Chapter 12 – Confessions
What the hell was that annoying beepy sound? God, did it have to come now, right this moment? And where was it coming from. God, it was barely light outside!
"Bugger off," Kagome mumbled, rolling over and whamming the snooze button. Sighing contentedly at the absence of irritating beepy noises, she rolled back over and closed her eyes.
"Kagome! I forgot to do my maths last night! I need your help!"
Kagome didn't even bother to open her eyes. She was tired, she was sleeping, the beepy noise had come back, and some irritating little brat was on the other side of the door, hitting it repeatedly to get her attention. Flinging her arm across her bedside table, she fumbled for a second until her fingers grasped the object she was looking for. Still not opening her eyes, she sent the Unidentified Annoying Object across the room in the vague direction of the door. Hearing it impact with a satisfying thump, followed by a shattering sound and footsteps running down the hall, she rolled back over in her bed. Throwing the cover over her head, she settled down with a sigh. There was no way anyone was going to disturb her today. She was too warm and comfy.
"Kagome! You need to get up, or you're gonna be late for school!"
Why couldn't these people just leave her alone?!
"What time is it?" she slurred.
"Eight thirty."
SHIT! DAMN DAMN DAMN FROM DAMNTOWN DAMNALIA!!!
Jumping up, she scrambled out of bed, opening her eyes hastily. Of course, her foot collided with the corner of her dresser, and she swore loudly as she stubbed her toe.
Oh God. It was gonna be a bad day.
Has anyone ever noticed that, while toes are quite small and rather pointless pieces of anatomy, it does actually kill when you stub them? So Kagome Higurashi discovered, as she hopped around her room in agony, hastily emptying drawers in a futile search for her school kit.
She eventually located it, not in the chest of drawers, not in the wardrobe, not on the desk, God, not even in the bookcase.
What the hell had been going through her mind when she put it in her bath tub?
Oh God…
…
Inuyasha rang the doorbell. Stepping back, he looked up at the building in front of him. It was a decent size, with a balcony on all four bedrooms and a personal bathroom on two – the master bedroom and the secondary. It was homey, and comfortable, with a fair-sized garden. He could smell all the flowers from where he was standing. He had no doubt they were very pretty, but the smell just made him want to sneeze.
Mrs Higurashi opened the door, a smile plastered on her face. The comfortable, happy-looking woman addressed him with never a faltering cheerfulness.
"Hello Inuyasha! I haven't seen you since… well…" her eyes tightened momentarily, before her face smoothed itself out into that generally content expression again. "Are you here for Kagome?"
He nodded. "Yeah, I, uh, came to see if she wanted a ride, actually. To school. With me, I mean."
She stepped back, inviting him into the house. Gratefully, he stepped inside, taking off his jacket.
"Would you like some pancakes?" Mrs Higurashi asked. He turned to her, slightly surprised at her open friendliness. He didn't go to other houses often, and when he did… well, Miroku's guardian Mushin was generally a bit tipsy, and Sango's father was brisk, military like.
"Err," Inuyasha hesitated. "That'd be great. Thanks," he said nervously. He didn't know how to address people in circumstances like this!
She nodded, giving him a kind look. "I think Kagome's in her room – why don't you go up and get her? Top of the stairs, third door on the right."
"Thanks," he said again.
As he walked through the house, he could see the homeliness of it. but more than that… he could smell it.
There was a scent, somewhat chocolatey. A child's scent.
The scent of musky lavender. The scent of a grown woman, hitting middle age, but happy.
A smell somewhat like Miroku's, the scent of papyrus and books. An old man, who spent a lot of time in the past.
And then…
His breath caught in his throat. The Sakura blossoms. He had never fully appreciated how lovely they were, but here, in her home, he could smell them in full bloom. Beautiful.
He didn't need Mrs Higurahi's directions to find Kagome's room. He just followed her unique scent.
He knocked on the door. "Kagome?"
No response.
He knocked again, harder. "Kagome?"
He was starting to get worried. Ok, so maybe he was being a bit overprotective, but you could hardly blame him. He could smell her in there, but she wasn't responding.
He knocked, even harder. "Kagome?!"
Still no response.
"Kagome, if you don't answer in the next three seconds, I'm coming in!"
One…
Two…
Three.
He rammed his shoulder into the locked door with all his demonic strength, sending it flying across the room. "Kagome?!"
She pelted it out from the bathroom, standing, staring in shock as the dust settled.
"What the…!" she began.
Shit.
She wasn't wearing anything over her bra.
She ran back into the bathroom, slamming the thankfully intact door behind her. From inside the room, she yelled at him. "What the hell did you do to my door, you jerk?!"
"I… uh…"
"What in the name of God possessed you to break my bedroom?!" she yelled from her bathroom. He heard water running.
"I… I called… but you didn't answer… I was worried," he finished softly, uncomfortably. He wasn't used to showing this much emotion. It made him nervous.
The bathroom door opened. Kagome emerged, fully dressed, staring right at him. "You were worried about me?"
"I… uh… yeah." He confessed nervously. He shifted his weight from foot to foot, while Kagome stared at him. Finally, she seemed to come to a decision.
Walking up to him, she gently laid her hand over his. Taking a deep breath, she looked up, into his gorgeous amber eyes. "Inuyasha… I… there's something I have to tell you…"
He didn't say anything. He just dared her with his eyes, his heartbeat increasing.
She opened her mouth, closed it again, swallowed, then opened it again.
"Inuyasha… I… I… I lo-"
God, if only she had been able to finish that sentence. But fate wasn't that kind. Because at that exact moment, Mrs Higurashi yelled up the stairs: "Pancakes are ready!"
And with that, the moment was gone.
Kagome dropped her eyes, and loosened Inuyasha's hand from her grip. "Never mind. We'll talk about it later."
And with that, she walked out the room.
…
"Why, why, why, why, why, why, why!" Kagome groaned, banging her head lightly against the table in the cafeteria.
Sango eyed her warily. "Why what? Have you suddenly become self-destructive?"
Kagome raised her head, glaring daggers at her 'best friend'. "WHY didn't you tell me we had a MATHS TEST on my first day back at school?!"
She had known it was going to be a bad day. She had known, the signs were all there…
Sango swallowed. "Oops. I knew there was something I forgot…."
"Hello ladies," Miroku said breezily. Taking a seat, he stretched his arms out behind him…
Thwack.
"Do that again, hentai," Sango warned, "And I'm gonna stick that lunch tray where the sun don't shine."
Miroku grimaced, placing a hand over his heart in mock agony. "My dear Sango! You wound me!"
"I'll wound you a lot more if you're not careful, pervert,"
"Your words cut me like a knife," he grinned.
"Oh yeah, you look like you're in REAL pain…"
"Honestly! I'm crying a river inside."
Sango rolled her eyes, and went back to her lunch.
"What is it they're serving today, anyway?" Kagome asked, lifting a fork containing an unidentifiable pink substance to eye level. "Is it meat, or what?"
"We don't know," said Ayame, "And we're not supposed to ask."
Kagome pushed her tray away, appetite lost. "I think I'm gonna have to start bringing home lunches to school."
"Safest course of action," Kouga grinned, taking a seat next to Ayame. "How's y'all?"
"Ooh!" Ayame grinned excitedly. "Kouga, did you tell them about that demon we were fighting yesterday?"
"Err…"
"It was SO COOL! It had so much hair! Like, it was literally made out of the stuff! No eyes or anything, just this really big mouth and loads of split ends! It looked great! Kouga, tell me you got a picture on your phone!"
"Oh yeah," Kouga said, rolling his eyes, "That's what I was doing while my prospective mate was fighting a potentially lethal adversary. I had my phone out taking pictures…"
"No need to be sarcastic," Ayame pouted. "You so should have gotten a photo of that thing before it got dusted."
"I'll keep that in mind," he said, rolling his eyes at her.
Inuyasha walked over to their table. He wasn't holding a lunch tray, and he was looking wary. "Kagome? Can I talk to you for a minute?"
She looked up at him, brown clashing with amber. "Hmm? Oh, Inuyasha. Sure." She blushed, then cursed herself for it.
…
They sat under the Sakura tree in the courtyard. It was busy outside the school, students running to and from detentions, young couples clutching to each other, friends laughing, food being flicked, last minute homeworks…
It was the kind of life she had regretted missing that night…
Kagome sighed, and hugged her knees to her chest. Without looking at him, she said to Inuyasha, "So, what did you want to talk about?"
Inuyasha paled. It was now or never…
"Kagome, since you came to this school, I… well, I mean, you knocked me on my arse in Games. I was angry, but I… and then, you came to my party. And you threw me in the pool. And… under the water, do you remember? We… and then, when Naraku and Kikyo found you… I was so scared when I faced them… I've never felt like that before in my life. But, see, I wasn't scared… not for me. When he had you up in that tree, and you were unconscious… I was… I was terrified he would drop you. I couldn't stand the thought that you… you might… but then you did, and I thought it was all a joke, I thought it would be over, and you would wake up… for a whole half an hour I sat there and slowly, I began to realise… and then I was filled with a regret. I… I couldn't believe that I'd never… but you woke up, Kagome. You came back to me. I've never felt like that before in my life. And… and then I kissed you… and it felt so… so… so right." Inuyasha took a deep breath. "Kagome, I'm falling in love with you."
She didn't respond. She just sat there, stiff and silent. Inuyasha felt his heart break all over again.
People never realise how much it truly hurts to be heartbroken. The word is used in a thousand songs, millions of poems, but it is so different for everyone. And that's why Inuyasha could never describe the feeling. So much worse than if someone had deliberately reached into him with nothing but their bare hands and lifted out his vital organ slowly, cutting the veins and lifelines one by one. As the minutes passed, he begged for that pain.
Then… Kagome laughed.
She looked up at him, her eyes brimming with happiness. "You beat me to the finish line," she said.
And then she kissed him.
The electricity flowed through the two of them, igniting their bodies, lighting a fire. Her arms locked around his neck, her fingers knotted themselves into his beautiful silver hair as her lips worked in sync with his. He tasted so good…
When they broke apart, she leaned her head on his shoulder. "Inuyasha?" she murmured.
"Yeah?"
"I love you."
"I love you too."
It was such a great day...
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Sassybratt - thank you! the break down scene was quite hard to write, but i'm glad i did it justice! hope this next part sums things nicely between the two... thanks for your amazing feedback!
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