"Miss? Are you alright?" the man asked her kindly. "You're not hurt at all, are you?" Kagome opened one of her tightly shut eyes, realizing suddenly that it had just been the night patrol man, doing his rounds.
"I..I'm fine." Kagome half heartedly smiled to the man, "You just startled me is all. Where you on the path long?" she asked as he helped her to her feet. He must've been the one whom she had heard before.
"Path?" asked the man surprised, "There's no paths around here, were you lost?"startled, Kagome quickly looked around her, and sure enough, there were no paths. In fact, she was standing close to the mini information center;a cabin, where the maps and help could be located.
she had walked way off from any lit up paths, more or less, any paths that had benches on them. She felt like she had missed a mini section of her life, as if she had just 'skipped' over it, as if it hadn't really happened..
'that's kind of like on my way to the park. I jsut showed up. I wonder if I was walking backwards the whole time?' Kagome thought about it, realizing that she couldnt even remember HOW she really HAD walked to where ever she was at, where ever that was. The man gave her a worried look, she still hadn't answered him.
"No..I mean, well, sortof." Kagome didn't know exactly if she could count herself as lost or not. She almost knew where she was, that counted for something, right? Plus, she had'nt been home in a long..long..time.
She had actually moved in with Sesshoumaru a bit over a year ago, so she had no place to stay. Going home now, late late in the night..it just didn't seem like the best idea after proving to her mother how mature she was to be moving out..even though she was only going to be 17 soon now.
"Sortof? If you need any help at all, I'll be in there," the night man pointed to the cabin. "I can even give you directions! It is my part time job, anyways." The man smiled at her, kindly. It almost lit a place in Kagomes heart. almost. But Kagome did smile gratefully at the mystery man, he had at least made her feel a little bit better.
"Part time job?" Kagome suddenly asked thinking thoughtfully.
"Oh, yes. You dont really get paid much for working at a place like a park, ya know? So it's basically me volunteering and receiving a little 'donation' once in a while." he replied and warmly winked at Kagome. "Miss, would you like some coffee?" he suddenly looked her up and down in disaproving pity. "You do look awfully cold."
Kagome nodded in a very thankful agree-ance as he led her inside. All of a sudden her face 'lit-up' and she stopped in the doorway, "I'm sorry!" Kagome abruptly bowed, " My name's Kagome, what's yours, sir?" she asked the man nicely.
"Oh- mine? That's true. there's no need for 'miss' and 'sir's is there? The Names Kouga. Pleasure to meet you." He took her hand, frigid with cold, and led her to a nice, warm fire, where he went off and made them a steamy cup of coffee. The arouma filled the cozy little 'home' and a spark lit in her heart, when she wasn't even looking.
