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Between The Lines

By: Maggz

Disclaimer: InuYasha and Co. � Rumiko Takahashi. I'm just poor woman with an overactive imagination�

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Chapter 9

InuYasha sat at the drive-thru window of the McDonalds closest to his place. His fingers beat out a steady rhythm on the steering wheel as he lowered his head in order to see inside the cashier's window. He looked at his watch and sighed. Ten minutes� ten damned minutes for 3 breakfast biscuits. He blew out an impatient breath and reached over, turning the volume up on his radio.

The rattling of a sack near his ear broke his concentration on the song and he looked around into the eyes of the cashier.

"Your food.", she said pointedly.

"You guys were killing the pig in there?", he asked and grinned at her.

"No, what do you mean?", she asked.

"It took long enough to get this food. Did you have to go find the PIG and kill it for the sausage?", he asked.

"If I had a dollar for every time I'd heard that, InuYasha Hara, I'd be rich. Kiss my ass!", she shot back and closed the window with a snap.

He threw his head back and laughed, taking off for home.

He'd told Kagome the evening previous to expect him home this evening. But after speaking with her on the phone, he just couldn't seem to lose the feeling that something wasn't right. He knew her well enough to know she'd never tell him while he was away if something WAS wrong, not wanting him to cut short his visit home. But the sound of her voice and her evasive answers only served to make him realize that something just didn't sound right.

He worried that she and Kouga might have gotten into a major argument. THAT was his worst fear regarding the three of them living together. Kagome and Kouga could very well brush each other the wrong way at times, he could see that. He liked both of them enough that he didn't want to have to stand between the two of them� yet if asked to choose, Kagome would have won, hands down. He just hoped it wouldn't come to something like that.

Maybe Kouga'd turned tail on her about the posing bit and she was upset about THAT. Not everybody could sit naked for hours in front of another person and be expected NOT to get nervous about it. If Kouga had done THAT, it might actually be worse than if they'd argued� this project meant THAT much to her and InuYasha knew it.

Whatever it was, he was on his way back home now. He'd feel better after he saw her, he was sure of it.

He pulled up outside the house and parked the car. Grabbing his bag and the sack of biscuits, he let himself in and noticed at once the place was quiet and dark. He sat the sack onto the kitchen table and started to go back toward his bedroom to dump his bag when he noticed something laying on the countertop. Curious, he walked over and picked it up. It was one of Kagome's sweaters and it was damp to the touch. He held it up and looked at it�

Shrugging his shoulders, he lay it back down and started toward his bedroom.

He'd started into his room when he noticed three things at once.

Kagome's door was closed as always.

Kouga's door was standing open.

The door to the bathroom was open as well.

Finding that a bit odd, had Kouga even been home the night before? He tossed his bag across the room onto his bed and moved down the hallway toward Kouga's room. Poking his head in, he saw that the room was basically as it had always been though Kouga wasn't in the bed.

"Damn, Kouga. Pulling already�", InuYasha laughed to himself, thinking of Kouga at some honey's place after only one week back home.

InuYasha started to go back into his room but turned back to look at Kagome's closed door. He wondered if she would rake him over the coals for waking her and looked at his watch to check the time. It was nearly 9am, not too early and he WAS worried about her and there WAS breakfast to consider. Making the choice, he turned the knob on her door and pushed the door open, stepping into the dimly lit room.

It was hard to see, the curtains were pulled closed and the only light available was from her pink lava lamp with a little help from the revolving light she always kept going at night. He made his way over to the bed, a grin on his face. He was just gonna climb into bed with her and snuggle her awake!

At the edge of the bed, he peered closely; something just didn't look right and leaned down further. Suddenly a red rage slid over him that he didn't understand and he held his breath�

He saw every single detail as if in slow motion but found it impossible to grasp how that could be when his heart was racing through his chest.

Kagome WAS in bed, her back to him, white cotton panties peeking out from underneath the big t-shirt of his she wore. But she wasn't alone. She was laid against Kouga, who slept soundly on his back with one arm around her. Her leg was thrown over Kouga's lower body, her hand laid on his bare chest. She slept as deeply as did he.

What the hell was going ON? He'd left her alone with Kouga� and she was HIS, in some way she always HAD been. What had happened and WHY? He felt his eyes start to burn and he backed out of the room slowly, his hands fisted at his side. With one last look at the sleeping pair, he lowered his head and closed the door behind him.

"Damn it, Kagome� damn it.", he said slowly as he tried to make up his mind what to do. Part of him wanted to jerk Kouga up out of her bed, away from her body and pound the shit out of the thieving bastard. That very same part wanted to jerk Kagome out of Kouga's arms and run away with her. The other part of him badly needed to leave the house and get some control. His worst fear now was one of the both of them waking before he was ready to see them. Stumbling blindly down the hallway, he grabbed his keys and left.

He didn't know where he was going to go, had no idea what he even wanted to DO, but he knew he needed space and he needed perspective. He realized now more than ever that his perspective when it came to Kagome just wasn't right. It was skewed in the worst possible way. He fucking LOVED her! He loved her and that thought stopped him cold. He actually had his foot held on the brake, sitting in the middle of the road and if not for the car honking its horn impatiently behind him, he had no idea how long he would've sat there.

"Dear God, Kagome. I LOVE you." he said to himself and brushed a hand over his face. "What's wrong with me?", he mumbled into his hand and turned into the first parking slot he could find. He cut the engine and got out, turning to lean against the window, his head in his hands. Why had he just left it alone so long, especially after she'd moved in with him? Why hadn't he MADE her sit down and face what he knew was there but what they chose to ignore? Why had he left her there in the house alone with Kouga? Why? If he thought back, he could've pointed out the obvious signs of interest since they'd met. But it had been only one week! One freaking week! Who the hell fucked within one week? He had to laugh then�

Hell, he did and he had. Kouga did. But Kagome?

He pounded the top of the car with his fist and lifted his head. His brain kept sending him pictures of the two of them. The way Kagome had so carelessly lain against Kouga, the protective way Kouga held her in his arms - that one hurt the most. HE was the one that protected her and he always had. Why would she have turned so quickly to Kouga?

That was IT! Something had happened and Kouga had BEEN there for her. But what had happened? His mind was trying like hell to give him a clue but he was so muddled he couldn't for the life of him pick it up. What WAS it?

He turned around and leaned his bottom against the car door, looking out over the early morning traffic. He couldn't stay here forever, he had to go back. Hell, he LIVED there! He had a right to go back. But his stomach churned at the thought of being in the house whilst they were all over each other in bed. He just didn't know that he could take it.

"Well, looks like you're just gonna HAVE TO take it, man.", he said to himself and pushed up off the door, turned and hopped in the car.

He was home again and glancing down at his watch, saw he'd been gone for nearly two hours. Surely they'd be up by now.

Kouga woke, a headache pounding thickly along with each beat of his heart. "Fucking HANGOVER.", he groaned and tried to move his arm over his eyes. He realized then that he wasn't alone and he wasn't in a familiar bed. He turned his head slowly� slowly toward the soft, warm body at his side and looked down.

"Kagome?", he mumbled and lay his head back against the pillow underneath his neck.

Kagome. Kagome's room. Kagome sketching him. Kagome in a t-shirt and panties. Kagome in a bra. Kagome's tits in the bra. Kagome wanting to be licked� kissing Kagome�

KAGOME WANTING TO BE LICKED? He tried to turn over in the bed but couldn't. He wanted to LOOK at her. HAD he licked her? God! If that had happened and he couldn't fucking remember it, he'd just have to do it again! He slid one hand down against his chest and encountered her hand there. Taking it in his own, he laced his fingers through hers and closed his eyes.

What the hell had happened?

He remembered kissing her� a slow, deep wonderful kiss. He remembered how warm and good she'd felt under him as he'd kissed her but that was about as far as he could recall.

"Kouga?", he heard her groan from beside him and he squeezed her fingers in his own. He wasn't capable of much more than that.

"I don't feel so good.", she said and loosed her fingers from his as she turned away and to the other side of her bed.

"Mmm�", he mumbled and rolled over toward her.

"Did you sleep here?", she asked, her back still to him.

"Looks like it� yeah.", he answered and spooned his body slowly around hers.

"I don't remember much at all, do you?", she asked.

"Not much� no� My head is killing me though. Are you ok?", he asked.

"No, same here. Jeez! I haven't drank like that in God knows when!", she mumbled.

He slid his fingers over her t-shirt covered belly and was dimly aware that she didn't cringe from his touch, she didn't move away. Was it because she wasn't capable of moving or just couldn't be bothered? Either way, he didn't care. She just felt GOOD to him.

"Kouga?", she asked again.

"Mmm?", he answered, lifting one eyelid to stare at the back of her head.

"Did we fuck?", she asked and he smiled.

"No, if I'd fucked you, you'd have remembered it. Trust me, Kagome.", he said.

"I hate you.", she mumbled but made no move to get away from him.

"Me too. I hate you too.", he said and slid his hand to her arm, rubbing over it as he pressed himself against her back.

"You DID kiss me, though.", she said.

"No, YOU kissed ME!", he answered her.

"No, I at least remember THAT. YOU kissed ME.", she said and turned over slowly onto her back. "God! That don't feel good at ALL!", she moaned. He slid his hand down against her belly and kept it there as he looked at her.

"You asked me to lick you, Kagome. Do you remember that? To lick you all over! Instead, I kissed you, but just on your lips.", he smiled and she opened her eyes and looked at him.

"Now I KNOW you're lying. I would never ask you to LICK me! Gross!", she grimaced.

"But you did and I was a good boy.", he said.

"Oh, I just bet you WERE. Dear GOD! Don't ever let me drink with you again!", she moaned.

"Ok, I won't.", he smiled.

She was silent for a minute, her eyes on the ceiling. She could feel the warmth of his body against hers and the gentle weight of his hand over her belly.

"Did I really ask you to lick me, Kouga?", she asked, looking at him again.

"Yep, I'm afraid so, Kagome.", he answered her.

"Oh God!", she said and covered her face with one hand. "Did we take our clothes off?", she asked him, peeking through her fingers.

"No. Not really� just-", he started.

She jerked her hand off her face, widened her eyes and then groaned. "Not really just WHAT?", she asked.

"We kept on what we've got on.", he said, his fingers keeping up a gentle stroking of her tummy.

"Good, now you can stop feeling me up.", she said.

"Would you rather I LICK you up?", he laughed gently.

"I'd rather you SHUT up and better still GET up!", she replied but he could see the smile that curled the corners of her mouth.

"But I don't WANNNNNNNNNAAAAA!", he teased her and slid down, laying his cheek against her belly.

"Kouga, I cannot believe you are HERE in my bed. Did we get much work done on the sketches before we got pissed?", she asked and absently lay her hand atop his head.

"I think so. It's over there on your desk.", he said and smiled when he felt the pull of her fingers through his mussed hair.

"Good, I'll look at them later.", she said and looked down to where he lay against her. As if seeing her fingers busily combing through his soft hair for the very first time, she removed them and have him a pat on the shoulder.

"We should get moving. Are you hungry?", she asked.

"Mmm, yeah but nothing is here. Wanna go out?", he asked.

"Ok.", she answered.

He moved slowly, sitting up on the bed and holding his head in his hands.

"Just how many fucking BEERS did I have, Kagome?'' he groaned.

"The last time I looked in the fridge, there were three left.", she said as she swung her legs over the side of her bed.

"Wanna wash my back?", he asked her and held his hand up to protect himself when he caught her look from the corner of his eye.

"Don't push it, Kouga!", she warned and walked stiffly to her closet, grabbing her fluffy pink robe off the hook. As she got to the door, she turned, her hand on the knob and looked at him.

"Kouga?", she asked softly and he looked at her, wondering what she would say now.

"Yep.", he answered, rubbing his eyes.

"The kiss. I mean, did we�? Was it� you know?", she asked and a light blush stole over her cheeks. "Nevermind.", she said and ducking her head, turned away from him and opened the door.

"Kagome, wait.", he said and got up carefully from the bed, wincing at the pain it caused.

She looked at him, thinking him possibly the most beautiful thing she'd ever seen. Even rumpled and mussed as he was, hungover and bleary eyed, he was breathtaking to look at and she felt her heart turn over.

"Yeah?", she managed.

"That kiss. I didn't forget that. It was� very nice, I'd do it all over again in a minute.", he said and smiled at her.

"Ok.", she said and smiled back. "See ya in a bit?", she said as she moved out the door.

"It would be even sooner if you'd just shower with me.", he grinned.

"In your dreams, Kouga. In your damned dreams!", she threw over her shoulder as she closed the door behind her.

InuYasha was already back in the house and in the kitchen when Kagome emerged from her shower. Damp hair pulled back in a head band and dressed in shorts and a t-shirt she looked no older than 15 and it made his heart ache when he had his first real waking glimpse of her.

"InuYasha! What are YOU doing home so early?", she smiled and made her way to him, reaching up to give his mouth a quick kiss as she pulled her arms around his neck.

"I was worried about you and needed to get back here to work on a term paper.", he said.

"Worried about me? Why?", she asked as she looked at the sack on the kitchen table.

"You sounded so strange on the phone. Oh, that's breakfast but it's probably cold by now.", he said as she picked up the sack and poked around in it.

"Kouga and I were thinking of going out for a late breakfast at one of the 24 hour places. Did you eat yet?", she asked him, her back to him.

"Ah, no. I just wasn't too hungry but if you guys wanna go ahead, it's fine.", he said. She heard the strange tone of his voice and turned to look at him.

"InuYasha, are you alright?", she asked softly.

"Yeah, just tired. Went to a party last night and was up nearly all night long. What did you guys do?", he asked. It had popped from his mouth before he'd thought better of it and he fought to regain control.

"Us? Nothing much, went out to dinner. I spilt wine on my sweater�", she smiled and pointed to the garment he'd already discovered. He wondered if THAT was when it had all started. Had Kouga been trying to clean up the spill, touching her breast� had it all snowballed from there? He swallowed the hot water building up in his throat and turned away from her to look into the fridge.

"�then we bought a case of beer and proceeded to get right pissed as I started my first actual sketches of him.", she said.

"You already did the nudes?", InuYasha asked, swinging around to look at her.

"No! Gosh, no. Probably next weekend but I worked for a good solid two hours on some sketching. I'd love for you to look at them and the photos if you don't mind. Give me your opinion?", she asked.

He had to fight to keep anything hurtful coming from his mouth. He loved Kagome with everything in him and he couldn't stand the thought of her ever being hurt. Especially by him.

"Sure, no problem.", he said.

"Thanks, and InuYasha�", she said, making him look down into her face.

"Thanks for rounding up Kouga for me. He's just perfect for the project� incredible, but I won't say more. I don't want to spoil your opinion of the sketches, ok? But thanks!", she smiled and standing on tiptoe, brushed her lips across his once more.

He closed his eyes, feeling the warmth of her lips as they brushed over his, and before he could stop himself, he had grasped her forearms and pulled her back from him.

"What, InuYasha?", she asked, surprised.

"Nothing, Kagome� just� don't do that. You set the rule before and I agreed, right? Don't� just, not that�", he said and walked into the living room. She stood looking after him, tears forming in her eyes. What he had said- DONE- had stung her deeply and she turned swiftly toward the sink when she heard Kouga's voice in the living room as he spoke to InuYasha, trying to keep from crying.

"Kagome, you ready to ride?", Kouga yelled from the living room.

InuYasha turned his eyes on Kouga.

"Let's go eat, InuYasha. My treat! C'mon!", Kouga said as he walked into the kitchen to find Kagome. InuYasha couldn't help it. He followed Kouga in, wanting to see how they acted, if it was noticeable that they'd slept together, that they were "together" now. He had made up his mind NOT to say one word to either of them. He was going to watch them, wait, see what happened.

"Kagome?", Kouga said, walking up behind her and putting his hands to her shoulders. "You still feeling bad?", he asked lowly. InuYasha grit his teeth, clenched his fists and closed his eyes.

"I'm better, thanks. Let's go eat. Maybe that will do the trick and then we'll go back to the park. I'd like to sketch a bit more.", she said.

"Ok, InuYasha, you sure you don't wanna come along? I'm paying, you KNOW that don't come around often!", Kouga grinned as he looked from Kagome to InuYasha. Had something happened whilst he had been showering? She seemed upset and InuYasha looked the same but more angry.

"No, Kouga. You take care of Kagome, ok? And I'll meet you two back tonight at the club. It's Karaoke night, remember Kagome?", he choked out. Kagome kept her eyes on InuYasha, the hurt apparent and then cleared her throat and nodded.

"We'll be there. Bye.", she said and swung past him to leave the kitchen.

"What's up, InuYasha?", Kouga said lowly, not speaking `til he was sure Kagome was out of earshot. She'd gone back to her room, presumably to pick up her art stuff and get on her shoes. He didn't want to upset her further and he wasn't going to question her. He'd already seen how hesitant she was to discuss InuYasha with him when it concerned her relationship with InuYasha.

"Nothing for you to worry about, Kouga.", InuYasha said tightly, looking directly at him.

"Nothing? You call that NOTHING? What's up? What happened?", Kouga pressed.

"I said nothing that concerns YOU!", InuYasha said firmly.

"If she's upset, it concerns me.", Kouga challenged, his blue eyes shooting fire.

"Oh, since when?", InuYasha retorted.

"Is that what this is about? You don't even have a clue what's going on, do you? You've just assumed something and got mad as hell and said something to her, is that it?", Kouga asked. "Just what the hell DO you assume? What?"

"None of your fucking business Kouga, now leave it. I mean it. I'm not talking about it with you!", he said.

"Your loss, man. I'm willing to step aside but the two of you won't discuss each other and since I'm feeling vibes here with her, I'm not gonna turn my back on it, InuYasha. If you wanna call me off, speak up. If not, I'm letting things happen as they will. But don't you dare try to step in if you change your fucking mind. One chance is all you get.", Kouga said.

"Just WHO the FUCK do you think you ARE, Kouga?", InuYasha said lowly.

"You know me, InuYasha. You know me well. I would never step on your toes with a girl. You KNOW that. Don't make me out to be the bad guy. I've tried to get you to talk about HER. I've tried to get HER to talk about YOU. Neither of you have said a thing to make me believe you are together. Hell, YOU even insisted you were friends only and told me point blank that "it wasn't like that" between you two, do you remember? Well, I'm interested in her, InuYasha. She's lovely. I told you THAT from the beginning. If you aren't gonna lay any claim to her, then don't ruin it for me.", Kouga said.

"Kouga. Let's go. Good light is wasting away, c'mon.", Kagome called from the hall. She just didn't think she could face InuYasha's eyes much longer. She opened the door and went outside to the car.

Kouga stood his ground, looking at InuYasha, his arms folded across his chest.

InuYasha stared back at him. He knew Kouga was right. He knew what he was saying but HOW could he lay any claim to Kagome when she didn't apparently WANT it? How?

"Do what you fucking WANT to, Kouga. I don't care.", he said and turned to go into the living room but turned back once more. "But I'm telling you one thing, if you hurt her, if you so much as make her cry. I'll beat the living hell out of you. I swear to God.", he said.

"That's not your place to worry about is it, InuYasha? You just gave that up. Save it.", Kouga said and with that, walked past InuYasha and out the door to Kagome.
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