Chapter Nine: Certainty and Determination
Author's Note: I decided to delete the Author's Note now formerly known as "chapter seven" but will post it at the bottom of this chapter just in case any newcomers want to read it. The note explains why I transitioned from longish chapter to drabble-like chapters, so if you want to read it (for whatever reason), it is there. Now the part that you really care about; here is a new chapter that I hope you enjoy. Please leave comments to share your thoughts/feelings, I love to hear from my readers.
The more that they walked the more the surroundings seemed familiar to the pair, while one had no idea really as to why the other was achingly aware. Kagome's feet had unconsciously led her to the spot that Haru and her frequented in their youth, the ice cream parlor.
Though that wasn't the only thing her feet seemed to be doing. Despite being the one to invite Hatsuharu out, Kagome was a good distance away (not quite arm reach area but close enough to be seen and not lost in a crowd). Having been raised right by her mom, Kagome knew it was rude to walk separately from a person when on an outing with them, but her mind was too occupied with her thoughts to notice. No, Kagome's mind was running crazy with some many questions and concerns that she couldn't shift through them all, but two things were loud and clear.
First, Haru brought about a sense of familiarity that was comforting yet caused a slight tingle to happen in the back of her mind.
Second, Haru was definitely a looker, and Kagome hoped she did not have to add insertion-of-foot-in-throatitus to the long list of illnesses that she seemed to be accumulating.
While Kagome was having a mini-mental breakdown, Haru's stance on the outing was completely different. There was no if and buts about it. Haru was feeling nothing but determination, and longing (but that was something he was used to). His face was blank and not much could be gathered from it, but inside his emotions were running wilder than they had in years, without him being Black Haru that is. Though this was not that shocking, Kagome always managed to make him behave differently than he normally would. In his childhood, it was the relation of a close friendship that elicited that reaction, but Haru had grown and so had his awareness of his feelings. Their time apart, though painful, was enlightening. Haru was not just upset at losing his friend, he was upset about losing someone that he loved. Yes, he could now say with certainty that he loved Kagome, it was very hard for someone to not spend a lot of time with her without falling for the girl.
Kagome had been the first person outside of the Sohma family to know about his curse and not treat him differently about it. She was also the first to completely accept him for who he was and unconditionally cared for him. Kagome never approached him with any false intentions but wore her heart on her sleeve. Coming from the home environment that was the Sohma house, her attitude was like a fresh spring breeze, breathing a calming balm on his soul. Little Haru had treasured that and now Haru wanted to possess it as his own. Haru knew the path would not be a smooth one, even without factoring Akito, Kagome was so sensitive to other's feelings but was completely oblivious to any directed towards her. However, now that Haru was older, he would do everything in his power to make her his, but first, he needed to establish where they stood, and he would do just that on this little outing.
Ending Note - Here is the deleted note: Hi, sorry but this is not an update. I know it has been awhile since I have last updated and I humbly apologize for that. It is just that I lost and can't, for the life of me, find the notebook in which I write all my chapters for my stories before I type them. Then it would be just my luck that I forgot what I was doing for the story, so I was stuck for awhile in a rut, trying to get some inspiration for this story but have come up short. So I decided that I will start writing drabbles to get the ball rolling again and then transcend back to longer chapters when the muses decided to give me a download. Until then, you can look forward to a more weekly update for this story. I will be posting a chapter later on this week and I hope you all enjoy it! Until then.