InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Playground Love ❯ Life Goes On ( Chapter 3 )

Playground Love

 

A/N: I'm here! And I'm still alive. Sorry for the long MIA-ness. But I'm not giving up on this story. It's probably not the best chapter, but I'm content with it for now. Hope you all enjoy... oh! And many thanks to my beta, Ender, for all her wonderful work.

 

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Chapter 3: Life Goes On

 

It took almost a year to the day since the death of Kagome's father for things to almost get back to normal.  His death had been hard on everyone, especially for Kagome. Her father had been her world, her hero, her... well- everything. She had trouble sleeping at night and had a hard time being at home by herself.  It took her a long time to just snap out of the daze that she had been since that day at the hospital, but eventually, things went back to normal for her as well.

 

And through it all, InuYasha was there for her.

 

Granted, things weren't always easy. The first few nights were actually the worse for him because Kagome did nothing but cry, and he hated that... he always hated when she cried. 

 

The first week she stayed with him after coming from the hospital (the first week of many others), like clockwork, she would walk to his room, get under the covers with him and cry herself to sleep in his arms.  He would hold her, and comfort her as best he could, and just let her cry until she fell asleep. He was hurting too, but he didn't let it show. And for six month, neither one wanted to talk about it. After all, what could be said that they didn't already know?  So instead of saying that it was okay, that things would get better, he would just hold her and allowed her to cry until she felt better, and she allowed him be there for her.

 

After that first week, going back to school was hard. Almost everyone in school had found out what had happened. The news had spread like wildfire and thus the rumors spread. InuYasha got into many fights in those first few days, he was lucky he wasn't suspended from fighting so much. He would bluntly tell other kids to 'Shut the hell up!' and 'Mind your own fucking business.'

 

If the circumstances had been different, Kagome would have smacked him and yelled at him for using such bad language, but to tell the truth, she was thankful.  She was sick of everyone saying 'Sorry,' or telling her that 'It would be okay,' or that 'Things are gonna get better.'  The truth was, things were far from okay, and things were not gonna get better, not for a long time.

 

Over time, things got easier, and people just stopped asking.

 

Over the course of the year, Kagome and InuYasha's friendship grew. They were always together, so much so, that if they were ever apart, someone would always ask a million and one questions as to why.  Everyone knew that InuYasha always made sure she was by his side in school, and that he made sure that she made it safely home.  And if he, for whatever reason, couldn't be with her, he'd make sure to call her and stayed on the phone with her until she either fell asleep or felt better.

 

Another habit that they had picked up that year was spending the night at each other's home. At first, it was InuYasha who would come over to Kagome's place and spend the night, just so that she'd have a shoulder to cry on if she needed it.  Then it was Kagome who started to spend time at his place.

 

And that's how it was for a year...

 

(Two years after the death of Mr. Higurashi...)

 

"Hey Kagome,"  InuYasha called from his room, “Which one did you want again?  Was it the green one or the blue one?"  He was holding two shirts up to his face.

 

Kagome stuck her head out of the shower curtain and yelled, "What?"

 

InuYasha rolled his eyes and yelled again, "I asked if you wanted the green one or the blue one!"

 

"What?!"

 

Sighing in defeat, InuYasha walked into bathroom and held the two pieces up for Kagome to see.  "Green or blue? Which one?"

 

Kagome giggled and pointed at the green one. 

 

"Took ya long enough."  He said with annoyance.

 

"What?"  She said getting back under the water.  "I couldn't hear you.  It's not like I have demon hearing you know."

 

"Keh!  You do when you want to."  He said under his breath as he walked out.

 

"I heard that!"  She yelled back, making InuYasha roll his eyes for the umpteenth time that morning.

 

It was Saturday, and Kagome was spending the weekend with him and his family as usual.  Sango and Miroku were coming by later that afternoon.  They were gonna go to the movies and then they were gonna come back to InuYasha's and spend the night.

 

After fifteen minutes, Kagome came out with a towel wrapped around her hair and another wrapped around her body.  InuYasha lay on the bed, remote control in hand, flipping through the million and one channels they had thanks to the satellite dish.

 

"Took ya long enough," The thirteen year old hanyou said, his eyes never leaving the screen.

 

"Well excuse me for wanting to be squeaky clean."  She said shedding her towel and putting the shirt that InuYasha had laid out for her along with her jeans. 

 

"And who are you to talk, you take longer than me."

 

"Do not!"  He yelled, finally turning his attention to her.  His eyes got just a bit wider as he realized that she was only wearing her t-shirt and undies and quickly turned his attention back to the TV, his cheeks holding the tiniest tint of color in them.

 

Kagome, however, failed to notice.

 

"You do too!"  She yelled back at him.

 

She pulled her jeans from the bed and put them on.  She liked pushing his buttons.  The look on his face was worth the silly arguments they always had. 

 

"Whatever.  Keep being delusional," He said faking a scowl.

 

She laughed and then jumped on the bed with InuYasha and started playing with his ears while he flipped through the channels.  He had gotten used to her playing with his ears.  It was a thing she did to either soothe her nerves, or get him to calm down when he got mad at something, or when she was just plain bored.  She was the only one that could do that though, anyone else would be dead meat if they even came three inches too close to his ears.  Not even with a stick would he let anyone but Kagome to touch them.

 

"Hey!" She suddenly yelled making him jump.  "Leave it here.  I love this show!"

 

"Damn it Kags, don't do that!  You screamed right in my ear."

 

Kagome gave him an apologetic look and continued to rub his ears, a little softer than before.  "Sorry."

 

They stayed that way for another five minutes until InuYasha's mother called them through the door.

 

"Kids!  Breakfast!" 

 

InuYasha grinned and pulled Kagome out of bed, putting her over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.  "Finally, I'm starving!"

 

"InuYasha!" Kagome laughed and giggled like a mad child, "Don't drop me!"

 

He gave her a toothy grin and a 'Keh' for good measure and raced down the hall.

 

(Later that afternoon...)

 

 

SLAP!

 

"YOU PERVERT!"

 

Miroku had the stupidest grin on his face while rubbing his red cheek. "Can't you keep your hands to yourself for five minutes?! Geez!"

 

"I'm sorry dear Sango, you know my curse. This hand of mine has a mind of its own." He said.

 

"Well, my fist has a mind of its own too and if you don't quit it, I'll make sure it lands on your nose next time around." Sango yelled.

 

Kagome just giggled while InuYasha had a sly smirk on his face from their spot on the couch.

 

They had all come back from the mall just in time for supper. Afterwards, they gathered in the living room to watch some movies. Not ten minutes into the movie, Miroku started up with his antics. It was the same routine. He would scoot close to Sango, and then wait a little while before letting his 'cursed' hand find a spot on her bum. Then Sango would turn three shades of red and explode slapping Miroku so hard, it made InuYasha and Kagome feel the pain.

 

"Quit it you two and just watch the movie already." InuYasha said trying to sound serious.

 

"That's what I've been trying to get him to-" SLAP! "PERVERT!"

 

"Miroku!" Everyone yelled in unison.

 

"That's it! I'm sitting next to Kagome for the rest of the night." Sango said getting up from her spot in the couch. "Move over InuYasha."

 

Miroku sat by himself for the rest of the night, but at least he didn't get slapped again.