InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Dark Past ❯ Too Attached ( Chapter 34 )

Disclaimer: -Yawns in boredom- Inuyasha should be here any minute (because of the letter I sent saying I had ramen - and tons of it - even though I don't really have any) and then we'll see who owns Inuyasha!

:: Inuyasha: Not you.

-Jumps- When you'd get here!?

:: Inuyasha: Been here a while… Is it true you have no ramen? -Claws gleam- -Evil grin-

Eh… heh… Eh heh… SIT! Crap, not working… KAGOME!

Tiffany (beta): Hey Inuyasha I have ramen!!!

A/N: Woo, I'm on a role!! Started the second chapter (chapter 34) the day I wrote the first (33)! W00t!

 

AGE:

InuYasha: 19

Kagome: 18

Kouga: 19

Naraku: 19

Miroku: 19

Sango: 18

Kaede: 65

 

A Dark Past

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Chapter Thirty-Four: Too Attached

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`It's simply because I love her.'

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Kagome yawned as they walked through the halls, coming back in from their little play date. “I'm tired,” she muttered.

 

Inuyasha huffed. “You've nothing to be tired about!”

 

“Oh, yes, I do!” she argued, giving him a small glare from the corner of her eye.

 

“What's the reason, then?” the hanyou demanded.

 

“I stayed up all last night with you, baka!”

 

Inuyasha opened his mouth, ready to retort, when it fell shut. “Oh, yeah. . .” he muttered, remembering.

 

Kagome yawned again. “I'm going home and- - -”

 

“Going to bed?” Inuyasha asked, finishing her sentence. “Taking a nice, hot shower?”

 

“Both of those sound lovely.” Kagome murmured appreciatively.

 

“There's a bathroom attached to my room. . . and it's got a shower. . .” Inuyasha said in a `thoughtful' tone.

 

“No,” she replied tartly, sliding her I.D. in a reader.

 

The door clicked and Inuyasha said, “Aw, why not?” as he opened the door for her.

 

Kagome snorted. “Because,” was her simple reply.

 

“You don't know what you're missing,” the hanyou continued.

 

“Pervert,” Kagome grumbled, cheeks now harboring a fine pink dust.

 

“No, I ain't!”

 

Kagome shot him a look, stopping in front of his door. “Of course not! I must have been thinking of someone else!” she exclaimed playfully, unlocking the door.

 

Inuyasha nearly snorted when he opened the door. “Well, I have a bed for us to use, at least.”

 

Kagome gave him a dry look. “Who wasn't a pervert again?”

 

His face flamed in color. “No! I didn't mean it- - -What I meant was- - -Arg! Annoying wench! Now who's the pervert, hmm? That wasn't my meaning and you know it!”

 

She giggled and ducked under him, nearly diving for the bed when he pursued her. “It was still funny to see you blush like that!”

 

The hanyou jumped into bed beside her, pinning her to the bed. “Well, now you gotta pay,” he stated simply.

 

Kagome giggled. “How so?” she challenged.

 

“I guess you'll find out.” And then he started to tickle her ferociously. Kagome started to laugh manically.

 

“No- - -Stop!” she wheezed between giggles. “Not- - -fair!” More giggles. “You- - -stupid- - -” She never finished the sentence because she suddenly started laughing and tried to jerk away from him.

 

“Say sorry for calling me a pervert.”

 

“Nev- - -Never!”

 

“Alright then.” he said, tickling her with more intensity.

 

“Alright! Alright!” She paused to giggle. “I'm sorry!”

 

“For. . .?” Inuyasha asked casually, not stopping his tickle attack.

 

“F- For calling you a- - -ah- - -!” she stopped to giggle again, “- - -a- a pervert.”

 

“Good,” he murmured and then sat up, releasing her.

 

Kagome was giving a few last giggles. “Meany,” she gasped at last, gulping down air.

 

“I know,” he answered triumphantly.

 

Kagome sighed, her eyes drifting closed. “Now I'm really tired.” she muttered, rolling over.

 

“You don't say?”

 

She yawned. “Yeah. . . I think I'll. . . just. . . sleep. . . for. . . a few. . .” She drifted off and her breathing evened.

 

Inuyasha rolled his eyes, grinning, before pulling her closer to him so she was against his chest. “I'm a little tired, too,” he softly told her sleeping form. Then, he joined her in the world of sleep.

 

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“Inuyasha!” a shriek sounded, waking him up.

 

Said hanyou blinked his sleep-bleary eyes and looked around. “Whuh?”

 

Kagome, looking frantic, was in front of his small mirror, desperately trying to smooth out her hair and tug down her slightly wrinkled shirt.

 

“What's wrong?” he asked, stifling a yawn.

 

“You didn't wake me up!” she accused giving him a look over her shoulder. “I wasn't even supposed to fall asleep!” Kagome, even though she was incredibly pleased and happy at first to wake up beside Inuyasha, was now going to get her butt fried by the staff and possibly even Kaede.

 

“Mm, too bad.”

 

“Inuyasha!” Kagome whined. “Please take this seriously! It's been almost three hours and not once have I gone to pick up Ellen! I could get fired for this! What am I going to tell them when they see me? `Oh, yeah, sorry I'm late but I fell asleep in Inuyasha's bed with him.' Oh, yeah, they'll be thrilled to hear that! They'll even be like, `Oh, dear, its fine! I do that all the time!' No! They'll fire me on the spot! Oh, why did I have to fall asleep?”

 

Inuyasha stretched and got up. “This is simple. Just tell them you weren't feeling well and were in the bathroom, puking up your lunch.”

 

Kagome rubbed her temples. “They're not going to go for that,” she muttered. “Most likely one of the staff used to bathroom in the past few hours and they sure would remember if I was in there being sick everywhere.”

 

He sighed. That was true. “Then don't say anything.”

 

“I'll think of something,” she said, trying to slide her card through the reader with shaky hands. It wasn't working. She kept on missing and even managed to drop the stupid piece of plastic.

 

Inuyasha, who was suddenly at her side, bent over and picked it up for her, slid it through the reader and opened the door. “You'll be fine,” he assured her, handing her the ID.

 

She exhaled slowly, trying to calm her rattled nerves.

 

Then ducked under Inuyasha's arm and started down the hall with a distracted wave.

 

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`Crap,' Inuyasha thought sullenly. At least an hour and a half had gone by with no sign of Kagome. `Maybe she actually fired her. . .' A small wave of fear washed over him.

 

`It'd be your fault.' a certain annoying voice piped in.

 

`Aw, shut-up, why don't ya?'

 

`Why didn't you wake her up, anyway?'

 

` 'Cause she looked so comfortable and she had been so tired.'

 

`You sure it had nothing to do with the fact that you liked her lying next to you?'

 

Inuyasha's face flushed at his youkai's comment. `Shut-up!' he mentally grumbled.

 

`Thought you didn't love anyone - oh, wait, no. Thought you couldn't love anyone.' his youkai teased.

 

`Well. . . I can be wrong!' Inuyasha weakly defended.

 

`Took ya long enough to realize it, though.'

 

Inuyasha blinked. `What?'

 

`Oh, nothing. . . Now, I wonder how long it'll take you to realize that she's- - -She's here.'

 

`What were going to say?' he demanded suspiciously, making his way over to the door.

 

`You'll figure it out.' Then, the voice was silent.

 

`Damn thing.' Inuyasha mentally swore, waiting for the click of the door and then pulling it open for his nurse.

 

He was relieved that she didn't look upset. “You okay?” he murmured to her, moving out of the way so she could come in.

 

It was then that the smell made its way to his nose.

 

“Yeah, I'm fine, in fact. . . Inuyasha?” Kagome blinked at him when he suddenly got a dazed look in his eye and stared at her hand. “What's- - -oh, yeah. Here ya go, dinner's served.” She held out a container or ramen.

 

Inuyasha wasted no time. He nearly ripped it from her hand and inhaled it in less than a minute.

 

“Sad, how you eat. . .” Kagome sighed, taking a seat on his bed.

 

“Shut-up.” Inuyasha told her through ramen, flopping down beside her.

 

“Anyway, as I was saying- - -” A ring-tone interrupted her. She blinked before fishing her cell phone out of her pocket. “Thought I turned this thing off,” she muttered as she hit a button. “Hello, Kagome Higurashi speaking.”

 

“Hey, Kaggy.”

 

Kagome blinked before glaring at the wall near Inuyasha's head. “Hey, Miro, why you calling me?” Her voice was deadly calm.

 

“I have something to tell you.” was his reply.

 

“I'm listening.”

 

“I'll be back the day after tomorrow. So, you only have tomorrow yet to tend after Inuyasha.” Miroku told her.

 

“O- Oh. . .” For some reason, that was not what she wanted to hear.

 

“I'll be back in by lunch, so. . . That sound good to you?”

 

“Oh, um. . . Yeah. . . Yeah! It sounds. . . That sound great.” she stammered.

 

“Oh, good, and tell Inuyasha that `Miro,' as you called me, says hi.”

 

“Sure,” she answered. “Oh, wait! You're number comes up as restricted, so any possible way you could- - -?”

 

She was cut off with a chuckle. “You love me so much you want my number?” Miroku asked in a suggestive tone. “I usually only give it out to one girl, but…..”

 

“Miroku, cut the crap,” she growled.

 

“Aw, fine,” he nearly whined before drilling off a number. Kagome made him say it several times so she could memorize it since she didn't have a pen or paper.

 

“Alright, now that you have that- - -”

 

“Wait,” Kagome cut in.

 

“Now what? Want to know where I live?”

 

“No,” Kagome replied tartly. “But, I would like to know who it is that `called you away,' as you said last time you called.”

 

There was a three second pause before Miroku sighed. “I can't tell you but I'm sure you'll find out soon.”

 

“What?” Kagome blanked. “How?”

 

“You'll find out, now won't you?”

 

“Miroku,” Kagome began threateningly.

 

“Is that Miroku?” Inuyasha suddenly demanded, tone sharp.

 

Kagome gave him a look. “What other Miroku do you know?”

 

He growled before pulling the phone out of her grasp. “Miroku, I know that I've known you for a long time, but- - -Oi!”

 

Kagome blinked at his sudden change in tone. “What?”

 

“He hung up on me!”

 

“Ha! See how it feels?” she remarked. “Now give me my phone. I have to enter his number in my phonebook before I forget it.”

 

Inuyasha complied, grumbling.

 

The nurse played around with the buttons a few minutes before smiling triumphantly. “There, done.”

 

“Oh, good.”

 

“How was your ramen?” she asked suddenly, tucking the phone away.

“Huh? Oh, good.”

 

“Oh, great. Now, I get two questions.”

 

Inuyasha opened his mouth to protest before shutting it. “Darn wench,” he grumbled.

 

“Okay, now first question: are you mad at me for not taking you out for an `afternoon of fun'?”

 

“Hell, no!”

 

Kagome frowned. “No need to get so depressed about it,” she remarked sarcastically.

 

“Whatever. Second question.”

 

“Yeah, okay. . . Um. . . Are you going to miss me?”

Inuyasha blanked, giving her a look. “What?”

 

Kagome smiled at him innocently. “Well, Miroku told me that not tomorrow, but that day after that, in two days, he'll be back, so. . . I guess tomorrow is our last full day together.”

 

He tried to hide the droop in his ears. He failed. “Oh. . .”

 

Kagome took a deep breath. “So. . . are you going to miss me?”

 

Inuyasha tried to scoff. He found he couldn't. He then tried to tell her not to be stupid. The words wouldn't come. “Yeah, I guess I will,” he finally uttered.

 

Kagome looked depressed for a second before suddenly breaking into a small grin. “What are we going to do? Miroku's not back yet. And even when he is, we'll still see each other. . . Just not as often.”

 

`And with no kisses.' she added as an afterthought.

 

Inuyasha looked away. “I guess so. . .” he mumbled.

 

Kagome sighed and, gathering her courage, gently laid her head on Inuyasha's shoulder. “I know I'm gonna miss you. . . A whole lot, too.” `And I'm not sure exactly why, either. . .'

 

Inuyasha tensed at first at the contact before relaxing against her. “You better,” he replied. “What other person are you going to take out for `afternoons of fun' and to a baby store.”

 

Kagome giggled at the memory. “I still can't believe you managed to desecrate the store.”

 

“I didn't desecrate it!” Inuyasha protested.

 

“Then what did you do?” Kagome smiled, closing her eyes. Warm butterflies formed in her stomach. `Still don't know why that is. . . Shouldn't be getting this exited over nothing.'

 

“I remodeled it,” Inuyasha replied.

 

Kagome snorted.

 

“Why were you even in there, anyway? You pregnant? Expecting?”

 

Kagome giggled. “No. I was just having fun.”

 

“You do know that the people working there must have thought we were an item or something with a baby or expecting one or something?”

 

Kagome's cheeks flamed slightly at the prospect. “Probably,” she mumbled in response.

 

`That thought doesn't really bug me. . .' Thoughts freezing, she mentally shook her head. `Whoa, wait a second here. . . Inuyasha's not even my boyfriend. . . Well, he is, but technically. . . Well, he is, but. . .' her thoughts drifted off and she mentally shook her head to clear it again. That train of thought was too confusing for her.

 

“Anyway,” Inuyasha continued, “who goes into a baby store for fun? That's kinda weird.”

 

“Oh, shut-up. You don't know what weird is, dog-boy,” she replied, not unkindly.

 

“Keh!” he scoffed. “Just shut-up yourself.”

 

Kagome rolled her eyes before she remembered something. She groaned. `But I don't wanna move. . . It's too comfy here. . .' It was, in fact, very comfortable with her head against Inuyasha's shoulder. But, still. . .

 

She sighed. “Inuyasha,” she murmured.

 

“Huh?” he responded.

 

“I gotta go,” was her simple statement.

 

“Why?” he nearly whined.

 

“ `Cause. . .” She gave a sigh. “I have to take Ellen to her room so she can go to bed.”

 

“Can't someone else?” he complained.

 

“No, I'm lucky Kaede was incredibly forgiving. If I do the same thing again, she might not be like that, however. . .” She let off and sighed. “I'd like to stay here, believe me. I'm still tired and this is too comfy. . . I might just fall asleep again. . .”

 

“Then fall asleep.” Inuyasha replied easily.

 

“Mm. . .” Kagome mumbled before her eyes snapped open. “No! I can't. Sorry, Inuyasha, but. . . I have to get going.” She yawned before standing up. “I'll be back again, I swear. Then I'll say good night to you and go home where I can sleep. . .” She yawned once more for a good measure before unlocking the door. Inuyasha sighed before standing up.

 

“Fine then.” he grumbled, opening the door for her.

 

“Aw, cheer up, Inuyasha. I'll be back. You're acting like a pouting child.” Kagome chided before slipping out with a wave.

 

Inuyasha shook his head and allowed the door to close.

 

`I am acting idiotically. . . Dammit! I'm getting way too attached to Kagome for my own good. . . Not sure how I'm going to manage without seeing her every three seconds a day. . . Not that I see her every three seconds now, but. . .' His thoughts stopped and he shook his head. `Yeah, I'm getting way too attached.'

 

Inuyasha sighed again before flopping onto his bed, staring at the ceiling blankly.

 

He already missed her sorely and she'd only been gone not even thirty seconds.

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(E/N: Hey all!!! I lied in last chapter… It wasn't my favorite this one was!!! You need to please review!!!! Sayo works so hard on this story & so do I. So please let us know what you think by REVIEWING!!! Well have a safe and Happy Halloween!!!)

 

-Dances- Wrote this chapter in one sitting… Now let's see if I can do anther, hmm?

 

And W00t! There can be more fluff and romance now since Inuyasha realizes he loves Kagome and Kagome's catching on to her feelings! Yay!

 

And guess who has Microsoft Word now? That's right!! Yours truly! -Twirls- Now review and I'll post the next chapter really soon!

 

Ja ne!