Dream Boy

Chapter 2: Chance Meetings

About a week after the dinner, Sango was taking a walk and guess you she ran into- litterally ran into?

She was staring off into space, most likely thinking about her dream boy, and suddenly she hit something. She looked up to see Miroku. She blushing and stepped back a bit. "Sorry..." She apologized.

"That's alright, Sango, I wasn't looking where I was going."

"Well neither was I... Miroku, was it?" Sango replied.

"Yep..." Miroku replied.

There was a moment of silence and thought.

"So, what brings you out here?" Miroku asked.

"I'm just taking a walk. It's a nice day, so I thought I'd enjoy the sunshine," Sango smiled.

Miroku loved her smile. But he tried not to stare, and replied with "It is nice out, isn't it?" 'Damnit!' He thought. 'Is that all you could've said, Miroku?!'

"So, um..." Sango was about to say goodbye, I'll see you around, something like that, but something compelled her to keep talking to him. "Why are you here..?" 'Crap, did that sound like I don't want to be around him?!' She thought.

"Oh, for the same reason you are," Miroku replied. If he were to be honest he would've said that he was going to see Koharu. But for some reason he didn't want to... Ruin the moment? He actually wasn't sure what he was trying to do, just that he wanted to know Sango better.

Sango smiled. That smile again! "Cool. So... Do you wanna... I mean, no wait, nevermind..." Sango replied, blushing.

"Walk together?" Miroku asked hopefully.

"Well I guess. But you have a girlfriend, wouldn't it be weird to hang out with me then..?" Sango asked.

"Not if we're just friends..." Miroku replied.

And so the two of them walked down the sidewalk, having short conversations and then changing the topic to something new.

"It's getting kind of late," Sango said. She was right; she sun was low in the sky and neither of them had apparently noticed how late it was until now.

"Yeah, it is," Miroku said, having lost track of time. So much for a surprise visit to Koharu. 'Oh well,' Miroku thought. 'At least she wasn't expecting me.'

"Well, um, I should probably get going," Sango said. Although she didn't want to leave his company, she knew that she should be getting back home.

"Me too..." Miroku said, although he really didn't. He lived alone, having left the company of Mushin, the man who had raised him. His father had died when he was young, and he didn't know his mother, so Mushin was the only family that he had. But he now lived alone, free to do whatever he pleased. Not that Mushin didn't let him do what he wanted, since he was drunk most of the time.

"So, um, I'll see you around, I guess," Sango said, hesitating a bit.

"Alright then. Can I have your phone number? Just to keep in touch," Miroku asked.

"Oh, sure," Sango said. She quickly wrote down her phone number and handed it to Miroku. The two of them just kind of stared at each other for a moment, then looked away at the same time, Sango blushing. "Um, bye, I guess..." Sango said.

"Right," Miroku replied.

Sango began to walk home. The sun had gone down, and it was dark out. She began to think about whether she had wasted an entire day or if it was actually productive when someone came up next to her. She looked up to see Miroku.

"You can't walk home alone in the dark," he said.

"I'm sure I can fend for myself, thank you," Sango replied, much more confident than she had been earlier that day.

"But it's dangerous."

"I know it is. But I can look after myself."

"Alright then..." Miroku said, hesitating to leave her but not wanting to anger her.

'Crap, why did I do that..?' Sango thought. 'I was enjoying the company, and now I made him leave!'

"But, if you want to walk me home..." Sango said, attempting to be nicer than than she was a few seconds ago. "I mean not like that I just meant for... Extra protection?"

"Of course," Miroku replied, smiling.

And so they walked home in silence, and when they got to Sango's house, which was empty since she lived alone as well, Sango thanked him and went inside. She went right up to her room and looked out the window to see Miroku still standing there.

Miroku was looking at the small house. It was quite beautiful despite being small. As he looked up at the window on the right of the second story, he saw a face peering back at him. Sango blushed and looked away from the window. Miroku smiled and then walked to his own house.

On the way there, he checked his phone to see a missed call from Koharu. She had called him and he hadn't even noticed!

He quickly called her back, hoping that she would answer, which she did.

"Hi Miroku!" She exclaimed into the phone. "Where were you earlier?!"

"Sorry Koharu, I was... Out."

"Out where?"

Miroku winced. He couldn't just tell her that he was was with another woman! But he didn't want to lie again.

"I was taking a walk," he said.

"All day?"

"It was very nice outside."

"Well you could've invited me along!"

"Sorry, didn't think of it. Gotta go now! Bye!" Miroku hung up. It wasn't like him to hang up on his girlfriend, but he didn't have anymore half-lies. Although he was starting to second-guess his whole relationship with Koharu. They never actually had much fun together anyways, did they? Koharu definitely loved Miroku, but Miroku wasn't sure. He liked to be more... Free.

He sighed as he finally reached his house- well, apartment- and went inside, silently comparing Koharu to Sango in his head. 'If I'm even comparing her to a girl I just met last week, it can't be good, right?' Miroku thought. 'Ah well, I'll decide tomorrow, I suppose...'