AN: Hi guys…yes yes, I'm alive. Just…things got a little insane. Meaning: My love life got seriously messed up, my friends have gone insane, school SUCKS, my theatre group is amazing (I'm the Cheshire Cat in Alice In Wonderland~) and boys are idiots. Okay, most of them are. I've met one…maybe a few actually respectable and understandable guys in my life. The others…God, I will NEVER understand them.
Music was "A Little Pain" by OLIVIA…other words.
CHAPTER 10: (wooh! I feel accomplished!)
It was a quiet night, not unlike the ones before it. Inside her room, a girl with ebony locks and deep mocha-colored eyes opened and closed her phone mercilessly. She willed her wandering eyes to glance at the screen, then looked away in exasperation. She finally stood, sauntering over to the window. A light breeze rushed over her body like a gentle stream, the brilliant half-moon shining right on the young girl. She blinked in the silver light.
Suddenly her phone vibrated in her hand, causing her to jump. She looked down at the caller ID and her face immediately lit up with an irresistible smile. She read the text with sparkling eyes and replied happily. She must have been giggling or something though, because in a second her door was cracked open and a sharp golden glint sliced through the darkness.
"Why, this Sesshomaru asks, are you not asleep?" the man with long, shimmering silver hair and that cold expression asked irritably.
"Ah!" the young girl gasped, snapping her phone shut. "Er-no reason. Especially. Honestly. I promise!"
Sesshomaru's expression remained dominant, unchanging. "I see." He replied robotically.
The girl laughed nervously. "I'm…uh, going to bed right now!" she was under the covers of her bed in a second. "See?"
"I'm not blind, despite what you seem to think. I am not deaf either." Sesshomaru sighed. "I'm beginning to regret letting you stay here, you're giggling at night is beginning to irk me."
"Wah! I'm giggling? I'm so sorry!" the girl gasped, slightly terrified.
Sesshomaru's lip twitched. She-although he would never admit it out loud,-was exceptionally cute when she was scared. He saw that side of her a lot, since he, evidently, was frightening. "Whatever. Goodnight." He began to close the door.
"Anou…" the girl spoke up. "Sesshomaru-sama?"
Sesshomaru paused to let her know he was listening.
"Is it…is it all right if I go out tomorrow?" she asked, brown eyes quivering, waiting in response.
"Do as you please, just remember our promise." And the door was shut.
The girl smiled that smile of hers again, and snuggled under the covers happily. Tomorrow would be a good day.
Outside, in the hallway, under his breath, Sesshomaru added, "Be careful." He started to go down the stairs when he looked back at her temporary quarters. "Rin."
A gentle ringtone awoke Rin from her sleep. She deftly fumbled around for her phone and smiled lightly when her small hand closed around it. She stifled a yawn, then flipped the phone open to see a text from-
"Kagome?" Rin wondered aloud. What would she want at this hour?
Kagome and Rin had grown to be friends since Rin started seeing Sesshomaru a lot and since Kagome had started dating Inuyasha. Rin had been one of the many who was devastated when Kagome and Inuyasha broke up, though her pain was nothing compared to Kagome's broken heart. The two used to speak a lot, but since the break up…things had been, oh, slower, shall we say? Yet, the two's friendship was stronger than many. They had been through quite a lot…before the dating and staying at the house had begun.
"Moshi moshi, Rin here."
"Rin! Thank God you answered!" Kagome's anxious voice nearly made the small girl smile.
"Some kind of emergency?" Rin asked, stretching.
"Right…sorry to be calling you so late." Kagome apologized, beginning to regret it.
"Oh, no problem. I couldn't really sleep as it was anyway." Rin lied.
"Anyway, the emergency…"
"Right."
"I think…"
"That's new."
"Rin!"
"Sorry, carry on." Rin smiled. Oh, how she had missed teasing her sempai.
"Anyway…"
"I'm listening."
"I think…I just made the biggest mistake of my life."
"You finally realized how idiotic it was to break up with Inuyasha?" the moment the words left her mouth, she regretted it.
"No!" Kagome snapped, anger boiling over. "If anything, breaking up with Inuyasha was the best decision I've ever made. God, he's so damn dense! He still hasn't figured out why I broke up with him, though it's so blandly obvious! I leave him alone for a second and come back to find him mouth-to-mouth with my sister! My flesh and blood! Then we get back to his house and he's all casual, I love you Kagome! Like nothing freaking happened. God…I was such an idiot not to see what he really was before."
Rin's eyes narrowed in sadness. She'd heard Inuyasha's side of the story…and it was slightly different from Kagome's. But now, Rin could see why Kagome had broken up with Inuyasha. When Inuyasha explained it, he made it seem that Kagome had no right or reason to break up with him, but from Kagome's perspective…she clearly did. Rin sighed. "I'm sorry to have brought it up…I didn't mean to recall so many bad memories for you."
Kagome bit her lip to stop the tears that were threatening to burst out. "No…I shouldn't have snapped at you like that."
An awkward silence filled the conversation, till at last Rin couldn't take it anymore. "Anyway, biggest mistake?"
"Oh yeah! Right!" Kagome breathed a sigh of relief. Rin didn't seem mad Kagome had snapped at her like she had. That was good.
"What boy does it have to do with? If it's the worst mistake of your life, it has to do with a boy."
"You always have been able to see through me…take a guess."
"Miroku."
"Why am I not surprised he was the first one out of your mouth?"
"No, huh? Um…Sesshomaru-sama!"
"I try to avoid him at all cost, no offense."
"None taken."
"Keep guessing."
"Um…what was his name? Homo…Hobo…"
Kagome winced. Nailed it. "Hojo?"
"Yeah, him."
"Unfortunately, yes."
"…ARE YOU INSANE?!" Rin cried angrily.
"You haven't even heard what I did yet!"
"If it's with Hojo, it's bound to be bad."
"I…um…sort of…agreed…to go out with him."
Silence.
"You…what?"
"Don't make me say it again, Rin."
Silence.
"Sorry Kags, I have to go now. Kohaku-" Rin froze. Uh-oh…
"Ohoh, what about Kohaku?" Kagome asked slyly. Internally, she was filled with relief that the subject had changed.
"Er-nothing! Nothing at all! But, um…he's…er, waiting for me…so…um…" Rin twiddled with her fingers nervously.
"You should go then. Be sure to tell me all the details!" Kagome smiled. Rin was similar to Kagome in many ways. Okay, so Kagome wasn't attracted to the cold, older brother type, but that almost made Rin all the more adorable, the way she had been able to change Inuyasha's older brother.
Inuyasha…her heart clenched at the very thought of his name. Things had been pretty awkward between them lately, and Kagome didn't like it. But, she couldn't change it. Well…maybe…
Nope. Inuyasha had to apologize first. Pft, like that was ever going to happen. He's too stubborn to admit if he was bleeding to death. Kagome smiled again and almost laughed at the remembrance of Inuyasha's prideful pout.
"Ah! Sesshomaru-sama! Talking? Er, no, I wasn't talking! To Ko-Kohaku? Of course I wasn't talking to him! Why on earth would I be talking to him? I mean, he's practically killed me before, I would never want to talk to him…yes, Sesshomaru-sama."
Kagome giggled slightly at Rin's awkwardness with Seshomaru about Kohaku. It was true though, Sesshomaru had saved Rin before from Kohaku's deadly clutches. Now, however, the two were inseparable, and were one of the cutest couples Kagome could imagine. If Sesshomaru didn't get in the way of it, that was. "Bye, Rin! Talk to ya later!" she whispered so as not to alert Sesshomaru's incredible hearing.
"Bye now, Sesshomaru-sama! I think I hear the phone ringing!" A door was shut, and the phone call ended.
On two separate ends of town, two girls with silky black hair and deep chocolate brown eyes got ready for a date. One smiled the whole time, the other didn't know what to make of it. One's grin was impeccable as she raced downstairs to greet the boy before her, while the other sighed and prayed the day wouldn't be that bad. One blushed when the boy beside her leaned in and kissed her cheek, the other yearned for another boy…one far away with long silver hair and puppy ears she used to stroke.
The two girls couldn't have been more different as they walked off on their dates. Neither girl, however, was safe from brothers' jealous eyes.
Ah yeah…I think I destroyed Rin's cuteness in this chapter a little. Nevertheless, have I mentioned before how much I ADORE Rin? Seriously, she's so dang cute, and the way she slowly changed Sesshomaru through the series was amazing. *glares at KagSess supporters* Only Rin has the patience to deal with Sesshomaru. Only Rin has that spark that Sesshomaru likes. Sesshomaru would never be attracted to Kagome, nor vice-versa. I'm sorry to burst your bubbles.
…Sorry, I just get really creeped out when I meet a KagSess supporter. Their minds are scary places that I never, ever want to go into. I'm perfectly happy in my pool of InuKag fluff.
Next chapter will be back and forth between Kagome's date and Rin's date, because, honestly, why wouldn't Inuyasha find out about Kagome's date with Hojo? And then tail her everywhere and try to ruin it? And Sesshomaru? Well, obviously he has to make sure Kohaku is not trying to kill Rin again, right?
:) Oh I'm so excited to write the next chapter. Bah. Hah. Hah.
P.S. Thank you guys for your lovely notes about the whole gossip thing. I don't know if things have gotten better, but I feel so loved by you guys, it almost doesn't matter. *throws cookies and roses* Thank you!
Love ya all!
~August over and out
