And then...
Miroku and Kagome unlocked the door before Sango had time to inflict any more damage on Koga. Unfortunately this made the later two focus their anger on their so-called jailers instead. After hitting them repetitively Sango and Koga stomped off, leaving their friends to mourn over their matchmaking-gone-terribly-wrong.
When they came up from the cellars a quarter of an hour later, they found Koga and Sango kissing, supported by the wall.
A year later the pair had broken up fifty-six times and got back together just as many. Sango's father accepted Koga without too much trouble, first muttering a lot about young hooligans with loud cars, but after a while taking the young hooligan in question to his bosom – after he found out that Koga played rugby, a sport he had himself been rather fond of in his young years.
Sango was by then a full-time fan of Koga's rugby team.
Kagome and Inu-yasha spent several months apart and then decided they could not bear it, became friends and promised never to fight again. They were both currently single, trying to ignore the less-than-subtle (in Miroku's case the more-than-obvious) hints dropped by their friends about who else was also available at the moment. Sango didn't know if this was because they had realized that they could simply not be together, or if it was because they'd prefer to settle it by themselves. Their private lives were, after all, private.
Shippou graduated with moderate marks in everything but Art, in which he excelled, to no one's surprise. By the time Koga and Sango had their one-year anniversary, he had moved to Paris and was just setting up his first big exhibition.
Hojo disappeared for five months, finally sending a postcard telling them that he had by mistake followed the exchange students back to Brazil.
Snap found himself a girl to spend some time behind the Sports hall with at last. Thankfully, this was not Sango. Koga made doubly sure by spying on his friend until he was discovered and thrown into the school's swimming pool. Hawk, meanwhile, went to have his mohawk hairdo changed as he found it out of style, and ended up dating the hairdresser. He admitted to Koga that he found the constant "La?" very sexy.
Kagura dropped out of school when Naraku was taken by the police, to become a fulltime gangster. Three weeks after she took over the gang it had become the best organized and most feared gang in that part of the world. Rumours had it she had also settled down and was finally going steady, with a rugby player in Koga's team. However, Jinenji just blushed and refused to answer when asked about the truth in this.
A posh Armani shirt arrived in Koga's mailbox one afternoon, with a note that said "guess it's about time I return the favour". The day after, the robbery of the local Armani store was all over the news.
Sesshoumaru decided that Inu-yasha's mother wasn't so bad after all, after she had helped him baby-sit Rin and the two of them had taken to each other at once.
Principal Higurashi decided that he needed a long, long holiday, and resigned his post at the end of the school year. The new principal decided that what the school needed was to be dragged out of this slum of non-rules and proceeded to reorganize it completely. She left a week into the new term in hysterics. After that the school was run even more than before by the students, the principal having in truth been only a decoration while he was still at the school.
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"It's been a very cute boy-meets-girl-and-they-live-happily-ever-after-story," said Miroku, stirring his coffee absentmindedly and looking out into the distance.
"You get paid to carry the coffee out to customers, not to drink it yourself," Mark commented, whisking the cup away from Miroku's hands.
"It's all because of me they got together at last, you know. The idea about locking them in a room together was the best I've had in my entire life."
"Yes, I know," grinned Mark, setting down a tray with coffee cups and plates of cake beside his boyfriend. "This goes to table three."
"Remind me again why I decided to take up this job with you," sighed Miroku, lifting the tray with some difficulty.
"Because you love the uniform?"
"Shut up." Miroku plastered a smile on his face and walked out into the café. After a while he returned, scowling. "Some idiot tried seriously to hit on me."
"Just tell the guy you're not interested."
"It was a girl. Aw, all my friends get happy endings and I'm stuck here in this dump with you. And none of the girls are even remotely pretty, and the ones that are think I'm straight and try to chat me up. What is a guy supposed to do? What is a gay supposed to do, for that matter?"
"Sucks to be you," Mark smiled. "Shall I make it better by inviting you over for dinner tonight? I'm cooking." He blushed slightly, and seemed unsure of how to go on. "Also, I was thinking the other day... Where are you going to live when you graduate in half a year?"
Miroku gave him a long look.
"Well, your place. Where do you think?"
Mark smiled. The simple answer had told him all he needed to know, what they never talked about but got across to each other anyway: Miroku loved him, just as he loved Miroku. He reached towards the other boy, gently running his hands through his hair and messing up his ponytail completely. And for once, Miroku didn't give a toss about his hair.
"Miroku, if you don't get your ass out there in two minutes I'm going to tell Mark all about what you did to Koharu when you still thought you liked girls," growled Koga five minutes later, bursting in through the door and not looking at all fazed when he found the two of them with their arms around each other. "And I don't care that you're kissing! That's not what you're paid for! Get a move on!" He stomped out again, slamming the door pointedly.
"You know," Mark sighed, "sometimes I wonder if it was a good idea to introduce your friends to this café."
"Technically they're good guys," said Miroku, although he looked a bit doubtful.
They stood in silence for a while, neither actually wanting to let go.
"Hey," said Mark finally, "do you think he'll be terribly angry if he has to wait for a while longer?"
"Yeah…" answered Miroku slowly. Then his face cracked in a grin. "But I think I'll risk it."
THE END.
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Ladies and gentlemen, we have a COMPLETED STORY! (Are there any gentlemen out there, by the way? Just wondering.) Thank you all for your support and/or critic. Both are appreciated, the first more than the second mentioned...
Sorry for the nasty cliffhanger in the last chapter... couldn't resist it.:) A final twist before Sango gave in and admitted her own feelings. She just had to make him suffer for a bit, didn't she? (Evil girl.)
I regret to tell all the curious people out there that you will not find out anything more about Inu-yasha and Kagome's relationship. I leave something to your own imagination. Or maybe I'll write a sequel. (Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. That will never happen.)
Todeloo people!
