sorry for the wait, this chapter and rin and shippo chapter 4 were fighting me quite a bit. happy reading, stay safe xoxo
Kagome sat at her table impatiently glancing between the empty chair in front of her and the clock at the end of the room. She checked her call log and voice mail for the third time; nothing. She had been waiting on her date for an hour and was beginning to feel foolish, and hungry. She opened the brunch menu and sighed, so much for ordering together. It was the third time in a row he had stood her up and if he thought they were even on good terms after this he was dead wrong
'how dare he stand me up three times at the same cafe? that no good two timing-'
"Hi is this seat taken?"
A rumbling voice jolted her out of her internal ranting. Realizing she'd been frowning heavily, she relaxed her face before looking up.
"No you can go ahead and...take it"
He was drop dead gorgeous. Dark silky hair flowed down his back in waves and the hand on her chair was lean yet muscular. The outline of a six pack was partially hidden by his t-shirt and if his jeans were any indication, he was a runner, or at least heavily athletic. He pulled the chair and sat across from her and her heart fluttered when he flashed her a smile. His jawline was almost perfectly defined and his eyes were the most peculiar shade of brown she'd ever seen. They were almost red.
"Thank you. I was hoping that i wouldn't disturb you from anything, you seem to be waiting on someone."
Kagome's scowl reappeared as she once again checked the time
"Yeah, my boyfriend and i had an argument and he wanted to make it up to me, only its the third time he's stood me up"
Almost as soon as she closed her mouth she realised she messed up. Now she was ranting about her relationship problems to a complete stranger.
"What? Stand up a beautiful girl like you at a place like this? What excuse did he cook up to excuse that behaviour?"
Kagome was completely awestruck at his quick response. Was he trying to get her number? She decided to play along with whatever game he was trying to set up, it wouldn't hurt to have some company for a while.
"Well the first time he said he got caught up with work and well yesterday he said he got caught in the rain and had to go home"
Her guest scrunched his nose and she couldn't help but think the expression looked so out of place for his facial features
"Unacceptable. You dont just argue with the love of your life and get held back from apologising by a favour or the weather, especially if she goes out of her way to get all dolled up for you. And besides, if he really couldn't keep a reservation he could have at least set up a dinner date at home"
She was stunned into silence by his words. Her lover had never really been the perfect boyfriend but then again who was, right? Looking at her stanger, she wondered if the imperfections were worth the heartache
"Hm. Look at me talking about your personal life and i havent even introduced myself. Forgive me for my lack of manners my dear, my name is-
"Naraku what the hell are you doing here?"
Kouga was standing a couple tables behind them with a conspicuous bouquet of roses in his hand, and he had drawn the attention of waiters and customers alike. Kagome's eyes narrowed into a venomous squint, if he embarrassed her here they were SO over.
"Well i was trying to talk to this lovely young lady before you interrupted me"
"Yeah well that's my girlfriend dude so screw off"
"Girlfriend? When did that happen?"
Kagome felt something in her head pop, and it took everything she had not to start screaming. To the outsiders, she was levelly asking him a question but Kouga knew that tone all to well, and it was sending shivers up his spine.
"Kouga, is this Naraku your gaming friend?"
He gulped, "Y-Yeah, why?"
pop
"So you mean to tell me that the guy you spend upwards of three hours a weekend playing with doesn't know i exist? Or that we've been together for a year?"
The sizzle from the kitchen and passing car engines were the only noises coming from the quaint cafe as patrons struggled to hear the conversation. Kouga shifted uncomfortably as the weight of all the attention in the room settled over him. Naraku tented his hands over his mouth to hide his smile. He'd known about Kagome since day one but, as he deviously pointed out, Kouga had never once referred to her as anything more than 'that chick' and Naraku was tired of all the complaining he did about her expectations of him.
Pretty sure no one's ever expected anything of him but her, but that's no excuse to treat her like garbage
Kouga did not deserve Kagome, her kindness or her love and his immaturity would never let him see what a good relationship he was messing up. Kagome rose out of her chair and stood toe to toe with Kouga, his bulky form towering over her petite body.
"Listen here mister, i have had enough of you and your crap. Arguing over the smallest of things all the time and being childish about everything, flirting with my friends, breaking my stuff and not to mention that you have yet to apologise for our latest falling out or for standing me up twice. You can keep the flowers Kouga, give them to someone you actually care about."
She pushed past a sputtering Kouga and left the cafe. Naraku closed his eyes and sighed; his job here was done. A pat on his shoulder made him jump ever so slightly. Kouga held up a pink wallet for him to take.
"She won't want to see me for a while. Hurry cuz she walks fast"
With a nod of his head, Naraku slid out of his seat and left the store. Kagome was already halfway down the block and he had to jog to catch up to her
"Hey! Hey Kagome!"
"What! Oh I'm sorry, did i forget this?"
He held out the wallet to her and ran a hand through his hair,"Yeah... um listen. I'm not coming on to you or anything but do you mind if i walked you home? You're not exactly in a clear state of mind right now."
Kagome sighed; she knew he was right. The last thing she wanted to do was wander into traffic
"Sure, whynot"
She took the wallet from him and they started off at a leisurely pace. Kagome felt awkward not saying anything to him so she offered to take a cab
"My place is a couple blocks from here, I'm sure you wouldn't want to walk so far"
"Nonsense my dear, the day is as beautiful as you and your company is just as lovely. I won't stop you if you choose to go though."
Her face flushed and she began to gape like a fish. He chuckled and held out his hand for her to take
"May we?"
She hesitated for a moment then took it
"If i may be so bold to ask, may i make you brunch?"
Her face reddened and her voice came out as a squeak
"At my place?"
He smirked
"If you so choose"
Word count: 1301
Promt: ghost
