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This chapter is dedicated to Black Firelight for being my first reviewer, for being so generous to help me sort out some problems I had, and to point me to the right direction! I hope you like this chapter! (:
Haha, this chapter is quite a bit longer than the last one since I've included an omake ;)
I'm so excited!
Let's get started. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or Naruto. They are owned by Rumiko Takahashi and Masahi Kishimoto respectively.
Story Title: Melt
Chapter Title: Tea
Genre: Friendship/ Romance
Rating: T
Pairing: Kagome/Itachi
Itachi sipped his cup of tea in his hand silently at a table.
He had deliberately picked to sit at the corner where it was the least noticeable and the quietest. The room wasn't packed at this particular time of the day, so only occasional chatters of some customers filled the room.
Another cup of tea rested on the opposite side of the table, suggesting the expectance of a guest who had yet to arrive. The steam rose from the porcelain container and twirled into intricate patterns. Meanwhile, Itachi sat passively and observed the changes in the display in the air as he waited for his companion.
From the corner of his eye, he saw Kagome barge through the open door, causing the blinds to make a loud clatter as she entered. She scanned the area before spotting Itachi drinking his tea at the table, and stormed over. She didn't look very happy.
Itachi calmly set the cup down on the table, and turned to face her. From his experience, he was fully expecting her to rant to him to vent off her anger shown by her livid expression.
Waves of anger rolled off her. Itachi was sure that it wouldn't take a prodigy to figure out to stay away from Kagome right now, seeing as most of the customers recoiled from her path as she marched on. This just wasn't a good moment to interrupt her.
"I met the rudest people ever just now!" Kagome complained as she dropped down on the empty chair next to Itachi, "You simply won't believe how impolite they are!"
The furious girl heatedly grabbed a cup of tea from the table and took a big gulp out of it, while mumbling something akin to 'stupid jerks', before tipping the cup and completely draining the whole cup of tea, as if doing so would quench her anger. She then slammed the cup on the table when the cup was empty.
All the while, Itachi glanced the movement of the teacup in Kagome's hand as she was ranting about her incident and her source of anger.
"Can you believe them?" The time traveler growled, with a scowl on her face.
When Kagome saw Itachi looking at her, she realized that she had completely forgotten her manners, so she stopped her tirade.
"Oh, don't mind me. In fact, don't pay any attention to me. Now, finish your tea before it gets cold," She told him sheepishly.
"Your concern is unnecessary," He replied, before elaborating.
"Huh?" Kagome inquired.
"You already did," Itachi collectedly inclined his head, gesturing at the cup that she grabbed out of her anger.
Kagome spluttered and looked at the table. In her anger, she had indeed seized Itachi's cup instead - The cup which he was drinking out of just a few moments ago, when she first set foot into the tea house...
She choked and turned bright red.
"Oh… "She said unintelligently. Her anger had gotten the best of her again.
She meekly peeked at Itachi, who nonchalantly proceeded to pick up the other cup, and resume drinking.
Itachi's eyes flicked towards Kagome, and their eyes met, which immediately sent the embarrassed young miko burying her face into her hands. Itachi raised a quizzical brow.
What Itachi didn't know was that: Kagome was trying so hard to drown out the little voices echoing in her mind.
Because somewhere at the back of her head just wouldn't stop singing:
"It's an indirect kiss!~ "
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"Be quiet!" She commanded her mind exasperatedly, as she blushed a darker shade of crimson.
"I said nothing," Itachi responded.
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Kagome finally realized that she had spoken out loud.
It was then when she really really felt like banging her head against the wall.
Or better yet… Hiding in a ditch for the rest of her life…
OMAKE: Retake~ (lol, this is almost as long as the real chapter)
Kagome stormed in the teahouse. When she reached the table, she promptly dropped down to her seat and heatedly grabbed the cup of tea from the table. She took an enormous gulp of it in as if her quaffs can help her quench her anger.
Kagome immediately spat out the substance when the scorching hot tea made contact with her mouth.
"OWW! OWWW! OWWW! HOT!" Kagome yelled as she tried to fan in futile to cool her abused tongue.
"Kagome." Came a soft yet lethal voice that simply commanded attention.
She slowly turned her head, afraid to see what she had in store for her. She had a bad feeling about this. It wasn't every day Itachi use that tone of voice with her.
She was met with the sight of a drenched Itachi. She had spat her tea – Right at the Itachi Uchiha.
His bangs was completely wet, and covered with the tea. Strands of his hair stuck to his face and forehead. Another watery bead was rolling its way down Itachi's jaw.
Kagome tensed. Time seemed to have frozen.
A droplet of tea dripped down from Itachi's eyelashes, onto the table, making a very soft yet ominous splatter. (She did have to admit that it made his eyelashes look even more feminine, though she would never tell him that because she prefers to live, thank you very much.)
All was still.
Uh-oh. This is bad… Correction… This is absolutely, terribly, horribly dreadful…
She's in so much trouble…
Because everybody knows not to mess with Itachi Uchiha…
…Especially NOT with his hair….
Kagome forced herself to calm down, and made a quick judgment of the situation at hand. She decided… Now, all she had to do was to apologize; like the mature, responsible person she is… and all would be fine…
But Kagome unwittingly made eye contact with the (in her mind, seemingly) composed Itachi… And completely freaked out.
"I- uhhh- am going to get you some t-towels! – Yes! towels! Umm- uhhh - I'll be right back!" She stuttered as she carefully took a step back, towards the exit.
And then she took another, and another…
"SORRY!" She yelled out as soon as she was a safe distance away!
Itachi begun to raise his hand…
"EEP! DON'T KILL ME!" She squealed, as she fled as if her life depended on it (Maybe in this case it actually does).
And proceeded to wipe the tea off his face with his sleeve…
And then he continued sipping his tea as if nothing had happened at all…
He wondered how long it would take her to "fetch the towels"….
And if Kagome had looked extremely closely, she actually wouldn't have to run at all. Since there was, in reality, the tiniest amount of mirth detectable in Itachi's eyes.
He was actually… amused?
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Kagome did come back with towels for him, as promised.
…Three and a half hours later…
Aaand cut! (:
So? How was it? Did anyone see that coming?
I had fun messing with Kagome this chapter, poor her :P Haha, the stuff I've included in this chapter's mostly whimsical.
The omake is a treat to you guys, as I have mentioned, you guys are awesome. I don't think it's gonna be one for every chapter though.
And thanks to: Black Firelight, Cosmic-lover, GoldenFoxAngel, Sugar0o, Valleygoat, AM P.H.A.T., Kasul and xXkUmiKoXx for reviewing!
What else can I say?
Review, review, review! They keep me going :D And make me very happy too!
*cough cough* (Of course that doesn't eliminate the chances of them making me update quicker) *cough cough*
All joking aside, once again, thank you all for reading. And feel free to tell me if you have any ideas. They're always welcome.
And I'm over and out. Yeah… It's getting really late now… or really early, since it's almost 4 in the morning… I'm not even supposed to be doing this xD
Until next time,
- 4get Me Not