SUMAIRU! (Smile!)
By: Sakura2649
Chapter 3: My tears weren't dry after all.
Sun smiled at me as soon as I opened my eyes. I sat up and stretched, refreshed. I stood up and went to the window. The sun is bright and the blue beach is glowing like there are some crystals in the sea.
I went to my bag to find a dress and went to the hot spring for bath. It's my second day in the countryside. I became thoughtful, letting my feet carry me to the hot spring. I wonder if my parents are looking for me.
I didn't notice the man, who's also thoughtful at the moment, that's coming right towards me. Well, you should've guessed. I was turning for the flight of stairs when a man appeared at the last step of the stairs and we bumped to each other. I released an 'eep' sound as he suddenly growled when I fall into him. He crushed me to his chest, I was on top, as he took all the injuries and we came sliding down the stairs.
"Stupid stairs." He rubbed his back as I stood up.
"Inuyasha!" I squeaked.
"You again." He said when I brought his attention to me.
"What are you doing?" I asked innocently.
"Looking for Tokyo." He muttered before adding, "What do you think I'm doing here?" he said as I flinched involuntarily.
"Sorry, I haven't notice-" I started.
"Yeah, I could see that." He stood up with the help of my outstretched hand, caressing his offended back.
"Are you all right?" I asked but I could see he's not. Oh well, might as well ask, you know.
"Yup, no need to worry. I always receive these things loads of times. Last night, for one." He said bluntly. I blushed, ashamed of what I did.
"Sorry," I said, bowing my head only to realize that he's looking at me.
"Hey, why are you saying 'sorry' so much? Don't worry about it." He said, patting my shoulder.
"Sorry?" I said with uncertainty and he growled at me.
"Keh, just shut up." He said and began to go up the stairs. I followed him with my gaze until he disappeared. I sighed and went on what I was about to do.
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"Kagome-chan!" Sango screamed, for what I think on the top of her lungs, as she ran towards my room. I looked expectantly for someone to barge in through my sliding door but to my disappointment, she went through the divider.
"What is it?" I asked curiously. Really now, what could have made this girl excited to scream like that? I chuckled in my mind.
"There's a new arcade game down the leisure room! Let's try it out." I fell animatedly, sweat dropping in the process.
"Arcade game?" She nodded eagerly, like a child wanting to buy an ice cream and begging his mother to buy him one. I sighed.
"Fine, let's go." I let Sango drag me to the leisure room. Well, there's nothing to do anyway.
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I sighed for the twelfth time, I guess. It's been four days that I was away from home. I wanted this to happen but. it's just that. I haven't been too far and too long from home. I think this is what you call home sick.
I sat up. I can't sleep again and I felt my mouth went dry so I need some water. I got my refrigerator full this time so no more running into Inuyasha moments. I groaned at that sudden thought. It's like there was a magnet between us and kept pulling us together. I hate that! I don't want that, I mean. I'm beginning to like him. as a friend and I don't want to be attached.
The doctor said that my life shortened day after day. In the Kendo competition, for one, I managed to get bruise again. The symptoms are appearing again and it's a bad sign after three years of nothing happening!
I went out of my room to get a more fresh air and inhaled. Somehow and suddenly, the room seems to suffocate me. I just stood there looking at the peaceful surroundings as air whipped my hair away from my eyes. The next moment, I don't know how he got there, someone suddenly stood beside me. I looked up to see the man with glowing white hair at his back. I looked back to the skies full of stars, thinking he'll go away if I did that. However he stayed.
"What are you doing at this time of night? .Not that I'm worrying." He kept his stubbornness at his last line.
"Getting fresh air." I said simply. "What about you?" I glanced at him at the corner of my eye.
"Same with you. I can't sleep." He replied and I agreed with him with my nod. Silence broke in to us as I tucked my lock to the back of my ear. Wind blew it's coldness to us and I shivered involuntarily. I felt someone's night robe wrapped to my frame and I looked up.
"Thank you." I said to Inuyasha who averted his eyes to something else until I saw him shivered with his protest. I was about to give him back his night robe but he squeezed his hands to mine.
"Keep it, my body's a lot stronger than your frail body." He said with a strong voice and he released my hand.
"Sorry." I said and again, he growled.
"Will you put that 'sorry' out of your vocabulary? It's annoying you know. For at least since I met you, we wouldn't part until you say that puny sorry!" He said as I wondered why that sorry made him mad.
"Okay.I'll try." I said. However, his intent gaze with those gold eyes made me stare at him.
"What?" That seemed to shake him out of his gaze.
"Nothing, it's just that..you haven't smiled ever since I've met you. Do you know how to smile?" I shook my head and he somewhat sweat dropped. It's half true, you know.
"I don't want to smile." I said quietly, letting him wonder why.
"Why?" Just as I thought.
"Because.. I don't want something to happen. I don't want to do something I'm going to regret afterwards." I explained but I know it's not enough.
"Why would you regret something by just smiling? I'm sure you'll look good if you try to smile." He assured (Is it OOC? Sorry if it is.It's needed for the plot you know) as I looked at him. Did he just say what I thought he said?
"Look, always looking sober isn't good, you know. It'll make you look older, they said. Besides, you have a lot to live for! Don't let others see you like that!" He said energetically, smirking at me.
Why is he saying that if he too couldn't do anything other than smirk? But for once, he said something good. It let my spirit free out of me. Why not? Even if he didn't know what my situation is, he sure made me feel a lot better. He moved me, I think.
Before I could protest my own body, my lips curled into a smile. He looked surprised at the moment before he gave me a lopsided grin. We stayed like that for a moment. It's relaxing me when I'm with him, for some strange reason. But then again, I'm strange to, am I?
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I stretched as sun streamed my room. It's another bright new day. Sango asked me to accompany her to the beach. The beach I always see in my window. I looked at it at a moment before I run towards my bag and try and find some swimming gears or something. I frowned. I remembered that I haven't brought my swimming gears. Now, I had to buy new bathing suit.
I went down to the restaurant, just to the left of the hall, and eat my breakfast. Sango wasn't awake yet so I went to the leisure room to exercise my muscles. Did I mention that there was a ping-pong table there? Unfortunately for me, I have no opponent.
I peeked inside and saw that only few are in here, playing arcades and. oh boy, there he is. I went towards Inuyasha, planning to surprise him. I tiptoed my way to him and as he played arcades, I pushed him with a 'BOO' sound. As expected, his character suddenly made a wrong move and his opponent defeated him.
"Oh no! And this is the final stage! Ka-go-me." He said in a warning and creepy way as he turned slowly to me.
I looked at him uneasily as I made a run out of the leisure room. Well, this is more effective than playing ping-pong. I was unfortunate that time, as he started running towards me. and he's fast. I put up my pace as I turned sharply to the long hall and into the lounge room. I greeted Ruriko- san in time before running fast again, grinning like crazy.
I looked to my back and saw that no one's chasing me. I stopped and leaned to a tree, clutching my chest hard. I ran too far, and my doctor prohibited that. But that didn't stop my mind to work. Heh, I guess old Inuyasha couldn't defeat me. and I guessed wrong, I quickly added as I saw a something suddenly came into view. And it's very familiar. I looked up at him and grinned uneasily.
He growled and for all I know, he was cursing under his breath.
"You're gonna get --!" He said, but somehow, I haven't heard the last word he was saying. What's happening to me? Maybe running too much wasn't the greatest idea I've done, I thought. My sight blurred and my knees felt weak, similar things I had in the competition. I felt limp and fell down to the ground, though, I never heard or felt myself connecting to the ground. The next and the last moment I felt was a body, or at least a cloth, wrapped itself around me and I lost consciousness.
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I woke up the next day and I found myself in my room with a damped towel on my forehead. I squirmed under the covers when I felt heat and hotness in the room.
"Don't move too much, you got fever." My gaze looked at the familiar lady at my side when I heard her voice.
"What happened to you, Kagome-chan?" I looked at Sango who's looking so worried. I averted my eyes. Don't look at me like that. I run away of my house to not see those worried eyes towards me!
Sango noticed it, probably, because she pulled my face back softly to look at her again. "What's the matter?" Sango inquired.
"Don't look at me Sango."
Sango blinked.
"Look at you like what?"
"Pained, and worried." My voice was very quiet that she had to come closer to me.
"Why?"
"I don't want people around me to. worry about me. I don't want them pitying me. I want them to smile and be happy." I said and to my surprise, Sango got angry.
"And do you look happy? God, Kagome, ever since I met you, you never smiled! And do you think that your frowns or quietness will make others around you to be happy? No! Kagome, if you want the people you care for to be happy then at least pull them by being or looking happy!"
"But I'M not happy!" I said, my tears suddenly threat to fall. But my words silenced Sango, flinching.
"I'm not happy, Sango. I will never be." I sobbed. She relaxed and pulled me up into a hug. I cried on her chest, half wondering where these tears came from. I guess I just hid them too long and the word of Sango just hit me direct n the face.
"Shh. Kagome, it's all right. You can change it. You can be happy as long as you live." I wailed louder, making Sango wonder why.
"I can't live long Sango. My life is shorter than you think." Her arms stiffened at my announcement and she broke our hug. She looked at me intently.
"What do you mean?"
"I have leukemia, cancer in blood. My doctor said my life is getting shorter and shorter as days passes." I sobbed as I saw her shocked face turned white.
"Why haven't you told me this before?" She asked urgently.
"Don't look at me like that Sango! That's why I don't want to tell you! I don't want the looks people give me if they knew I have this sickness." I hugged her like a child would do as Sango wrapped her arms comfortingly around me.
"I'm sorry. Is that why you ran away from home?" she asked and I flinched but quickly relaxed in her hug.
"How did you know?"
"It fitted too well. After knowing what you dislike, I suddenly got an idea that you didn't like the looks of pity on your parents so you got fed up and run away from home." She chuckled as my sobs subsided. She broke the hug once more and looked at me, motherly.
"You all right now?" I nodded and gave her my first bright smile. My first smile was to Inuyasha but I felt better than ever right now, despite the fever. I'm lucky I have Sango by my side.
"I'm happy I saw your smile. You rarely do that." She said as she beamed at me.
"Then perhaps I'll do it more often, wouldn't I?" I said happily as she giggled. Maybe this is the first day that I was really happy. I couldn't believe that I could do these things again. To laugh, to cry and to be happy ever since I received my sickness.
"Hey, what's happening-Kagome!" I heard coming from the door. I knew that voice but I kept looking at Sango. She saw my look, which clearly said: Don't tell a damn about my sickness, promise me. She smiled and nodded happily to me as Inuyasha invited himself inside. After all, he's the son of karinin-san.
"How are you feeling now?" Inuyasha asked, surveying my face, as if there is something wrong with it.
"I'm fine." I said, smiling and boy, did it surprise him! That look was priceless from our mighty Inuyasha.
"Did something happen in this room? I mean.you're glowing with happiness today, Kagome." He said pointedly.
"Well, nothing happened. I just feel a lot better thanks to Sango-chan!" I replied, winking at my dearest friend.
"I see." He said slowly turning to Sango to look at her suspiciously. I wondered why.
"Well, why are you here, anyway?" I inquired.
"Well, to check up on you and to invite you to the beach. My mother got five tickets to the beach you know." Inuyasha said.
"I see, then I'll come!" I squealed, but since my head still ache, I felt the room spun. I never showed it. In years of hiding my sickness to my classmates, I perfected it and as expected, my companions in my room never had a clue that it happened to me.
"Great." He said.
"Can Sango come too?" I asked as I heard him growl. What I didn't know was these two had been enemies since they knew each other for all I don't know. But for a moment, Sango seemed not care.
"I can come." She said and Inuyasha's response was a scowl. I gave him the puppy eyes and he flinched at my total change. I guess I'm lonelier than I thought I was and it was shown when I was with them. Sorry, guys.
"Double great." He grumbled as I gave him a smile.
"Then, I'm going down the stairs and tell mom that the tickets are now all occupied so she wouldn't invite more of her friends." He added, standing up and going to the door.
"Okay." I said as I waved goodbye at him. That was before he turned around.
"You know, you look better when you smile." And he left. I felt blood rushed to my face as I felt it hot all of a sudden. What's happening to me? My hearts sped up that moment. Am I having a heart attack?!, I asked myself innocently.
To be continued....
Finished. Apparently, Kagome haven't fallen in love yet so she hadn't got those blushes so she's a little dense.^_~ hehe, well, you know the drill... REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW!
By: Sakura2649
Chapter 3: My tears weren't dry after all.
Sun smiled at me as soon as I opened my eyes. I sat up and stretched, refreshed. I stood up and went to the window. The sun is bright and the blue beach is glowing like there are some crystals in the sea.
I went to my bag to find a dress and went to the hot spring for bath. It's my second day in the countryside. I became thoughtful, letting my feet carry me to the hot spring. I wonder if my parents are looking for me.
I didn't notice the man, who's also thoughtful at the moment, that's coming right towards me. Well, you should've guessed. I was turning for the flight of stairs when a man appeared at the last step of the stairs and we bumped to each other. I released an 'eep' sound as he suddenly growled when I fall into him. He crushed me to his chest, I was on top, as he took all the injuries and we came sliding down the stairs.
"Stupid stairs." He rubbed his back as I stood up.
"Inuyasha!" I squeaked.
"You again." He said when I brought his attention to me.
"What are you doing?" I asked innocently.
"Looking for Tokyo." He muttered before adding, "What do you think I'm doing here?" he said as I flinched involuntarily.
"Sorry, I haven't notice-" I started.
"Yeah, I could see that." He stood up with the help of my outstretched hand, caressing his offended back.
"Are you all right?" I asked but I could see he's not. Oh well, might as well ask, you know.
"Yup, no need to worry. I always receive these things loads of times. Last night, for one." He said bluntly. I blushed, ashamed of what I did.
"Sorry," I said, bowing my head only to realize that he's looking at me.
"Hey, why are you saying 'sorry' so much? Don't worry about it." He said, patting my shoulder.
"Sorry?" I said with uncertainty and he growled at me.
"Keh, just shut up." He said and began to go up the stairs. I followed him with my gaze until he disappeared. I sighed and went on what I was about to do.
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"Kagome-chan!" Sango screamed, for what I think on the top of her lungs, as she ran towards my room. I looked expectantly for someone to barge in through my sliding door but to my disappointment, she went through the divider.
"What is it?" I asked curiously. Really now, what could have made this girl excited to scream like that? I chuckled in my mind.
"There's a new arcade game down the leisure room! Let's try it out." I fell animatedly, sweat dropping in the process.
"Arcade game?" She nodded eagerly, like a child wanting to buy an ice cream and begging his mother to buy him one. I sighed.
"Fine, let's go." I let Sango drag me to the leisure room. Well, there's nothing to do anyway.
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I sighed for the twelfth time, I guess. It's been four days that I was away from home. I wanted this to happen but. it's just that. I haven't been too far and too long from home. I think this is what you call home sick.
I sat up. I can't sleep again and I felt my mouth went dry so I need some water. I got my refrigerator full this time so no more running into Inuyasha moments. I groaned at that sudden thought. It's like there was a magnet between us and kept pulling us together. I hate that! I don't want that, I mean. I'm beginning to like him. as a friend and I don't want to be attached.
The doctor said that my life shortened day after day. In the Kendo competition, for one, I managed to get bruise again. The symptoms are appearing again and it's a bad sign after three years of nothing happening!
I went out of my room to get a more fresh air and inhaled. Somehow and suddenly, the room seems to suffocate me. I just stood there looking at the peaceful surroundings as air whipped my hair away from my eyes. The next moment, I don't know how he got there, someone suddenly stood beside me. I looked up to see the man with glowing white hair at his back. I looked back to the skies full of stars, thinking he'll go away if I did that. However he stayed.
"What are you doing at this time of night? .Not that I'm worrying." He kept his stubbornness at his last line.
"Getting fresh air." I said simply. "What about you?" I glanced at him at the corner of my eye.
"Same with you. I can't sleep." He replied and I agreed with him with my nod. Silence broke in to us as I tucked my lock to the back of my ear. Wind blew it's coldness to us and I shivered involuntarily. I felt someone's night robe wrapped to my frame and I looked up.
"Thank you." I said to Inuyasha who averted his eyes to something else until I saw him shivered with his protest. I was about to give him back his night robe but he squeezed his hands to mine.
"Keep it, my body's a lot stronger than your frail body." He said with a strong voice and he released my hand.
"Sorry." I said and again, he growled.
"Will you put that 'sorry' out of your vocabulary? It's annoying you know. For at least since I met you, we wouldn't part until you say that puny sorry!" He said as I wondered why that sorry made him mad.
"Okay.I'll try." I said. However, his intent gaze with those gold eyes made me stare at him.
"What?" That seemed to shake him out of his gaze.
"Nothing, it's just that..you haven't smiled ever since I've met you. Do you know how to smile?" I shook my head and he somewhat sweat dropped. It's half true, you know.
"I don't want to smile." I said quietly, letting him wonder why.
"Why?" Just as I thought.
"Because.. I don't want something to happen. I don't want to do something I'm going to regret afterwards." I explained but I know it's not enough.
"Why would you regret something by just smiling? I'm sure you'll look good if you try to smile." He assured (Is it OOC? Sorry if it is.It's needed for the plot you know) as I looked at him. Did he just say what I thought he said?
"Look, always looking sober isn't good, you know. It'll make you look older, they said. Besides, you have a lot to live for! Don't let others see you like that!" He said energetically, smirking at me.
Why is he saying that if he too couldn't do anything other than smirk? But for once, he said something good. It let my spirit free out of me. Why not? Even if he didn't know what my situation is, he sure made me feel a lot better. He moved me, I think.
Before I could protest my own body, my lips curled into a smile. He looked surprised at the moment before he gave me a lopsided grin. We stayed like that for a moment. It's relaxing me when I'm with him, for some strange reason. But then again, I'm strange to, am I?
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I stretched as sun streamed my room. It's another bright new day. Sango asked me to accompany her to the beach. The beach I always see in my window. I looked at it at a moment before I run towards my bag and try and find some swimming gears or something. I frowned. I remembered that I haven't brought my swimming gears. Now, I had to buy new bathing suit.
I went down to the restaurant, just to the left of the hall, and eat my breakfast. Sango wasn't awake yet so I went to the leisure room to exercise my muscles. Did I mention that there was a ping-pong table there? Unfortunately for me, I have no opponent.
I peeked inside and saw that only few are in here, playing arcades and. oh boy, there he is. I went towards Inuyasha, planning to surprise him. I tiptoed my way to him and as he played arcades, I pushed him with a 'BOO' sound. As expected, his character suddenly made a wrong move and his opponent defeated him.
"Oh no! And this is the final stage! Ka-go-me." He said in a warning and creepy way as he turned slowly to me.
I looked at him uneasily as I made a run out of the leisure room. Well, this is more effective than playing ping-pong. I was unfortunate that time, as he started running towards me. and he's fast. I put up my pace as I turned sharply to the long hall and into the lounge room. I greeted Ruriko- san in time before running fast again, grinning like crazy.
I looked to my back and saw that no one's chasing me. I stopped and leaned to a tree, clutching my chest hard. I ran too far, and my doctor prohibited that. But that didn't stop my mind to work. Heh, I guess old Inuyasha couldn't defeat me. and I guessed wrong, I quickly added as I saw a something suddenly came into view. And it's very familiar. I looked up at him and grinned uneasily.
He growled and for all I know, he was cursing under his breath.
"You're gonna get --!" He said, but somehow, I haven't heard the last word he was saying. What's happening to me? Maybe running too much wasn't the greatest idea I've done, I thought. My sight blurred and my knees felt weak, similar things I had in the competition. I felt limp and fell down to the ground, though, I never heard or felt myself connecting to the ground. The next and the last moment I felt was a body, or at least a cloth, wrapped itself around me and I lost consciousness.
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I woke up the next day and I found myself in my room with a damped towel on my forehead. I squirmed under the covers when I felt heat and hotness in the room.
"Don't move too much, you got fever." My gaze looked at the familiar lady at my side when I heard her voice.
"What happened to you, Kagome-chan?" I looked at Sango who's looking so worried. I averted my eyes. Don't look at me like that. I run away of my house to not see those worried eyes towards me!
Sango noticed it, probably, because she pulled my face back softly to look at her again. "What's the matter?" Sango inquired.
"Don't look at me Sango."
Sango blinked.
"Look at you like what?"
"Pained, and worried." My voice was very quiet that she had to come closer to me.
"Why?"
"I don't want people around me to. worry about me. I don't want them pitying me. I want them to smile and be happy." I said and to my surprise, Sango got angry.
"And do you look happy? God, Kagome, ever since I met you, you never smiled! And do you think that your frowns or quietness will make others around you to be happy? No! Kagome, if you want the people you care for to be happy then at least pull them by being or looking happy!"
"But I'M not happy!" I said, my tears suddenly threat to fall. But my words silenced Sango, flinching.
"I'm not happy, Sango. I will never be." I sobbed. She relaxed and pulled me up into a hug. I cried on her chest, half wondering where these tears came from. I guess I just hid them too long and the word of Sango just hit me direct n the face.
"Shh. Kagome, it's all right. You can change it. You can be happy as long as you live." I wailed louder, making Sango wonder why.
"I can't live long Sango. My life is shorter than you think." Her arms stiffened at my announcement and she broke our hug. She looked at me intently.
"What do you mean?"
"I have leukemia, cancer in blood. My doctor said my life is getting shorter and shorter as days passes." I sobbed as I saw her shocked face turned white.
"Why haven't you told me this before?" She asked urgently.
"Don't look at me like that Sango! That's why I don't want to tell you! I don't want the looks people give me if they knew I have this sickness." I hugged her like a child would do as Sango wrapped her arms comfortingly around me.
"I'm sorry. Is that why you ran away from home?" she asked and I flinched but quickly relaxed in her hug.
"How did you know?"
"It fitted too well. After knowing what you dislike, I suddenly got an idea that you didn't like the looks of pity on your parents so you got fed up and run away from home." She chuckled as my sobs subsided. She broke the hug once more and looked at me, motherly.
"You all right now?" I nodded and gave her my first bright smile. My first smile was to Inuyasha but I felt better than ever right now, despite the fever. I'm lucky I have Sango by my side.
"I'm happy I saw your smile. You rarely do that." She said as she beamed at me.
"Then perhaps I'll do it more often, wouldn't I?" I said happily as she giggled. Maybe this is the first day that I was really happy. I couldn't believe that I could do these things again. To laugh, to cry and to be happy ever since I received my sickness.
"Hey, what's happening-Kagome!" I heard coming from the door. I knew that voice but I kept looking at Sango. She saw my look, which clearly said: Don't tell a damn about my sickness, promise me. She smiled and nodded happily to me as Inuyasha invited himself inside. After all, he's the son of karinin-san.
"How are you feeling now?" Inuyasha asked, surveying my face, as if there is something wrong with it.
"I'm fine." I said, smiling and boy, did it surprise him! That look was priceless from our mighty Inuyasha.
"Did something happen in this room? I mean.you're glowing with happiness today, Kagome." He said pointedly.
"Well, nothing happened. I just feel a lot better thanks to Sango-chan!" I replied, winking at my dearest friend.
"I see." He said slowly turning to Sango to look at her suspiciously. I wondered why.
"Well, why are you here, anyway?" I inquired.
"Well, to check up on you and to invite you to the beach. My mother got five tickets to the beach you know." Inuyasha said.
"I see, then I'll come!" I squealed, but since my head still ache, I felt the room spun. I never showed it. In years of hiding my sickness to my classmates, I perfected it and as expected, my companions in my room never had a clue that it happened to me.
"Great." He said.
"Can Sango come too?" I asked as I heard him growl. What I didn't know was these two had been enemies since they knew each other for all I don't know. But for a moment, Sango seemed not care.
"I can come." She said and Inuyasha's response was a scowl. I gave him the puppy eyes and he flinched at my total change. I guess I'm lonelier than I thought I was and it was shown when I was with them. Sorry, guys.
"Double great." He grumbled as I gave him a smile.
"Then, I'm going down the stairs and tell mom that the tickets are now all occupied so she wouldn't invite more of her friends." He added, standing up and going to the door.
"Okay." I said as I waved goodbye at him. That was before he turned around.
"You know, you look better when you smile." And he left. I felt blood rushed to my face as I felt it hot all of a sudden. What's happening to me? My hearts sped up that moment. Am I having a heart attack?!, I asked myself innocently.
To be continued....
Finished. Apparently, Kagome haven't fallen in love yet so she hadn't got those blushes so she's a little dense.^_~ hehe, well, you know the drill... REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW!