Thank you so much for the support so far. I will be starting work soon so I will be pushing to get as many chapters out to you guys before the weekend is over. At the same time, I am only uploading chapters if I have the next two prepared so if you're reading this now, chapters 4 and 5 are done or just about completed. And that will be the pattern for the rest of the chapters. Enjoy! =)

Everyone went nuts. Literally. Naraku's hand flew over his black lipstick stained mouth, Inuyasha jumped up screaming "Oh my gosh" to the ceiling, and Miroku started shaking the person. Kagome assumed the one with the makeup on his face was Naraku because of how the guys described him. He was the first to break through the raging going on in the room.

"So this..is yo girlfriend. That…is..cute as fuck! Look at you! I told you guys he would learn to stop being a hoe!"

"What?!" Kagome said mouth agape.

"Kouga when did this happen!? Why didn't you tell us?" Miroku said in Kouga's face.

Kouga slid from under the table and got out of his seat. He grabbed Kagome's hand and pulled her into her room where he slammed the door behind him.

He put both of his hands over his eyes and took a seat at her desk. She still had her mouth hanging open from the guy's sudden change in behavior towards her and the situation. That, and Kouga's words were slowly climbing up her nerves.

"Oh..my gosh. Kagome what are you doing here? Did you follow me?!" He dropped his hands into his lap and stared at her in disbelief.

Kagome took a step back, folding her arms. "You're kidding me right. What the hell were they talking about Kouga? You're a hoe now?"

He rolled his eyes far into the back of his head. "Don't pay them any mind. It's just guy stuff. That's how we are when our girls aren't around Kagome-"

"Kouga don't lie to me! That's not just something random!" She picked up her purple plush pillow and threw it at him. "and I heard you too! So we're taming girls now? Was I one of those girls? I'm a lion to you?"

He shielded the pillow before picking it up and throwing it back. He stood up. "Look Kagome. I'm telling you the truth. If you don't trust me, that is not my problem. I'm not going to apologize for being myself with my friends. Everyone here has a girlfriend Kagome!" He got closer to her forcing her to back against the wall but her arms remained firmly folded and her eyes were stern.. "You can leave me if you want to. I don't care. I refuse to be with a girl that doesn't trust me."

He moved his body to the side to leave out but Kagome covered the door knob with her body. The small space didn't help Kagome get away from him but it wasn't helping Kouga either.

She looked up at him into his eyes. "Look. Don't turn this on me. I had no idea we would be placed in the same room. Either way, shouldn't this be a good thing? You always complained how we don't spend a lot of time together anymore because of college and now here we are."

Kouga broke eye contact with her and focused his eyes to the floor. "I like having my space Kagome. You were the one that mostly complained anyway." He sat back down at the desk chair. He inhaled and exhaled, attempting to get his thoughts together.

"Look, I don't want you thinking that just because we live together that you can be all up under me 24/7-"

"Who said I would do that? I don't mind giving you your space Kouga."

"Can you just let me fucking finish?!" He snapped causing Kagome to flinch.

"I don't want you hanging around those guys either. They may be my friends but I know how they are. Girlfriend or not, they always find a way to bring girls home."

"But they didn't mention having girlfriends when they were hitting on me." she pulled her arms down behind her back still looking at Kouga.

He shook his head. "Why would they Kagome? What cheater would openly make it known he has a girlfriend to any and everyone."

'And you would know that how Kouga?' She thought inwardly. 'You know what? No. I am not going to deal with him right now. Not on my first night of college.'

Kagome's stomach still turned at the thought of Naraku's words but she still tried to brush it off. "Well I guess you're right."

"Yeah I am." He got up and Kagome automatically moved out of his way. "I'm going to go get us something to eat. Don't come out of this room tonight." He said opening the door.

"What the fuck? You can't tell me what to do Kouga!"

He grabbed the door knob and looked her dead in the eye. His blue eyes were blank but his eyebrows pressed against the top of his eyelids didn't suggest he was calm. "I just did. Don't fucking leave this room I said." And with that, he slammed it from the other side.

"Fuck you Kouga!" She hollered at the closed door. Then, the room was quiet.

Kagome squeezed her fists at her sides and punched her lips together. Her throat began to sizzle at its opening slowly blocking air from getting into her lungs. This pushed her heart to excel faster than it had already been from the start of their short fueled argument. She was determined to not let a single tear fall but as each second went by, she found herself losing the urge to hold back. If this was what life was going to be like on campus with her boyfriend, she wasn't sure if this was what she wanted.

'No, I can't think like that..' she thought to herself slowly shaking her head.

No matter how much she tried to shake the thoughts from entering her head, her body shook like a roaring car engine nonetheless. She turned to her bed and flopped loosely forward. Shutting her eyes, her mind wondered to other memories. Her arms crossed around her torso trying to stop the reckless shaking her body continued to endure. The warm fleece below her head was met with the first tear. Not a second later did a few more begin to fall.

So stuck inside this moment, her senses soon channeled her tunnel vision and her brain began to go into fight of flight. She hearing couldn't even register the close footsteps and chatter going on outside of her door. To try and calm herself, she tried to remind herself of all the good times she had with her boyfriend.

A young Kagome stared at herself in the bathroom mirror. Her plump red cheeks felt cold from the amount of dried tears that sat atop of them. The girl's bathroom played as a sanctuary for her away from the boys that tormented her very existence but it was useless against the girls that followed behind their antics towards her. Her hazel eyes squinted at the purple mark forming at the bottom of her left eye.

The recollections of the horror scene replayed in her head. From the two boys holding her against the locker to the one girl covering her mouth while the other girl got her "revenge" on Kagome's body. Her hits weren't as harmful as her kicks but with the eye being a sensitive area, it was a no brainer that the particular punch on it would hurt and bruise easily. All Kagome could do was kick, scream, and cry.

She had only been able to get away due biting the girl's finger, and headbutting the boy on her left. Without the strength of two men holding her down, she slipped out of the other one's hold and made a run for it down the hall. She ran for the first staircase she saw and proceeded to go into the first bathroom she saw on the basement floor.

'They could find me at any moment' She thought, gripping the bathroom sink in her hands.

'I can't keep going on like this…there has to be something I can do'

Before Kagome could process her thoughts any further, a loud thud against the lockers came from outside the bathroom door. Kagome almost jumped to the other side of the room due to the sudden noise. Her eyes widened in fear, and her legs darted her towards the first stall. She was able to slowly close the door but her fidgeting fingers struggled getting ahold of the lock.

"Where the hell is she?!" A low voice boomed from the hallway outside. Kagome's shaking stalled for a moment when she recognized the person.

"I already told you! We don't know!" That voice had belonged to one of the boys that held her down. The sound of his voice was enough to make her skin shiver.

"Don't feed me that bullshit!"

The bathroom door busted open, and the echo from the collision between the door and the wall bellowed through the hallway outside.

"Kagome? You in here?" Kouga's voice heightened in concern.

With no hesitation, she replied "I'm in here" and quickly unlocked the door. Upon opening the door, Kouga's blue eyes met hers and she couldn't run to him any faster. With open arms, he swooped her up and planted a kiss on her forehead. Standing her up on her feet, he took a moment to examine her face. Seeing the few scratch marks already had his eyes rolling, but the second he saw the purple bruise under her eye, he removed his hands from her face and stormed out of the bathroom. What followed had Kagome frozen still.

"Oof! Stop!" Kouga had one of the guys by the collar and dragged him to the front of the girl's bathroom where Kagome stood.

"Okay pal, before I kick your ass, tell me where your friends went or you're gonna get all of their ass whoopings!"

"I don't fucking know!" The guy's forehead was drenched in sweat clearly from the panic in his chest.

"Okay, so then you can fuss them out for leaving you here with me then. But before I kick your ass," he grabbed the guy's chin and yanked it to the front of his body so that he could be face to face with Kagome. She could see the uncertainty in his eyes.

"Apologize!" He demanded.

He gulped. "Why should I?!"

Kouga jerked his collar to the ground causing him to lose balance in his footing. "I didn't say ask questions! Apologize or you're gonna be sorry you didn't!"

"Kouga" Kagome spoke up finally. "Don't do this. I don't want his stupid apology."

Kouga eyes rounded. "What? Look what they did to you!" He pointed to her eye.

She shook her head. "I know but this isn't right. They're assholes but they will never be sorry for what they did.."

"But-"

"Just let him go Kouga."

Kouga tightened his grip before letting go. The guy dropped to the ground. He didn't move.

"Go! Get the hell out of here!" Kouga shouted.

The guy scrambled to his feet as the rate of scared cat. He ran off leaving Kouga and Kagome alone.

Kagome wasted no time breaking the silence. "Kouga look, I'm sorry. I didn't want you to get in trouble because of them."

He looked at her in awe. His always focused eyes suddenly became soft and his eyebrows let up. "Oh Kagome." He took a large step to be in front of her. "You're always thinking about others before yourself. What did I tell you about that babe?" He placed his hand on her still red cheek. She nuzzled into his calloused hand. He was so rough with others but knew just how to tone it don for her.

"I know Kouga but-"

"Nope. No buts. I want you to promise from this day on, you're gonna stop letting people run you. I love your sweetness but I know you're stronger than this."

"Kouga-"

"No Kagome. I don't wanna hear it. I will always protect you but I wanna be sure you're protecting yourself too."

Kagome exhaled heavily. "Fine. I will."

Kouga leaned down to lean his forehead against hers. "Thank you. Now come here."

He pressed his lips against hers and she happily gave into him.

'I love you so much Kouga. Please never leave me.'

Knock, knock, knock

Her flashback was interrupted by a knock on the door. She had finally stopped shaking and her tears had dried. She cleared her throat before responding.

"Yeah. Who is it?"

"It's Naraku bitc-OW?! Why'd you hit me?" The monotone man said through the door.

"It's Miroku and Inuyasha. Can we come in Kagome?"

Kagome almost said sure before remembering the words of Kouga. Not only did he tell her she couldn't leave her room for the rest of the night, but he also told her to stay away from the other men in the house.

'How could I stay away? They're my roommates. Not like I can avoid them forever but Kouga will be mad though.'

The thought of what to do would have seemed logical to most but to Kagome, it was almost like choosing whether or not she was looking to walk into a war zone. There has always been boundaries Kouga didn't like Kagome to cross and vice versa. Most of Kouga's boundaries had to do with men while Kagome's had more to with respect. Kouga was never the easily jealous type but he was easily agitated and it just so happened that men interacting with Kagome irritated him more than it should have.

He trusted Kagome but he didn't trust the men. He would always tell her that the reasons why he didn't trust them could never be explained to a women because they were indescribable emotions only felt by a man so she never questioned it beyond his reasoning. He never feared a man would take Kagome or that she would ever leave him. Jealousy just wasn't his thing and for a while, it was what Kagome actually found attractive until now.

The same feature she found most attractive about him was stopping her from opening the door immediately for people she didn't mind befriending. The same feature she found attractive was the reason she was supposed to stay grounded in a room for the remaining six hours in the day. The same feature would be the very reason she made her final choice.

She opened the door.

Wow, I wonder what's gonna happen next . oh wait, i'm the author.. oops.