Fear of Man
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Sango stepped out of the car and, very reluctantly, walked over.
When she came to the group she put on the smile that she had taught herself to use, just so people wouldn't sense her sorrow.
Kagome introduced her to InuYasha and Miroku, and she shook their hands.
"C'mon, we've got lunch, you wanna come, Houshi?" InuYasha said bluntly.
"Yeah, please do Miroku, better four than three!" Kagome urged.
He glanced at Sango who seemed to be taking him in, and nodded.
They got back in Kagome's car, her and InuYasha in front, Sango and Miroku in back.
They watched each other while Kagome and InuYasha went into their own conversation.
"You look so sad…" Miroku whispered to her after a while, leaning his head on one of his hands.
Sango turned her head, hoping her hadn't seen her flush.
Damn, he's making me blush! How can he do that when no one else could! She thought and how the hell did he know how I was feeling, everyone, even Kagome thinks I'm a happy person!
Her thoughts were interrupted by Miroku grabbing her chin and jerking her face towards him.
He searched her eyes, looking for something.
Looking at her was driving him crazy. He took one look at her and something sparked inside of him.
He was sure she was the one.
He searched her eyes for a few minutes, and she tensed, determined to hide the pure terror that she felt.
He leaned forward and his breath tickled her ear.
"Are you scared of me, Sango? Do you think I'm going to hurt you?" he whispered, making sure to keep his voice low enough that even InuYasha couldn't hear, just the woman in front of him, cowering like a scared little girl.
Her eyes widened in surprise, she couldn't speak, how the hell did he know!
Without anything else to do, she shook her head in the affirmative, not sure what to expect.
"Why are you afraid of me?" she just managed to shake her head negative.
"You don't have to tell me now, but maybe you can whenever you're ready. I really want to help you with whatever's wrong with you…" he whispered, and then, just before he got out, since they had just arrived at the diner, he placed a small kiss behind her ear.
She fought the urge to scream and, on reflex, her fist made contact with his stomach, but not as hard as it had with Kuranoske.
She didn't even know him, but he was affecting her more than any man ever had in her life; in her terrible, traumatized life…at least, more than any man had in a good way. She couldn't believe it, but she had a new feeling in her. His breath on her ear was so tempting. His words were so…caring.
People had cared about her before, but maybe…maybe she could actually tell him what happened. She never even told Kagome what had happened; just the police and even that hadn't helped, she had been the twelfth victim of twelve.
"I'm sorry, I…I'm just not good with men, I'm really sorry, are you okay?" Sango asked her voice full of concern. He smiled despite the pain and shook his head 'yes'.
She let out a sigh of relief, hoping all the same that this man, who might be her last chance, was not pushed away now because of her paranoia.
He got out of the car and stretched, then rubbed the spot on his gut that probably had a bruise now.
"Yo Miroku! What the fuck happened to you!" someone shouted.
Miroku and InuYasha turned to see Koga, Rin and Shessomaru.
Shessomaru looked cold and cool, as per usual, Rin was as bubbly as ever and took Kagome in a huge hug, and Koga was…Koga. His moods really tended to vary.
"Wuzzup Kagome! Rin! Sango!" a more feminine voice shouted.
Sango looked and saw Ayame rushing towards them, obviously on break as well.
She spotted Koga and stopped. They examined each other for a bit then embraced.
"What's going on here?" Miroku asked, raising his eyebrows.
"We're married, just got together a couple years ago! We had to go different places for work, but we never lost touch!" Ayame bubbled.
Miroku rolled his eyes as the three couples began bubbling about this-and-that and leaned towards Sango.
"Knowing them, this'll take a while. You wanna go in? My treat." He whispered in her ear.
"Sure, and it's my treat, it's the least I can do after punching you." She whispered back.
