"But mom!" the raven-haired girl cried as she clenched her fists along her sides. "Why?"
"Because", her mother said tiredly," we simply don't have enough room to keep a dog. Besides, a dog requires big spaces, and the best would be to have a garden which, if you haven't noticed, doesn't fit in this area. It's just too cramped for two people, with a dog, in this part of town."
"But just a tiny dog then? Like a chihuahua, or something!" the girl pleaded, her own eyes turning into desperate little puppy eyes.
"I have said no, Kagome," Miss Higurashi sighed as she rubbed her creased forehead. "A dog right now, with our economic situation, our home and all is a big No at the moment."
"But what about later? We aren't going to live here forever, right?"
Her mom looked up from the pile of bills, looking eyes with her daughter. "No, Kagome. And that," she viewed the enormous mountain of bills, "is final."
Kagome's facial facade dropped and she glared angry at her mother, before stomping off into her room, where she slammed the door. Hard, so that everyone in that whole damn house could hear. Then she slumped against the door, and clutched her legs while hiding her head in her knees.
It wasn't fair. Since her little brother, Souta, died after chasing after their old cat Buyo across the road, it had never been another animal in their little family. Her mother had taken it hard, accusing the cat for causing her son's death. Kagome's grandfather had died a short while after. 'His heart couldn't bear it,' the doctors had said. 'First his son, and then his grandson – how horrible,' neighbors and friends gossiped.
With a muffled hiccup she tried to make herself into a little ball. It wasn't that she was mad at her mother – it was just that she wanted someone, something, to keep her company when she got home. A dog would have done the trick. Not a cat, nor a fish. A dog. A friend that welcomed her as who she was, not what she did: a cat only cuddled since it got feed, a fish… you couldn't cuddle at all. Sure, you could teach it some fancy tricks, but so could a dog. And a dog really loved you.
So. Guys. I'm reposting this, since I noticed some things that isn't the same in the story. Sorry if I made you angry with a sort of rewrite.
Either way, update Friday, that is tomorrow (maybe today? The clock says it's two in the morning o.o)