Insatiable

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. Rumiko Takahashi does.

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Chapter 13: Heat
 
 
It wasn't funny, at least not for him. But Kagome thought otherwise, so she continued to laugh. Her bubbly giggles resounded throughout the kitchen. He knew that she was just making fun of him, but it was still very annoying. So, he glared at her, rallying for her to stop. She looked at him sheepishly, wiping the tears that pooled around the corners of her eyes due to her insistent laughing.
 
What was so funny anyway? He incredulously asked in his thoughts.
 
"Nothing, nothing," he heard her reply, and he only pouted and grumbled in response.
 
Wiping her tears, she tried to control her giggling fit, yet failed to do so. She didn't know why she was laughing at what he had said. Yes, it wasn't funny at all; she somehow knew that. But unexpectedly, in that moment, it was to her. What had been so funny anyway? The fact that he had tried an attempt to swim Lake Michigan when he was no swimmer at all? Or the fact that he looked so cute and adorable with that pout? Maybe, it was the latter.
 
“It's not nothing if you're still giggling silly,” he told her crossing his arms across his chest – pouting still.
 
Oh God, the effect of that on Kagome was just instant. She balled out in laughter even louder, hugging herself as she did so. She didn't hold anything back. And her stomach was already starting to hurt.
 
“Kagome,” he grumbled pursing his lips into the cutest pout ever. He controlled the urge to stomp his feet in protest just like a kid. He was going to put a stop to all this.
 
“Stop it, or I'll make you,” he finally told her.
 
I'll make you. He repeated in his thoughts.
 
But instead of stopping, Kagome smirked facing him fully. She had that fiery glint in her eyes, and Inuyasha felt the heat that radiated from that single stare. He swallowed the lump on his throat as he waited for her reply.
 
"I bet you would,” he heard her say, daring him, challenging him to make her stop.
 
He didn't know what exactly happened. But seeing that gleam in her eyes, something within the feral-him snapped, and in a split second, he had crashed his lips to hers. He only heard her gasp and everything went silent, as they both immersed themselves in each other's tastes, which were vanilla ice cream, chocolate, chicken and purely Inuyasha and Kagome.
 
He had been thinking about kissing her even before this. And even if he had sworn to himself, he would never think about her in any way intimate, he still thought about making love to her. It wasn't something that he could stop. He had tried to, but he couldn't. It was harder now, when she had been licking that vanilla ice cream so dreamily, moaning in content. The way she had licked the frosty chocolate syrup over the cake was just too tempting. To top that, she was wearing his clothes. Seeing her in his clothes triggered some possessive shit inside him. Damn, she looked good in his clothes, and she looked so sexy in them. He just couldn't help think of how wonderful it would be to kiss every inch of her, lick every inch of her, have her in his arms once more and hear her moan his name in midst of the throes of passion. Oh, it would be so amazing just to have all of her.
 
He released her from the kiss, and all they did was stare at each other.
 
So beautiful... He uttered in his mind, as he gazed at her admiring her beauty. She licked her lips and his gaze blazed with molten amber as it followed her sweet tongue's swiping movement. She had noticed him staring at her and so she shut her eyes to avoid his predatory look; yet, those stalking amber orbs were still fixed upon her slightly parted lips; rosy, swollen and moist from their kiss earlier.
 
“I did warn you,” Inuyasha whispered huskily and pursed his lips to hers once again. She sighed, allowing him the chance to slip in his tongue and deepened the kiss. His tongue moved in languid seduction, coaxing her, enticing her, and winning her over.
 
So sweet… He groaned in his thoughts as he savored her sweet taste. And he craved for more of it as he heard her moan and kissed him back, answering him stroke for stroke, enticing him more and more. He then licked and nibbled his way down her neck, leaving a wet downward trail of open mouth kisses as he lifted her off the kitchen floor. He held both of her legs, wrapped them around his middle, and settled her down gently on top of the kitchen counter.
 
With his right hand, he caressed her left cheek and trailed it down to brush her neck, kneading the back of it. The other massaged her lower back and backside. He felt her dainty hands skimmed his bare chest. Groaning, he captured her earlobe between his teeth, gently nibbling it, giving it small love bites. She gave the sexiest version of a strangled moan, as she felt tingles all over her body, reaching to the tip of her toes.
 
Oh God… She sighed in her thoughts and she moaning loudly, as his hands sensually stroked her arms. He rolled his palms against her hips, his hands moving to caress and massage her inner thighs. She closed her eyes, as she felt him kissed her all over the face, and finally captured her mouth to kiss her once more, arousing her with every stroke of his tongue.
 
She felt his hands skimmed inside her oversized shirt, caressed her flat stomach, and moved up to cup her breasts. She gasped in his mouth, and wrenched her mouth away from his, panting breathlessly as her hands now tangled in his silver mane. She helplessly clung to him, arching her neck to give him more access as he now once again seduced her with wet kisses down her neck. He lingered at her collarbone, nipping, sucking and nibbling her flesh. Groaning, he sucked her sweet skin harder. Why was it not enough? Why was kissing her far from enough? He needed her closer, hotter against him.
 
She felt his hands moved to hug her lower back, pulling her even closer that not even air existed between their molded bodies, as he once again captured her mouth for another alluringly deep kiss. Her mind was muddled, as his tongue worked wonders with hers, yet there was still missing.
 
They drugged each other, drawing each other close to addiction as they kissed each other's breaths away. And yet, like substance abuse, they were left hanging, and the feeling of stepping up and increasing each other's endearment to satisfy each other's desires were overwhelming that it was agonizingly sweet. It left both of them staring at each other, transfixed at each other's dazed and equally intense pools. Fiery amber met blazing ocean, and a silent exchange was made as both their eyes spoke volumes to each other. With whatever that was left cognizant within them; they conversed with their gazes and conveyed each other's desires and innermost thoughts.
 
I shouldn't be doing this. Kagome muttered in her thoughts. Hadn't she told herself this wasn't supposed to happen again?
 
But… Inuyasha drowned in the depths of her eyes. But she just feels so good.
 
And right… She added in her thoughts, looking all flustered.
 
But this is still… He thought. So wrong… 

He closed his eyes.

God, what I'd give just to have her completely, even only for one night. He sighed and stared at her longingly, as he gently held her hands and felt the diamond ring on her finger.
 
She felt him withdraw his hands and briskly walked away. Watching him leave, she somehow felt suffocated because of it. She shouldn't follow him. She shouldn't feel hurt like this. Why was she feeling this way anyway? The last time he had walked away like this, she had felt the same, only this time; it hurt even more.
 
"Don't go," Kagome whispered inaudibly. She hadn't even noticed that she had said something as she hurriedly jumped off the kitchen counter and ran after him. She saw him bounding up the stairs in fast strides taking two steps at a time. She hurriedly followed him, calling his name as lowly as she could so as not to wake someone else.
 
“Inuyasha,” she called but he ignored her and continued.
 
She climbed up the stairs faster.
 
“Wait! Inuyasha!” she called rather loudly. He immediately stopped turning to face her. He was already at the top of the staircase while she looked up at him. She stopped upon seeing the sad longing on his face.
 
“Um…” She swallowed the lump on her throat. “Shouldn't we take care of the mess in the kitchen?”
 
Great Kagome! That was just the lamest thing to say. She chided herself. She didn't know why she felt desperate right now, but she was.
 
“Don't worry about it, Kagome. Tsubame and the others will take care of it early in the morning. You don't need to fuss about it really,” Inuyasha told her with a smile on his face.
 
“Oh! Okay.” She bit her lower lip. “Um….”
 
“You should go back to bed. You need your rest,” he told her and headed to the hallway leading to their rooms. He missed Kagome's dejected expression from the way that he had dismissed her.
 
“Sure,” she whispered in the hallowed hall, as she continued to climb the plight of stairs slowly.
 
Let it go, Takahashi. Inuyasha told himself as he tightly grasped his doorknob. He had reached his room in record time. He turned to look at the hallway entrance and saw her slowly approaching his direction. Her room was just across his.
 
She loves Shun. He sadly uttered in his thoughts.
 
Do I? Kagome seemed to question what he was thinking, as she came near him.

I would know. I should know, shouldn`t I? She asked herself, flustered. She watched him stop for a moment, holding the knob to his door. He was looking at her. But she missed the sad smile directed at her. Instead of going straight to her room, she stopped a foot from him struggling for something to say. Why was she trying so hard to break this awkward silence between them?
 
“Um…” she started.
 
“Goodnight, Kagome,” he muttered opening his door, but Kagome held his arm stopping him.
 
“Wait. Just wait,” she whispered causing him to look at her. “Don't you have anything to say to me after what has just happened between us in the kitchen?” Looking at him intently, she held her breath. His eyes blazed straight at her.
 
Don't stare at me like that. She told him off in her mind as she shuddered, feeling the heat radiating from his fiery gaze. It stirred something in the depths of her, heating her up, awakening her innermost desires. Her eyes gleamed with heat.
 
And he saw it.
 
God, she's so beautiful. Inuyasha sighed in his thoughts.
 
“What do you want me to say, Kagome?” he asked her, closing his door and turning around to face her fully. He started to walk towards her staring at her intensely. She stepped backward, breath hitching up, as was her pulse.
 
“Do you want me to say that I revel in the taste of you? I find kissing you too irresistible I can't help myself.” He had her trapped between the wall and his body. Her eyes had darkened with lust. He dipped down bringing his face only a breath from hers. His voice was a husky rasp. “You’re bad for my self-control, Kagome. The way you look right now. The way you feel against my body. You make me helpless, Kagome. I don’t like it.” Just because he could not help it, he brushed his nose against her throat kissing it. He groaned. “God, so smell so sweet. I want to taste you.”

She whimpered. His breath was hot against her skin. Closing her eyes, she brought her hands up to push him. But as soon as her palms touched hot skin, any thoughts of pushing him dissolved instantly. He felt so hot against her hands – so hard. Ever since the morning they had sparred in the park when she saw him shirtless, she had wanted to slide her hands against his chiselled chest. So she did.

He pressed his groin against hers, and she gasped at the feel of him. He was aroused.

“Feel that? That’s how much I want you, Kagome.”
 
“But then maybe I should stop now before I'd drown myself from wanting you too much,” he whispered against the back of her ear, brushing the skin there with the tip of his nose.
 
She caught her breath. His breaths against that erotic spot made her feel the tingles.
 
“I want to call you mine,” he whispered nibbling her earlobe, sucking it.
 
She gasped. She held his left arm with her free hand and tried to cling to him as he brushed his lips lazily against the skin on her neck; his lips barely touching skin, his hot breath on her skin sending chills down her spine. She closed her eyes and swallowed hard. He was drowning her, and all she could do was immerse in the depths of him – where there was no Shun, there was no engagement, and their friends were non-existent. Right here, right now, there was only the two of them and each other's desires.
 
“Kiss me,” Kagome whispered, as she opened her smoky oceans.
 
His heart leapt as he stared at her amazing pools.
 
"I want you to kiss me, Inuyasha," he heard her say again.
 
“Kagome,” he whispered.
 
His eyes gleamed with lust and something much more, as he dipped in and gently brushed her lips capturing it almost too cautiously as if it was the first time he had ever kissed a girl. He teased her mouth open with his tongue and lazily kissed her. His tongue sensually probed the depths of her mouth. Sighing into the kiss, she wrapped her arms around his neck hugging him close.
 
Angling his head, Inuyasha deepened the kiss. His hands caressed every inch of her that he could stroke. He took hold of her leg, raised it to his side and hooked it around his hips, opening her to him as he started a slow grind, rolling his hips as his pelvis rubbed against hers. Kagome moaned into the kiss, feeling him hot and hard pressing against her sex. She wrenched her mouth away from the kiss, the need to breathe too much to ignore. He smoothly slipped his hands under her shirt and fondled her breasts. She panted, as he now attacked her neck with wet kisses. He nipped at her skin, sucked her flesh, leaving a bruise and marking her as his. She fisted a lump of his silver mane, as she tried so hard to think and perceive what he was doing to her. But her mind was only an array of sweet sensations. No rational thought existed at all.
 
In one smooth motion, he took off her shirt. She wore no bra. He stared at her with amber eyes blazing with lust, and she ignited. He lightly brushed her well-kissed lips with his thumb as his right hand moved down. His hands skimmed her smooth and luscious curves, cupped her breasts and caressed her flat stomach, going even further south to loosen the ties of her track pants. She gasped as she felt her pants falling off her hips to reveal skin. The only thing keeping the pants from falling off and revealing all of her was her hooked leg. All her clothes had been wet from their charade earlier that afternoon, and she had to go around the mansion without any undergarments – only wearing his loose shirt and pants.
 
“I want you,” he said huskily against her skin as his hand move further south cupping her mound against his palm. She arched into his hand bringing her aching sex closer to his ministration.

Inuyasha watched her face and groaned at the sexy moan that came out of her lips, as he gave her clit a flick of his finger. And he played with her pleasure nub, rolling and tugging making it swollen and hard. She gasped loudly, arching her back, bringing her erect nipples to lightly brush his bare chest. He took that chance to devour one erect peak in his mouth. He rolled his tongue around her nipple then roughly captured it, nipping and tugging and sucking it to his heart`s content as he stroked her clit with a steady rhythm. He was playing her body like a well tuned instrument, and she let herself go, immersed in the sensations he was causing her. God, she was going to scream. He roughly captured her mouth drowning her scream in their kiss. And she kissed him back pouring all that she was feeling into the kiss. Her mind might have been blank but her heart was overflowing with emotions.
 
“Inuyasha… Oh God!” She gasped as he slowly inserted a finger inside her, the palm of his hand a steady pressure against her clit. She clung to him as he started to pump, setting an easy and slow rhythm. She beautifully arched her back moving her hips against his hand.

“That’s it, Baby. Move your hips like that,” was his husky drawl as he licked his way to her other nipple. Enclosing it with his mouth, he gently stroked the erect peak with his tongue. She strained against him more. Oh God, this was too hot. What he was doing to her was too sexy. She felt wanton standing there against the wall with his mouth on her breasts and his finger inside her.
 
“Inuyasha,” she moaned his name breathlessly as he took her for the sensual ride, lifting her spirits and making her soar even higher, as he inserted a another finger. He established a harder yet steady rhythm. And she wantonly muttered sweet nothings into his ear that both of them could not even comprehend.
 
Inuyasha hissed. The sounds she was making were driving him to the brink. Even with his loose silk sleeping pants, he could feel the strain of his growing desire. Suddenly, he felt her dainty hands trailed down his chest, palming his perfect abs in sweet seduction. She took him by surprise as she quickly pulled the ties of his pants loosening it, and instantly slipped her tiny hand inside to boldly grab his hot and hard rod.
 
He caught his breath and panted against her breast, as he felt her stroke his erection, matching it with his thrusting fingers. If she continued what she was doing, he would finish without getting inside her. And he did not want that. Inside her – he wanted to be inside when he climaxed. He seized the hand that stroked him and brought it to his lips, kissing it.

Keeping his gaze of her face, he inserted a third finger inside her. She was already dripping wet. He had no trouble as he pumped faster and harder. And she soared exponentially, the action taking her to greater heights and she instinctively moved her hips in rhythm with his thrusting fingers.
 
“Look at me, Kagome. Baby, reach for it. Come for me.” Finally, he felt her walls tighten around his fingers and he groaned at the feel of it. He couldn’t wait to feel her around him. He couldn’t wait to see what it felt to be inside her. She soaked his hand making him want to taste her. He swore he would taste all of her. She was panting breathlessly, as he withdrew his fingers hugging her to him kissing whatever breath she had left. Feeling like jelly, her legs trembled, unable to support her weight.

Inuyasha held her in his arms, as his hands trailed from her shoulders to hug her lower back, moving to grasp her butt cheeks, and lifted her up, guiding her legs to wrap around his middle; her pants were only but clinging on her upper thighs. Settling her back against the wall, he released her mouth. She was still coming down from her high, as he scanned her beautiful face. She was flushed, eyes still shut tight. Her breasts moved in synch as her chest heaved to breathe air. Her flawless skin shimmered with a layer of sweat, making her skin appear like porcelain in the dimmed hallway. He was transfixed on her.
 
“Kagome,” he rasped bringing his forehead against hers. “Do you want this?” He rolled his hips languidly, causing his clothed erection to brush her folds.
 
And she felt herself building up once more. She bit her lip and moaned.
 
“Do you want me?” he exhaled as he struggled for control. He hissed as his desire pulsed, feeling her tempting heat. He was so painfully hard. “Kagome, baby, do you want me?”
 
She finally opened her eyes, and he was caught breathless by it as it gleamed feral in the darkened hallway.
 
“Take me, Inuyasha,” he heard her whimper and his heart jumped as he roughly captured her mouth, driving his tongue inside and fervently kissed her.
 
She had been so lost in the kiss that she had not noticed him open the door to his room, carrying her inside. All that she did was cling to him, panting and moaning breathlessly into the kiss. She felt herself being brought down, her feet touching the carpeted floor. Her pants slid off from her hips, completely baring her nakedness to him.
 
Feeling his hungry amber gaze upon her, she shuddered, his eyes feasting upon her very naked body. His gaze was intense, feral, undressing her even though she was already naked. Catching her breath, she stood before his hungry gaze, as it roamed at every luscious curve. She tingled with wanton desire and sexual anticipation with every pass of his predatory eyes on her body. She had almost forgotten the fact that she had never done this with anyone before; that the only people who saw her utterly naked were her parents and grandfather when she was a still a baby. And so, she looked away from him and covered her bare essentials.
 
He moved towards her, brushing her chin up for her to look face him as his left hand snaked around her tiny waist, embracing her. He kissed her forehead and smiled reassuringly.
 
“Beautiful,” he whispered kissing her sending chills down her spine to the tips of her toes. He then revelled in the taste of her sweet essence as he kissed her deeply; turning it into a demanding kiss as they both relentlessly stroked each other’s tongues. She moaned. He groaned. And they were both in a high. With his hands, he palmed her ass bringing her lower body close to his, as he rolled his hips against hers. He couldn’t wait to get inside her. God, he was going to end up fucking her here and not in his bed. And it was going to be hard and fast.

Kagome seemed not to mind because when he lifted her up with one hand, she immediately wrapped her legs around his hips. With his free hand, he untied his pants as he walked towards the couch and sat down. Holding her hips, he lowered her to his erection, moving passed her folds and into her tight depths. Suddenly, she flinched grasping his shoulders tightly. He stopped her descent looking at her with wide eyes.
 
“I'm your first?” he asked incredulously, yet so much overwhelmed by that fact.
 
Nodding, she smiled uncomfortably at him. She evened her breathing trying to ease the pain and the feel of her being stretched to limits.

Keeping her still, Inuyasha hugged her. “Why didn’t you tell me, Kagome?” God, she was virgin and he had taken her roughly. He swallowed the lump stuck in his throat, not knowing if it was because he had hurt her, or if it was because he was in awe of the rising emotions from discovering that no other man had touched her this way except him.
 
She bit her lip. She hadn’t told him because the thought flew out of her mind. Because she had felt so wanton in his arms that she had forgotten that she had not tried this before. Because the thought of him being her first felt unusually right. In his arms, feeling him throb deep inside her. She couldn’t think of anywhere else she’d rather be at the moment. What the hell was Inuyasha doing to her? She was mush in his hands.

He was looking at her so worriedly, she had to smile.

“I kind of forgot.” She took a deep breath. “So, be gentle, okay? Or I'll kick your sorry ass if you don't,” she rasped, playfully threatening him while he made small comforting strokes in her lower back to relax her.
 
He just had to smile at that. Now, that was just pure Kagome talking. She dared to look down and saw his erection. She gasped.
 
“Oh my, you're big,” she whispered.
 
Now, that caused him to chuckle. She hit him.
 
“Stop laughing,” she scolded. “It hurts you know.”
 
“Sorry. Just relax, okay?” he said lovingly, capturing her mouth for a deep kiss as he slowly impaled her to him, filling her up to the hilt. Kagome bit her lip, as she felt herself opening for him. The invasion was slightly painful but she opened like a dream. He was taking her so slowly, so carefully, so sweetly.
 
“Are you okay?” She heard the worry in his voice, as he gave her the time to get used to his size. His breath hit her breasts as he panted for control. She was fantastically tight inside that he almost got off instantly.
 
“Yeah.” Breathless, she rolled her hips teasing him. She smirked mischievously, that feral gleam burned like wild fire in her eyes. This may be her first time, but she knew how to play naughty.

Grunting, he then moved his hips in a slow grind, groaning with each thrust he made. She panted at his beguiling pace. It was not a boring pace, yet it was not orgasmic either; it was just enough to build her up. She frowned at him in her mind. Now, he was teasing her.
 
He grasped her ass as he pulled her forward, bringing her close to him, burying him even deeper inside her. He guided her movements in synch with his pace. He had imagined her this way for countless of times. He had longed for her to be this way with him. His naughty side had wanted to tease her. To make her wait. To let her experience the build up because it was more explosive that way. But it had backfired as soon as he had claimed her depths because all he could think about was to claim her. He’d give her slow and sweet lovemaking next time. But right now, he needed her hard and fast. He wanted her too much.

“You feel amazing,” he rasped moaning, as he put some muscle into his thrusts.

 “Then fill me,” she replied huskily as she held his shoulders and rode him in wild abandon, moaning, as she tried to match his beguiling pace.
 
He watched her breasts bounced up and down opposite his upward motion. Her eyes were shut tight, a sexy moan coming out of her slightly parted lips. Her beautiful raven black hair cascaded down her back. A shin of sweat covered her entire body. He had never seen such an orgasmic guise in his life before, and his heart swelled knowing he was the cause of her rapture. The thought left him burning inside, hungry for more of her. With a grunt, he locked his hips with hers. Instantly, he had her lying beneath him in the couch.
 
He roughly devoured her lips, snaking his tongue inside, kissing her fervently. He resumed thrusting his hips as she wrapped her legs around his hips, burying him further into her depths. He captured one erect nipple with his mouth, moaning as he sucked it hungrily. His right hand held her left hand above her head, while his left hand fondled with her other breast.
 
“Inuyasha,” she panted loudly, tangling her free hand in his silver mane.
 
He released her left hand. And she felt him reached in between them and rubbed her clit, matching his strokes at the same time with his thrusts, which were now faster and harder, hitting that sweet spot deep inside her, causing her to orgasm once more. She shuddered arching her back as her toes curled. And she screamed his name as she roughly wrenched his face away from her breast and kissed him hard. Her screams were muffled into the deep kiss. He felt her walls tighten around his erection, and he grunted, pulling her shaking body up to straddle him, as he pumped wantonly, now setting short hard thrusts, prolonging her orgasm.
 
Finally, with one last thrust, he poured himself into her depths. She seized him, drinking every bit of his seed greedily, leaving no drop to waste. They continued to kiss fervently until the need to breathe robbed them of their fervent endearment. Heavy breathing resounded in the darkened room, as they stayed in that erotic position for a few moments just catching their breaths.
 
Still hugging her closely, Inuyasha kissed Kagome's shoulders. He massaged her lower back soothingly, and she moaned against his neck. She kissed the pulse she found there, and then, without any warning, she slumped on him.

Inuyasha felt her weight against his shoulder.

“Kagome,” he whispered her name, but received no answer. He held her in his arms to look at her and he smiled longingly at her peaceful face. She was already asleep.
 
“You always amaze me,” he whispered brushing his lips against her forehead.
 
Hesitantly, he withdrew from inside her depths. He gathered all their clothes from the floor and carried her inside his bedroom. His room was made up of four different rooms: the receiving area, which was where they were at the moment, the bedroom, the walk-in closet, and the bathroom.
 
Now that some of his sanity was back in place, he smirked. They had just done foreplay in the hallway of his house with Sesshomaru sleeping in the same floor as them. He looked at the sleeping bundle in his arms wondering how she would react to that fact. He smiled knowingly. He remembered her threat earlier and chuckled. He knew exactly how she would react. Maybe, she’d kick his sorry ass. He thought jokingly, as he laid her down the bed. He stroked her hair lovingly. It was ten passed three in the morning already. He sighed and wore a clean pair of pants. He was pondering on whether to step out of the room and sleep on the couch, or sleep beside her. He much preferred the latter because not only had he wished to make love to her, he had also longed to feel her in his arms when he slept.

But what happened between them tonight – was it only a one-time deal? Had it only happened because they had felt the urge to... you know, fuck? Did she think of what happened between them as only a one-night stand? Would this episode result into another awkward conversation like what they had in the park? Would they again pretend like nothing had happened? That what happened between them was another mistake?

Sighing deeply, he stood before the door holding the knob with his hand. He did not have the answers. But he hoped. God, he hoped that whatever had happened tonight was real for her. Because it was real for him. She was real to him. Her body was, as well as all her reactions to his touch. The kisses they had shared; they were all real to him. Tonight was real to him. She had always been an enigma to him. Because even if all that had happened was real for him, it was still one made-up fantasy in his reality for obvious reasons that she was not his. It had always been a mixture of both reality and fantasy when it came to her.

He heard her moan, as she shifted in her sleep causing him to stray away from his thoughts. He looked at her. It appeared that she wasn't asleep yet, as she stared at him in the dimmed room. Their gazes held each other speaking what was left unsaid.
 
“Am I to consider this another mistake?” She sat up. She was awake when he brought him down the bed. But she pretended to sleep and waited for his next move. Would he lie beside her and hold her in her sleep? Or would he leave? She could hear her heart pounding loudly as she waited for his reply. He was looking at her so intently.
 
“Inuyasha? Am I to pretend all this hasn't happened?” 

He felt a tug at his heart, as she watched her. Then, he slowly strode towards her bedside and sat beside her. She was still waiting and he knew that he should give an answer now. Things like these were not supposed to delay.
 
“No, it has never been a mistake, Kagome.” He gently captured her mouth for a deep kiss.
 
 
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Shun nursed the glass of brandy he held in his hands, his thoughts in disarray. His plane had safely arrived in London a couple of hours ago, but he refused to shake off the beginnings of jetlag by sleeping it off. The last conversation he had with Kagome played a non-stop loop in his mind. The grip he had with his glass tightened.
 
“Shun, I don't think this is working.”

He pictured Kagome, as she stood before him in the airport's departure area with that sad and intent look in her eyes.

Every muscle in his body grew taut. No, she would not leave him. She would not do that - because he would not let her. He emptied his glass in one gulp savoring the burn. It felt good. It tampered his anger a bit. What was wrong with her? He was just thinking for the best when he had demanded for her to withdraw from the high-rise project. He was just looking out for her when he insisted she stay away from Inuyasha.

He snarled in his thoughts. Inuyasha, he was winning again and he couldn't stand it.

“And you know what? I think Inuyasha is a good guy, and I like his company. Our friends obviously think so too; it's just a pity you don't.” 

It took all his control to not shake her so hard for her to take those words back. He burned with anger and jealousy, as he quickly bid her goodbye. With his back straight, he walked confidently away from her. However, deep inside, his heart pounded in trepidation. He knew Kagome. When she said something, most of the times, she meant it. He refused to stick around to know that.

Kagome would not be leaving him if he could help it. Kagome was his. She was his first. She was his because she was wearing his ring and that tied her to him. That marked her as his. She was his because that was just the way it was, since Inuyasha had arrived and it would stay that way. She would break first before Inuyasha could have her. He thought possessively, conjuring a plan to make her stay. And he just knew how to do exactly just that.
 
 
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Inuyasha watched the woman beneath him moaning his name passionately, as he moved inside her. Her legs were wrapped around his hips, as her body moved seductively. He held her gaze, both his hands held hers above her head. Right after he had given her his answer, they had made love again. This time, enticingly slow in the bed.
 
God. He moaned in his mind. His heart ached and burned taking in her appearance. He had never seen someone so beautiful in the throes. Her raven black hair splayed across red silken pillows, her deep blue pools shut tight, as she savored the feel of him inside her, lips parting for air all the while moaning for more. Her chest heaved and the two perfect mounds above it bounced back and forth matching his hard steady thrusts. Those pink swollen peaks stood erect and glistened from his attentions a while ago.
 
“Open your eyes, Kagome.” His voice came out like a strangled grunt. So sexy. So hot. “Look at me.”
 
She whimpered, as she opened her dazed ocean pools.
 
“Move with me,” he huskily said.
 
She lifted her hips off the mattress arching her back as she met each of his thrusts. The action brought him closer to her tight depths taking their breaths away. She darted her tongue out to lick her dry lips. He followed the movement with his eyes. Grunting, he bent down and possessed her lips driving his tongue inside for a bruising kiss.
 
Taking hold of her legs, he hooked them in his arms. She was so open to him now. In this position, she felt him go deeper. She wounded her hands around his neck, her left hand coming up to dig in his hair and scalp while the other grabbing his left butt cheek pulling him closer, a silent plea to move faster. And he gave her more, thrusting deeper, harder and faster inside her, as he devoured her mouth.
 
He could feel it. Once more, she was near. Gritting his teeth, he held himself back. She was so close. Only one thrust away and…
 
“Inuyasha,” she screamed his name in pure pleasure. Her walls quivered wantonly around him, sucking him in and squeezing him dry.

Spent and sated, he rolled them over so that she lay spooned against his front. He kissed her shoulder and held her tight. Their bodies had dictated for both to drown in sweet carnal indulgence, and both were helplessly lost in the midst of a storm of guilty pleasures. Whatever had happened tonight, they would both deal with it in the morning. But for now, there was only one thing in their minds.

Sleep.

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