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Chapter 7 - First Try
Inuyasha could feel Kagome stiffen as he pushed her in. Had he hurt her? But then her eyes grew soft and they took on a dreamy gaze.
"Damn." Inuyasha swore under his breath.
He knew what he'd see when he looked away from her, and sure enough, there was nerdboy. So much for looking uninterested.
And for a minute, he'd been distracted from his mission to get the two together.
Inuyasha could feel Kagome's heart pounding as she smiled her quirky smile and said, "Hi, Abe."
She sounded kind of breathless, which irritated Inuyasha a lot.
"Chemistry, right?" Abe asked.
'What? Abe isn't sure what class Kagome's in? Oh right, she's a geek.' Inuyasha thought.
Kagome bobbed her head up and down.
'Damn, is she pathetic! Can't she see that this guy isn't worth the trouble if he isn't even sure which class he had with her? Nerdboy probably keeps his nose buried in some book and doesn't know anything at all about showing a girl a good time.'
"May I help you?"
Inuyasha almost barfed. 'Yeah, you bastard. You can help by paying a little more attention to the girl I've got my arm around. The one who's looking at you exactly the way I told her not to, like you hang the stars.'
Abe, being the clueless nerd he was, was apparently calculating his commission on a sale.
"Uh...yeah, sure. I want to buy a computer, something with a big hard drive."
Abe's eyes lit up. "So you want power?"
"Yeah, I like my computers like I like my cars...fast."
"Ah, yes, I can relate," he stated. Abe started explaining to them the capabilities of the computer he had brought the pair in front of.
'I wonder if he's able to relate if I had compared a computer to a girl. He's so damn focused on his demonstration and so not focused on Kagome. And after all the trouble I've gone through!'
Inuyasha glanced over at Kagome to see if she had realized nerdboy hadn't even noticed her. But obviously she hadn't because she seemed to be clinging to the nerd's every word as if he were Inuyasha. Well, that is, Inuyasha to every other girl other than Kagome.
'She never looks at me like that. How can she possibly like this guy?'
"So are you interested in this computer?"
Inuyasha pulled Kagome a little closer against his side. "I'm not nearly as interested in it as I am in Kagome."
Kagome shifted uncomfortably. 'Was what he just said true? Wait...no, impossible. He would never go for a girl like you! He's doing this on his deal, remember? How can he just let a lie just simply roll off his tongue?' Kagome couldn't stay any longer. She was utterly embarrassed by what Inuyasha had just told Abe.
"I have to go," she whispered before she hurried out of the store.
Inuyasha could feel Abe looking at him, so he turned back to Abe and shrugged. "She's pretty cute for a brain, huh?"
"Do you want the computer?"
'Oh my GOD! Is this guy serious?! I want to talk about babes, and he wants to talk about computers? What could Kagome possibly see in a guy like him?'
"I'll think about it."
Inuyasha walked out the store. He had to explain to Kagome that she had to stay with him if she expected him to get her a date with that loser.
When Inuyasha caught up with her, she was standing by the car, her head bowed down and her bangs shading her eyes.
"Hey, Kag."
Kagome turned to Inuyasha with tears in her eyes. Had he made her do that? He hated to see girls cry.
"You were supposed to make Abe notice me, not embarrass me!" she cried.
"I was making him notice you!"
"Is that what you call it? You were making him notice me by saying you're interested in me when that's such an absolute lie?" she shouted in his face.
"But it wasn-"
Had he really almost said that? 'But it wasn't a lie'? Inuyasha forced the words back. He wasn't interested in a geek like her. He wasn't interested in her quirky smiles, her intriguing conversations, her delicate shoulders, her dream to date a guy completely unworthy of her. Was he?
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'God, I feel so much better now that, thank the gods that grandpa gave me a facial to clear out my stress.'
Kagome was laying on her bed talking to Sango over the phone about the little fiasco that day.
"So you don't think Abe noticed you?"
Kagome could envision Sango sprawled on her bed, her feet paddling on the comforter. She could hear the Lost Prophets CD in the background.
"Ha! I think he noticed me, alright, but I don't want him to notice me with some guy's arm slung around me like I belonged to him."
"Like, he actually had his arm around you?" The background music fell silent and Kagome could tell that Sango was listening intently to what she was going to say next.
"That's right."
"How was his arm around you?"
"Are there different ways to sling your arm around someone?"
"Like, I mean, was his arm hanging off your shoulders, or did he have you pressed against his side?"
Kagome's face grew red as she remembered how wonderful it had felt to be against Inuyasha's body. She'd never been that close to any guy before and had never expected it to be like two pieces of a puzzle clicking together. "We were standing pretty close..."
"How close?" Sango pried. "Could light pass between your bodies?"
"Of course," Kagome answered quickly. But now that she though of it, she wasn't really sure. Their hips had been touching. Kagome had had to adjust her stroll to make sure she didn't run into him. And just now, she realized how close together they had really been.
But Kagome knew he hadn't REALLY wanted to put his arm there. He was doing it to keep his end of the bargain. But for an insane heartbeat, Kagome had wished his arm was there because he wanted to be close to her. Her, Kagome the Nerd. She had wished for a split second that maybe he had realized she could just be Kagome with no label.
"So what're you going to do?"
"Call it off, of course! Before it'll get any worse. But since he at least tried, do you think I still have to go to the dance with him?"
"I'm sorry to inform you, but yeah. Because if you don't call off the deal, he would still help you."
Kagome groaned. She had figured that if she went to the dance with him, she would just hang around with him. But if he was 'just' slinging his arm around her at the computer store...he hadn't even really meant it. But for some reason, the thought depressed Kagome as much as embarrassing herself in front of Abe.
"Yeah, anyways, did I tell you what topic I'm doing for AP history?"
"No..."
"Well. I'm studying these two really interesting ancient swords."
"And you're telling me because..."
"Well...they are ancient swords, the Tetsusaiga and Tensaiga."
"Ok..."
"I don't know how to say this, but...I'm pretty sure I found the ORIGINAL one in my locker."
"Are you sure? I mean it is a really old sword right?"
"Well...my grandpa also studies old artifacts and he even says it's the real one."
"Do you know who put it in there?"
"That's what I'm trying to figure out."
"Kagome, you've got company!" Mrs. Higurashi called.
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Crystaltears: hehe, another cliffie!! But I'll tell u it's not who u expect it to be.
DEVL41: hey, guess what? Our stories getting there, I mean getting popular-er every chapter!
kagomesheart: thx
mangagirl626:I like cliffhangers and so does crystaltears...we actually updated pretty fast this time.
Kylio: thx for reading our story! But don't stop reading mine, hehe, thx a lot for the review.
Remix-69er: it is an inukag fic and who else could make the PERFECT couple.
Darksoulofone: well...here's the next chapter.
Pinayazngrl: I remember you...hehe, thx for the review
Punkkagome: lol
Judif08: NOO!! Don't get mad!! Hehe...get glad
Angevil725: Hey yall. Thx once more for reading this story. You guyz make us feel so luved!! So thx once more.
Disclaimer: We seriously do not have any reason to believe that any of you would be stupid enough to believe that we own Inuyasha. Cuz we DON'T!!!!!
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Chapter 7 - First Try
Inuyasha could feel Kagome stiffen as he pushed her in. Had he hurt her? But then her eyes grew soft and they took on a dreamy gaze.
"Damn." Inuyasha swore under his breath.
He knew what he'd see when he looked away from her, and sure enough, there was nerdboy. So much for looking uninterested.
And for a minute, he'd been distracted from his mission to get the two together.
Inuyasha could feel Kagome's heart pounding as she smiled her quirky smile and said, "Hi, Abe."
She sounded kind of breathless, which irritated Inuyasha a lot.
"Chemistry, right?" Abe asked.
'What? Abe isn't sure what class Kagome's in? Oh right, she's a geek.' Inuyasha thought.
Kagome bobbed her head up and down.
'Damn, is she pathetic! Can't she see that this guy isn't worth the trouble if he isn't even sure which class he had with her? Nerdboy probably keeps his nose buried in some book and doesn't know anything at all about showing a girl a good time.'
"May I help you?"
Inuyasha almost barfed. 'Yeah, you bastard. You can help by paying a little more attention to the girl I've got my arm around. The one who's looking at you exactly the way I told her not to, like you hang the stars.'
Abe, being the clueless nerd he was, was apparently calculating his commission on a sale.
"Uh...yeah, sure. I want to buy a computer, something with a big hard drive."
Abe's eyes lit up. "So you want power?"
"Yeah, I like my computers like I like my cars...fast."
"Ah, yes, I can relate," he stated. Abe started explaining to them the capabilities of the computer he had brought the pair in front of.
'I wonder if he's able to relate if I had compared a computer to a girl. He's so damn focused on his demonstration and so not focused on Kagome. And after all the trouble I've gone through!'
Inuyasha glanced over at Kagome to see if she had realized nerdboy hadn't even noticed her. But obviously she hadn't because she seemed to be clinging to the nerd's every word as if he were Inuyasha. Well, that is, Inuyasha to every other girl other than Kagome.
'She never looks at me like that. How can she possibly like this guy?'
"So are you interested in this computer?"
Inuyasha pulled Kagome a little closer against his side. "I'm not nearly as interested in it as I am in Kagome."
Kagome shifted uncomfortably. 'Was what he just said true? Wait...no, impossible. He would never go for a girl like you! He's doing this on his deal, remember? How can he just let a lie just simply roll off his tongue?' Kagome couldn't stay any longer. She was utterly embarrassed by what Inuyasha had just told Abe.
"I have to go," she whispered before she hurried out of the store.
Inuyasha could feel Abe looking at him, so he turned back to Abe and shrugged. "She's pretty cute for a brain, huh?"
"Do you want the computer?"
'Oh my GOD! Is this guy serious?! I want to talk about babes, and he wants to talk about computers? What could Kagome possibly see in a guy like him?'
"I'll think about it."
Inuyasha walked out the store. He had to explain to Kagome that she had to stay with him if she expected him to get her a date with that loser.
When Inuyasha caught up with her, she was standing by the car, her head bowed down and her bangs shading her eyes.
"Hey, Kag."
Kagome turned to Inuyasha with tears in her eyes. Had he made her do that? He hated to see girls cry.
"You were supposed to make Abe notice me, not embarrass me!" she cried.
"I was making him notice you!"
"Is that what you call it? You were making him notice me by saying you're interested in me when that's such an absolute lie?" she shouted in his face.
"But it wasn-"
Had he really almost said that? 'But it wasn't a lie'? Inuyasha forced the words back. He wasn't interested in a geek like her. He wasn't interested in her quirky smiles, her intriguing conversations, her delicate shoulders, her dream to date a guy completely unworthy of her. Was he?
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'God, I feel so much better now that, thank the gods that grandpa gave me a facial to clear out my stress.'
Kagome was laying on her bed talking to Sango over the phone about the little fiasco that day.
"So you don't think Abe noticed you?"
Kagome could envision Sango sprawled on her bed, her feet paddling on the comforter. She could hear the Lost Prophets CD in the background.
"Ha! I think he noticed me, alright, but I don't want him to notice me with some guy's arm slung around me like I belonged to him."
"Like, he actually had his arm around you?" The background music fell silent and Kagome could tell that Sango was listening intently to what she was going to say next.
"That's right."
"How was his arm around you?"
"Are there different ways to sling your arm around someone?"
"Like, I mean, was his arm hanging off your shoulders, or did he have you pressed against his side?"
Kagome's face grew red as she remembered how wonderful it had felt to be against Inuyasha's body. She'd never been that close to any guy before and had never expected it to be like two pieces of a puzzle clicking together. "We were standing pretty close..."
"How close?" Sango pried. "Could light pass between your bodies?"
"Of course," Kagome answered quickly. But now that she though of it, she wasn't really sure. Their hips had been touching. Kagome had had to adjust her stroll to make sure she didn't run into him. And just now, she realized how close together they had really been.
But Kagome knew he hadn't REALLY wanted to put his arm there. He was doing it to keep his end of the bargain. But for an insane heartbeat, Kagome had wished his arm was there because he wanted to be close to her. Her, Kagome the Nerd. She had wished for a split second that maybe he had realized she could just be Kagome with no label.
"So what're you going to do?"
"Call it off, of course! Before it'll get any worse. But since he at least tried, do you think I still have to go to the dance with him?"
"I'm sorry to inform you, but yeah. Because if you don't call off the deal, he would still help you."
Kagome groaned. She had figured that if she went to the dance with him, she would just hang around with him. But if he was 'just' slinging his arm around her at the computer store...he hadn't even really meant it. But for some reason, the thought depressed Kagome as much as embarrassing herself in front of Abe.
"Yeah, anyways, did I tell you what topic I'm doing for AP history?"
"No..."
"Well. I'm studying these two really interesting ancient swords."
"And you're telling me because..."
"Well...they are ancient swords, the Tetsusaiga and Tensaiga."
"Ok..."
"I don't know how to say this, but...I'm pretty sure I found the ORIGINAL one in my locker."
"Are you sure? I mean it is a really old sword right?"
"Well...my grandpa also studies old artifacts and he even says it's the real one."
"Do you know who put it in there?"
"That's what I'm trying to figure out."
"Kagome, you've got company!" Mrs. Higurashi called.
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Crystaltears: hehe, another cliffie!! But I'll tell u it's not who u expect it to be.