Stolen

Chapter 3

Kagome's heart stopped, and she felt faint. All was silent except for the sound of both their breathing.

She was fully aware of Inuyasha standing directly behind her, within arms reach; his breath tickling the back of her neck. There with her, and he still loved her. Her eyes watered with tears. She was stuck, clueless and there was nothing she could do about it.

Suddenly from behind, Inuyasha pulled her into a hug. She gasped, feeling his warmth and breath. She remembered that he was real. They were real.

His arms tightened around her, scared to let her go. "I love you." He reminded her, like she had already forgotten.

For a moment she lost herself in his arms, but then realizing that she felt something more, she pulled away. Turning to face him and stepping back abruptly until she felt the solid of the wall behind her.

"I can't love you." She breathed out, hands tightened.

"I've moved on." She lied, tears running down her cheeks, and her throat becoming dry.

Inuyasha gave her an apologizing look as he came forward and brushed the tears off her face. He placed a hand on the wall, cornering her and edging his face inches away from hers; searching her eyes for answers. Finding none, he looked away.

After a stretching silence, Inuyasha sank into a chair again in defeat, frustrated he brushed a hand through his hair.

Kagome slowly walked over to her bedroom door, opening it. "Just please, you don't have to go now, but be gone by morning." She whispered, more to herself than anyone else, before shutting the door behind her.

Inuyasha watched her go, sadness filling him. It was beyond fixing, apparently. Things were too screwed up, and it was his fault. He walked over to Kagome's bedroom door and sat by it on the floor, laying his head against the hard wall. Cursing himself for letting this go too far, he wondered if should just go but something made him stay.

Hope. As if there were such a thing to Kagome anymore.

Inuyasha put an ear to the wall, listening in, but it was silent.

Sighing he got up and headed for the front door, he was going to hate himself forever.

She was right. Love isn't enough.

Kagome put her back to the bedroom door and slid down. Damn. If I'd have known this was going to happen I would have never got out of bed this morning.

Feeling unsure, Kagome put her ear to the door, hoping to hear something, anything. Faintly, she heard a shuffle; surprised she returned to her usual position. He was just on the other side, and if that's how close they could be right now then that was alright.

He was so near yet so untouchable.

Sighing, she closed her eyes. Trying to figure out what went wrong. Why it went wrong? How she let herself make the biggest mistake of her life of letting Inuyasha go, worse still how she let herself leave him.

If only she could fix it before the morning before he was gone, again. If he wasn't already gone.

The words echoed in her mind, making tears jerk in her eyes again.

But 'if' is such a big word, Kagome didn't think she could it.

It was probably over before it had even begun.

And on that one thought she fell asleep.

A/N : Hello you guys! So the next chapter will be the "flashback." I Hope you like the story so far. Review please. It really makes my day. I think these chapters are growing shorter and shorter, but no fear. I will try to make them longer and better to read. I hope you're enjoying, despite that it actually sucks! Thanks to those who already reviewed, and to those who will!

-Fallen11angel