InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Revelations ❯ Chapter 2 ( Chapter 2 )
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By: Ebmisfit 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Comedy / Adventure | Type: Divergence | Uploaded On: 09.11.2012 | Updated On: 09.11.2012 | Pages: 1 | Words: 3.0K | Visits: 324 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Comedy / Adventure | Type: Divergence | Uploaded On: 09.11.2012 | Updated On: 09.11.2012 | Pages: 1 | Words: 3.0K | Visits: 324 | Status: Work In Progress
A/N: I will let you all know that my piano knowledge is somewhat basic since I taught myself, so please don’t be offended if some of my terminology is off.
Just like everyone else that’s not Rumiko Takahashi, I don’t own Inuyasha (life’s so unfair that way). I also don’t own anything by Yiruma, I just love his songs.
The late afternoon sunlight lit the courtyard as the Kagome and Inuyasha stepped to the door and slid the glass open. Kagome paused to remove her shoes before heading further into the house. Inuyasha had the good graces to at least wipe his bare feet on the mat before going inside. He was well aware that Kagome’s mother was accepting of a lot of things, but a dirty house was not one of them.
“Oh, Kagome! I’m so glad you’re home!” Annika Higurashi rounded the corner from the hallway, and rushed forward to embrace her daughter. Her attentions toward her daughter were very short lived; however, when she looked up to see Inuyasha lurking in the background. Annika abruptly let Kagome go with a squeal of delight and pushed past her to get to the apprehensive hanyou that appeared to be trying to blend into the wall behind him. ‘Oh shit, here it comes...’ he thought, as his ears twitched in anticipation of the oncoming assault. Instead, Annika surprised him by wrapping her arms around his shoulders in a motherly hug. “Hello, Inuyasha! I’m so glad you came this time!” She stepped back and gave the stunned dog demon a soft welcoming smile. “Uh, hi…uh, Mama,” he replied with a brief upturn of his lips before letting his customary frown slip back into place. He felt awkward referring to Annika as “Mama”, but she insisted. In the two years that Inuyasha and Kagome had been traveling together, he still had a hard time believing the fact that this family was so accepting of him. Even the old man had stopped chasing him around with those stupid useless sutras of his.
Kagome smiled at the two before her and said “Mama, it’s been a long day. I’m going to take a hot bath and rest for a little while before dinner.” Annika rounded on Kagome in a businesslike manner. “Oh, no, young lady! Your sensei called me to discuss the situation with your grades. I’m happy that he’s even giving you this opportunity at all, so you need to start practicing right away. You may take a quick shower, but then you need to start looking through your sheet music and decide what you are performing for the talent show on Friday.”
Kagome was a little surprise at her mother’s attitude. Usually her mother was the first to suggest that Kagome take a hot bath and relax when she came home. Kagome huffed a little at the lack of sympathy for her condition, but gave in. “Yes, Mama. I’ll make it quick.”
“Good.” Annika turned back to Inuyasha and sweetened her tone considerably. “Dear, you must have had a long day, too. Why don’t you come sit at the table, and I’ll fix you something to eat.” She led him past a startled Kagome by the hand. ‘What the hell just happened?’ She thought. ‘Why does HE get babied and I DON’T?’ Kagome stomped into the kitchen after them. Inuyasha was already seated at the table with his feet propped in the seat across from him and his arms folded behind his head, wearing what only could be described as a shit eating grin. Kagome’s mother bustled about in the pantry, emerging with an impressive stack of instant Ramen cups in her arms. She set them on the counter between the sink and microwave and heated the water for the first cup. Kagome sputtered “Mama, you’re not seriously going to make him all that NOW, are you?” Annika turned to face her indignant daughter with a wave of the hand. “Of course I am! He’s a growing boy, Kagome!” Kagome looked to the table at the smug hanyou who echoed “Yeah, Ka-go-me, I’m a growing boy! Now run along, and get to work. “He knew his dismissal pissed her off. His amber eyes glistened with barely contained mirth at the scowl she gave him.
Kagome prepared to lash out with what she considered to be a well deserved “SIT!”; however, the complete look of disapproval that she spied on her mother’s face was enough to silence her.
Inuyasha, also noticing the look that was his salvation, decided to fuel the fire even more by sticking out his tongue at Kagome. “OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Kagome turned a dark shade of red as she balled her fists at her side, rounded haughtily on her heel and stalked out of the room.
Annika shook her head at their antics and turned back to pour the water into the Ramen. Kagome’s resounding stomps could be heard all the way up the stairway and into her bedroom. She was fuming so much that she almost ripped her bedroom door off of the hinges as she flung it open.
“That BAKA! Why does he always have to be such an OBNOXIOUS JERK?” She muttered to herself. She snatched up some clean clothes and stomped into the bathroom.
Inuyasha heard every word she said, thanks to his acute sense of hearing. The sound of his laughter mocked her from downstairs, further fueling her ire as she slammed the bathroom door shut. The hot water from the shower soothed her slightly, but Kagome was still a little huffy as she finished bathing. She quickly redressed herself and walked back downstairs toward the kitchen. Kagome paused at the kitchen doorway for a moment to mentally prepare for round three of their daily bickering, but the scene before her made her breath catch in her throat instead.
Inuyasha sat quietly at the table watching Annika as she flitted about making dinner, cheerfully relating a story about Souta’s last soccer game to him while she worked. Annika approached Inuyasha and raised her hand almost absent mindedly to gently wipe off a stray piece of noodle that was on his chin. She set another cup of Ramen on the table in front of him and returning to the counter, never once pausing in her story. Annika missed the mixture of wonder and humility that shone on his face at her simple, but motherly gesture. He was used to people hating and fearing him, but this woman, who seemed to regard him as her own son, always managed to stun Inuyasha with all the little ways that she showed concern for his well-being.
Kagome suddenly felt horrible for being jealous of him in the first place. Of course her mother babied him; she knew that no one else had mothered him since he became an orphan. After Izayoi’s death, Inuyasha had to learn the hard way just how cruel and unforgiving both the human and demon races could be. Kagome’s heart hurt for Inuyasha every time she tried to imagine what he went through during those dark times. He never ceased to amaze her; however, with his capacity for compassion, honor and courage despite how others shunned and abused him in the past.
Inuyasha caught her gaze as she looked at him from her position in the doorway. Kagome offered him a sheepish smile and mouthed “I’m sorry”. His honey eyes glowed with warmth as he accepted her apology with a nod and a rare smile in return.
‘Kami, she’s beautiful.’ Inuyasha couldn’t help but be swept up by the light in her dark eyes.
Kagome giggled and blew a kiss to him before retreating into the living room to search through her sheet music. A sudden blush crept across Inuyasha’s cheeks as he turned back to his Ramen. His thoughts wandered to the girl in the room beyond, and suddenly, the desire to finish off the rest of his favorite treats waiting on the counter wasn’t as appealing as being near Kagome. Inuyasha tried to act nonchalant as he quickly slurped down the dregs left in the bottom of the cup and threw his trash away. After shyly thanking Annika, Inuyasha padded out of the kitchen to join her.
Annika smiled as she watched him leave the room. She was well aware of the silent exchange that had just transpired between the two. ‘It’s just a matter of time now…’ She entertained herself with thoughts of dog eared grandchildren while finishing dinner preparations.
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Kagome sat at the old piano bench and lifted the cover off of the piano keys. She lovingly ran her hands along the ivory pieces, and then positioned her hands to play a few simple scales to warm up. She sensed Inuyasha’s approach, and made room for him to sit down next to her.
Inuyasha looked at the instrument with interest. He’d never paid much attention to the living room before; he only occasionally sat on the sofa to watch what Kagome called the “TV” or play “video games” with Souta. He was impressed that such a large, bulky object was creating such delicate sounds.
“How are you doing that?”
Kagome paused in her warm up and smiled. “Each one of these,” she pressed a random key “plays a different sound, or note. Each piano key is attached to a hammer on the inside that strikes a string when pressed, and the vibration creates the sound. You can press more than one key at the same time to create a melody.”
Inuyasha nodded to indicate that he’d understood the explanation so far, and then asked “How do you know which keys to press?”
Kagome launched into a brief tutorial of playing the piano as well as an explanation of sheet music. When she was finished, Inuyasha said “Play something.” For moment, Kagome hesitated over the keys, then started playing a beautiful melody by Yiruma that she’d recently learned during one of her rare trips home. For a few moments, Kagome lost herself in the flow of the music, imagining the river in the song title, but soon remembered Inuyasha’s presence. She looked over to smile tenderly at the transfixed way he was watching her hands move over the keys.
‘She’s amazing,’ he thought as his eyes followed her slender fingers in their lively dance across the keys. Inuyasha secretly discovered one more thing to love about her. ‘Whoa! Hold on, wait a minute. Where the hell did that come from? I don’t Love her! Most of the time, I can barely stand her, right?’ He immediately acknowledged to himself that wasn’t true, but another question crossed his mind to replace the last. ‘What about Kikyou? ‘
‘Yeah, what ABOUT her?’ That damn inner voice was at it again. ‘She’s not Kagome, hell, she’s not even ALIVE! When are you gonna stop using her as an excuse to push away the one you really want?’
Alright, Inuyasha knew that it wasn’t exactly healthy to argue with oneself, but if it was a fight that the inner voice wanted, then so be it. ‘ I don’t want Kagome, and Kikyou’s not an excuse, damnit,! She died for me and I made a promise to protect her! ‘
The inner voice snorted. ‘You made that same promise to Kagome, too, Baka. ‘
“Yeah, well, Kikyou was there first.’
The inner voice growled somewhat viciously at that statement.
‘Besides, Kagome deserves better than… a half breed. ‘ He shut out the inner voice completely and put up his guard once more. The sweet, almost childlike expression he’d worn just moments before was replaced with a hard scowl as he turned his gaze downward into his lap. Kagome sensed the sudden change in attitude and was a little hurt by it.
‘What is he thinking about? ‘Did I do something to make him angry?’
A brief moment of awkward silence ensued after the song ended. When it became apparent that Inuyasha was not going to include her in on his thoughts, Kagome gave a self conscious chuckle and said “I guess dinner should be just about ready. Let’s go”.
She replaced the cover over the keys. Both of them stood up and walked away.
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Later that night, Kagome decided to get some studying done at her desk before bed. She flipped restlessly through the pages in her textbook without really retaining anything that she supposedly was reading because her mind kept wandering to the surly hanyou in the tree outside.
Inuyasha was withdrawn throughout dinner, and everyone noticed the air of tension he exuded. Annika and Gramps kept casting questioning looks between the couple, and Souta even refrained from pestering his favorite hero. Kagome watched him pick at his food and was completely surprised when Inuyasha suddenly excused himself to go sit for a while in the Goshinboku. She was dying to ask what was on his mind, but she knew that prodding him would only lead to Inuyasha flinging a bunch of insults her way and running off to the well.
A short time after sitting down at her desk, Kagome was startled by the abrupt sound of her window opening. Inuyasha hopped in without a word, rested Tetsusaiga against the wall under the window and sat back on her bed Indian style, his arms tucked over each other into the sleeves of his haori. He bowed his head, obscuring his face behind his mass of unruly bangs.
Kagome shot him a questioning look but he never looked up to meet her gaze. ’ Fine, be that way. Stubborn ass…’ Kagome gave a mental shrug and turned back to her book, determined not to let his current mood keep her from getting something accomplished that evening. She resolved not to spare him another glance until she was done with her studying.
Although Inuyasha tried to banish his thoughts from earlier from his mind, he couldn’t help but to continue to think about the girl sitting nearby. He knew it wasn’t fair to treat Kagome like he was at the moment (or almost any other time for that matter), but he was truly confused by his recent feelings toward her. When had she become so important to him?
‘Since she pulled that damn arrow out of your chest…’
‘Shit! You’re back again? Leave me the hell alone, already!’
‘As you wish, Baka. Just keep in mind that, at the rate you’re going, I won’t be the only one leaving you alone…’ The voice faded away again.
Always one to have the last word in, Inuyasha couldn’t restrain the ‘Fuck you!’ directed toward the voice.
He continued to brood over his current predicament until the sweet scent of fresh rain and wildflowers that was Kagome proved to be too calming for him to continue to ignore. His eyes slid closed and he started to succumb to some much needed sleep before he could stop himself.
Two hours later, a sleepy Kagome decided that she’d ignored the pig headed hanyou long enough. She snapped her textbook closed and turned in her chair. “Inuya…” Kagome trailed off with a smile when she noticed that said hanyou was currently sprawled out asleep in her bed. At first, she marveled at his beautiful face relaxed in sleep, but then scowled as she remembered why she had ignored him in the first place.
‘First he gets an attitude and won’t talk to me, and now he’s taken over my bed? Oh, hell no!’
Kagome crossed over to the bed and shook him by the shoulder. “Inuyasha, come on, get up. I want to go to sleep.” He didn’t even move. “COME ON, Inuyasha, I have school tomorrow! GET UP!” Not only did he not wake up, he also had the audacity to bare his fangs to her and growl in his sleep.
Kagome was pissed. She leaned over and snarled into his ear “Fine! Be that way then, but this is MY bed, Jackass, so move over!” Kagome switched out the light and shoved at him until she succeeded in making enough room to lie down next to him. She rolled to face away from him and shut her eyes tightly.
Later that night, Annika was completely shocked when she came to Kagome’s room to say goodnight. Upon opening the door, she was greeted by the sight of her daughter peacefully sleeping on her right side, the fingers of her left hand entwined with those of the boy who was currently laying behind her, holding her against him in a very possessive manner. Apparently, sleep granted the two freedoms that consciousness could not.
Annika recovered quickly from the surprise and smiled. Neither of the two stirred even in the slightest as she eased the door closed and walked down the hallway to her own bedroom.
‘Yes, indeed, it’s just a matter of time…’
A/N: Kagome was playing “A River Runs Through It” by Yiruma.
Just like everyone else that’s not Rumiko Takahashi, I don’t own Inuyasha (life’s so unfair that way). I also don’t own anything by Yiruma, I just love his songs.
Chapter Two
“Mama, I’m home!”The late afternoon sunlight lit the courtyard as the Kagome and Inuyasha stepped to the door and slid the glass open. Kagome paused to remove her shoes before heading further into the house. Inuyasha had the good graces to at least wipe his bare feet on the mat before going inside. He was well aware that Kagome’s mother was accepting of a lot of things, but a dirty house was not one of them.
“Oh, Kagome! I’m so glad you’re home!” Annika Higurashi rounded the corner from the hallway, and rushed forward to embrace her daughter. Her attentions toward her daughter were very short lived; however, when she looked up to see Inuyasha lurking in the background. Annika abruptly let Kagome go with a squeal of delight and pushed past her to get to the apprehensive hanyou that appeared to be trying to blend into the wall behind him. ‘Oh shit, here it comes...’ he thought, as his ears twitched in anticipation of the oncoming assault. Instead, Annika surprised him by wrapping her arms around his shoulders in a motherly hug. “Hello, Inuyasha! I’m so glad you came this time!” She stepped back and gave the stunned dog demon a soft welcoming smile. “Uh, hi…uh, Mama,” he replied with a brief upturn of his lips before letting his customary frown slip back into place. He felt awkward referring to Annika as “Mama”, but she insisted. In the two years that Inuyasha and Kagome had been traveling together, he still had a hard time believing the fact that this family was so accepting of him. Even the old man had stopped chasing him around with those stupid useless sutras of his.
Kagome smiled at the two before her and said “Mama, it’s been a long day. I’m going to take a hot bath and rest for a little while before dinner.” Annika rounded on Kagome in a businesslike manner. “Oh, no, young lady! Your sensei called me to discuss the situation with your grades. I’m happy that he’s even giving you this opportunity at all, so you need to start practicing right away. You may take a quick shower, but then you need to start looking through your sheet music and decide what you are performing for the talent show on Friday.”
Kagome was a little surprise at her mother’s attitude. Usually her mother was the first to suggest that Kagome take a hot bath and relax when she came home. Kagome huffed a little at the lack of sympathy for her condition, but gave in. “Yes, Mama. I’ll make it quick.”
“Good.” Annika turned back to Inuyasha and sweetened her tone considerably. “Dear, you must have had a long day, too. Why don’t you come sit at the table, and I’ll fix you something to eat.” She led him past a startled Kagome by the hand. ‘What the hell just happened?’ She thought. ‘Why does HE get babied and I DON’T?’ Kagome stomped into the kitchen after them. Inuyasha was already seated at the table with his feet propped in the seat across from him and his arms folded behind his head, wearing what only could be described as a shit eating grin. Kagome’s mother bustled about in the pantry, emerging with an impressive stack of instant Ramen cups in her arms. She set them on the counter between the sink and microwave and heated the water for the first cup. Kagome sputtered “Mama, you’re not seriously going to make him all that NOW, are you?” Annika turned to face her indignant daughter with a wave of the hand. “Of course I am! He’s a growing boy, Kagome!” Kagome looked to the table at the smug hanyou who echoed “Yeah, Ka-go-me, I’m a growing boy! Now run along, and get to work. “He knew his dismissal pissed her off. His amber eyes glistened with barely contained mirth at the scowl she gave him.
Kagome prepared to lash out with what she considered to be a well deserved “SIT!”; however, the complete look of disapproval that she spied on her mother’s face was enough to silence her.
Inuyasha, also noticing the look that was his salvation, decided to fuel the fire even more by sticking out his tongue at Kagome. “OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Kagome turned a dark shade of red as she balled her fists at her side, rounded haughtily on her heel and stalked out of the room.
Annika shook her head at their antics and turned back to pour the water into the Ramen. Kagome’s resounding stomps could be heard all the way up the stairway and into her bedroom. She was fuming so much that she almost ripped her bedroom door off of the hinges as she flung it open.
“That BAKA! Why does he always have to be such an OBNOXIOUS JERK?” She muttered to herself. She snatched up some clean clothes and stomped into the bathroom.
Inuyasha heard every word she said, thanks to his acute sense of hearing. The sound of his laughter mocked her from downstairs, further fueling her ire as she slammed the bathroom door shut. The hot water from the shower soothed her slightly, but Kagome was still a little huffy as she finished bathing. She quickly redressed herself and walked back downstairs toward the kitchen. Kagome paused at the kitchen doorway for a moment to mentally prepare for round three of their daily bickering, but the scene before her made her breath catch in her throat instead.
Inuyasha sat quietly at the table watching Annika as she flitted about making dinner, cheerfully relating a story about Souta’s last soccer game to him while she worked. Annika approached Inuyasha and raised her hand almost absent mindedly to gently wipe off a stray piece of noodle that was on his chin. She set another cup of Ramen on the table in front of him and returning to the counter, never once pausing in her story. Annika missed the mixture of wonder and humility that shone on his face at her simple, but motherly gesture. He was used to people hating and fearing him, but this woman, who seemed to regard him as her own son, always managed to stun Inuyasha with all the little ways that she showed concern for his well-being.
Kagome suddenly felt horrible for being jealous of him in the first place. Of course her mother babied him; she knew that no one else had mothered him since he became an orphan. After Izayoi’s death, Inuyasha had to learn the hard way just how cruel and unforgiving both the human and demon races could be. Kagome’s heart hurt for Inuyasha every time she tried to imagine what he went through during those dark times. He never ceased to amaze her; however, with his capacity for compassion, honor and courage despite how others shunned and abused him in the past.
Inuyasha caught her gaze as she looked at him from her position in the doorway. Kagome offered him a sheepish smile and mouthed “I’m sorry”. His honey eyes glowed with warmth as he accepted her apology with a nod and a rare smile in return.
‘Kami, she’s beautiful.’ Inuyasha couldn’t help but be swept up by the light in her dark eyes.
Kagome giggled and blew a kiss to him before retreating into the living room to search through her sheet music. A sudden blush crept across Inuyasha’s cheeks as he turned back to his Ramen. His thoughts wandered to the girl in the room beyond, and suddenly, the desire to finish off the rest of his favorite treats waiting on the counter wasn’t as appealing as being near Kagome. Inuyasha tried to act nonchalant as he quickly slurped down the dregs left in the bottom of the cup and threw his trash away. After shyly thanking Annika, Inuyasha padded out of the kitchen to join her.
Annika smiled as she watched him leave the room. She was well aware of the silent exchange that had just transpired between the two. ‘It’s just a matter of time now…’ She entertained herself with thoughts of dog eared grandchildren while finishing dinner preparations.
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Kagome sat at the old piano bench and lifted the cover off of the piano keys. She lovingly ran her hands along the ivory pieces, and then positioned her hands to play a few simple scales to warm up. She sensed Inuyasha’s approach, and made room for him to sit down next to her.
Inuyasha looked at the instrument with interest. He’d never paid much attention to the living room before; he only occasionally sat on the sofa to watch what Kagome called the “TV” or play “video games” with Souta. He was impressed that such a large, bulky object was creating such delicate sounds.
“How are you doing that?”
Kagome paused in her warm up and smiled. “Each one of these,” she pressed a random key “plays a different sound, or note. Each piano key is attached to a hammer on the inside that strikes a string when pressed, and the vibration creates the sound. You can press more than one key at the same time to create a melody.”
Inuyasha nodded to indicate that he’d understood the explanation so far, and then asked “How do you know which keys to press?”
Kagome launched into a brief tutorial of playing the piano as well as an explanation of sheet music. When she was finished, Inuyasha said “Play something.” For moment, Kagome hesitated over the keys, then started playing a beautiful melody by Yiruma that she’d recently learned during one of her rare trips home. For a few moments, Kagome lost herself in the flow of the music, imagining the river in the song title, but soon remembered Inuyasha’s presence. She looked over to smile tenderly at the transfixed way he was watching her hands move over the keys.
‘She’s amazing,’ he thought as his eyes followed her slender fingers in their lively dance across the keys. Inuyasha secretly discovered one more thing to love about her. ‘Whoa! Hold on, wait a minute. Where the hell did that come from? I don’t Love her! Most of the time, I can barely stand her, right?’ He immediately acknowledged to himself that wasn’t true, but another question crossed his mind to replace the last. ‘What about Kikyou? ‘
‘Yeah, what ABOUT her?’ That damn inner voice was at it again. ‘She’s not Kagome, hell, she’s not even ALIVE! When are you gonna stop using her as an excuse to push away the one you really want?’
Alright, Inuyasha knew that it wasn’t exactly healthy to argue with oneself, but if it was a fight that the inner voice wanted, then so be it. ‘ I don’t want Kagome, and Kikyou’s not an excuse, damnit,! She died for me and I made a promise to protect her! ‘
The inner voice snorted. ‘You made that same promise to Kagome, too, Baka. ‘
“Yeah, well, Kikyou was there first.’
The inner voice growled somewhat viciously at that statement.
‘Besides, Kagome deserves better than… a half breed. ‘ He shut out the inner voice completely and put up his guard once more. The sweet, almost childlike expression he’d worn just moments before was replaced with a hard scowl as he turned his gaze downward into his lap. Kagome sensed the sudden change in attitude and was a little hurt by it.
‘What is he thinking about? ‘Did I do something to make him angry?’
A brief moment of awkward silence ensued after the song ended. When it became apparent that Inuyasha was not going to include her in on his thoughts, Kagome gave a self conscious chuckle and said “I guess dinner should be just about ready. Let’s go”.
She replaced the cover over the keys. Both of them stood up and walked away.
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Later that night, Kagome decided to get some studying done at her desk before bed. She flipped restlessly through the pages in her textbook without really retaining anything that she supposedly was reading because her mind kept wandering to the surly hanyou in the tree outside.
Inuyasha was withdrawn throughout dinner, and everyone noticed the air of tension he exuded. Annika and Gramps kept casting questioning looks between the couple, and Souta even refrained from pestering his favorite hero. Kagome watched him pick at his food and was completely surprised when Inuyasha suddenly excused himself to go sit for a while in the Goshinboku. She was dying to ask what was on his mind, but she knew that prodding him would only lead to Inuyasha flinging a bunch of insults her way and running off to the well.
A short time after sitting down at her desk, Kagome was startled by the abrupt sound of her window opening. Inuyasha hopped in without a word, rested Tetsusaiga against the wall under the window and sat back on her bed Indian style, his arms tucked over each other into the sleeves of his haori. He bowed his head, obscuring his face behind his mass of unruly bangs.
Kagome shot him a questioning look but he never looked up to meet her gaze. ’ Fine, be that way. Stubborn ass…’ Kagome gave a mental shrug and turned back to her book, determined not to let his current mood keep her from getting something accomplished that evening. She resolved not to spare him another glance until she was done with her studying.
Although Inuyasha tried to banish his thoughts from earlier from his mind, he couldn’t help but to continue to think about the girl sitting nearby. He knew it wasn’t fair to treat Kagome like he was at the moment (or almost any other time for that matter), but he was truly confused by his recent feelings toward her. When had she become so important to him?
‘Since she pulled that damn arrow out of your chest…’
‘Shit! You’re back again? Leave me the hell alone, already!’
‘As you wish, Baka. Just keep in mind that, at the rate you’re going, I won’t be the only one leaving you alone…’ The voice faded away again.
Always one to have the last word in, Inuyasha couldn’t restrain the ‘Fuck you!’ directed toward the voice.
He continued to brood over his current predicament until the sweet scent of fresh rain and wildflowers that was Kagome proved to be too calming for him to continue to ignore. His eyes slid closed and he started to succumb to some much needed sleep before he could stop himself.
Two hours later, a sleepy Kagome decided that she’d ignored the pig headed hanyou long enough. She snapped her textbook closed and turned in her chair. “Inuya…” Kagome trailed off with a smile when she noticed that said hanyou was currently sprawled out asleep in her bed. At first, she marveled at his beautiful face relaxed in sleep, but then scowled as she remembered why she had ignored him in the first place.
‘First he gets an attitude and won’t talk to me, and now he’s taken over my bed? Oh, hell no!’
Kagome crossed over to the bed and shook him by the shoulder. “Inuyasha, come on, get up. I want to go to sleep.” He didn’t even move. “COME ON, Inuyasha, I have school tomorrow! GET UP!” Not only did he not wake up, he also had the audacity to bare his fangs to her and growl in his sleep.
Kagome was pissed. She leaned over and snarled into his ear “Fine! Be that way then, but this is MY bed, Jackass, so move over!” Kagome switched out the light and shoved at him until she succeeded in making enough room to lie down next to him. She rolled to face away from him and shut her eyes tightly.
Later that night, Annika was completely shocked when she came to Kagome’s room to say goodnight. Upon opening the door, she was greeted by the sight of her daughter peacefully sleeping on her right side, the fingers of her left hand entwined with those of the boy who was currently laying behind her, holding her against him in a very possessive manner. Apparently, sleep granted the two freedoms that consciousness could not.
Annika recovered quickly from the surprise and smiled. Neither of the two stirred even in the slightest as she eased the door closed and walked down the hallway to her own bedroom.
‘Yes, indeed, it’s just a matter of time…’
A/N: Kagome was playing “A River Runs Through It” by Yiruma.