Hello everyone! Well.. First of all I want to thank one of my readers for sending me an e-mail that corrected my mistake. Thank you a lot for that! I really appreciate it. :D
And also, to Esko Pa I'd like to wish you happy belated birthday! I'm happy that my update served as a 'present' for you! :D
Mmm, and I'm not quite sure if I should name the chapters...I mean, it would be a nice idea, but I don't think that I could really name them. I'll probably consider naming my chapters at some point, but I'm still unsure. Thanks though!
I'm also happy for many of the reviews I've gotten so far...you guys make me happy to know that some people are interested in my story! Haha. Okay...I'll stop talking now and get back on track.. Here it goes!
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Chapter 16
"Wow! Can you believe that it's our last day?" Kagome said as she walked around the dance room.
"Feh." Inuyasha shrugged as he stretched.
"Okay...well I guess the last dance that you should know..is the slow dance."
"Slow dance?"
"Yeah...like a waltz...or just a side to side movement, you know?"
Inuyasha shook his head. Kagome sighed.
"Okay..here." she placed a CD in the boom-box and walked close to him. He began to move back, but she caught his hand.
"Okay.. Now put your hands on my waist." she instructed. Inuyasha looked at her oddly and was hesitant.
"What? I don't bite!" she joked as she placed one of his hands on her hips. Kagome put one of her hands on his shoulder and placed the other in his hand. Inuyasha tensed up at the feeling of being so close to her.
"Don't be so stiff, Inuyasha." she instructed.
"Feh. Now what?" he grunted.
"Okay...now just follow my steps." Kagome began to move right to left slowly and followed the beat. Inuyasha looked down at their feet and tried following her moves.
Kagome smiled as she looked at Inuyasha mouth the countdown to himself as he danced.
"At this point.. You don't have to count your steps. Just go with the beat." she began making bigger steps from side to side.
"Follow...the beat." she instructed as they danced.
"Follow...the...beat..." Inuyasha said to himself as raised his head and stopped looking at their feet.
"That's it.. You're doing it!" Kagome said happily.
Soon they began to waltz around the dance room. When the song had ended, Kagome let go of his hand.
"Now, that was called a waltz. Since we're going to this club opening, there might not be a chance that we'll be able to move in such a big space. So, in that case, you could always slow dance a different way."
"That was easy! I bet other way won't be any harder." Inuyasha said professionally as he folded his arms across this chest.
"Well, then..." Kagome said as she grabbed both of his arms.
"Wha-what're you doing?" he said nervously.
"Okay, your hands go here." she instructed as she placed both of his hands on her hips. Kagome then placed her hands on Inuyasha's shoulders. He turn a slight shade of pink when he realized how close he was to her.
"Now in this dance, you don't move as much as the waltz. You just sway left to right." Kagome said as she slowly began swaying left to right.
"Am I doing this right?" he asked as gently moved side to side.
"Yep. You're a fast learner, Inuyasha." Kagome smiled at him.
He smiled back and continued dancing. Inuyasha began to look at Kagome.
For once, when he looked at her, he saw Kagome as herself and not as Kikyo. He saw a person that was outgoing, sweet, loving, and fun. It's not like Kikyo wasn't any of those things with him, but there was something about Kagome that Kikyo didn't have.
Kagome caught his eyes looking at her and looked back at him. His eyes fell into hers and her fell into his. Their hearts began to pound harder.
When the song ended, the two looked away and let go of each other. If they hadn't turned around, they would've seen each other blushing.
"So.." Inuyasha cleared his throat.
"So.." Kagome said uneasily.
"So I guess this was our last practice?" he turned around.
"Yeah.. I guess it is." Kagome looked down. She then looked at the clock and saw that it was still early.
Kagome walked to her bag by the boom box and began gathering her things.
Inuyasha watched her and then looked at the clock.
'3:15?! ONLY?! It can't be over yet...Ergh. Say something Inuyasha. SAY SOMETHING!' his thoughts said to him.
"Hey, Kagome.." Inuyasha called out as she picked up her bag.
"Yes?"
"You wanna do something...you know, since we still have a lot of time left?" he asked.
"It's up to you, but sure. I'd like to." she shrugged and smiled. He smiled back.
"Great. What do you want to do?"
"I don't know. How about we go to the mall?" she suggested.
"We just went there yesterday." Inuyasha whined.
"I know..but there's nothing else to do. And maybe we could look around more." Kagome laughed.
"Feh. Fine." he said as he opened the door of the dance room for her.
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'He kissed me.. I kissed back..we kissed..' Sango thought this over and over and over again all night.
'I mean.. I did kiss back.. But he kissed me first..' Sango smiled widely as she had a flashback of the kiss again.
'He...he kissed me!' Sango smiled widely as she ran down the stairs dancing.
"I wonder where Inuyasha's been going.." she said as she stopped, but then shrugged it off and began dancing again.
"And the opening is in a two days! Eeeee!!" she screamed, but stopped when she heard the phone ring.
"Hello?" she said happily.
"Someone sounds happy.." the voice said mockingly.
"Nice to hear from you too, Miroku." she laughed.
"I miss you...and your lips."
"Oh shut-up you, lecher."
"Hey! Don't act like you didn't kiss back, nor enjoyed it!"
"Please, don't humor me."
"Admit it.."
"You know, you're really conceited."
"Admit it.."
"There's nothing to admit. Maybe I did kiss back, but that was probably only because you can't slap someone with cuts on their faces!"
"Oh, that was a weak excuse, Sango. So weak."
"Excuse me?! So not!"
"So too."
"So not! Shut-up, Miroku!"
"I think I'm hurt..." Miroku began to sob on the phone.
"Miroku?" Sango asked worriedly.
Miroku just began to sob louder on the phone.
"Miroku?" Sango asked more sternly.
His sobs just started to get louder.
"Fine. Maybe...I did kiss back. And maybe.. It was sort of nice.." she mumbled.
"Thank you very much, lovely Sango for confessing your dying love towards me." his sobbing came to a halt and his tone changed to happy and triumphant.
"You little fake! Dying love?! WHAT?!"
"It's okay, Sango. Don't hide your feelings." Miroku started to laugh.
"You're such a jerk, Miroku." Sango laughed.
"Yes, but you kissed this jerk."
"Correction, YOU kissed ME."
"Either way we kissed EACH OTHER."
"Can we please get off the subject?"
"I guess we were both just caught up in the moment..." he said softly.
"Yeah... I guess. ANYWAYS.." Sango began to clear her throat.
Miroku and Sango sighed on the phone.
"So what'd you call for?" she asked.
"Nothing.. I just wanted to call and say 'hi'."
"Okay.. Well, hi."
"Aww, are you that eager to get off the phone with me?"
"No, I just don't see why I should waste my time on talking about nothing."
"So this is nothing?"
"Yes."
"Ouch."
"I'm only joking, Miroku. Anyhow, once again.." Sango laughed.
"Is Inuyasha home?"
"Nope.."
"Neither is Kagome."
"Another secret get-away. Those two must really be up to something."
"How grand."
"The opening is in a couple of days, right?"
"Yep. Are you excited?"
"Definitely!"
"Same here. It makes it even more exciting knowing that I'm going with the lovely Sango."
"Your charming words amuse me sometimes, Miroku." Sango laughed.
"SOMETIMES?! You know how hard these lines are to make up?!"
Sango and Miroku laughed.
"So how are the scratches?"
"They're better... they healed pretty fast."
"Oh, that's good."
"Yeah." Sango suddenly heard the hysterical laughing of Miroku on the phone.
"What's so funny?" she asked.
"I just saw the preview to this one movie. It says it's coming out today."
"Oh, really? What's it called?"
"Stuck in the house."
"Oh... I think I've heard about that. What's it about?"
"Something about.. Well, there's this guy.. And he's sort of like a big pervert. And then there's this one girl.. And she's sporty and everything, but really pretty. Then they get stuck in the same dorm and have to cope with each other." Miroku laughed to himself.
"Oh.. Sounds like a situation I know of." Sango grunted. Miroku laughed.
"Hey, you wanna watch it?"
"Sure.. Sounds good. What time?"
"I don't know.. Why don't we just go check when we get there?"
"Okay.. Oh yeah! You haven't seen our theater here yet have you?"
"Nope...which makes this even more fun."
"Okay.. Well I'll just call you when I'm done getting ready.. Or wait, why don't I just come to your house?"
"Sure. I'll leave the door unlocked.
"Okay.. I'll see you then, Miroku."
"Alright, bye."
"Bye."
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"Inuyasha! Look! A picture booth! We have to take a few pictures!" Kagome caught sight of the picture booth and jumped up with joy. She grabbed Inuyasha's arm and brought him towards the photo booth.
"Feh. You'd never catch me taking a stupid thing such as a picture." Inuyasha grunted as she shook back his arm.
"Please?" she begged and pouted her lower lip.
Inuyasha looked at her and he gave into her innocent face.
"Hmph. Whatever." Kagome squealed with joy and grabbed his hand and brought him into the booth.
"This'll be fun! Have you ever taken pictures in here?"
"Yeah. I'm not one of those people who think camera's will take their soul!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Okay! Here it goes!" Kagome said as she pressed the button for the picture-taking to start.
There were 5 flashes, and Inuyasha and Kagome were waiting for their pictures to develop.
When the strip of pictures appeared, Kagome grabbed them with excitement.
"These look great!" she said while she showed them to Inuyasha.
The first picture was of Kagome sticking out her tongue and Inuyasha frowning. The second one was of Kagome playing with Inuyasha's ears, and Inuyasha's eyes widening with anger. The third was one of Inuyasha messing up Kagome's hair with his hands. The fourth one showed Kagome with a vein on her forehead and half of Inuyasha's face with a big lump on his head. The fifth one was Kagome and Inuyasha smiling.
"You're right..they don't look so bad. I want these." he said while he ripped half of the strip. He took the part of the strip with the 3rd, 4th, and 5th pictures.
"Hey! We didn't agree on that!" Kagome whined as she looked at her part of the strip.
"Nyeh." he stuck out his tongue at her. She stuck her tongue out at him back and lightly hit his shoulder. She instantly ran away laughing.
"You're not getting away that easy!" he yelled jokingly as he chased after her.
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"Hey! You're hogging the pop-corn!" Sango whispered as she sat next to Miroku in the dark theater.
"Maybe I wouldn't be if you weren't hogging the candy!" he whispered back.
"Fine.. Trade.. One.. Two.. Three." they switched.
'Finally.. A time where I can spend time with Sango without being interrupted by other people.' Miroku sighed.
He looked at her eating the pop-corn. She looked up at the movie screen and the light shone on her face.
She saw him staring from the corner of her eye and turned to him.
"Yes, Miroku?" she said smiling.
Miroku shook himself back to reality and smiled.
"Nothing.." they both turned back to the movie screen. From for corner of both of their eyes, they looked at each other.
Minutes later, a commercial for a horror movie appeared. Sango jumped at the sound of a screeching voice. Her hand clutched the arm rest. Coincidentally, Miroku's hand had been on the same arm rest. When she grabbed his hand, he looked at her and she looked to see that her hand had grabbed his.
Miroku gently closed his hand with hers in it. They both blushed at each other and resumed watching the movie.
'My heart is beating so fast...' Sango thought to herself as her mind was on her hand in his.
In the chair two seats next to Sango, there sat a dirty, smelly man that was being rude. He kept on throwing bits and pieces of pop-corn at Sango and yelling "SCORE!" whenever he hit her.
Miroku noticed the rude man, and folded the arm rest that separated them so that Sango could move further away from the man. When he folded it away, he gestured Sango to scoot over. She nodded her head and took one last disgusted glance at the rude man.
Sango now sat closer to Miroku. At first, the two were a bit uncomfortable to be sitting so close. Eventually, as the movie played, they began to get more comfortable. At some point, Miroku's arm stretched over and was around Sango's shoulders. And eventually, Sango began to rest her head on Miroku's chest.
Soon, she was in his arms, and they both laughed and laughed and laughed as the movie played.
'He makes me feel.. Something that I've never felt before.. He makes me feel as if I'm the only one here in this theater...Miroku, I....think I've fallen for you..' Sango thought as rested her face on his chest to listen to his heart beat.
'This feeling that pounds throughout my whole body..the leap that my heart makes whenever you're near me...Sango...I don't want to lose you..' Miroku's arms became tighter around Sango for a few minutes, but then resumed to their gentle hug.
'...I don't want to lose you.'
And also, to Esko Pa I'd like to wish you happy belated birthday! I'm happy that my update served as a 'present' for you! :D
Mmm, and I'm not quite sure if I should name the chapters...I mean, it would be a nice idea, but I don't think that I could really name them. I'll probably consider naming my chapters at some point, but I'm still unsure. Thanks though!
I'm also happy for many of the reviews I've gotten so far...you guys make me happy to know that some people are interested in my story! Haha. Okay...I'll stop talking now and get back on track.. Here it goes!
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Chapter 16
"Wow! Can you believe that it's our last day?" Kagome said as she walked around the dance room.
"Feh." Inuyasha shrugged as he stretched.
"Okay...well I guess the last dance that you should know..is the slow dance."
"Slow dance?"
"Yeah...like a waltz...or just a side to side movement, you know?"
Inuyasha shook his head. Kagome sighed.
"Okay..here." she placed a CD in the boom-box and walked close to him. He began to move back, but she caught his hand.
"Okay.. Now put your hands on my waist." she instructed. Inuyasha looked at her oddly and was hesitant.
"What? I don't bite!" she joked as she placed one of his hands on her hips. Kagome put one of her hands on his shoulder and placed the other in his hand. Inuyasha tensed up at the feeling of being so close to her.
"Don't be so stiff, Inuyasha." she instructed.
"Feh. Now what?" he grunted.
"Okay...now just follow my steps." Kagome began to move right to left slowly and followed the beat. Inuyasha looked down at their feet and tried following her moves.
Kagome smiled as she looked at Inuyasha mouth the countdown to himself as he danced.
"At this point.. You don't have to count your steps. Just go with the beat." she began making bigger steps from side to side.
"Follow...the beat." she instructed as they danced.
"Follow...the...beat..." Inuyasha said to himself as raised his head and stopped looking at their feet.
"That's it.. You're doing it!" Kagome said happily.
Soon they began to waltz around the dance room. When the song had ended, Kagome let go of his hand.
"Now, that was called a waltz. Since we're going to this club opening, there might not be a chance that we'll be able to move in such a big space. So, in that case, you could always slow dance a different way."
"That was easy! I bet other way won't be any harder." Inuyasha said professionally as he folded his arms across this chest.
"Well, then..." Kagome said as she grabbed both of his arms.
"Wha-what're you doing?" he said nervously.
"Okay, your hands go here." she instructed as she placed both of his hands on her hips. Kagome then placed her hands on Inuyasha's shoulders. He turn a slight shade of pink when he realized how close he was to her.
"Now in this dance, you don't move as much as the waltz. You just sway left to right." Kagome said as she slowly began swaying left to right.
"Am I doing this right?" he asked as gently moved side to side.
"Yep. You're a fast learner, Inuyasha." Kagome smiled at him.
He smiled back and continued dancing. Inuyasha began to look at Kagome.
For once, when he looked at her, he saw Kagome as herself and not as Kikyo. He saw a person that was outgoing, sweet, loving, and fun. It's not like Kikyo wasn't any of those things with him, but there was something about Kagome that Kikyo didn't have.
Kagome caught his eyes looking at her and looked back at him. His eyes fell into hers and her fell into his. Their hearts began to pound harder.
When the song ended, the two looked away and let go of each other. If they hadn't turned around, they would've seen each other blushing.
"So.." Inuyasha cleared his throat.
"So.." Kagome said uneasily.
"So I guess this was our last practice?" he turned around.
"Yeah.. I guess it is." Kagome looked down. She then looked at the clock and saw that it was still early.
Kagome walked to her bag by the boom box and began gathering her things.
Inuyasha watched her and then looked at the clock.
'3:15?! ONLY?! It can't be over yet...Ergh. Say something Inuyasha. SAY SOMETHING!' his thoughts said to him.
"Hey, Kagome.." Inuyasha called out as she picked up her bag.
"Yes?"
"You wanna do something...you know, since we still have a lot of time left?" he asked.
"It's up to you, but sure. I'd like to." she shrugged and smiled. He smiled back.
"Great. What do you want to do?"
"I don't know. How about we go to the mall?" she suggested.
"We just went there yesterday." Inuyasha whined.
"I know..but there's nothing else to do. And maybe we could look around more." Kagome laughed.
"Feh. Fine." he said as he opened the door of the dance room for her.
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'He kissed me.. I kissed back..we kissed..' Sango thought this over and over and over again all night.
'I mean.. I did kiss back.. But he kissed me first..' Sango smiled widely as she had a flashback of the kiss again.
'He...he kissed me!' Sango smiled widely as she ran down the stairs dancing.
"I wonder where Inuyasha's been going.." she said as she stopped, but then shrugged it off and began dancing again.
"And the opening is in a two days! Eeeee!!" she screamed, but stopped when she heard the phone ring.
"Hello?" she said happily.
"Someone sounds happy.." the voice said mockingly.
"Nice to hear from you too, Miroku." she laughed.
"I miss you...and your lips."
"Oh shut-up you, lecher."
"Hey! Don't act like you didn't kiss back, nor enjoyed it!"
"Please, don't humor me."
"Admit it.."
"You know, you're really conceited."
"Admit it.."
"There's nothing to admit. Maybe I did kiss back, but that was probably only because you can't slap someone with cuts on their faces!"
"Oh, that was a weak excuse, Sango. So weak."
"Excuse me?! So not!"
"So too."
"So not! Shut-up, Miroku!"
"I think I'm hurt..." Miroku began to sob on the phone.
"Miroku?" Sango asked worriedly.
Miroku just began to sob louder on the phone.
"Miroku?" Sango asked more sternly.
His sobs just started to get louder.
"Fine. Maybe...I did kiss back. And maybe.. It was sort of nice.." she mumbled.
"Thank you very much, lovely Sango for confessing your dying love towards me." his sobbing came to a halt and his tone changed to happy and triumphant.
"You little fake! Dying love?! WHAT?!"
"It's okay, Sango. Don't hide your feelings." Miroku started to laugh.
"You're such a jerk, Miroku." Sango laughed.
"Yes, but you kissed this jerk."
"Correction, YOU kissed ME."
"Either way we kissed EACH OTHER."
"Can we please get off the subject?"
"I guess we were both just caught up in the moment..." he said softly.
"Yeah... I guess. ANYWAYS.." Sango began to clear her throat.
Miroku and Sango sighed on the phone.
"So what'd you call for?" she asked.
"Nothing.. I just wanted to call and say 'hi'."
"Okay.. Well, hi."
"Aww, are you that eager to get off the phone with me?"
"No, I just don't see why I should waste my time on talking about nothing."
"So this is nothing?"
"Yes."
"Ouch."
"I'm only joking, Miroku. Anyhow, once again.." Sango laughed.
"Is Inuyasha home?"
"Nope.."
"Neither is Kagome."
"Another secret get-away. Those two must really be up to something."
"How grand."
"The opening is in a couple of days, right?"
"Yep. Are you excited?"
"Definitely!"
"Same here. It makes it even more exciting knowing that I'm going with the lovely Sango."
"Your charming words amuse me sometimes, Miroku." Sango laughed.
"SOMETIMES?! You know how hard these lines are to make up?!"
Sango and Miroku laughed.
"So how are the scratches?"
"They're better... they healed pretty fast."
"Oh, that's good."
"Yeah." Sango suddenly heard the hysterical laughing of Miroku on the phone.
"What's so funny?" she asked.
"I just saw the preview to this one movie. It says it's coming out today."
"Oh, really? What's it called?"
"Stuck in the house."
"Oh... I think I've heard about that. What's it about?"
"Something about.. Well, there's this guy.. And he's sort of like a big pervert. And then there's this one girl.. And she's sporty and everything, but really pretty. Then they get stuck in the same dorm and have to cope with each other." Miroku laughed to himself.
"Oh.. Sounds like a situation I know of." Sango grunted. Miroku laughed.
"Hey, you wanna watch it?"
"Sure.. Sounds good. What time?"
"I don't know.. Why don't we just go check when we get there?"
"Okay.. Oh yeah! You haven't seen our theater here yet have you?"
"Nope...which makes this even more fun."
"Okay.. Well I'll just call you when I'm done getting ready.. Or wait, why don't I just come to your house?"
"Sure. I'll leave the door unlocked.
"Okay.. I'll see you then, Miroku."
"Alright, bye."
"Bye."
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"Inuyasha! Look! A picture booth! We have to take a few pictures!" Kagome caught sight of the picture booth and jumped up with joy. She grabbed Inuyasha's arm and brought him towards the photo booth.
"Feh. You'd never catch me taking a stupid thing such as a picture." Inuyasha grunted as she shook back his arm.
"Please?" she begged and pouted her lower lip.
Inuyasha looked at her and he gave into her innocent face.
"Hmph. Whatever." Kagome squealed with joy and grabbed his hand and brought him into the booth.
"This'll be fun! Have you ever taken pictures in here?"
"Yeah. I'm not one of those people who think camera's will take their soul!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Okay! Here it goes!" Kagome said as she pressed the button for the picture-taking to start.
There were 5 flashes, and Inuyasha and Kagome were waiting for their pictures to develop.
When the strip of pictures appeared, Kagome grabbed them with excitement.
"These look great!" she said while she showed them to Inuyasha.
The first picture was of Kagome sticking out her tongue and Inuyasha frowning. The second one was of Kagome playing with Inuyasha's ears, and Inuyasha's eyes widening with anger. The third was one of Inuyasha messing up Kagome's hair with his hands. The fourth one showed Kagome with a vein on her forehead and half of Inuyasha's face with a big lump on his head. The fifth one was Kagome and Inuyasha smiling.
"You're right..they don't look so bad. I want these." he said while he ripped half of the strip. He took the part of the strip with the 3rd, 4th, and 5th pictures.
"Hey! We didn't agree on that!" Kagome whined as she looked at her part of the strip.
"Nyeh." he stuck out his tongue at her. She stuck her tongue out at him back and lightly hit his shoulder. She instantly ran away laughing.
"You're not getting away that easy!" he yelled jokingly as he chased after her.
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"Hey! You're hogging the pop-corn!" Sango whispered as she sat next to Miroku in the dark theater.
"Maybe I wouldn't be if you weren't hogging the candy!" he whispered back.
"Fine.. Trade.. One.. Two.. Three." they switched.
'Finally.. A time where I can spend time with Sango without being interrupted by other people.' Miroku sighed.
He looked at her eating the pop-corn. She looked up at the movie screen and the light shone on her face.
She saw him staring from the corner of her eye and turned to him.
"Yes, Miroku?" she said smiling.
Miroku shook himself back to reality and smiled.
"Nothing.." they both turned back to the movie screen. From for corner of both of their eyes, they looked at each other.
Minutes later, a commercial for a horror movie appeared. Sango jumped at the sound of a screeching voice. Her hand clutched the arm rest. Coincidentally, Miroku's hand had been on the same arm rest. When she grabbed his hand, he looked at her and she looked to see that her hand had grabbed his.
Miroku gently closed his hand with hers in it. They both blushed at each other and resumed watching the movie.
'My heart is beating so fast...' Sango thought to herself as her mind was on her hand in his.
In the chair two seats next to Sango, there sat a dirty, smelly man that was being rude. He kept on throwing bits and pieces of pop-corn at Sango and yelling "SCORE!" whenever he hit her.
Miroku noticed the rude man, and folded the arm rest that separated them so that Sango could move further away from the man. When he folded it away, he gestured Sango to scoot over. She nodded her head and took one last disgusted glance at the rude man.
Sango now sat closer to Miroku. At first, the two were a bit uncomfortable to be sitting so close. Eventually, as the movie played, they began to get more comfortable. At some point, Miroku's arm stretched over and was around Sango's shoulders. And eventually, Sango began to rest her head on Miroku's chest.
Soon, she was in his arms, and they both laughed and laughed and laughed as the movie played.
'He makes me feel.. Something that I've never felt before.. He makes me feel as if I'm the only one here in this theater...Miroku, I....think I've fallen for you..' Sango thought as rested her face on his chest to listen to his heart beat.
'This feeling that pounds throughout my whole body..the leap that my heart makes whenever you're near me...Sango...I don't want to lose you..' Miroku's arms became tighter around Sango for a few minutes, but then resumed to their gentle hug.
'...I don't want to lose you.'