A/N: This chapter seems to kinda putt putt along. I'm not very happy with it but it is needed.
At about 8 p.m. Sesshoumaru parked his car in front of her building. They had spent a good three hours on the side of the road trying every position that was possible in the tiny Mitsubishi. Who knew car sex could be so fun? With that in mind Sesshoumaru decided that he was going to steal her away any little moment they had available and experiment some more in the back seat. Maybe even the driver's seat. Hell, even the hood.
On the way back to her apartment, they dropped into Jakotsu's studio anyway to see if there was anything he wanted her to do that evening. Immediately Jakotsu noticed how the two floated in with happy grins on their faces, but when he was directly in front of them he decided to make one of his observations aloud. "Did you have sex in the car or something? You two reek of fucking!"
Kagome turned a deep shade of red and hid her face in Sesshoumaru's chest while he just looked simply pleased with himself. "Well, I guess we'll be leaving now."
"No no! Wait a second!" Sesshoumaru watched Jakotsu happily skip back to his office chanting "Kagome got laid" in a sing song manner. When he came back over he handed the taller man a list of things he wanted Kagome to have prepared and said a quick goodbye when they turned to leave. "Don't forget protection!" he yelled as the couple reached the door.
When they finally reached her building Kagome looked up at her apartment window and frowned.
"You don't want to go in, do you?" he asked quietly.
Kagome shook her head. "That means out little fantasy world is gone and the real world has returned. I go back up there to my life where my ex bugs me and you go back to Jaken." She turned to him. "Thank you for today."
"Who said it had to end here?" he replied. He knew that he had Jaken, but he didn't really care. He wanted this girl all to himself, no interferences from her ex and none from Jaken. The only thing that would hurt would be breaking up with the man that he had been with intimately for two years, the one who befriended him at the beginning of his career. He held him dear to his heart as a lover and colleague, but there wasn't any love there in the traditional sense. There wouldn't be much hurt on his part, just from the other half of things.
She just looked at him. "I don't want you to sacrifice your relationship to be with me just because the sex is good. I want you to be with me for me, my personality, my body, hell, even my just woke up hair."
"The sex wasn't good," he said. Her head shot up to look at him with anger in her eyes. "The sex was great," he clarified. "I have never felt the way I feel about you for any other woman. The only thing that comes close is what I feel for Jaken. And I don't want it to end. Do you?"
She shook her head.
"Good. Now you go up and get some sleep, I'll be by tomorrow." He leaned over and kissed her again. He thanked whatever god was listening for tinted windows because the kiss led to another full blown make out session that ended up with her coming all over his fingers for the second time that day.
She finally made it out of her car and up to the apartment, ready to face Sango. As expected, the other girl was sitting at the kitchen table with a mug of coffee in her hands staring daggers at Kagome. "And just where have you been all day missy?" she asked in a motherly tone. Ever since she had moved from her small town to the city and met Sango in college, the slightly older girl had been a bit of a mother hen, watching out for Kagome and teaching her that city life was a lot different from the life she lived in the small town she was born and raised.
"I was out," Kagome said, trailing off a bit and waiting for Sango to take the bait.
Sango just laughed. "You were with that model again, weren't you?"
Kagome blushed and nodded.
"And you got laid! You are glowing right now." Sango laughed a bit more. "Bout time you got rid of Inuyasha."
Kagome sat down next to her friend. "Ummmm, yeah, about that..."
"You didn't."
She nodded solemnly. "He came by this morning claiming how much he loved me, and I couldn't just break it off."
"When are you going to grow some balls, girl? You need to get rid of him. He brings nothing but pain!"
"I know, but I just can't right now." Silently she stood and walked to her bedroom to collect her things to shower.
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Jaken paced the apartment, running his thin fingers through his thinning gray hair. He had taken the much younger model under his wing at the start of his career and at times wondered why on earth he chose a partner that was twenty years his junior.
He loved him fiercely, would follow him anywhere, but his behavior since his fitting with Jakotsu...he had been a bit detached, even been with that girl. To think that he had considered befriending the girl. She seemed sweet enough, and if she caught his love's eye there must have been something special about her.
He stopped his pacing and walked into the bedroom. Things weren't supposed to come to this. One by one Jaken pulled his favorite suits out of the closet and carefully put them in his suitcase. Maybe some time apart would do them good.
When Sesshoumaru sauntered into his apartment Jaken was waiting for him on the couch. "Where were you today? You didn't answer any of my calls."
Sesshoumaru sat down on the couch next to the smaller man and kissed him lightly. "I was out."
"With that woman again. I can taste her pussy on your lips."
Sesshoumaru shrugged. "I can't get her out of my system. I don't know what is wrong with me." He leaned over and put his head in his hands. "I've never felt this way about any other woman, and I can't figure it out."
Jaken stood and walked over to the door, picking up the bag that sat there. "Well, when you do, call me. Until then, I can't bear to look at you." He opened the front door and walked out, shutting it with a soft click.
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"Mmm...oh fuck..." he panted in her ear. "So good..."
She tried her best to keep balance, but it was a hard thing to do while being taken from behind in a small car. "Harder..."
"As you wish," he replied, granting her request.
"I wish this didn't have to end."
"It doesn't."
"Then shut up and fuck me"
Kagome was rudely awakened from her dream by the ringing of her cell phone. Glancing at the clock on her bedside table she started fumbling for the phone, then tried to open it before the caller hung up.
"It's two in the morning, this better be good" she said, still half asleep.
"Kagome?" the voice on the other end said.
"Sesshoumaru?" She noted the way his voice held more emotion than usual and was instantly awake. "Is everything alright? Did something happen to Jaken??"
"Something did happen, and no I'm not alright. Can I come over?"
Getting out of bed she grabbed her robe off of the peg on the wall and put it on. "Just call me when you are at the door so I can buzz you in. Do you want me to make coffee?"
"No. I'll be there in twenty minutes."
Even though he said he didn't want any, Kagome made a pot of coffee for herself. She knew she wouldn't be sleeping very well tonight, so what was the point?
Taking a seat in her 'comfy chair' in front of the window, coffee in hand, she watched the few cars pass by on the street below, signaling the closing of some of the bars nearby. She remembered when she was stuck going to the normal hum bum bars, though now that Jakotsu had taken her under his wing she was able to go to the hottest clubs and restaurants in town, almost always getting in for free. Not to mention the free drinks. Those were always good.
She watched as his little black Mitsubishi pulled up to the curb and waited for her cell phone to ring. As the minutes ticked by and there was no phone call she began to worry. Placing her coffee on the table she got up and slid on her slippers that were next to the door. She snagged the spare key off of the little table next to the door and walked out of her apartment. Making quick work of the stairs she was at the front door of the building and soon to his car. She tapped on the glass of the passenger side window.
When it rolled down she was shocked to see him, his normal perfect hair a mess, eyes red and puffy. "Sesshoumaru?" As quickly as he rolled the window down he rolled it back up again and turned off the car. He stepped out and shut the door and walked around the car. Kagome met him half way.
When they met he grabbed her and held her fiercely to his chest, almost feeling like if he let go even the slightest bit the woman would disappear and he would be completely and utterly alone in the world. "What's wrong, Sesshoumaru?"
"He's gone," he said simply.
"Jaken?"
"Yeah."
"Let's get inside, it's chilly out here."
Kagome led Sesshoumaru back into the building and up the stairs to her apartment. She opened the door and let him in first before entering herself and shutting the door locking the dead bolts.
Instead of leading him to the kitchen table to talk like she had originally planned she led him to her bedroom. She she took her robe off he just stood there in the dark, slouched down with his hair sliding over his face.
When he took no action she went to where he stood and began to unbutton his shirt. Fully unbuttoned, she pulled it off of him and set it on her desk chair. Then she leaned down and untied his shoes so he could step out of them. Putting them over by her own pair at the end of the bed, she turned to see Sesshoumaru removing his belt and pants and placing them on the chair where she put his shirt.
She pulled the blankets on the bed back and got in, making sure she left enough room for his larger body. When she was settled she felt him move next to her, pulling the blankets over the both of them. A strange sensation of comfort took over when she felt his arm wrap around her, pulling her to him. "Am I worth all of this?" she asked quietly.
For a moment he thought. Earlier that day he was dead set that he didn't want their escapades to end, that Jaken didn't matter as much; now he wasn't so sure. Though he did weigh out the other half of things: Kagome made him feel things that he had never felt before, even with his last girlfriend before Jaken. He was never one to lust and then take action. Kagome had awoken something inside of him that just made him completely lose it, and he liked it. "Yes. Completely worth it."
Setting more into his warm embrace she let herself fall asleep.
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Author's Chapter Notes:
Disclaimer: Inuyasha and all related characers are property of Rumiko Takahashi.
Sesshoumaru is rather OOC in this chapter, but then again the entire story has been one OOC fest!