Chapter ten: the reason I chose hojo
"Hello my lovely" the man said smirking, his eyes filled with mischief. "It's so great to see you again but..." he sniffed me "...you smell...terrible...his scent is all over you..." he chuckled evilly "... I guess I'll have to fix that" I try to move but his eyes keep me rooted to this spot. He slid his hands down my sides to grip my hips, he lowered his head slowly and my eyes wided as I tried to move. When his lips were inches from mine a voice stopped him "naraku" a stern voice said, the voice was cold, chilling the air around us.
All of those who were listening felt the air tense with a cooling sensation, sending chills down ones spine. The man known as naraku slowly slid his gaze toward the owner the voice that made even the fires of hell freeze over. I looked at the being also, he was the man from the restaurant...the one that looks a lot like inuyasha. Even though I'll never admit this out loud but he's kinda better looking in a way.
"Sesshomaru" he said releasing me and turning towards the man being adressed. "We have business to attend to, we do NOT have time to waste on women especially human women so it would be wise for you to return to the office...NOW" he said his face perfectly emotionless. Naraku sighed his face equally emotionless as the one called Sesshomaru. He turned towards me and smirked "I'll be seeing you soon" he said and in an blink of an eye he was gone.
I sighed while clutching at my chest. I've never been so scared in my life. I got myself together and swallowed my fear and made my way towards the hotel once again.
When I arrived I made sure no one saw me so they wouldn't assume the truth...that I slept with inuyasha. It's not that I regret it, believe me I don't...I just don't want to face the fact I cheated on hojo with the reason I looked for him...well not him specifically but someone like him...a good man...one that wouldn't cheat, that wouldn't leave me for someone else, or break my heart. But no matter how many times I told myself I loved him...but the truth is that I used him... unintentionally of course... but still I did... I subconsciously used him to prove a point...to everyone...to myself...that I could be loved...that I wasn't the teenaged girl who fell in love and got her heart broken...that I wasn't that young woman who was too distant...that I wasn't that girl who built a wall of ice around her heart. I wanted to prove it to all of those people who saw me that way...to the girl who calls herself a woman but when she looks in the mirror, she sees that inside she is still a child who searches for the love that she has been deprived of.
'Ugh I'm thinking too much' I thought. I opened my door and shed my clothing and walked into the bathroom and stepped into the shower. 'After I dress hojo and I need to talk'.
After I got dressed I called hojo and asked if he and I could meet for lunch. He agreed saying he's missed me and he loves me and he has a surprise for me. Every word made the task at hand seem harder and harder. I really don't want to break his heart.
After our conversation, I left the hotel heading towards the alma mater. But halfway there I stopped in midstep 'what hell did that man Sesshomaru mean by human women?!' I screamed inwardly 'he just as much human as I am!' I started walking again not noticing certain people avoiding me, or the ones who didn't and all of a sudden had burns after bumping into me.
I just kept going, lost in my thoughts. Before I knew it I reached my destination. I walked into the restaurant and saw hojo sitting in a booth talking to... himself?
I walked toward him slowly wondering why he was talking to himself but as I got closer I saw that he most definitely wasn't talking to himself but someone. Hojo smiled up at me as I stood next to the table. I offered him a small smile as I turned my attention to the woman in the booth.
"Oh...how could I be so rude...kagome, this is Eri, Eri this kagome" he said gesturing. I smiled at her reaching out my hand. She took it and smiled back "it's a pleasure to you" we said at the same time. "See, you two are already getting along" he said smiling. Eri smiled at him, I just rolled my eyes.
'This is going to be a long lunch' I thought as I took my seat.
WELL *stretches* I'm gonna go. But first the Question of the day. Do you like video games? Personally I do, I suck at a lot of them but I still enjoy them ^_^. See you on the next episode of the songs of the heart. I know it's a shorty but gimme a break.