Co-ed

by BabyInuyashasBabysitter

Checking off that you are completely okay with a coed assigned dorm seems so innocent until you realize you are the only girl among five boys. You think it would help after finding out your boyfriend is one of those boys...but life wouldn't be considered unfair at that point now would she? A story of love, choices, revenge, and a good-looking psychology major roommate.

20. Chapter 20

Hello everyone! Sorry for this long awaited chapter but I assure you it will be worth the wait : ) I put my soul into this very emotional chapter so I hope you all enjoy.

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His life growing up was a lot harder than most could imagine but he'd never show it. Instead, he wanted to spend his time portraying the strong independent person he'd always dreamed to be. Those nights where he'd look into his small handheld mirror as a child, he would always tell himself to hang on for there would never be another like him to show the world what a true badass looked like. Comprehension and maturity had to come to him quicker than other kids his age because without it, he would have struggled twice as hard. When his parents would panic because he had appeared to run away, he was hiding away in a hidden cavern he crafted into the floorboard to get away from the people he considered monsters. Once he was done with them and high school, he thought he'd never had to use his tactful ways again; that is until now.

Naraku had very little patience for people in the world and he never told a soul why. The two choices always stood as dealing with it or getting out of his way before you're his next target. Kouga and Naraku were not the closest of friends but they had gotten off to a way better start than from when he had met Inuyasha. Now he could hardly stand to be on the same campus as the wolf demon but he had no intentions on transferring schools. This half demon had better plans in mind.

He went to sleep on a good plan and woke up with a better plan one. At first, his intentions were to call every single form of authority on Kouga till he got the man put out but the pettiness in his blood wouldn't allow it. Kouga was having a rough time at the campus and was becoming used to problematic events following him at the tail, waiting for him at every door, and around every corner. For Naraku's plan to ensue, Kouga's lifestyle had to become a little easier to deal with and he knew just how he'd get that to happen.

Rising from his bed, he grabbed his phone, sending a quick text to his job along with an email to his professor telling them that he'd be out sick for the day. This cleared his schedule to give Kouga the best time of his life. He then downloaded a secondary phone number application and created a number for Kouga to text. Once that deed was finished, he strutted out of his room, put his best fake sad face on and knocked on Kouga's door.

The wolf yanked open the wooden door, immediately angered by Naraku's presence in front of him.

"Fuck you want Naraku? Here for another beat down eh?" His morning voice was still strong, and his breath was still on fire but Naraku's held his sad face the best he could.

"Sorry Kouga, I just finished beating my dick not too long ago. Had I known you were offering services, I would have came over here if you catch my drift." Naraku couldn't help himself. Kouga left himself wide open for the play on the words.

"Stop wasting my time faggot. What the fuck do you want?!" Kouga spatted out. His words made Naraku want a rematch but he'd have his revenge in due time. He just had to be patient because he was going to make Kouga regret everything if it was the last thing he did.

"You're right. I'm sorry. I uh, I just came over here to call a truce if that's fine with you?"

Kouga tilted his head in confusion. "Excuse me?" He said, not sure if he heard Naraku correctly. He was two seconds away from slamming the door in his face but he hadn't been expecting this form of encounter.

"I realized that...we have been arguing and fussing...for no reason Kouga. I mean you did allow a stank hoe to touch my stuff and didn't apologize for it but that shouldn't be why we aren't friends anymore. I was more than childish for touching y'all stuff without knowing who touched mine and I am sorry for that and I hope we can move past this." Naraku gave himself an internal round of applause because he didn't even have a script and what came out of his mouth, in his opinion, deserved an Oscar. For a second, Naraku almost believed that he was sorry for all of his petty behavior. Almost.

Kouga stared at him for a while, his eyes curious in judgement. He didn't know Naraku very well but just like everyone else, he was well aware of Naraku's petty nature and the fact that Naraku was not the type to apologize. Because he had never witnessed an empathetic Naraku, the vibe he was getting didn't feel comfortable to him at all. He couldn't bring himself to believe Naraku instantly no matter how convincing his apology seemed. In spite of all of this, he was still willing to give Naraku the opportunity to please his case.

"I don't believe not a word you're saying dude but why the hell should I trust you anyway?"

Naraku held up his phone. "Because I can give you Kagome's new phone number if you apologize for everything and stop calling me that awful slur. It's so unnecessary."

The wolf's eyes went wide. He didn't even know that Kagome went and got a new phone number but it made sense since his number was blocked and he could never reach her through anyone else's phone. Still, as much as it made sense, Naraku's story still wasn't biting him.

"And how would you know all of this Naraku?" Kouga asked, still trying to keep up his stern stance on the situation. Naraku expected him to be like this so he already had his back up story ready to deploy if Kouga wanted to play things out that way.

Naraku cocked his head back, as if he couldn't believe that Kouga didn't understand where he was getting at. "How do I know? I mean, Shippo is her new bestfriend who I am friends with so it was only a matter of time before I got her new number on her new phone that her new boo Inuyasha bought for her so she could get away from you." Naraku turned his head away for extra dramatic effect.

"I have no loyalty to her because we aren't that close so as long as you don't tell her it was me that gave you her number, I'm willing to leave all of our bullshit in the past...deal?" Naraku stuck his hand out which Kouga was hesitant to take.

Naraku did his best not to roll his eyes but he could feel his eyeballs twitching as he wanted to do so because of how long Kouga was staring at him and his hand. "Kouga, I'm being so serious right now. If you don't want to call it a truce, I don't care. I was just trying to look out for you since I know you have been wanting to talk to her. I know you're not a bad guy Kouga and you just want to get a chance to properly apologize to her."

Naraku inwardly grimaced at how hard he was lying through his teeth. He took a glance back at Kouga whose stance was now more relaxed as he stared at the floor. He sucked his lips, biting at the bottom before exhaling out a huge sigh.

"Fine. Truce." He stated.

Naraku smiled, handing over the number to Kouga. "Thanks. I'm in my room if you need me."

Naraku turned on his heel, sticking his tongue out in disgust once his face was out of view from Kouga. As he entered back into his room, he heard his name. Backtracking his steps out of the doorway, he sees Kouga looking his way.

"I do apologize for everything...but don't tell no one I fucking said that!"

Naraku waved his hand at him. "Don't worry. This can be just between us."

'Oh don't worry Kouga, I won't tell anyone you apologized but I'm going to make you regret calling me that word. That is what everyone will know, just you wait.' Naraku thought to himself as he shut his door behind him. He had more preparations to make while he had the free time.

As he is writing down his to-do list for the rest of the week, he then hears shouting coming from the hallway. This made him jump in his skin slightly as he was not used to being the one that wasn't yelling in the place. He stopped writing on the paper, concentrating his sharp hearing to the conversation going on outside his door.

"You're fucking sick Kouga!" Miroku's voice could be heard fussing. Naraku has never heard Miroku upset in his entire year of knowing him so this was something new for him as well as Kouga. He immediately pulled his phone out and pressed record, not wanting to miss anymore of the conversation.

"I'm sick but you're the one that sleeps around more than I do!" Kouga tried to fight back but Miroku clearly woke up on the wrong side of the bed.

"I don't give a fuck! Stop trying to change the subject! I would never do that to someone who has been my bestfriend for years!"

"You already fucked around with his girl before! What would stop you now!?" Naraku winced at the low blow but he couldn't be mad. Kouga did have a point and it was Naraku's fault that Kouga knew in the first place.

"Stop talking shit about a situation you know nothing about! You don't know the history between Shiori and I or between Inuyasha and me so shut the fuck up!"

Naraku damn near almost fell off the bed. He woke up bright and early to get started on his diabolical plan and instead was met with an early cup of morning tea as he could feel the story getting juicier by the second. He tip toed closer to his door to get a better position to hear everything.

"Doesn't matter! You slept with her!"

"Stop trying to change the subject because the only person I even partially owe an explanation to is Inuyasha! Not your sorry ass!"

"I'm so sorry now but you weren't singing that same tune a few weeks ago!"

"Yeah I wasn't and that clearly was my mistake. Instead of trying to understand Inuyasha better, I was letting you feed me lies and bullshit, and I basically turned on him for you! You don't do anything for me but get me into trouble and expect me to have your back every single time! You're not a friend!"

'Damn Miroku, you just figuring all of this out now? Calm down Naraku. You almost put up with that bullshit too.' Naraku thought.

"I've had your back in way more things than the dog bitch has!"

"I thought you did too but I was wrong. If anyone in this big ass planet should know Inuyasha like the back of their hand, it should have been me. I know why he is how he is and instead of respecting that whether I agreed with it or not, I let my personal emotions get in the way. Inuyasha only wanted the best for me. He never agreed with me fucking bitches raw but instead of disowning me, he would give me a condom every time he saw me and asked me to consider using it. I never used them but it's the thought that counts. That little thing is way more than you ever did!"

"Who was there to help you get Sango back after Inuyasha broke y'all up? Who was there to rub your back when she broke up with your ass again? Who was there to fight that dude off after you accidently spilled a drink on him? Who was there for you when that teacher caught your ass fucking in the bathroom and had to blackmail them to get them not to snitch huh? Not Inuyasha!"

"Bullshit!" Miroku shouted. "Inuyasha gave me advice on how to get Sango back if I wanted to be serious with her. I didn't take it! Inuyasha told me not to cheat on her if I didn't want her to break up with me! I didn't listen! Inuyasha didn't fight that guy because he told me to stop jumping around with the cup in my hand and I didn't listen! Inuyasha told me to stop having public sex if I wasn't going to be careful about it and I didn't listen! His argument to me whenever we got into it has remained the same. He looks out for me before I get myself into bullshit and I don't listen and he can't keep protecting me if I don't even try to listen to him. Instead of seeing things his way, I continued to listen to you when I know how my bestfriend is!"

"And where is your bestfriend now? Not a damn place to be found! He doesn't give a fuck about you! He keeps letting females come in between the two of you!"

"No he didn't, he stopped messing with me because I couldn't see that I was condoning a guy to be an abusive, rapist, misogynistic, cheating asshole! He stopped messing with me furthermore after that because he found out I fucked his girl back in the day while he was with her. Those are all good reasons to stop fucking with someone and I deserved that! What I don't deserve is you being fake to my face so do me a favor and don't talk to me."

A loud slam sounded through the area after Miroku finished talked. Then loud footsteps in the hall stomped through before being followed by another slam. Naraku stopped the recording and put the phone away in his robe pocket. He knew he would need that later on.

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The day went by regular for everyone as the sun stood high in the sky while every so now and then being covered with clouds. That being said, Inuyasha wasn't having the best day. He left his phone home, and after spending time with Kagome, he saw a few things in her phone he would have preferred not to see. Most would have considered the messages harmless but to Inuyasha, he didn't get why she would have two men messaging her phone when he thought of himself to be all the man she needed. To make matters worse, he knew one of the men that was texting her and the guy knew that he had dealings with Kagome. That alone was a death wish for the opposing party.

Inuyasha arrived at the classroom that he knew the guy would be. He took a small peek inside to make sure the man wasn't already sitting down somewhere. The gods were in Inuyasha's favor because he didn't want to have to make a scene in front of everyone. He rested his back against the wall with his arms crossed and his eyes piercing at anyone that looked his way. The last thing he needed was useless conversation and flirting from girls he had no interest in sleeping with. The smell of pine forest cologne hit his nose from the right side of him, snapping his attention in that direction to see just the man he wanted. When the two made eyelock, there were no questions asked; Inuyasha led and he followed.

The only place the two had that Inuyasha could get away from cameras just in case he had to get messy was the bathroom. The guy knew this as well; nonetheless, he followed Inuyasha inside. Once the door shut, Inuyasha put his hand up, signaling him to stay where he was at as Inuyasha placed himself on the other side of the bathroom on the wall far away from him.

"I'm only putting myself this far away so I can think if this gets to the point where I wanna hit you." Inuyasha bellowed out.

He nodded. "Understandable."

Inuyasha whipped a strand of hair out of his face, not bothering to blink and keeping his eyes on his target. "Do I even need to explain to you why I'm here?" He asked, the irritation rising in his voice.

He shook his head. "No, I know exactly why I'm here." He responded.

Inuyasha could feel the muscles in his arms tensing up as his body began to feel a little warmer. He was leaning on one foot and had to switch to the other to control his oncoming jittery nerves. "Miroku, if I have to ask you one more fucking question, I swear I am going to go upside your head. Either you talk or get a fist to the face. It's your choice."

Miroku bit the bottom of his lip. He understood his ex-friend's frustration but he himself had trouble finding the words to explain himself. The only thing he could do was tell the truth and hope Inuyasha would believe him. He leaned his body against the sink, looking at Inuyasha with heavy eyes.

"Inuyasha, it looks really bad. Trust me I know. Honestly it's my fault for being so careless these days. I've been just sitting my phone down in random places, not thinking twice about it and you know my dumbass let Kouga in on the password or whatever so he's been using my phone and-"

"Are you really gonna sit here and feed me that bullshit Miroku?" Inuyasha cut him off, staring at him with shuttered eyes.

Miroku threw his hands up in defense, trying to tell the story as clearly as possible. "Inuyasha I know it it sounds fucked up but you have to believe me bro. I already fucked up big time years ago, why would I go behind your back and text Kagome through twitter? I didn't even know she had a twitter! That should be enough evidence for you!"

Inuyasha pushed himself off the wall, unfolding his arms and clasping his hands together. "Miroku, you and Kouga have been in on a lot of shit. For all I know, you got her twitter through him!"

"But I didn't! I swear! Kouga is the only person that knows any of her contacts Inuyasha. I'm telling you the truth! I did not message Kagome! I wasn't the one trying to flirt with her or any of that! I caught the texts today because his dumbass forgot to close the app this time and I saw everything. I didn't even know it was her till I clicked her page!"

Inuyasha threw his hands up his hair turning away from Miroku. He couldn't smell or sense that Miroku was lying but he knew his ex-friend good and well and if it was anything Miroku knew how to do, it was lie till his tongue falls out.

"Oh my GOSH! Miroku what type of fucking joke do you take me for?!" He whipped around, closing the gap by another round of three large steps so fast and closely timed together, it could have been mistaken for a charge.

"I am standing here and I am being so patient with you Miroku! I haven't even grasped the fact that you aren't my friend anymore! Shit, I don't even think about knowing you fucked Shiori behind my back! I've been trying so hard to move on from her and the one girl that has my eye, you're trying so hard to fuck that up for me over a guy that could give less than two fucks about her! Are you serious right now?!" Inuyasha's self control was practically slipping through his fingertips at this point. He was keeping his voice down the best he could but at this point, his frustration had climbed too high and the thought of not yelling went out the window.

Miroku refused to back up or back down. He didn't care if Inuyasha punched him. He refused to feed into the narrative that he was the worst friend to have ever roamed the planet, and he refused to allow Inuyasha to get a confession out of him that didn't exist.

"Inuyasha, I am telling you to your face that I fucked up! I know I did. If I was being that guy and texting Kagome to get back at you, I'd tell you! What sense would it make to lie on Kouga-"

"You don't have common sense Miroku! So stop asking me what would make sense to you because shit just doesn't! It just doesn't!" His eyes had gone as wide as they could go as he grinded those words through his teeth.

That's when Miroku remembered something oddly important. "Wait! I know how I can prove I'm innocent. I was laid up with some girl the other day and after we fucked, she went live on facebook. If the video is still up, you can see I don't have my phone with me and that was one of the times Kouga messaged Kagome!"

"How do I know you're both not in this shit together?" Inuyasha asked, still not believing a word coming out of his mouth.

Miroku took a step back after Inuyasha took another step forward. He was running out of space to move to so he knew he had to make this quick. "Because even when I'm not your friend, I'm still the brother that would not do that shit to you! I can't make you believe me Inuyasha but I am asking you to. Look at the texts! You know I don't text like that. Where were the punchlines? The corny but straightforward flirting? None of it was there and you know me better than anyone!"

Inuyasha's eyes were half closed again, as he stared at him. He slowly paced the room, not taking his eyes off of Miroku. Miroku was making a few valid points but none of them could prove that he wasn't in on a plan. They only proved that Kouga was more likely the person that had Miroku's phone. A moment of silence stood between them. For each second passing, Miroku's stomach twisted several different ways. His nervousness was starting to get to him. He had no idea what Inuyasha was thinking. He could only brace himself. With his hands clenched in fists, he kept them to his sides and held his chin up.

"Well, if you're going to hit me, I deserve it for everything else I did but Inuyasha, I cannot admit to something I didn't do. I didn't text Kagome so do your worst and hit me already." He closed his eyes awaiting any blow to come...but it didn't.

Unbeknownst to Miroku, Inuyasha's heart had been thrown into a ring of fire throughout the entire encounter. Even after the fire had been put out, the beating organ still sunk at the sight of his friend just ready to take a hit from him. Someone who patched him up after all of their fist fights was about to be the subject of his fists and that thought itself made his chest cave in.

Inuyasha didn't lie to Miroku. He hardly gave their situation any thought. Not because the thoughts never tried to cross his mind but because he forced them to go away. He didn't want to entertain the idea that his best friend would do him the way Miroku did. He couldn't accept that he didn't have that one person that always took his side stand against him. Even as he stood face to face with Miroku, he couldn't do all of the things to him that he did to Kouga. He stormed over here with every intention on making it known that he wasn't to be messed with when it comes to Kagome but instead, he was forced to face the thoughts he tried to force out because they all were associated with the person in front of him.

He hunched himself over the sink, taking a deep breath in, holding it, and breathing it out. Once Miroku finally opened his eyes, he could see Inuyasha was trying to control his breathing. He noticed small sweat beads coming down the side of Inuyasha's face and couldn't help himself from grabbing a paper towel and wiping the sweat off.

"You're gonna be okay dude. Maybe we just grew up to be too different? Everything happens for a reason and I don't want you going crazy, stressing over someone that's as unimportant as me. What have I done to deserve you still wanting to be my friend? Not a damn thing. So stop being a bitch about it because the Inuyasha I knew wasn't a bitch and took shit from no one...not even me."

Inuyasha couldn't speak anymore. It was as if his throat closed up on him, and only allowed little room for him to breath with. He kept his eyes tightly closed, afraid of what might happen if he opens them. In this position, it was as if he had no choice but to hear Miroku out, and the weight of his words crushed him a little more inside with each word said.

"I really am sorry Inuyasha. You deserve a better apology after all the shit I did but I really don't know how else to say it. I apologize for everything and I'd hope you'd give me another chance as your friend but I won't ask that of you. Thanks for always looking out for me though through all my dumb shit...I never told you thank you enough as your friend so what's a better time than now."

Inuyasha put his hand up, signaling Miroku to stop talking. "Miroku...just stop. Everything you're saying is just nonsense at this point because it's your fucking fault that you don't know how to treat me as your bestfriend." He pulled himself up from the sink, looking at Miroku whose eyes were almost numb to his spiteful words.

Inuyasha let out a breath that he'd been holding. "Even still, I accept your apology."

Miroku's heart skipped a beat as he heaved a sigh of relief. He even chuckled a bit. He never thought he would hear those words again, especially not at a time like this. "Oh shit dude. You don't get how relieved I am. I mean...wow, just wow. I don't even know what to say."

Inuyasha rolled his eyes and shrugged his shoulders. "You could say you are a piece of shit."

"I am a piece of shit! I will say that a thousand times over if you want me to!" Miroku exclaimed with excitement in his eyes.

"Please don't. It'll get on my nerves." Inuyasha said, massaging the side of his temples.

"So...we cool?" Miroku asked.

Inuyasha took a step around him. "No, but I don't hate you. Considering everything you did, be lucky that I even feel that way."

Miroku's eyes sunk again at his words but he still kept his head up, appreciative that he was at least forgiven. "Yeah dude, totally get it. You so have a right to feel that way."

Inuyasha opened the door, but before he stepped out, he turned to Miroku to say one last statement.

"Do me a favor though. Go to class, pay attention, and stop looking at girl's asses. Have a good day Miroku." Inuyasha let the door slam behind him leaving the slimmer male inside.

Although a part of him still felt bothered by Miroku and his antics, another piece of him felt relieved from being able to forgive him. It was still a work in progress and he had no clue what would be in the future for the two of them.

Returning back to Kagome's dorm, he was less than surprised to find the tiny adobe still unlocked and his precious Kagome still fast asleep. Although he knew by now she was a heavy sleeper, he still took his time closing and locking the door to avoid any small noises. He still wanted answers about the other man he found in her phone but had zero intentions of waking her up so he took the time to nestle up beside her and rest his eyes till she regained consciousness.

The next hour went by without hardly a sound from Kagome besides her breathing. From time to time, Inuyasha would peek from one eye to be sure his ears weren't deceiving him. After visually seeing her chest heave back and forth, he'd be comfortable enough to close his eyes again. Since he was half demon, sleeping for him was more so a luxury than a necessity. Unfortunately due to him not requiring sleep as much as others, it never took much to wake him up.

He rested his head in his hand as he laid on his side beside her. She'd been facing him the entire time, slowing inching closer every chance she got. His hands itched to grab her but his mind spanked his knuckles at the thought of it. He was still on edge about the man Ryura he'd found texting her. Because of this, his free hand remained at his hip.

As the end of the hour grew near, Kagome became slightly more restless. She had started moaning, and groaning as she rolled about, readjusting herself for a more comfortable position more often. Inuyasha didn't pay her any mind, even after her senseless rolling about landed her up against his chest, grabbing on his shirt. His eyes remained shut even if his ears were tune in for all the commotion but he didn't expect her to start talking in her sleep.

She rolled onto her back, eyes still closed, and arms partially raised above her head. She then proceeded to call his name.

"Inu...yasha.." She grumbled a few times in a low airy voice. His ears twitched at the sound of his name, warranting one of his eyes to open and look at her.

"Yeah...you can put it in..." She said, causing all tires to screech to a halt within the back of Inuyasha's head. He jumped up, sitting up to look down at her. He looked around the room, wondering if his mind was playing tricks on him. He shook his head in disbelief and turned back around to face her.

"Kagome stop playing with me. I know you're not sleeping." He said aloud, lying through his teeth. According to his ears, she was still asleep but he had no idea why she'd be talking the way she was.

Then the noises began from her mouth, as she moaned loud enough for his ears to catch it. "Ahh...mmm...no, don't stop..."

Just like that, his mini-me rose from it's grave and started pushing on his pants. He held a hand over his mouth, eyes wide, not believing what he was hearing.

"Mmm...Yes daddy...right there.."

Inuyasha fell backwards off of the bed, letting out a high pitched squeal as he went down. His heart starting knocking on his chest so hard, he would've thought there was a little person inside making themselves known. At a loss for words, he also lost the strength to pick himself back up. His mouth still agape, he was hoping that she'd stop to spare his sex deprived body from anymore torture.

All was quiet in the room for a few minutes and then, Kagome turned herself on her side to face the wall. As her legs rubbed against each other, the smell of her wetness hit his nose. Had he not already had a firm place on the floor, he was sure the combination of everything he was witnessing would have been sure to knock him back down once more. Letting a couple more minutes go by, Inuyasha deemed the spot next to Kagome safe and he took a seat next to her. He began contemplating waking her up but once her phone starting ringing, the choice was made for him.

She started groaning, annoyed by the noise interrupting her slumber. Inuyasha watched as she rolled over with her lids partially opened, using her hand to search around for the phone. He grabbed her phone to hand it to her but saw Ryura's name pop up on the screen as the caller. Not thinking twice about it, he tossed the phone at her and started asking questions.

"Why the fuck is he calling you?" Inuyasha asked her, pointing to the phone.

Kagome picked up the phone, still dazed from her sleep. Inuyasha's question didn't register in her mind nor did his presence as she still picked up the phone and answered it in front of him.

"Yes Ryura?" She answered the phone, plopping her head on the bed and letting the phone sit on her ear.

"Hey, uh. Is everything alright? I texted you a little while ago and you didn't seem too happy."

"Huh? What do you mean? I didn't even get you text-hey! Give me my phone back! What are you doing?" Kagome sat up, stretching over Inuyasha trying to get her phone back from him after he snatched it off of her face.

"I just asked you why the fuck is he calling you!" Inuyasha shouted back.

"It doesn't matter why he's calling, it's my phone so give it back! You don't even know him!" Kagome reached as hard as she could but she was no match for Inuyasha flexible arms that could behind his back and around his body at any angle they pleased.

"Clearly you do know him so why the hell is he calling you? You did not know not one person on this campus when you came here but Kouga and Sango. Then you bought some other dude up my place and now there is another guy on the phone so I want to know who the fuck is he?!"

"You're not even my boyfriend so who are you to question me?" Kagome starting snapping back at him. She just woke up and was not in the mood for any of Inuyasha's jealous antics.

Inuyasha on the other hand still kept a straight face, unfazed by her words. "I didn't ask you all that. I asked who the fuck is he to be calling your phone and why?"

"Inuyasha I don't have to explain myself to you!"

"Oh really? Alright cool. Let's ask him then." Inuyasha pulled the phone from behind his back and put the end of it next to his mouth so that Ryura could hear him. He also stuck his other hand out to keep Kagome from reaching the phone in his hand.

"Hello, Ryura is it? Why are you calling my girlfriend?" Inuyasha had no problem pulling the same stunts he did when Muso was in her room only weeks ago. If Kagome wanted to act brand new again, he had no issue putting their situation in her face in front of of others so that she had a key reminder of just who she was dealing with.

"Man chill out over there with that. I didn't even know she had a boyfriend. I'm not even that interested in her. I'm a friend of her friend Sango and was just looking for someone to chill with. I can go, that's no problem-"

"Fuck you and your lies bitch. I'm a retired manwhore and I've seen and heard everything. You can't feed me the same shit you feed all of these other dudes out here."

"Inuyasha I swear if you don't give me my fucking phone! Ryura you don't have to answer him!" Kagome starting throwing punches at his arm.

Inuyasha gave a gentle shove which to Kagome felt like a harsh push as her back connected with the bed. "Listen Ryura, don't let me catch you talking to her again or there's gonna be issues."

"It's her choice if she wants to talk to me man. Can't get mad at me for that."

"Yes the fuck I can get mad. These are my emotions, and you don't tell me how to feel. I'll deal with her on my own time but I'm giving you your warning to back the fuck off." Inuyasha spat back.

"Whatever man-"

"I didn't tell you you could fucking speak. Goodbye." Inuyasha pressed the end call button and flung her phone halfway across her tiny room.

Kagome lunged at him, but this only turned into him catching her and pinning her under his body with both of her wrists secured in one of his hands. She wriggled herself underneath him, struggling to escape his grasps. In addition to that, she also called him every curse word she could think of while doing so.

"Struggle all you want, I'm not letting up till you tell me out of your mouth who is he to you. I trust that you won't lie to me Kagome."

She was breathing in and out harshly as she started to lose her breath from fighting against him. "Look Inuyasha...He is no one. I literally met him like yesterday. I was only texting him just in case I needed a back up friend. It's not that serious!"

He pulled his head down till he was almost nose to nose with her. He looked intently into her eyes, causing her too try and move her head to avoid his strong gaze. "Kagome, are you telling me that you were going to use him a backup guy in case we don't work out or if I try to play you like Kouga did? Hm? Is that what this is all about?" His tone of voice calmed down as he spoke to her. He couldn't find it in himself to stay angry at her even if he was still a bit agitated.

She pulled both of her lips in, still refusing to look at him. A gasp escaped her lips as she felt his lips touch her neck followed by his fingers that grabbed a hold of her chin. He made her look at him so that she could see his face as he talked to her.

"Kagome, I'm sorry that Kouga made you feel like you need to have this wall up at all times but look at how far you've come with me. I promise you that I am nothing like who I associated with. I'm not mad but I don't like to share what belongs to me...but you have a point. I haven't asked you to be my girlfriend yet."

"Yet?" Kagome squinted at him, not sure where he was getting at.

"Yeah, yet. I don't like to share the things I want either and what I want is you. I don't know how much you want me to say it until it actually get through to your head."

Kagome rolled her eyes. "I never said I didn't believe you...just didn't know if I could trust you."

Inuyasha chuckled under his breath. "You don't know if you can trust me but you were quite upset at the party the other night when you thought I was tryna get with that girl that was all up on me."

"Because you told me yourself that you used to be a man whore! How am I supposed to know whether or not you're just like Kouga? Because for all I know, you're probably just trying to get in my pants and leave."

Inuyasha let her wrists go but still remained hovered over top of her. "Kagome, technically I've already been in your pants."

"You know what I mean!"

He shrugged in response. "I really don't but okay. If you say so. You're making a big deal about not being my girl but how am I supposed to know you're ready for another relationship or if you'll even say yes? You literally just left the second biggest fuck boy on campus."

Kagome lips locked shut, and her tongue felt trapped in her throat. She hadn't been expecting that question and she hadn't given it that much thought but she couldn't help but think he had a point. She was wondering why he hadn't asked her out but she had no idea if she would tell him yes or if she ready for that step.

Not getting an answer from her was an answer enough for Inuyasha. He'd been doing his best to respect that she would need some time to heal but it seemed as if she had been heading down the same road as him with Miroku. Inuyasha was proud that she had made so much progress so far but anytime she took a step forward, it was as if she would take two steps back almost instantaneously. If he could get to know her more while having her as his girlfriend, he would love to, but he wasn't sure if she was ready for that nor did he want to pressure it on her.

He climbed off of her, freeing her waist to move about as he made himself cozy at the edge of her bed with his arms on his knees. She on the other hand remained on her back and threw her hands over her face, letting out a disgruntled sigh.

"I'm...I'm sorry." She breathed out.

He turned his head to look at her. "For what?"

"Just...putting all of this on you. I'm fussing at you about your feelings when I don't even have my own together."

He sucked his teeth. "Pfft. You shouldn't be apologizing for that. That's been the least of my concerns. I've dealt with way more emotional people than you. I just don't like random guys messaging you or you talking to them."

She flopped her hands down at her side. "I get that Inuyasha but you're acting like I can't have guy friends."

"First of all, you brought a whole man to my place a few weeks back right after you were laid up with me the night before. You keep thinking that I'm playing you but you haven't found random bitches in my phone."

"No, don't even go there because you damn near slept with that one girl-"

"Why did I know you were gonna bring this up; dammit Kagome, I already told you I stopped at the very beginning because I couldn't stop thinking about you and I already apologized for that and haven't done shit since!"

"Okay but it was still wrong!"

"I didn't say it wasn't! I'm saying I haven't been showing you any signs that I'm playing you but you keep thinking that!"

"Okay but that one girl was proof enough for me to keep my distance!"

"If you wanna keep your distance, then I can leave! I have no problem doing that Kagome and you know I don't!" He screamed at her.

"Okay then fucking leave then!" She shouted back.

He didn't say another word, he stood up and marched his body to the door, swinging it open at full force just to be met with Kagome's body running in front of him and her hands shoving him back into the room. She slammed the door behind her, and started pointing her finger in his face.

"So you're really just gonna up and leave?! Just like that?!" She hollered.

"Yes the fuck I am! I can't make you think differently of me Kagome! Clearly you just need some time by yourself-"

"No the hell I don't! Don't tell me what I need!" She leaned her neck up as far as she could go, getting in his face as much as she could.

"You NEED to get out of my face because I already told you I'm leaving!"

"No you're not! You're gonna stay here and talk since you wanted to do all of that fussing at me earlier!"

"You said you want to keep your distance so I'm making that distance for you Kagome so move and let me go."

"No! Why are you always trying to turn these arguments on me?!"

"I didn't do shit! I just repeated what you said! Urgh! I don't know what you want from me!"

The heated verbal disagreement between the two became so loud, that Kagome's neighbor decided to shout through the door at them.

"Some people around here are trying to nap losers so shut up or I'm calling the cops!" Kikyo's loud mouth yelled.

Kagome switched around on her heel, and yanked open the door. "Mind your fucking business bitch before I beat-BITCH!"

Kikyo's fist collided with Kagome's chin almost as fast as Kagome opened the door. Being slightly shorter than her, gave her an uppercutting advantage but Kagome was never the type to take being hit in the face so lightly. Inuyasha was still in the headspace of arguing with Kagome that his reaction time to pulling the two women apart did not come out fast enough. One second, Kagome was being decked in the chin by Kikyo and the next second included Kagome's fist collided with Kikyo's dome so hard she fell to the left side of the door from Inuyasha's view. He shot across the room, trying to get a grip on Kagome between the flurry of fists and nails being thrown.

"Hey! Everyone chill out!" Inuyasha tried to defuse the situation. As much as he enjoyed watching Kikyo get pummeled in the face, he didn't want to risk Kagome getting caught or Kikyo accidently leaving a mark on her pretty face. He's seen Kikyo fight before and her last resort was always her freshly done nails.

Because of Kikyo wailing arms, it was difficult for Kagome to get a good swing on her face so the most she could do was give Kikyo the worst headache ever by banging her as many times as she could in the head. For the few seconds they were engaged with each other, it was enough to agitate Kagome as Kikyo hands and nails kept mushing her face back as Kikyo desperately tried to get a grip on Kagome's hair. Kagome inwardly thanked her past self for putting her hair up. When she could finally get a clear shot to her face, she landed it and was yanked back with great force as Inuyasha wrapped his arms around her waist and threw her back into the room, locking the door behind him.

Kagome, not satisfied by how fast the fight had ended, launched herself at Inuyasha, trying to rush past him. Unfortunately, his demon strength tossed her like a barbie doll back onto the bed.

"Kagome chill!" He grabbed her by the wrists and held her down once more.

"Why do I always have to be the one to calm down?!" She yelled, still struggling underneath him.

"Because we're not finished talking yet and I'm not about to let you go to jail over that bitch.'

"Oh my gosh! Whatever Inuyasha..." She looked away from him, not wanting to hear anything else.

Figuring that her place was probably not the best place to be to talk everything out, Inuyasha released her wrists and told her to pack an overnight bag.

"Just pack some clothes really quick. We can go to my place and talk everything else out."

He mentally prepared himself for Kagome to fuss back at him but she listened without another word. Granted, she did yank each of her drawers out to get what she needed to place inside of her book bag but her lips were tucked shut. After she deemed herself ready, she slammed open her door, letting Inuyasha let himself out as she gave him her key.

Once at the car, Inuyasha opened her door for her to get in as usual before letting himself in and starting the car up. During the ride, neither spoke or looked at each other. The short-lived ride ended within a few minutes, and Kagome was the first to exit herself from the car, not bothering to hold the elevator for him when she arrived inside. When Inuyasha caught up to her at the door, he unlocked the door, allowing her to go first. She headed straight for her old room where Inuyasha had already put away all of the stuff he had bought for her.

She threw herself on the bed, landing back first. As she stared at the familiar ceiling above her, she felt the bed sink at the side of her feet. The ride had calmed her slightly but she couldn't stand to look at him still. He grabbed her hand in his, rubbing his thumb in circles against the back of it. Planting a kiss on her hand, he leaned over her face.

"I'm sorry for taking your phone like that." He apologized.

"Mhm." Kagome responded, eyes avoiding his.

Inuyasha could never get enough of those light brown eyes of her, no matter how many times she tried to keep them from him. Being this close to her face again brought him more peace this time around. While in the car, he found himself struggling to remember what they had been arguing about but the strain on his heart when his brain reminded him that Kagome was possibly thinking of talking to another guy and leaving him would bring him back down to earth. Although he wanted to take things further, he realized as time went on how more likely it was for the two of them to not work out. Knowing that, he still couldn't bring himself to stay away from her.

"Can I have a kiss?" He asked, breathing over her lips waiting for her permission.

She didn't respond for a few seconds but after puffing out a helpless breath of air, she pecked him on the lips with her eyes closed. Inuyasha didn't let her pull away; he kept his lips on hers, kissing her over and over again until her could feel her lips swell up inside of his mouth as he occasionally suckled on her lower lip. Saddened by his inner thoughts, he still felt warmth from seeing how it was just as hard for her to stray from him.

The chills he felt all over his body whenever he saw her had him addicted, but the heat whenever she let him get close was something he hadn't felt in a long time. He had held himself back for so long that he had forgotten just how passionately he could care for a girl and how full it made him feel inside. Even if Kagome didn't work, he couldn't see himself running from these emotions anymore. Shiori had left him scared but it was about time he took his mother's advice and moved on. No more did he had to put himself in pointless relationships to prove he could move on. Kagome was the perfect chance for him to feel it himself.

Inuyasha wasn't done with her but he didn't want to overstay his welcome on her lips before she became even more angry with him. He pulled off of her, staring into her with half-lidded eyes with his. Her lids slowly opened, looking back into his eyes momentarily before pulling him into her again, this time for a much more heated kiss. She then took control of the kiss, flipping the two of them over so that she'd be the one straddled over his groin.

Enjoying her small surge of dominance, Inuyasha helped himself to copping a feel on her lower backside tills his hands wandered to her ass, giving it a light squeeze here and there. Each time he gripped onto her, he was met with a sultry moan from her. Hearing her make these sounds for him gave him more confidence to explore more regions with his hands. Letting his hand up for a second, he brought it back down, smacking her on the ass one good time to receive a grind.

The two became so engrossed in one another, that Kagome's vibrating phone wasn't enough for them to pull apart. The phone continued to vibrate for several minutes before finally stopping. As addicting as Inuyasha's thick lips were, Kagome had other ideas in mind for him.

---

Scrolling through youtube channels on his laptop, Shippo found himself home alone sitting up in bed with nothing to do but eat and enjoy someone he's subscribed to. The only issue with that would be he had been subscribed to over one-thousand people so the selection choice consisted of a huge variety. He had been texting and calling Kagome to come over and keep him company but she wasn't answering her phone. Judging by how much she used it whenever he was around, he could only assume she had found another boy toy to play with or Inuyasha was keeping her busy. He was more likely to believe the second choice over the first one since Kagome was not the best at playing the hoe game.

After another stressful night of sex with his aggressively kinky boyfriend, Shippo couldn't help but stray from the thought of another round with Bankotsu. As attractive as he found him, sex wasn't the only thing he wanted to do for the rest of his relationship. The small trips to go out to eat every now and then were sweet gestures but Shippo's inner self wanted more. For once he wanted to go out without having to promise sex at the end of the night, he wanted to be able to sit through a movie without getting his dick sucked or his boyfriend wanting head before bed, and he definitely wanted to be able to hold hands without his ass being the next thing to be squeezed in public moments later.

As much as he loved sex with Bankotsu, he wanted to be more intimate and the sexual activity was getting in the way of that. Sitting in bed all day from a bad back due to Bankotsu being more aggressive than usual left him alone with a lot of thinking to do. Due to being so deep in thought, majority of the videos on youtube he would have normally found interesting weren't making him feel appeased in any sort of way. Giving up, he shut the laptop and pushed it away from and decided to just lay there and indulge in his strawberry ice cream. That's when a knock sounded from the door.

"Who is it?" Shippo yelled out from the bed but no one answered. He tried a second time and still nothing, He shrugged it off as someone knocking on the wrong door and continued to eat away at his creamy goodness. Then the door creaked open, drawing all of Shippo's attention to the now open and unlocked door when he was sure he Bankotsu locked the door for him earlier.

"Hello? Is anyone there?" Shippo tried calling out once more. He couldn't smell or hear anyone which made the situation a lot more creepier. Being a demon, he could hold his own against a human but being a fox demon, he was sort of at the bottom of the food chain when it came to demons. That didn't mean he didn't know how to fight them off if need be.

Groaning in annoyance, he threw his blanket off of his lap to get out of bed just to see the door close shut in his face. He sat still momentarily trying to feel for a heavy breeze that could've caused the door to open and shut like that but after a few minutes, he could only feel the bare minimum A/C that the school provided which was not strong enough to draft the door close.

"Okay bitch, I don't do ghosts so can we like not do this please? I have no problem leaving so just let it be known. I am not the white bitches in the horror movies. You can have this stupid room, just let me know." Shippo started speaking a loud, looking around the room.

After ten minutes of silence went by, Shippo's ice cream was starting to melt so he got comfortable in his bed again hoping whoever was messing with him understood his offer. If it was one thing he did not like to mess with was the afterlife. Shiori was heavily into the paranormal and would always bring bad karma their way with certain spirits she contacted. After having a fork thrown at him from an empty hallway, he stayed away from her whenever she wanted to bother the spirits.

He checked his phone to see if Kagome had messaged him back but the only notification he had was from his boyfriend.

Bun-Bun: Hey cutie, will be home soon. Want anything to eat while I'm out?

The notification was from over twenty minutes ago but he was just receiving the notification. He had no idea why but hoped it had nothing to do with the creepy door opening and closing on him. Just as he was about to respond, the door opened but with a person in it this time. Bankotsu emerged from the doorway with a pizza box in his hand and his book bag in the other. He closed the door with his foot and threw his bag on the floor. He greeted Shippo with a peck to the lips.

"Hey babe." Shippo said, his tiredness showing in his voice.

Bankotsu sat the pizza box on the bed as he sat beside Shippo. "What's wrong? You seem off. Everything okay?" He asked.

Shippo had been trying to reach Kagome because he had no idea on if he should bring up his concerns to Bankotsu or wait on it. He didn't want to word anything wrong to make himself look selfish and was looking to Kagome for support. Although he was slightly shaken up from the locked door unlocking itself, his fear of Bankotsu's reactions to his feelings made him tremble ten times worse inside. Bankotsu was not an angry person when it came to Shippo. If anything, it was Shippo that was always the angry one to over react to anything Bankotsu had to tell him but as of lately, their arguments have always been initiated by Bankotsu thinking Shippo was getting attention from elsewhere. Even if his outbursts were never as bad as Shippo's, his explosive tantrums were always sudden and never ended as quickly as their regular petty fights.

Shippo nodded his head. "Yeah, I-I'm good. Don't worry about it." Shippo tried to reassure him but Bankotsu wasn't buying it.

Grabbing Shippo's cheeks in his hands, he kissed Shippo on the forehead and the nose before looking at him. "We don't have to talk about it right now if you don't want to. I brought you your favorite pizza. Let's just eat for now and I'll rub your back down as an apology for fucking up your back. Sounds good?" He gave Shippo his signature side smile, the same one he knew he couldn't resist.

Giving in, Shippo leaned against Bankotsu's chest as the larger male fed him chicken and pineapple slices of pizza. As they had small talk over food, Shippo's heart fluttered at how long Bankotsu had gone without touching him sexually or making a perverted joke. It felt different but it was a good kind of different for the fox demon. It was a taste of what he knew he wanted but it only made one thing for sure with him. He knew he would have to swallow his fear and have a real talk with Bankotsu about what he wanted but for now, he was comfortable with Bankotsu just wanting to hear about his day.

---

Somehow, their heated encounter moved from Kagome's old room to Inuyasha's room with Kagome resting and Inuyasha rubbed her tummy. As hot and bothered her time of the month made her, it could never distract her enough from her cramps. After being interrupted by Shippo calling multiple times, she grabbed his hands and tugged him all the way into his room where she planned to give him the best handjob he ever had but mother nature had other plans. Sensing her pain, Inuyasha offered to sooth her the best he could and who was she to turn down a nice tummy rub from him.

"Ya know Kagome, I swear you have broken so many of my rules already." Inuyasha said, trying to start a conversation that he had been wanting to have for a while.

"Oh yeah, and what would those rules be?"

"Well," He started. "For one, I don't fuss with girls that don't belong to me. If a girl I messed with gets to that point, that's normally where I cut her off and move onto the next one. Then I look back on everything and I always find myself still talking to you." He explained to her.

She smiled at his words but she could see where he was coming from. "Well when I think about it, I used to be the same way. If someone told younger me I'd be here now fussing with someone I'm not technically dating, I'd tell them to shutup and stop lying to me."

"Well, I'm glad I'm here because...no I shouldn't say that." Inuyasha attempted to back track but Kagome was curious on what he had to say.

"No, keep going." She encouraged him.

"Eh, I mean just after seeing how Kouga was treating you. I really don't know if you would have met someone to help protect you from him. I can't say whether or not you would've stayed if he would have beat you still but it's just more so, there are so many people here that turn a blind eye to shit like that. Most people say just leave but that shit doesn't work with stalkers. There is no such thing as just leave with men like that and a lot of people can't comprehend that and would rather tell you it's your fault for staying."

His words hit Kagome home. She did her best not to think about Kouga but she'd be lying if she said he never crossed her mind at all. There would be times she'd think about what he would have done to her and how far she'd let it go. She didn't know anyone on campus besides her piece of shit cousin Sango, and the only person she considered a friend is the person she met through Inuyasha but had she not given him a chance, Kouga wouldn't have given her the chance to even have a friend. Even while with Inuyasha, he still found his ways to pop up. Although happy, she was finally able to find her sense of self, it would be a while before she found her inner peace.

"Thanks for saying that...It's really crazy because had you not been so overbearing an protective, even though you didn't know me like that, had you not done any of it, I would still be in such a fucked up situation...Really….thanks for that."

Inuyasha could only shrug, trying to fight off the blush coming to his face. "I mean I just have a different respect for women these days. I learned that staying silent does more harm than good when the abuser is the one in control. Honestly, I've been a lot happier since I stopped playing girls. Being honest just deleted so much bullshit from my life."

"Well honesty is the best policy."

"Yeah, I guess-"

Wrist so icy, wonder why she like me, bitch I'm drownin'

In water, I just bought a Cuban, dipped it in a fountain

Every where that I go it's a light show, I'm surrounded

Bust down, bust down, bust down, bust down, bust down, bitch I'm drownin'

Inuyasha's phone rung from his pocket. He grabbed it to see none other than his brother calling. Answering it, he held the phone to his mouth.

"Yes bitch?"

"Hello to you too Inuyasha. How have you been?" Sesshomaru asked but Inuyasha could hear through his sarcasm. Even still, he decided to play along.

"Oh I've been great. Would have been even better if you are your wife wouldn't have made dinner so fucking awkward." He responded back, not holding his tongue.

"Don't even get me started on her. She's been just as snappy at home too. I tried talking to her but she doesn't want to talk. As far as I am concerned, I cannot make a stubborn mule walk so I'd rather look for interest elsewhere."

Catching his drift, Inuyasha squined his eyes at his phone. "Don't tell me you're trying to cheat on your wife Sesshomaru."

"Of course not Inuyasha. Even if I was, I wouldn't tell you but I am planning on filing for a divorce soon."

"What?! Why? Kagura was so nice when I met her and she stuck with you through all of your bullshit."

"There is a lot you don't know about Inuyasha. Maybe in due time, I will tell you these details but for now, the timing just isn't right but I have no intention on staying where I am unwanted nor in a place that I have no desire to be either. If Kagura wants to distance herself, that is her decision and I will respect it."

Inuyasha could only shake his head. "Sesshomaru, I don't think that's how marriage works. You can't just leave when you're mad. Try to at least get counseling or work something out. You know Kagura only gets that mad when she really cares about something."

"I don't need a lecture Inuyasha. I will not force or drag my supposed wife somewhere she doesn't want to be."

"Just talk to her Sesshomaru."

"No, but speaking of talking, that's what I called you for. I spoke to mother."

Kagome could see the expression on Inuyasha's face fall. Shortly after he got up from the bed and went into the hallway closing the door behind him. In the hallway, Inuyasha let Sesshomaru finish what he was saying.

"She is refusing to talk or acknowledge Inutaisho's existence. I called to ask if she was okay and all she could tell me was how much she enjoyed being a single mother."

"And what did you say?"

"I asked her what did she mean and she told me that she's sorry we never got to find out who our real dad is and hopefully one day he comes around. I think she's losing it Inuyasha and I'm canceling all of my meetings tomorrow to fly out and make sure she is alright."

"That doesn't sound like our mom. Normally she just tells us to stay out of grown people business...even though you're already like over thirty and shit."

"I get that Inuyasha. That is why I am concerned. I also have been trying to reach Inutaisho to ask the bastard what did he do or say to her and he hasn't been answering neither my texts or calls and as of earlier today, his phone has been going straight to voicemail."

Inuyasha leaned his frame against the wall, running his hands through his hair. "What? So what the fuck could he be up to."

"I don't know but that's why I will be there tomorrow. She sounds way too ecstatic for a wife that's just found out her husband has not only been cheating on her but has conceived a child with another woman."

"Yeah, call me and let me know what happens."

"Will do. I will talk to you soon brother."

"Yeah, later."

Inuyasha hung up the phone, gripping onto the device tightly. He hated that it had to be his mom of all women going through something so emotionally traumatizing but there wasn't much he could do from his college campus. He could only pray for her healing. Entering the room again, Kagome was turned over on her side. As Inuyasha approached the bed to lay beside her, he noticed a small red dot on the back of her long floral dress. There hadn't been any red decorations so he could only guess where the spot came from. The major question now was how could he tell her.

'Dammit, I always get placed in the most weird situations man...' The half demon thought to himself.

Not wanting to embarrass her, he jetted over to her room to grab a pair of the boy short panties he bought her. While he was at it, when he came back into the room he fetched a pair of his lose t-shirts and basketball shorts. Kagome was busy texting away on her phone when Inuyasha came from behind her. He didn't know if he was going about the situation the right way so he could only take a deep breath and hope for the best.

"Kagome, love." He cooed her, nuzzling against her neck.

"Yes Inuyasha?" She answered his, singing his name.

"I think there's...uh...blood on the back of your dress-"

Inuyasha's ears were not prepared for the screech that escaped her lips. The deafening squeal left his ears flat against his head, trying to protect whatever was left from his eardrum.

"Oh my gosh! Are you serious?!" She panicked, jumping up from Inuyasha's bed immediately checking to make sure she didn't bleed through on his sheets. Lucky for her, it had only been enough to lightly stain her dress. Her face was already red in embarrassment that a guy just saw blood on her clothing.

"I'm so sorry-"

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! You don't have to be sorry. I just went and got you some clean clothes so you can soak your dress to stop the blood from staining it." He rushed to interrupt her, holding out the clothes in his hands as his offering. She put a hand to her chest shock as she was at a loss for words.

The gesture was sweet and thought of off the top of his head. Even though her nerves still twisted at the fact that he found her with a blood spot on her dress, she was happy he wasn't disgusted by it. She went around the bed and jumped on him, throwing her arms around his neck in a tight sqeeze.

"Thank you so so so much." She thanked him, giving him a peck on the cheek. She took the clothes along with her overnight bag so that she could change.

Inuyasha's ears were still ringing but he still thanked the heavens that she didn't take his gesture the wrong way. He plopped his body backwards on the bed and waited for her return. As many of his clothes he let her wear, he was surprised it wasn't time for him to do laundry yet.

When she came back, she laid her body on top of his as she cradled her head in his neck. The fresh clothes felt so nice to move in and she wasn't restricted in leg movement because the dress was gone and the shorts were on. Inuyasha rested a hand on her back, holding her close to him.

"You're so weird Inuyasha." Kagome said, warranting a confused look from Inuyasha.

"What do you mean?"

"You're so...different. It bothers me sometimes because its just something I'm not used to."

"Yeah, a lot of girls that have been treated like shit their whole relationship say that to nice guys but if you feel this way now, you'd be way more uncomfortable if I made you my girlfriend."

"How so?" She asked.

Inuyasha hesitated to answer, not really sure how to answer the question. To his best observation, he was normally the more clingy person in all of his relationships except for the one with Shiori. If he made someone his girlfriend, he couldn't help but want to be around her all the time. Unfortunately, it's led to the downfall of most of his relationships since his tendency to care a lot was over bearing to most. Even though Kagome wore herself like an open book half of the time, he couldn't tell if she'd be into someone that's clingy but he was more than eager to find out.

"Well...how about this. I'd rather show you than tell you."

His words almost put a stop to Kagome's heart. She laid still, not even budging her lungs to breathe momentarily.

"Wait...you aren't asking what I think you're asking...are you?" Anxiety fills her nerves as she wasn't prepared for his answer.

He chuckled at her response. "Put it this way. No I'm not asking what you think I'm asking...for now at least. What I am asking though is for you to give me one week of being your boyfriend on one condition."

He took a pause, not helping the rapid beating heart inside Kagome's chest. She could hardly bare the suspense. "And that condition is?" She hurried him.

"If you don't like me as a boyfriend, cool. You can leave me and I won't bother you...but...if you do like me as a boyfriend, I get to ask you to be my girlfriend and you have to say yes."

She held her head up to look at him, not even trying to hide the wide spread smile across her face. "Woah there...so you mean to tell me you're not going to ask me out unless I like you as my boyfriend? Are you different in a relationship or something?"

He shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know my dear. You're just gonna have to trust me and see."

"Hmph...well Inuyasha. Fine, but I must let you know my birthday is coming up soon so it's going to take a lot to impress me because it's smack dab in the middle of mid-terms."

He cocked his head to the side giving her his most playful smirk. "I don't see anything in life as a challenge, only opportunity and your birthday is probably the most perfect thing that could come along with me being your boyfriend."

"We'll see Inuyasha." Kagome wasn't sure to believe him or not but his mindset fascinated her. She could have a boyfriend without the commitment of being a girlfriend. It was definitely something she'd never heard of but with Inuyasha, she was sure it would be interesting.

The two talked until Inuyasha wanted to take a nap. He told Kagome to wake him if she got hungry before he got under the covers and laid flat on his stomach. Kagome rested beside him busying herself on her phone. That's when she remembered she was texting Shippo. She opened his message conversation bar to see a dozen missed texts but the most recent was the most violent.

Shippo: BITCH! I have been fucking calling you! Why you not answering?

She didn't even respond; she left the room and took the call into her old room. As soon as the dial tone stopped, Shippo started yelling but Kagome could hear in his voice that he was crying and shaking.

"Kagome! Bitch! Why haven't you been answering the phone like I have been trying to call you!" He screamed from the other end.

Kagome could hear beeping cars in the background which confused her even more. The last she'd heard from him, he'd been in bed with back pains. "I know, I'm sorry. What's wrong?" She skipped straight to the point.

"I'm fucking done Kagome like I can't do this shit no more. I can't, I really can't!"

"Can't do what?" She continued on trying to get him to talk but he was still gasping and crying through his words.

"That fucking bitch Bankotsu got me FUCKED up Kagome! I'm not the one, two or three to be fucked with and I am so fucking upset that he would even fucking do me like this! I have done so much for that dirty, crusty, musty ass, bitch ass, dumbass son of a bitch!" Swear words were flying out of his mouth left and right. Kagome still had no idea what happened but it sounded bad.

"Shippo, I want to help. What's wrong? Just tell me."

"He told me Kagome...oh my gosh, it's so hard for me to even talk right now! We was chilling...a-and he just up and confessed to me that he had been messaging his ex over the past few days like what type of shit is that Kagome?! Then he really tried to play me Kagome! He fucking TRIED me talkin' bout some 'she manipulated me into talking to her' like boy if you don't get your fucking dumb ass out of my face with that dumb shit!" As he ranted on, Kagome could still hear the sound of cars making her twice as concerned.

"That's so messed up. Where are you now?" She asked, hoping he was nearby so that he could come over. Although it was sunny with clouds earlier on in the day, the sky appeared as if it could rain at any moment as the moon drew closer to it's rising time.

"I fucking left! It's his fucking dorm anyway. I'm just walking anywhere right now because I don't even want to go back to that hellhole I walked into the first day I got down here. How fucking dumb does someone have to be to not know you're not supposed to text your ex while you're in a relationship?! Then he had the nerve to tell her he missed her! I don't give a fuck if the bitch was suicidal! Tell her you got a new bae and she can get the fuck on off that bridge if she want to!"

Kagome flinched at Shippo's harsh words. Even though they weren't directed to her, she could feel the animosity seeping through his tongue.

"Shippo, you shouldn't talk like that over suicidal people. I get she is his ex and he shouldn't have texted her but maybe he didn't want her to die because of him-"

"Whose side are you on here?! Just because she's suicidal does not mean she can do whatever the hell she wants!"

"What if Bankotsu was the only person that could make her want to live?"

"Then oh the fuck well, she should've had a talk with Jesus instead of my boyfriend! He's not obligated to make her want to live, the fuck! Either way, he had no business texting back! Bitch should've been blocked from the jump! His bitch ass keeps fucking calling me like I'm supposed to answer the phone like no bitch, you fucked up! I'm second to no one in my relationships and if he has a problem with that, then he can go!"

"Well, are you close by? I'll be at Inuyasha's place tonight so I can give you my dorm room key and you can stay there if you want."

"Thanks Kagome but I don't even know. I'm just so fucking agitated, I can't even think straight-BITCH stop fucking following me! Bye Bankotsu! Bye Bankotsu! Fuck you and that raggedy ass piece of shit you drive! Get the fuck out of my face!...I swear if you come near me-bitch! I will smack your ass into next week if you keep on fucking playing with me!"

Kagome could lightly hear Bankotsu yelling in the background but it was hard to make out over the sound of everything else going on around them. The only person she could hear clearly was Shippo himself but that was only because he was the louder of the two.

"If you care so much about that bitch, then go back to her and leave me alone with your fake gay ass! Probably not even bisexual! You probably was just using me for sex this whole time huh?! You been using me for sex this whole time huh?! Answer the motherfucking question!"

Unsure whether to hang up or not, Kagome just held her phone away from her ear since Shippo's tone of voice was enough to be considered speaker phone. She could barely hear Bankotsu shouting he was sorry but Shippo was not trying to hear it. From her point of view, the communication in Shippo's relationship was awful and most likely the source of all their problems but she could only base it off of the only two arguments she had seen them in. Neither was trying to hear what the other had to say and that's why neither of them were getting anywhere.

"Fuck you and go back to the car! While you at it, go fuck a bitch too since you think you such a fucking pimp bitch!….Hello?" The fox demon said, returning to the phone.

"Yeah? I'm here. You alright?"

"I'm peachy! Just fucking great! I'm walking towards ya place because I really cannot stand to see him anymore tonight. I already told him leave me the fuck alone and imma need him to get that I don't want to be around him right now."

Not thinking twice about it, Kagome offered her opinion on the matter. "Shippo, I really think you two should just calm down first and then talk things out."

"What is there to talk about Kagome? He was texting his ex that he missed her! Even if he only did it to stop her from killing herself, I don't fucking care! If he really gave a fuck about her killing herself, he would've got her address and sent a got damn cop over there to evaluate her hoe ass but no! What did he do? He kept texting her like he wanted her back so she can have his brick body ass. Fuck the both of them!"

"You're only saying all of this because you're mad Shippo. Bankotsu, from what I've seen and what you've told me, seems like a sweetheart and he would never do anything to intentionally hurt you so I really think you should at least hear what he has to say when you're calm."

"Fuck no! I'll see you when I get there because this bitch is still calling me and I'm tired of him calling my shit."

Kagome was about to tell him bye but Shippo hung up the phone before she could. Shaking her head, she stretch out her legs on the bed, taking the whole situation in. The last thing she expected was for Shippo and Bankotsu to get into at the same time her and Inuyasha had gone at it. She could hardly remember what her and Inuyasha were fussing about.

'Oh yeah...that boy...Shit! There's no way I can text him now...Not even sure if I should tell him sorry before Inuyasha finds out and gets pissed that I apologized for him...ugh! I don't know.' Her thoughts ran rapid but her vibrating phone brought her out of it. She checked her glowing screen, expecting a text from Shippo but it was from Naraku instead. Her eyes went wide as she had to double take what she just read on the screen. Not sure how to respond to it or how to feel about it, she closed it out, deciding to wait for Shippo to arrive before she responded.

Once there was a knock on her door, she rushed to it to find a moderately soaked fox demon at her door. She stepped aside to let him, closing the door behind him.

"Hey, you need a towel or something?" She asked but he only shook his head.

"No. I'll be okay. I'm not staying long. I just wanted to get away from the ass Bankotsu because he kept trying to fucking follow me." Shippo took a seat in their longest couch.

Sitting across from him, Kagome observed his demeanor. His shoulders were heavily slouched and his eyes were a lot more still and dim.

"How are you feeling?" She asked.

"Eh...like shit honestly. I really wanted to hit him so bad but I didn't have it in me. Like how can somebody be so bluntly disrespectful and expect the other person to be upset?"

Kagome nodded in understanding. "I definitely get it. I still think you should talk to him though."

"I'll talk to him when he gets common sense back in his body."

Shippo had screamed so much that his voice had become hoarse. He barely had any energy left to give the situation anymore of his time.

"It's fucking crazy Kagome because I was legit going to talk to him about us having too much sex or whatever and he turns and does this shit to me. I must have the word doormat on my fucking head or some shit. Maybe that's why he thought it was cool"

Kagome didn't have much to say so she let him vent as much as he wanted. She still kept in mind what she wanted to talk to him about but kept her thoughts at a minimum so she wouldn't be pressured to interrupt him.

"I should have learned from Shiori honestly because homegirl used to deal with some of the same shit before she found out Inuyasha was cheating on her."

Kagome's eyes could have popped out of her head. She snapped her head in the direction of Inuyasha's room. From what she had been told, Shiori was off limits to talk about but here Shippo was emotionally drained, and talking about her as if Inuyasha's room wasn't a few feet away. Not to mention, Inuyasha's ears could hear a spoon drop from miles away.

"Girl, fuck Inuyasha. Shiori was my bestfriend way before she was his sex toy girlfriend. Right now, fuck everyone's feelings because I really could care less."

Kagome crissed crossed her legs on the couch, shifting uncomfortably in her spot. The last thing she wanted was to be caught in the middle of another argument involving Inuyasha.

Shippo rest his head in the palm of his hand, resting his eyes for a bit. "It's so crazy thinking about everything. She was me before I was me. She's the reason why I am who I am today. I used to have such low self-esteem, I used to let dudes treat me any old type of way and she was the girl that used to handle herself in the most respectful ways possible. She was unapologetic about who she was I admired that so much. That's why I refuse to let any guy disrespect me now."

"Are you guys not friends anymore?" Once she asked the question, she realized how prying it sounded and immediately regretted asking.

Shippo only shrugged his shoulders. "I mean...I don't know. It's hard to talk about it because around the time her and Inuyasha's relationship got really bad, she just cut me off like I wasn't shit. She just became so focused on chasing Inuyasha after he broke up with her that she forgot who was there for her through all of his bullshit...regardless though, even though she did me dirty, that was still my bitch. She just lost herself in all the drama and didn't know how to come back from it."

"Oh, sorry for asking. I didn't know it was so touchy for you."

Shippo shook his head, opening his tired eyes again. "No, you're fine. It's not hard for me to talk about her per say, just more so our falling out. We had some bomb ass times together girl. I really wish she was still around because I feel like y'all would have gotten along so well. She was so much fun to be around, she would have all the connections to the dudes but still kept a low profile in real life so that when bitches tried her, they would always get snatched without expecting it."

Kagome gave him the smallest smile she could muster in the depressing conversation. "I mean, even if she was cool, I don't think she'd be okay with me dating her ex."

"Oh shit, true. I don't know though. She was never stingy with me when it came to guys she dated. She would always tell me she didn't care as long as I was happy and safe. I mean, I wasn't a hoe back in the day so that could have been why she said that but who knows. I think there was only one guy she never told me about and oh my gosh Kagome. I don't thinks she ever told me about him because she was embarrassed."

"Of who?"

"The guy girl! Like, there was this one guy who she used to fuck with real heavy when she was younger. Not literally but you get what I mean. It was to the point where no matter how much time they spent apart, they'd always end up back together at some point unofficially. It was sad though because he never wanted to ask her out and the times he did, she said no because she still thought he wasn't ready and it was just a mess. I honestly don't even know why she got so pissy with Inuyasha for cheating like she wasn't only with him to make that dude jealous. It's not Inuyasha's fault she got caught up and forgot the mission. That's the only reason why I forgave Inuyasha for treating her how he did."

Kagome felt bad for getting to know more about Inuyasha's personal life through Shippo, but she couldn't help it. The tea he was serving her was too good to pass up.

"Wait, so she didn't like Inuyasha."

"Shippo poked his lips out at her jokingly. "Girl fuck no. I mean, at least not initially. He was just really good eye candy to her, she was single, going through a drought of guys at the time, and the guy she was madly in love with didn't want to man up for her so she talked to Inuyasha to pass the time. It was so funny because he thought she was so sweet and innocent and she played his ass like a stack of cards for the longest time. He really thought it was him that brought out those sides of her like I laugh at that shit to this day."

Kagome, leaning forward, was getting into the story so much that her eyes refused to blink so her ears could focus on Shippo's words. She couldn't believe that the Inuyasha she knew was the same Inuyasha in the story.

Shippo chuckled at her facial expression. "But yeah, she did start to like him a couple months into the relationship or whatever. She started calling him daddy, he was buying her stuff left and right like he was her daddy and she was having such a good ass time that she forgot the dude she liked was the reason why she even jumped into the relationship. She wanted to show him that she couldn't wait forever and it worked halfway. They fucked here and there and I think she also messed around with other dudes while she was with him but that guy was the only one she confirmed with me. She just never gave me a direct no for the other guys."

"Wait, so who cheated first?"

Shippo shrugged his shoulders ever harder this time. "Girl I don't know! That's why I got mad at her when she called me crying talking about some she found out he was cheating on her for real. Then she got mad at me because I wasn't being understanding. I told her that I thought Inuyasha was wrong and I still think he was but I can't hold it all the way against him because I knew her intentions and actions weren't all the way genuine either."

"Inuyasha knew all of this?" Kagome asked, wanting to know more.

"No. He had no idea, and still doesn't to this day I don't think, that Shiori was playing him just as much as he played her. My friend was a bad bitch. She knew how these dudes worked but I think once she started liking him for real, her conscious started to bother her. When she was ready to take him seriously and move on, she found out he cheated too and it was too much for her I guess. She was so strong up until all that and it's like she just fell apart."

Kagome looked down in her lap. "I'm sorry to hear all that..."

"Don't worry about it. It's all in the past now. Inuyasha learned from it and now he's captain save a hoe at all times so some good came out of that tragic situation."

"Well..." Kagome started. "If it makes you feel any better, I don't really talk to any of my old friends either. Most of them cut me off for no reason or they just didn't like that I spent more time with Kouga than them.

"So Kouga really was your first boyfriend?" Shippo asked in disbelief.

Kagome nodded with a sly smirk on her face. "Yeah technically but he was not the first toy. I used to have flirt buddies here and there before I met him."

"Ooohh, Kagome was a hoe."

"Shut up, no I wasn't. Anyway, I did want to show you something."

Kagome pulled out her phone, getting up from her spot on the couch and moving closer to Shippo. She pulled up Naraku's text and showed him the screen. Shippo's grass green eyes scanned over the text, furrowing his eyebrows in confusion. He wasn't sure what Naraku meant by the text but knowing the man, Shippo knew Naraku was up to something and it was most likely petty.

"I don't know Kagome but if I were you, I'd leave it alone. Naraku is going to do what he wants regardless."

"But...what did he even mean by that? Did him and Kouga get into it again or something?" Kagome didn't know Naraku very well and although she nor him owed loyalty to one-another, she couldn't help but feel twisted inside by his words.

"I'm telling you girl, just leave it be because being on Naraku's shit list is the last place you want to be. Like don't even worry about that. What I want to know is why is your birthday coming up and you didn't tell me bitch? How old will you be?" Shippo changed the subject.

Kagome had to think for a second, remembering her age. "I will be eighteen finally. My birthday is late as hell."

"What?! You've been real life seventeen this whole time?"

She nodded. "Yeah, I just tell people I'm eighteen already because I hate having the conversation about my birthday being so late."

"Well now I need to make some calls then."

"What do you mean?"

Shippo had a gleam in his eye, and a toothy grin on his face. Bankotsu was the farthest from his mind at this point, Kagome's birthday was coming up and he planned to give her the celebration he never had.

"Oh don't worry about it. It will be the biggest surprise ever though. Just wait on it."

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Finally T_T 😭 I extended the layout because it was too short but then writing out this last scene took me forever. I'm really happy with this chapter because I got to write out things that I've been wanting to write out for a while. This chapter is the pre-game to the big chapter 21. There is alot to look forward to in the next chapter so please do look to it and check out the blog if you're interested in knowing what's up next. Thank you guys for reading and following this story still and I'll see you in the next chapter.