InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Bits From The Big Yellow Bag ❯ Acceptance ( Chapter 19 )

Acceptance

 

 

“I thought for sure you'd hate me forever…”

 

She couldn't meet his eyes - a sign that she wasn't quite as okay as she said she was. “InuYasha, I could never hate you.” She toyed with a piece of grass before exhaling heavily, blowing her bangs from her face.

 

He forced a grin - pained though it was when he saw the tears in her eyes - and impulsively reached out to grab her hand. He couldn't love her… but that didn't mean he didn't care. She was his best friend, the one person he trusted. “Thank you.”

 

It was rare that he ever thanked her. With a pang in her heart, she realized just how serious he was.

 

“You don't have to thank me. We're friends. Friends are there for each other.” She swallowed the lump in her throat, pasting on what would have passed for a smile to anybody else. “Are you going to tell him?”

 

InuYasha hung his head. “I might… but we barely even talk, and even that's in class. Hell, the only time I'm talking to him is when I'm chasing him away from you.”

 

“That's not an answer.”

 

“It's as close to one as we're going to get. He doesn't even swing that way, I don't think.”

 

“InuYasha…”

 

He refused to meet her eyes. “If I say anything, it'll get around.”

 

Kagome squeezed his hand, bound to find an answer. If she couldn't have her happy ending, she'd at least do her best to get him his.

 

 

A/N:

Originally posted to LiveJournal on January 20, 2010

Word Count: 250

Prompt: “Might”