Between You And Me by LittleDragon

Prolouge: Is this the end?

Sesshoumaru had had enough. Even if he was the only one that could see it, he'd totally had enough. He'd put his heart and soul into this relationship, he loved Kagome with everything he had.

But she had a problem, a big problem that didn't seem to bug her all that much. It wasn't good for her, it wasn't good for them. She'd been so lazy lately, so out of character for her usually unstoppable energy bursts.

It wasn't just that she was being lazy, she was always in a bad mood, and never wanted to do anything anymore.

When they'd first started going out, he hadn't minded so much. It didn't really affect her, granted they had been in their early teens when they'd started going out, so it was popular for kids to smoke up. Hell, he'd taken a few hits here and there. It didn't seem like a problem.

But lately, she'd smoke at every chance of the day she got. She'd sleep all day, then go and party with the girls at night. She'd come home drunk and pass out, starting the day all over again.

Sighing, Sesshoumary watched as Kagome took another hit off the pipe in her hand. She raised it to him, but he just shook his head, and turned his face as she blew a stream of smoke in his direction.

"What's wrong sweetie? You used to always smoke with me." she murmured, watching his face go blank.

He always did that when he didn't want her to know something. He'd been like that since they were little, she'd always assumed that something had happened when he was younger that had made him that way. She shrugged.

"I don't want you to smoke anymore Kagome... this isn't good for you..." he mumbled, looking around their trashed room.

With his work schedule, he hardly got the time to clean, he was always exhausted when he came home.

She usually cleaned up... not much anymore...

"Man am I hungry! Did you bring anything home to eat?" she asked, standing up, pulling out a drawer and placing her pipe on a bunch of socks. She completely ignored what he had just said to her, he knew she was avoiding the subject.

He sighed and sat down on the bed with a low groan.

"No, I came straight home from work." He pulled his shoes off and placed them next to the night stand.

"Oh... are we going out to eat then?" she asked, futzing about the room, never picking anything up, just pushing stuff around.

"No." He stood back up and went into the living room.

"Well... then I guess I will go out with the girls, seeing that you don't want to do anything."

He looked at her and rolled his eyes.

"Kagome, don't bother coming back if you don't plan on quitting smoking. You quit your job, you use my money to buy stupid things, and you don't even help clean this place anymore. I love you, I really do, and I'm worried about you! You've never been this reclusive before. I don't think smoking is helping you any. And don't you think that it is old? That was something we did when we were kids! We're adults now! Please..."

He saw the look on her face, and knew that there was no way he was going to get her to stop. It was something she had always done, and something she would not give up, even for him.

It was a stupid habit... but he didn't know what he could do for her...

"So that's it? Your going to dumb me over something so stupid? I can't believe you Sesshoumaru! I love you so much... We've been together for 5 years!"

She marched into their room, starting throwing her stuff in bags, and marched back out again, with 4 bags and a backpack.

She walked out of the house, and out of his life.

For now.