Chapter seven
Mentally, I was awake. Physically, I was dead to the world. Lying on my side, I hoped for sleep to consume me again as the minutes turned into hours. My eyes were crusted over from all my tears the night before. Every tear filled with so much love and depression that it always made the waterfall of emotions start up again at the thought of the night before. Inuyasha had showed up an hour or so ago to try and get me out of bed. Vaguely I remember him saying it was noon. The clouds kept rolling in keeping the sun from shining on my face and forcing me to get out of my bed.
The squeak of the hinges on my door made me realize someone was in my room and I rolled over so my face was buried in my pillows. The left side of my bed sagged under the weight of another body sitting on the side of the bed. Nervousness gnawed at the edges of the silence that filled the room.
"Hey…" Sota's voice flitted through my ears. I didn't know what to say, so I didn't move or speak. Just laid there, listening to my own breathing. Eventually, I would have to explain Inuyasha to him. I'm hoping eventually wouldn't come too soon. "It's two o'clock," Sota sounded quite nervous and I'm sure his fingers fidgeting in his lap. "Would you like to talk about last night?"
My chest tightened from the pain of the night before. I knew he meant Inuyasha but I purely thought of Father crying into his hands. A new wave of pain washed over me and I felt my bottom lip tremble and my throat tighten. With every ounce of strength in me, I fought the urge to cry.
"I mean about Inuyasha?" he questioned. My body started to shake as I remembered Inuyasha helping me carry my father into the day room. The tears I had attempted to hold back sprang forth, soaking my navy blue pillowcase. I sucked in a breath of surprise in the middle of my onslaught of tears when I felt my brother's hand rub my back in a soothing manner. The strange show of kindness from my brother made the sobs that came out seem even harsher then before.
"Kagome, it's alright," his voice was calm and gentle. "Everything will be alright."
"You don't understand," I cried into my pillow. "He thought mom was helping him last night, but it was me. I look so much like her to the point where he can't tell the difference anymore."
"You can't rush him Kag," Sota said softly. "This is a hard time for all of us. Especially for Father because they spent everyday together for nearly thirty years, and now she's gone and he doesn't know what to do with his life. I know it's difficult, but he needs time."
"He won't even look at me," I breathed heavily, trying to control my crying. My eye lids felt heavy from the fresh tears that I cried.
"Give him time," Sota echoed. "You know as well as I do, this is hard to deal with." I stayed silent, not certain what to say in response to that. The bed sprang back as Sota stood. "How about you clean up and find me in the library in an hour?"
"Aren't your friends here?" I asked in confusion.
"They left around one," he started for the door, twisted it opened and stopped in the threshold. "The other day, when we got into a big argument, I never meant any of the things I said. I'm really sorry Kagome, it was all said in anger and I know you would never do anything with someone like the way I accused you of doing." With that said he quickly left, leaving me in the silence of my room completely stunned, shocked, and surprised.
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"What are you going to do?" Inuyasha asked me as he lay on my dark blue sheets and I brushed my hair at my vanity.
"What do you mean?" I pulled my silver handled brush, which matched Inuyasha's hair, through the silk strands of my black midnight locks. "Tell him the truth, what else can I do?" I rolled my eyes as if it was an obvious statement.
"I meant about your brother's apology," Inuyasha sat up to rest his weight on his elbows. I stared at him intensely through the mirror.
"What about it?" I set my brush down and looked at him through the mirror, this time completely serious with undivided attention. Then I gave up and my expression turned to boredom.
"So, you're just going to act like nothing happened?" Inuyasha glared at me and I turned around to face him from my spot.
"What am I supposed to do? Act all happy like nothing happened? Sorry, I don't work like that," I told him, letting my anger get the best of me. "You've known me for a few days and now you're telling me how I should act. I don't think so." Inuyasha's face became emotionless as he stared at me, not saying a word. It wasn't hard to tell that I had really hit a sensitive nerve, but he had no right to tell me what to do.
"Okay," Inuyasha said softly and fell back on my bed. "You deal with your drama all by your self." I blinked a few times from confusion. That was it? He gave up on our argument that easily? I was completely speechless. Scrunching my forehead in confusion, I turned back to brushing my hair until it was perfectly soft.
When I was satisfied, I replaced my brush in the door and stood. I noticed that Inuyasha was staying silent for some reason and I ignored him until he decided to be more mature. Shrugging, I slipped on my fluffy slippers and threw on my baggy Arizona State sweatshirt before I exited my room with Inuyasha on my heels. We walked quietly together to the library door on the second floor. There he let me enter first and lead the way to the steel steps to the first floor.
Sota was sitting at the long oak table with a novel laid out in front of him and a lamp in the middle of the table was shining on the words of the page. He glanced up as we made our way closer to him and he replaced his book mark, pushing the red hard cover book to the side. Approaching him, I sat on the opposite side of the table. Inuyasha on the other hand went off to relax on the couch. Sitting down, I watched my brother's gaze follow Inuyasha's shape across the room until he settled down.
"Hello Sota," I folded my hands together in front of me, business like. "We have a lot to discuss, don't we?"
"I guess," Sota rubbed the back of his head with his right hand, running his fingers through his dark brown hair. He still needed that hair cut. "Who is he?" His head tilted in Inuyasha's direction and I heard a snort echo through the room and I couldn't stop the small smile that appeared on my face.
"That would be Inuyasha," I explained to him. "I truly don't know much about him. What would you like to know exactly?" I rolled my shoulders uneasily, unsure of what to say to such a generic question.
"What is he?" Sota asked quietly, as if trying to keep Inuyasha out of our conversation. It was kind of cute actually.
"Inuyasha, why don't you come over here and help me answer these questions," I beckoned the man closer. It was difficult, but the reluctant ghost hobbled over to have a seat next to me. "Would you like to answer these questions?"
"What do you think I am?" Inuyasha rolled his eyes at the child in front of him. He slumped back in the chair and folded his arms across his red sweater clad chest.
"He's a ghost," I told my brother with small glare at the guy next to me, hoping he would cooperate more. He was tense and had this tough guy routine that was ridiculously stupid.
Slowly, Sota nodded as if he didn't know exactly what to say. "How did you meet him?"
"Not quite sure how to answer that," I placed a hand on my chin as if in deep though. "Well, to be honest, we kinda just kept running into each other." I turned to look at the silver haired man next to me. "How would you explain it, Inuyasha?"
"I don't know," he looked away from the conversation and I elbowed him. With a small help and quick rubbing movements over his 'wounded area,' Inuyasha paid more attention. "We were somehow attracted spiritually to one another and it just seemed like I was meant to be around this family." I smiled at this for some reason and repeated the message back to Sota, who nodded once again.
"Can you see him?" Sota inquired squinting questionably at Inuyasha's shape.
"Yeah, I can see him clearly," I said looked at Inuyasha who stared out of the windows. "His long silver hair, his cute fuzzy doggy ears, his amber eyes, his pale skin, and even his old fashion taste in clothing." Inuyasha glared at me for a moment before relaxing again and stared out at the garden.
"All I see is a fuzzy outline," Sota said and I tilted my head in thought. "Why can't I see him clearly?"
"Some people just can't see me," Inuyasha muttered and I relayed this to my brother.
Inside my pocket, my phone started buzzing and I jumped slightly in my chair and pulled the blue piece of electronic goodness out of the depths of my pant pocket. Standing up, I exited the library to answer the phone.
"Hello?" I said leaning against the hallway wall outside the library. A scream on the other end made me pull the phone a feet away from my ear, before replacing it back to listen to the caller.
"You wouldn't believe what my boyfriend is doing for me?!" a woman screamed. At once I recognized the voice to be Sango. "In one week, I will get to hug you again!" I almost dropped the phone, but instead I screamed. Almost instantly, Inuyasha and Sota were next to me with concern etched into their features, but I ignored them and kept screaming. "I know! This will be amazing!"
"You! Me!" And I shrieked again. This was the most emotion I had had in at least three months.
"Count it, one week from today; I will be at your front door with my boyfriend and my little brother," she laughed in my ear and closed my eyes and let the big smile on face stay in place. "Each of us with a suitcase in hand, we will be there for, hear me, two whole, entire weeks!" Once again we broke out into squeals of glee. "We will get to spend Christmas and New Years together!"
"Holy shit," Sota said, wide eyed and a bit scared as he watched me parade around randomly screaming. Surprisingly enough, Father never ventured down to see what was going on.
"Agreed," Inuyasha nodded and stared at me with his jaw hanging opened.
"Okay, but I got to go!" Sango squealed again and we parted, hanging up.
I turned to look at the boys, both staring at me dumbstruck. Raising my eyebrows, I gave them questioning looks. "What?" Then I couldn't hold it in any longer and I started screaming again and I embraced Sota. A moment later I let go and launched myself at Inuyasha, who caught me easily and held me as my feet were off the ground and my arms around my waist.
"You have no idea how incredibly scary that looks," Sota whispered turning to watch back into the library. "My sister floating in mid air."
"My best friend is coming for two weeks!" I squealed quieter this time. Sota reappeared immediately then. "With Kohaku!" At that Sota did a small air pump and cheered at seeing his own best friend. I placed my feet back on the floor, but kept my arms around Inuyasha's next. My blood pumped faster from all the excitement that it took me a moment to realize that I was pressed against Inuyasha, his arms around my waist and mine tight around his neck. Blushing fiercely I dislodged myself and stepped back. "Sorry 'bout that."
He grunted and walked into the library. Skipping back through the door, I joined the two on a couch. At a certain point through the day Inuyasha disappear. One moment he had been looking at a book on a shelf and the next he was gone. It had confused me, but I'm sure he will be back. For the rest of the day I happily spent with Sota preparing for our friends to show arrive. We cleaned and washed and arranged their rooms.
Happiness had appeared as a small sliver in our black, iced over hearts. Any form of the feeling had gone missing from our spirits for the longest time and it slowly crept back into our lives. It had started for me with a certain ghost boy named Inuyasha.
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End Chapter Seven
AN: I really hope you guys enjoyed that; I tried to add a bit of fluff. Seriously, I needed to put some cheer into my story, because today is a happy day for me. When I arrived at home today, in the mail was a big packet telling me I got accepted into the college I had hoped for!! So start the cutesy chapters will the excess amounts of fluff that leave people happy. Heehee
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