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"Ohayou Gozaimasu Tokyo area! Currently across the Tokyo area, heavy snow is falling. Schools across the Tokyo area have been shut down for the day, and many business have been shut down for the day. Visit out site online for a full list of closures," said the radio forecaster. With a groan, the messy haired Japanese nineteen year old rolled over and hit the off button on the alarm.
"Sis, mom told me to wake you up," said the eerily perky voice of her brother Souta. The nineteen year old raised her head slightly from her pink pillow to glare at the third grader, grey eyes narrowed into a death glare. She reached over, grabbed a throw pillow, and chucked it at the boy. She cursed under her breath when she missed and he shut the door behind him.
Though it took nearly half an hour, the nineteen year old managed to drag herself from the sheets, shower, and dress in a pair of boot-cut jeans and a purple sweater.
When she reached the kitchen where the sounds of chatter and running water could be heard from, she found her brother and grandpa eating pancakes. As she looked at her brother's pancakes drenched in more syrup than batter that went into making them, and took a seat at the table, her grandfather spoke. "Did you sleep well Kagome?"
She glanced up at her grandpa. "It was fine," she replied, as her mother set down a blue plate and a glass of orange juice in front of her. Kagome dug in as her mother joined them at the table, and they ate in comfortable silence until the phone started ringing.
"That's probably Inuyasha," she said as she put down her fork and went for the phone. "He said he'd call," she continued before grabbing the home phone and placing it by her ear.
"Hello?"
"Kagome," he said, and she could instantly tell this was not going to be a good phone call.
"Inuyasha."
"I'm not going to be able to make it tonight, gomen. Pop made plans for me."
She sighed, twirling the phone cord around her finger as she glanced back at her mother making small talk in the dining room.
"That's a shame, mom was really looking forward seeing you again. It's been so long since any of us have seen you." She chuckled. She chuckled at her own stupidity for expecting him to actually show up for once. "You really need to sit your father down and talk to him."
He sighed on the other side of the line. "I know, but he's a bit of a hard ass. I'll talk to you later, bye."
"Okay, b –" He hung up the phone before she could finish. She looked down at the plastic piece of technology and sighed before she set it down in its cradle.
When she returned to the dining room, her grandfather and brother had vacated the area. Likely the old man had set off to clean the shrine, and her little brother had left to go play his latest racing game. Her mother was picking up the dishes, the plates clinking together as she did so. Kagome flopped herself down into her chair, and stuck a piece of cold pancake in her mouth, pouting as she chewed.
"What did Inuyasha have to say?" her mother asked, eyes on the plates as she gathered them.
"He said her couldn't make it. Sorry mom, I know you were looking forward to it."
Her mother looked up from the plates to give her daughter a small smile. "He has a good reason, you know it, but yes, it's disappointing."
Kagome and Inuyasha had been going steady for three years, having met in high school. The high school sweethearts could barely be called that anymore though, it wasn't like they ever saw each other anymore. The brash man had an excuse for her last minute as to why he couldn't show up to plans they'd made weeks in advanced every time. Oh it was his dad, or oh it was a family emergency. She barely believed him anymore, too many excuses, too many disappointments.
Her mother picked up her plate, and left the nineteen year old to stew in her disappointment as she went to wash them. When she returned, drying her hands on a pink and white plaid hand towel, a large smile tugged at her lips.
"Are you ready sweetie?" her mother asked. Kagome nodded her head.
The two women had some last minute shopping they had to do for the party.
Once Kagome and her mother returned from the grocery store, Kagome helped her mother unpack before bidding her farewell to go sit beneath her favorite tree. The Goshinboku. God Tree. What was the myth her grandfather always told her about it? Oh yes. Many years ago, a poor farmer had scaled the tree in search of fruit and instead found the Goddess Amaterasu herself. It was silly, a legend for sure, but that was the story behind the Goshinboku.
Later, her brother came out to sit beside her, hands sore from playing his games. He noticed the depressive air around his sister, and chose to remain silent. He was but a boy though, and silence did not come easily to him.
"What's wrong sis?" he asked her.
She looked down at him, meeting his brown eyes with her grey ones. She inherited her eye color from their father, while he inherited his from their mother.
"Nothing," she replied, obviously lying. The boy did not push it, and when he saw their fat cat Buyo waddle by, he chased after him. To a nine year old like him, everything was so simple.
Deciding to head back inside, she brushed off her pants and headed back to the house. When she got there, one hand on the railing to head back to her room, an idea struck her. Call Sango. She always called Sango in situations like these. With that, she bounded off towards the kitchen.
"Come on… pick up," she muttered as the tone rang in her ear.
"Hello?" answered her best friend.
"Hey, it's me," she replied dryly. "We need to talk. Meet me at the French café Mengé, kay?"
"Kay," replied Sango before Kagome hang up and rushed out the door.
Kagome sat impatiently at the black table in the café, eyes glued to the door as she watched everyone coming in and out, her toe tapping under the surface, hands wrapped around her coffee cup. Finally Sango showed up, ordered a latté, and sat across from Kagome.
"What's up?" she asked before she siped her hot beverage.
"Inuyasha," she said, and everything made sense. Even though she really didn't need to, she elaborated. "He said he couldn't make it, even though he's been onboard with my mother's New Year's party since day one months ago. What's up with him, honestly?"
"I don't know," she replied.
"Maybe I should call him," she said with a sigh.
Sango shook her head. "No, you're going over there right now and demanding answers. You know if he's lying to you, he's going to have no problem lying to you some more over the phone. Talk to him in person, and will see if the shrimp has the guts to lie to you some more."
With a nod of her head, Kagome finished off her drink and headed over to Inuyasha's house.
Parked outside the mansion that was owned by his family, Kagome gulped, eyes wide as she killed the ignition. She'd been here many times before, but she was wavering. Maybe she really should just call him. She didn't want to seem like a crazy girlfriend who was always insecure. But then Sango's words ran through her head again. "You know if he's lying to you, he's going to have no problem lying to you some more over the phone. Talk to him in person, and will see if the shrimp has the guts to lie to you some more." That in mind, she got out and marched up to the door, angrily pounding on the wooden surface with the side of her fist.
"What do you need?" asked a voice as smooth as silk.
God the man standing in the doorway was gorgeous. Drop dead gorgeous. Like, this man deserved to be an underwear model, or a porn star. He had to be at least 6'4", with white hair that reached his calves, and piercing golden eyes that made her nearly melt into a puddle of goo. And he wasn't wearing a shirt, showing off to her his chiseled chest. He looked a lot like Inuyasha, but better, and less rough around the edges.
"Like what you see?" he asked in the most arrogant voice she had ever heard. She blushed red and muttered the insult jerk, causing him to smirk at her. "Guess you do."
"Is Inuyasha home?" she finally asked after swallowing her embarrassment.
"Who are you?"
"I'm Higurashi Kagome, his girlfriend."
Realization dawned on his beautiful face. "He is home, though I'm afraid that –" She cut him off before he could finish.
"Good, I need to see him," she said with steel-hard determination glittering in her eyes. She pushed past the handsome man and rushed up the stairs.
She frowned as she reached his door, muffled unintelligible sounds reaching her ears. She pushed open the door, and nearly dropped to her knees at what she found inside.
Her boyfriend Inuyasha.
Her cousin Kikyo.
In bed.
Naked.
He howled out as he hit his climax, slaming into her sweat-slicked cousin. She couldn't tear her eyes from the scene, the way Kikyo raked her finger nails down his shining back. It was like a car crash. It made her want to vomit, but she couldn't look away.
Inuyasha glanced over his shoulder when he finally came down from his high, feeling a breeze against his back. His golden eyes landed on the last sight he ever expected to see though.
Kagome.
His girlfriend.
The woman he was cheating on.
"Don't ever talk to me again," she said in a voice that broke his heart, before fleeing out of sight.
He slipped out of Kikyo, and pulled on some boxers before rushing after his girlfriend – now ex-girlfriend – in order to apologize. She was gone though, her car tearing down the street. He cursed.
"It's your fault," his brother said from the couch, the sound of the newspaper pages being flipped between reaching him.
"Yeah, it is," he says, looking at the door longingly. "I'm so sorry Kagome," he whispered under his breath.
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