Chapter 6
Sango had her favorite black mini skirt and a red sleeveless shirt on. No make-up, no fish net stockings, but her hair was in twin buns on the top of her head. **Ding Dong Ding Dong**
"I got it!" Sango yelled as she walked to the door and opened it. Miroku smiled at her and handed her a red rose, "Wow Miroku, it's really pretty! Thanks."
"And this must be Miroku." Sango's mom walked up to the door and smiled at Miroku, who smiled back. "Sango's said so much about you."
"Thanks mom, we'll be back around eleven."
"Call me if it's any later, okay?"
"Okay, see you mom!" Sango smiled as she got into Miroku's Honda Civic.
"She seems like a good mom, not too protective."
"Yeah, as long as I'm home on time and I brush my teeth, she's great."
"Your teeth?"
"She may not care too much about what I wear, but she is a major dental hygiene freak." They both laughed.
*****
"Yuri, weren't you going out with Sango tonight?" "No, she was busy. Yuki and I are going to the park, okay?"
"Oh, okay then. Dinner's in half an hour, so be back in twenty-five minutes, okay?"
"Yeah, okay, see you."
*****
"So Sango, what have you been doing the last two and a half years? Anything bizarre?"
"Hum... my dad moved to Washington DC, I went to Italy, my mom almost ran over a cat, now it lives in our house, and I found out I have a very fickle mind."
"Wow, how was Italy?"
"It was really great for the first three days, then I got food poisoning and was sick for the remaining three days and the trip home."
"Sounds like a lot of fun. I didn't see the cat, was she inside?"
"Yeah, probably in Kohaku's room. She took to him really well."
"Cool, do you know how old she is?"
"Mom thinks she is about a year, because she is so small, but really I don't know."
"Okay..." He thought about how to ask the next question, "You have a fickle mind...how?"
"Oh, its just that over the past week I have gone against everything I lived for in the past three years."
"Wow, I'm guessing that has something to do with me?"
"You, guys in general, and Kagome and the group."
"But it was a change for the better, right?"
"Pretty much, yeah. Except I'm back to guarding my butt whenever I'm around you again."
Miroku laughed and blushed a little. "Well, we're here." He said as he parked the car; the parking lot was unusually empty for a Friday night.
Sango got out and walked up to the theatre with Miroku next to her. He paid for the tickets and a big thing of popcorn; finally they went into the theatre and got great seats.
*****
"Hey, I had a really great time, Sango."
"Yeah, me too! I love Jim Carey." She smiled.
"Well, I'll see you at school, okay?"
"Alright, see you Miroku."
There was a pause as Miroku looked at Sango under the flickering light of the porch. They spent a few moments just looking at each other, Sango looking slightly up at Miroku, Miroku looking slightly down on Sango. Then the proch light went out.
*****
"YOU WHAT?"
"We kissed, that's all, no big deal."
"I can't believe it! You kissed! And you've only been going out for three days! I think it's a record."
"Yeah well, stop making such a big deal out of it! It was just a kiss..."
"Does he kiss well?"
"Well..." Sango paused for the dramatic effect, "yeah."
"Oh my gosh! This isn't right! It's really weird, you hate guys, and you practically always have, and now...just because of a dare, you changed your mind?"
"Not really, Yuri. I have to tell you something. See, Miroku and I, well, we were going out in the sixth grade..."
Yuri's mouth dropped.
"And the seventh grade."
It dropped even lower.
"And most of eighth grade."
Okay, it touched the floor.
"I thought you hated guys! You never told me this! Okay, you have a lot of explaining to do."
"Okay, well, hand me another Dr. Pepper before I start." And so Sango began the long story of how Miroku and Sango had liked each other since forever, then what with Naraku ruining everything, and how when Yuki and Yuri moved in across the street, Sango wasn't ready to tell anyone about that yet, and she never really got around to it. Yuri didn't take this fact too well.
"How come you never told me this?"
"Well..."
"I would think you would think this was a VERY IMPORTANT LITTLE DETAIL!"
"Yeah, well...you were wrong. When you guys moved in, I had just had a horrible experience, and I wasn't ready to tell anyone yet. And I guess I never did."
"Well, I guess I would have done the same thing in your position. So, tell me about that day on the bench! It sounds oddly romantic..."
And so Sango re-lived yet another part of her very awkward life.
*****
They hadn't only kissed at the doorstep, they had kissed once during the movie. It wasn't like a make-out session or anything, but it was one of the best kisses she'd ever had. Sango was going over the night as she took her shower and got into bed, then started reading another one of her mother's Nora Roberts books - which she had become very fond of – and fell asleep reading.
*****
"Sango, you want to come with us to see the fireworks?"
"Who all is going?"
"Naraku, Inu Yasha, Kikyo and me."
"Okay, sure!" Sango hopped into the over-stuffed car as the group rode off to some fireworks show. But on the way there, Kagome stopped at a dirty looking, old motel and dropped off Naraku and Kikyo, who entered the motel looking very horny.
"Looks like they're going to have some fun tonight." Sango muttered. Inu Yasha was in the back seat, Sango in the front, and Kagome driving. They pulled up to a parking lot next to a hill and once out of the car, began climbing the hill.
It seemed as if it took days to get up the hill, but when they finally made it, Sango knew it was worth it. The fireworks had started, and it looked as if they were right above the small group.
"They're so pretty." Sango said, in awe, but she wasn't heard because Inu Yasha and Kagome were busy making out. Apparently everyone was in a horny mood. Suddenly, she felt a slight drag that Miroku wasn't here, but she stuffed it under her feelings and turned her full attention onto the fireworks.
Then, the fireworks started making themselves into shapes. First it was a star, then a dog, soon enough it was making people's faces. It made Kagome and Inu Yasha kissing, then some other people in the small crowd of people who had found this spot, then Miroku – but he wasn't alone. He was kissing Yuri. Sango just stared at the smoke the firework had left behind.
It's not real, its just making things up. It doesn't matter... It doesn't matter... It doesn't matter......
*****
"Sango, SANGO! Wake up, dear, you're late for school."
"Mom? Is that you? Oh, thank god it was just a dream....but what a bizarre one." Sango found she was sweating, and her sheets were damp.
"I'll wash those while you're at school, okay? You just need to get up and dressed, don't take three hours. We need to leave in half an hour."
"Okay, okay, I'm going." Sango muttered as she rummaged through her closet for an outfit that could skip being ironed...
Sango had her favorite black mini skirt and a red sleeveless shirt on. No make-up, no fish net stockings, but her hair was in twin buns on the top of her head. **Ding Dong Ding Dong**
"I got it!" Sango yelled as she walked to the door and opened it. Miroku smiled at her and handed her a red rose, "Wow Miroku, it's really pretty! Thanks."
"And this must be Miroku." Sango's mom walked up to the door and smiled at Miroku, who smiled back. "Sango's said so much about you."
"Thanks mom, we'll be back around eleven."
"Call me if it's any later, okay?"
"Okay, see you mom!" Sango smiled as she got into Miroku's Honda Civic.
"She seems like a good mom, not too protective."
"Yeah, as long as I'm home on time and I brush my teeth, she's great."
"Your teeth?"
"She may not care too much about what I wear, but she is a major dental hygiene freak." They both laughed.
*****
"Yuri, weren't you going out with Sango tonight?" "No, she was busy. Yuki and I are going to the park, okay?"
"Oh, okay then. Dinner's in half an hour, so be back in twenty-five minutes, okay?"
"Yeah, okay, see you."
*****
"So Sango, what have you been doing the last two and a half years? Anything bizarre?"
"Hum... my dad moved to Washington DC, I went to Italy, my mom almost ran over a cat, now it lives in our house, and I found out I have a very fickle mind."
"Wow, how was Italy?"
"It was really great for the first three days, then I got food poisoning and was sick for the remaining three days and the trip home."
"Sounds like a lot of fun. I didn't see the cat, was she inside?"
"Yeah, probably in Kohaku's room. She took to him really well."
"Cool, do you know how old she is?"
"Mom thinks she is about a year, because she is so small, but really I don't know."
"Okay..." He thought about how to ask the next question, "You have a fickle mind...how?"
"Oh, its just that over the past week I have gone against everything I lived for in the past three years."
"Wow, I'm guessing that has something to do with me?"
"You, guys in general, and Kagome and the group."
"But it was a change for the better, right?"
"Pretty much, yeah. Except I'm back to guarding my butt whenever I'm around you again."
Miroku laughed and blushed a little. "Well, we're here." He said as he parked the car; the parking lot was unusually empty for a Friday night.
Sango got out and walked up to the theatre with Miroku next to her. He paid for the tickets and a big thing of popcorn; finally they went into the theatre and got great seats.
*****
"Hey, I had a really great time, Sango."
"Yeah, me too! I love Jim Carey." She smiled.
"Well, I'll see you at school, okay?"
"Alright, see you Miroku."
There was a pause as Miroku looked at Sango under the flickering light of the porch. They spent a few moments just looking at each other, Sango looking slightly up at Miroku, Miroku looking slightly down on Sango. Then the proch light went out.
*****
"YOU WHAT?"
"We kissed, that's all, no big deal."
"I can't believe it! You kissed! And you've only been going out for three days! I think it's a record."
"Yeah well, stop making such a big deal out of it! It was just a kiss..."
"Does he kiss well?"
"Well..." Sango paused for the dramatic effect, "yeah."
"Oh my gosh! This isn't right! It's really weird, you hate guys, and you practically always have, and now...just because of a dare, you changed your mind?"
"Not really, Yuri. I have to tell you something. See, Miroku and I, well, we were going out in the sixth grade..."
Yuri's mouth dropped.
"And the seventh grade."
It dropped even lower.
"And most of eighth grade."
Okay, it touched the floor.
"I thought you hated guys! You never told me this! Okay, you have a lot of explaining to do."
"Okay, well, hand me another Dr. Pepper before I start." And so Sango began the long story of how Miroku and Sango had liked each other since forever, then what with Naraku ruining everything, and how when Yuki and Yuri moved in across the street, Sango wasn't ready to tell anyone about that yet, and she never really got around to it. Yuri didn't take this fact too well.
"How come you never told me this?"
"Well..."
"I would think you would think this was a VERY IMPORTANT LITTLE DETAIL!"
"Yeah, well...you were wrong. When you guys moved in, I had just had a horrible experience, and I wasn't ready to tell anyone yet. And I guess I never did."
"Well, I guess I would have done the same thing in your position. So, tell me about that day on the bench! It sounds oddly romantic..."
And so Sango re-lived yet another part of her very awkward life.
*****
They hadn't only kissed at the doorstep, they had kissed once during the movie. It wasn't like a make-out session or anything, but it was one of the best kisses she'd ever had. Sango was going over the night as she took her shower and got into bed, then started reading another one of her mother's Nora Roberts books - which she had become very fond of – and fell asleep reading.
*****
"Sango, you want to come with us to see the fireworks?"
"Who all is going?"
"Naraku, Inu Yasha, Kikyo and me."
"Okay, sure!" Sango hopped into the over-stuffed car as the group rode off to some fireworks show. But on the way there, Kagome stopped at a dirty looking, old motel and dropped off Naraku and Kikyo, who entered the motel looking very horny.
"Looks like they're going to have some fun tonight." Sango muttered. Inu Yasha was in the back seat, Sango in the front, and Kagome driving. They pulled up to a parking lot next to a hill and once out of the car, began climbing the hill.
It seemed as if it took days to get up the hill, but when they finally made it, Sango knew it was worth it. The fireworks had started, and it looked as if they were right above the small group.
"They're so pretty." Sango said, in awe, but she wasn't heard because Inu Yasha and Kagome were busy making out. Apparently everyone was in a horny mood. Suddenly, she felt a slight drag that Miroku wasn't here, but she stuffed it under her feelings and turned her full attention onto the fireworks.
Then, the fireworks started making themselves into shapes. First it was a star, then a dog, soon enough it was making people's faces. It made Kagome and Inu Yasha kissing, then some other people in the small crowd of people who had found this spot, then Miroku – but he wasn't alone. He was kissing Yuri. Sango just stared at the smoke the firework had left behind.
It's not real, its just making things up. It doesn't matter... It doesn't matter... It doesn't matter......
*****
"Sango, SANGO! Wake up, dear, you're late for school."
"Mom? Is that you? Oh, thank god it was just a dream....but what a bizarre one." Sango found she was sweating, and her sheets were damp.
"I'll wash those while you're at school, okay? You just need to get up and dressed, don't take three hours. We need to leave in half an hour."
"Okay, okay, I'm going." Sango muttered as she rummaged through her closet for an outfit that could skip being ironed...