InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Somewhere over the rainbow ❯ Tomorrow Morning ( Chapter 1 )

Disclaimer - I don't own anything, except for the plot. THAT, I own.

 

A/N - Ummm...Yeah. I decided to write this a really long time ago, just didn't get the time. ENJOY, READ AND REVIEW OR I WILL EAT YOUR SOUL.

 

 

 

 

Four a.m. It was four o'clock in the morning, and someone was knocking at his door. Grumbling to himself, InuYasha pulled the blankets back and got out of bed slugishly. Padding to the door in only his boxers he muttered, "Stupid hobos...I ain't go no money..." But when he opened the door, instead of a hobo, it was Kagome.

 

Kagome's eyes half closed and glassy, and he could smell a faint perfume of whiskey on her. She was swaying slightly, her hair a mess. Her lip was cut and she was wearing a painful looking black eye. "What the fuck happened to you?!" He exclaimed, ushering her into his apartment. She mumbled something inaudible and walked in, staggering slightly. InuYasha's heart broke watching this. But she would neve know this.

 

Sitting down on the couch, Kagome let her hands drop into her lap as she sat indian-style. Sitting up straight just didn't seem to work for her, so she lay down instead. InuYasha's eyes narrowed as he went into the kitchen to get a cold cloth, rubbing alcohol and coffee. Lots of strong coffee. Looking for the alcohol, InuYasha sighed. This was the third, and last, time this month she had shown up at his door, beaten. He was going to put his foot down.

 

Returning to the living room with two cups of coffee in his hand, a cold cloth over his left forearm, and the alcohol stuck awkwardly under his right armpit. Kagome was passed out, her breathing shallow and soft. Her eyes moved underneath her eyelids; she was dreaming.

 

"Kags, c'mon. You gotta wake up so I can fix your lip."

 

Stirring only slighlty, the raven haired girl simply mumbled in her sleep and rolled over.

 

Growling to himself, InuYasha put the stuff down and shook her, firmly as to wake her up. Kagome opened her tired eyes and looked up at her best friend. "Hey, Inu." She slurred, sitting up slowly. "I got in a fight." Knealing down in front of her, he nodded. "I can tell. What happened?" He wiped at her face gently with the cloth and then put some alcohol on it, dabbing at her lip. "OW! That stings!" She exclaimed and went to move away. InuYasha grabbed her wrist and stopped her from doing so. "I know, but it will clean it. There's nothing I can do about your eye though, save for getting you ice. Now, tell me what happened." he said sternly.

 

Nodding, Kagome took her time. She sipped at the coffee as it sobered her slightly and she told her tale. It turned out that her Pimp boyfriend, Naraku, had tried to make him one of his street girls, and she had said no. He had blown a fuse and started hitting her, then once he knocked her out, took the little money she had and left. When she had woken up, she hadn't known where else to go, so she had come here. Two black cups of coffee later, her tale was done, and she was in tears. Slow, self-pitying water crystals flowing down her pale cheeks. Putting the cloth and alcohol down, InuYasha moved so he was sitting on the couch beside her and held her as she cried. Soon enough, she was sound asleep in his arms, leaving InuYasha with silence to think.

 

'Am I supposed to be in love with her?' He thought with uncharictaristic tenderness. 'I don't even know anymore. I wish I could tell her. I wish I could save her from the life she is leading. Why is it all so complicated?'

 

He was brought back to reality when Kagome rolled over and fell straight off of his lap. "OOF FUCK."

InuYasha bit his lips to keep from laughing and looked down at her, a sympathetic smile on his face. "How 'bout I take you to bed, Kags?" She looked back at him with sleep hazed eyes and nodded dumbly.

 

Leaning down, he picked her up and carried her into the bedroom, sacrificing his bed for the night. Laying her down gently, he realised she was already back asleep and didn't know if he should wake her to change or not.

"Hmm.." he thought aloud.

 

Deciding that he didn't want to wake up to a hungover AND uncomfortable Kagome, he changed her into a pair of his large shorts and a huge t-shirt. Staring down at her after his whole dilemma, he sighed. She looked so peaceful. So beautiful.

He almost wanted to wake her up just to tell her she was beautiful and amazing and that he loved her. But he did none of those. He simply bent down and kissed her forehead, gently moving her hair from her face. A simple gesture that they had both shared with one another since childhood.

 

Grabbing a blanket and pillows he walked out into the living room. Stripping his clothes, save for his boxers, he jumped under the covers quickly. Just before he fell asleep, he made a decision.

 

Tomorrow morning, he would wake up before Kagome and get her coffee. Then he would sit her down, and tell her. Not that he loved her, he couldn't do that.

He would tell her that she couldn't keep doing this. He would tell her that next time, he wouldn't let her sleep here and use his apartment and his freindship as her refuge when things got too tough. That was the end of it.

 

Closing his eyes slowly, he fell into a light sleep full of abstract clips of dreams.

 

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Kagome woke up as she felt her stomach lurch. 'Oh shit..' she thought and darted to the bathroom. The bright flourescent light made her head hurt more than anything. She ignored it as she bent over the toilet and vomited the acidic contents of her stomach as quietly as she could.

 

InuYasha heard this in the other room, having already been up for quite some time and sighed. He walked into the kitchen and poured two cups of coffee, leaving both black. When Kagome waddled out of the bathroom into the living room, looking like hammered shit, he placed the two cups down on the table. She looked at him expectantly and plunked herself down on the couch, drinking the coffee gratefully.

 

When InuYasha sat down beside her, still without saying anything, she knew something bad was coming. 'Fuck.' she thought miserably. "Just spit it out Yash. I don't want to sit here wondering."

 

He looked at her, then. She knew him too well. He was almost positive she could read his mind.

"Kagome. You can't do this anymore. When things get too bad for you, you can't just come back here and use my home as a sanctuary. I know that I said I am here for you if you ever need me, but this is ridiculous. Two and three times a month, showing up at my doorstep at ungodly times of the night, drunk and beaten? I don't think so. No more. That's the end of it, Kagome. Next time I will turn you around and tell you to keep on going."

 

He watched her eyes for her reaction and saw that there were tears in them. Tears of hurt, anger and rejection, he asumed. Then, the emotions were replaced with the look of understanding. Slowly, she began to nod her head and opened her mouth to speak. "I know, I know. I understand, Yash. And I would leave right now, so as not to bother you anymore. But...I don't really have anywhere to go." She averted her eyes, then. Looking intently at the floor, as if it were interesting.

 

"Kagome, I'm not fucking asking you to leave. I'm asking you to smarten up. You don't need to leave, you can stay here. On one condition."

 

Her head shot up and a wary look cam across her face. "And what would that be...?"

He looked at her with an unreadable expression. "That you don't drink or do any drugs while you are living with me; and that you get a job so that eventually you can live on your own."

 

She narrowed her eyes, but nodded. "Fine. It'll be easy. Living with you will be easy. You're such a pushover, Yash." she said, abruptly getting up, a strange look on her face.

InuYasha watched her as she ran into the bathroom. Sighing, he stood up and slowly walked into the kitchen. He couldn't help the small grin that came to his lips.

So she thought living with him would be easy, huh?

So he was a pushover, huh?

Let's see.

 

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A/N: Yes, I know. It is fucking short. BUT THE NEXT ONE WILL BE WAY LONGER I PROMISE PLEASE DON'T HATE ME.