By: Patche
Disclaimer: Umm I do not own/am not in any way affiliated with… Inuyasha, the song "Stay" or any songs I think fit the story perfectly.
Drown
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My head was swimming… it felt heavier than usual…
I couldn't open my eyes… I was afraid to. I was so afraid to know what I'd find.
And I felt sick… like I would throw up all that was inside of me.
But I just couldn't stay asleep any longer.
I could hear a clock ticking somewhere near my head. And as I opened my eyes to see where I was… all I could see was black.
I couldn't have died. I mean, if I were dead, as nice as that sounds, why would I hear a clock ticking?
Maybe it was some kind of hellish nightmare. I was dead… just stuck in a dark room with a clock, feeling nauseas.
I let out a sigh and tried to move my head around. I ended up rolling over onto my side and seeing light pouring through blinds half opened.
Too bad I didn't look around the room well enough last night to know where I'd be when I woke up.
I didn't even want to think about last night.
I looked around some more and noticed a nightstand beside me… and I noticed on top of it sat a little purple octopus.
It was Bean.
I was in Inuyasha's room.
I shot up all too quickly.
Ugh, my head still hurt. I looked over across the bed and noticed Inuyasha was sleeping in a chair on the other side of the room.
Why was I here? Did he come and get me after all?
Oh, I was so confused.
I took a deep breath and sat up in his bed, looking around his room as I waited for him to wake up.
I noticed I was wearing a hoodie instead of the shirt I'd walked into the party with…
It was a black hoodie with a little red emblem on the shoulder. I hadn't ever seen it before, but it smelled like Inuyasha.
I noticed I'd grown to like that smell. I just felt so comforted by it.
It made me feel "home".
"Your shirt's in the wash…"
I looked up to see Inuyasha watching me inspect his hoodie.
"Sorry… I dropped it in the mud when I was carrying you out." He said.
Carrying me out… he came to get me, after all?
He came and got me… he really did and he gave me his hoodie.
I felt a tear pooling in the corner of my eye and quickly wiped it away.
"You… you came?" I asked. Inuyasha yawned and stretched, climbing out of his chair.
He sighed and walked over to me, sitting down on the bed beside me.
"I just… ya know… I figured you'd get into trouble. Plus, I felt like a real asshole for what I said to you the other day." He shrugged. "I'm sorry…"
I sniffled and shook my head. "No, you… you were right." I slumped down.
"I am naïve and stupid and I'm just setting all this stuff up for myself."
Inuyasha raised a hand up to stop me. "Kagome… I didn't mean it like that. I just… didn't want to see you like this… hurt and used."
I shook my head. He was right before… and I was just completely blinded by love. I knew it was happening deep down in my gut, but I just ignore it. I ignored everything.
"I mean… I got myself into this mess all because I thought I still had feelings for Taro… and he just…"
I couldn't finish. My eyes were ready to pour.
Inuyasha grabbed me and pulled me into a tight embrace.
"I'm so sorry, Kagome…" He said to me.
I couldn't even speak, I just let myself cry into his chest. Crying it all out…
"I should have just listened to you…" I sobbed.
Taro had used me… and abused me… and he took complete advantage of me. And the worst of it all was that I didn't even notice…
"I was… just so helpless… and I dunno, I thought I'd be able to stand up for myself and show Taro that I was independent… But I'm not… I'm just a stupid, weak, vulnerable, girl…"
Inuyasha pulled away from me for a brief second.
"Kagome, you weren't being stupid. He didn't sucker you into anything, alright? I mean… he drugged you up. There's not really any way that that's your fault. So don't think that any of this is your fault. You weren't being weak, alright?" He propped my chin up with his thumb.
"I wouldn't have even found you if you didn't scream…" He added.
This helped to ease my sobs.
I let myself calm down before I tried to talk again.
I had to know how far things went…
I nodded and wrapped my arms around his neck. "Hey, Inuyasha…?"
"What?" He asked.
"Did… did he…" I bit my lip trying to think of how to word it. "Did Taro… go all the way? Or… did you show up in time?"
"Well… what do you mean?" He asked.
How could he not know what I meant?
"Well… you know… I mean… did he…" I didn't want to start crying again, but this was a rather awkward question to ask.
"Rape you?" Inuyasha finished for me. I sighed and nodded, letting a tear roll down my cheek.
"No…" He let out a chuckle. "Trust me, I got there way before anything like that could have happened."
He really did save me… he saved me from Taro… I felt so… relieved.
I just smiled and hugged him again. "Thank you…" I whispered.
I could feel him smiling against my cheek and he said, "That's what I'm here for." He reached his head up and kissed me softly on the forehead and pulled away just staring at me.
I couldn't help but do the same. I felt like I had just completely fallen for him… he saved me last night… and… I don't know with all the time we'd been spending together, it wasn't hard to think of him in a… different way…
Then, I'd just remembered I hadn't eaten since 6 last night. My stomach did the honor of reminding me by growling monstrously, tearing us away from anything that was about to happen.
Inuyasha just laughed as I turned beat red. "You want some breakfast?" He asked me. I just nodded.
"What do you have to make?" I asked, craning my neck to look out into the hallway.
He grabbed my hand and pulled me out of bed. "Well… lets go see, shall we?"
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A/N: Aww… this chapter made my heart want to cry. Inuyasha's so sweet. It took me a while to write it and get it just right. But aren't y'all happy? She was saved! I knew she would be…
Sorry it's so short, again… I just… have my moments. I wrote this at one in the morning.
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