Chapter 23
The next day Kagome returns to her class and gave her professor the project she did. After a few minutes, the professor seems intrigued. "I have to admit that this is quite the etude work you put together. Kagome." He starts off. Kagome can tell that something else is preventing any more positive comments. "But there's something that even I have no idea on what you put in." He tells her seriously. Kagome looks to see which part of the project that the professor was talking about. "Where?" She asks him. The professor looks back to the project. "It's here." He points to the spot about the so called error. "Oh. Yeah I was in the position to make it understandable, but knowledgeable. My client had some details he didn't want me to put on this. And I respect his privacy." Kagome explains to the professor. "I see. But nonetheless, Kagome, you know what is permitted to be on someone else's research. As well as their reasons not to be noticed on the spot." The professor tells her proudly.
Kagome nods back. "Thank you. I'll be going now." She walks out of the class. As she left the classroom, Koga is leaning on the wall nonchalantly. "Hey." He greets her without looking at her. "Oh hi. Can we talk?" Kagome asks him. Koga nods as they went somewhere private so no one could do something that they might regret. And what better place to be on the building roof. "Is it about what happened with Naraku?" Koga asks her. Kagome nods. "Yeah. Koga, I was just naïve when you told me that you were going to New York to attend college, and then the day before you left, you came back to tell me that your father changed his mind at the last minute." She sits down on the floor.
"But you didn't know that it was Naraku was imposing as me the entire time. I really did go to New York and I had no idea that I left you so vulnerable. And I'm sorry that I let that happened." Koga speaks back as he sits next to her. "If I just stayed put, I wouldn't had left you. And I guess it's too late." He adds in. Kagome can tell Koga feels so ashamed and blames himself. And that's true since that time. "I just want to know something." Koga speaks after a long silence. Kagome looks at him. "If I didn't leave you, would we still be in that kind of relationship?" Koga asks her.
Kagome has no idea on how to answer that. "I'm not sure. I thought that we had that sibling relationship since both of us are an only child." She honestly replies to him. She looks at him to see how he's going to react to it. "I see. To be honest with you, I thought that you might have stronger feelings for me. And I take it that it's not meant to be." Koga tells her in an okay way. "Naraku manipulated your emotions and feelings to make sure you would feel different about me when I came back. And I guess there's no redemption."
Kagome nods. "I'm truly sorry for what I did to you. I guess I wasn't ready for that kind of relationship I was getting into. And I was a fool to let that happened. When I left the courtroom for the judge to have a restraining order, I promised not to fall in love again." She tells him seriously. Koga nods back. "But that doesn't last does it?" He boldly asks her.
Kagome chuckles. "Seems it didn't. I'm just getting over this so called divorce that you and I are supposed to be in And I somehow found someone else who's going to the same thing." Koga can tell that Kagome isn't good at this trying to go and know someone else after a breakup. "It's Inuyasha?" He asks her nervously. "Yeah. But I didn't ask him what made him like this. Miroku is his only confidant. And it's best that I don't go into that topic." She looks over the roof to see the campus. Koga can tell that Kagome does like Inuyasha, but not the way she likes him. "When he's ready to tell. I'll be there to make sure to help him out." Koga gives her his support. Kagome turns to face him. "Definitely Koga." Kagome heads back into the building. "I'll see you later." She closes the door. Koga looks out the direction. "But there's something I must do to make sure she doesn't go through that again." He said to himself before heading back in.
Kagome comes out the staircase, and sees Sango with a concerned look. "I saw you going outside with Koga." She states to her. "Yeah, so." Kagome waves it off as she walks in a different direction. "I was just worried for what happened up there." She runs up to her friend's side. "Does it look like something bad happened to me when I was up there?" Kagome gazes at her. "No. But that's not the point. I just want to make sure you are in good terms with him despite the restraining order." Sango responds to her. "We are and we came up with a conclusion." She tells Sango as they head out of the building. "And what was that?" Sango asks her curiously. Kagome had to come up with a honest respond. "I was just naïve to realized for how foolish I was when I thought that my idea of a relationship and Koga's idea were like. True that we were both an only child and know the kind of loneliness can be for the both of us. When we met, I felt that he could be a brother I'd like to have, and him to have a sister he never had. And we just hung out like that. But not intimately." Kagome gives her conclusion.
"And he was okay with this?" Sango asks her. "Yeah. For what I went through, and what he did that left me vulnerable by accident. He found out what happened, and wanted to set things straight. He also knew that our relationship is not to be taken to the next step. We were just like that sibling relationship. Nothing more." Kagome said to her.
"But what about Inuyasha?" Sango asks her. "What about him?" Kagome asks her back. "When you were sick, Inuyasha came over to check up on you." Kagome closes her eyes. She knows exactly where this is going. "Sango, Inuyasha didn't have to check up on me. You wanted him to do that. Not me." Kagome is getting frustrated by this. "I just thought that he'd be the better person to look after you." Sango tells her seriously.
Kagome sharply turns to her. "Are you trying to be the matchmaker between me and him? I thought I made it clear not to go through that again. So don't bother doing something like that again." Kagome gets into her car to go home.
Sango feels bad about this. "Sango." Koga comes to her. "Oh it's you." She sourly responds to him. "Sango that was completely wrong for you to do that to her." Koga begins. "I don't need to be lectured. I know what I did was a mistake." She glares. "Then why are you doing this to her? As far as I'm concerned you don't want Kagome to be in that." He tells her. "You're one to talk, Koga. Ever since that day for that restraining order, Kagome still felt so vulnerable. She doesn't feel safe anywhere. Not even her own house." Sango tells him angrily. "And if you ever pull something like that again, not only will you suffer the consequences, but you're going to be officially restrained." She warns him before she walks to her own car.
Koga knows for sure that even after the breakup, Sango doesn't like it when Kagome is in the state of feeling insecure. And for that he has to do something to make sure she doesn't go through that again.
