Chapter 5: insecurities, (a shoulder to lean on)
Kagome, Kagome did you hear about the Fuyu ball coming up?" Sango asked running up toher and Kikyo.
"Yeah I heard this morning," she answered closing her locker and giving her friends her full attention.
"You got anybody to go with?" Kikyo asked
"Hey why don't you go with Kouga?" Sango said, unaware that she just struck a touchy subject.
"I donno" she said quietly.
"Yeah you two are close" Kikyo urged, "speak of the devil, here comes Kouga now"
Kouga walked up the corridor then walked straight past them like they weren't even there. Kagome looked at her feet, unable to look into her friends' inquiring eyes."Kagome, what just happened?" Kikyo asked
"What do you mean?" Kagome asked lamely
"Kouga just walked right past you as if you were invisible," Sango pointed out.
"I'd rather not talk about it", a tear slid silently down her cheek, she sniffed loudly and brushed it away. "So who are you going with?" she asked trying to sound happy, then nearly smacked herself silly when she realized how stupid that question was, the answer was as plain as day 'stupid baka' she thought
"Kagome what's going on?" Kikyo asked.
Admitting defeat, Kagome sighed and retold the story. "Two weeks ago, at the ens of the meet, Kouga kissed me..." this brought gasps from the two, "... and told me he loved me..." even more gasps, "... but I told him I only wanted his friendship and from then on he hasn't even looked at me" she tried to hold back tears but the more she tried the more they came down. "I'm sorry I need to go" she sobbed and ran off.
"Ka... gome" Sango said
"Poor girl" Kikyo said both looking down the hall as their friend's figure disappeared in the throng of students. Inuyasha and Miroku walked up,
"What's going on here?" Inu asked, "What did we miss?"
"Its nothing" Sango said shaking her head.
Kagome ran through the halls, ignoring the curious glances and comments she got, she ran around a couple corners, up a couple stairs to the only place she knew she could be alone; the roof, or so she thought. She sat down on a ledge and pulled her feet to her chest and sobbed. Sesshomaru, who just so happened to be sitting in a tree nearby, heard her and landed on the roof."Kagome what's wrong?" he asked. She looked at him and sniffled, trying her hardest to wipe away all of her tears,
"Its nothing" she lied, her voice cracking because of all the crying. He sat beside her, and hugged her against him,
"Tell me what's wrong"
"Its—its just the whole Kouga thing that's bothering me"
"Oh that again"
"Its just that I didn't get a chance to apologize to him"
"Stop worrying about him"
"I'm trying"
"This might lift your spirits." He pulled to face him.
"What?" she looked curiously at him, her eyes shone with unshed tears
"Come to the Fuyu ball with me?" her face lit up,
"I'd love to!" she squealed he kissed her forehead and she squeezed him
tbc...