Chapter Four

Starlight Love: Otome Game

Story One: Inuyasha's Story

I nervously stood in front of the microphone and looked through the glass to see Inuyasha's golden eyes watching me as well as other staff-san in the music department. I had practiced over and over again but this was my first time doing an actual recording of the song that Inuyasha wrote for me. He told me that he would like me to name the song and after much thought, I decided that the name would be "I WISH".

I've practiced hours everyday singing this song and practicing how to sing in general. All that hard work was for this. The soft piano of the tune played in the headphones, Inuyasha's version of the song was playing for me to sing along to. I was nervous with so many people watching but at the same time, it was a thrill I've never felt before.

It was finally time to sing, my voice came out even and strong. I have sung this over a hundred times and my first take was great. My eyes kept glancing from the lyrics to Inuyasha's face. I could tell he was happy with my singing. Every time I would end a line he would nod his head approvingly.

After I finished my first take of the song everyone clapped for me. I was very happy, I could almost cry. The staff-san along with Inuyasha listened to the take and pointed out a few errors I had made. We went over the parts I had missed and I re-recorded what needed to be fixed. It took about two hours to get the song finished since I had to record a few harmonies as well.

When I left the recording room I bowed to the staff-san and went to my green room to take a break and wait for Kouga-San to come pick me up. After I had some water and a few snacks there was a knock on my door. I was surprised to see Inuyasha with a smirk on his face.

He walked it and asked me to sit down.

"What's up?" I asked casually while drinking some water. He pulled a magazine out from his back pocket and unrolled it. On the front cover was an image of me sitting on his lap with a sexy look on my face, I was biting my lip and my eyes connecting with the camera, his eyes were fixated on me. The whole cover drew me in, I couldn't believe that was us together. In big text under us it said "New Single coming soon, Kagome featuring Inuyasha of KOBUSHII"

My jaw dropped. "It's pretty nice isn't it?" Inuyasha said with a smirk on his face. "We look sexy." I felt a blush come on my face again. I didn't like him teasing me like that.

"I can't believe that's me on there." My words finally came out. Then my mind flashed back to that day... What Inuyasha had said to me and how he acted after words... I really wanted to ask him about it.

"Inuyasha..." I asked and his eyes went from admiring the cover to looking at me. "May I ask you something?" My voice was timid. His look was curious as he peered at me. He nodded for me to continue.

"That day of the photoshoot... You acted a little strange during it and after..." His face immediately changed. He lost eye contact with me and looked down. If I wasn't mistaken I'm sure I saw his face turn a little red.

"I... Wasn't..." He was acting strange again.

"Did I do something wrong?" I asked genuinely worried. I've never seen him react like this, normally he is very up front with me just like old times, but since then I feel like he has been avoiding me a little.

"No... No, it's nothing like that." He turned away from me to hide his face some more.

"Then what is it? You are acting strange again!" I was worried.

"You want to know the truth...? You won't think I'm weird or anything?" He asked and looked at me from the corner of his eye.

"No, of course not" I really wanted to know the reason. We were childhood friends after all, he could talk to me about anything, at least I thought we could.

"You see... I just thought you looked really …. Nice that day... And with you on me like that... Straddling my lap... My body just started... Naturally reacting to you and... I didn't know what to do." Now he had lost me. I had no idea what he meant by that. But why would he compliment my looks twice now? When we were little he always teased me about my looks.

"Naturally reacting?" I asked hoping he would explain more. He looked at me with a blank expression.

"You don't know what that means?" He asked me and I shook my head. Then he started laughing at me. I didn't understand what was so funny.

"How do you not know...?" He said with a laugh, "what? Are you that... Innocent..." His laughter stopped on his last word and then he peered at me again.

"Wait you really don't know?" I shook my head again.

"Can you please explain it to me?" I said. His expression changed to that look he gave me when I was on him. I didn't know what to do. He wasn't explaining himself.

"Kagome..." He spoke with a smooth voice. "Could you... By chance..." He paused as if he was looking for a good way to word what he was going to say to me. "Are you still... A virgin?"

My face turned red immediately. I was shocked at his question. I was in fact but I didn't know what that had to do with this conversation. We were adults now and a topic like this was surely okay? Wasn't it? I slowly nodded my head and that look he had on his face intensified. He adjusted himself in his seat. "So... You haven't done... anything?" He asked again just to be clear.

"No... Nothing... I haven't even had my first kiss yet... Why?" He looked shocked.

"Not even your first kiss? Why not?" The reason why... I've just never gotten to it. And I've never found the right person to do it with.

"There hasn't been a person who wanted to kiss me yet." I said. It was true, no one has even attempted. Inuyasha stepped closer to me.

"Stand up." He ordered with a serious face. I did as he asked. I looked up to see his eyes staring down at me. That look... I didn't know what to make of it. "No one has even tried?" He asked and I shook my head. He leaned down a little closer and I felt something strange in my chest. He was really close to my face. I felt... Nervous and excited. He put his hands on my shoulders and leaned in a little more.

"No one has been this close to you before?" He asked me again. I didn't know what he was doing. My body started to tense. I was getting too nervous. I looked down from his gaze. His hand grabbed my chin and he forced me to look up at him. He was even closer to me now... Just inches apart.

"Inuyasha..." I whispered. I didn't know what to do. His eyes were so beautiful. I was close enough to study them as I got lost in his gaze. He closed his eyes and came in closer.

I was shocked...He closed the gap in between us, he was kissing me. His lips were so soft and warm. I felt my body melt as he kissed me. My eyes naturally closed and I couldn't help but return the kiss. After what seemed like an hour even though it was just a moment of him kissing me, he pulled away slowly. I opened my eyes to see his starring back at me. His face was slightly pink and I'm sure mine was too. He was still just a few inches away… If I stood up just a little bit… I could kiss him again.

"Inuyasha..." I didn't know how to react. He was my childhood friend and my closest friend at the moment. I don't know why he did it... Or why I returned the kiss. But I loved the way it felt.

"There..." He said was a nervous laugh and stepped away from me. "Now you can say you've at least kissed someone!" He said with a laugh.

"Inuyasha...I..." I tried to speak but he cut me off.

"I gotta go" He said with a laugh and left the room, his face was still pink. I was left in shock and not knowing how to act now.

Did Inuyasha just kiss me to give me some experience... Why? My phone buzzed and took me out of my thoughts. Kouga-san had finally arrived to pick me up.

I met with Inuyasha again later to put the final touches on the lyrics to our duet. I got to listen to him sing again as he showed me the tune that he was thinking for the song. I thought it would be good the way he did it. In the end, I didn't add too much to our duet but Inuyasha was still supportive of me. It made me happy to know that he supported me even if I wasn't too confident in myself. We decided on when the recording for this would be, next week would be best since Inuyasha has a lot of activities is KOBUSHII until then.

I left the studio not long after Inuyasha had. When I was leaving I saw a familiar face outside.

"Oh… Kikyou-san, how are you?" I called to her and she looked up at me. She seemed sad, the look in her eyes gave it away.

"I was looking for you… Are you are Inuyasha still working together? I just saw him leave…" Her voice even came out sad. I felt bad for her.

"Oh… Yes, Inuyasha and I just finished with our duet. We are almost done with this single." I said happily, but she didn't seem as thrilled as I was.

"Just…" She paused for a moment. "No 'san'? Are you two really close? You've always called him just by his name..." She asked. I didn't quite know how to answer her question.

"I guess you could say that." I laughed nervously. But she didn't seem as amused with it.

"Is that so…" She made eye contact with me. "Listen.. I'm in love with Inuyasha… and seeing you two so close it hurts me." I was taken back.

"Kikyou-san… You've misunderstood." She cocked an eyebrow. "Inuyasha and I are just co-workers. Nothing more. You have nothing to me jealous about." Then her face changed right away to a happy expression.

"That is great to hear!" She smiled and laughed happily. "I'm glad that you aren't in love with him." She said and gave me a stern look for a brief moment before she started walking away. She said she had to get to her recording session soon.

(This is your first choice here. Decided on one of these options and choose well because your choices will ultimately determine the ending of the story. After you have made your choice, continue to the chapter listed next and continue reading. - Momoe)

Choice A: 'She is glad I'm not in love with Inuyasha?' (Continue to Chap4:I-A)

Choice B: 'I feel bad for her, she must really care for him.' (Continue to Chap4:I-B)