Living With a Rapist
Good Morning
The dangling plastic open side was flipped to closed. Janitorial staff began sweeping and spraying harmful chemicals onto the glossed cherry with black wood tables. The clinking of fine china were heard in the kitchen. Security watched around and waited until every person left the building. Most of the waiters and waitresses hung up their aprons and put away their notepads, waving good-bye as they head out the door. Only a few waitresses and waiters were in the basically empty cafe. Sesshomaru was oddly talking to a waitress with beautiful blonde whose hair was cut neatly into a bob, the most alluring thing about her despite her piercing hazel eyes. His people skills were slowly improving. Miroku was talking with Sango in the back room, pressing his luck to the fullest.
Kagome sat alone by the door, her head in her hands. She had called Kouga a couple minutes before and so now she was just patiently waiting. She tapped her fingers on her cheek as she breathed in and sighed heavily. She looked out the glass door. The street lights illuminated the dark night. It was about 11:18, the cafe closed at 11:00. Barely any cars were on the street right now except for the occasional car that was headed for Club Paradise. A car pulled up into the empty spot in front of the cafe. Kagome's head perked up, expecting it to be Kouga. She got up from her seat. "See ya tomorrow guys." Everyone said their good-byes to her as she walked out the door.
She walked out of the cafe and towards the red Sedan. The door swung open and the figure to come out of the car surprised her. Out came long silver hair and amber eyes that glittered in the street light. Kagome backed up a little, bringing her closed left hand up to her chest. Inu-Yasha flashed a smile. "Hey Kagome, are you just gonna stand there and not give me a hug?" She slowly crept her way to his arms and hugged him back. It had completely slipped her mind that Inu-Yasha said he was going to pick her up today. And now knowing that Kouga was on his way, there was this weird feeling building up in her stomach due to the foreshadowed dispute. "How was work?"
"It was....fine. I really enjoyed myself."
"That's good. Well you ready to go home?"
Before Kagome was even able to answer or protest, a silver Infiniti coupe parallel parked behind Inu-Yasha's Sedan. An indescribable figure came out of the car, but the deep voice the emanated from it was very recognizable. "Kagome, you ready?" Kagome could feel Inu-Yasha's body tense. A growled rumbled in the back of his throat. He let go of Kagome and stalked his way over to Kouga.
"What do you mean is she ready?"
"I'm taking her home....with me," Kouga said proudly, his chest out and his head high.
Inu-Yasha growled again. "To hell you are. She's mine ok, and she's going to be only going home with me, got it?!"
Kouga placed a cocky smirk on his, "Nope. Kagome, you ready?" She stood there stiff, her eyes fixed onto nothing in particular. She slowly felt control over her body as she walked over to Inu-Yasha.
"Inu-Yasha, I've been meaning to tell you..." Inu-Yasha's amber eyes flashed red at her. She backed up a little, but gained her composure. "I don't want to be with you anymore. I want to start something new with Kouga. When we were together, it was bliss, I won't lie about that. But lately you have changed, you're not the old Inu-Yasha I grew up with. I know there's still a spot in my heart for you, but you know....I want to create a new spot with Kouga in it and maybe that'll make me forget about you."
"Forget about me," he asked with a little venom in his voice. He turned his entire body to face hers. "How can you possibly forget me Kagome? After everything we've been through," he questioned more accusingly than with sorrow-filled words. "Must I remind you Kagome, I was your first, your everything Kagome. You won't ever forget that ok!"
Kagome pouted and stomped her foot. "I'll tell you what I won't forget Inu-Yasha. I won't ever forget how you raped me countless times, crawling your way back to me with those old sweet nothings!! Yeah, I fell for it Inu-Yasha, but that was only because I was too blind to see past your bullshit. So with that said," she walked over to Kouga and laced her arm with his, "I'm leaving and staying with Kouga." She turned up her nose and closed her eyes. Kouga simply smirked as he unlocked the door, allowing the two to enter the car. The engine roared and soon, the silver Infiniti was on its way down the street. Inu-Yasha stood staring at the car disappear and out of anger and fury, he picked up some rocks on the ground and launched them into the air.
"Damn it!!!"
Kouga and Kagome were now at his house, both of them in the bedroom. Kagome kicked off her shoes as Kouga walked over to sit beside her. He wrapped his left around her shoulders and pulled her close, inhaling her scent. "I'm really proud of you Kagome."
"For what?"
"For breaking away from him. I honestly thought that you weren't ever going to stop going back to him. But I see you have now and I'm really proud. Kind of makes me feel good to have a woman who stand up for herself."
Kagome smiled and rest her head on his broad muscular shoulder. "Thanks Kouga, that really means a lot." She loosened up her tie and pulled it up and over her head. "You know, I really don't know what's gotten into him lately. Ever since he came back from visiting his family, he just started acting weird. But I didn't know it would lead to this....never in my wildest dreams," she said ever so softly. Kouga pulled her closer and kissed the top of her head.
"It's going to be ok. Everything will turn out just fine. You have me here to help you out along the way."
"Thanks again Kouga. You know, this what I think I really need in life; a fresh start. I've been with Inu-Yasha for years. It's been so long that I don't even know what it feels like to be away from him."
"Well," Kouga began bringing Kagome closer to his body than he thought possible, "I'll guess you have your chance now. You'll never have to be with him again," he whispered in her ear. The warm breathe sweeping past and in her ear made her cringe with delight and she giggled lightly. Kouga let out a long and loud yawn as he stretched his limbs. "I'm tired, so I guess I'm off to bed."
"Did you brush your teeth," Kagome asked curiously as she unbuttoned the milky buttons of her shirt.
"I brushed them before I picked you up."
"Oh."
They continued to undress in silence. Every now and again, Kagome would turn her head around to see if Kouga was looking at her. He wasn't. He was more preoccupied with undressing himself. When he down to nothing, but a pair of deep grey sweat pants, he crawled into bed with a heavy sigh of relief and said good night. Kagome was a little confused. She was used to at least being a fondled before bed. It wasn't as though she wanted it; it had just become a routine for her. Now with a knee-length night shirt on, she sighed with a smile and went into the bathroom to brush her teeth.
As she grazed her teeth with the purple tooth brush, she lifted her head and looked at herself in the mirror. White sudsy minty foam covered her pouty lips. The foam was on it's way down to her chin. Slowly the whiteness rised as she created a smile. She was happy. There was this new beginning right at the door and she opened it anxiously. She no longer had to deal with being jittery and nervous near the one she thought loved her unconditionally. No she had something fresh, almost like a new born baby, ready to be explored and wanted. Her smile grew wider and a giggled escaped her lips as she continued to brush her ever pearly whites.
Yes, this is exactly what I need. Something so welcoming and exciting. A relaxed sigh escaped her lips. I know it, I can feel it. This is going to be just pure bliss. But Kouga will have to work with me though. It's going to be a long road for me to forget Inu-Yasha and gain my security back. No doubt about that. But I feel as though Kouga will stand by me. He's been here for a while now and we've just officially begun our relationship, so I have deep faith in him.
With another pleased grin, she quickly brushed her tongue, rinsed her mouth, and exited the bathroom after turning off the light. Kagome crawled onto the empty spot on the right side of the bed and buried herself underneath the burgundy covers. With Kouga's exposed back facing her, she could see the gracefulness of his muscles rise and fall as he calmly breathed. She wanted to feel that breathe wisp past her ear like it did before. A slender hand gently pushed the male's shoulder blade and he shifted in his sleep with a grunt. "Kouga?"
"Mmm?"
"Just hold me."
Kouga smiled groggily as he turned his body around to face her. A slightly tanned arm draped itself over Kagome's arms and body and pulled her towards his chest. A breathy sigh was heard coming from the two of them as they relaxed in each others warmth. The warm breathe Kagome wanted swept across her ear and lightly giggled. She sighed again as her charcoal black hair met his bare chest. Her head rose and fell as they breathed calmly and succumbed to a deep sleep.
The sun, with its bright outstretched arms, pushed its way through the clean glass window pane and lain on the couple's face. The arms tickled Kouga's nose and he woke up with one eye closed. He looked out the window and noticed the sun was not alone in its cool blue home in the sky. Overstuffed white cotton candy clouds graced the sky and danced with the sun. They creeped across the sky as the Earth slowly turned. The sky seemed to promise good weather which reminded Kouga of the little carnival going on downtown. He smiled, I bet Kagome would want to go, just to get out of the house and escape the drama. Kouga quietly got out of bed, careful not to wake Kagome.
With a nice long stretch and breathy yawn, he scratched the back of his head and he shuffled down the glossy stairs. He walked into the kitchen a pulled out a half gallon of milk from the refrigerator. He set that down on the island and looked in the cabinet for some cereal for he wasn't in the mood to cook any extravagant breakfast. A small green bowl was soon set down beside the ingredients. He poured the cereal first and the cool milk followed suit. He left the milk and cereal at arms length. After digging through the silverware drawer, he discovered an adequate sized silver spoon. He sat down at the island and began to eat. The sweet crunchy flakes were scooped and swallowed and this cycle of scoop and insert repeated itself. A little trace of milk began to dribble down from the corner of lips. A pink tongue darted its way out, swiping the dairy product back into his mouth.
Footsteps and the creaking of the bed could be heard coming from upstairs and Kouga instinctly turned his head upwards, staring at the ceiling. His milk stained lips curved upward as well, revealing a small hint of fangs and cereal. He was highly ecstatic that Kagome just awaken in his bed, in his house. He couldn't really believe it. He had only known the brown eyed beauty for a few weeks, but he had brought her out and away from her world of darkness and into a peaceful world of no worry. Kouga felt proud of himself, being able to be the one to help that lost soul.
Kagome is now gracefully scraping her feets across the floor and her eyes met with the azure eyes belonging to the cereal muncher. She slighly blushed as Kouga smiled again revealing more of his glorious fangs and soggy cereal. "Good morning Kouga."
"Morning Kagome. Want anything to eat?"
She sat down beside him with a smile. "If it's cereal, no."
Smiling back, he replied, "Oh there's more to eat. I just wasn't in the mood to cook anything. Sorry for not having a magnificent breakfast laid out for you my queen Kagome."
Kagome pushed his shoulder with a chuckle. "You should be banished for defying your queen."
Kouga grabbed her hands and bowed his head. "What shall I do to repay for my insubordinance?"
With a mischevious grin, "Make me breakfast. I want eggs, bacon, coffee, and toast." She waved her hand at him. "Go now, your highness shall wait no longer."
Kouga gulped down the rest of his cereal and tossed his dishes in the sink. "You better be lucky I like you." He shook his head and smiled as he walked to the refrigerator for the second time and retrieved the bacon and eggs. He set them down on the counter by the stove as he went into the cabinets above his head to get the Folgers French Vanilla. He shook a little of the ground brown coffee beans into the coffee maker and with about five cups of water, he closed the lid and started the coffe maker.
As Kouga continued to cook, Kagome watched his every move. She seemed to be captured by his beauty and his grace, not to forget his unmistakable masculinity. He shoulder blades and back muscules stretched and contracted with almost every move he made. His body was basically perfect if she could just not pay attention to the long jagged slashes going diagonally down his back. "Kouga?"
"Hmm?"
"How'd you get those scars?"
"I was wondering when you were going to ask." He sighed. "I was doing this little expedition to this forest. I think I boreal forest they called it. Well anyway, I seen these huge pack of wolves and I swear I've never seen one in my life, so I got really excited about it. I crept over to them real quiet and my team was telling me to just leave them alone, but I didn't listen. So I kept on walking and this little pup came over to me with its brother. They were small little pups, I'd say they were about a month old. And they were sniffing me, checking me out." Kouga had long since abandoned his cooking and visually illustrating what was going on. Kagome sat there listening attentively. "So I'm standing there, trying not to get them scared. But damned grass was messing with my nose and that set 'em off. They started yelping and before I could even think, the alphas were after me. One of them gave me these scars, the other one couldn't get me because my team was able to drive it away." With a chuckle he added, "If only they could get there a couple seconds early."
"So what happened?"
"Well basically my little trip ended and I was sent to the hospital."
The only thing that could come out of her mouth was, "Wooow. Never would have guessed all of that."
"I have a lot of stories that you would never guess."
Before Kagome could think about what she was going to say, she sputtered, "How did your bodt get like that?"
They blushed for a minute at the unexpected question. Kouga scratched the back of his head and chuckled. "I used to box."
"You have to be kidding me.
"Not at all. About six months after I got these scars I started. It wasn't professional, never wanted to be anyway. I just started it I guess. And thanks to these scars I came up with the name Alpha Male aka The Lone Wolf because the one that attacked me was male and it was the only one to get me. Nice little name huh?"
"Yeah, you can say that." They sat in an awkward silence, crimson still painted on their cheeks, when the smell of burning pork rose to their noses. "Oh my God, Kouga, the bacon's burning."
"Huh?" He turned his head and the once reddish-brown bacon a now brownish-charcoal black. "Ah shit." The first thing to come to mind was to douce the fire or smoke perse. He took the frying pan and tossed it and all of its contents into the wash bin. The rapid temperature change made the pan sizzle and crack. Kouga turned his head and gave Kagome a goofy grin.
"You know what Kouga? How about we just skip breakfast and I'll just get a bite to eat on the way to work. I'm not really hungry anyway."
"So you were just going to look at me cook it and then tell me you weren't hungry when I got done?"
Kagome simply giggled and got up from her spot on the chair to kiss Kouga's smooth cheek. She fixed her coffee and said that she'd be sitting on the porch.
Kouga cleaned up the kitchen and soon walked up to the open front door. He leaned on his right shoulder and watched Kagome sip her coffee calmly and cautiously for it was hot, and enjoy the look of the warm smile on her face. He sighed and pushed the clear screen door to accompany her. "Like the outdoors huh?"
"Yeah," she replied softly. "It's really pretty out here."
Now remembering the carnival again, he said, "There's this carnival going on downtown today. I'd say it starts at about 5:30. We can go if you want."
She smiled wider, yet no teeth showed, and nodded. "That sounds great."
"When do you want to go," he asked as he sat on the railing, looking at Kagome for an answer.
"I don't know. When do you want to take me?"
He chuckled. "I was thinking at about 8 when it gets nice and dark and the lights come on the rides."
Her smiled grew. "Yeah, by then the children will be home and there'll just be people like you and me there."
"People like you and me as in couples?"
She blushed and raised her decorative coffee mug to her face. "Yeah, couples." She sighed and turned her head to look at him. "But I think I have to work today and I highly doubt I can get anymore time off with how much time I've missed already."
"Well, what time do you get off tonight?"
"I'll have to ask when I get there and I'll call you when I know. I really need to get my schedule again because with all this unnecessary drama I completely forgot it."
Kouga walked over to Kagome and laid his chin down onto her morning mess of dark strands. "Stop thinking about that. You're getting me depressed." He wrapped his arms around Kagome's waist and settled them onto her midsection. He inhaled and was caught off guard by the sudden sweet burst of strawberries and raspberries. "God you smell good", he whispered into her hair. Her head swiftly turned and looked at the somewhat shocked look on his face. "I'm sorry about that. It just took me by surprise it all. How do you get your hair to smell like that," he asked as he scratched the back of his head with a slight blush on his face.
"It's....this shampoo I use. It's called Berry Blast or something like that."
"Oh." With that last said, he walked into the house and went to take a shower.
Kagome leaned back into her chair and sighed. Does my hair really smell that good? She took a few strands of her hair and sniffed twice. Hmm, it does smell good. Kind of relaxing a little bit too. God Kouga, you notice something about me that I don't even know. She smiled and held her coffee mug tight as she stood up. You're something, I'll tell you that. When she got in the house, she placed her mug in the sink and decided to wash it later. She walked up there stairs and heard the rapid pitter patter of the water thumping the bath tub. A random thought rushed through her mind and she knocked on the door to the bathroom. "Can I come in?"
"Sure," he half screamed.
She crept into the bathroom and gulped. She didn't know what she was doing in there anymore. The perverted thought that caught her off guard brought her there, but it was no longer there to help her follow through. She gulped again and began to slowly undress. Her delicate fingers shook and shivered as they slid the night shirt up and over her head. The last time she had been in a shower with another man was with Inu-Yasha and she was fondled and groped like no tomorrow. She was nervous. She knew Kouga, but she didn't completely know Kouga and she wondered what he would do. She inhaled heavily. Here it goes. Kagome took a spare wash cloth from the closet and pulled the shower curtain back.
"Kagome....?!" He looked her up and down. "Uh...."
"I....I wanted...."
He chuckled his usually throaty laugh. "Don't worry about it. Come on in." She crept into the shower and instinctively turned her back towards Kouga, facing the wall, trying to avoid any eye contact. Kouga got out of the shower stream and turned to notice her facing the wall like a dunce. He dropped his wash cloth and took a step towards her. He laced his fingers around her waist and placed his chin on her head as he had done outside. Her body immediately tensed up.
"Shh..." The vibration of his rumbling voice and the steady pounding of the water calmed her down and she relaxed after a while. "I'm not here to hurt you Kagome. Remember that. Take my word on that."
"Actions speak louder than words," Kagome whispered, remembering Inu-Yasha had once told her long ago that he was never going to hurt her.
Kouga sighed, wanting Kagome to trust him completely and to not second guess his word. "Have I ever tried to do anything?"
"No."
"Did it ever look like I was going to do anything to harm you?"
"No, but Inu-Yasha was the same way and look where it landed me. Scars and bruises littered all over my body."
"Turn around for me Kagome."
She stood motionless for what seemed like forever. She didn't know what to expect. "Why?"
"Just turn around, please."
Kagome's body soon turned, still wrapped in his warm embrace. He took one of his hands off her body and brought to her face. She flinched and tensed up, her eyes closing tight. He placed a finger under her chin and tilted her head up. "Open your eyes." One eye opened, then the other opened. His cerulean eyes were boring into her chocolate ones and she couldn't look away if she wanted to. "I'm not going to hurt you. I'm not that type of person. I only protect and love. I'm already protecting you from harm Kagome. As the days and months go by and we get to know each other better, I will love you. I'm Kouga Ikeda. I can only be Kouga. I'm not Inu-Yasha. So there can be no comparison, no links, no nothing."
It went silent between them. Kagome's hands were balled up to her chest and her eyes seemed to have no focus. Her eyes were slowly leaking. She sniffed. She bowed her head, but Kouga only lifted it back up with light force. "Promise me Kagome."
"....hick...what?"
"Anything positive."
"I...I promise....to.....stick this out and try not to dwell on my morbid past." She held out her pinky and thumb. "Pinky."
Kouga chuckled and did the same gesture. "Pinky promise." The linked their pinkies and their thumbs pushed their pinkies apart. Kouga could only seal this deal the best way he could. He bowed his head, cupping the back of her head, and kissed Kagome softly on her rosy lips. Kagome, filled with raw passion and a new beginning, kissed him back, lightly pulling on Kouga's exotic black silk as she held the nape of his neck.
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I was serioulsly trying to hurry up and update this story for I know you guys have waited patiently (maybe not) so that's why there is no convo with characters. You guys no the usual procedure and I'll try to update sooner since I have a clear plot for the next chapter. Also there will be revisions of the previous chapters because they are really hard to follow and to me, I think they're crap. Thanks for tolerating my slowness, lol.