The week past quickly. Kagome maneuvered through a tricky emotional fog as her feelings for Inuyasha swirled around her feelings for Koga. Inuyasha and herself were polite with each other. Not overly friendly. But they didn't ignore each other either. Ever since she had told him about Kozue he had been keeping a close eye on her. She could feel his gaze in class and on their walk out to the courtyard afterward. But what he did say to her seemed to have an edge to it. She tried not to think about it. Not to think about him. Whenever he was near to her she felt her body go hot. A feeling she desperately hoped would go away once she was able to spend some time with Koga again.

Sango was a great distraction though. She was so nervous for her date. It was adorable and showed her girlish side. Sango's date was the same time as Kagome's so she could tell that Sunday was going to be a girl-talk filled day. With Sango's first date with Miroku and Kagome's possible engagement they really would need to sit down with a nice bottle of wine and catch up and divulge all the juicy details with each other. In fact, a bottle was already waiting just for that very occasion.

It was Saturday night. Kagome waited nervously on her couch in an elegant deep purple dress, black heels, and small diamond earrings. Sango rushed down the stairs, her hair tied up in a fancy knot. She was wearing a pair of tight jeans, a pair of light blue wedges, and a tight (cleavage revealing) blue t-shirt with a beautiful black pendant of a two-tailed cat. The pendant was a heirloom piece from Sango's grandmother.

"I can't believe I'm this nervous Kagome." Sango bit her lip before quickly re-applying a slight sheen of lip gloss.

"You two looked amazing together at 'Dansu Dansu', don't worry Sango. You just have to relax and it will all go well."

"You think?" Sango looked up at Kagome nervously. "I don't know what it is about him. I don't normally like the flirtatious type. I just couldn't stay away."

Kagome walked over to Sango and wrapped her in a hug. "It's going to go great Sango. Have fun ok?"

Sango straightened her pendant and headed to the hallway. "You too, ok Kagome?" Sango looked at her reassuringly. "Even if you say yes, you can change your mind later. You can change your mind all the way up until the 'I do's'. So have some fun yourself."

Kagome nodded at her and Sango was off, leaving her behind to wait impatiently for Koga. For the briefest moment Kagome wished she could text Inuyasha. Ask him how his weekend was going. But he was probably with Kikyo, and regardless of that she didn't even have his phone number. A firm knock on the door gave her a start and she jumped up to answer it. She opened the door slowly and there he was. Koga.

He was dressed in a classy suit and he immediately took her into his arms, leaned her back, and kissed her. Her lips were on fire. A heat rose threw her body and she wrapped her arms tight around him, loving finally having him this close again. He leaned her back up before ever so slowly separating his own lips from hers. There was a fire in his eyes. A certain kind of heat that meant he missed her in more ways than one.

"Hello Kagome."

"Hello to you too Koga."

He smirked at her and wrapped his arms around her waist, one hand gripping her hip. "Oh…" He nearly moaned. "How I missed you."

Kagome smiled up at him before leaning in and kissing his neck. "I missed you too."

He looked her up and down and his grip tightened on her. "I almost wish we could stay here… But Kozue awaits."

"I just have to grab my purse." Kagome was leading Koga into the living room to get her purse when his phone started ringing. She looked at it when he took it out of his pocket and say the name Ayame. "Who's that?"

Koga seemed to freeze for a second before regaining his senses. "It's the new veterinarian the rescue hired. Must be a work emergency, hold on." He held up a finger to Kagome for silence and then walked into the hallway to take the call. She stood there in awkward silence as she grabbed her purse and waited. It was only a few minutes but it felt like longer.

"Sorry about that." He muttered as he came back into the room. He looked a bit angry.

"I've never heard of Ayame before." Kagome said softly.

Koga looked up sharply when she said that. "I swear I told you about her before. About a month ago they hired her. Sorry, she just had to consult me on an emergency case that just came in."

Kagome was pretty sure she had never heard of Ayame before. But work was work. It was fine. "I hope the emergency case will be alright."

Koga's face fell a little but he still smiled. "Looks like they will have to amputated one of the dog's legs. But he will live." He ran a hand through his hair and then shook it out. His blue eyes gazed deep into hers. "Now onto happier conversation. Ready to head out to Kozue?"

Kagome nodded and he grabbed her hand as they walked out the door and to the car service he had hired. She was nervous. Really, really, nervous. There were butterflies in her stomach. She even felt a bit giggly.

Even so, Inuyasha was there in the back of her mind. The way it felt when they danced. The heat she had felt with him. It was so much more powerful, so much more emotional, than the kiss she had just shared with Koga. Of course, she loved Koga. She loved the way it felt to be with him. So why, why, why, did she feel more heat with Inuyasha than Koga?

They were just arriving at the restaurant when these thoughts were eating away at her. She couldn't quite shake them. Inuyasha was just lingering there. Dancing around and mocking her in the back of her head. Delightfully whispering 'you want me, you want me'.

The meal was excellent and very, very, expensive. The talk was small and sweet. Koga smiled at her sweetly and she couldn't help but be happy to be near him again. The view from Kozue was romantic and the sake they sipped only heightened the mood. They finished eating and ordered dessert. They were just waiting for it to arrive when the talk turned more serious. They stopped catching up on day to day activities like school and work and turned towards why they were really here at this wonderfully decadent traditional Japanese style restaurant.

"I'm so glad to hear that school is going well, your tea class sounds especially interesting. Oh, and I couldn't be happier for Sango hopefully finding someone. But, that is not why I took you here." He said, motioning to the restaurant around him. He turned to look out the window where it was said, on a clear day (and obviously not at night like right now) you could see all the way to Mt. Fuji, before he turned back to her and looked her straight in the eye. "We have been together for a long time now Kagome. I know that you may still want to do more schooling after you finish your Undergraduate degree. But I believe even then we will want to be together. I love you Kagome. I've loved you ever since our first date…" Koga trailed off as the dessert arrived. Custard pudding, brown sugar syrup, with green tea sauce for Kagome. Green tea and plum mousse, sponge cake, white sesame and wild grape sauce for Koga.

Kagome took a bite of her dessert, cherishing the flavor. It was absolutely divine. She couldn't help but smile at Koga. The atmosphere was just right. The conversation was nice. The light music set the mood and the food, oh the food, was the creme de la creme. "You were saying?" She asked him as he took a bite of his food too.

"Yes, sorry. Wow this is good." He took another bite and so did she before he continued. "As I was saying, I have always loved you Kagome. I knew from the start. From the first time I saw you. From our first date. From our first kiss, to our first night together." He winked at her and she giggled before he continued. "I have always known that I wanted you, and only you, to be my Mate." He reached his hand into his inside jacket pocket and pulled out a small velvet box. Kagome's heart was racing a million miles a minute. She set down her fork and waited. The world seemed to freeze for a brief moment before he took a deep, shaky, breath and continued. "Kagome, will you be my present, my future, my Mate, for the rest of our lives and forever after? Will you marry me?" Koga opened the box. Inside was a 3/4 carat, nearly perfect, round diamond with two (much smaller) blue diamonds on each side. She was stunned. This must have cost him months and months of saving on his salary. She could hardly breath.

She looked from the ring up to Koga's nervous and eager face. She didn't think, she just felt. In that moment she was overcome with passion, with love, with the thoughts of the future they had always planned and the comfort that brought her. In that moment she wanted Koga more than anything. She wanted that reassuring, predictable, future. In that moment, there was only one possible answer she could give. Only one answer she wanted to give.

"Yes.." Her first answer was soft and Koga's entire body jumped with excitement. "Yes Koga. I love you. Oh, I love you!" She got out of her seat and wrapped him in a hug. He smiled and kissed her. A deep, loving, kiss. Before he took the ring out of the velvet box and carefully slid it onto her finger. It was beautiful. It was perfect, and the blue diamonds reminded her of Koga's eyes. He kissed her again and when the pulled apart the people at the surrounding tables were clapping and a bottle of champagne was being delivered to their table, courtesy of Kozue. Kagome sat back down. Out of breath. In a daze. The ring sparkled on her finger and she couldn't help but feel drunk from it. She couldn't help but feel beyond excited about it. About Koga. About their future, their wonderfully predictable future.

They finished their desserts and walked out of Kozue hand in hand. The night had been perfect. Now they were just heading back to Kagome's place to end the night wrapped in each other's embrace. Snuggled together all night long to spend their first night together in a long time, and their very first night together as an engaged couple. Kagome never even heard Sango come in. She was too wrapped up in her own personal oasis. Her own, wonderful, moment with Koga when, for the first night since meeting Inuyasha, she never once thought about him as she fell asleep. It was just her, Koga, and her beautiful engagement ring.

Author's Note:

Hello everyone. I hope you are all enjoying the story. Let me know what your thinking so far. Enjoying it? Will Kagome end up with Koga or Inuyasha? Anyone surprised she said yes?

Tell me your thoughts! I care what my readers think. I really hope everyone is enjoying.

~ FeudalAi