Part Four : You Say He Likes Me
Kagome found herself blushing furiously as she stared at her three, counting Kirara, four, friends. First she'd told them she needed to talk to them, and then she just sat there blushing. She had to look into their blank faces and she sighed heavily. Why was admitting your feelings, particularly this feeling, such a difficult feat? Love wasn't hard to offer, nor was it hard to accept, it was hard to admit.
"I... I like Inuyasha..." She could literally feel her face turn a shade darker than crimson.
There was a moment of silence, and the expressions on their faces didn't change. It felt like their eyes were digging into her and there was nothing she could do about it.
"Oh, is that all?" Sango said after a moment.
"To be honest, we already knew that," Shippou said as he leaned back on his hands.
Miroku nodded in agreement. "True, very true. You haven't done too good a job hiding it, Kagome."
She sighed defeatedly. This was just great. They ALL already knew. Did that mean Inuyasha already knew, too? And that he just didn't care? No. That probably wasn't the situation. Inuyasha could be pretty think-headed about things like these. If anything, he just didn't know. He was completely oblivious to he feelings.
Why didn't that surprise her very much?
"If you already knew about me... does that mean tha Inuyasha... likes me the same way?" she asked them.
An awkward silence followed after she asked that. They looked amongst one another and all heaved heavy sighs.
"I'm sorry, Kagome," Sango apologized. "It's not our place to tell you. If anything, it should already be apparent."
"I don't know... sometimes I think he only treats me nicely is so that I don't leave with the jewel shards again."
At that thought, Kagome felt like crying. Inuyasha really had been such a jerk to her back then. And he didn't start being nicer to her until she took off that one day, not telling him where she was going. That was when Yura attacked. Of course, he didn't know that Yura had a shard of the jewel yet.
"Don't be so pessimistic, Kagome," Miroku scolded. "Why don't you try telling him how you feel? Maybe then he'll tell you how he feels."
"He likes you, Kagome," Shippou encouraged. "Now go find out how much!"
"You say he likes me... but he doesn't always act like it."
"And neither do you," Sango added.
Kagome sighed. They were right. But still, even if Shippou said he liked her, that didn't make it official or anything. She'd have to find out directly from Inuyasha himself. And that was her resolve. To find out from that stubborn hanyou if he really did like her.
"And where might Inuyasha have gotten to?" Kaede asked as she entered her hut and found that Inuyasha had left. "I don't suppose that he's off hunting jewel shards on his own?"
Kagome giggled, "No, I talked him out of it."
Kaede nodded.
"You should all be getting some sleep now. It's late, and you'll be wanting an early start tomorrow morning, hm?" she suggested, walking over to her store of herbs and medicines. "The young boy should be okay by tomorrow..."
"We were glad to be of service," Miroku said, nodding to her. He gave Sango a strange grin and she whacked him with the nearest 'weapon' she could find. A typical moment.
Kagome and Shippou laughed, and Kirara made a few little chirping sounds.
"Okay, tomorrow I'll tell him! So you guys have to find a reason to split away for just a little while," Kagome demanded. They all shook their heads. "Thanks! This time I'll be able to do it! I know I will!"