Inuyasha didn't mean to utter the words but he knew that they were true. He sighed with happiness as he continued to keep her in his arms. She hadn't SIT him and she was giving him a head massage. She also apologized. He moved his head to where her neck met her shoulder and nuzzled her. Her scent was enveloping him and he was finally feeling like she was safe.
"Inuyasha?" He heard her hesitant question. He pulled back and looked down at her. He almost gasped with how lovely she looked. The moonlight surrounded her and the red of his Firerat robe showed off the red of her swollen lips.
"Did you mean…that?" Her eyes were filled with hope and excitement. Her brown eyes were wide as she gazed up into his golden ones. He knew in that moment that he was in love with her. Part of him still was hesitant to tell her, but that declaration was a close to it as anything else he had ever uttered. It wasn't the first time that he told her that he needed her, but it was the first time that he wanted her over Kikyo. Tears sparkled in her eyes causing the brown to become a startling caramel color. Her hands had moved to grip the front of his white shirt as though she was afraid that he would pull away.
He felt his cheeks infuse with a deep blush but keeping eye contact with her, he nodded.
"I uhh never say anything that I don't mean."
He was surprised when he took a step back because she had thrown herself into his arms.
"Inuyasha!
That made her happy? He swore that he would never understand women but thankfully he didn't have to think of anything else to say seeing she was kissing him again.
He closed his eyes and slowed the kiss and made it more romantic. He had to kiss her, to taste her with his lips and tongue to ensure that she was truly safe. He had to hold her close so he knew that she was truly alive.