Kagome seriously considered skipping school today, but she knew her mother would throw a fit, and anyway she hoped to run into InuYasha, and try to salvage what was left of their relationship. She threw on sweats and an old t-shirt, pulled her hair into a ponytail, and walked to school. Once she got there, she searched the parking lot for his car, but it was nowhere in sight. She went to her locker to grab her books, and walked to class. The whole day, she looked for InuYasha, but he never showed. She knew he must have ditched, and her mood grew worse as the day progressed.

Several days pasted, and she never saw him. She called and left messages, but they all went unanswered. One day, she was walking out of the double doors of the school and stopped when Koga's car pulled in front of her. "Come on, Kagome. I'll give you a ride home."

She got in, "Thanks, Koga."

"No problem."

They sat in silence for the first few minutes, before Kagome spoke up. "Why don't we just head to your house? We never did go over your history." She didn't look away from the window, and her fists were clenched in her lap. The last thing she wanted was to go home, and spend another night crying in her room.

"You don't have to do that, Kagome." Koga shook his head at her. "I know you're not really up to it."

"No, I want to." She nearly begged, turning to look at him. She leaned across the seat, "I'd appreciate the distraction."

He turned and looked at her briefly, before focusing back on his driving.

Kagome frowned, but didn't say anything, and when she noticed him take the turn towards his house, she breathed a sigh of relief. A few minutes later, they were heading up to his room. They sat down and took out their notes, going over it for about an hour or so. "You're getting much better," Kagome observed.

"That's all you, Kagome." She shifted in her spot on the bed, where they'd had been lounging for the past 40 minutes. They were both on their stomachs, their books laying in front of them. Kagome glanced up at him from beneath her lashes.

"What's all me?"

"Everything." Koga kept his eyes down. He flipped the page of his notebook, and kept his focus on his homework. Kagome's heart had begun to race, and she thought about their first lunch together. How playful Koga had been, and so different from InuYasha, who was always serious, and so deeply passionate. She loved InuYasha, but she knew Koga had feelings for her, and being with him numbed the pain in her chest. She peeked at him, again, and stared longer then she meant to. He noticed, and a blush had crept up her cheeks. She shyly hid her face, until he pointed to another note in his margin, turning the attention back to their homework. Later that night, he drove Kagome home. She exited the car with another small wave, but with a little smile on her lips, and that night, she went to sleep without crying.

She still woke every morning, hoping to find a text from InuYasha, but every morning, she would be disappointed. But once she got to school and saw Koga in the halls, and in class, he'd smile at her and the butterflies in her stomach grew more persistent. They studied together every night, where she'd sneak peeks at him. He'd notice, and turn those big blue eyes on her, and smile. Her stomach would flip flop, and they'd go back to studying. They ate dinner together, too. Not always pizza, but she actually taught him a few easy things to cook. Rice, and filleted fish, steamed vegetables; very basic meals.

One day, her mother caught her while she was leaving for school. "I know you'll be studying with Koga tonight, and he always feeds you, but you should bring this today." She held up a container of home-made food. "It would be nice if you treated him tonight, right?"

"Yeah, right mom." Kagome took the food, and walked to school.

When the school day came to an end, she found Koga waiting by her locker, like he had been doing for the past few weeks. She took out the food and handed it to him. He looked down at it in his hands, with a puzzled expression, "What's this?"

"Our dinner," Kagome answered opening her locker. "My mom packed it. Said I should treat you tonight, since you always feed me."

"Well it's about time." Koga joked.

They drove over to Koga's house, and went up to his room. They sat cross-legged on his bed. He had gotten them two waters from his mini fridge, and Kagome handed him a pair of chopsticks. Inside the box, were steamed vegetables, and spicy tuna rolls, Kagome's favorite. She picked up a spicy tuna roll, and held it out to him, wanting to feed him. Koga cocked an eyebrow, but opened his mouth and Kagome placed the roll on his tongue. He closed his mouth, chewed and swallowed. "Like it?" Kagome asked.

"Yea, definitely." They ate the meal, and then, stretched out on the bed.

"I think I can handle the homework, tonight. It wasn't too heavy in class, today." Koga lay next to Kagome, his stomach full. He had put one hand behind his head and was staring up at the ceiling.

"Your note taking has improved, a lot. You're better than me, now." Kagome said, honestly.

"No, not even close, Kagome." Koga laughed it off like a joke. Then said, seriously, "You should really go into tutoring at the school. Maybe even pursue it afterwards. You'd make a great counselor." He'd turned his head to look at her.

She was resting on her side, with her head in her palm, leaning on her elbow. "I'm not that good at it, Koga." She said, dismissively.

"Sure, you are. Look at everything you taught me" Koga rolled, so that he was mimicking her position, so they were both facing each other. "Even with as much as I distract you." He finished with a wink.

He was smiling at her, but she wasn't smiling back. Her thoughts had regressed to the argument she and InuYasha had days ago, and she felt close to tears. She closed her eyes, and when she opened them, Koga was staring at her, worriedly. "Kagome, what's wrong?" He looked genuinely concerned, and Kagome felt a flood of emotions wash over her. "Kagome," Koga said her name, again.

She looked at him. She didn't want to cry anymore, but she hadn't even seen InuYasha since they fought. He never answered her calls or texts, and she felt like her heart had been torn in two. She felt the flood of tears surface, but she held them back, barely. "Koga, can you distract me, again?" Somehow, she'd kept her voice from cracking.

Koga frowned at her, not understanding. Suddenly, Kagome leaned forward and touched her lips to his. She pulled back slightly to gauge his reaction. He was still frowning at her, so she leaned in again. When she began to pull back, she felt Koga's arm wrap around her waist, and he returned the kiss.

Kagome put her hand on his arm, pulling him in, and then, Koga rolled onto his back, bringing her with him. Her weight settled against his toned torso, and she felt him place his hand on the back of her head. Her hands were now fisting his shirt. She pulled back again, to stare into his eyes, "Distract me, Koga."

His peered at her with bright eyes, then, pulled her back in for another kiss, rolling them both so he hovered over her. His hands came to rest on either side of her face, and Kagome lost herself in Koga's embrace. She closed her eyes, and when his lips moved to her neck, she found herself remembering InuYasha's gentle touch. She began to remember their long nights on his couch, snuggled under the blankets. But, even though their late nights never went anywhere, she remembered the feeling of InuYasha's hands on her body. Each caress was like a kiss of fire along her skin, and she relived every sensational touch.

Suddenly, her body went rigid. As Koga's ministrations were ghosted with the memory of her nights with InuYasha, in her mind, is was he who held close, who kissed her, and who was breathing her name.

She opened her eyes, and instead of InuYasha's warm, golden irises staring down at her, she was looking into Koga's striking, blue ones. She shrunk back, and Koga immediately froze. She planted her palm against his chest, pushing him away. He pulled back. "What is it?"

She squeezed her eyes shut, as her tears began to fall. She shook her head, vehemently, from side to side. Koga lifted himself up on one arm, placing his other hand on the side of her face, and holding her still. "Kagome," she wouldn't open her eyes. "Look at me," he pressed, stroking her cheek with his thumb.

Her eyes fluttered open. "InuYasha," she whispered. For the past few days, Koga had been able to numb the pain she felt over InuYasha leaving, but in truth, anything she felt for the wolf demon fell short to what she felt for InuYasha. She loved him, and for her, there would never be anyone else. Koga knew that. "I love him," she confessed.

"I know." With that, Koga lifted himself off her, pulling her off the bed with him. He stood them on their feet, folding Kagome into his arms. She rested her head in the crook of his neck, his scent bringing her some small semblance of comfort. But her heart still ached for the hanyou. She felt Koga's hand smooth up and down her back, and she relaxed a little more.

"I'm sorry, Koga." She lifted her head to look at him. She felt horrible for wanting, even for a moment, what could have happened here.

"It's okay." He said, stroking her hair. "For what it's worth, if you were mine, I wouldn't let you go." Fresh tears started to flow, and Kagome wiped them away. "But you're not, and that's okay." Koga tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, then stood back. "Come on, I'll take you home."

"Okay." Kagome mumbled, grabbing her things and following him out.

He dropped her off at her house. Before she exited the car, she turned to Koga. "I'm really sorry, Koga." she said, needing to give this last repentance.

Her hand rested on the edge of the seat. He took it in his, stroking her skin with his thumb, "I knew what I was getting into." Her brow furrowed, but before she could ask him anything, he shook his head. "No hard feelings. Just take care of yourself, okay?"

Kagome nodded, squeezing his hand. She got out of the car and when into the house, up to her room. She sat on her bed, and let the guilt wash over her. Why had she kissed Koga? She hadn't felt anything, so was it his wanting her that made her think she could love him? She didn't know, and now she hoped she could make things right with InuYasha. She picked up the phone to call him, but his cell went to voicemail. She lay back on the bed, threading her fingers through her hair. If he wouldn't answer her, she would need to go to him.

She got off her bed and pulled on sweats and a jacket. Grabbing her phone and keys, and walked down the street towards InuYasha's house. She shivered as she headed across the street. It had grown a lot colder, and she was berating herself for not wearing a warmer jacket. She wrapped her arms around herself and kept going.

She reached his house, walked around the back to his bedroom door, and knocked. She waited, but there was only silence. She knocked again, harder this time, and again, she heard nothing. She huffed to herself and looked behind her at the empty street. She wasn't leaving. She sat on the curb, just outside his house and waited.

It was at least an hour, if not longer, before she saw his car pull up. She'd been huddled on the curb, with her knees pulled up to her chin and her arms draped across. Gathering as much warmth as she could. But when his car pulled into the drive, she stood, shivering and waiting for him to exit the car.

He stepped out of the car, and stared at her with his hand still on the door. Almost like he was going to slip back in and drive away. Kagome's hair blew in her face, and she raised a hand to tuck it back into place. His eyes followed the movement, before he asked, "Kagome? How long have you been out here?"

She didn't answer. Instead, she launched herself across the driveway, and into his arms. He, instinctively, folded her against his chest, and had to stifle his surprise when he felt how cold she was. "Kagome, you idiot, what were you thinking?" He couldn't hide his anger. She could have gotten sick, she was so cold.

She shrugged, "I was waiting for you."

"Why?"

"I needed to see you." She looked up at him, pleading with her eyes. He let out a deep sigh, fumbling for his house keys. "Come on, let's get you inside." He ushered her into his room, and led her to the couch. He turned the thermostat up, and grabbed her an extra sweatshirt. "Put this on." She obeyed.

He sat facing away from her, and it was a few seconds before he spoke. "Why were you sitting outside in the cold?"

"I told you, I needed to see you." she answered, unmoving. She was curled in his oversized sweatshirt. She breathed in his scent, and felt the warmth begin to seep back into her bones.

"Bored of your wolf boy, now?" He snapped.

She couldn't help it, she got angry. Why did he always have to bring them back to Koga? "InuYasha, stop it."

"What?" His hands fisted his pants over his knees.

Kagome sighed, "You have to stop being like this."

"Being like what?" he asked, cocking an eyebrow.

"Jealous."

"I'm not jealous." He shook his head back and forth.

"Yes, you are."

"No," he jumped to his feet, looming over her. "I'm angry that my girlfriend chose some wolf trash over me."

She was on her feet next, "I never did that, InuYasha!" They stood eye to eye. "If you think I haven't been miserable without you, you're wrong." New tears began to run down her face, "I've been so numb, and Koga took the pain away. But I couldn't stand not being with you." She was crying now. "I know I you were hurt, but I was hurting, too. Every night, I went to bed hoping I'd wake up and this would all be a dream, and every morning, I wanted to crawl into a hole when I saw you hadn't answered my texts. I was lost, InuYasha!" Her face fell into her hands, and she started shaking, but then, she felt InuYasha's arms around her. A second later, she felt his lips on hers. Time stopped, and she forgot all her misery and anger, and she simply basked in this moment of being back in InuYasha's arms.

He broke the kiss, and leaned his forehead against hers. "I've been miserable, too. That's why I wasn't home. My mom got on my case about my mood the past few weeks, and I just had to leave for a few hours." He pulled back to look at her. "How long did you wait for me?"

She shrugged, "An hour?"

"Kagome," he shook his head at her, wrapping his arms tighter around her. "It made me crazy to think I'd lost you to that stupid wolf."

She smiled, and shook her head. "You'll never lose me." She looked into his eyes. "There is nothing between Koga and me. InuYasha it's always been you, and it's always going to be you."

He shook his head, "Us, it'll always be us."

She laughed, "I like the sound of that." He pulled her in for another kiss, then pulled back. "Kagome?"

"Yeah?"

"I love you, too."

She wrapped her arms around his neck, and they fell deeper into their inexplicable bliss.

A/N: Okay, so not my best fanfic, but I'm happy with it. In this story, I wanted to show Kagome as a fallible character. I know a lot of people get steamy when they read a story where someone goes after Kagome, and I wanted to show one where she is definitely flawed. Koga doesn't exactly "go after" Kagome, but the status of her and InuYasha's relationship is in question when she kisses him. Koga is supposed to be a very understanding character and cares deeply for Kagome, and I think that's how he came out. The whole story was to explore how these two would work through the obstacles, again, with InuYasha behing hot-headed like always and Kagome not being as strong as we would like her to be. But in the end, love conquers all. I think that's how this came out, but you tell me. Please read and review, love you all!

-Nicole