A/N: Okay, so it's 4:20 in the morning. Odd time to start writing a fic, ne?
A few things I forgot to mention in earlier chapters...
The song Inuyasha sang in the first chapter was "Life by the Drop" by Stevie Ray Vaughn. It's a blues tune about alcoholism. I thought about doing a cool Jazzy/Bluesy version of it with a friend once, but we never really got around to it. So instead it was incarnated in your minds. =D
Secondly, and I'm sorry for leaving this out of the last chapter, but a very special thank you to Demon Girl17 for recommending the song "Joyful Girl" to me. I liked it so much, I just had to use it in the last chapter!
Anywho, on with the chapter!
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My Funny Valentine:
Chapter 3: It Don't Mean a Thing
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Ring-ring
Kagome looked up from her midterm. She had finally gotten down to working on it, and was moderately annoyed at the interruption. She checked the Caller ID. 'Unlisted...' she thought with a sigh. The number seemed somewhat familiar, so she decided to answer. "Hello?"
"Uhh, hello, this is Inuyasha, can I speak with Kagome please?"
Kagome gave a light chuckle. "This is she," she said.
"Oh," Inuyasha said, laughing at himself. "You sound a little different over the phone."
"Yeah, everyone says that. So, uhh, what's up?"
The conversation went on for three hours, with Inuyasha stopping every so often to tell his obnoxious roomies to quiet down. They talked about a vast quantity of nothing, the sort of conversation in which lots of general ideas are exchanged without any reason. Kagome found herself laughing at Inuyasha's wit, and his occasional threats to his friends. She glanced back at her paper with a sigh. It looked like it'd have to wait some more.
"Hah," Inuyasha gave an emphasized laugh in response to a joke Kagome made. "Say, Kagome..." he started, sounding slightly unsure of himself for some reason.
"Yeah?"
"Uhh... well, I dunno if you heard, but the carnival is in town today, and, uhh... I was wondering if you wanted to go and hang out with me, or something?"
Kagome laughed at how shy he was being. "Sure," she said, somehow managing to communicate a sweet smile over the phone, "what time? And how are we gonna get there, and stuff?"
"Uhh... how about I pick you up around 4-ish?"
"Sounds good to me," she answered. "I'll be waiting outside of the Davis building. Don't be late!"
Inuyasha laughed. "I'll try not to be!"
"Well, I've got to get to writing this mid-term..." Kagome trailed off.
"Alright. Well, I guess I'll see you at 4 then..."
"Yeah, see ya then."
"Bye!"
"Later!"
Kagome placed the phone on the receiver and walked back to her desk, humming as a soft smile graced her lips.
"Bastard," Kouga muttered as Inuyasha hung up the phone.
"Keh, you're just jealous because I've gotten farther with a girl in under 24 hours than you have in your entire life!"
"That is so not true!"
"Heh, from the way you act around girls I find that very hard to believe."
Kouga gave him another seething glare before turning back to the novel he was reading. Miroku chose that as a good time to step out of the bathroom. "What's going on?" he asked innocently.
Kouga leaped to a response before Inuyasha had time to answer the question. "That backstabber just set up a date with Kagome."
"Oh, I see," Miroku said, giving Inuyasha a devilish grin. "You'll have to tell me later... in graphic detail."
Inuyasha laughed. "Miroku, get your head out of the gutter. And it's not a 'date.' We're just going to hang out, as friends."
"Whatever you need to tell yourself," Miroku said, dodging the fist that Inuyasha sent towards his head.
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Kagome checked the clock on her desk. '3 o'clock already? I'd better go get ready...'
"What's up, Kagome?" Sango asked.
"Oh, nothing, I'm just going somewhere at 4..."
"Oh really? Cool! Where you going?"
"Oh, nowhere, just the carnival..."
"With who?" Ayame asked, looking up from the novel she was reading.
"Oh, just a friend of mine..." With that Kagome hurried into the bathroom before her friends could drill her anymore.
"Something seems suspicious," Sango said, turning to look at Ayame.
"I know what you mean. Ne, do you think Kagome is going on a...?"
"Date?" Sango finished for her. "Definitely."
"You think we should, err, tag along?"
"Are you suggesting we spy on our friend?" Sang asked, incredulous.
"Well..."
"Ayame, that's brilliant!" Sango said with a laugh.
The two scheming girls huddled together and made quiet plans while Kagome busied herself in the bathroom. She was thinking about whether or not she should put any makeup on, and if so how much. 'Well, Inuyasha is just a friend, right? So I shouldn't have to wear any... but then again I do want to look nice...' She decided that a touch of makeup and some eyeliner couldn't hurt, and moved on to other getting ready type activities.
Meanwhile, in the boy's camp, Inuyasha looked up from his desk to see that it was nearing 3:48. He got up from his seat and made his way to the bathroom to get ready, abridged style. This included brushing his teeth, cleaning his glasses and checking himself in the mirror once over before heading out the door, grabbing his black coat from the rack on his way out.
Kouga sat and glared at the spot where he had left the room for what seemed to Miroku like... well, like about 3 and a half minutes. Then, without saying a word, Kouga jumped down from his bed and grabbed his coat. "And just where are you going?" Miroku asked.
"Nowhere," Kouga answered moodily.
"Oh, come now. You really think I'd let you go spy on my friend? By your self? I am so coming with you!" With that Miroku stood too, grabbing his coat and checking twice to make sure he had his key.
Kouga gave him a quick glare. "Come on," he said, walking out the door.
"Coming!" Miroku said with a smile, following his friend.
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"Hey," Inuyasha greeted as Kagome closed the passenger side door of his car.
"Hi," she greeted back, her eyes scanning the neatly kept interior of the car. The car itself was somewhat... unimpressive... and yet she liked that about it. She felt Inuyasha had a similar character- never out to impress, just doing his own thing.
The car ride passed in an awkward silence, until Inuyasha flipped the radio on. To Kagome's surprise, instead of being on a Jazz station, Inuyasha's radio was left on a classic rock station. She smiled to herself and turned to look out the window. For a second she thought she saw Ayame's car a few cars back, but she shrugged it off.
Meanwhile, in Miroku's car, Kouga was seething. 'That Inuyasha... he'd better not try anything! If he does, I swear...' Kouga went on to plot the various ways he could bring his roommates life to an end, while Miroku tried to make conversation.
"So, err, how did you meet Kagome anyway?"
"... boiling pitch... chainsaw..." Kouga went on muttering indecipherably, the occasional implement of doom coming through the angry grumble.
Miroku sweat-dropped. It was a good thing he had decided to come along.
When they arrived at the fairgrounds, Inuyasha and Kagome gleefully set off to do all the fun things people do at carnivals. "First thing's first," Kagome said, searching the crowd eagerly, "I'm buying some cotton candy!"
"Let me get it," Inuyasha said, with a nervous smile. Kagome laughed.
"No, it's quite alright, I'm capable of getting my own cotton candy."
"Well... if you insist," Inuyasha said, breathing a sigh of relief as he stuck his hands into his near-empty pockets.
"So, what do you want to do first?" Kagome asked, taking a small bit of her cotton candy.
Sango and Ayame were grinning madly from their place behind the nearest bush. The watched with excitement as Inuyasha and Kagome made their way towards the bumper cars. Moving from bush to bush and giggling like schoolgirls as they spied on their friends, they were determined to find out whether or not there was anything going on between her and this guy.
"Ne, Sango," Ayame said, turning to her friend, "Doesn't that guy seem familiar?"
"Yeah, I know what you mean. Where do you suppose we'd have seen him before?"
Ayame shrugged. "Well, we know he goes to the same school as us, so maybe we've just seen him on campus or something."
"Yeah, that's probably it..."
In the neighboring bush, Miroku did his best not to laugh as Kouga glared daggers at the back of Inuyasha's head. "Man, if you could get any more childish I'd be inclined to buy you some candy."
"Shut up, you."
"Well it's true! Come on man, just let this go, and we can go have a good time by ourselves. Who knows, we might even run into some pretty girls..." a silly grin crossed Miroku's face as he trailed off.
"Pervert..." Kouga muttered, before resuming his glare.
After nearly murdering a few people on the bumper cars and racing through the house of mirrors a few times, Kagome and Inuyasha decided a ride on the Ferris wheel was in order. "I bet if we get on now, we'll be at the top when the sun sets!" Inuyasha said cheerfully.
"Really? That'd be awesome!" Kagome said, laughing. She couldn't remember the last time she had so much fun without her friends around.
Meanwhile her friends watched from the safety of a nearby bush while she and Inuyasha got in line. "Oooh, are they gonna go on the ferris wheel together? How romantic!" Ayame squealed.
Sango laughed. "Quiet down or we'll be caught."
Miroku turned around, sitting on the ground and leaning his back against the bush he and Kouga were using for cover. He had come hoping to distract Kouga, and maybe have a good time at the carnival, but so far things hadn't been working out. He sighed again. Hearing a noise to his left, Miroku turned and caught sight of an angel. "By the hammer of the gods!" he exclaimed, "That has to be the most beautiful woman alive!"
A devilish grin crossed his face as he abandoned his friend and slunk over to the poor girl. For a quick second he found himself questioning why she would be hiding behind a bush, but deep down he knew he really didn't care. Growing ever nearer, the sweet scent of her perfume intoxicating him, he reached out his right hand. It found it's way to the woman's shoulder. The girl let out a startled yelp and looked at him. "Excuse me," he started, "I'm Mr. Right. Someone told me you were looking for me?"
Sango yet out another yelp and slapped the man across the face. "Her beauty numbs the pain..." Miroku muttered before falling backwards onto the ground.
Kouga looked over to see his letch of a friend sprawled out on the ground in front of a young girl. "Jesus, not again," he cried, walking to his friends side.
"I'm sorry," he apologized to the young girl, "my friend here just doesn't know where to draw the line."
Sango looked up at the boy. "Hey, I know you... you're Kouga, right?"
"Uhh, yeah, that's me. This here is my friend Miroku. He's a bit of a pervert, but he's not all that bad."
Sango looked down at her handiwork The boy she now knew as Miroku lay on the ground, half conscious and bleeding from the ear. "Oh my god! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to hit him that hard!"
Kouga laughed. "It's alright, he's used to getting slapped around."
"Besides," grunted the injured man, sitting up with a groan, "It was worth it."
"Hush you guys! If you keep this up Kagome's sure to notice us!" chided Ayame, who hadn't taken her eyes away from the unsuspecting couple the whole time.
Kouga quirked a brow. "Who are you guys? And why are you spying on Kagome?"
Sango gave a hushed laugh. "We're her roommates. I'm Sango, and this is Ayame."
"Sango..." Miroku muttered dreamily, "such a heavenly name..."
"What are you two doing here?" Ayame asked.
"We're spying on that baka, Inuyasha." Kouga answered.
"Inuyasha? Is that the guy who's with Kagome?"
"Yeah. We're his roomies," Miroku answered, offering his first intelligent statement in the conversation. He took up a seat next to Sango, a little close for her liking, and peered through the bush at his friend. Sango, thankful he wasn't paying attention to her, blushed at his closeness.
Kouga took the only open spot left behind the bush, between Sango and Ayame. It was a tight squeeze, but the four of them managed to conceal themselves perfectly. They locked their sight on Inuyasha and Kagome just as they took their seats in the ferris wheel.
The two continued making small talk as the ride made it's slow round, stopping every so often to let someone else on. "So, Inuyasha, what types of music do you like?" Kagome asked, looking for something to talk about. "Besides Jazz, obviously."
Inuyasha gave a small laugh. "I listen to a little but of everything, really. My musical interests are pretty evenly spread... except for rap. What about you? Do you have a favourite genre?"
Kagome giggled slightly, blushing. "You're probably going to laugh, but I've always like classic rock and... country..."
Inuyasha gave a light chuckle, more at her blush than her taste in music. An awkward moment passed, and Inuyasha got an idea. Without and warning, he started to sing.
"I'm gonna find my baby, gonna hold her tight,
Gonna grab some afternoon delight,
My motto's always been 'when it's right, it's right,'
Why wait until the middle of a cold dark night?"
Kagome laughed. She recognized the song as Afternoon Delight, by the Starland Vocal Band. She couldn't help but sing along.
"When everything's a little clearer in the light of day,
And you know the night is always gonna be there anyway,"
Inuyasha stopped singing as abruptly as he'd started, but Kagome went on. He laughed a bit, giving her his attention.
"Thinking' of you's workin' up my appetite,
Lookin' forward to a little afternoon delight,
Rubbin' sticks and stones together makes the sparks ignite,
And the thought of loving you is getting so exciting,"
Inuyasha couldn't help but join in as the song went into the chorus.
"Sky rockets in flight, afternoon delight,
Ahhh, afternoon delight,"
"That was crazy," Kagome said, giggling. Inuyasha nodded. A few awkward seconds passed.
"Afternoon delight," they finished in unison, breaking into another fit of laugher.
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Hours later, after a fun and eventful evening, Inuyasha found himself walking Kagome up the steps to her dorm building, making small talk and laughing. When they reached the door, he turned to look at her. "Ne, Kagome, I had a really fun time today," he said, slightly nervous. "Thanks for coming with me."
"Thanks for offering to bring me!" she said, smiling. "I had a blast!"
Inuyasha gave a soft chuckle. "Well, I guess I'll see you around then," he said.
"Yeah, I'll be seeing you..."
With that Inuyasha turned to go. He took a few steps towards the road before he heard Kagome call out to him. "Hey, Inuyasha!"
He turned around to ask what she wanted, feeling her lips press against his before he had time to say anything. At first he was shocked, but his face softened as he returned the kiss innocently. "Thanks again..." Kagome said after they parted, a blush creeping into her face. With that she turned and hurried into the dorm building.
Inuyasha stood for a few seconds, still shocked. A goofy smile crept onto his face. "Wooooo-hooo!" he cried, turning to leave with an extra spring in his step.
Sango and Ayame squealed in excitement from their perch next to the window as they watched Kagome kiss Inuyasha. "You go girl!" Ayame shouted, thankful for the double-layered glass windows.
Meanwhile, a few yards away in the boys dorm, Kouga was in the bathroom while Miroku kept watch. He cheered silently for his friend as he witnessed the kiss, careful about letting Kouga know what had happened. Sure, he knew Inuyasha was probably going to come in and tease him about it anyway, but Miroku still wanted to at least try to be sensitive to Kouga's feelings.
"What happened, what did I miss?" Kouga asked
"Nothing, nothing," Miroku lied. "Inuyasha just said goodnight, is all."
"Keh," grunted Kouga as he slung himself up onto his bunk, pulling the novel he had been reading earlier out from under his pillow.
"Hello buddies!" Inuyasha greeted, making his loud entrance. The goofy grin on his face had only grown while he walked back to his dorm.
"Ahh, hello there Inuyasha. How was your day?" Miroku asked, sweatdropping.
"Keh," Inuyasha snorted indignantly. "I have half a mind to ask you how my day was."
"Whatever do you mean, my friend?"
"I mean, next time you want to try and spy on me, you should do better than staying 2 cars behind me on the freeway and hiding in bushes less than ten feet away."
Miroku gave an innocent smile, raising his hands defensively. "I was just tagging along, I swear..."
"Keh," Kouga grunted from his spot on his bed.
"Ne, moron," Inuyasha said, staring at Kouga with a cocky grin on his face.
"What do you want, baka?"
Inuyasha laughed. "Nothing..." he said smugly.
"Keh, whatever. I don't have time to waste on someone as annoying as you." Kouga rolled over and flipped on his miniature book light.
"What do you guys say we just kill the lights and get some rest, ne?" Miroku asked, yawning.
"Sounds good to me," Inuyasha answered, grabbing his night clothes and heading for the bathroom.
When he stepped out again, he brushed past an angry Kouga, and made his way through the dark room to where his bed was suspended over his desk. Inuyasha sat for a while, staring blankly at the ceiling of the dark room. He absently brought the fingers of his right hand to the spot where Kagome's lips had met his less than an hour ago. 'So,' he thought to himself, 'what happens next?'
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A/N: You like? I thought it came out pretty good.
As always, leave your thoughts in your review, and I'll try to get the next chapter out ASAP.