Chapter 2
Solo Hesitation
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"Inuyasha...he wouldn't want me with another man, including his brother..."
Kagome felt a little uncomfortable talking with her boyfriend's brother about a date. Sesshomaru had always been nice to her, but did he really know how far was too far? She sighed a little bit.
"Well then, Kagome. I will see you on Saturday. What time will I pick you up? Around 7?"
"Huh? Oh yeah, sure. I'll see you then." What have I done? she thought. Inuyasha is gone now, and within a month I go out with his brother? I'll have to talk to Sango about this.
Kagome picked up her cell phone again, and dialed Sango's number. This was the first time in almost a year that she could call her friend. Sesshomaru was right. Inuyasha had kept her very protected, and very shaded from the rest of the world. The phone rang, and then she heard her friend's voice.
"Hello, this is...Kirara get away from that! This is Sango. I'm not home right now, so please leave a message after the tone." Kagome sighed. Sango had grown very distant. She had joined every sports team that she could apply to, and she had gone demon-exterminating every weekend. She missed her friend, and hadn't even been able to get past a "Hi" in the corridors after school.
There was only one more person that she could turn to about this problem. She picked up the phone, and called Kikyo. Kikyo was one of her distant friends as well, but was more of an aquaintance through Inuyasha.
"Hello?"
"Hi Kikyo, this is Kagome..."
"What do you want? I mean, you already took Inuyasha from me, and I don't want to have to give up anything else that I have and you don't."
"Kikyo, listen. It's Inuyasha I need help with."
Kikyo moved around uncomfortably, but she kept the uncaring attitude in her voice. "Well, what is it?"
Kagome poured out the whole story. By the end, she didn't even know if Kikyo were listening. She could hear Kikyo's breathing, and heard the sound of a soft radio playing songs by Jessica Simpson. "Wow. So there were more than 5 boys after you this year."
"Wait a minute, why would anyone beside Inuyasha want to date me?"
"Kagome, how ignorant are you? You're an Honor Roll student, good-looking, and most of all you're hard-to-get."
"I don't play hard-to-get...It was all Inuyasha he..."Was overprotective. Now I get it. "So this is why he left in the first place-because other boys were starting to take a chance on me. Like Aki."
"Finally. Can't you think of any others? I mean, Aki wasn't the only one."
"Boys like Haruno-kun, Hasegawa-kun, Yanagihara-kun...you're right, they all tried to get my phone number at one time or another. And now Inuyasha's brother is joining the bandwagon. But how do I know he wasn't pushed into this by one of his friends, like Kouga?"
"We will not go backwards again! Listen, Kouga tried to get a hold on you as well by 'making you his woman' and when you turned him down he back his friend up. Naraku even looks at you funny, like a delicious food just out of reach. (Note: there is a Greek myth that tells this story as well.) Sesshomaru has been biding his time, like he normally does on everything."
"Every boy but Jaken. If you could call Jaken a 'boy.'"
"Well, I've got to go. See you round. Keep Sesshomaru always wanting what he can't have. It'll keep him around longer. That's just a hint from a girl to another, since he's going to be your first boyfriend."
"Inuyasha was my first boyfriend."
"Were you his girlfriend? Or were you really an ornament. Think about it."
"Wait..."
Click.
Kagome looked down at her picture album. It was full of pictures of her and Inuyasha, going on dates to fairs and movies. In every picture, he had his arm around her. In his eyes, he said, "It's my woman, Mr. Camera-man. See? You're taking the proof."
It would be a new kind of relationship if she kept it up with Sesshomaru. He had inherited a kind of social grace that Inuyasha didn't. Sesshy even had better clothes. When Inuyasha wore Paul Frank, Sesshy wore Burberry. Sesshy? When did I start calling him that?
Kagome leaned back in her chair and sighed. It would be a long week.
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