THEME 25: BREAKING AWAY

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"It's so nice to have a break…"

A chorus of giggle's escaped from the girls sitting on the floor. A koorime, a spirit guide, two humans, and a reincarnated priestess watched the screen with silly grins. "Isn't he just yummy?" Botan sighed, popping a piece of licorice into her pink mouth. The other's hummed in agreement as they each munched on their preferred junk food.

Many of them squealed when the hunky man removed his shirt, no longer paying attention to the plot so much as the rippling muscles on full display. Once the movie ended they sat around in a circle to begin the juicy gossip that always seemed to happen at sleepovers.

"C'mon, Kagome," Shizuru prodded, shoving back a handful of hair from her face. Tonight, instead of her usual cigarette, she held a strawberry sucker between her lips. "Give us the details 'bout lover boy."

Feeling her face heat up at the topic, the girl merely shook her head. "Please, Kagome?" Keiko said. They all scooted closer, murmuring agreements.

"…What do you want to know…?"

"How good is he at kissing?" the spirit giggled. She played with the edge of her fuzzy pink pajamas and winked at the blushing girl. "Being a kitsune, I'm sure he's a knockout, but you never know…"

"H-he's…um…good…?"

Shizuru humphed impatiently. "You don't sound too sure there, girly."

"I-I've only kissed two people other than him…"

"Really? Who?"

"Inuyasha…"

"Figures. Who's the other lucky man?" Botan questioned eagerly.

The girls all frowned at her sudden fidgeting, her eyes darting across the room to avoid their glances. "Kagome…?" Her voice was so low they almost didn't hear her.

"…Hiei…"

Four pairs of eyes widened. "What?"

"I-It was only a few times…" She blushed all the harder at the barrage of question that were promptly thrown at her.

"When did this happen?"

"Who started it?"

"Does Kurama know about this?"

She buried her head in her hands, feeling faint. "I-I didn't want to…!"

The room became unusually silent as they digested her words. Scooting closer to the trembling girl, the koorime placed a gentle hand against her shoulder. "He didn't…force you, did he…?"

Kagome shook her head and burrowed closer to the floor. "No…b-but…"

"Spit it out, girly. Maybe we can help."

"W-well…" She took a deep, steadying breath, and continued. "He just sorta…kissed me, one day while we were training, and again a few days later. It wasn't like I wanted to…but…"

Shizuru hummed and leaned forward. "Kinda hard to think when he's shoving his tongue down your throat, eh?" The miko ducked her head as another blush covered her face, but nodded. Curious, she questioned, "So…who do you want to be with?"

That was something she could answer. "Kurama."

"You have to talk with Hiei," Keiko said firmly. She shook her finger in the other girl's direction in a very motherly fashion. "Tell him your flattered and all, but you're not interested. Men are difficult that way; you have to be real blunt with some of them to get your point across."

Kagome sighed. "It's never this hard in Sengoku Jidai…Koga's never serious when he tries proposing…and the others kidnapped me, so that was an obvious decision…"

"What?"

Woohoo, a quarter of the way done! Thank you all for your wonderful reviews and comments, they've helped immensely with both my writing, grammar, and inspiration. Please continue to read my humble story, and review, of course. –Master of all Perv's, out!

P.S. I'm currently considering finding a beta to help make sure that my grammer, etc, is acceptable. Only problem is, I'm not too sure how it works. Anyone interested, or anyone who can explain it to this addled authoress, I would be much indebted to you. ^_^