It was exactly what he wanted to happen. Master manipulator Sesshomaru wins again. Kagome frowned down at the lone text message from her mother. HI HONEY. PAOLO AND I ARE BACK HOME FROM PARIS! She deleted it. And the seventy or so messages Paolo had sent her himself. She wiped her face clean of black tears as she poised her fist to knock at his apartment door. He answered it, like he knew it would be her. Of course it was. He didn't have any friends. He was shirtless as he leaned against his doorframe. Arms flexed, pseudo tribal tattoos on his hips and arms exposed. "I wasn't expecting you tonight." He lied staring her up and down. She pushed past him and walked in to the swanky apartment, his rich daddy was no doubt paying for. She sat down on his couch and lit a cigarette. "You fucking suck." She growled at him. That was an understatement. He shrugged. "You too." He sat down beside her and offered her some of the coke he'd been enjoying before she showed up. "Their back. I have nowhere to go. I can't stay here anymore." She admitted tonelessly, staring down at the fine white powder. Sesshomaru shrugged. "Then I guess it's time for a little road trip doll face." He suggested offhandedly. Kagome just glared at him dubiously. Life was just one big game to him wasn't it. "Can I ask you something Sesshomaru?" her voice sounded far off. "Ask away." "Have you ever been in love?" she asked the stupefying question. Not why? She knew why he did the things he did. Just because he could. He shrugged. "It's not for me." He said trivially taking another hit. "Do you want to know what it feels like?" she asked still coolly. "I guess." He mumbled. Kagome stood up and punched him in the nose. "What the fuck?" he grumbled wiping the blood with the back of his hand. She smirked to herself as she sat back down on the couch beside him.
Everyone had been pretty sensitive not to bring up the whole breakup situation. Not that it mattered anyway. They were finished. Donzoe. Love sucked. Lesson learned. Koga could bask in the fact that he got his heart ripped out too. He expected that Monday to be pretty awkward but surprisingly queen of heartbreak hadn't shown up. Or Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday. What did he care. She could do whatever she wanted. Fuck who ever she wanted now. He could empathize a lot with Inuyasha now, which was pretty disturbing. Having a complete whore for a girlfriend was not as great as it sounded in theory. But then why did he cry when he changed his facebook status from In A Relationship With Kagome H. to Single? "Look who pulled himself together this morning." Kagura lauded him satirically as he wobbled into the kitchen with bloodshot eyes. His mom smiled up at him and presented a short stack of pancakes topped with whipped cream and chocolate shavings. He sat down and glared at the display. "You used to love when I fancied up your pancakes." She rubbed his hunched over shoulder in that motherly sort of way. Naraku shrugged away from her irritably. "Come on baby bro. It's your birthday." Kagura cheered putting a lame party hat on his head against his will. Then the singing began. Some fucking birthday. "Happy birthday asshole." Inuyasha greeted him holding out his last cigarette. Cheap bastard. Miroku at least bothered to wrap his gift. In used newspaper. It was a bong. "Thanks." He accepted the bogus attempts at gift giving. Koga's was the best one yet. A half empty bottle of tequila. "So, have you heard from her?" Koga asked concerned, as he watched his best friend go through the motions of pretending to be fine. It wasn't easy to get over a girl like Kagome. He shook his head. "So that's it then. She never existed." Koga offered up as almost a sort of peace treaty. Kagome was gone. Again. Maybe for good this time since there was no ones heart left to break. Naraku nodded, taking a thoughtful swig of his birthday present. "Happy birthday." Koga muttered blowing on an obnoxious festive noisemaker.
The path was fuzzy, and things kept fading in and out. Pretty soon she was singing along to the radio while Sesshomaru laughed at her. "My mom keeps calling me." She murmured looking at her phone again. Sesshomaru took it from her and threw it out the window. "Ill get you a better one." He promised her, as if that's all that mattered. There was no point arguing it with him. "Where are we going?" she asked forcing herself to sit up. But to no avail. "It's a surprise." He assured her. "Why am I so sleepy?" she asked leaning against the window of the stealth luxury car. Sesshomaru smirked. "Because I drugged you." He admitted plainly. "Okay." Kagome yawned before nodding of into a deep drug induced haze.
