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Reminder!: The rating is because the language. I'll try to ease up though…

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"I-Inuyasha?" I couldn't believe it. What was he doing here?

"In the flesh." He was carrying a bouquet of flowers and a teddy bear.

"What are you doing here?" I asked with a hint with a coldness in my voice.

"Ouch. That's how you say hello after three months of ignoring me?" He set the flowers and teddy bear on the night stand next to the hospital bed and sat in the chair beside me.

"I wasn't ignoring you."

He snorted. "Yeah sure. You never reply to my messages, you never return my calls, did I do something wrong?"

'Yeah, you made me fall in love with you.' "Of course not. I've been busy, is all." I turned away from his blazing stare.

"Kagome, that's untrue and we both know it. You've been avoiding me, and I have no clue why."

I stayed quiet. After a moment of silence I turned to look at him again. His amber eyes were boring into mine as if he was searching my soul for his answer. I tried but I couldn't look away. He had an unexplainable power over me and I couldn't break free.

He finally looked away. "Kagome, I want you to talk to me. To trust me. Why would you do this to yourself?"

Tears were threatening to fall as I searched my head for a reasonable answer, "I don't know."

"Dammit Kagome, yes you do! Tell me, what's the problem?! What has you so depressed to would go and pull something like this?!" He turned to me and the look in his eyes was unreadable.

"Why do you care?!" The tears were falling freely now and my voice cracked.

"Because I care about you! You never gave me a chance to tell you that!" He pulled me into a hug. "I care about you, Kagome. I really do." His voice was above a whisper.

"I'm sorry, InuYasha! I just-" I chocked on a sob. We sat there for a while. He let me cry on his shoulder while he whispered soothing words in my ear.

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"So Kags, the doc said you'd be here for about a another two days. Need anything?" Rin asked me.

I mentally sighed. "Ugh, awesome. All I really need is my journal, the one I right all my stories in and my guitar."

"Gods Kagome, are you still permanently attached to your guitar."

"That's the only thing that I feel helps?" I asked more than stated.

"Okay, whatever. I'll be back in about 30 minutes." She started walking towards the door before my voice stopped her.

"You never did tell me what happened with Kikyou, you know."

"Yeah, I guess I didn't." Then she walked out. 'It's for the best. I can't tell her after this.'

"Suspicious." I muttered under my breath. Whatever, I'd find out sooner or later. I just blew it off 'til then.

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It all seemed to get better as soon as I picked up my guitar. All thoughts faded into nothing and it was just me and my music.

This time I wasn't so lucky. My mind wasn't focused and my thought's kept drifting to a certain silver- haired hanyou.

I kept recreating the scene from earlier. I had literally poured my heart out to him, well except telling him that I had actually fallen for him.

And after that when Rin walked out without telling me what happened with Kikyou what was so horrific I wasn't allowed to speak with her anymore? Again, why would I want to? Anyway, that wasn't the point. The point was Rin was hiding something big and I was anxious to know. I couldn't just forget about it like I thought before. It was nagging at me.

I thought about confronting her but backed out. If it was so bad that Rin wouldn't tell me, did I really want to know? No, I don't think I did. At least not at that moment.

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-InuYasha-

I sighed melodramatically when I finally got to my house. Kagome's words were running through my head and I could still feel her tears falling down her cheeks and onto my arms. She was so upset and I was so hung over Kikyou I didn't pay enough attention to notice.

She had really become one of my best friends, and lately I've been thinking of her in a different light. I know that its stupid to feel that way about her, she probably doesn't even think I'm attractive. It doesn't matter anyway, I'm with Kikyou she is the love of my life, but why does it feel so wrong now?

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Alright, I'm so sorry it took me so long to post this. And I apologize for the shortness of the chapter. Hopefully you read the little message on my page. Oh and the little scene between Kagome and Inuyasha will be written in the future. I will probably post it as a flashback in a future chapter.

I know it's a little late but Merry Christmas or any other holiday you celebrate!