Chapter 4: Popular
"Kagome-chan!"I looked up from where I was cleaning up a table in the café I was working in. Ayame was waving at me from where she was behind the counter. I picked up my tray and made my way towards her.
"Yes, Ayame-san?"Ayame, a third year in the same school as me. We also work in the same café, and that's where we met. She is quite popular with the second year girls, but people say that she is quite picky about boys.
"Umm... well..."Ayame blushed. "I've got a secret to share with you."
A secret? I leaned in closer, interested. "Go on." I urged.
"You have heard of Kouga, right?"
Kouga-senpai? Of course! He's like, the most popular third year guy ever! He's cool and very popular. Especially with girls! But unlike Inuyasha, he isn't a big flirt. He flirts, of course, but not as often as Inuyasha. Inuyasha is also famous, but in a different way. Kouga is the popular type, he is admired and chased, by a huge crowd of fangirls! Inuyasha's reputation is not the good type. He is the school trickster, afterall. But If you say that half of the school's girls are Kouga's fangirls, then the other half are Inuyasha's. But Kouga isn't really my type, he is way too popular. I'd rather prefer someone like Inuya- Woah! WOAH!! Hold it! Hold it right there!! What am I thinking?! To clear away my drifting thoughts, I focused on Ayame. "Yes, Kouga-senpai. So...?"
"Well..."Ayame's blush deepened.
An evil grin found its way across my lips."Ahh... Let me guess. You're in love with him?"
"Shhh!"Ayame hastily put a finger on her lips, flustered."Not so loud!!"
"You are in love!"I exclaimed, hugging my friend."Congratulations!"
"Thanks."Ayame smiled, her blush less visible.
"So, why did you tell me?"I was still grinning. "To feed me the gossip?"
"That's the point! I want you to help me close in the distance between us."
WHAT?! I opened my eyes wide. My jaw dropped."Y-you... you mean you want me to be your match-maker?"
Ayame nodded.
"Alright!"I pumped my fist into the air."The job's on me!!"
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"Sorry."
I turned around from my locker and saw Sango standing behind me."Sorry? What are you sorry for?"
"For not warning you that Kanna had seen you follow Inuyasha into his house."Sango hung her head.
I paused, then smiled and hugged her."It's okay. You couldn't have denied it, thanks for worrying anyway."
Sango's eyes lit up."You're the best, Kagome. You know that?"
I laughed."You too."
Sango laughed too."So, feed me the news."
"News? What news?"I asked, puzzled.
"Come on."Sango nudged me. "I'm your best friend! I can tell when you're really happy!"
"Oh, alright."I smiled then whispered in Sango's ear. "You know Ayame-san?"
"Ayame-senpai?"Sango asked."Sure! She's really popular with us!"
"Yes. And guess what? She wants me to play match-maker between her and Kouga-senpai!"
"What?!"Sango whipped her face around to look at me."You're kidding! Kouga-senpai is really popular and Ayame-senpai has got a bad reputation with boys!"
"Yeah, I know. That's probably why she wants me to help."
Sango nodded."Well, that's cool. I've always wanted to play match-maker. It sounds really fun."
"Hey, why not?"
Sango looked at me."For real?!"
I smiled."Extra help is always welcomed."
"Alright! Let's go, girl!"Sango swung her arm around my shoulders excitedly.
I laughed."But remember, keep your mouth shut!"
Sango made a zipping motion across her lips."No worries. I've got my lips sealed."
"That's the spirit!"
"Let's do it, girl!"
"Lead on, partner!"
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"Okay, let me go over the plan again."Sango said. It was friday night, right before a party we are going to attend. We were sitting in my room, wanting to go over the plan one last time. And later, my mother is dropping us off at the party. Hojo is holding the party in the school gym, he is the richest guy in the school! Parties like this organized by the students were quite common so the school doesn't mind, just as long as we didn't have any alcoholic drinks! Besides, Hojo simply loves to party so we almost have parties every friday night. You gotta love this school!
Sango cleared her throat and began to recite,"You've made sure that Ayame-san hasn't got any dates tonight. And I've made sure that Kouga-senpai is planning on choosing his date at the party, hopefully. Hehe."Sango smiled sheepishly upon seeing my frown, then she continued. "You go ask him to be your date, which he hopefully would accept. If not, I'll go ask him as back up."
I nodded. The plan should work smoothly.
Sango continued."Then when the party is about to start, you fake sick and excuse yourself, while suggest that by coincidence, your friend Ayame-senpai hasn't got a date so Kouga-senpai could go with her. He'll probably accept because he's never dated Ayame-senpai before. Then we sneak in a little partying ourselves, if he finds out and demand why you're not sick, you say that you felt better, but when you saw he and Ayame-senpai enjoying the party so much, you decided to leave them alone. How does that sound?"
I nodded."Pretty good to me."
"Alright. The next step is to put the plan into action."Sango stood up from where she was sitting on a bean bag chair and dusted off her outfit. She is wearing a black strapless top that had white curling designs in the front and a pair of very tight fitting jeans that showed off her long and exquisite legs perfectly. On her feet were a pair of black two inch high platform sandals, studded with shimmering rhinestones. Her hair was pulled back in a high ponytail and she wore long silver earrings with a matching silver necklace around her neck.
I got up from my position on the bed, I was only wearing my pyjamas.
"Girl, you've got to look funky."Sango complained as she opened my closet and started to ransack it.
"Well, I'm sorry, I just haven't got a wonderful fashion sense like you."I said sarcastically.
"Oh, shut up."Sango joked, digging through a pile of clothes."Aha!"
I rolled my eyes.
"These will do!"
"Huh?"I looked up and saw a swirl of black and pink aiming at me. I squealed as I toppled under a bundle of clothes.
"Thanks alot."I said sarcastically as I got up.
"No problem, anytime."Sango beamed.
I put on the clothes Sango chose for me and checked it out. It was a black long sleeve shirt with purple beads and laces around the top. It was pretty low cut, but not that low, it was just right. The top exposed my back, so I chose to leave my hair loose like always. Sango gave me a light pink miniskirt to go with the top and she handed me a pair of platform sneakers and she fixed a glittery pink anklet around my right ankle. Matching the anklet were two glittery pink barrettes which she clipped beautifully on either side of my head. I made a pose in front of the mirror.
"Alright, alright."Sango chuckled and patted my back."You look stunning, baby. Now we should be going."
I laughed."And you look awesome too. Don't you feel like posing in front of a mirror?"
Sango laughed too."Normally I do. But I'm too nervous today."
I nodded glumly. Sango's right. Today we've got a mission to complete. And you can say I'm flustered about asking Kouga out. If I'm declined, it'll be really embarrasing. And hell, Inuyasha will have a new thing to tease me about. My spirits dampened. God help me! Being a match-maker isn't as easy as I thought.
"Should we practice?"Sango asked nervously as we got into the car. I smiled at my mom as we settled on the backseats.
"I don't think so."I looked at her as my mom drove off. I glanced at my mom and whispered to Sango,"What is my mom suspects something?"
Sango sighed."I guess you're right. Let's just hope our luck doesn't run out."
"Yeah. Let's hope."I murmured.
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"He's there!"Sango gasped, pointing to a figure standing in a visible corner of the punky-party decorated gym laughing with some other rather popular guys."That's Kouga-senpai!"
"Ohhh, boy."I breathed.
"Man, he's definitely hot!"Sango commented. "Oh, looks like he hasn't got a date yet."
"Oh, god. I'm not sure I'm ready for this."my heart started to beat faster and I panicked. And ran my hand lightly over my hair and smoothed my skirt."Is my hair okay? How do I look? Is my outfit too shabby?"
Sango gave me a little push on my back towards Kouga's direction. "You're hair is fine and I told you that you look stunning! And hello? I chose the outfit for you, it's perfect! Now summon up your guts and ask him! Now go!!"She gave me another push, harder this time.
"Okay, okay chill!"I muttered as I stumbled a bit. I straightened up, despite my increasing heatbeat. Now Kagome, be brave! He's not going to eat you! Just ask him if he wants to be your date and all that crap and you can get out of there! He'll be happily going with Ayame-san and it's over! Okay. I think I'm ready... mentally ready at least... I gulped. I glanced back at Sango. She gave a thumbs up and a look that said, 'Come on! You can do it!'I heaved a deep breath and approached the group of boys.
"Hello, Kouga-senpai," I was surprised how my tone sounded so casual and cool. Go me!
The group of boys turned towards me. Kouga raised his eyebrows as he looked at me from top to bottom. Wow! He is hot! I blushed. Is he checking me out? He was wearing a pair of baggy jeans with chains daggling from it. And he wore a white top with the word 'Punk'written over it in black capital letters and a sleeveless leather jacket studded with funky silver buckles. Man, he's so damn cool! Still not my type, but hell, noone can help but blush when talking with him!
One of the other boys whistled. He looked like another third year, he's pretty cute, I observed. He nudged Kouga's arm."Hey, Kouga! When did you meet such a hot kouhai?"
I blushed furiously, but I tried to act cool. The fact my heartbeat is increasing isn't helping, but thanks to the loud rock songs and rainbow colored lights, they might not be able to notice my nervousness. This super cute third year just called me hot! I'm floating!
"I met her just now,"Kouga replied, not taking his eyes off me. "But hell, yeah, she's hot."
I stopped my jaws in time from dropping to the floor. The most popular guy in the school said that I'm hot! My face must be burning! Hell, I'm so flustered I can't even feel myself blushing! Argh... what should I do? What should I do?? Wait... you're supposed to ask him to be your date! Calm down, Kagome, calm down. You've got to be cool about this! I inhaled and exhaled quickly.
"So,"Kouga leaned on the wall and smirked at me. "What do you want from me?"
"Well, in fact,"I smiled at him but my lips quivered a bit. Phew, I don't think he noticed. "Do you happen to have a date? If not, how about be mine?"Phew! That went out without a stammer. Good work, Kagome!
The cute guy let out another whistle. "Wow, you're not only hot, you're pretty interesting too."he leaned in towards me. "You're the first second year to ask Kouga like that."he chuckled as he poked my cheek, which heated up instantly. My heart is going to jump out of my throat! I took a step back, that's the first time I've come into contact with a boy I don't know like this.
"I just happen to be free tonight,"Kouga suddenly spoke up. He smirked and he approached me, wrapping his arm around my waist, I stiffened at the touch but decided to ignore it. We headed towards the refreshments table. "So what's your name, cutie?"he winked at me, making me blush again.
"Kagome."I answered.
"Kagome, huh?"Kouga rubbed his chin. "What a cute name!"
I smiled. "Thanks."
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Sango signalling to me. About time! I was getting uncomfortable with Kouga's hand around my waist. I covered my mouth like I was going to puke. Kouga removed his hand from around my waist and placed them on my shoulders. "What's the matter, baby?"
I looked away. "Umm, sorry, Kouga-senpai. I-I'm not feeling too well... Please excuse me."I backed away from him. "Sorry that I can't be your date tonight."I pretended to think quickly, clutching my stomach. "Oh, my friend just happens to not have a date tonight, how about let her replace me?"
Kouga paused. For a second I thought he was going to accept and I mentally hoorayed for joy. But instead, what I heard was, "No, I never change my dates even is it's an emergency. I'll accompany you the whole night."
WHAT?! Th-then... what about Ayame-san?! No... no, this is wrong! The whole thing has gone wrong! What should I do?! "Umm, no, you really shouldn't, Kouga-senpai, you should enjoy tonight and not let me spoil it."I tried.
Kouga laughed. "No way you're spoiling my night. You've just made my night!"
Oh no... no no no!! Help! I'm sorry, Ayame-san! Now what have I gotten myself into?! Inuyasha's fangirls hate me already! I don't need the whole female population to hate me!! "No, you really shouldn't."I tried again pathetically.
"Nonsense,"Kouga helped me to a small couch in a corner of the gym. The couch wasn't big enough for both of us, but that was the only seat available. To my surprise, Kouga sat on it and pulled me onto his lap and forced my head to lean on his shoulder as his hand found it's way around my waist again.
N-no! You've got to be joking! We're so-so close... too close! I tried to push away, putting some distance between us. But Kouga held my waist firmly. I squirmed a bit. "Umm, Kouga-senpai? I'm feeling better now, can I get up?"
"No."
What?
"N-no?"
"No."
WHAT! WHAT WHAT WHAT!! WHAT DOES HE THINK HE'S DOING, IN THIS POSITION?!
"Kouga-senpai!"I struggled to get out of his grasp, but he was stronger.
"Shh..."he cooed, smirking as he passed a hand through my hair and rubbed my exposed back."Don't make a scene."
"Y-you're the one who's making a scene!"I accused him.
"Well, you are my date!"He continued to smirk.
I gasped as I felt his hand which was holding my waist slip down to my thighs and I struggled more. "What do you think you're doing?!"
"I'm interested in you."his smirk turned to a grin. "Be my girlfriend."
What . the . hell .
I, Kagome, am officially in such a big mess that I may never be able to get out!
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Thanks for all the support! I'll try to update faster for my dear readers. Oh and just another note, Kagome may not be definitely ending up with Inuyasha, who knows? Perhaps Kouga. But I assume that all of you would rather prefer InuKag, but we'll see. ;) Please review! Thank you.
-Crystal-
