The silver-haired inuyoukai leaned forward on the round, stone table.
"Go out with me," he said in a firm voice, suggesting that the question had a much different intent than the first time. But Kagome only looked up from the mess of scattered papers with a raised brow, as if she had completely disregarded that fact.
"I believe I already have. Besides, aren't you supposed to ask me that?" she questioned him as she tapped her pencil a few times on her binder. Then eyes widening slightly as if in remembrance of something, she rested her head coolly on the back of her palm. "Ah, but I forgot. You don't ask."
"You would be lying if you said you did not kiss me back," Sesshomaru pointed out, in reference to the night before.
Kagome's eyes flashed in a moment of fleeting indignity before she quickly returned her attention to her work. But her efforts were subsequently thwarted by a large, invasive hand. With a sigh, Kagome looked up for the second time. She hesitated before she spoke again.
"…No."
The youkai's golden eyes narrowed. "No…?" he repeated almost incredulously. His hand slowly pulled away.
There was no reason he could think of that would cause her to give him such an answer. After all, if she was truly adverse to him, wouldn't she have rejected him on the very first date he had asked her out on?
Moving to stand, Kagome began to shuffle her papers together. Sesshomaru advanced a step towards the girl.
"Why?" he asked in a gruff voice, suppressing the rising anger in him as best he could.
After shoveling all her schoolwork into her bag, she lifted her unwavering gaze once more to his.
"…We've known each other for a week."
"It must begin somewhere."
Pursing her lips, Kagome dodged his eyes.
"I just... don't think it would work," she replied simply. Then studying his perplexed brow for a moment, she lifted the yellow backpack onto her shoulder.
"Stop giving me these ridiculous answers, Kagome," he told her. Her replies were hardly an excuse. He wanted to know what she was really thinking.
With an unreadable expression on her face, she looked at Sesshomaru for a few long seconds.
"…Fine, Sesshomaru," she said at last. "But let me make this clear."
Chocolate brown staring into gold, she lifted her finger at him to help bring her point across.
"This doesn't mean I'm your girlfriend."
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My apologies! I would have updated sooner, but my muse for "Between Heaven and Hell" was raging. Anyway, thank you for reading!
-DT
