Chapter 33
I don't think that Mr. Higurashi will allow a drunken teenage boy to visit his daughter at 1:30AM, so knocking on the front door of Kagome's house was out of the question. Instead, I walked into the backyard and studied the windows. Kagome's was the one on the left. Luckily for me, there was a ladder leaning on the side of the house so I just moved it under her window and carefully climbed up. Balancing myself, I pulled out my cellphone and dialed her number. I could hear it ringing from inside the house. A few minutes later she answered.
"…Hello?"
She said in a groggy voice.
"It's me."
A pause.
"What do you want InuYasha? It's one thirty in the morning. Let me go to sleep."
"I need to talk to you. Just open your window."
"What? Why? Are you…oh hell InuYasha, you better not be…"
I saw a shadow moving from inside the house, and then the window was propped open. Kagome stood there in boxer shorts and a baggy shirt, her mouth gaping open.
"Oh my God."
I hung up my cell and offered her a small smile.
"Can I come in?"
With her mouth still hanging open, she moved to the side, allowing me room to clamber into her room. I did just that, tripping and almost falling on my face as I did so.
"What are you doing here?"
She hissed, closing the window after me.
"I am so sorry Kagome."
"That you woke me?"
"Well…that…and about Kikyo."
I slurred, noticing that I sounded really drunk. Maybe it hadn't worn off as much as I thought it had.
"You're drunk."
She whispered, shaking her head at me.
"No, I am not."
I said, but hiccuped after speaking.
"I can smell the alcohol on you. You're absolutely tanked InuYasha."
"Why do you want me out of your life?"
I asked her, catching her off guard.
"W-what?"
"Why? I don't want you out of mine."
"It's just…"
She sighed, fumbling with her hands. Finally she met my gaze.
"My world is better without you."
"But…"
I stepped closer to her so that we were almost touching.
"My world is nothing without you."
"InuYasha, please. Don't do this to me."
"Don't do what…?"
I murmured, running my finger up and down her bare arm. I breathed in her intoxicating smell, letting it fill me up completely.
"You need to leave."
She whispered, her voice sounding unsure.
"You need to let me back into your world."
And then I bent down and captured her lips in my own. A warm sensation shot through me as we kissed again, but it ended soon as she jerked away.
"InuYasha…no. I can't."
"Why not?"
She looked up at me, her eyes searching mine.
"Go home and get some sleep. Take something for your hangover tomorrow or else you won't be able to concentrate."
"Will I see you tomorrow?"
I asked as she opened the window for me. She stiffened, but moved out of the way so I could climb out.
"Goodnight InuYasha."