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Stupid Love

Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! How could he be so stupid! She was right there! He was right in front of her! And he just had to flirt with that village girl!

'I guess I deserved that silent treatment.' Miroku thought to himself while looking through the woods. Looking for none other than Sango. He had been flirting with a village girl all day. He knew how Sango felt. He knew how angry she was. He knew exactly how she felt. He must have gone too far to be ignored by Sango instead of being whacked by her.

"How could I be such a fool?"

It sounded like Sango. She sounded...depressed. Sad. Lonely. Heartbroken?

Was that right?

She was heartbroken? Miroku slowly hid behind the trees and looked into the field, where Sango was now sitting. All he could see was her side. He saw sadness in her eyes. Almost like the same expression she had when thinking of her brother, Kohaku.

"I'm probably in the same position. As the woman who sang that song. How did it go?"

'Song? What song?' Miroku couldn't help but want to listen before going up to her and apologizing.

"Now I remember..."

She paused, playing and listening to the song in her mind as she sang along with it.

"Night lift up the shades, let in the brilliant light of morning.

But steady me now, for I am weak and starving for mercy.

Sleep has left me alone, to carry the weight of unraveling where we went wrong.

It's all I can do to hang on, to keep me from falling into old familiar shoes.

How stupid could I be."

Miroku's eyes widened at the last remark in the song.

"A simpleton could see.

That you're no good for me.

But you're the only one I see."

Miroku looked down at the ground feeling...hurt? Why would he feel hurt? He didn't do anything to make himself feel like this!

'Yes I did. I hurt Sango's feelings. Now, she won't even speak to me. But hearing her sing that song...'

Sango looked at the sky as if it was comforting her. She smiled slightly as if it said something to make her smile.

'If only I was the one who made her smile..." Miroku shook his head as Sango started singing again.

"Love has made me a fool, set me on fire and watched as I floundered.

Unable to speak, except to cry out and wait for your answer.

And you come around in your time, speaking of fabulous places.

Create an oasis, that dries up as soon as you're gone.

You leave me here burning, in this desert without you.


How stupid could I be.

A simpleton could see.

That you're no good for me.

But you're the only one I see."

Tears now flowed freely down Sango's face as she faced down, eyes closed as if she were in pain. Pain. That was the only thing she could feel at that time.


"Everything changes, everything falls apart.

I can't stand to feel myself losing control.

In the deep of my senses I know.

How stupid could I be.

A simpleton could see.

That you're no good for me.

But you're the only one I see.

How stupid could I be.

A simpleton could see.

That you're no good for me.

But you're the only one I see."

Sango, more tears streaming down her face, pulled her knees to her chest and hid her face in her knees from the world as she cried, not caring who saw.

Miroku now had his back on the trunk of the tree and was still.

Had he heard the song right?

Yes he did.

Is that how Sango really felt.

She really felt that way. She shouldn't be with Miroku. She deserved better. She knew it, but she didn't care. She had fallen in love with him. She needed him. He seemed to be the only one who understood her and could make her feel relaxed. At least, when they were by themselves.

She had even agreed to marry him! That's how much she loved him! She had answered to bearing more than just 5 children. She wanted a happy life with him.

But it seemed it would never happen. Especially if he kept flirting with women. Even if it meant he treated them with care like he always did her. She would no longer be jealous. She would no longer be angry.

She would only be hurt.

Miroku slid down to the ground, still not believing what he had heard. But shouldn't he believe it. He was the cause of her grief, one thing he never wanted to be part of in her life.

After a long moment of thinking, he stood up. Hearing something in the forest, Sango grabbed her Hirakotsu and stood up, eyes narrowed at the spot Miroku now occupied.

"Who's there?" she demanded.

Sighing, Miroku moved out from behind his hiding place and into Sango's view. Sango's eyes widened as he appeared in her line of vision.

"M-Miroku..."

Miroku held up one hand to silence her, a soft smile of his lips and his eyes also soft.

'He heard me...he heard everything I said...' She knew it. She could see the hurt in his eyes. Miroku took a few steps forward, decreasing the distance between them by only a few feet.

Sango shaded her eyes. She had to tell him now.

"Miroku...that's how I really feel." With that, she started walking forward, closing the distance just as he did. This time, she walked right past him. As she crossed him, time seemed to freeze between them. During that time, a single tear fell down Sango's face, and Miroku's smile faded.

Sango made her way back to camp, leaving Miroku by himself.

Somehow, maybe in the back of his mind,... he knew this day would come...