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Chapter 3: Ugh, Brothers!
Kouga spent Saturday's at Tamako's for a few hours every week, working on their project for class. But, they didn't only work on the project. She helped him in other areas of his schoolwork that he wasn't too good at, and they hung out too. It'd been two months since they started hanging out, and he was quickly becoming her best friend. She just loved being with him, he was so real and he let her be real, didn't make her hide who she was or her thoughts.
She found herself looking forward to their walks home and him coming over on Saturday. Though, she was still trying to talk him into taking her to his apartment, letting her come over and hang out while they did homework there. But, he didn't seem comfortable with the idea of her seeing where he lived. She almost thought it sounded like he was ashamed of it. She didn't have much experience outside of the rich part of town, but she knew the places where he lived were probably a lot smaller than hers.
And, she was right. He wasn't sure about taking her back to his apartment. He lived in a small two bedroom apartment with his mother, which the whole place could probably fit within one or two rooms of her house.
Another Saturday afternoon came, and he eagerly went to visit her. They were in her living room again, sitting on the floor, talking, their books sprawled out on the coffee table in front of them. They hadn't gotten too much work done so far, and she didn't mind at all.
Looking up at him a little with a smile. That afternoon they hadn't taken off their concealment charms. Though most Saturdays they did. And so far, it'd just been them in the house. Her family was always off doing something somewhere, so she made sure they had the house to themselves. The last thing she needed were her brothers annoying her, or her father, while Kouga was there. She hated being the only girl other than her mother in the house sometimes. It meant such a total lack of privacy sometimes.
"Did you see the look on Hitens face when I sat next to you instead of him at lunch yesterday?" she asked, giggling a little, looking up at Kouga.
He laughed, nodding. "Yeah. Dude looked like his eyes were going to pop out of his head."
"He's such a jealous jerk." she said with a smile. "He gets so pissed about what he can't have. Its funny."
"Oh yeah it is. I love it. The great Hiten brought down to reality when a girl says 'no' to him. You think he's ever heard that word before?"
Tamako shook her head a little. "Nah, he hasn't. Every girl he wants he gets. I just find him dull and full of himself. He thinks he's this big badass and can get into any girls pants." she said, rolling her eyes and glancing up to Kouga. "He just can't take that he's only half the man you are." she told him, a blush creeping up to her cheeks. She'd flirted with him a few times, and sometimes he seemed clueless as to what was happening.
He blushed a little, glancing towards him. "Ya think?"
"I know." she said with a smile. Shifting to sit closer to him and leaning her chin to rest on his shoulder, looking at his face. "I've never had a conversation with Hiten. At least, not one that was two-sided. Theres more to you than just looks. And looks are the only thing Hiten has going for him."
"And money." Kouga added, glancing away a little. He liked her...a lot, a real, real lot. But, he couldn't give her the things her father could. He couldn't give her nice things or a big house, and he probably never would be able to. It made him feel guilty.
She shrugged a little. "Its not all about money, Kouga. How much you have does not make who you are. Though, people like Hiten seem to think so..." she said.
He nodded, his eyes still looking forward. "Yeah, but still...its a big thing."
"Mm..not really." she said, smiling. Leaning up and kissing his cheek softly, blushing deeper. His blush deepened as well when he felt her lips against his skin.
Turning his eyes to look at her, biting his bottom lip a little. "Oh...really? So you mean to tell me you'd be just as happy with a guy who is broke, as with a guy who has it all?"
Nodding to him, smiling. "Yes, I do. And I am."
"Wh-what do you mean?" he asked slowly, tilting his head to one side.
Looking down a little, biting her bottom lip and thinking before she glanced up to his face again. "I would be just as happy with a guy thats broke. Money doesn't matter to me. And...and I am happy." she said. Slowly moving her hand to take his, gripping it a little as she looked at his face. "I am happy. Here. With you. I...I don't care how much money you have or what side of town you live on. Can't you see that? Can't you see that I care about you?" she asked, blushing slowly.
Kouga listened to her, gulping a little when she took his hand. Holding onto her hand lightly, looking at her face. "R-Really? I...I um, I like you too, Tamako-chan." he told her.
A smile came over her lips when he said that, slowly she leaned up to him, closing her eyes halfway. Her lips were about to meet with Kouga's before the living room door slammed open, making her jump.
Sitting back, they both looked at the door as two boys came running in. They looked pretty identical, and only looked a few years older than Tamako.
One of the boys was chasing the other, growling. "Come the fuck back here!" the boy doing the chasing yelled.
"Not on your life, slowpoke!" the second yelled.
They looked identical, they could be twins. They both had long short silver hair, ones was only a little longer than the others. And one had brown eyes, the other had gold. Their faces had the same lines to show their resemblance, and they both looked like younger versions of their father, Inuyasha.
As they entered, the first boy stopped, causing the other to run right into his back. The chaser growled, shoving his brother. "The fuck'd you stop for!?" he asked.
The one being chased pointed to Tamako and Kouga. "Cause, Tamako brought a booooy home." he teased.
The chaser looked over at Tamako, a grin coming over his lips. "Oohhhh! Tamakoooo bringing boys homee!"
"Shut up!" Tamako yelled, blushing deeply as she looked at them. "Get the hell out of here, seriously! Gosh can't a girl study in private?"
"Why do ya need to be in private, huh?" the one being chased asked, grinning and walking over to the couch. The twins previous altercations had seemingly been forgotten. Leaning against the back of the couch, looking at Kouga. "Hey. I'm InuTaisho."
"And I'm Taro." the second boy added, leaning against the back of the couch by his brother.
Kouga had watched the whole thing, blinking a little. "Uh...hi. I'm...I'm Kouga." he said. He considered himself a big guy...but these guys were two big guys. And they looked pretty strong.
Each boy wore a pair of jeans, with no shoes, and InuTaisho had on a red t-shirt while Taro had on a blue shirt. But it was clear that they were strong and had plenty of muscles underneath those shirts.
Tamako growled, glaring up at her brothers. "Go away, kami. I swear. Why don't you chase each other outside?" she asked. She hated being surrounded by boys. Only the twins lived with them now as the other two boys were old enough to live outside the mansion.
Yori grinned, looking at his sister. "Ohh lil' sis, you bring a boy home and dads not here, we can't just leave you alone. What would dad say?"
His twin grinned a little and Taro looked at their sister. "Yeah, sis. Dad would flip his shit. You've never brought a boy home."
Growling at her brothers, moving to stand up and shoving Yori's shoulders to make him stand up. "I'm old enough to take care of myself! Gosh. And dad would flip his shit, yeah. What daddy doesn't know won't hurt me. I swear you two are so embarrassing."
Yori chuckled a little. "Mmhm, dad will find out, princess."
"Not if you don't tell him. Come on I do not feel like hearing him. I'm not a child anymore. And you two just...piss me off." she said with a pout.
"Mmm, nonesense," Taro started, looking at Kouga. "You, Kouga was it? Why don't you stay for dinner and meet our dad?"
Kouga blinked at the question and then looked up at Tamako, as if asking what she thought.
Tamako shook her head. "No. Gods, the two of you are too much. I'll talk to dad, but later." she said. Moving to take Kouga's hand and gently tugging on it for him to stand up. Once he stood up with her, she smiled. "Come on, lets go somewhere else. Where its less crowded." she said, shooting her brothers a glare.
"How do you know we won't follow you?" Yori asked.
"Cause, I'll beat the shit outta you. And how will you look? Getting your ass kicked by a girl? And your little sister to boot." she answered.
Taro chuckled. "Well, you might be able to kick 'Yori's ass over there. But not MINE." he declared.
"Oh yeah? Wanna bet?" she asked with a growl.
Taro looked at his sister, growling right back at her. "Yeah, princess. I do wanna bet."
"Whatcha wanna loose?" she asked.
"Hmm...a weeks allowance?" he asked.
His brother Yori only chuckled. "You know if you win and she whines to dad, she'll get her allowance instead of you. She's daddy's princess."
"I will not whine to dad! I'm not a baby. Shut up Yori. This is none of your business." Tamako told him, glaring back at Taro. "You're on!" she said.
Quickly she climbed up over the couch and tackled her brother to the ground, knocking him back and moving to try and pin him. She'd been wearing a pair of yoga pants and a t-shirt, so it was easy to move in. And her long hair was up in a pony tail, so it stayed out of her face.
Kouga blinked as he watched them, tilting his head to one side.
But, Yori just laughed. Jumping over the couch and sitting on it, looking up at Kouga. "Ohh give it a few minutes. They fight all the time. Well, I fight with her too...but hey, its just the way we roll." he said.
Moving to sit next to him, Kouga chuckled. "Really? Never thought a girl would be into fighting."
"Yeah, its sort of a family thing. My dads always taught us to defend ourselves. We get restless 'round here too." Yori answered, glancing back at his brother and sister, laughing. "Hey Taro! Tamako might just kick your ass! Seesh gunna be beat by a giiiirl?" he asked.
Kouga laughed a bit. "Tamako mentioned she had four brothers...where are the other two?"
"Ohh, Aki and Kenji. They don't live here anymore. Aki runs the branch of Taisho Industries in Osaka, and Kenji does the same in Sapporo." Yori answered.
"Are they twins too?" Kouga asked curiously.
Yori shook his head. "Nope. Just Taro and me are the twins. Well...Tamako was a twin..."
"Was?" Kouga asked, looking at him.
Looking down, Yori nodded slowly. "Yeah. Reiko. She was killed when they were five. A car hit her when they were out with mom. Reiko and Tamako were playing around while shopping with mom...and Reiko tripped and fell into the street and got ran over." he explained, glancing at Kouga slowly. "Might not wanna bring it up to Tamako though. She feels guilty about it. Always has."
Listening to him, that was one detail Tamako hadn't told him. And, he could see why. He wouldn't want to talk about it either. "Oh.." he said. It was all he could say. Maybe Tamko would talk to him one day about it, maybe not. But, that was up to her.
"Mmhm, yup. So, Tamako over there is dads princess. He's so over protective of her, its crazy. More than us boys. I also think thats partially because she's the only girl. We have other siblings..its just us five who grew up together. Our other siblings were born and moved out way before we were born." he said. He could smell the demon on Kouga, so he knew Kouga most likely knew they were demons, too.
Meanwhile, Tamako and Taro hadn't been listening to the conversation at all. Tamako had succeeded in pinning Taro, a grin coming across her face. "Told ya so! I wiiin!" she said. Pushing him down and moving to stand up, walking over to the couch and moving to sit on the back of it, glancing back at Kouga. "Come on, lets go. These guys are such pains in the asses."
Taro growled as he sat up, glaring at his sister. "This is not over, Tamako-chan."
Yori looked up, laughing hard. "You. Let. Her. Kick. Your. Ass!" he said, laughing harder with each word, and between each word. Earning him a glare from his brother.
Tamako rolled her eyes, moving around the couch and grabbing her books, looking at Kouga. "Come on, lets go. We can study in my room." she said without realizing it. Shooting a glare to her brothers. "And you two stay here. Or else I'll tell mom it was you who broke her favorite vase in the upstairs hall by their room." she threatened.
Kouga blushed and nodded, picking up his books and moving to follow her out of the room. He'd never been in her bedroom before, and he couldn't help but be a little nervous at the idea of being in a girls bedroom. He'd never even been invited into a girls bedroom before. And, in this house he hadn't been too far in, just in a few rooms, and never up the stairs.
Walking up the stairs with her books, Kouga trailing just behind her. She led him up the stairs and down a long hallway, making a turn before coming up to a set of double white doors with gold inlay. Opening one of the doors, she walked in and held the door open for Kouga. Once he walked in, she closed the door behind him and locked it. Moving to put her books down on a small coffee table that was in her room.
The sight he was greeted with shocked him. She had a huge western style bed that had a canopy and pink sheets, the canopy fabric matching the sheets. The walls were painted in a pale pink color, mostly the color seemed like white more than pink, and then the trim was painted white. The room itself was huge, with a dresser, a door that led to a walk in closet, and then a coffee table with pillows around it as seats. She also had a desk with a laptop that was on it, closed. Just next to her desk was a vanity that was a dark wood that had a few bottles of perfume sitting on top of it, jewelry and makeup hidden within the drawers.
"Wow...so...girly." he said.
She chuckled a little, looking at him. "Well yeah, I am a girl you know." she said. Moving to lean against the foot board of her bed, looking up at him.
He smiled, nodding and looking at her. "Oh, trust me, I know." he said. Slowly sitting his books down just by hers, glancing towards her a little.
"I'd hope so." she said with a giggle. Pushing to stand up straight and stepping towards him. "So...should we get back to studying?" she asked.
Nodding just slowly as he watched her. "Sorta..." he said, smiling a little. "We were interrupted somewhere though..." he said.
"Oh?" she asked, blinking a bit.
He moved closer to her, moving one hand to rest on the back of her neck, the other resting on her side. Bringing her up close to him, making her gasp and blush before he leaned down slowly. Brushing his nose up against hers a little as she closed her eyes halfway. Leaning the rest of the way down and gently kissing her, letting his eyes closed.
Her eyes closed along with his, letting out a breath she hadn't realized she'd been holding. Leaning up slowly to kiss him back, tilting her head to one side just slowly. It was just a soft kiss, but it felt so amazing.
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A/N: Aanndd thats where I'll end it! :-). I'm a little mean, yup.