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Chapter 16:

[Kagome Point of View]

I ran my fingers through my already beyond help hair. My hair was wavy, seeing as I hadn't bothered to do anything with it this morning, and from where I had pulled my fingers through it a few times earlier, it was all out of place.

I was trying to keep my cool. No one had to know about what had happened between Inu- him and I.

But it's hard to keep your cool when you have a wolf demon sitting beside you, oogling like your chocolate cake.

Inuyasha had taken up his seat in English beside Kikyo while Koga had happily taken his place beside me.

"Hey, Koga?" I asked.

"Yes?"

"Is there something on my face? Or are you just looking for the heck of it?" I questioned. After last night, I really didn't want any attention, and from a guy aside.

"Uh I was just looking. You're really pretty." He told me. I rolled my eyes under my closed lids.

"Thanks."

The bell FINALLY rang and I sprang from my seat, ready to get to my next class.

?

It was lunch time, and I was walking through the line by myself. Sango and Miroku got to lunch 10 minutes earlier than we usually did, and Inuyasha obviously wasn't going to walk with me, so I was alone this time.

I turned from the line and looked at the table where we usually sat. Everyone was already there, so I took a deep breath and made my way to the table. I walked until I was at the table, where I took my seat between Sango and Miroku.

Inuyasha was in front of me, and was obviously uncomfortable with me being there, but I ignored it.

The silence stretched on for a while, the unpleasant aura never lifting.

"Hey," Miroku said, turning to look at Inuyasha. "What's up with you and Kagome? You two haven't said anything all day."

I watched as Inuyasha and Sango tensed up, Inuyasha at a lack of words and Sango simply pissed at the subject.

"Oh, ya know..." Inuyasha said after a moment, swallowing hard and picking at his (possibly, not really sure) lasagna. "Nothing's going on, just one of those days I guess."

The whole time I had refused to look at him, but as him simply dismissing it as nothing did not go well with me.

So it was nothing that he lied to me? It was nothing that he took my first kiss and then denied it as nothing? So it was nothing that he broke my damn heart?

I barely registered my fork snapping in half in my hand, and I only realized I'd stood up when I was already towering above them, my eyes trained on Inuyasha.

"Yea, nothing. Right Inuyasha?" I seethed, staring at his face, his golden eyes alarmed and his ears slightly pulled back. "'Cause you don't kiss and tell, huh?"

And with that, I excused myself from the table and made my way out into the hallway.

[Inuyasha Point of View]

We all watched as Kagome stood up and made her way to the doors. I felt really bad for everything, but... Who am I kidding? I screwed everything up and I don't even have a legit reason.

In my attempts to save my own damaged heart, I made that call and broke the heart of the only girl I knew who could fix it.

Miroku stared after Kagome, a shocked expression playing on his face, Sango was glaring daggers at me, so obviously Kagome had told her.

Sango stood from the table and with one last look at me, she turned away, probably to disgusted to look at me.

"Baka," She hissed before following the way Kagome had gone.

A few moments passed and the buzz of students around us seemed so claustrophobic.

"So Inuyasha," Miroku started.

"I'm not telling you."

"Okay."

[Kagome Point of View]

I had stopped walking when I came to my locker. I refused to cry in school, so I had simply slid down the wall of metal and locks and sat on the floor. I had my face in my hands, yet again running my fingers frantically through my hair.

When I heard the sounds of footsteps, I jolted upright, my back grinding on the openings at the top of the lockers. I ignored the pain until I saw Sango, and when I saw that it was her, I finally comprehended that my back was on fire.

"Kagome, are you okay?" Sango asked softly, referring to what had happened in the cafeteria.

"Yea, I'm fine."

Sango gave me an odd look and I exhaled.

"I'll be okay, don't worry about it."

Sango's facial expression softened a little and she held her arms out, signaling she wanted a hug. I stepped into my best friend's arms and hugged her, needing a hug so badly.

The hug was almost comforting until her hand grazed the spot on my back and I yelped out at the sudden pain.

"Kagome?" She said, pulling me back to look at me.

"My back hurts, but it's fine," I told her. But when Sang took back her hand and it was dotted with blood, I saw that maybe it was worse than I thought it was.

"Come on," Sango said, taking my hand with her clean one. "I'm taking you to the nurse."

And I didn't even complain as she tugged me along behind her.

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I was standing outside the nurse's office, the spot on my back bandaged up. The nurse had said it was fine and sent Sango to tell our teachers why we were late. By the time the nurse was done with me, however, school was already almost done, so she had said I could just stand outside her door for awhile.

I had my shoulder pressed against the wall and I watched as everyone at the end of the hallway laughed and talked.

"Kagome?"

The last voice I needed to hear was suddenly behind me and I turned to look at him.

Inuyasha was looking at me, his eyes looking warily at my back. When the locker cut me, it had cut my shirt too, so the bandage was visible.

I just looked at him, not really in the mood for talking.

"Look I just wanted to talk and-"

I took off running down the hallway. The last thing I wanted to do was talk to him, I didn't need any more cracks in my heart.

I didn't run long because running reminded me of track and track reminded me of the sole thing I was running from.

The man I loved.

There's chapter 16! Hope it was good :)