Title: Drip Drop
Theme: #13, Rain
Song: Vanessa Hudgens - "Drip Drop"
Author: Nikki Kiraga
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Romance, Drama
Warnings: Um...OOC-ish Sesshy? -hides from rotten tomatoes-
AU/Canon: AU
Pairing: Sango/Sesshoumaru (Series), Miroku/Kagome (Chapter)
Words: 849 (Excluding Lyrics), 1,222 (Including Lyrics)
Summary: A lonely woman, a kind bartender... a meeting that'll change their lives forever.
Note: Also used for Week 145 in LJ's InuYasha Fanfic Contest, Songfic theme.
Drip. Drip. Drip.
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Drip drop, drip drop...
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Now only heaven knows
How I really feel inside
I try my best not to let it show
But late at night, In my room
I think of you and start to cry
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You know that I'm emotional
But still you break my heart
Let's make no mistakes
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We both know that
You're the one responsible
For hurting me this way
Now my tears fall like rain
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She wiped her face furiously, sobs wracking her body as she walked. It was getting worse. She raised her face to the sky, clouds covering the normally gentle blue. Rain poured from the sky like her tears poured from her eyes. He left her, throwing her aside like yesterday's news. Why'd love always have to go so wrong? She thought he was the one...
She shook her head, lowering it once more. It wasn't him, it was her. She must have done something wrong. Something that upset him so much that he'd go to her. That perfect little schoolgirl, Kagome Higurashi. Clenching her fists at her side, she started sobbing once again.
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Drip drop
When will my tear drops stop
Falling for you? - Tick tock
Steady as a clock, Drip drop
I'm hoping someday soon
I'll be over you - Drip drop
When will my tear drops stop
Falling for you? - Tick tock
Steady as a clock, Drip drop
I'm hoping someday soon
I'll be over you
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He growled quietly, watching from the window. The rain was falling down in buckets! What a lousy day to work. All he wanted was to stay home and read. Instead, he had to come to this infernal place and bar tend, as he always did. What use was all the money in his bank account, just begging to be used, when his father wouldn't even allow him access? No, all of it just went to the hanyou. He shook his head, returning to wipe the counter in small circles. As he stared out the window, a woman with brown hair, her body shaking in sobs, walked by. He realized she was crying, and not only that, but the fool had no umbrella!
He tried to ignore her. She was human, after all. But watching the poor, pathetic brunette, he found himself unable to resist. He stalked toward the door, grabbing an umbrella from the small basket resting near it, and opened it as he walked out. "Miss!" he called out.
She turned back slowly, looking at the silver-haired god in front of her. She blinked. "Yes?" she choked out, her voice cracked.
"Please, come inside," the man urged, walking over to her. He softly put his hand on her quivering shoulder, and lead her inside. He rested the umbrella in its rightful place after closing it, getting some towels and handed them to her, watching as she dried her soaked form off.
"Thank you," she whispered. Her heart was broken, he figured, as her eyes avoided him as much as they could.
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It's a quarter after twelve
I know I should be in bed
Boy you got me feeling sorry for myself
I must confess, this loneliness is killing me
I'm so upset
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How could you break all your promises
Like you told me, You'd be there to hold me
I can not believe the way I fell for it
I was a fool to buy all the lies you sold me
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"Why were you walking out in the rain?" he questioned as he brewed up some coffee for the stranger.
"It's none of your business," was her cranky reply. She didn't want to talk about it, especially to some man she didn't even know.
"You're right. But I would still like to know," he responded, setting a cup in front of her, with cream and sugar a few inches away.
"Well..." She sighed. Why was she giving in so easily? "Alright."
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Drip drop
When will my tear drops stop
Falling for you? - Tick tock
Steady as a clock, Drip drop
I'm hoping someday soon
I'll be over you - Drip drop
When will my tear drops stop
Falling for you? - Tick tock
Steady as a clock, Drip drop
I'm hoping someday soon
I'll be over you
--
"Two years ago, I met this wonderful man. His name's Miroku Tenshin, and I thought we were perfect together. It turned out, though, that he was a player. I thought I broke him of that, but apparently... I failed. Recently, I found him in bed with my best friend, Kagome Higurashi. I managed to forgive both of them, but now... well..." She took a deep breath, frowning, before she continued.
"I found her with a huge rock on her hand. When I asked where it came from... she said Miroku. I was so upset, I thought she lied to me. When I went home, the doors were locked, but the car was there. I tried to get him to open up, but when he did, he asked what I was doing there. I told him I lived there, and he laughed in my face. He said he was done with me, and was in love with Kagome now. That's when I ran."
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Maybe we were never meant to be
I'm sorry that it took so long for me
To see what's happening
You come around and then it rains again
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"I see. I'm sorry to hear that, Miss. You certainly don't deserve being treated as such," he responded kindly, his own frown placed at hearing the woman's tale. It was true, nobody deserved to be treated like trash, but that was exactly how this Miroku treated this poor, beautiful brunette.
"Is... is something wrong with me?" she suddenly whimpered. Her brown eyes lifted to meet his gold ones. "Am I ugly? Or do I have a bad personality? Or... or what? I don't understand why he'd do that!"
He shook his head, putting his hand on hers to stop her near-hysteria. "There is nothing wrong with you, Miss. You're beautiful, and I can already tell that you have a very good personality. It is his problem, not yours." For a moment, he questioned why he was being so kind to her. He wasn't kind to anybody, not even paying customers. He mentally shook it off, deciding it was just pity, nothing more.
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Drip drop...
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Drip drop
When will my tear drops stop
Falling for you? - Tick tock
Steady as a clock, Drip drop
I'm hoping someday soon
I'll be over you - Drip drop
When will my tear drops stop
Falling for you? - Tick tock
Steady as a clock, Drip drop
I'm hoping someday soon
I'll be over you
--
She smiled at his kind words, tears brimming in her eyes once more. "Thank you, sir. It's very nice for you to say that. May I ask your name?" she prodded gently.
His hand reached up, wiping away her tears with his thumb. He gave her a small smile. "Sesshoumaru Tsuki. Yours?"
She returned the smile by widening hers, and shook his hand lightly. "Sango Tora. It's nice to meet you."
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It's raining, It's pouring
I try hard ignoring these tears
I try so hard, Ignoring the tears
It's raining, It's pouring
I try hard ignoring these tears...