"After a while, Miroku and Sango forgave me. I had to apologize like, 500 times. I felt terrible."
"We let him off the hook when he started crying." Miroku said grinning.
"Anyways...the others never did though. And I don't blame them." He watched Kagome, waiting for her to get up from the table, pack her stuff, and go to Kouga to console him, but she just sat there.
The truth is, Kagome wanted to be mad, but she knew she couldn't, even if she didn't understand completely what had pulled him to say what he had. He had been everything she hated. A wannabe after a slut, a person that lied to his friends, a loser poser overlooking the truth of his girlfriend, and then a preppy jock jerk who betrayed his friends. In his past was everything she hated, he'd truly done it all. But, she couldn't. She couldn't hate him, because that wasn't what she saw. She saw a beautiful guy, pain in his gorgeous gold eyes, that had cared about her, and was a challenge for her. She hated the character in the story she just heard, but couldn't connect the two. She couldn't see them as the same person. And she hated that, but still not Inuyasha.
"Wow...Inuyasha you were a major Jack ass." Kagome said and laughed, the other part of her brain mulling over her inability to hate him.
"You mean, you don't hate me?" Inuyasha asked, shocked.
"I know I don't hate. I hate the person in the story, which may at some point in the past have been you, but the person in front of me is still Inuyasha. Weird, isn't it?" Everyone laughed, and then, it hit her. Oh crap! Oh crap, oh crap, no! I can't, this isn't fair, it's only been of few days! I can't, I won't! This is not happening! Kagome's face froze up and her mind went blank. She ran through it, and found all the evidence there, but forced herself to rejoin the conversation when she heard 'gowns'.
"Ack! Don't remind me, I really want to forget about the whole thing." Inuyasha gripped.
"What whole thing? Sorry, kinda spaced." Kagome said giggling, trying her hardest to hide her horror.
"My Dad is hosting a whole benefit thingy and I have to go. I also have to find a date, and I really hate this whole thing, and he does it to me every year, and I'm pretty sure Sesshomaru's gonna bring that Rin girl, who is a real snoozer, and it's gonna be soooo boring, and I-"
"Shut up for a second, Inu!" Sango cut him off, she looked and got a sneaky look on her face. "Here's a wacky thought, why not take Kagome. It's not like she won't already be at your house. How about it?"
Kagome and Inuyasha stared at eachother. Press would be sure to be there, meaning everyone would see them. That was bad. Kagome couldn't let anyone from her home town know where she was or....she didn't even want to think about it. And another problem...she liked the idea of being Inuyasha's date waaaaay to much. She squeezed her eyes tight, and peeked quickly like she was waiting to be slapped.
"Will their be lots of press there?' She squeaked.
Inuyasha looked at her, and knew she would never go with him if there were, which there would be, and he didn't blame her. If he was in her position, he wouldn't want it to get around that he was with him. But they weren't, and everybody would find out the situation eventually. There were just a couple problems. One: what if Kikyo saw. That one was small, he just didn't want her to see it, even if he did try to convince himself he was over her. Reason number two was way bigger: he liked the sound of Kagome and date together way more then he should. This was bad, but before he could stop himself, he blurted
"No, it's private, were keeping out as much reporters as possible. So you wanna come?" He mentally slapped himself for lying.
And, like she had no control of her mouth, she said "Sure." She mentally punched herself in the gut. There was still going to be paperazzi, and she had promised herself to never start this again, but she could feel it. Her heart was racing, and her palms were soaked. Her stomache was doing summer salts, and she was seeing starz. She looked at Inuyasha again, and the whole cycle came back in full swing. The sentence of her nightmares repeated in her head again."Um, Inu?"
"Yah, Kags?" He said, getting worried by the look on her face.
"Um, never mind, forget it."
"Uh...okay. Finish up, if your coming, we need to go to Bridal and Formal so you and Sango can get some dresses."
"Wait...did you just say formal?"
"Uh, yah, why?"
Kagome froze for a minute.....2 minutes...3....4....5. Then she shot up, and made a bolt for the door.
"SANGO, GET HER, SHE'S MAKING A BREAK FOR IT!" Miroku yelled. Sango got up and tackled Kagome on the ground. Kagome was nowhere near as strong as Sango, but continued to struggle as she was slung over Sango's shoulder like a sack of potatoes.
"No! You evil being of hades! Release me, or I, Kagome, Queen of all that is dark and enemy of all things frilly, shall unleash my wrath! I mean it!" They just ignored her as they made they're way to the evil place of frilly thingy things. Kagome stole another glance at Inuyasha, and the sentence of warning played again in her head. "Uh oh."
"Kagome, the store isn't....okay, it is that bad, but some of their stuff is decent." Sango tried to console her. Kagome looked at Inuyasha quickly. There it was, that warning again. Uh oh, I think I like you......
Mizu: Well, wasn't that cute? Kagome's got a cwush! *slurps Ramen*
Inu: Gimme Huff My damn huff Ramen, you bitch! *makes a swing for the cup, but misses by an inch*
Mizu: No! I have only gotten 2 new reviews on this thing. We are on a hunger strike! *Slurps more from the cup*
Inu: What the hell are you talking about, you hypocrite! Your pigging out!
Mizu: Yah, but I have to see you like this! Don't you think it hurts me to see the one I love in such pain.
Inu: -_- Actually, I think you enjoy it.
Mizu: Maaaaaybe, Ok people! Inu's hungry! To the people who reviewed, thank you! You are a blessing on this world of lazy people who can't review. Oh, and Kagome won't beat me up. She's helping! Kagz, catch! *throws Ramen*
Kagz: Got it! *catches it*
Inu: I hate you people! *runs over to Kagz to get the Ramen*
Kagz: Please review and favorite, in the name of Ramen! *throws ramen back to Mizu*
