Ch1: Crimson
Kagome P.O.V.
The sun's rays were hands that reached through the curtains of Kagome's room and gently touched her face. She slowly opened her eyes and looked out the window that was behind her bed. She smiled. It was a clear and sunny day. This was her favorite kind of day. Carefully, she slowly rose from her bed. She found the robe that was nearest to her and placed it on. Then, she put on her house shoes and crept down the stairs. It was going to be a long day for the raven haired girl.
She paced into her kitchen. She looked up into her cupboards for cereal or oatmeal. She found that she didn't have either. She sighed. She was sure she had gone shopping the week before. She went over to her calendar and checked. It had been two weeks. This caused a groan to come out. She raced up the stairs and took a quick shower. She got out and blow dried her hair and got dressed. She walked out the front of her home and unlocked her car. She got in and put the key into the ignition. In her hand, was a list of things that she would have to get.
"Why does this always happen to me," she asked herself.
She laughed a little and continued on. The closest grocery store to her was a Wegmans that was about ten minutes from her house. She had always loved the giant store. It had felt homey to her. You could buy a wide assortment of items and pick-up fresh fish. She even loved that you could eat your lunch there and go up some stairs to get a look at the entire store. It was quite the view.
With the list in her hand, she grabbed a cart and pushed it throughout the isles. She grabbed three new boxes of cereal and a box of oatmeal. She headed over and grabbed a bottle of milk. She preferred whole milk then the simple 2% everyone drank. She liked to have enough calcium and not just part of it. She pushed onward. She grabbed French bread and onions. She was thinking about making home-made pasta that night. It was just easier to make things from scratch so that you already knew what was going into the food as you made it yourself.
She continued on throughout the store.
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Sasuke P.O.V.
He awoke with disheartened content. He stretched out like a cat and arose from bed. Life had not been treating well as of late. It had only showed how much it hated him and wanted so much from him. In recent days, he had caught Sakura cheating on him with Naruto. He was far from pleased at this moment in time. Over the past month, he had filed for divorce and gotten it. Love hated him and he hated it. He was never going to be happy and he knew that. With that in mind, he took a steaming hot shower and headed down into the kitchen.
It had been a while since he had gone shopping but he was fine with that. He had been trying to get over Sakura and trying to be happy while he still could. The pain that he had suffered due to her was great. He had not seen this coming. Maybe it had started while he took those long business trips? Or maybe she felt that he never loved her that well? He didn't know and it still pained him to that day. They had been young and foolish but in-love and that never took them apart.
Sakura and him had been childhood friends. They told each other anything and everything. He frowned. He remembered all the fun times that they had had. They had gone swimming, to the movies, and every other place a merry child would go. Soon they had began to grow into young bodies becoming slightly pudgy so that they could grow. She began to grow breasts and him getting taller and more muscled and such. They had seen what each other looked like and were okay with it.
Soon, they fell-in-love. They held hands at first, gave long embraces, and eventually kissed. They had waited to have sex in marriage. They had promised each other to wait and become one in marriage. They did not want to be like some teens their age and have a child too early. They had deemed themselves not ready for such a task to take on. The memories hit him like a rock that had been chucked to the back of his head. He didn't like them and it pained him to live through it all everyday.
Then, he remembered Naruto. The scraggly blonde child from his boy-hood days. He had loved each of those days. Now they only burned in the back of his mind. He and Naruto had become advisories but they were strong and did this out of love for Sakura and wanting to get stronger themselves. Some days, they would help each other out and become best friends. Naruto was even his best man at his wedding. But when he walked in on them doing the un-godly act, he wanted to kill them both and die himself.
The two had looked up at him with innocent eyes. It told him everything. He cried and slammed the door shut and stumped down the stairs and left. He was tired of being hurt. Was it enough to ask to be happy? He thought not. He came back a month later and collected his stuff and left. Sakura cried and tried to get him to stay with her but he said no and handed her the divorce papers and she signed them. She knew that she would never get him back but at least she had Naruto. A month later, they married.
Sasuke knew he couldn't stay in the past but he just liked to mope. He frowned as he made a list to go the store. He was going to Wegmans so that he could buy stuff to fill his cabinet. He lived in a one room, small apartment. He didn't date and didn't care. He didn't want love again. He wanted to be on his own. He frowned and continued on. He was going to have something basic that night. Home-made macaroni. He could cook and he was damn good at it to. He collected his keys and himself and got into the car and drove to the store.
He grabbed a chart and began.
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Kagome P.O.V.
She moved to reach a box of noodles and found that she just couldn't reach them. With all of her short might, she jumped and jumped to grab them. Nothing was helping but at least she was trying. Little had they known that someone was watching her and laughed. She looked over at the person. It was a man of at least 6'2. He had jet-black hair and obsidian eyes. He was hot but she frowned. She took one more glimpse of him. He was definitely a business man from the suit that she saw.
"It's not nice to laugh at the misfortunate," she said to him.
He looked at her and smiled. "It was funny to see you jump like that. Due to your height," he replied chuckling.
"Sure it is!"
He moved his chart over towards hers. "Do you need help," he asked.
"If you wouldn't mind," she replied angrily.
The man couldn't help but laugh at her! It wasn't as if she could control her height. She was only 5'5. The Lord had made her this way and she was fine with that. She was grateful for what she had. She had a purpose and she was trying her best not to hurt this man in the process. He got on the tips of his toes and handed the box of noodles to her and smiled down at her.
"Here you go," he said.
"Thank you," she replied.
She placed the box into her chart and walked away. "Wait," he yelled to her.
She looked behind herself and saw him running to her with his chart. "I'm sorry but what's your name?"
"Wouldn't you want to know," she said mischievously.
"I'm serious," he replied.
"I'm being serious too."
"And how would I happen to know that?"
"I look the part, don't I?"
"You do but please let's cut the small-talk. What's your name," he chuckled.
"Kagome Higurashi. You?"
"Sasuke Uchiha," he said and her jaw dropped.
He was listed as the number one sexiest man in all of Japan.
"It's nice to meet you."
"Likewise. Since we just met. I know this maybe sudden but would you like to get coffee one day?"
She looked surprised. "Sure", she smiled.
"Here's my personal number. Call me if you want and we'll set up a day to go. Ok," he replied and handed her his card
"Sure! Good-bye Sasuke," she mused and took the card and walked away.
She paid for her things and went home. She was tired and went to take a nap. While she walked up the stairs, she pondered about calling the strange chicken-butt guy. If anything were to happen, maybe he would still laugh at her stature and everything. She despised the thought of something like that occurring but it would be something better since Inuyasha had left her.