Kagome caught him just before he made contact with the ground. She sat there holding him with a helpless look in her eyes.
Inuyasha suddenly found Kagome hugging his head to her heart. He could feel her body start to shake as she began crying. Her voice came out as a hoarse whisper.
"I'm so sorry… I'm just so useless… I can't even take care of you…" Inuyasha's eyes softened and he cuddled up even closer to Kagome.
"You're taking care of me right now." Kagome tried to get up to fetch some blankets but Inuyasha held her firmly, refusing to let go.
"Stay, please." Kagome sighed and wrapped her arms around his shoulders, resting her head on his.
"I'll stay as long as I'm able."
"What do you mean 'able'?" Kagome smiled sadly. It was a topic she had been trying to avoid for some time now.
"Even if I do decide to stay… What about my family? I would want to say goodbye at least. If the well closes while I'm over here I'll never be able to see them again." Inuyasha held Kagome closer to him to try and ease the uncertainty this conversation caused his heart.
Inuyasha just laid there, thinking, cuddled in Kagome's arms. An idea came to him and he took a calming breath before he addressed Kagome. "What… What if we wish for the well to be open to your family? … Then they could live here… or come visit us." Kagome looked at him with a shocked expression.
"But I thought… that you wanted to be a full demon." Inuyasha gulped and built up his courage for what he was about to confess, his arms involuntarily tightening around her waist.
"No. I'm fine… as long as I have you." Inuyasha shut his eyes tight and waited for her rejection, to be pushed away and told that she didn't like him that way, that she didn't want to be with him.
Kagome barely noticed him tense in her arms. Joyful tears were streaming down her face as she leaned and kissed the top of his head, whispering into his ear.
"I'd like that. And you should know by now that I'd never leave you, not even in death." Just as Kagome had, Inuyasha caught the hidden meaning in her words. He relinquished his hold enough so he could see her face, the happy tears, and that undeniable emotion in her eyes. Tentatively, he closed the distance between them.
Kagome's eyes widened when he kissed her but as soon as what was happening registered in her mind, her eyes fluttered shut and she returned the kiss.
Inuyasha was the one to break the sweet contact.
"Kagome, I…" Kagome silenced him by giving him a chaste kiss on the lips.
"I love you too Inuyasha."
Yay! Another InuKag happy ending! Hope you liked it!
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