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-VQ

Kagome continued to visit Inuyasha during his "sick week." On her last day of school and last day of the work week, She decided to go home first before going to Inuyasha's. She wanted to wear regular clothes for a change. It was finally time to abandon that uniform for a while.

Kagome was so glad to be there to support Inuyasha. She thought he was such a sweet guy, he didn't deserve to have his emotions toyed with. She felt so strongly about him and her need to save him like he saved her.

Inuyasha hadn't thought much about Kikyo at all. He was too preoccupied with Kagome. He was grateful for how dedicated Kagome was to him. She would go to his apartment every single day after school and work just to make sure he wasn't alone. She was perfect and a saint in his eyes.

He cleaned up his apartment, took a shower and put on some decent clothes. His heart skipped a beat when he heard her knock on the door.

"Hi. How are you feeling today?" She asked as she walked in.

"I'm fine." He didn't feel like his heart was broken at all. Kagome was able to heal his broken heart in only a matter of days. It was like magic.

"You sure?"

He nodded, even though deep down there was something not related to Kikyo that was slowly eating away at him...and Kagome could tell. Over the past few days, Inuyasha and Kagome spent a lot of time talking on a personal level and bonding to the point where they were so close, it scared them both. Inuyasha never felt lonely with Kagome in his life and Kagome felt like he was with her, even if he wasn't there.

"You're not completely fine." She said as she sat on the couch. "What's on your mind?"

Inuyasha sat next to her, constantly failing to make eye contact. "It's not really important. I guess I'm just trying to get used to being single again."

"Is that all?" She asked as though she already knew what was on his mind.

He knew he couldn't lie to her. It was impossible. So he took a deep breath before he began. "Well, Kagome I..."

Their conversation was interrupted by Kagome's phone going off. She reached in her bag and read the text.

"Hey, beautiful. Wanna go out tonight?"

Kagome stared at her phone for quite some time trying to think of the nicest way to tell Koga she didn't want to go out. She didn't feel like seing him. At all. Ever again.

"What's the matter?" Inuyasha asked.

"N-nothing. I'll take care of it." She told him as she began to write out her response.

"Is that Koga you're talking to?"

Kagome nodded. "He wants to go out tonight."

Inuyasha could feel his heart floating down to his stomach. "So...are you going?"

Kagome looked up at him. She could hear the deep sadness in his voice. "Don't you need me to stay here with you?"

"I don't need you to interrupt your own life to take pity on me." He said coldly as he folded his arms and turned away.

Kagome was instantly frustrated with Inuyasha. The nerve of him! He thought she was spending all that time with him because she felt sorry for him? "Did it ever occur to you that maybe I want to be here with you instead?"

As nice as that sounded, it was difficult for Inuyasha to absorb. "If that occurred to me, I wouldn't have asked if you were going on a date with your stupid boyfriend."

"He's not my BOYFRIEND!" She shouted.

"Thank goodness." He said under his breath.

Kagome heard him loud and clear. She raised an eyebrow at him and smirked. "Why did you say 'thank goodness'?"

Inuyasha blushed and looked straight in her eyes. "Because I…"

When their eyes met, Kagome melted before him. Seeing herself in a pool of amber, knowing she was his main focus caused her to blush as well. "Y-you what?"