InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Silence the Fairytale ❯ How Do I Say? ( Chapter 13 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

 
 
Inuyasha stretched and looked at Kagome idly, feeling somewhat annoyed as she greeted the people with a smiling face that radiated towards everyone they passed. Inuyasha sniffed and grumbled to himself at every boy that looked her way, and simply she smiled at them when they bowed to her.

…she never smiled at me like that…

The thought crossed his mind uninvited and Inuyasha felt his shoulders hunch a bit in jealousy.

Becoming more and more distracted, (and more and more agitated) Inuyasha didn't notice as Buyo slipped inbetween his legs and he tripped forward onto his face.

“Fuck!”

Kagome whirled around, a tinge of red embarrassment flushing her cheeks.

“Inuyasha?”

Barking harshly at the feline who scampered away to his mistress as quickly as possible, he stood up and brushed his haori off crossly. “Nothing.”

Giving him an awkward stare, she turned around.

But the loud outburst had drawn the attention of the villagers. Before he had only been pointedly ignored, but his ears picked up the whispers they spewed like sonar and they stood on end indignantly, their little hairs quivering with righteous anger.

“Vulgar half-breed. Who would have thought they be clumsy?”

“Why would filth like that be rampant in our village?”

“How come a pure child like that carries such obscene company?”

“Is such a beautiful young girl a youkai whore?”

The last one struck the worst nerve in him. It took all he had not to beat every last one of them like disobedient children.

Now I remember why I hate people. Good job, Kagome…

“Kagome, fuck this place. Let's just get out of here.”

Turning on a heel, Kagome gave him the best pouty face she always had known worked on him.

“Pleeease? I don't want to leave yet!”

Flattening his ears against his head in protest, a fang popped from his mouth. It was a recently developed nervous twitch Kagome had learned to read as `I'm serious, but if you plead enough I'll give in…'

This always played on her.

For one, that was a sign he was uncomfortable.

But… but… she really wanted this. And what was one night? He'd forget it in a few days, right?

...Wait, it was Inuyasha.

…eh, maybe a month…

As Inuyasha would say, what the hell, eh?

“PUH-leeeze? I'll cook for the next week straight!”

Inuyasha got a far-off look in his eye, glinting and dreaming and Kagome could have sworn… she saw a sign of drool building up in the corner of his mouth.

She only needed to sweeten the idea.

“…meat and everything?” She hated preparing the meat. It was always so gross, with the fur and feathers and blood and guts... It's why Inuyasha cooked. Knowing this, Inuyasha knew how serious she was. But beyond that, she cooked one hell of a stew.

Inuyasha held out his hand, “Deal.”

Grabbing it and shaking his hand firmly, Kagome smiled with victory.

Turning back around with newly gained pride at her victory, Kagome strolled confidently to the nearest inn. Though Inuyasha followed behind, looking somewhat like a kicked puppy with the way his ears were lowered… and his eyes darted around suspiciously… and his back was ramrod straight with his shoulders squared as if he were expecting a fight, with his arms inside his sleeves… and… and... Kagome turned back around to walked into the inn, rolling her eyes.

“Room for one, please,” Inuyasha spat out before Kagome could even open her mouth. Feeling the sweat bead around her temples and her face flush red at the speechless, and somewhat disgusted look the inn owner threw him, Kagome felt extremely small as the owner gave them directions to their room.

Buyo padded faithfully behind them, meowing absently for Kagome to pick him up but she was entirely too caught in her own world to even bother hearing him.

“What's your problem?” Inuyasha turned around since he was leading the way, walking backwards to face her.

Kagome huffed and poked him sharply in the ribs, causing him to jump slightly and nearly stumble.

“I can't believe you! We have enough for two rooms, why only get one?”

Frowning at her, Inuyasha looked somewhat affronted.

“You never had a problem sleeping next to me before, since when did this become an issue?”

Kagome felt herself become slightly hot, and she fidgeted with her hands nervously.

“We…I… it's… not like that… it's… what… would they think?”

Inuyasha growled.

“Who cares what the fuck they think? We're not even gonna be here tomorrow, right?”

Swallowing harshly, Kagome nodded slowly in concurrence, “…yeah…”

Turning back around, Inuyasha snorted, “Then why worry? Let's go.”

Kagome smiled somewhat, feeling a bit guilty when he put it that way and just nodded, looking up to him, “…yeah.”

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
“Pass me some rice, would ya?” Inuyasha grunted to Kagome, passing her his bowl as she silently scooped another helping for him. While they both ate in relative silence, Buyo scarfed his meal and slurped it down noisily. At every burp the `glandular' feline made, Inuyasha's eyebrow ticked. He even began nudging the cat with his big toe, but the cat wouldn't take a hint.

Kagome herself seemed to still be feeling guilty.

She can't hide how she feels worth anything, damnit.

It ate at him, because he knew she didn't do it on purpose.

Sighing heavily, Inuyasha took the rice back without bothering to thank her.

Then he set the bowl aside, took hers gently from her and looked at her dead in those stormy eyes of hers when she gasped and lifted her head to him in question.

“You worry too much.”

She sat there silently, waiting for him.

“So just chill out. You came here to relax, right? So fucking relax. We're having a good meal, you get your bath so fucking smile already, would you? You're getting on my nerves.”

Kagome blinked slowly, looking somewhat sheepish, and allowed a hesitant smile to spread across her face.

“There, see? That's more fucking like it. Stop moping.”

Giving off a very Inuyasha like snort, Kagome fumed at him a second before picking up her rice bowl again and glaring at him over the rim of it as she lifted it to her lips.

“I'm not moping.”

Inuyasha shrugged, picking up his respectively and began scooping rice into his mouth.

“…I'm not.”

He still hadn't stopped eating yet.

“Inuyasha!”

Lowering his bowl, he scowled at her, “What?”

Kagome glared right back at him, “I wasn't!”

Inuyasha's brows lowered, “And I wasn't arguing with you about it, why are you pushing it?”

Gaping at him, Kagome pointed her chopsticks at him accusingly, “Because your silence implied you disagreed!”

Inuyasha snorted and shook his head, returning to his eating. “Keh.”

“What does that mean anyway?!”

Cracking his neck to the side in irritation, Inuyasha set his bowl down.

“See? I knew this was a bad idea. Why the hell are you picking a fight with me tonight? I'm just trying to fucking eat, for once, and not argue. Tonight was supposed to be your night, right?”

Kagome fell silent.

“What the hell is eating at you? I'm not stupid.”

Still, silence.

“What, do you remember? This was why I hate bringing you to villages, you always get like this. You always remember, and then you argue and when I say something you go quiet on me like you used to be, and I fucking can't stand it Kagome. But you so desperately wanna be around people, fucking humans, like I'm not fucking good enough or something,” Inuyasha blurted, standing suddenly and made his way to the door.

“Inuyasha, it's not-!”

The shoji door slammed in her face.

“…like that…”

Turning around to stare at her food, Kagome finished up dinner and gathered the things for a bath, and went there alone.

Only Buyo stayed in the room and napped quietly on the futon, being the comfortable spoiled cat he always was.

 
 

 
 
Kagome hit the water furiously.

“Baka Inuyasha!”

Kagome glared at her reflection in the water, the moon giving her ample light to see by.

Again, she attacked her reflection.

“Baka Kagome, baka ningen, baka minna!”

Burying her face into her knees, Kagome tried to drown out the memories that had viciously come back to haunt her not too long ago.

How was she to hide it from Inuyasha?

“…I don't want him to think I'm weak…”

Pressing her body closer together, Kagome tried to shrink into herself.

“…I hate it…”

Quite naturally, Inuyasha happened to hear every word.

And quite naturally, Inuyasha only more than understood.

But as every time he heard her speak this way, he couldn't find a way to choke out that he did.