Disclaimer - I do not own Inuyasha or the song "Heavily Broken (Live)" by The Veronicas.
Title - Worth It
Summary - He was forced to tutor a student. Though he never expected to tutor the brother of the girl of his interest.
Genre - Romance/Drama
Chapter 1: The Usual
"Where the hell is this kid?" he mumbled. He rested his hands under his chin as he continued to wait in the library.
'Why the fuck am I here again?' he asked himself.
The memory played in his head again and he sighed. He was caught slashing the car tires of the head of the university he attends to. Why he did it?
'Stupid dares.'
But lucky for him, he was given a light punishment.
"This is tutoring?" an uncertain voice asked.
He looked up and paled. 'This must be a joke!' He stood up and walked over to the uneasy student who carried his books in his arms. "My name is Inuyasha Takahashi and I will be your tutor . . .I think," he extended his hand.
The student looked at his hand with a scrunched face and looked at his tutor. "You my tutor or not my tutor?" he demanded.
Inuyasha frowned slightly and grabbed a sheet of paper. "Are you Souta Higurashi?" he asked.
"I am Souta," Souta answered, holding his books tighter. "Who are you?"
Inuyasha took a deep breath. 'Be nice to the kid.' And he let out a huge sigh. "Listen, kid-"
"My name is Souta and not 'Kid,'" Souta frowned. "You no good with memory, dog-man."
Inuyasha's ears twitched in annoyance. "Don't call me dog-man," he gritted his teeth.
"Then don't call me 'Kid!'"
"Is there a problem here?" the librarian questioned as she neared the two students. She looked at Souta and smiled. "How are you Souta?" her voice was gentle.
Souta placed his books on the table and crossed his arms. "Where my tutor?" he frowned.
The librarian looked at Inuyasha. "I believe this is your tutor, Souta?"
Souta looked at Inuyasha. "Why he mean?"
"I think there must be a mistake," Inuyasha said, "I can't be tutoring you."
Souta turned to the librarian. "See! Where my tutor?" he demanded.
"Souta, you have to say 'where IS my tutor?'" the librarian corrected.
"Where IS my tutor?"
"Young man, please come with me," the librarian grabbed onto Inuyasha's arm. "Souta, please sit and wait."
"Okay," Souta frowned and sat down.
The older woman pulled the hanyou a few feet away from the other student. Before she could speak, the young man before her beat her to it.
"Ma'am, this is a mistake," Inuyasha said.
She sighed. "What is your name again?"
"Inuyasha."
"Inuyasha, Souta can be taught with a bit of patience," she said, looking back at the boy who was staring at his pencil.
"I cannot tutor him!" Inuyasha pressed.
The librarian crossed her arms. "And why not?"
Inuyasha was quiet for a second. "How can I put it simple enough?" he said.
"Try."
He was starting to feel uneasy. "The kid is . . . well . . . different? I don't know!" he frowned. "How the f-" he paused and corrected himself, "How on earth am I to tutor a retard?" he blurted out.
The older sighed and looked at him sadly. "I was hoping for you not to use such a word," she said.
"Then what am I to say?" Inuyasha was growing frustrated. How is this fair? How was he expected to tutor a student with 'special needs?'
"The official term in Souta's case is an 'autistic person,'" the librarian said. "Souta has autism, Inuyasha. You will tutor him. Just have some patience and you'll see how to get to Souta." She turned away. "You should go back to him before he gets angry."
Inuyasha ran his fingers through his hair and looked over his shoulder to find Souta staring at him with angry eyes. He walked back to the table. "So what is it that you have problems with, Souta?" he asked slowly and loudly.
"Souta is not deaf. Souta needs tutoring, dog-man," Souta glared at him.
Inuyasha gritted his teeth. "This is going to be a long day," he muttered to himself.
"Tutor me!"
"Thank God that's over!" Inuyasha sighed as he walked out of the building.
'This just has to be a joke!' he told himself as he walked. What kind of light punishment is this? 'And they expect me to tutor someone with autism? How the hell should I do that?'
"Look at that cutie over there."
His ears twitched and his eyes moved to a certain direction. Next to him there were two girls checking him out. He rolled his eyes and walked a bit faster. The last thing he needs is someone to follow him.
"Where is he goin'? I want to know at least his name."
"I think it's Uniyasha or something."
Inuyasha's right eye twitched. Did they just say 'uni?' As in sea urchin?
'Idiot!'
"I like his name . . . it's so different."
"Let's see where he's goin'."
Inuyasha stopped and looked over his shoulder. "Could you guys please leave me the hell alone? I am not interested in loose girls like you."
"How rude!"
"Then stop following me!" Inuyasha growled.
"You're a mean guy, Uniyasha! I thought you were some hot shot at the university."
Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "Fuck off," he muttered, but he was sure the girls heard him. He continued walking in the familiar street and made a turn to a dark alley. He made sure no one was around him as he twitched his dog ears and sniffed the air. He pulled out a necklace with beads and fangs and placed it around his neck. His fangs and claws were reduced. His dog ears disappeared and regular ears formed on the sides of his head. His silver tresses darkened into inky black tresses. Then his sun-kissed eyes changed to violet.
He turned human.
Inuyasha twisted his head to crack it and shook his shoulders to loosen up some tension. He took a big sigh and walked out of the alley. He made his way to a building, opened the door, and made his way inside.
"Hey, Yash! You're finally here!" a young man called out. "Get your ass over here! We have a lot of work to do!"
"Hey, Miroku," Inuyasha muttered as he made his way around the counter. He placed his book bag in a drawer under the counter and pulled out his ID chain and placed it around his neck.
"Hey, Yash, clean the dishes why don't you?" Miroku said from across the room while taking orders from a couple.
"No prob," the hanyou turned human said as he walked into the kitchen. "Sup' Shippo?"
"Hey, Yash," the fox demon greeted as he cleaned the meat cutter. "We have a lot of customers today, huh?"
"Yeah, we do," Inuyasha said as he already started to wash the dishes. "I'm surprised Miroku isn't having a heart attack."
"You know, Miro," Shippo said as he started to cut fresh meat, "Anything to get a few dollars to pay the bills. I wish I was rich. I bet I can do whatever I want with money like that. Have my own freedom."
Inuyasha smiled bitterly. He was thankful his back was turned towards the fox demon. "Yeah, I bet," he simply said. "Done. I should take these glasses to the counter." Inuyasha took the glass cups to the counter and already he had three people waiting for him.
He sighed.
"What can I help you with?" he asked one the customers.
"We'll have three large strawberry smoothies, please," answered one of the customers.
"Alright." He grabbed a metal cup and started to pour in the ingredients. He blended and poured in a glass. He repeated the process two times and he was done. "3.50," he said. He received the money and the customers went to sit down at a table.
"And now," Inuyasha turned to the small stage that was infront and saw Miroku standing there with a microphone, "coming back from her break our beautiful singer, Kagome."
Inuyasha leaned against the counter and smiled.
"Hey guys, sorry I took long. But Sango over here," she pointed to her friend next to her, "was running a little bit late."
"I blame traffic," Sango said, crossing her arms.
"You walked here," Kagome retorted, earning her a few laughs. She looked back at the people in the place and smiled. "We're going to do a duet, alright?"
They took a seat on some wooden stools. Kagome placed her guitar on her lap and started playing. She and Sango started to sing.
"Everyday I sit here waiting
Everyday just seems so long
And now I've had enough of all the hating
Do we even care, it's so unfair"
Inuyasha sighed as he listened to the music. The only reason he works in this place, this café, is to just see her.
"Any day it'll all be over
Everyday there's nothing new
And now I just try to find some hope
To try and hold ontoBut it starts again
It'll never end"
One day he came to this café out of curiosity. He always knew it was here and not a lot of people that he hangs out with would want to go there. So he disguise himself as a human with his rosary around his neck to make sure he can protect his reputation. He is a hot shot at the university after all.
"I'm heavily broken
And I don't know what to do
Can't you see that I'm choking
And I can't even move
When there's nothing left to say
What can you do
I'm heavily broken
And there's nothing I can do"
That same day as he sat down, he saw her. Then she opened her rosy lips and began to sing.
"Almost giving up on trying
Almost heading for a fall
And now my mind is screaming out
I've gotta keep on fighting
But then again
It doesn't end"
Then he noticed that the manger was looking for help. So Inuyasha took a risk.
"I'm heavily broken
And I don't know what to do
Can't you see that I'm choking
And I can't even move
When there's nothing left to say
What can you do?
I'm heavily broken
And there's nothing I can do
And there's nothing I can do
Feels like I'm drowning
I'm screaming for air(Screaming for air)
Louder I'm crying
And you don't even care
I'm heavily broken
And I don't know what to do
Can't you see that I'm choking
And I can't even move
(What can I do)
When there's nothing left to say
What can you do
I'm heavily broken"
Ever since he heard her sing, he was hooked on this place. He loved her voice. So he pretends to be someone he isn't just to see her.
Everyone in the café clapped as the girls got off the stage. Miroku started talking to Sango and Kagome walked towards the counter.
Inuyasha felt his heart beat raise as she walked over to him. He bit his tongue as he watched her lean against the counter and smile softly at him.
"Hey," the raven-haired beauty said with her blue eyes looking into his violet eyes.
"Hey," he managed to say. She never comes to talk to him. She smiles occasionally, but they never talked.
'Act cool, Yash.' He rested his elbows on the counter and smirked.
"Nice song," he commented. "I liked it."
Kagome shrugged. "Not my personal favorite if you ask me. The song was bleak. Sango wrote it."
Inuyasha chuckled. "Not a nice thing to say about a song your friend wrote, is it?"
"Yeah, well she the inspiration of the song is her ex-boyfriend," Kagome rolled her eyes.
"I'm guessing you don't like him."
"Not at all. She broke up with him two weeks ago and she thought it was a way to completly get over him." She leaned in closer and signal with her finger for Inuyasha to come closer. He did and gulped. "Just between you and me, I'm only letting you know so that way you might convince Miroku to spend some time with her," she whispered.
"You know he likes her?" Inuyasha was surprised. Miroku confessed to him about his feelings for Sango.
Kagome rolled her eyes. "It's kinda obvious. That's why I can over to tell you that."
Inuyasha felt a pang of disappointment. 'So that's the reason she finally comes over to talk to me.'
"Kags, let's go," Sango said, holding Kagome's guitar.
Kagome looked over her shoulder and sighed. "Coming!" she called out. She looked back at Inuyasha. "Later, dude." She walked away.
Inuyasha buried his face in his hands. 'I feel stupid.'
"Yash, no sleeping on the job!"
Inuyasha looked up and saw a red hand print on Miroku's cheek. "Grope Sango again?"
Miroku shrugged. "Perhaps."
"Pervert."
Kagome sighed as she placed the huge text books back on the shelves.
"Does he ever clean this room?" she groaned. "But then again if he cleaned then I wouldn't have this job, would I?"
"Wench!"
The raven-haired girl sighed. "What!"
"What the fuck are you doing in my room?" Inuyasha leaned against the door frame with his arms crossed across his chest. He was frowning.
Kagome rolled her eyes. "I'm doing my fucking job, cleaning your fucking room!"
"Don't use that tone with me!"
"Fuck off!"
"You fuck off!"
Kagome placed a hand on her hip. "It's bad enough I see you everyday at school so why don't you just pretend I'm not here and let me finish my work. I'm been cleaning for five hours straight."
"No one told you to take the job of a maid, stupid," Inuyasha walked over to his bed and threw himself on in. He glared at her. "Why didn't you make my bed?"
"Because you were going to jump on it to make me do it again so why even bother doing your bed," Kagome crossed her arms.
Inuyasha eyes her black and white uniform. Kagome is a maid in the Takahashi household ever since she was eighteen. Now she's twenty turning twenty-one. And he cannot stand her!
The messed up thing about this situation is . . .
. . . he is attracted to her.
Yes, the big hot shot hanyou has always had this interest for his maid. They even go to the same school- Shikon University. And when he heard her sing at the café, that interest grew. But she can't find out that Yash at the café is actually Inuyasha from the house she works in.
"It's almost ten o'clock and your barely coming home," Kagome noticed, looking at the clock hanging on the wall. "Why is that?" She gave the hanyou a curious look.
Inuyasha shook his head to snap out of his fantasying world. He frowned at the maid before him. "What are you my mother?" He moved to sit up on the bed.
"Just stating the obvious, idiot," Kagome muttered and she grabbed her towel and dust cleaning spray from the night stand next to Inuyasha's bed. "Probably sneaking around with some girl," she muttered again.
Then she felt herself being pulled into a hard chest and looked up to find two golden eyes staring intensely at her. She felt her face heat up.
"Let me go," she gritted her teeth. She hated when he does this.
"Are you jealous that girls throw themselves at me?" he purred as he buried his face into her neck. The scent of lavender tingled some of his body parts. "You want me all to yourself, huh?"
"Inuyasha, let me go!" she screamed into his sensitive ears.
"Damn it, wench!" Inuyasha let go of the maid and sat back on his bed. "Did you have to do that?"
"Did you have to be a pain in the ass?" Kagome retorted as she walked her to the door.
"You know," Inuyasha stretched on his bed, "I should have you fired, wench."
"Too bad," Kagome eyed his form, "You can't, only your Dad could." And she left the room.
She sighed as she walked down the stairs of the huge mansion. She works at the western wing where Inuyasha's room is located.
'That idiot! For a twenty-one year old he is so stupid!' she screamed in her mind. 'I hate it when he does that!'
That isn't the first Inuyasha held her close like that. And she hates it!
'I hate that I like it!'
"Hey, losers, I'm home!" Kagome yelled out as she finally came back home. She looked around her small apartment and pursed her lips. "Just wait until I get a real job and start making money," she muttered.
She walked into the small living room and found Sango and her little brother Souta sitting on the couch watching television.
Sango turned her head and placed her index finger on her lips indicating that Souta is asleep. "How was work?" she whispered.
Kagome rolled her eyes. "Fucking joy," she whispered back.
Sango chuckled lightly as she got up from the couch. "I should be going back home. Souta already ate and we left some left overs for you on the table," she said with a smile.
"Thanks, Sango." Kagome rubbed her temples. "I'm so tired. Where did you leave my baby now that I think about it." She looked around her surroundings.
"I left your guitar in your room," Sango rolled her eyes. "I would think that you don't trust me with it."
Kagome shrugged. "Sorry."
"Whatever, just get some sleep," Sango frowned, "you look like shit. And you got school tomorrow. Get your ass to bed!"
"Get out of here," Kagome slightly pushed her.
"Later." Sango made her way out.
"See ya."
The door slammed closed. Kagome looked at Souta. She turned off the television and sat on the couch. She brushed off some hair away from her brother's eyes.
Those eyes fluttered open and blue eyes met blue eyes.
"Kagome home," Souta yawn.
"How was school?" she asked softly.
Souta stretched. "Better."
"What do you mean better?" Kagome raised an eyebrow. "How is it better?"
Souta pursed his lips and thought for a second. "It . . . was . . . good day," he said, looking at his sister for approval.
"Close," she rustled his hair, "It was A good day."
"Souta did it," he frowned.
Kagome shook her head. "No, Souta didn't say 'A.'"
"Whatever," he yawned, rubbing his eyes, "Sango gone?"
"She left just now. Did you eat?"
"Souta did it."
"Souta go sleep now," Kagome said, getting up from the couch.
"Kagome eat?" Souta asked. "Kagome work too much. Kagome eat?"
Kagome sighed. "I just came home so I'm going to eat right now." Then she remembered. "How was tutoring?"
Souta's face scrunched. "Better."
"Souta, how was tutoring? Was your tutor nice?" she asked. If she find out that a jerk is toying with her brother . . .
"Tutor good," Souta got up from the couch.
"Is it a guy or a girl?" Kagome asked.
"Guy. Tutor is guy," Souta responded.
"What's his name?" Maybe she knows his tutor.
The young man shrugged. "I don't know. I go sleep."
Kagome shook her head with a smile playing her lips.
"Must really like his tutor so much that he doesn't even make the effort to remember his name."
Later on, Kagome was eating her dinner thinking about things as always. How she wishes she was in a different school where people would leave her alone. How she wishes she had more time to help Souta with school. How she wishes she didn't have to put up with Inuyasha so much.
'Ah! That idiot is still on my mind!' She fisted her hair in her hands. 'Stop thinking about him!' She sighed desperately.
What's the point?
'I have a stupid crush on him. It'll pass . . . eventually.'
A new chapter! Well I know things are a bit confusing but as I always say it will get better. And Souta with the whole autistic thing will be explained later on. I'm just trying to set things before I really get into it. Let me know what you think and if I should add anything.
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Tootles!
Crystal