Chapter 34
The next day, Kagome decides to stay at her parents since she still has Inuyasha's car in her parents' driveway. And it'd be just wrong to go back to her place and leave the car behind. So, to do the right thing is to wait until Inuyasha is discharged from the hospital. As such she should go there to check up on him. She looks outside to see her father getting the newspaper from the paper slot. She checks her charged phone and saw two missed calls from Sango. Kagome knows that Sango doesn't leave voicemail. It's not her thing. The only thing that Kagome knows the reason is that Sango is trying to get a hold of her. Might as well call her back
After a few rings, "Finally you noticed." Sango jokes on the other line of the call. "Sorry for not answering you sooner. I was in the hospital." Kagome spoke back. "What are you okay?" Sango asks her worryingly. "I'm fine. Inuyasha was in the hospital. I was in the waiting room and I had to have my phone on silent." Kagome calms her down. "What happened to him?" Sango asks. "He just had a psychological attack. Nothing serious." Kagome replies. "Oh. I had no idea. I hope he's ok." Sango is relieved to hear that.
"So why did you call me last night?" Kagome asks her the main question. "I called about our Wednesday night. You know game night." Sango reminds her irritated this time. Kagome widens her eyes. "Oh right. I forgot all about that. Is there anyway I could make it up to you?" She apologizes in guilt. Sango took a second to think of the best solution that works in her favor. "Ok, but first of all, where are you anyway?" Kagome chuckles, "I'm back at my parents." She tells her friend. "You stay there. I'm coming over." Sango spoke quickly as then she hangs up.
Kagome shakes her head, "Really, Sango?" She sits back onto her bed. She looks around her old bedroom. Even though she moved out, she made sure that she leaves a good amount of clothes behind so if she were to crash for the night, she can change into something else instead of the same outfit she had on. She sighs and then gets up to tidy up the room. She knows better not to leave a messy room when she goes back to her place.
She heads down stairs to see her mom drinking her coffee. "Morning mom." Kagome smiles at her. Ai smiles back, "Morning, honey." She greets back. "Where's dad?" Kagome asks as she gets herself some coffee. "He's in the garage." Her mother answers the question. Kagome nods as she heads out to the garage. She comes out to see her dad is checking out Inuyasha's car. "Dad, what are you doing?" Kagome asks him in surprise.
Hige turns around from checking what's under the hood. "Oh I didn't hear you come in." Hige wipes his hands clean. "You know that's Inuyasha's pride and joy." Kagome places her hands onto her hips. Her father was always curious about cars. Old or new. It doesn't matter. "I know. I'd never expect someone like him could afford something like." He said honestly. All Kagome does is shake her head. "Dad, when are you ever going to learn to stay out of someone else's business?" She reminds him on a constant event whenever she catches him doing something that he's not really supposed to be doing.
Hige knows for sure that his daughter is right. He should've known better than snooping into someone's privacy. Talk about rude. A car pulls into the driveway. Hige smiles to see another car to look. Kagome catches the glimpse and twisted his wrist, "Don't you dare." She warns him as she walks up to the new car's side. "Took you long enough, Sango." Kagome playfully said to her. "Oh come on. It's just a half an hour drive." Sango defends herself. "Hello, Mr. Higurashi." She greets the father. "Hello Sango, it's nice seeing you." He greets back. Sango spots Inuyasha's car. "What's his car doing here? You told me that he's in the hospital." She spoke. "He was picked up by an ambulance the other day and I was the only one who brought it here." Kagome explains the situation. Sango looks around the car to make sure it didn't get damaged. Not a scratch. "It's good thing that it's not broken. Inuyasha would've killed you." Sango comments the vehicle's condition.
Kagome nods. "Not bad for my first time driving that thing. I know how much this means to him." Hige didn't expected that detail. "What do you mean by that, Kagome?" He asks her. She growls in annoyance. "If you didn't know anything about this car, dad. This car was a gift for him from his wife." Hige gasps at that. "Oh. I had no idea about that." He speaks gently to them. Kagome groans, "Seriously dad. You don't know anything about him." She walks back into the house with Sango behind her.
Ai looks up from the paper to see Kagome and Sango. "Oh hello, Sango." She greets. Sango smiles back. "Hello, Mrs. Higurashi." Sango greets back and then follows Kagome upstairs. Ai notices the look in Kagome's eye. Not a good sign. A few seconds later, Hige comes back. "Honey." She speak in a scary voice. Hige follows the sound and comes into the room. "Yes, dear?" He asks her nervously. Ai puts the paper onto the table and crossed her arms. "What did you do this time?" Ai asks him. "I overstepped my boundary." Hige gave her the obvious answer, yet it's been quite common. "I see. So you rudely snooped Inuyasha's car." She narrows her eyes.
"Yes, I did. I learned more than I shouldn't have." Hige replies back to her. "I just wanted make sure it was in good condition when Inuyasha is allowed to drive it back to his place." He spoke. "Wrong." Ai quickly spoke to prevent him from anymore lying. "I know you're too curious about cars. I know it's fine to check on your car, my car and Kagome's car. But checking someone else's care without their permission is rude. Why?" She pokes his check. That alone is more than enough to have Hige scared of her. And she has every right to make him feel that way. All Hige does is gulp.
Up in Kagome's room, Sango is sitting on Kagome's desk chair while Kagome is sitting on her bedside. "I hope driving his car wasn't too tough for you." Sango spoke. Kagome nods. "I did have a hard time trying to get used to drive something so precious to him. But I got the hang of it." She smiles in the end. "So, do you wanna go see if Inuyasha's doing okay?" Asks Sango. Kagome nods in agreement.