Author's Note: School… this chappie's not the best sadly.
Disclaimer: Don't own these amazing characters… I just use them for my own amusement… did that just sound weird o.0. Hahah.
I present the seventh chapter! Enjoy :).
Chapter 7: In Between
"I'm personally inviting you," Jin handed her a folded piece of notebook paper, "to my party."
Kagome alternated suspicious glances between the raven haired boy and the words on the said paper. "Did you just write this?"
After she slammed her locker door and started to head down the stairs, Jin bellowed out her name, making more than a few people turn their heads, and called to stop.
Jin shrugged. "I thought it would have more meaning this way."
She blinked a few times. It was better not to ask, she decided. "Oh… thank you."
"And you can take whoever you want," he said graciously. "Just keep it on the low. I may be super rich," he grinned, "but my living room can't house a thousand people."
Kagome nodded and stuck the paper inside her binder. "I'll keep that in mind… and I'll think about going to your party."
Jin Asakura nodded happily and began to walk but did a double take when his mind processed what Kagome had just said. "Woah, hold on a sec, did you just say 'I'll think about it?'"
"Yeah, so?"
His mouth opened and closed a few times before finding the right words. "You have to think about it?" Jin cried. "I actually took the time to invite you personally instead of letting people do its thing."
"Let people do what thing?"
"Rumors, gossip, you know!" Jin flapped his arms around madly. "The most courteous thing to do is to accept it. I don't just do this for anybody."
Kagome's eyebrows furrowed. "So why did you invite me?"
Jin's lips twisted. "I'm doing a favor for a friend."
"By inviting me?" she deadpanned.
He answered as if he couldn't believe she was oblivious, with a look of disbelief and a high pitched voice. "Yeah."
When he didn't say anything else she went on, "Care to elaborate further?"
Jin smiled easily and went on his way with a high whistle. "Nah, it's more fun this way." He then said louder, "Higurashi, give me an answer by tomorrow, okay?"
Over at the guy's corner…
"Can guys giggle?"
A cricket.
"Oh, god," Koga moaned and buried his face in his hands. "What the hell was that?"
"What?" Miroku shrugged. "It was just a question. Think about it, in books you never see a guy giggling."
"Probably it's because of the voice, if you have a deep voice, then you're practically incapable of giggling."
"BUT," Miroku pointed out. "Boys under the age of twelve can giggle, how come?"
"… because they haven't hit puberty yet?"
"Okay, if you two are done having this dumbass conversation, I need you guys to listen," Inuyasha cut in, motioning with his hands. "Jin Asakura has it in his head that I like Kagome, so just in case he starts harassing you for details, just say I don't."
"Why does he think so?"
"The poetry plan didn't work out exactly the way we expected."
"Do you want to go to Jin Asakura's house?" Kagome asked dryly.
She and her two friends were lounging around in the Higurashi's small living room. The television was on though nobody paid any attention to it, and Buyo the cat was too busy playing with his yarn to notice everything. All three of them were in their own little world until Kagome spoke up.
"Hm?" Ayame murmured, turning to her absently. "You wanna trash it or what?"
"Jin's throwing a winter bash over at his place on Friday, you freak," Sango said dryly.
"Yeah," Kagome answered and told them the story. "Do you guys want to?"
"A handwritten invitation, pretty impressive, Kags," Ayame chuckled, eyes twinkling at the letter.
The red head sighed whistfully. "It might be fun."
"You can go if you want to," she suggested.
Ayame guffawed. "I have a broken leg. I don't want to end up with two."
Sango shook her head. "Got into a fight, got suspended, and fell down the stairs, you're like a walking disaster."
"I think Kagome's bad luck got transferred to me somehow," Ayame said wryly.
Kagome grimaced and smacked her arm. "How about you, Sango?"
"Is Miroku going to be there?"
Kagome thought for a moment. "I would think so."
"Then I'm not going."
Ayame's mouth quirked up. "Stop. You're starting to like him."
"Am NOT," she growled.
"If you guys are coming with me then I might consider it, but if I'm by myself then no," Kagome said.
Sango grinned. "You can't always have us there with you."
"In this instance," Kagome replied, "I have to."
About an hour later…
"Okay, I don't want to sound too Neanderthal-ish, but what does one wear to a party like Jin Asakura's?"
Sango mused, stroking her chin, "Probably a slutty shirt… and a slutty skirt, that always works, doesn't it?"
"Hahah, very funny, Ms. Tomboy," Ayame raised a brow. Kagome held up a piece of clothing for them to look at.
"Not a sweater," Sango cried distastefully.
"Why not? It's winter."
"That makes you look like a grandmother."
Kagome rolled her eyes and went back to her drawers, fumbling to find acceptable clothes to wear.
Ayame hobbled over to Kagome's closet and fished out an outfit. "Just wear jeans and a blouse, you can't go wrong with it."
Supporting herself with one arm, the redhead held up a pretty green shirt that Kagome could've sworn not seeing before. "This will look good on you. It's not too slutty nor too spinster-ish. Wear that."
Sango nodded in agreement, then her eyes settled on the dress that hung on the handle of her friend's closet. "Is that the gown? It looks effin pretty, Kags."
"Oh, yeah," she laughed absently. "Just got it yesterday."
"I can't wait for the wedding," Ayame giggled dreamily. "This cast better be gone by then. I'm up for meeting hot guys."
"Holy crap, Ayame," Sango giggled.
What the hell?
This has been the second time Inuyasha has spotted Jin Asakura and, out of all the girls in Shikon High, Kagome Higurashi.
Yeah, it just had to be her.
Jin flashed the short girl a charming smile and made a loud cheer.
Inuyasha scowled.
He was not amused.
The jerkass.
Inuyasha breathed in sharply and hid behind a random row of lockers, eyes watching. Wasn't Jin's attentions currently focused on Yayoi? What the heck? He actually took a 'no swearing' vow (no matter how unsuccessful it is) for her. That is a freakin' serious thing in high school world, man!
Inuyasha gripped the walls until his knuckles turned white. This was not a good thing. Was Jin seriously considering giving up Yayoi for Kagome?
Well, it's not like she wasn't attractive or anything…
He's already mentioned that he thought she was very pretty, not to mention she was smart and…
Woah.
Inuyasha's heart rate doubled even more. Was he just thinking that?
Holy crap. Clear the brain, clear the brain, clear the brain, clear the brain…
To people passing by, Inuyasha Takahashi looked like a confused pit bull getting his steak taken by a chihuahua.
He whipped out his cell phone and dialed an all familiar number.
"Okay, well, I'll see you later," Kagome waved goodbye and went the opposite way.
Koga and Miroku arrived approximately ten seconds after Inuysha made 'the call'. They swooped in from Inuyasha's hiding place and parked in front of Asakura before he started walking as soon as she was out of sight.
"Jin, what are you doing?" Koga narrowed his eyes. "It's not cool to cheat on your girlfriend, bro."
He frowned quickly. "I'm not cheating on Yayoi, the hell's wrong with you?"
"Then why are you paying sudden attention to Kagome Higurashi?" Miroku asked curiously.
"Are you two the Hardy boys or what?" he smiled. When his crowd made no sound of amusement, he went on, "I just invited her to a party," Jin said innocently. "You can even ask Yayoi. She's cool with it."
"Yeah, but you invited her and not us," Miroku said. "What does that mean? We've been friends since preschool."
"I didn't invite you because we've been friends since preschool." The shorter boy sighed exasperatedly. "Do I need to? You guys are going to come anyways, right?"
Jin looked at the two of them calmly, then groaned again. "It's fine, trust me! I'm not going to steal Inuyasha's girl, okay?"
Both Koga and Miroku's jaws dropped. "Inuyasha's girl?"
"You don't have to lie to me," Jin waved his hand. "It's totally cool. I already know."
Miroku's eyes, along with Koga's, came close to actually falling off of their sockets. They turned to look at each other nervously.
"Er, you know what?" Miroku croaked, voice limp and cracking.
"He doesn't have one," Koga murmured at the same time.
They've known Jin for a long time, though this did not give them any comfort. Because they've been friends with him for so long that they knew that the boy was a complete… blabbermouth, for a lack of better word. The kid cannot keep his mouth shut for his life, she's even worse than a girl.
"That Inuyasha has the hots for Higurashi," he said. "I'm just helping to grease the wheels. They say parties are a good place to hook up, right? Besides, Higurashi's not the type to just barge in without an invitation. Don't worry, I have Inuyasha's best intentions at heart."
This was a hard chapter to get out! I started writing this like immediately after I posted the last chapter but school… yeah, do I really need an explanation for that lol? And writer's block too. I have some sort of idea for the next one so I'm hoping it won't be as difficult.
Thanks for reading and hope you liked it!
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