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Sorry for the delay of this chapter but too many things happened at once in my life; besides my grandma's recovery, I broke up with my boyfriend, my computer crashed, I finished my school year and couldn't find a way to get the story going.
Anyway I don't want to keep you guys from the story so, here it is.
I'm sorry for any mistakes that might appear.
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA'S CHARACTERS!
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Chapter 11 - We're Not Friends
He was still just as she remembered him, standing in front the hospital bed; a tall young man, still handsome in her opinion, in a white cloak, holding a pile of charts and staring at her, speechless. His deep, piercing golden eyes traveled through her face and Kagome was able to see the surprise they hold in seeing her. He still had the same silver long hair and his small dog ears at the top of his head were turning wild, probably waiting for her to speak to confirm her identity.
"- Inuyasha?" – she was able to say, after the initial shock.
"- It really is you!" – he said, flashing her a huge grin, his ears perked up. –" My God! When I read the chart I couldn't believe it. I even told myself that there should be a mistake somewhere…"
"- What are you doing here?" – she cut him coldly. Hearing his voice was hurting her more than she expected. She wasn't prepared to face him, not yet…
"- Doctor Inuyasha is the one who's treating me, mom!"
"- Mom?" – repeated Inuyasha, a frown in his face. He looked at his chart and glanced at Kagome once again. –" You're Hiroyuki Higurashi's mother?"
"- Yes. Why else would my name be on his chart?"
"- His birth mother?"
"- What do you have to do with it?" – she snapped. She forced herself to take deep breaths to calm down –" Yes, he's my son and I'm his birth mother. Happy now?"
"- Mom? Why are you mad at Doctor Inuyasha?"
Kagome turned around to face her son, without knowing what to say.
"- I…"
"- Well, let's see your temperature, shall we?" – said Inuyasha, walking in front of her, in Hiroyuki's direction.
"- He's got none." – Kagome said quickly, almost afraid that he touched her son. Afraid he would take him away; Hiroyuki was all she had...
"- Do you mind if I check?" – Inuyasha said, sounding a bit coldly.
"- …"
"- Well, then. Thank you."
Kagome watched as Inuyasha examined her son and how happy Hiroyuki seemed in his presence. They talked about trivial things, as Inuyasha asked him what his favorite shows were and what he liked to eat the most. There was a pang in her chest and she turned her eyes away, hoping to distract herself with something, so that she wouldn't be able to hear them so much.
"- Well, then. Hiroyuki, you seem like you're recovering well but now I need to talk with your mother for a while so, can you be a grown up kid and wait here?"
"- Ok. Then she can stay with me, can't she?"
"- Of course. Kagome, if you don't mind…" - Inuyasha said, pointing her to the exit. Kagome turned around to her son.
"- Mom will be back in a second, ok?"
"- Ok. Love you!" – he almost shouted.
"- Love you too." – she smiled and answered, before exiting ahead of Inuyasha.
Once outside she faced the wall as she waited for Inuyasha to speak. When he did, he did it with a caring and soft voice.
"- Kagome…"
"- Spare me to the non-teary reunion." – she cut him, still without facing him. –" Just tell me what's wrong with my son."
"- … I guess you're still upset… I was hoping we could talk as before…"
Kagome turned around, surprised and angry.
"- What did you say? Upset? Talk as before? Are you mocking me?"
"- No, I'm being serious…"
"- I'll show you what serious is. The patient you have just seen in that bed is my son! I'm concerned about him because I'm a mother, his mother. Do you mind getting serious and explain me what is happening with my son?"
Inuyasha was staring at her, a smirk appearing on his face.
"- Oh, you think it's funny?"
"- No. I'm just thinking about how you haven't changed at all… you're still the same impetuously loving Kagome…"
She was taken aback by his statement and remained quiet while he talked:
"- I've returned a few months ago, you know? I've met everyone already but, somehow I didn't seem to ever see you… Miroku even told me to stay away from you and Sesshomaru threatened to kill me if I made you suffer once more…"
"- What…? You've been with Miroku?"
"- And Rin and Sango too. They didn't tell you?" – he said, seeming surprised.
"- No one told me anything."
"- Well, I did ask Sango for your address and phone number…"
"- What?"
"- She never gave them to me. She said it was something only you should give…"
"- And she's right, I'm not properly handing them to everyone, you know?"
"- I figured as much." – he said, smirking. Then his face changed for one of questioning –" Miroku told me you had started a new life… with Hiroyuki's father?"
"- That's not your business…"
"- I'm sorry. It's just that his father's name doesn't appear here and…"
"- I'm a single mother." – Kagome cut him off.
Inuyasha seemed taken aback by this statement and stared at her, trying to figure out if he had heard it wrong.
"- You're… you're a single mother…?"
"- Yes. Of a half-demon as you noticed, isn't it ironical?" – she said, bitterly. She saw his expression change quickly and noticed when he seemed to recall what she was talking about.
"- Kagome…"
"- I believe I told you not to say my name. I know it was a few years ago but I thought you'd still remember. You always had a good memory… for some things…"
"- What am I supposed to call you in front of your child, then?"
"- What you call every other mother that comes to you with their sons. I'm no different. You call them by their surnames, don't you? I'm the same… Miss Higurashi."
"- This is ridiculous…"
"- You bet it is. The whole situation is ridiculous! Mind explaining why you're the one in charge of my son? Noticed my name and decided to check in and play a little prank…"
"- I'm a pediatric."
"… Oh..." – she said, seeming surprised -" Well, seems like you attained what you aimed for. Congratulations."
"- Thank you."
"- … Look, I don't want to seem rude…"
"- No one would say that. Till now you haven't answered any of my questions without snapping!"
"- None of your question got me nearer knowing what happened to my son."
"- Well, let's be practical then, shall we?"
"- I appreciate."
"- Does your husband have…?"
"- Not married… single mother..."- she sighed, once more. He seemed to have trouble in getting that part.
"- Well, does Hiroyuki's father have any kind of antecedents of appendicitis? His chart says he is allergic to penicillin, but does his father have anymore kind of allergies?"
"- … I don't know…"
"- Well, can you ask him?" – said Inuyasha already getting worked up, seeing as she didn't seem to want to cooperate too much.
"- I can't. We don't speak…"
"- Why not?"
"- Look, he's dead, ok?" – she said, shocking him and adverting his gaze. -" Or at least he's dead to me…"
None of them said anything for a while: Kagome remained lost in thoughts as Inuyasha watched her reactions and took his opportunity to eye her carefully. Seemed like forever since the last time he had seen her and she merely seemed more beautiful and mature.
"- Hiroyuki said he didn't know who his father was. That you'd let him meet him someday…"
"- That's true."
"- It is?"
"- Hiroyuki never lies." – Kagome said, strongly and proudly. Inuyasha flinched a little. – "He learned what lies can do and doesn't do it. He never lies. As his mother…"
Inuyasha looked at the hurt expression she had in her face and cursed himself for making her suffer once again.
"- Look, I don't want to be near you more than you want to be near me so can we get a move on this? When can I take my son home?"
"- Well, he will have to go under surgery…"
"- Was there perforation of the pleura?" – she asked, taking him a back a little.
"- Perforation? Ah, right… you wanted to be a nurse…" - he said, his face illuminating itself from the memory. –" Did you…"
"- Dr. Taisho, please…" - she cut him off quickly. He was bringing too much painful memories at once.
His face contorted itself in a disgusted face and even Kagome was surprised in seeing him like this.
"- Kagome, please… don't call me that… Not you too…"
"- Well then, can you finish what you're saying? I'm waiting….
"- There has been no perforation but we still need to remove his appendices, so that we make sure there'll be no future problems…"
"- I see. How much time until his complete recover…?" – she adopted a professional tune, which seemed to displease him greatly.
"- Perhaps a few days here and then two weeks at home. He would need to be watched, though…"
"- I'm a nurse, I believe I can take care of my son, thank you."
"- I know… I mean, of course. I was just saying that he would have to have a observation from a doctor and there are only two choices: he can have that observation here, by coming here, or a doctor can go to your house…"
"- I'll worry about that later. You said he would need a few days here, after the surgery. I'll think about that then."
"- Okay."
"- If that is all, I'm going to return to my son…" - she said turning around. In the same instant, there was a presence behind her and her wrist was caught in one of his hands. She turned around to face him, his face deadly serious centimeters away from her and he almost seemed as if he was… if he was sniffing her?
"- W… wh… what? Is there anything more?"
"- You don't smell strange."
"- Excuse me?" – she said, yanking her arm from his grasp.
"- No! No, don't get me wrong! I mean, you don't smell as if you have another person in your life…"
Kagome stared at him, eyes wide open. She couldn't believe him. He really was sniffing her?
"- I'm going back…"
"- Kagome."
"- Don't call me by my name!"
"- What happened with Hiroyuki's father?" – he asked, looking at her back. He saw her stiffen a little and presumed the worst. He had always been fast in jumping to conclusions, proven as he had believed Kikyo at once, in the past. Suddenly he was feeling angry, very angry. –" I'm going to kill him, just tell me who he is? Did he force you…?"
"- What? No!"
"- Don't lie to me!"
"- I'm not lying! How many times do I have to say that I don't lie?" – she shouted, making a young nurse who was coming their direction find shelter in the nearest room. –" He didn't force me nor would I have agreed to it so easily! And you know what? You have nothing to do with that. You disappeared for 5 years and didn't say a word; now you expect me to close my eyes to what happened, forget and erase everything and return to the old times? What do you take me for? I told you that day, Inuyasha. You've hurt me more than anyone ever has! So don't expect to get back in my live so easily as with an "I'm sorry"."
"- Wait!" – he shouted, when she was already turning to leave. –" Please, wait!"
"- What is it now?"
"- Please… let me make things right…"
"- What?"
"- Just… let's go and get a coffee… get out and hang a little as we used to. We have to talk… there is so much to say…"
"-Nothing you have to say can interest me. And I believe that your fiancée wouldn't like it, seeing as she has been trying to destroy my work ever since she started working here. If she knew we were going to have coffee and hang out as before, she probably would kill one of my patients merely to fire me!"
"- Wha… fiancée? What fiancée? I'm not engaged… who are you talking about?"
"- I'm talking about Kikyo, who else?"
"- Kikyo works with you?"
"- What?" – Kagome said, with a smirk. –" She didn't tell you? Poor girl, she must actually be afraid…"
"- What do you mean? Kikyo never told me she worked with you or in your floor… what floor is it, actually?" – he asked, trying to sound uninterested and failing miserably. The glint in his eyes, something she hadn't seen before was betraying him openly. Kagome decided she wouldn't let things go any further than this.
"- It's none of your business. If you want to know, ask your fiancée, though I doubt she will tell you with your marriage so near…"
"- Marri…? Hold on, Kagome…" - he said, following after her who had started to walk away.
"- Let's make one thing clear, okay?" – said Kagome, turning so suddenly he collided with her.
His hands were around her waist in an instant and he had a strange feeling of "déjà vu". She pushed him aside, a little too much quickly than she wanted.
"- And I hope this stay really clear, because we are never going to have this conversation anymore. You've hurt me, in the past, and that is something I haven't and I won't ever forget. But thanks to that, I grew stronger. So now, the only thing I ask of you is that you keep yourself away from me and my son. You're his doctor this time and nothing more. You have your life and I have mine, separated as it has been until now. So don't try to get closer to my son or to me, because once his infirmity is cured, I have no intention of seeing you again."
"- But, Kagome…"
"- We're not friends, Inuyasha!" – she said, her eyelids closed. When she opened her eyes she could see how he seemed surprised and hurt by her statement. She didn't give him a chance to say anything more and walked into her son's room, without even glancing behind.
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