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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 7 - The Morning After
Inuyasha awoke with the sun. There was simply no way he could've stayed asleep with the changes that overtook him as his demonic blood returned. With the first pulse he was wide awake, his eyes popping open just in time to reveal the darkened hue of his human orbs before they faded into their usual shade of golden yellow. All at once his transformation was upon him, fangs and talons growing, hair fading, ears shifting in both position and shape. He was hanyou again.
Within moments his heightened senses were accosted by the physical reminder of what had transpired the night before, and the lingering scent of Kagome's arousal nearly proved his undoing right then and there. He had to take a moment to will his body back under control before he did something he would regret; whether that something was flee or attack her with greater vigor, he couldn't be sure. Unlike waking up from a youkai transformation, his memories were unaffected by his human night; he remembered everything. He remembered how he had inadvertently let his human emotions get the better of him, going with the passion of the moment without thinking things through. He remembered the conversations that had taken place both before and after his encounter with the wonderful woman lying against him: his talking in his sleep, their confessions of love, his proclamation of wanting her for his mate, and her lingering concern that he would become a different person in the morning. He did feel incredibly embarrassed for losing himself like he had, but he could also admit, at least to himself, that it had probably been a good thing in the long run. While Inuyasha knew that he had already wanted to discuss the idea of becoming mates with Kagome, once her leg was fully healed, he had gradually started to become more and more nervous about how he was going to start the conversation, and now, that worry was behind him.
Everything was behind him. His issues with Kikyou were in the past, the issue of him not admitting his feelings to Kagome was in the past, the issue of her not revealing her feelings for him was in the past... Yes, there were still a few hurdles remaining in front of them - a few big hurdles, actually - but suddenly having the confidence to say beyond a shadow of a doubt that the woman lying in his arms loved him, and he loved her, and they were going to become mates, made issues like Naraku, and the sacred jewel, and the fact that they were from two different time periods all fade away into the background. They would deal with those issues as they came, together.
It was with that last thought in mind that the hanyou decided to reassure the girl currently pretending to be asleep that she didn't have to cherish her last few moments of closeness with him. Taking a deep breath through his nose and savoring everything that was wholly Kagome, now that he had himself back under control, Inuyasha knew in that moment that his heart wasn't about to change any time soon, or any time in the distant future, for that matter.
Kagome had awoken with the return of Inuyasha's youkai blood, the pulses in his youki brushing against her miko senses in a way that was impossible to ignore. Suddenly worried over what she would find when she greeted him, the teenager had quickly implemented the foolhardy strategy of pretending she was still asleep by remaining motionless. Even though she was unaware that he could easily scent her sudden bout of nervousness, the thought did cross her mind that his sensitive ears could probably pick up her increase in heartbeat, yet she still didn't move. Even though he hadn't moved a muscle, either, the miko was also equally sure there was no way he could still be asleep. How could Inuyasha have possibly slept through his transformation if the pulses in his youki were strong enough to wake her? So...she was either somehow miraculously fooling him, and he actually thought she was still asleep, deciding then to remain motionless until she stirred on her own, or he was playing his own game, letting her pretend for however long she planned on doing so, like a bizarre game of 'chicken' where they would see who eventually gave first. That was fine with Kagome. The longer she could delay the inevitable, the better.
The sudden stirring of the man beside her disproved that theory moments later, though, when it became apparent that Inuyasha was done allowing them to both ignore the giant elephant in the room. Her nervousness grew tenfold when he spoke.
"I know you're awake, Kagome."
Damn...
She remained silent.
Or at least what her human ears considered silent.
Her heart sounds like it's about to fly right out of her chest... he mused, smirking to himself as he raised his left hand to gently stroke her hair down her back.
The girl started noticeably at the contact, but then quickly melted into him, realizing his tenderness could only mean one thing.
He's not going to take it back...his heart hasn't changed.
Cuddling herself a little closer to his side, Kagome smiled as his arm around her tightened against her back, and she was just about to open her mouth to bid him good morning when a sudden knock on the door startled them both. Inuyasha silently cursed himself for having allowed himself to become so thoroughly distracted by Kagome's presence, although he told himself it was only because he knew her time was safe that he had lowered his guard as he had.

"Kagome? Inuyasha?" Mrs. Higurashi called from the other side of her daughter's closed bedroom door. "Breakfast is ready."
With the moment between them lost, all Kagome could do was offer Inuyasha a sheepish grin as their eyes met when they each sat up, Kagome scooting herself back and finding a comfortable position while Inuyasha vacated her bed to answer the door.
"Thanks, Mama!" the miko called as her mother handed the hanyou a tray that contained two bowls of miso soup and two small plates of rice and grilled fish.
Breakfast was a quiet affair, though that was truly not all that unusual. It wasn't until after each of them had finished their food that the silence became noticeable as something potentially awkward.
"Here..." Inuyasha eventually said, gesturing with a hand reached out towards the girl for her to hand him her dishes.
She knew there was a lot they needed to talk about, but the sudden explosion of butterflies in her stomach wasn't planning on making it easy. Saying the first thing that came to mind, Kagome mumbled after a moment, "Thank you for...letting me 'sleep in' this morning." The way she said it was more or less a confession of the fact that she hadn't truly been sleeping.
"Feh." he replied with a snort, a hint of amusement in his gaze as he headed for her door without another word, tray in hand.
The sudden desperate murmur of, "Inuyasha...?" coming from the girl behind him stopped the hanyou in his tracks.
"Yeah?" he asked, turning to glance her way.
"About what you said last night..." Kagome started, biting her bottom lip nervously.
With a glint in his eyes, Inuyasha decided to tease the girl who currently had her eyes averted to the bedding.
"What'd I say?" he asked, in as serious and confused a tone of voice that he could muster.
Kagome's eyes opened wide in horror as they flew up to meet his gaze, but the playful sparkle in his honey orbs had the girl relaxing as quickly as she'd begun to panic. As if he was truly going to act as though nothing had happened last night. Feh! As if he were even capable of acting as though nothing had happened last night.
Kagome had a mind to scold him for his joke, which was not funny in her opinion, but the look of absolute love and sincerity in his gaze had her holding her tongue as he told her, "Let me just take our dishes downstairs, and then you're right...you and I need to talk."
Her nervousness didn't return at his new tone of voice, but rather, she found extreme comfort in what he said and how he said it.
"All right." she agreed then, letting him go.
Inuyasha was back only moments later, and without preamble took a seat at the edge of her bed, his left leg dangling while he folded his right leg underneath him, sitting so that he was facing Kagome while she remained propped up against her headboard.
After a moment or two of simply staring across at each other in love and amazement, Inuyasha was the first one to speak.
"Kagome..." he began softly.
"Yes?" she replied then, holding his gaze.

"About last night..." he started. "It wouldn't have happened if I hadn't been human." he confessed, and she nodded her understanding. "But I'm glad it did." he added then, causing her hesitant smile to grow.
"You really mean that?" she asked after a moment, wondering if he didn't at least partially regret what had been revealed the night before, even if he understood there was no way to turn back the clock.
"Keh..." he voiced behind an embarrassed chuckle. "I'd been thinking about discussing those things with you for a while now, but it's hard for me to express my emotions when I ain't human. I've spent my whole life trying to master not feeling my human emotions, because emotions make you weak." Taking a deep breath, he added, "Or at least, that's what I used to think."
Kagome remained silent, merely offering him an encouraging smile, so he continued to explain... "You taught me it's just the opposite. My emotions make me strong. My desire to protect you is what allowed me to master Tetsusaiga. My...love...for you is not a weakness. You make me strong."
Tears were gathering in her eyes, although he could tell from her scent that they were tears of happiness and so he wasn't disturbed by their presence.

"Oh, Inuyasha..." she began, truly at a loss for words. Still, it was as if her heart knew what to say all by itself. "Emotions can be both a weakness and a strength, trust me I know. I've loved you for so long, and yes, I've been hurt in the past because of that love, but it was also my love for you that kept me going, kept me by your side no matter what. I understand why you had to do what you did before, and now, we can look towards the future, together."
The reminder of the times he had inadvertently hurt Kagome in the past caused a tiny pinch of pain in his own heart, but she was right, that was in the past, and now the future belonged solely to them. It amazed him now, looking back on it, how he had been so incredibly blind to her obvious love for him.

"Why didn't you ever tell me how you felt?" he asked her in that moment, his voice not accusing as his eyes held confusion and curiosity.
"I didn't think you felt the same way." she answered him honestly. "It wouldn't have been appropriate."
He nodded his understanding then.
"The Kikyou thing was...very complicated." he admitted. "Part of me still loved her, in a way, I can't lie, but...it just wasn't the same as it had been before, you know? Like...I mean I cared about what happened to her, I wanted to make sure Naraku couldn't hurt her a second time, but I always knew there couldn't be any kind of a future between us in this world."
Making sure he had a lock on Kagome's eyes, Inuyasha needed to make sure she saw the sincerity behind his words as he told her "When I had agreed to die with her, it had been a matter of honor, because I felt responsible for her death and thought I needed to pay for her life with my own. Not because I wanted her more than you, even to the point of following her into Hell. I wanted you. It was only because I had thought I would have to forfeit my life for my honor's sake that I never told you how I felt. What would've been the point in asking you to be my mate if my life wasn't mine to plan out?"
A couple of tears slipped down Kagome's cheeks, one a happy tear stemmed from his words of love for her, the other born from sympathy for the unfair predicament he had once found himself in.
"Plus..." he continued in that moment, figuring he better get it all out while he was on a roll. "Part of me was terrified to discuss my feelings with you, even if Kikyou hadn't been in the picture at all. Sometimes it's still hard for me to believe that you don't mind my youkai blood."
"There's nothing wrong with your youkai blood." Kagome assured him right away, smiling tenderly as she wiped away her tears.
Nodding, Inuyasha confessed... "That's one of the main things that finally got me to see just how different you two really are. She never really accepted me as a hanyou, always emphasizing that it was because I was half human that she couldn't bring herself to kill me, and then later, why she could talk with me. She fell in love with my human half." Sighing, he added, "I know you know that at one time, Kikyou and I would've lived together as husband and wife, but it would've only been with me as a human. I never mentioned one thing to her about inu-youkai mating because I knew there was no way she would've gone for it. The subject of us getting together at all didn't even come up until after her suggestion of using the jewel to turn me human. Yes, I had been willing to do that for her, but one of the things I love so much about you is that you actually accept my youkai blood. Given the choice...of course I don't want to use the jewel to turn myself into a human. I hate being human...you know that."
Kagome nodded her agreement.
"But with Kikyou, she hated my youkai blood, seeing me in her eyes as a human trapped behind demonic taint in need of cleansing. Had I been fully youkai, we never would've been able to grow closer, because she would have purified me on the spot. But you...you wouldn't have treated me any differently even if I had been a pureblooded inu-youkai."
It wasn't stated like a question. While he knew Kagome accepted him as a hanyou, had the rules of the universe been different and he were and always had been a pureblooded youkai instead, there was no doubt in his mind that Kagome would've still offered him her kindness, her friendship. Shippou and Kirara were proof enough of that, not to mention the mangy wolf. If all other circumstances had pretty much remained the same, then he was certain she would've still fallen in love with him. The look in her eyes in that moment spoke of her agreement to his belief.
"I think I would've missed these, though..." Kagome said in that moment, bravely reaching forward to tweak an ear as she winked playfully.
He chuckled in turn, his ear flicking back and forth a few times after she retracted her hand. Then a thought occurred to him. Sure, she would've still loved him as a full youkai. But would he have still fallen for her?
"I think..." he admitted hesitantly then, "I think that it's because I'm half human that I can love you the way I do, though." he accepted finally, stating, "I don't want to use the jewel to become a full youkai, either. Not any more. I don't want to risk losing my human heart."
Kagome's eyes widened in surprise at the unexpected confession. It was something she had always hoped for, though in the end, she wouldn't have pushed the issue. It was his decision. While she knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that she would still love him even if he did become a full youkai, whether or not his heart would change had always been a very real concern of hers.
Reaching up with his left hand and rubbing his own ear for a moment with a bemused expression on his face that caused the girl in front of him to grin in amusement, the hanyou added after a moment, "If you can accept me for who and what I am, then maybe...maybe I can, too."
Getting serious, the miko took his right hand in her left as she stated, "I know you've heard it your whole life that you are tainted, or whatever other horrible words people have said to you that I'm sure I can think of but refuse to repeat." Nodding her head with conviction, Kagome added, "But I don't see you as being two halves of nothing. I see you as being the best of both worlds. A human man with the benefit of youkai strength and magic. A powerful youkai with the compassion and sympathy of a human heart. You are the perfect combination."
Taking a deep breath, she continued. "While I would still love you even if you used the jewel to turn yourself fully human or fully youkai, I would only want such a thing to be done because it was what you truly wanted, not because it was something anybody else had asked of you. I don't care about the rest of the world, but I accept you as a hanyou. You are living proof that true love knows no bounds, for your youkai father and human mother to find happiness in one another. I think you choosing to remain hanyou when a way for you to change it actually exists shows tremendous honor and respect for your parents. If you need to know what I truly, honestly want deep down in my heart of hearts, it really is for you to remain hanyou, as well. It's the hanyou man that I fell in love with, after all, so why would I want you to change? Also, I know in our conversation last night that I made my feelings clear, but I never really said the words, so here they are... Yes, I will gladly be your life-mate, by the inu-youkai custom."
"Damn, woman..." he groaned as her words made him feel his love for her in more ways than one. "We gotta do this 'talking' thing more often." he joked while squeezing her hand, before scooting himself a bit closer to her position. "Although," he added then, his voice suddenly taking on a lower, huskier tone, "Too much talking will make this awfully difficult."
That said, he released her hand while leaning forward, closing his eyes as he reached up with both hands to cup her face, cherishing the sensation of her lips pressed gently against his own. He would have to be conscientious of how he kissed her now that he had his fangs back, but that concern did nothing to hinder his passion in that moment. Kissing her while hanyou was a whole different experience, every nerve in his body fine tuned to the sensations rushing through him as his senses took in everything that was the girl before him.
Kagome immediately wrapped her arms up and around Inuyasha's neck at the contact, clinging to him as she eagerly returned his kiss. Then, stealthfully creeping up through his hair, her right hand made contact with his left ear for the second time that morning, and she cherished the sensation of rubbing the incredibly soft piece of fuzzy flesh between her thumb and fingers. Kagome was honestly surprised, though equally delighted, when he didn't pull away at her touch. Instead, he openly leaned into her hand, and it immediately became apparent to the miko that Inuyasha didn't dislike having his ears messed with as much as he'd always implied he did. It was probably only because he was sensitive about them, emotionally, because they branded him as a hanyou, that he usually never liked anybody touching them. Knowing how she felt about him, and how she felt about his ears, Inuyasha was more than willing to let her molest them. Especially if it meant he could do a bit of molesting, himself.
Gradually, the hands at her face ventured downward, gently brushing against her neck and shoulders before heading down her back, as he held her to him with greater passion, a pleased rumble starting in the back of his throat that sent shivers of anticipation and excitement rushing through her. When his right hand grew even bolder still, coming forward to unhesitantly cup her left breast through the fabric of her pajama top, Kagome moaned against him, shamelessly arching into his touch.
It was the scent of Kagome's renewed arousal that brought Inuyasha back to his senses, his own arousal throbbing almost painfully within the confines of his fundoshi, though he left it be that time. Now that she fully understood what it would mean for her to be his mate, giving her consent to abide by inu-youkai custom, his instincts were screaming at him to move forward and claim her for his own right then and there. But there was a very good reason why they couldn't consummate their relationship just yet...at least not comfortably.
The miko seemed to realize this on her own in that same moment, as she muttered, "Stupid broken leg..." under her breath when he pulled back from their embrace, his hand releasing her breast.

Chuckling a bit, Inuyasha affectionately moved his hand to rest on her left leg, the plaster of her cast currently hidden from view by the billowy extra large pajama bottoms her mother had purchased for her immediately following the accident. During the day Kagome always changed into one of her skirts, so he knew well what lied hidden under the flannel in that moment. While the presence of her cast had become less distressing once the initial shock from the hospital had worn off, it had still functioned as a constant reminder of what had happened to the girl. Perhaps she should just wear a skirt to bed, if it would prevent him from stupidly allowing his slumber trodden mind to temporarily forget about her condition. There were also some other benefits he could think of if she chose to wear one of those ridiculously short skirts of hers into bed. Damn...that line of thinking wasn't helping any.
"I want you so bad right now it hurts, and I don't just mean emotionally..." he confessed breathlessly as he rested his forehead against her own.
It only took Kagome a moment to realize what he meant, a rosy flush staining her cheeks as her eyes drifted down of their own accord to immediately seek out the telltale bulge in his pants. Smirking, and desperate to relieve the pressure, Inuyasha reached for himself in that moment, yanking his fundoshi to the side and again releasing his erection within the billowing fabric of his hakama. His trousers were baggy, but not baggy enough. The sudden tent was quite obvious.
"Maybe..." she started hesitantly, shocking herself by what she was proposing. Still, she hated to see the guy suffer. "Maybe I could..."
"I couldn't ask you to do that." he answered in that moment, thankfully knowing what she was trying to say and thus sparing her from actually having to say it.
"But my cast won't be coming off for another two weeks." Kagome pointed out, growing bolder by the minute as she teased, "Can you hold out for that long?"
Barking out a laugh at the girl's sudden brazenness, Inuyasha answered, "Hell, I've waited my whole life. What's two more weeks?" Growing bolder himself, he added, "Besides..." with a teasing smirk, "I know how to take care of myself, in the mean time."
Kagome's face flamed at his words, and laughing a genuine, mirthful laugh, Inuyasha leaned forward and planted an affectionate peck on her nose.
"Hentai..." she muttered under her breath, despite the fact that she had just offered to 'take care of' him for him not two minutes prior. Still, she could hardly get all that upset at him when the sight and sound of him laughing so openly filled her heart with warmth. If anyone deserved to be happy, it was Inuyasha. These would be the longest two weeks of her life.
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