Chapter 2
"Okay Kagome, from the top."
Kagome smiled at her silver-haired friend through the glass.
Strumming a few chords on her guitar, Kagome started the intro to the song she wrote when she was just seventeen.
"You will forever be close to my heart
Your smile will forever remain in my mind
The warmth of your embrace still lingers
The feel of your lips
Leaves mine tingling
Please don't look at me that way
It makes me want forever with you
And please don't hold me oh so tight
It makes me want to be in your arms forever
Do you realize the power you have over me
The way you look at me
Puts my soul in a trance
The way you kiss me so sweet
Makes me crave a thousand kisses more
Makes me want forever with you
I offer you myself just as I am
I offer you my heart
Please don't break it
I need forever with you
The way you hold me so close
Sets my soul afire
I want you near me always,
I want forever with you
Though you never say it
Your eyes whisper sweet nothings
My hand held in yours
Makes me feel so small
Makes me want forever with you
To wake up next to you
Would be oh so sweet
To look at you and know you love me
Would be oh so wonderful
To spend forever with you
But in your arms
I know I am protected
You understand me
You know everything there is to know
Every secret, every scar, every story
It makes me want forever with you
Please don't whisper sweet nothings
I'll believe every word
Then I'll want forever with you
You hold my heart in your hands
When I'm in your arms
I feel like you love me
The way that I love you always
It makes me want forever with you
Wouldn't it be great
Forever with you
Wouldn't it be nice
Forever with you
I want forever with you
I want forever with you
I want forever,
Forever with you."
Kagome's slender fingers strummed the last chord of the song she had put so much pain and grief into.
"That was perfect Kagome."
Inuyasha's strong arms wrapped around her and he kissed her forehead.
She didn't realize until now that she had been crying and felt rather silly.
"Want to take a break?"
He felt her nod against his chest.
"Okay."
Kagome set her guitar down and took his hand, allowing him to lead her away to safety and to comfort. He sat down on the couch meant for the managers and Kagome followed in suit. Inuyasha pulled her on to his lap and cradled her to him. Kagome listened to the soothing beat of his heart and wondered how long it had been since the last time he had held her like this. He ran his claws throw her hair in an attempt to soothe her.
"I'm going to go check on Miroku." Sango left the couple alone.
"Why didn't you come and visit me?" Kagome asked softly.
"I couldn't."
"Why not?"
"Because…"
"Because why?" Kagome asked getting angry.
Inuyasha sighed heavily. Kagome sat on the edge of his lap ready to leap off at a moment's notice. He reached out to caress her cheek, but when his hand neared her face, she jerked away from him.
"I can't answer that Kagome."
"Why not!" Her eyes became watery.
"Kagome-" He cut himself off with a low growl.
"Shut-up mutt. Well, Kagome!" Kouga strode over and pulled her into an unwanted embrace on her part.
"Hi…er-Kouga." Kagome greeted awkwardly.
"Long time no see."
"Yup." Kagome plastered a smile on her face despite her obvious discomfort. Kouga, as usual, was completely oblivious. Inuyasha snorted and continued to give the wolf demon a death glare.
"So," Kouga threw an arm around Kagome's shoulders, giving her an award winning smile. "How about we ditch dog-breath and I take you out to a romantic dinner and a movie?"
Inuyasha growled, his claws piercing the skin on his palms drawing blood. Kagome glanced nervously at Inuyasha, knowing on her bottom lip.
"She doesn't want to go with you, you mangy wolf! Besides, she still has a couple of songs she needs to record before she can go anywhere. And if she does go anywhere," Inuyasha grabbed Kagome's hand and pulled her to him, holding her against his chest. "She's going with me."
Kouga glared at the hanyou, who glared right back at him and the two stayed that way for a few minutes until a cough broke the silence.
"Kouga, what a…surprise," Sango said searching for the right words.
"Hey Sango, Miroku," Kouga nodded his head at the two acknowledging them.
"If you're here to ask Kagome out on a date, she can't go. She needs to rest her voice, we're going to be working on a new song tomorrow and she needs at the rest she can get," Miroku said.
"Okay, well see you later Kagome!" Kouga waved before giving Inuyasha one last glare before leaving.
"Thank you," Kagome mouthed to Inuyasha as Sango and Miroku whisked her back into the studio. Inuyasha snorted in response.
"Come on Kagome! You still have to record another song!"
Sango licked the pad of her thumb and wiped away the mascara that had run under Kagome's eyes.
"There," she said stepping back. "Beautiful."
'She always has been, she always is and always will be,' Inuyasha thought to himself with a heavy sigh.
"You guys ready?"
Sango gave Kagome a quick hug and a swift kiss on her cheek before grabbing Mirkou's wrist and dragging him out of the room.
Kagome nodded and started up on one of her newly written songs.
"You tell me
That you miss me,
You tell me
That you're sorry,
Yet you still lie,
You still cheat
You still hurt me
I'm tired of hearing
Your apologies
You really shouldn't say them
If you're really not sorry
You broke my heart
You tore me apart
And now you expect
For me to take you back
Well it just doesn't work that way
I'm done with you
I'm over you
So there's no way you're coming back into my life
I'm tired of hearing
Your apologies
You really shouldn't say them
If you're really not sorry
You broke my heart
You tore me apart
The only thing
I have left to say to you is
We're over
There's no way
I'm ever gonna take you back
So move on
I'm tired of hearing
Your apologies
You really shouldn't say them
If you're really not sorry
You broke my heart
You tore me apart."
"Damn it!" Inuyasha stormed out of the studio leaving a stunned Kagome, Miroku and Sango in his wake.
Slamming the door to the men's room open, Inuyasha stormed in, his eyes flashing dangerously from gold to red.
"Damn it to hell!" He growled punching a stall door off its hinges.
"Inuyasha!" Miroku ran into the bathroom.
"DAMMIT TO FUCKING HELL!" He heaved the door at the mirrors shattering them before leaning against the wall and sliding down it until he sat on the floor, a clawed hand covering his eyes, his chest heaving.
Miroku stepped gingerly around the broken shards of glass and sat next to his friend.
"I've missed…I've missed so much of her life Miroku. I should have been there to protect her from those who hurt her. She should have never been hurt. I should have visited her. I should have…I should have married her." Inuyasha sighed with a far off look in his eyes.
"I know, Inuyasha. But to 'what if' or 'should have' one self to death would do the world no good and it would only cause more pain."
Inuyasha looked at Miroku as if he had a third eye before he started to chuckle which grew into a full blown, side-clutching laugh. Once their laughter died down, the two friends stood and studied the damage to the men's room.
"Sesshomaru's going to have my ass for this," the hanyou groaned.
"I'm sure he'll….understand," Miroku said patting his friend on the back. Inuyasha looked at the manager with a cocked eyebrow. Miroku started laughing, "You're right, I don't know what I was thinking!"
Inuyasha snorted exiting the men's room only to run into said older brother.
"Little brother-"
"Yeah, I know."
Sesshomaru glared at Inuyasha and then at Miroku before turning on his heel and storming off down the hallway.
Miroku shuddered involuntarily, "That is one cold demon."
Inuyasha snorted again before walking back to the studio to find Kagome packing up her guitar.
"Kagome?" He said meekly.
"Save it Inuyasha. I'm tired and I just want to go home."
Inuyasha's ears flattened against his skull as he let out a small whine.
"Kagome-"
"No."
"But-"
"No!"
"Would you just-"
"NO!"
Inuyasha cringed.
"Kagome would you just-"
Kagome's death glare stopped him mid-sentence. He watched as she grabbed her guitar case and stormed out of the office. Miroku gave him a sympathetic look and handed him a slip of paper with Kagome's address on it before following the enraged artist and the just as confused stylist.
Kagome sank down into the warm bath and let out a content sigh, inhaling sugar scent of her body wash.
"Kagome honey, we're leaving," Sango's voice floated in through the door.
"Okay!"
After soaking for fifteen minutes, Kagome got out of the tub and grabbed a pink fluffy towel to dry off with when the doorbell rang. Wrapping the towel around her dripping figure, Kagome opened the front door to reveal a very pathetic looking hanyou with a large bouquet of pink tiger lilies and pink roses, along with two bags of groceries. Inuyasha blushed and almost lost his composure at the sight of Kagome in nothing but a towel.
"Hi," he said softly.
"Hi."
"These are for you," he held the flowers out to her. She took them from him, stepping aside to let him in. "I'm sorry Kagome for earlier. You go get dressed and let me make you dinner to make it up to you."
Kagome looked thoughtful for a minute then wrapped her arms around the hanyou's neck and kissed him fervently. Inuyasha let out a small moan before pushing Kagome against the wall, kissing her passionately. He hooked his hands on the back of her knees, lifting her up. She wrapped her legs around his waist and brought him closer to her, pressing her hips into his. Inuyasha stopped himself from going any further. Breaking their kiss, he gulped down lung-fulls of air and gently set Kagome down.
"We need…we need to stop," he choked out.
Kagome nodded and went to her room. Inuyasha sighed before rolling up his sleeves and washing his hands.
'What'd you do that for?' his youkai voice nagged.
'Because I don't want to hurt her.'
'Pansy.'
'Pft.'
'You know, I kind of like her. She's hot.'
'Shut up.'
'Plus she's right.'
'Don't even-'
'You do need to get laid.'
'-say it. Bastard.' Inuyasha growled.
Kagome emerged from her bedroom towel drying her hair in a pink tank-top that stopped right above her belly button and plaid pink flannel pajama pants.
"Mmm, smells good."
Inuyasha grinned.
"What's for dinner?" She asked sitting down at the bar.
"Your favorite."
"Are you serious?"
"Yup."
"You remembered?"
"How could I forget?"
He pulled out the Canadian bacon and pineapple pizza from the oven and set it on top of the stove to cool off.
"And…" he dug into one of the paper bags and pulled out a movie which Kagome immediately snatched out of his hands.
"SUPERSTAR!"
Inuyasha smirked.
"I knew there was a reason why we're friends!" She said smiling sweetly.
"Ha ha."
Kagome giggled and dashed over to the DVD player to pop the disc in. Sitting down on the couch, she accepted the plate of pizza and the bottle of root beer before savagely attacking the slice.
"Pig."
Kagome grinned as she sunk her teeth into the slice, crossing her eyes, "Mmmm."
Inuyasha chuckled and watched Kagome with curiosity as she chugged her root beer then let out a skin crawling belch.
"Oh Kami, you are a pig!" Inuyasha laughed while Kagome grinned proudly.
"Well you're a dog!" Kagome retorted.
Inuyasha took her plate and his to the kitchen and threw a bag of popcorn into the microwave.
"I'm going to start the movie!"
"Hang on a second!"
Inuyasha took out the bag of popcorn from the microwave, tore the bag open and dumped the contents into a bowl, burning a finger in the process.
"Here," he said handing the bowl to Kagome.
"Thanks."
She took the bowl of popcorn from him and shoved a handful into her mouth. Inuyasha was watching the movie at the other end of the couch giving Kagome the chance to really study him. His red shirt hung loosely from his lean frame, the top half of his buttons were all undone revealing his tan muscular chest and the top of his six pack abs. His hair was like a silver halo, giving his appearance a hint of softness. He was all in all, beautiful in her eyes.
"Aren't you supposed to be watching the move?"
Kagome blushed and when he turned to look at her, Kagome saw the perfect opportunity open up. She threw a piece of popcorn at him, which he proceeded to catch in his mouth causing Kagome to giggle and throw another piece at him, which he caught in his mouth too.
"Knock it off," he grouched.
"I can't help it!" She threw another piece. "Do you always do that?"
"Yeah. Can't help it, it's instinct." He said catching another piece, scowling at her while she giggled uncontrollably and threw another piece at him.
"Shtop et," he said through a mouth full of popcorn.
"I can't help it! It's adorable!"
She raised her hand to throw another piece when Inuyasha grabbed it and towered over her, their lips just centimeters apart.
"Inuyasha?" she squeaked.
His eyes never left hers as he bent down, the distance between their lips getting smaller and smaller, Kagome could feel his hot breath mixing with her own and closed her eyes only to snap them open again when she heard crunching and found Inuyasha munching on the piece of popcorn that had been in her fingers just seconds earlier.
"Jerk," she grumbled glaring at him. Inuyasha just smiled back at her and gave her a peck on the lips before returning to his previous spot on the couch.
Kagome crawled her way over to him and leaned against him. Inuyasha wrapped his arm around her waist. She snuggled closer to hi and he tightened his grip on her.
"Stop moving," he said as a slight blush appeared on his face.
"Why?" she asked looking up at him innocently before she started giggling.
"You're bad," Inuyasha chuckled.
Kagome blushed and smiled up at her friend, who returned her smile with a warm smile of his own and kissed the tip of her nose.
"You're cute when you blush."
When the girl in his arms said nothing he looked down at her only to see that her eyes were closed.
"Hey," he said giving her a gentle squeeze. "Don't fall asleep, the movie isn't over."
"I'm not, I'm just resting my eyes," she retorted yawning.
Inuyasha snorted and grabbed the cream colored blanket off the back of the couch and covered Kagome with it. She sighed contently and snuggled closer to him.
Once the movie had ended, Inuyasha didn't even have to look at the young musician to know that she was asleep. It was her steady breathing that gave her away.
Grabbing the remote, Inuyasha turned off both the DVD player and the television and sat there in the dark and silence staring at his long-time friend while she slept peacefully. He brushed back a strand of hair that had fallen over her face. He felt completely content and at home with her. He had missed her so much that it had hurt him to think about her.
Inuyasha sighed sadly thinking back to that day, the nightmare of when Kagome had moved.
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