Chapter Five: The Club
"How do I look?" Kagome asked Inuyasha. Inuyasha studied her up and down, thinking she was the most beautiful girl alive.
"You... you... you look great..." Inuyasha told her with a blush. Pink grazed her cheeks as she grabbed her coat and walked out the front door with Inuyasha beside her.
As they were walking, the night air sifted throughout the beach, billowing their hair in the wind. Kagome sighed as she stared up at the night sky.
Without noticing, Inuyasha took her hand in his. Kagome stared down at their enlaced fingers and blushed a pure scarlet. Inuyasha just kept on walking ahead. Kagome looked forward to see that they were almost at the club. They didn't have to walk very far considering it was just down the street.
Inuyasha then noticed he was holding her hand and quickly released it, blushing madly. Kagome took a hold of his arm as they walked inside the large building, full of bright lights and loud music.
"Kagome! I can barely hear in here!" Inuyasha whined as they hung their jackets up in the coat closet. Kagome found a table to sit at and sat down in a chair. Inuyasha sat down in a chair beside her.
"I know its loud, but soon there will be slow music on." Kagome reassured him. A waitress walked up to the two and offered them a drink.
"Ummm... sure! I'll take a... umm..." Kagome thought before speaking. This was her first time at a bar. Maybe she could actually get an alcoholic beverage! "A medium beer." Kagome smiled politely as the waitress asked Inuyasha what he'd want. Before Inuyasha could say anything, Kagome answered for him. "Ahh... he'll take a large water."
"Hey! I could of ordered it myself!" Inuyasha complained as the waitress went to get their drinks.
"I know, but I didn't want to give you alcohol, just in case." Kagome replied. "Oh my gosh! I gotta dance to this song!" Kagome cried and took a hold of Inuyasha's hand, dragging him to the dance floor.
"Kagome! Wait! I don't even know how to dance!" Inuyasha yelped.
"It's okay Inuyasha!" Kagome said to him. She twirled around him a few times, shaking her hips and arms as she turned. "Just relax! Get into the groove of things!" Kagome reassured him. 'Okay, I just got a weird visual of Inuyasha dancing!' Kagome thought to herself. "On second thought, you don't have to dance if you don't want to!"
"Ahh... okay!" Inuyasha said and walked off the dance floor. He sat in the chair at their table watching her contently.
"Here sir. Your drinks are ready." The waitress told him.
"Thanks." Inuyasha replied. He gently set the glasses down onto the table. "Kagome! Your drink is here!" He called out to the dancing girl. Kagome wiped some sweat off of her forehead and slumped down into the chair beside him, out of breath.
Kagome took her beer in her hands and stared at it wide-eyed. "Here goes nothing!" Kagome smiled as she opened her mouth to the fresh alcohol sliding down her throat. She set the glass down onto the table again, it being almost half gone. "Not bad! I can see why adults like this stuff!" Kagome exclaimed as she chugged down the rest.
"Hey Kagome! Take it easy! I don't wanna be carrying home a drunk girl!" Inuyasha joked, smiling.
"Whatever, Inuyasha!" Kagome said happily. Right then, the fast, loud song ended, and a quiet slow song began. The song was Obvious by Christina Aguilera. Kagome jumped up and grasped Inuyasha's hand, dragging him to the dance floor.
"Hey! Kagome! I thought I told you already! I can't dance!" Inuyasha yelped as Kagome lead him to the floor.
"Just follow my lead." Kagome whispered to him as the song flowed into the lyrics. She placed his hands on her waist. He blushed in the process. Then she rested her hands behind the nape of his neck and started moving slowly back and forth. Inuyasha steadily tried to go along with her.
"Can you hear it in my voice? Was it something I let slip? Does the whole world know? Isn't it obvious?"
"Kagome... this is... different..." Inuyasha whispered to her.
"How so?" Kagome asked him.
"Well... it's just... we've never really been this close to one another before... not like this." He replied.
"Do you not like being close to me?" Kagome questioned. Inuyasha looked away from her and down to the ground with a blush. "You don't, do you?" Kagome asked. Inuyasha shot his eyes back to lock eyes with her.
"What!? I never said that!" Inuyasha almost shouted to her. With that, Kagome snuggled her blushing face into his chest. Inuyasha gasped. "K- Kagome?"
"So, you really do like being with me?" Kagome asked.
"Wouldn't you think... I would have run away by now... if I didn't want to be close to you?" Inuyasha asked with scarlet cheeks.
"I guess so..." Kagome sighed as she snuggled her face deeper in his muscles. "Hmmm...."
"I'm the one who's in control. Now I'm acting like a fool. Do my feelings show? Is my face a glow? Isn't it obvious?"
Kagome peered up to his face to see him smiling down at her. She beamed with joy as she closed her eyes and leaned her cheek against his chest. Inuyasha lifted his hand up to her hair, stroking the silky raven strands gently.
"And I don't know what I'm doing anymore. I'm feeling like a little girl. Caught up in emotions, I'm out of control. Isn't it obvious?"
After the song had ended, Kagome and Inuyasha skipped the fast songs and sat in their chairs, awaiting another drink. The waitress soon brought Kagome her beer and Inuyasha his water.
"Mmm! I could live off of this stuff!" Kagome chimed as she lugged down the last of her fourth beer. "Hehe... this is great! Ahehe..." Kagome giggled repeatedly. Inuyasha looked up at her from his water with a confused expression.
"Kagome?" Inuyasha asked. "Umm... I don't think you should have another one of those. I think you're on the verge of becoming drunk." He said worriedly.
"Hehe... w-what... what a-are you t-talking about you silly stu-stupid... hehe... little... don't talk YOU!" Kagome dazedly replied as she shoved Inuyasha's shoulder weakly and ended up falling over in the process.
"Kagome! Uhhh... you idiot girl!" He whined and picked her up bridal style, carrying her out of the dance club.
As he was walking under the moonlight, he peered down at the drunken girl in his arms, smiling.
'Stupid Kagome. You always get yourself in messes like this.' He thought to himself. Kagome stirred a bit
"Inu-Inuyasha... thanks..." Kagome muttered. Kagome closed her eyes weakly and leaned her head against him, instantly falling asleep again.
"No problem." Inuyasha whispered, smiling.
When he got inside the beach house, everybody else was already asleep and in their own beds. Inuyasha peered over at a 'clock' thing Kagome pointed out earlier. It read 11:53.
'Just in time for bed.' Inuyasha thought. He walked over to the couch, still carrying Kagome, and set her down onto it. He then covered her with a soft, blue blanket, making sure she wouldn't get cold. Kagome smiled in her sleep, which made Inuyasha smile even wider than before.
'Damn... she's cute.' He thought to himself. He sat down onto the floor beside the couch, resting his head on his hand, contently watching her sleep.
"How do I look?" Kagome asked Inuyasha. Inuyasha studied her up and down, thinking she was the most beautiful girl alive.
"You... you... you look great..." Inuyasha told her with a blush. Pink grazed her cheeks as she grabbed her coat and walked out the front door with Inuyasha beside her.
As they were walking, the night air sifted throughout the beach, billowing their hair in the wind. Kagome sighed as she stared up at the night sky.
Without noticing, Inuyasha took her hand in his. Kagome stared down at their enlaced fingers and blushed a pure scarlet. Inuyasha just kept on walking ahead. Kagome looked forward to see that they were almost at the club. They didn't have to walk very far considering it was just down the street.
Inuyasha then noticed he was holding her hand and quickly released it, blushing madly. Kagome took a hold of his arm as they walked inside the large building, full of bright lights and loud music.
"Kagome! I can barely hear in here!" Inuyasha whined as they hung their jackets up in the coat closet. Kagome found a table to sit at and sat down in a chair. Inuyasha sat down in a chair beside her.
"I know its loud, but soon there will be slow music on." Kagome reassured him. A waitress walked up to the two and offered them a drink.
"Ummm... sure! I'll take a... umm..." Kagome thought before speaking. This was her first time at a bar. Maybe she could actually get an alcoholic beverage! "A medium beer." Kagome smiled politely as the waitress asked Inuyasha what he'd want. Before Inuyasha could say anything, Kagome answered for him. "Ahh... he'll take a large water."
"Hey! I could of ordered it myself!" Inuyasha complained as the waitress went to get their drinks.
"I know, but I didn't want to give you alcohol, just in case." Kagome replied. "Oh my gosh! I gotta dance to this song!" Kagome cried and took a hold of Inuyasha's hand, dragging him to the dance floor.
"Kagome! Wait! I don't even know how to dance!" Inuyasha yelped.
"It's okay Inuyasha!" Kagome said to him. She twirled around him a few times, shaking her hips and arms as she turned. "Just relax! Get into the groove of things!" Kagome reassured him. 'Okay, I just got a weird visual of Inuyasha dancing!' Kagome thought to herself. "On second thought, you don't have to dance if you don't want to!"
"Ahh... okay!" Inuyasha said and walked off the dance floor. He sat in the chair at their table watching her contently.
"Here sir. Your drinks are ready." The waitress told him.
"Thanks." Inuyasha replied. He gently set the glasses down onto the table. "Kagome! Your drink is here!" He called out to the dancing girl. Kagome wiped some sweat off of her forehead and slumped down into the chair beside him, out of breath.
Kagome took her beer in her hands and stared at it wide-eyed. "Here goes nothing!" Kagome smiled as she opened her mouth to the fresh alcohol sliding down her throat. She set the glass down onto the table again, it being almost half gone. "Not bad! I can see why adults like this stuff!" Kagome exclaimed as she chugged down the rest.
"Hey Kagome! Take it easy! I don't wanna be carrying home a drunk girl!" Inuyasha joked, smiling.
"Whatever, Inuyasha!" Kagome said happily. Right then, the fast, loud song ended, and a quiet slow song began. The song was Obvious by Christina Aguilera. Kagome jumped up and grasped Inuyasha's hand, dragging him to the dance floor.
"Hey! Kagome! I thought I told you already! I can't dance!" Inuyasha yelped as Kagome lead him to the floor.
"Just follow my lead." Kagome whispered to him as the song flowed into the lyrics. She placed his hands on her waist. He blushed in the process. Then she rested her hands behind the nape of his neck and started moving slowly back and forth. Inuyasha steadily tried to go along with her.
"Can you hear it in my voice? Was it something I let slip? Does the whole world know? Isn't it obvious?"
"Kagome... this is... different..." Inuyasha whispered to her.
"How so?" Kagome asked him.
"Well... it's just... we've never really been this close to one another before... not like this." He replied.
"Do you not like being close to me?" Kagome questioned. Inuyasha looked away from her and down to the ground with a blush. "You don't, do you?" Kagome asked. Inuyasha shot his eyes back to lock eyes with her.
"What!? I never said that!" Inuyasha almost shouted to her. With that, Kagome snuggled her blushing face into his chest. Inuyasha gasped. "K- Kagome?"
"So, you really do like being with me?" Kagome asked.
"Wouldn't you think... I would have run away by now... if I didn't want to be close to you?" Inuyasha asked with scarlet cheeks.
"I guess so..." Kagome sighed as she snuggled her face deeper in his muscles. "Hmmm...."
"I'm the one who's in control. Now I'm acting like a fool. Do my feelings show? Is my face a glow? Isn't it obvious?"
Kagome peered up to his face to see him smiling down at her. She beamed with joy as she closed her eyes and leaned her cheek against his chest. Inuyasha lifted his hand up to her hair, stroking the silky raven strands gently.
"And I don't know what I'm doing anymore. I'm feeling like a little girl. Caught up in emotions, I'm out of control. Isn't it obvious?"
After the song had ended, Kagome and Inuyasha skipped the fast songs and sat in their chairs, awaiting another drink. The waitress soon brought Kagome her beer and Inuyasha his water.
"Mmm! I could live off of this stuff!" Kagome chimed as she lugged down the last of her fourth beer. "Hehe... this is great! Ahehe..." Kagome giggled repeatedly. Inuyasha looked up at her from his water with a confused expression.
"Kagome?" Inuyasha asked. "Umm... I don't think you should have another one of those. I think you're on the verge of becoming drunk." He said worriedly.
"Hehe... w-what... what a-are you t-talking about you silly stu-stupid... hehe... little... don't talk YOU!" Kagome dazedly replied as she shoved Inuyasha's shoulder weakly and ended up falling over in the process.
"Kagome! Uhhh... you idiot girl!" He whined and picked her up bridal style, carrying her out of the dance club.
As he was walking under the moonlight, he peered down at the drunken girl in his arms, smiling.
'Stupid Kagome. You always get yourself in messes like this.' He thought to himself. Kagome stirred a bit
"Inu-Inuyasha... thanks..." Kagome muttered. Kagome closed her eyes weakly and leaned her head against him, instantly falling asleep again.
"No problem." Inuyasha whispered, smiling.
When he got inside the beach house, everybody else was already asleep and in their own beds. Inuyasha peered over at a 'clock' thing Kagome pointed out earlier. It read 11:53.
'Just in time for bed.' Inuyasha thought. He walked over to the couch, still carrying Kagome, and set her down onto it. He then covered her with a soft, blue blanket, making sure she wouldn't get cold. Kagome smiled in her sleep, which made Inuyasha smile even wider than before.
'Damn... she's cute.' He thought to himself. He sat down onto the floor beside the couch, resting his head on his hand, contently watching her sleep.