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Chapter 7: An Evening Together Part IIShe blushes slightly as she says, "Well, a girlfriend, it's part of dating. You see, a boy and girl who care about each other go out, just the two of them, to places like the movies, the mall, or restaurants. If they date each other a lot and not anyone else, they consider themselves boyfriend and girlfriend."
Her expression changes to one of surprise and concern and her eyes widen as she realizes, 'Where did Inuyasha hear that word from?'
Inuyasha nods his head and says, "So that's what that girl meant."
Kagome whirls around and clamps her hands on his shoulders as she shouts, "What girl?!"
He shrugs and says, "Keh, didn't care enough to ask her. When I arrived at the party, she asked if I was alone. When I told her I was looking for you, she got angry and said that you must be my girlfriend. She was annoying."
"Inuyasha, what did you answer when she said that?" Kagome says in a furious tone.
Helooks away and his face reddens as he says, "Well, actually, I said you are my girlfriend."
She drops her arms to her sides and her head droops.
"Kagome?"
She deliberately takes a few steps back and screams, "OSUWARI!"
He crashes to the ground with a thud.
He looks up at her and angrily shouts, "What was that for?!"
"Osuwari, osuwari, osuwari!!!"
Three times in succession, he painfully slams into the hard ground.
As he struggles to get up, her mind races with thoughts, 'She'll probably tell everyone at school and I'll never hear the end of it, question after question, demands to talk about him, look at pictures, and even to meet him! How could this happen?'
"Inuyasha, how could you? You shouldn't have answered a question that you didn't understand!"
Angry and embarrassed, he says, "The word doesn't even make sense! Why doesn't it mean a girl who's a friend?!"
She is shocked at first by his response, but an image of Kikyou enters her mind.
'Of course he would say something like that, after all, we aren't, no – we can't be - boyfriend and girlfriend. Inuyasha cares so much for Kikyou,' she thinks.
Seeing the expression upon her face, he realizes that his comment had unintentionally hurt her feelings.
She turns away from him and says, "We should be going back, it's almost my curfew."
Without waiting for a response, she begins to walk.
He quickly walks in front of her, causing her to look up at him in surprise.
"Inuyasha?"
"I'm sorry, Kagome, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings like that. Kagome, you're very important to me, and not because you can see the shards, either!"
Her face brightens slightly.
"I'm going to protect you, no matter what, because I don't want to lose someone so special to me."
She reaches out her hands and he takes hold of them, and each smiles for the other.
She blushes slightly and says, "Thank you, Inuyasha. You're very special to me, too."
Embarrassed, she says, "What – what did you think of the cake and tea, Inuyasha?"
"That cake, I'd never had anything like it, you have some weird foods here."
"Weird?!"
'Uh oh,' he thinks.
"But – I mean – I did like it though!" he continues.
She looks at him suspiciously with her arms crossed.
"Honestly!" he says, starting to sweat, half expecting her to say that word.
To his surprise, she starts laughing.
Confused, he says, "What?"
Through her laughter, she says, "Just the way that you looked. I know you didn't mean it that way when you said it was weird."
Angered he says, "You made me worry for nothing then?"
"Worry? Inuyasha, were you afraid I was going to say osuwari?"
He crashes to the ground once more.
Realizing her error, she says, "I'm sorry, Inuyasha! I didn't mean it!"
He mutters under his breath as he stands.
Ashamed, she says, "I really am sorry, Inuyasha."
"Keh, something like that, it's no big deal for me."
She smiles and takes hold of his arm, surprising him.
She quietly says, "Let's walk like this the rest of the way home."
Finding himself unable to respond, he merely shakes his head yes.
Taking in the lights and sounds silently, the two walk the remainder of the way to the shrine.
He opens the door for her, and she smiles at him in thanks.
They walk through the door and Kagome's mother looks up from the book she is reading.
"Kagome-chan, Inuyasha, welcome home!"
"Good to see you, too, Mama."
"Thanks."
Kagome's mother looks to Inuyasha and says, "I'm glad that you were able to find her."
He looks away, his face slightly red, and says, "Yeah."
Kagome's mother laughs quietly while both Kagome and Inuyasha blush.
Kagome's mother looks at him and says, "It's late, you can stay the night if you'd like."
"Thanks," he answers.
Kagome says to both of them, "I'm going to get ready for bed now."
Kagome's mother shakes her head and looks to Inuyasha as she says, "Souta showed you how to use the bath and sink before, didn't he?"
Inuyasha says, "Yeah."
"Good, then you can go after Kagome."
He nods his head in response as Kagome heads to the bathroom.
After a few mishaps on Inuyasha's part because he had forgotten some of what Souta had taught him, Inuyasha and Kagome enter Kagome's room, Inuyasha back in his usual clothes.
He sits and leans up against the wall while she pulls the covers down. Worried that he may become cold, she takes an extra blanket from her closet and unfolds it as she presents it to him.
"Here, Inuyasha," she says with a smile.
"Oh, thanks," he answers as he takes hold of it and covers himself with it.
Kagome climbs into bed and pulls the covers up.
She turns her head so that she is facing him and says, "What are your plans for tomorrow, Inuyasha?"
He looks at her and answers, "I'm going back tomorrow. I'll be back to normal, and I know that you have your tests."
"I appreciate that you came to visit me, Inuyasha."
"I – I'm glad that I came, too."
Blushing, she says, "We should do this again."
He reddens as he answers, "Sure."
Each smiles at the prospect, and she says, "Good night, Inuyasha."
"Good night, Kagome."
Each soon drifts into a peaceful sleep, dreaming of the time they shared that day.
Author's Note:
Thanks to all for reading and reviewing, hope you liked the story! I've written one other Inuyasha story if you'd like to read more. It's called "Across Lives, Across Time." I am also considering writing sometime in the near future a companion piece to "The Modern Worl-wind" about what goes on in the Warring States Period (focusing on Sango and Miroku) during the events of "The Modern Worl-wind."
Fans of Fruits Basket may enjoy my stories, "A Solitary Freedom," "A New Day," and "A Lovely Afternoon." I likely will write another FB story for my next piece, a prequel to "A Solitary Freedom" and "A New Day," tentatively titled "An Inescapable Destiny."
Fans of Wolf's Rain (of Hubb and Cher specifically) may enjoy my story, "My Love, My Life."
Finally, fans of RahXephon may enjoy my stories, "Lost Melody," "The Boy on the Beach," "A World with You," "My Beloved," and "A Moment in Time."