A lesson in love
Rin awoke to find a blanket tucked around her shoulders and a small note folded carefully into her fist. She sat up groggily, pulling the blanket closer around her.
"This is... The blanket I put on Rosuto...?"
Hesitant and curiously... She sniffed it.
'Oh my god! I'm going insane!' She thought afterward. 'But why can't I stop smiling? Argh! My cheeks hurt!'
"Rin! We're home!"
'Ahh..' "I'm in the living room!" 'Ohmigod! The smell!" Rin ran around the room frantically, trying to find something to hide Rosuto's smell from Inuyasha. Damn those demons and their noses!
Dashing into the bathroom, Rin grabbed the aerosol can.
'Bombs away...'
"Rin, what's that - Oly shoot!" Inuyasha yelled, covering his oversensitive nose, "What the fuck are you doing?!"
Rin gasped and stopped spaying the room. "Uhh... I farted."
Inuyasha took a hesitant sniff at the air. Biiiiiig no no. With his eyes rolled in the back of his head, he fainted.
"Daddy dead!" Kyoui squealed, pulling on his father's ears.
"No honey, he's not dead yet." Kagome said cheerfully, prying the child's hands from Inuyasha's ears. After turning a small fan on, she picked up a crumpled note from the floor. Panicking Rin checked her pockets, her clothes, her hair, and inside her shirt for the note Rosuto left.
'Shit...'
"Who was this from?" Kagome asked, reading the note once over.
"Uhh... I don't know, what does it say?" Rin fidgeted, twirling a strand of her hair in her fingers. It was pretty long by now and Rin winced when it got tangled in a knot. "Ow, ow, ow.."
" 'Thank you'"
"Really? That's all it says?" Rin asked, taking the note, "I mean... Oh... Well. Someone probably just slipped it into my notebook. I probably gave them test answers or something."
Kagome nodded absently, picking up the blanket from the chair. "Wait a minute.." She paused, taking a good long look at Rin.
'Busted...'
"You were giving off answers!?"
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"I can't believe I'm grounded..." Rin moaned, banging her head on the lockers. Passer-bys shook their heads sympathetically and just let Rin continue the attempt to give herself a concussion.
"Did you see it?"
"See what?"
"Hiyayaka-San's hair!"
"Well of course I've seen it. It's so long!"
"No no! It's got silver in it."
"Ohmigod! No way!"
"Way!"
'Great, I've made him more of a bish.' Rin inwardly growled, glaring after the gossip girls, Tsurai Highs leading source of information.
How do you know it was you that made him that way?
Oh great, now I'm arguing with myself
Just a question my dear
Who asked you anyway?
Rin, determined to rid herself of this so-called 'inner voice', turned around and continued her concussion-giving.
"Hey now, we wouldn't want to bruise that pretty little head of yours would we?"
Rin looked up and came face to face with the biggest lech in Tsurai's history.
"There we go! Now will you excuse me, I have to get into my locker."
Rin stared at him, "This isn't your locker."
"It isn't?"
"No, you're in college.... You're not even supposed to be here."
Houriki sighed and rubbed the back of his neck, "You're a smart one. Houriki Tsuyo, at your service."
"Higurashi Rin." Rin smiled, shaking his hand. "So what are you doing here anyway? I don't see Hirakasu anywhere..."
"Actually, I'm trying to get into her locker. She's mad at me, or something... I thought a surprise would help my status." He winked, spinning the combo on the lock with practiced ease.
"What did you do this time?" Rin asked, watching him.
"Oh... I don't know..."
'Probably groped again.' "I don't think she'll be persuaded with candy and flowers." Rin commented, watching him stick a rose and chocolates into the locker.
"You're absolutely right! But it never hurts. If I'm lucky, she'll be too full on sweets to chase me down. Besides, these aren't any regular candies. They're Hershey's!"
"So?" Rin asked, swiping a chocolate for herself. "And what's so special about Hershey's?"
"Well, These are Migoto's favorite candies." Tsuyo said, holding a Kitkat for her to see. "And these are Hershey kisses. I obviously can't kiss her while she's pissed, so these will have to do."
Rin nodded her head in mock understanding, sucking on the sweet. What Tsuyo was doing was silly, but in a way, it made sense. It was exactly like something Miroku would do. Rin's comparison between Miroku and Tsuyo was cut short when the first bell rang.
"You'd better go. Don't want you to be late." Tsuyo winked, giving Rin a small bow.
"Right... Anyway, it was nice to meet you." She smiled, returning the bow.
*twitch*
*slap*
"No wonder she's pissed! You grope every female in sight!" Rin screamed, stomping away to homeroom. Tsuyo was left twitching at the foot of the locker.
"Hey! I don't grope old ladies!"
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Rin strolled into the classroom just as the late bell rang. She had to run into to get there, because of course, her locker was at the end of the hall. I swear, that school is out to get her...
"Cutting it close Higurashi."
Rosuto's curtness stung her in a way Rin never thought possible. At least not for a person she'd only met yesterday. However, she kept her cool, taking her seat by the window.
"I'm sorry Hiyayaka-san, it won't happen again."
"Be sure of that. I'm handing back your report cards. If by some chance you morons managed to obtain less then a D+ in any of your classes, you are to have them signed and returned within the week." Rosuto declared, not really caring that he just insulted half the class. He hesitated a moment when he got to Rin's desk, neither of them really wanted to look the other in the eye. They both reached out at the same time to either pass or pick up the paper. Now what happens when two objects moving at the same speed are heading to the same position? That's right children, they collide. Or at least touch. Their hands were still touching when the bell dismissing homeroom rang.
"Rin."
"Yes Hiyayaka-san?"
"See me after school"
"Yes Hiyayaka-san." Rin sighed, gathering her report and books. She passed Rosuto without a second look.
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Rin was a nervous reck walking into lunch. The school simply hated her, giving Rin last lunch... It wasn't lunch, it was uh.....linner! That left only one more period until her meeting with Rosuto. Figures....
'Argh! What's wrong with me? I've got no reason to be nervous, right? Right!'
Rin was so caught up in her own thoughts that she didn't notice where she was walking until it was too late.
"Hey! Watch were you're going!"
"Oh! I'm so sorry!" Rin cried, helping the girl to her feet.
"It's fine..." She sighed, using a napkin to wipe at the new spot on her shirt. "Eww... Meat loaf surprise... I never figured out what the surprise was."
"I think the fact that it's edible."
The girl laughed and tucked her long hair behind her ear, "Hirakasu Migoto."
"Hi, I'm Rin... Oh! You're Tsuyo's girlfriend!"
"What of it? Did he grope you?! Oh I'll kill the stupid lecher..."
"No no no. I didn't mean it like that. We were talking this morning, that's all." Rin amended. It probably wasn't best for Tsuyo's status for his girlfriend to be even more pissed at him...
"Oh..." She sighed, seemingly disappointed that she couldn't hurt him. "Well then, what's up?" Migoto asked, sitting down. Rin took the seat next to her.
"Is that why your angry with him? Because he gropes?"
"Angry?" Migoto laughed, "No, I'm not angry with him... Not yet at least."
"You aren't? Be he said you were..."
"I was just having a bad morning, I'm not actually upset with the perv." Migoto brushed the subject away dismissivly, "But a plus, I get candy."
"Don't forget the rose."
"Oh yes, and a rose."
After a few moments of comfortable silence, Rin turned in her chair so she was facing Migoto. "How do you deal with it?"
"Deal with what?"
"Him. Doesn't it bother you how he acts?"
Migoto took her time answering. "Well... Sure it does. It's not easy being with a guy that gives looks to every female that passes by. Then again, on the flip-side, it's not easy to be with a girl who's mood changes every five seconds."
"But don't you worry?"
"Well... Of course I do. But not too much."
"Why?"
"Because he loves me. And I love him."
"Oookay... But how do you know?"
"Know what?"
"That you love him?"
"Damn you ask a lot of questions." Migoto laughed, causing Rin to blush.
"Sorry..." She mumbled.
"Don't worry about it, it's fine. It's okay, because that's an easy question. You don't know."
Rin just starred at her. That made no sense...
"Okay, maybe that's not really the truth, but it's pretty close. You don't know you love someone, until the opportunity arises where you may lose them. You know Tsuyo's in college right?" Rin nodded. "Well, he wants to study law. They have really good law schools in the states, but of course I'd have to stay here, my parents would never allow me to travel so far, especially not just with a boyfriend. He said he didn't want to leave me, no matter how good the schools were. He said he'd rather wait until he could take me with him - preferably as his wife." Migoto giggled, turning a healthy shade of pink. She held up her hand sheepishly. "He proposed to me. I didn't know what to say, but I knew I loved him then... He gave up such an opportunity, just for me. Of course I loved him before, I just didn't realize how much."
After staring in awe at the rock on Migoto's hand, Rin asked a question that had been plaguing her mind since before she could remember. "But how do you know it's for real? What if it's just a fluke?"
"I can answer that one."
Both girls turned around to find Tsuyo standing directing behind his fiancee. Migoto blushed, "You can't keep doing that..." She murmured, standing up to give him a hug. Tsuyo sat down where Migoto once was, pulling the girl onto his lap.
"You know I can't stay away for long."
Rin turned away for modesty's sake as the two kissed. "Umm..."
"Oh yeah! The question. You know it's for real when you know that you couldn't go another day without them."
"When you can put up with all of their crap," Migoto added, giving Tsuyo a meaningful look that made him shrug sheepishly, "But still manage to feel the same way."
"You know it's real when you think eternity isn't long enough..."
"... And when you know you'll be together, for the rest of this life..."
"... And the next. After you die..."
"And after you're reborn."
"Forever."
"And ever." Migoto finished, pecking her fiancee on the nose lovingly. Rin smiled. Those two had no idea how right they were in their case. Still smiling, Rin picked up her tray and made to go, leaving the two lovebirds to themselves.
"Migoto?" She said quietly. Migoto and Tsuyo looked her way, their foreheads still touching. "I know you'll be together. Always."
Migoto smiled in thanks and turned back to face Tsuyo. Before leaving, Rin had an evil idea...
"Oh! And don't forget about your kids, you gotta work for twelve."
The look of horror on Migoto's face, and Tsuyo's excitement was enough to make any day brighter. And that's how Rin thought it should be.
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My darling father has deleted our AOL account. (please note the sarcasm in 'darling') I'm using my brother's girlfriend's account for like.... Two minutes, so updates will be even slower then normal v.v *sigh* So deprived...
I couldn't help but have atleast one chapter of Miroku/Sango fluff - even if it's just with their reincarnations. You gotta admit XD that whole 'what love is' thing was pretty damn good ^-~ For someone who's never been in love atleast. *sigh* pray for my internet ;-; I don't believe I can survive long without it..... But anyway! I checked my email today. O.O 20 something reviews..... Amazing. XD I love getting mail.... Makes me feel all happy and such XD Anyway, thanks!
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*talking to my mom and not paying attention. Looks back and the pot of cream of wheat is about to spill over*
Me: "OLY SHOOT!" *moves it*
Mom: *just stares* "You know... You can just say 'shit'"
;-; I don't know how I came up with oly shoot.... But I like it ^_^
Realization of the Day: "I quite fancy people with split personalities. I myself prefer those who are half psychopathic killers..." - After watching Samurai Deeper Kyo. That Demon-Eyes Kyo is pretty sexah.....