Hey again! Thanks for reading. Just to clear things up, Inuyasha is not a demon in this fic. –Ainsley
Inuyasha was deep in thought on the way home. He'd never had such amazing sex with anyone but Kikyo. That's why it was so easy to sleep around before because even then no one could compare to his wife. However, now Kikyo had some competition. Admittedly it was probably the hottest sex he'd had in years. Kagome was beautiful and from what she had said, she was willing to have a relationship with him. So why wasn't he happy? He had the opportunity to have a relationship with a woman, no strings attached. This was possibly the greatest deal offered to a man. He had a beautiful wife who he could have hanging on his arm at all his social gatherings. Kikyo was high class, and had all the mannerisms and contacts to prove it. She knew just what to say and do to be flashy and perfect in front of all his potential clients. And at the same time he now had kagome, who was intelligent and witty, but also still beautiful and lovely in her own ways. He had this great deal stretched out before him, and he knew it could really make him happy. So why did he have all this guilt? Two days ago he would've been more than satisfied with having sex with kagome and never would've left her office if he didn't have to. But now, he felt dirty and crude for even considering it. Kagome was a stranger and he'd had better sex with her than he and his wife had. He felt cheated in some way, as though it should've been Kikyo he had been plunging into on that desk, not their therapist. So why the sudden change of heart?
He arrived home around 8:30, the air was cool and it was completely dark as he stepped out of his car. His house was glowing with light, 'Kikyo must be home' he thought as he walked up the steps to his front door. He walked in to see something he hadn't seen in years, the table was set. Two plates were sitting side by side at the end of the table. Two glasses of wine and some horrible looking baked chicken was sitting before him. Kikyo was standing at the entry way to the kitchen beaming. "I thought I'd cook for us. Sorry if it's not the best, but I wanted you to have something nice to come home to." Inuyasha stood dumbfounded. Kikyo was really trying to mend their relationship. She really wanted things to work again. She sat down at the table and patted the seat next to hers. She looked like an excited child who had just received candy. He went to sit down beside her, a smile crept onto his face. Things were really looking up. Maybe their marriage could work out. Maybe it could be fixed. His heart felt like it had just started beating again when he glanced at her smiling face. He smiled back, the guilt began to well up inside of him. He vowed he'd work this out with her. Kikyo was the woman he loved, and there would never be another.
Kagome creaked open the door to her apartment. Kouga had called her while she was with Inuyasha to tell her that he took on the night shift at work and that she shouldn't wait up for him. She'd never been so relieved to come home to an empty house. She closed the door and slid down the wall. She had her head in her knees and she began cry. What had she done? Ten years of marriage gone and over with. Ruined because of some strange man she just met. She had never behaved so inappropriately in her entire life! She and Kouga never took their intimacy outside of the bedroom, much less a public place like her office! What would she do when Kouga left her? Would she move in with her mother? Would she kick him out? Would he want to leave? With every new question that popped into her head she cried harder. Kouga couldn't leave her! What would she do without him? She raised her head as an idea popped up, 'I won't tell him' she decided, her tears coming to a halt. 'It won't ever happen again so why tell him it happened at all?' She tried bargaining with herself that it was the right thing to do to keep it from him. 'What he doesn't know won't hurt him' she decided as she got off the floor. 'It never happened' she told herself as she walked to the bathroom. She needed a shower, she needed to wash the sin from her body. She took off her dress and noticed faint purple marks on her chest and lower neck. She gasped. How could she hide those from Kouga?! She prayed that they would go away fast as she hopped in the shower. She scrubbed at her skin with her nails. She couldn't get the feeling of his hands and lips on her body off of her mind. Did she even want to? That was the most incredible sex she had ever had. She scolded herself, 'it NEVER happened!' She just couldn't get clean enough, her arms and legs were red from the hot water and her clawing at her skin. She gave up and got out of the shower. She hadn't realized how long she had been in there until she began walking to their room and stumbled into Kouga. "Hey babe what happened earlier? Why'd you get held up at work?" She giggled nervously. 'Kagome stop it! Play it cool or he will know something's up!'
"I just had a client who I couldn't get to leave, I practically had to shove him out the door!" She smiled at him. He looked down and wrapped his arms around her toweled body.
"Maybe I'll have to be one of your clients just to have some time with you baby." He kissed her forehead and walked past her to get into the shower. She signed in relief that he didn't push the subject. Then she thought 'why would he?' They had been together over ten years and she had been nothing but faithful. At least until today... She grimaced. She went in her room and got dressed. Praying that she would fall asleep before Kouga came to bed.
I know it's short but I promise to post again before the day is over! Please review and tell me how I'm doing. Thanks, Ainsley