closed his eyes, she gave a soft smile before closing her eyes and leaning in. Their kiss was gentle, just a light touch on the lips, when they pulled away he gave her a smile.

"Good night Kagome, I'll text you." He walked away back in the same direction they just walked from, Kagome stared into his back as he waved goodbye.

Smiling to herself, she walked up the stairs to go home. Once she got inside, and took the wedges off did she realize how much her feet ached. They welcomed the comfort of the slippers, as she called out that she was home. She walked to the kitchen and found Mama standing at the kitchen counter. She was drying some dishes and smiled at Kagome.

"How was the amusement park dear?" Mama put the dried dish away and grabbed another to dry.

"It was a lot of fun, it was a nice break from studying. Which I probably should get back too." She groaned as she rubbed her temples, forgetting the incident that occurred earlier.

"I know you can do this Kagome, you are working very hard on your studies and your grades are currently reflecting that. If you feel like you need extra help on studying, maybe a cram school is an option?" She asked as she hung the towel up to dry.

"Hmm, that is a good idea. I'll look into it. I'm going to study now, good night Mama!" Kagome said as she left the kitchen to go upstairs to her room. She closed the door behind her and plopped herself on the chair at her desk. She rummaged around to find her math textbook and her notebook. She opened the textbook from where she last left off and read the practice question over. Her phone chimed and she looked at the notification, it was a line message from Inuyasha.

She opened the conversation and read the message, 'Thanks again for today, I had a lot of fun with you. Good luck with your studies!'

She smiled and typed her reply back, 'Thank you for making it a great time. I will work hard to ace these exams!'

She sat her phone back down on her desk and began to attempt the first math problem. The trouble of Naraku was pushed to a deep corner of her mind, forgetting it happened today