Note: I am sooooo sorry guys. I have had the ultimate worst case of writers block. I hope you all can forgive me.  From now on I'm going to try and finish this story if it's the last thing I do!

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Inuyasha paced back and forth in his room while Miroku, who was sitting on his bed merely watched with a bored look etched upon his face. "Can you please stop doing that? You're going to make a trail on the carpet." Miroku said in a whiny tone.

Inuyasha stopped for a moment and glared at Miroku then looked at the clock on his nightstand and paced once more. "I can't stop. Kagome is supposed to come in to work at one. And it's twelve fifty-eight. What if she doesn't show up and I can't apologize?" Inuyasha said in a remorseful tone. Miroku shook his head and said, "She needs the job Inuyasha. You know as well as I do that Kagome isn't going to leave this job. The pay is too good for her to quit. And besides if she does hate your guts which I'm sure she does she'll just come and pretend that you never existed." Miroku said in a casual tone.

Inuyasha's eyes narrowed as he looked at Miroku and said, "Thanks a lot Miroku. That last statement was very reassuring." Miroku smiled and said, "No problem! I'm here for you Buddy!"

Then one of Inuyasha's dog ears twitched and his eyes became the size of dinner plates. His heart felt like it would pump out of his chest and his stomach wouldn't settle.

"She's here." He whispered.

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Kagome walked into the kitchen and looked around as if she was expecting to be ambushed by a predator of some sort. When she saw that the room was clear she heaved a heavy sigh and began to get to work. 'I guess the water in the vase needs to be changed.' Kagome thought to herself as she eyed the vase that contained blood red roses on the table. She took the vase and put it near the sink. She then proceeded to get the roses out of the vase and onto a paper towel. After emptying the vase she filled it with fresh water and put the roses in.

She held the vase firmly in her hands and turned away from the sink to put them back where they were. However, when her eyes met molten gold, her fingers lost their grip and the vase fell to the floor. She didn't hear the sound of the glass breaking. Nor did she feel the splash of water on the lower part of her legs.

All she did was stare at the man in front of her.

Inuyasha looked at her with such remorse in his eyes. To her he looked broken. His eyes no longer had the confident fire like they used to. His eyes showed a broken man. The seconds that went by seemed like a million earth years. It seemed forever until he broke the silence.

"Kagome, I didn't think you'd come." Inuyasha said with a sad smile.

Kagome took in a deep breath and got her bearings. She would not break down in front of him. She would not show him how broken her heart really was. She would not give him the satisfaction.

"Of course I came. I have a job to do Inuyasha. I must admit I was thinking about cocktail waitressing again but the pay isn't as great and I need the money." Kagome replied in a calm tone.

Inuyasha silently nodded. Several more seconds ticked by. And as those seconds ticked by, Kagome was quickly losing her patience.

"Look if that's all you have to say to me I have to get back to work." Kagome said in a sharp tone as she eyed the mess on the floor.

Inuyasha ran his fingers through his hair and tried to think of something that he could say that could win back her trust. However, in his heart he knew that her trust was forever gone. But he had to keep trying.

"Kagome I'm so sorry. In the beginning I did plan to sleep with you and leave you broken hearted. I will admit to that. But somewhere along the way I realized that I was a jackass for trying to hurt you. I saw that there was more to you than I thought. And I've grown to love you. I love how you're clumsy all the time. I love how you're so damn stubborn that you won't ask for help even though you know you're struggling. I love you and thanks to my hard head I never realized it til last night." Inuyasha said with such raw emotion.

Kagome just stood there, staring at him with wide chocolate brown eyes. She couldn't believe it. He loved her? The playboy that merely wanted to have sex with her and dump her the very next day? And the one who kissed her with what she thought was chaste intentions but in truth it was only deception. Or was it really chaste? Right now her mind was drawing a blank.

But she knew she had to say something.

Kagome rubbed her temples and said, "Right now Inuyasha I really don't trust you. So please understand me when I say that I don't know if you're telling me the truth."

Inuyasha merely nodded in response.

Kagome then continued. "I will tell you that I did have feelings for you and I was very attracted to you. I didn't want to believe it til I kissed you last night. But, you were only nice to me so that you can get me into bed and kick me out the next day. And I'm not sure if I can ever forgive you for that. You think that you can just party all night and sleep with all these women and think that it's just all in good fun?! You're wasting your time. While your brother works his ass off in the company all you do is sit on your ass and get drunk and have women give you lap dances! It saddens me to think that you could be so much better than this and yet you just party your life away. It's pathetic. It really is. Now that I see what you really are. It makes me wonder why I even cared about you in the first place." Kagome said with such fire in her eyes.

Inuyasha was taking it all in. So this was her opinion of him. Well, he couldn't blame her at all. She was right. All he ever did was party while his brother worked at the company. While Inuyasha's affair was drinking and women, Sesshomaru's was paperwork and caffeine. He deserved every word and couldn't find one word in his defense even if he truly wanted to.

"I'm sorry." Inuyasha said in a defeated tone.

Kagome threw her hands up in defeat and said, "I'm done talking to you. I need to clean this mess up." She went to the kitchen closet and grabbed the broom. Inuyasha was about to walk out of the kitchen when he saw something glisten on Kagome's left ring finger.

His heart stopped.

It was an engagement ring. It had to be. She never casually wore a ring on her left ring finger. And that ring mocked him. It was a clear and very radiant diamond that lay on a thin white gold band. In all honesty he wanted to grab her hand and take that ring off of her. But alas, he could do nothing. "Who is he?" Inuyasha managed to choke out.

Kagome eyed him with a questioning look and then looked at her left hand. Her eyes sparked with realization and she looked at him and said, "His name is Koga. He was my sweetheart til he moved away. He just moved back and he found out where I lived. He came over last night and we practically talked all night. Then before he left he asked me to marry him and I said yes."

Inuyasha's heart fell to the floor. And like the vase, it broke into a thousand pieces. Pieces so small that they could pass through the eye of a needle. Kagome saw his pain and sadness and for a moment she wanted to rush over to him and tell him that everything was ok. But she knew it wasn't ok. And she fought the urge til the urge was nearly gone.

He didn't say anything but smile a broken smile and walk out of the kitchen.

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"Kagome are you alright?" a familiar voice snapped her out of her thoughtful state. Kagome jumped and looked at Koga who was staring at her concerned eyes. She was so busy going through that day's events that she forgot that she was in the arms of Koga, on her couch, watching a crappy cable movie since nothing else was on. Kagome shook her head and smiled.

"I'm fine." Kagome said. Koga raised a brow and said, "You sure? You look like you have a lot on your mind." Kagome remembered the broken look that Inuyasha gave her that afternoon and how she just wanted to run into his arms and reassure him that everything was alright. Kagome shook her head once again. 'I'm with Koga now. He will make me happy and I love him. I know I do.' Kagome thought to herself. She looked at Koga and smiled a reassuring smile. "I'm sure." Kagome replied. Koga smiled in return and leaned in. Kagome leaned in as well and met his lips halfway. The kiss was certainly passionate and got even more heated as Koga's wrapped his arms possessively around her waist.

This was her true love. This had to be. She couldn't love someone who lied to her all along. She couldn't love someone who adorned a mask of a knight while in truth he was a devil. However, tried as she might to be into the moment and feel the warmth of Koga's lips and his body pressed against hers she couldn't forget the man who looked at her that day, with a broken stare and a sad smile.

I'm sorry……

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I hope this is to your liking. And once again I am so sorry!!! 

Love,

theloneangel