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The Accident	By : SplendentGoddess Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female > InuYasha/Kagome Views: 9181 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 5 - The Healing Process
Inuyasha woke first, not needing as much sleep as a human, though he was content to lie with Kagome until the slumbering miko roused on her own. He didn't want to disturb her, figuring the girl could use as much rest as she could get. Of course, the simple thought that he was lying with Kagome was enough to awaken the blood behind his cheeks, though Inuyasha was quick to get his rapidly increasing heartbeat back under control. There was nothing perverted about the way they were lying together. The girl was injured, for crying out loud, and so there was nothing wrong with her using his shoulder as a pillow. After all, Kagome had allowed him to rest his head in her lap when he had been poisoned by the Spiderheads, so this was the same thing, or so he at least tried to convince himself.
Permitting his thoughts to wander as the morning progressed, it wasn't long before the hanyou found himself thinking of Kikyou, specifically in regard to more recent events, and how he would no longer find himself torn between the two miko in his life. There was only one miko in his life, now, and he found himself feeling relieved above all else. Now that he was released from his pledge of ever having to join Kikyou in Hell, Inuyasha realized in that moment with no small measure of happiness that nothing...nothing...would ever be able to take him away from the girl currently lying cuddled against him.
A few random murmurs passed from Kagome's lips in that moment, mumbled nonsense as she brought voice to whatever random visions were playing out behind her eyelids, and it had Inuyasha recalling her sleep-talking back at the hospital.
She said she loves me... he remembered, and from the way she had invited him into her bed the night before, Inuyasha was finding it less likely that her feelings were fleeting, as he had momentarily feared. Her reaction over the discovery that he had been forced to choose once and for all between her and Kikyou, and that he had chosen her, spoke volumes in and of itself. He only hoped that the fact that he had chosen her spoke to her his true feelings in return.
Inuyasha was pulled from his thoughts when the girl in his arms started to stir, Kagome's body shifting slightly as her dream world faded to leave her in the land of wakefulness. Suddenly, her fingers tightened into a fist against his chest, clutching the material of his kimono in the process. He was surprised by her strength, and mused for a moment that if she had claws she would've pierced his flesh with how strongly she was suddenly gripping him. His amusement was short-lived, however, with the realization that Kagome was in a fair amount of distress.
Moaning in obvious pain, the girl shifted herself jerkily, her eyes opening slowly as she squinted against the bright rays of the sun beaming in through her bedroom window.
"Are you okay?" he asked her worriedly, any passing concern over how awkward their morning could have possibly been flying right out that same window in the face of her discomfort.
"My leg..." she groaned, gritting her teeth against the stabbing pain as she rolled herself back over onto her back before hoisting herself up into more of a sitting position, pulling the extra pillow from between her legs and sticking it back under her left.
"How do I help?" he asked desperately. "Where are the herbs you'd taken before?"
"That little white bottle." she answered, pointing to the prescription bottle sitting on her nightstand that she couldn't reach from her current position.
Inuyasha immediately grabbed the little bottle for her, passing it over. He watched in silence as Kagome opened the bottle and took out two of the pills it contained, and then taking the bottle back from her once she replaced the lid, he handed her the glass of water that was also sitting on her nightstand, remaining silent as she took her pills.
"Damn..." she muttered under her breath as she passed the glass of water back to Inuyasha to sit on the nightstand.
"What is it?" he asked her quietly, almost as if he was afraid raising his voice would cause her more pain.
"Oh nothing..." Kagome assured him in that moment, waving her hand around as if to dismiss his concerns. "It's just that it takes about twenty minutes or so for those pills to kick in, so I get to sit here in pain until then."
She was in good spirits about it all, definitely not about to complain about the pain of a broken leg when she knew very well how she could've come out of everything with much worse injuries, but still...
"Ano..." Inuyasha started after a moment, unsure of what to say but hating the fact that Kagome was hurting and he was unable to do anything about it. "Did you want to talk about something? Maybe try to take your mind off the pain?" he suggested then.
Kagome was mildly surprised by the suggestion, though she was also truly touched by his offer, knowing quite well how Inuyasha usually wasn't a very talkative person. Trying to give the matter some serious thought, however, she found that the only subject really nagging at her was the recent discovery that Kikyou had passed on while leaving Inuyasha behind. She secretly hoped that this change in events meant that there might actually be a genuine chance of her and Inuyasha having a more serious relationship one day, but still...she also felt sorry for Inuyasha, at the same time, knowing how much he had loved Kikyou at least at one time, and how hard it had to have been for him when she had forced him to make such a decision.
"Hello...? Kagome? Are you still in there?" she suddenly heard Inuyasha ask with amusement in his voice.
Blinking, the miko turned to glance in his direction with a sheepish smile on her face, as she apologized lamely, "Sorry, guess my mind kind of wandered off there for a second."
"Well..." he answered, "That's a good thing, I suppose." he commented, pointing out, "You don't seem to be in pain any more."
"Hey, yeah!" she realized with a giggle. "The pills have started working!"
She laughed for a moment longer, the pain pills having the side effect of making her slightly loopy when they first kick in, but Inuyasha just watched her with an amused grin on his face, grateful she was no longer suffering.
"So..." the hanyou drawled playfully after a moment. "What were you thinking about?"
"Oh..." she mumbled quietly, her amusement gone, which immediately peaked his curiosity. "...nothing."
"Your mind wandered off to 'nothing'?" he asked disbelievingly.
"It's not important." she insisted, her sudden nervousness as clear as the blush rising to her cheeks.
"I think I know what you were thinking about." he teased in that moment, causing her to gape at him like a fish, her eyes wide in shock.
He decided in that moment not to tell her that she had actually blabbed her secret in her sleep, although he also decided to at least let her know that he knew how she felt about him...and how he felt about her.
"With Kikyou no longer an issue between us..." he started, a nice shade of crimson dusting his own cheeks at the admittance. "I've thought about it, too." he confessed, taking her hand and giving it a light squeeze.
"Inuyasha..." she murmured in amazement, reaching over with her other hand and cupping his.
He offered her a genuine smile before releasing her hands and shimmying himself out of her bed so that she would have more room to be comfortable. "Let's worry about getting that leg of yours healed up first, though, all right?" he asked her then, pointing out, "I'm not going anywhere, so we've got plenty of time to talk about...certain things...after you've recovered."
There were a lot of things he needed to discuss with her, he knew, and he was also more than a little worried over how she would take some of it, but since her leg really did need to be fully healed before they could finalize...certain things...there was no point in worrying himself over a conversation they wouldn't be having for over a month.
With her mind and heart both suddenly racing a mile a minute, Kagome found that she had a million things she wanted to both say and ask, but suddenly, the look in his eyes seemed to explain it all to her, as she replied only with a softly spoken, "Okay."
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Over the next three weeks no more was said on the subject, though Inuyasha spent every night with Kagome in her time, in her bed. For the first time in his life, the inu-hanyou found himself feeling truly at peace, even though he still felt a small measure of guilt regarding what had happened to Kagome while he hadn't been there to protect her. He had since reiterated his desire to always accompany Kagome whenever she ventured out into her world from that point onward, and the miko had conceded, insisting only that he must keep himself hidden from view if he planned on being her shadow. She didn't find the idea of him basically stalking her an invasion of privacy, and instead actually felt touched that he was so clearly concerned for her safety. Considering the circumstances, she knew she didn't have a leg to stand on when it came to arguing that her world was safe...pun intended.
Inuyasha found amusement in the fact that Kagome was able to so easily make fun of her own situation, but he knew the miko's good spirits came from the fact that he had not abandoned her in her time of need, and instead, his desire to be with her had become the strongest it'd ever been. With the exception of leaving for a couple of hours every few days to give the gang back in the past an update, and to assist with their letter-exchanges, Inuyasha spent all of his time in Kagome's world. He stayed quiet when she needed to spend time studying her school work, and sometimes he would leave her alone for a few hours so she could get her reading done in peace while he passed the time assisting her mother or grandfather with some random task or another, but he was always within earshot for whenever she might need him. Fortunately, being an inu-hanyou meant that 'within earshot' included being outside in the storage sheds.
The miko was gradually able to cut down on her pain medication as her bones continued knitting themselves back together, and she was even able to move around with a pair of crutches her mother had acquired for her, though she still spent most of her time sitting in bed. The crutches also kind of hurt her arms, she found, so whenever she did need to move around, she usually just let Inuyasha carry her to wherever she needed to go, like to the restroom or the dinner table. Her mother still allowed her and Inuyasha to eat breakfast and lunch in her room, but dinner was once again a family affair. Kagome didn't mind; it gave her a chance to catch up with everything else that was going on since she spent so much of her time in her room.
She wasn't a total recluse, however. The miko actually left the house once with her entire family, including Inuyasha, who they'd manage to get changed into some modern-day clothing for the event. They had been invited to attend the court hearing of the man who had hit her. He'd pled guilty, and his plea had matched his expression as he'd glanced in Kagome's direction, apologizing to the court and stating that he would do his jail time at least relieved to know that he hadn't taken an innocent life. Kagome, being the truly forgiving girl that she was, forgave the man, though 'man' was a loose term. In reality, he was really little more than a boy; a boy who had made a foolish, reckless mistake, and had nearly paid for it with her life. Inuyasha had growled low in his throat as they'd taken the adolescent away, but he had otherwise behaved himself, and was at least grateful to learn that the person who had hurt Kagome was accepting his punishment with honor. He understood that the kid hadn't deliberately meant to cause Kagome any harm, but the brat was very lucky that Kagome hadn't been killed. Inuyasha wouldn't have cared how sorry he was, if she had been; it would've taken the authorities of her time weeks to find all the pieces.
Other than that small bit of excitement, Kagome's school friends also visited her on several occasions. Sometimes Inuyasha kept himself out of sight, so as not to arouse suspicion as to why he was always there, but other times he had deliberately made his presence known, wearing something over his ears, of course. Yuka, Eri and Ayumi had already met him once before, and had already given Kagome their approval of her 'boyfriend', so the fact that he was there spending time with the girl while she was hurt was most definitely a good thing in their eyes. The only one who didn't seem to take an instant liking to him was Houjou, though that was all right with him since the feeling was mutual. Kagome wasn't officially his, yet, and Inuyasha knew a rival male when he saw one. Fortunately, it was also quite clear, at least to the hanyou, that Kagome didn't have any feelings for the human boy beyond mere friendship.
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Things continued to progress like normal in the routine that had been developed between them for nearly another full week, until Inuyasha suddenly found himself worrying about something that had honestly been the farthest thing from his mind until suddenly realizing what night it was. Kagome's accident had coincidentally taken place just two days after the start of the lunar cycle, so now finally...twenty-six days later...it was once again the night of the new moon.
Hesitantly broaching the subject with the miko, Kagome believed she knew where his nervousness was coming from, as she confirmed that nobody else in her family was aware of his monthly transformation; a secret she hadn't felt it her place to reveal, even to her own mother. Inuyasha suddenly found himself in awe over Kagome's level of consideration for him, since he had never specifically told her not to tell her family of his night of weakness, and had honestly figured they probably knew. He also suddenly found himself wondering what he should do about dinner that night. He hadn't missed eating with her family once in the last month, so now, how could they possibly explain his absence at the table, should he choose to remain hidden away? Eventually, with only thirty minutes to go before sunset, the hanyou decided to just go ahead and let the rest of Kagome's family in on the secret. They had always been so accepting of the fact that he was half youkai, so it certainly shouldn't bother them to learn that there were times when he actually turned fully human. With a light chuckle, he even told the miko that her grandfather would probably be relieved to have him be 'normal' for one night. Of course, she immediately scolded that he was normal, just the way he was, as a hanyou, which was one of the things he loved most about her.
That random thought had Inuyasha immediately remembering his original concern regarding the upcoming moonless night. It wasn't what Kagome's family's reaction was going to be, it was what his reaction was going to be, to spending the night cuddled up with Kagome in her bed while being subjected to his somewhat overpowering human emotions. His proximity to the girl at night was hard enough to deal with while in his hanyou form, when he had a better grip on himself and his feelings. He didn't even want to think about what might happen if he lost control of his emotions while stuck in his human body. It was going to be a long night.
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