Chapter 13

Answers

He was out of his mind, he just knew it. This so called 'butterfly' feeling hadn't left him since his conversation with the priestess last night. He had no clue what was going on with his body; with too much pride to ask his father and let him in on even more of his life, he turned to the internet. According to his research on the world wide web, he was experiencing butterflies. Which can come from nervousness, anticipation, and excitement. His body was teaching him new things that he did NOT appreciate.

He didn't know what they would talk about on this date, he didn't even know where he wanted to go out to eat. Sesshomaru knew that eating at his normal restaurants was out of the question, he didn't want the word out that he was seeing a human. He could imagine everyone now, saying that he took after his father with his infatuation with human females.

Sesshomaru knew if she really was his mate then eventually he would have no choice but to tell the world about her. Seeing how this was just a 'date' (per her words of course) there was no reason to come out about it just yet. On a positive note, if they were to be together like his beast had been nudging for, it would be sweet, sweet victory over the wretched half-breed. He could imagine it now their pups would be- wait hold on a moment! Pups? Already thinking about pups? He shook his head as he climbed into his rover to go pick up his woman. GAH! He has got to stop thinking like that.

She was beyond nervous at this moment. He should be here any minute, he never told her a time, but this demon was always punctual and a tad bit predictable. She had questions for him that she had thought about all night, and she was anticipating how tonight would go. Kagome couldn't help but wonder if maybe he was capable of feeling the same way she was right now. She heard a knock on the door, glancing down at her alarm clock it showed 7 p.m. on the dot. Looking at herself once more in the mirror she shrugged as she looked at her outfit once more deciding it was now or never. She wore a sky blue and white striped long sleeved shirt along with navy blue colored jeans and pure white adidas with a long gold necklace with a cross on it.

Greeting him at the door he appeared cool and icy in his demeanor raising one brow at her as she gave him a small smile. He was wearing blue jeans and a navy blue polo seemingly opposite of what she was wearing. He wore a dark shirt with lighter blue jeans while she wore lighter top with darker jeans, it complimented each other well.

This wasn't usual from her to just give a small smile, he was used to her big smiles that filled her face whenever she greeted him. Again surprising him, he had expected a dress of some sort, since whenever they weren't working on the project, the only thing he had seen her in was dresses. She always liked to prove him wrong it seemed. He appreciated her unpredictability.

The ride on the way to the restaurant was quiet. She was intrigued when it appeared he was taking her to the same place they went when he came over unexpectedly that one day a while back. It was slightly busier than it was the night they first came here together, but that was expected since it was Saturday night.

Once they were seated Kagome cleared her throat since they were waiting for their drinks to arrive. Realizing they literally hadn't said one word to each other she decided to break the ice.

"How are you today Sesshomaru?"

"Fine and yourself?"

Smiling brightly she replied, "Fantastic actually."

"Hn,"

"Sooo did you think about anything in particular last night? Besides us not touching our project at all yesterday."

"I did."

Narrowing her eyes in annoyance once more at him. This was becoming a common thing between them. For him being some high and mighty, supposedly master of hiding emotions, this did nothing to help their situation. She was starting to get angry realizing that she would once again have to just talk. Was it always going to be like this between them? It would get really old if it was. He would have to come out of his shell and soon otherwise, what is the point of being with a wall? Crossing her arms she began to question him.

He sensed a sudden rise in confidence from her as she began to give off waves of anger.

"When did you start liking me?"

With zero hesitation, he had decided she was likely to have many questions and he would do his best to answer all of them honest and to the best of his ability.

"When Inuyasha brought you over for the first time from elementary school."

Her jaw dropped, when she was twelve? He liked her when she was a dorky kid in elementary? Woah hold the freaking phone a moment here.

"When I was twelve?" She asked wanting to confirm this, and he did with a slight nod, "Why didn't you say anything?"

"You were twelve, as you stated and it was obvious even then that you fawned over the half-breed." He stated taking a sip from the water that the waiter had just brought to them.

Raising her eyebrow, she guessed it made sense but still...

"You still could have said something to me, maybe I wouldn't have wanted to be with him if you had come forward."

A smile hinted at his lips as he replied to her statement. "He would have never allowed me around you anyway, even while he was disloyal to you he wouldn't let anyone even sniff around you cause of an irrational possessiveness from him."

Her heart sank just a bit as he talked about her ex. "Do you know exactly how long he had been cheating on me?" she questioned silently.

"Two years."

She couldn't even get upset with him not telling her, cause she knew he wasn't a social creature. Even if they were out on a date right now this was not something he normally partook in. Her heart and mind were having a hard time accepting what he said and how casually he said it. She nodded at him trying her best to keep her emotions in check. This night was not about Inuyasha and her, she had to remember it was about what her and Sesshomaru would be doing.

He sensed a bit of sadness in her aura now; at times the priestess was very easy to read, and others he just couldn't wrap his head around her.

Clearing her throat she continued trying to get back on track.

"If you have liked me for so long... Then when did you stop hating humans?"

"I don't like humans, just some like yourself, are more tolerable than others. The rest of your species is deplorable."

She smiled again at this. This was a very Sesshomaru like answer and helped her spirits a bit.

"Why didn't you say anything when you knew Inuyasha and I broke up then?"

He sat back slightly as their food was brought to the table just then waiting for the waiter to leave before answering.

"I wasn't a hundred percent positive that you guys were broken up, you had stated it, but the half-breed still hasn't even told our father yet and here you and I are on a date."

"Oh, I see then." She stated as she took a bite of her enchilada. She felt as if he had answered everything that had been on her mind on repeat since last night.

They ate in silence for a moment as they tried to see who would talk next. He decided she seemed to have so much more on her mind and wasn't sure if she was done with her line of questioning.

"Have my answers sufficed your curiosity Kagome?"

Her heart jumped into her throat as he said her name, he very rarely called her by her name. He has done it before but something about it coming from his lips was very sexy.

He sensed her jubilation from his statement, putting him off slightly not able to understand exactly what had caused this particular emotion from her. It was a small hint of arousal but mostly excitement flowing off of her.

"So where do we go from here then?" she asked clearing her throat.

Raising a brow at her now he was slightly confused, "I thought you had already established that we are 'dating'?" he stated more than questioning it.

"Well yeah... but what about your family? I am not ready to hang around your brother-"

"Half," he interjected quickly.

Rolling her eyes she continued, "Alright half brother," She emphasized for him sarcastically. "I mean even though he cheated on me, I don't believe it would be nice to flaunt that his hated older broth-... Jeez get over it, half-brother, whatever! was dating me his ex-girlfriend. I really don't like the idea of being viewed as a whore who jumps from brother to brother as I have said before, even though him and I never had sex..."

His brow raised again as he was now intrigued. Out of the three years her and the half-blood were together they never had sex? So she was a virgin? This made him very excited for some reason, knowing that one day he will get to sample her nectar when his brother was never able to pull it off. The ability to shove this in his face one day brought silent joy to him.

"You are still a virgin then?" He questioned, he wanted to make sure that he had heard her and understood her properly.

Her whole body flushed with embarrassment, while she never did it with Inuyasha, she did have sex with Bankotsu on a whim after she found out about the cheating, and they didn't even ever date.

He smiled internally taking pride in getting to be able to deflower her as her response was telling him.

"No," She whispered looking away from him and pushing her almost empty plate away.

His ear twitched slightly at this, his face not changing even though he was surprised by this response. A slight disappointment sped through him, but only slight. He had no right to get upset when he himself had gotten with Kagura in the past. Perhaps he had heard wrong? If she didn't lose her virginity to Inuyasha then who was it? He doubted he could get her to answer that question so he chose a different route. Maybe it was before her and Inuyasha got together as a couple.

"When?" he asked quietly nodding at the waiter to come and remove the plates from the table.

Clearing her throat and taking a sip of her water she replied, still embarrassed now that she was actually talking about it out loud. It was hard to talk about this.

"The same day that I found Inuyasha cheating on me." she stated still avoiding eye contact with him.

Wow that was ballsy he had to admit. Was it a one night stand? Was it a friend? Did she still see this person? He had many questions filling him now as he felt a twinge of jealousy at this new information coming to him. Still he couldn't judge, him with Kagura negated all of that. This was before they had ever expressed any interest in each other and he knew Kagome was loyal so he didn't have to worry about whoever she did have sex with.

"I see,"

Bringing her eyes back to him and tired of the awkwardness that this conversation had taken, she decided to get back to the original line of question.

"You never did answer my question, so where do we go from here? Even after this date, which seemed more like an interview, is over I still enjoyed myself and I can't deny my feelings for you..." she trailed off.

He nodded his head.

"I think status of dating satisfies any answer either of us are looking for."

She smiled as she felt that finally they had gotten somewhere in this two day long conversation. She was happy and looking forward to the future, whatever that will be. Kagome couldn't help but have a good feeling shooting through her stomach in excitement. Things were looking up for the both of them if it wasn't too bold to say.