A/N-New chapter! wOOt! This would've been up sooner if I hadn't been camping out in the middle of nowhere where it was really really really hot. This Wednesday is my driver's ed final too. O.O I better study for that.
Disclaimer-I disclaim anything in this story except the plot. I get to claim that.
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Old Feelings Die Hard
Chapter VI
"Uhm…well I was just telling her that I uhh…" Kagome began to explain to her father when Kagome's mother got back on the phone.
Kaede cleared her throat and then said, "Sorry, what dear?"
"Uhh…well I'm-I'm engaged-" Kagome stuttered.
"Really?" Kaede asked, her voice surprisingly calm.
"Uhm, yes I-I am. To Inuyasha mom," Kagome said, and then smacked herself on the forehead with the heel of her hand. "I mean Sesshoumaru! Damn!"
Kagome heard her mother clicking her tongue disapprovingly. "Tsk tsk, Kikyo never had such a dirty mouth."
Kagome growled slightly. "Yeah well guess what mom? I'm not Kikyo and I'm quite sure I never will be."
"We'll be over in a few minutes honey," her mother told her, ignoring her last comment. "See you soon."
Kagome flopped back upon her bed after she had hung up the phone. "Kagome, have I ever told me how stupid I am?"
In another half an hour, the doorbell rang and Kagome sprang to her feet and rushed down the hall, flinging the front door open. Inuyasha and Miroku curiously followed her, having heard the doorbell ring.
"Sango-chan!" Kagome exclaimed excitedly.
"Hiya Kagome," Sango greeted cheerfully. "Geez, get a grip. You just saw me yesterday," Sango told her, grinning as she poked Kagome in the side.
Miroku took this moment to move forward and grab Sango's hand. "Your feet must be tired since you've been running through my mind all day long," Miroku said.
"Hey! That's mine!" Inuyasha protested, grinning. "You can't go stealing my pick-up lines like that!"
"I don't know what you're talking about," Miroku sniffed. "It's completely original!"
Kagome turned back towards Sango, expecting her to be absolutely furious but found her blushing slightly instead. Kagome grinned. This could get interesting…
Sango pointedly glanced down at Miroku and then over at Inuyasha.
"Oh!" Kagome exclaimed. "That's Miroku," she said, pointing to the guy kneeling down in front of her and then nodded her head towards Inuyasha. "And that's Inuyasha. This is Sango."
"Is that a mirror in your pocket? I can see myself in your pants," Miroku told Sango and she slapped him.
"Hey! That's mine too!" Inuyasha protested, but then seeing Sango slap Miroku, he quickly said, "But no worries, you can have it Miroku."
Kagome rolled her eyes, turning to Sango again. "Don't mind them. We were sharing some pretty lame pick-up lines before you got here."
Sango and Kagome chattered excitedly down the hall and Inuyasha and Miroku heard a door shut.
"Feh…women," Inuyasha muttered, walking into his own room, Miroku following close behind.
"So that was Kagome eh?" Miroku asked, shutting the door behind him.
Inuyasha picked up a baseball that was sitting on his desk and sat in the chair with his feet on the desktop, tossing the ball into the air and catching it again. Inuyasha grunted in response.
"So what's she doing marrying your brother?" Miroku asked. "I thought you said you hadn't seen her for two years."
"I hadn't. I didn't know that she was Sesshoumaru's girlfriend and she didn't know I was his brother. She came with Sesshoumaru last night to dinner and she's staying over spring break. He asked her to marry him and…" Inuyasha explained, shrugging, figuring Miroku knew the rest.
"I thought you said you loved her," Miroku recalled, pulling out a magazine and flipping through it as he sat on the edge of the desk.
"I do," Inuyasha answered absently.
"You do?" Miroku asked, surprised.
"No, I did," Inuyasha corrected, not realizing he had indeed said 'do.'
"You said do," Miroku told him, grinning.
"I said did," Inuyasha argued. "I should know what I said. I said it after all."
Miroku shook his head, chuckling to himself. "Alriiiight…"
Inuyasha took his feet off the desk and looked at Miroku defiantly. "What? You don't believe me, do you?"
Miroku shook his head. "Not for a minute."
"Feh…I really don't care if you believe me or not," Inuyasha muttered, putting his feet back up on the desk and leaning back in the chair.
"Hey, isn't this her?" Miroku called from the other side of the room.
Inuyasha glanced up to see Miroku looking at his art portfolio. Miroku was looking at a sketch Inuyasha had drawn of Kagome before they dated. The baseball, which Inuyasha had thrown into the air, hit his head and, after cursing colorfully and rubbing his head, Inuyasha jumped up, grabbing the portfolio.
"No it's not," Inuyasha told him, setting the portfolio on the desk.
"Yes it was."
"No it wasn't."
"Yes it was."
"This is really immature," Inuyasha said. "It wasn't," he insisted firmly. "It was just some random person."
"Riiight…Some random person who looked a hell of a lot like Kagome? Coincidence? I think not," Miroku said. "Well fine then, let's look at it again. I didn't get a good look at it so I could be wrong. Just lemme check once more," Miroku requested reasonably, holding out his hand for the sketch.
Inuyasha grabbed that portfolio and held it behind his back. "I don't think you really need to see it again." Then Inuyasha stood and walked out of the room, taking the portfolio with him. As he was walking past Kagome's room, the door burst open and Kagome smacked right into Inuyasha.
"Ouch, sorry!" Kagome apologized quickly. Then she saw the large black folder in his hand. "Oh, your portfolio? Could I see?" she asked reaching for it but he pulled it away.
"No!" he said hurriedly, almost nervously and Kagome looked at him suspiciously. Then he smirked coolly. "I told you that you could see it if you're lucky. I can't just go around showing just anyone you know," he told her and then walked down the hall, heading for the stairs.
"Hey, I'm feeling lucky! Come on I wanna see!" Kagome said, following down the hall.
"No, I don't think you earned it yet," Inuyasha told her, feigning uncertainty.
"I think I have! Come on! I had to put up with a half an hour of your lame pick-up lines didn't I?" Kagome said, trying to convince him.
"Just for that you don't get to see it," Inuyasha told her and Kagome expected him to stick his tongue out at her childishly.
"Did I say lame? I meant great and romantic. I was melting, couldn't you tell?" Kagome asked. "Oh come on, please? I said please!"
Miroku watched them walk down the hall and saw that Sango was watching them as well. Miroku grinned. "What's say you and me start a little project, eh?" Miroku asked Sango. Sango looked at him suspiciously but she grinned in understanding when he nodded towards Inuyasha and Kagome.
"You think we could pull it off?" Sango asked.
"Are you kidding me? We won't even have to do much. They're already almost there already," Miroku assured her and then they whispered back and forth to each other, forming a plan.
As Kagome was still pleading with Inuyasha to let her see his portfolio, she froze in her tracks. "Oh no!" she cried, smacking her forehead again. "They'll recognize you!" she told Inuyasha, who just frowned at her in confusion.
"Inuyasha, they'll recognize you!" Kagome repeated.
"What the hell are you babbling about now?"
She listened closely for the sound of anyone in the house but Sesshoumaru, Moriko, and Inutaisho must have been outside so she said, "My parents! They're coming for dinner! They'll recognize you!"
Inuyasha shrugged indifferently. "So what?" he asked as he continued down the stairs.
"But then…but then Sesshoumaru and his parents'll know!"
Inuyasha shrugged again. "Bout time someone told them anyway."
"But-but it's already so awkward without having everyone know! Haven't you noticed that the tension is as thick as pea soup in this house?!" Kagome asked, following him down the stairs.
"You're just imagining the tension. I haven't noticed any."
"Oh gods, but you and Sesshoumaru argue so much already! I don't want you to argue more. And then…geez this is a nightmare."
"Me and Sesshoumaru would argue whether he knew or not."
"Couldn't you just like…you know…" Kagome began to ask.
"Couldn't I just what?" Inuyasha asked, his eyes narrowing suspiciously.
"You know, go out for dinner tonight?" Kagome asked hopefully.
Inuyasha just studied her for a moment and then continued down the stairs. "No."
"What? Why not?"
"Because it's my fucking house! I'm not going to leave just because you haven't told your parents."
"I'll tell them…sometime…just not tonight!"
"Is there some other reason maybe? It can't just be that you don't want things to be more awkward because in case you haven't noticed, things can't really get any more damn uncomfortable. What's one more to the pile eh? It'd probably even lift some of the discomfort as well since we won't have to run around trying to keep everything a damn secret! Well? Is there another reason? You embarrassed that you dated me eh? Do you think your precious fiancé will think lower of you since you dated me hmm?"
Kagome was taken aback for a moment. "N-no, that's not it at all! I just-" She just what? Kagome frowned, not really sure of why she didn't want them to know. She had thought that she didn't want things to become more awkward but he did have a point. Things were pretty awkward already even if Sesshoumaru, Moriko, and Inutaisho didn't notice it. Kagome and Inuyasha certainly did. But it would relieve her conscience a bit.
Inuyasha snorted. "That's what I figured. So sorry for being such a stain on your past."
Kagome glared, angry at him but also angry at herself for the tears that were starting to fall. "Inuyasha, this is all hard enough as it is! I just-can't you tell that-I couldn't-just-" Kagome stuttered. She couldn't think of how she was supposed to say what she was trying to say. How was she supposed to explain what she was feeling since she didn't even know? "Nevermind…I don't even know what I'm trying to say," Kagome mumbled, moving past him and walking down the rest of the stairs and into the kitchen.
Inuyasha stood frozen on the stairs. She had been crying. He hadn't meant to make her cry. He hated to see her cry, always had. "Oi, Miroku," Inuyasha called, only to see that Miroku and Sango were at the head of the stairs and had been listening to the entire conversation. Inuyasha wasn't even in the mood to be angry at them at the moment. "Let's go out to dinner."
Miroku nodded and followed Inuyasha out the door.
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A/N-Hmm, well there's the sixth chapter. And Kagome's obviously becoming confused about her feelings. Wah, can't wait to get to the Inuyasha and Kagome fluff. That's all coming soon ^.^
