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"So…" Miroku began with a thoughtful smirk on his face, "Where shall we go?"

Sango grinned and gave her suggestion of going to the movie theatre, and Miroku consented, so they began their walk to the closet one, Miroku leading the way since he knows the area better than her.

On the way there, they debated over which film they should watch. Miroku didn't like Sango's idea of seeing "Aiko in Love" since, judging by the title, it would be a sappy chick flic, so he suggested a scary movie. Not wanting to be burdensome or seem like a wuss, Sango agreed to see "Attack of the Night Creatures" anyway.

"Really? We can see 'Attack of the Night Creatures' then? That's great! I've been dieing to see it since I saw the commercials."

Sango, who doesn't watch much TV, didn't know about the movie or how scary it was. Miroku smiled devilishly as his eyes lowered to the face of the girl walking alongside him.

"Hmm…" he said, without meaning to.

"What?" Sango's eyes flicked up to meet his gaze, wondering what was on his mind.

"Oh, nothing." After a long pause of silence, it was clear that Sango was interested in hearing him give an explanation to his earlier "hmm." "Well, you just don't seem like the scary movie fanatic that I am."

To be honest, Sango knew Miroku was right. She generally liked a range of movies- romance, comedy, action- but couldn't handle many horror movies. They were now standing outside the movie theatre, and Sango could feel that Miroku was waiting for her to admit that she would rather see something else, but she didn't want to let him win, so she lied, "No! I love scary movies! I own both DVDs of 'The Ring' and 'The Grudge', even the American versions with Japanese subtitles."

Miroku looked at her distrusting, so she continued and won his confidence in her story by adding, "I really like the American horror films too, like White Noise, but nothing can compare to the classic of the original 'The Exorcist'."

Miroku nodded vigorously, with a serious look on his face, "I agree. All of the newer releases of 'The Exorcist' were absolute crap in comparison…"

As Miroku continued on his speech, Sango breathed a sigh of relief that she'd read that random article in the paper about American horror films a few months ago. With Miroku still giving his opinion on current and vintage American horror movies, they made their way to the ticket counter where Sango told the lady politely, "Two tickets for the next showing of 'Attack of the Night Creatures', please."

The girl looked to be about 19 with a pierced nose and her hair died and curled to look like the lead actress in 'Attack of the Night Creatures', wearing a deep crimson colored lipstick and heavy eyeliner with what had to be fake eyelashes. Her tag read, "Hi, my name's LOLA" and under it, a stick promoting the movie that Miroku and Sango were about to go watch. She slid the two tickets under the hole in the glass, her rough voice coming over the intercom, "That'll be 2,377 yen." As Sango shuffled through her purse to find her wallet, Miroku put up his hand to protest, explaining that "a guy should pay." Sango blushed, feeling slightly guilty that she hadn't paid for her own ticket at least. Miroku handed the girl the money with her response, "Thank you and enjoy the show."

"Well," Miroku turned to Sango as they walked inside the theatre, nearing the concession counter, "Let's get some snacks."

After he finished telling his order to the man at the register, he told Sango to tell him what she wanted and Miroku would pay for it. The guilty feeling of having him pay for her movie ticket still nagging at her, Sango smiled shyly and whispered that she really wasn't hungry.

"Are you sure?" he asked almost skeptically, "What about something to drink?"

She insisted that she wasn't thirsty either, though about 15 minutes into the movie, Sango excused herself for a "bathroom break" to actually munch on popcorn, candy, and chips, while gulping down a Cherry Coke. When she returned (empty handed, of course), a little longer than a normal restroom break would take, Miroku gave her a slightly worried look, matched with Sango's response, "Feminine needs."

Miroku quickly looked uncomfortable, not wanting a further explanation, then his eyes darted back to the movie screen, not taking his eyes off it as he grabbed for his soda, slurping nervously then setting it back down. With his eyes still glued to the movie screen, he whispered to Sango about how she missed the Night Creature replicating itself into 100 Night Creatures. Sango nodded solemnly, trying to figure out a way to not watch the movie. Fall asleep? That would take care of the problem if only she had the ability to fall asleep despite all the screaming that the main character in the movie was doing… Maybe Miroku wouldn't notice if she just closed her eyes and plugged her ears? She guessed that it was worth a try… After about 5 minutes of trying that, Miroku noticed and poked Sango in the arm.

"Hey," he whispered after she opened her eyes and took her fingers out of her ears, "What're you doing?"

Miroku couldn't help but to laugh at her lightly before she responded, "Uh, I was, um…" Sango tried desperately to think of something, "This is how I see how good the lighting and sound in here is. I compare and contrast the sound and light in here with how dark and quiet it is when I close my eyes and plug my ears."

Miroku didn't buy the weird explanation, "You're weird." Sango smiled weakly then looked back at the movie. When a crowd of Night Creatures crept up behind the main character, Sango tensed, and then, inadvertently, she hid her face on Miroku's shoulder. At first he was surprised when she first dove for his shoulder, but then he looked at her and smiled, feeling a strange, warm, melting feeling inside him that he wasn't used to. He let her remain there until she eased off him at the end of the movie.

"I suspected that you had only read that column in the paper a few months ago about American horror films. If you didn't like scary movies, why didn't you just say so?"

"I'm sorry…" Sango mumbled, looking down at her feet, a guilty feeling sinking in.

"No, it's okay. If you'd just told me, I would've been able to survive through 'Aiko in Love' or whatever you would've preferred to watch." Sango smiled at him weakly, and then he continued by saying, "Well, since you forced yourself to sit here with me through this movie, I'll sit through 'Aiko in Love' with you if you really have your heart set on seeing it. We still have time, if you'd like."

"I'd love to! Thank you so much!" Sango's attention diverted for a moment, then she suggested, "Why don't we go to the bathroom first, then go buy the tickets?"

Miroku agreed that it sounded like a good idea, and she smiled and waved as they headed to the different restrooms. Sango went into the bathroom, and then exited it, making a dash for the ticket counter. She wasn't about to let Miroku pay for their tickets again, so she waited through the short line and purchased tickets for herself and Miroku for the "Aiko in Love" showing that started… 5 minutes ago? Oh… Oh well, all they missed were the previews for other movies. After hurrying back to the bathrooms, she found a very puzzled looking Miroku walking around.

"Miroku?" Sango said with a smile.

"Huh? I thought you were still in the bathroom… Why were you coming from over there?" his simple brain couldn't put the puzzle pieces together.

Sango whipped out the tickets, squeezing one into his palm and she grabbed his hand and pulled him along to go see "Aiko in Love." The guy took their tickets and let them pass so they could go see the movie, as Sango explained on the way, "You bought the tickets for the movie you wanted to see so badly, so it only makes since that I pay for the movie that I wanted to see so badly, right? Well, you can't complain now. The deed's already done. And the movie started 5 minutes ago, so we need to rush, though we're probably only missing the previews."

Miroku still seemed a bit too overwhelmed, not saying more than, "Okay…" and following her. Luckily when they burst through the door of the movie, the last preview was ending, and the movie itself was just beginning. They found some seats on the end of the row near the back and sat, collecting their breath, Miroku preparing himself for a sappy romance movie. He nearly jumped out of his skin when the movie opened with a bloody war scene. Sango snickered to herself at his reaction, and then kept her focus on the movie, glancing over at him every so often, finding it amusing how he cowered during particularly gory scenes.

By the end of the movie, Miroku turned to Sango in shock as they stood and exited the theatre.

"Wow." Was all he could manage to get out of his mouth.

"Wow what?" Sango asked with a giggle.

"I just… I guess I wasn't expecting Aiko to be so much in love with violence and gore." He commented with a laugh.

"You were expecting a sappy love story, weren't you? You should never judge a book by its cover, you know… Don't worry; I'm not cruel enough to make you sit through a chic flic. I like action movies better." Sango concluded.

"Well, that's a relief. Anyway, I had fun."

"Yeah, me too." Sango admitted with a bit of a smile. "Too bad Kagome and InuYasha couldn't come."

"Right." Miroku said halfheartedly, though he was actually glad that he had some time with Sango by himself. "Maybe next time."

After resting on the bench outside the theatre for a while, drenched in the sunlight, they decided on their plan of action. Since Sango was supposed to be showed around the town today, they decided that they'd check out the nearby amusement park. Sango insisted on paying for her own ticket, of course.

When they got inside, they went on just about every ride that would cause someone to become nauseous- Sango forced Miroku to go on the front of every rollercoaster a few too many times.

"Come on, come on! Let's go again!" Sango cheered as she pulled him off the ride.

"Ugghhhhhrhhggg…" Miroku gurgled, looking slightly pale.

"Um… Are you feeling-" before Sango could finish her question, the contents of Miroku's stomach splattered all over Sango's shirt.

"Oh… sorry. I feel a lot better now…" Miroku said, wiping his mouth then noticing that he got Sango. "Oh! Sorry, I didn't know I threw up on you… Here, let me wipe it off for you…"

Sango grabbed his hand before he could try to wipe it off her chest, Miroku laughing weakly. "I'll get it." Sango said dryly.

"Well… You can't wear that… I know!" Miroku hit his fist into his palm. "Since we have all day passes, we can just leave the park and go to the clothes store across the street then come back."

Sango nodded, and then they left the park, laughing about the funny incident.

"Again, I'm so sorry about that…" Miroku apologized with a nervous laugh.

"It's okay. It's my fault for taking you on so many rollercoasters and spinning rides. I didn't know…" Sango trailed off, feeling guilty as they walked into the store.

"Nah, it's okay. I wanted to go on them. Besides, how could I say no to such a beautiful girl?" Miroku smiled with a laugh.

She figured he must've been kidding since no one's ever said that about her before, but she still blushed, not knowing what to say. Thankfully, he changed the subject for her, grabbing a fancy deep red colored dress from the rack.

"Try this one on, Sango!" he said happily holding it up for her to see.

The saleswoman came by and looked through the rack to find that dress in Sango's size, then handed it to her, telling her, "Your boyfriend picked out a very nice one, ma'am. I think this one will accentuate your athletic body."

"Actually, he's, um, not my boyfriend." Sango mumbled, blushing, "But thanks… Uh… I'll go try this on…"

After a minute, Sango emerged, wearing the deep red colored dress. It had crimson colored sequins below the bust, and the skirt lay about mid-thigh, the bottom's length purposely uneven to look as if someone had attacked it with a pair of scissors. Sango shyly stepped out and turned around as the saleswoman and Miroku clapped.

"That looks hott on you!" Miroku shouted, making her blush.

Sango blushed an even deeper shade of red when the saleswoman jerked her eyes in Miroku's direction then back to Sango with a wink.

Miroku ripped off the tag and handed it to the saleswoman, telling her that they wanted the dress. As Miroku handed the woman $100, Sango's eyes grew big.

"Miroku! I don't have to have this dress! You can't spend so much money on me!" She reached for her wallet, but Miroku stopped her with a beatific smile, telling her, "It's okay; I want you to have this dress. Please. Let me?"

Sango somehow found herself out of fight. She'd find a way to repay him later, she figured, still blushing. The saleswoman thanked them, and then they made their way back to the park. When they got there, Miroku suggested going on the Ferris wheel.

While they waited in line, Sango thanked him quietly, "Thanks again for the dress…"

"It's okay, I threw up on your other clothes, remember?" he said with a laugh.

"Yeah, but I could've paid for it…"

"You look so beautiful in this one, so I had to buy it for you. I wouldn't have had it any other way."

Sango tried to be angry, still blushing, "You know, it's not nice calling someone that when you don't mean it… I don't like being made fun of…" She mumbled the last part.

"Calling you beautiful, you mean? I'm not making fun of you! I'm being sincere. You really do look it. I don't know why you'd think otherwise."

Sango didn't seem convinced. They moved forward in line, then to support his argument, Miroku stated confidently, "Did you see that?" the guy taking tickets just checked out Sango, smirking, happy with what he saw. "That guy just checked you out. Look around, he's not the only guy. All the guys have at least glanced your way, 'cause you look good! So give yourself a little more credit." He whispered to her.

Sango didn't know what to say, so they got onto the Ferris wheel quietly. And no words were exchanged until they began slowly reaching the sky.

"Wow, look at that sunset…" Sango smiled.

Her skin seemed to glow in the last rays of the sunset. Sango was focusing on the sun as it lowered itself into the sky, and Miroku couldn't keep his eyes off of Sango.

"Sango, will you be my girlfriend?" he asked.

Sango seemingly choked on air, because she was so surprised by the question. Once she collected herself, she told him yes.

Okay, sorry for not posting in 3 months… Well hopefully this long chapter made up for it? I hope I didn't make Miroku too forward… I hope you all liked the chapter, though I'm worried that I'm not keeping them in character… Sorry if you think that… Anyway, I'll post the next chapter once I get more reviews . Thanks all for reading and reviewing!

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