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The best years of our lives

Chapter 5: lets do lunch

Miroku stared at InuYasha a bit as they stood in the busy hallway. "Uh…yeah! Everything is peachy! Like I said, I just want to hang with my best bud."

InuYasha smiled for the first time in a long time. "Cool. What were you thinking of doing?"

Miroku thought for a moment. "Since we both have a pretty long break, I was thinking of going somewhere to eat."

"Sounds good to me. I'm starving!" InuYasha covered his growling stomach with his arm.

"I wonder if they have a place that sells pickles!"

"That would be awesome! Lets go!"

InuYasha started to walk out the front doors as Miroku walked next him. Even though he was happy about InuYasha wanting to spend time with him, Miroku was still wondering what was going on.

'Why is InuYasha being like this? Acting like Kagome, Sango and myself don't exist. Now he acts if nothing has ever happened. I guess it's time for some questioning.'

InuYasha and Miroku weren't sure where they were going, but they ended up at a small sit down restaurant. As soon as they found a booth to sit in, a waitress came to serve them.

"Welcome to the Hungry Joe. How can I serve you?" The waitress said, taking out her notepad.

Without skipping a beat, InuYasha jumped up to the question. "Do you have any giant pickles?"

"Yes we do, would you like that?"

"Yes please, two if you don't mind."

"OK…and what about you sir?" She asked, now looking at Miroku.

"Um…I'll just have a Coke for now."

"OK…I'll be out with your orders momentarily."

"I hope these pickles are just as good as the ones back home." InuYasha commented, grabbing some napkins.

"Nothing can beat the ones at home. Anyway, the reason I asked to come with me. What's up?" Miroku tried to start into the best he could without InuYasha exploding.

"I'm good, you? Heh…this is a weird way of asking me how I am…going somewhere then doing that." InuYasha chuckled a bit.

"No…I mean, what's up with you totally giving Kagome, as well as Sango and myself, the cold shoulder treatment?"

"Here's your Coke, sir," The waitress interrupted, placing the drink in front of Miroku. "Your pickles will be a few more minutes." She addressed InuYasha and walked away to another table.

"Anyway," Miroku sipped his drink. "Why are you doing that?"

Miroku could tell that InuYasha's emotion automatically switched from happy to angry. InuYasha leaned back and folded his arms.

"What's it to you?" InuYasha softly snapped.

"Because I'm concerned. You're my best friend and you know right from wrong that Kagome and Sango are our good friends. And obviously we've been noticing how you've been acting lately." Miroku tried to reconcile.

"If you're so concerned you should've done something sooner."

"I tried! But Rin has you wrapped around her finger so tight that I can't get to you."

InuYasha fell silent.

"Sorry about the delay, here are your pickles sir." The waitress interrupted again, giving InuYasha his food.

InuYasha looked up at her, smiled and nodded. After she left, InuYasha grabbed the first one and devoured it in one bite. Miroku smirked. Nothing has changed about InuYasha's eating habits.

"I know things ended pretty bad when Kagome and Sango were in town, but you should know that she still has strong feelings for you. She's just afraid of you and your reactions." Miroku started again.

"Why is she afraid of me?" InuYasha grumbled.

"She's afraid of you not liking her back. And I can see why. You started to like her and showed it too, but then totally blew her off. She was so hurt. Face it, you're not good with emotions and she's afraid of what you'll do. From what I see, you have no problem with Rin. You like her or something?"

"Quit bringing up Rin."

"Why? Do you like her?"

"What's it to you?"

"I'M YOUR BEST FRIEND! I'm worried about you and Kagome."

"It's her fault that this happened. If she wanted me then she should've came for me."

"HELLO! Did I just not tell you that she was afraid and you hurt her!" Miroku leaned over the table, getting into InuYasha's face.

"Back off man!" InuYasha pushed Miroku back down.

"Just tell me what's going on. I promise I won't tell the girls. I'm worried about you."

InuYasha folded his arms and looked away.

Miroku sighed. "Fine…at least tell me if you have a thing for Rin or not."

InuYasha stayed silent again.

"Dude…you're killing me here. Ok, ok. Answer me this then. Why have you been ignoring me since you've been with Rin?"

InuYasha turned and glared at him. Miroku made a gesture saying that he was waiting for an answer.

InuYasha looked down and sighed. "Because…you were with Sango…"

Miroku leaned back, not really satisfied. "Ok…I guess that's somewhat of a start. On to the next question. Do you like Rin?"

"D!mn it man! I told you to let it go!" InuYasha snapped while slamming his fist on the table, making pickle juice fly everywhere.

Miroku knew that InuYasha liked Rin, but clearly InuYasha didn't want to admit it. "I'll let it go when you tell me!" Miroku tried to stay calm, even though there we're some people now staring at them.

"You know what…fine! Don't say I didn't do anything for you…" InuYasha gave a long pause while Miroku looked at him intently. "Yes, I do like Rin. There's something different about her that I like."

Miroku tried as best as he could to hold back a smart comment. "So what does that mean about you and Kagome?"

"What do you mean?"

"Do you have feelings for Kagome or not anymore?"

"Duh! No…"

Miroku looked at InuYasha's facial expression. It was different now. InuYasha had a concerned look on his face.

"You ok man? You look worried."

"I…I'm fine…just don't tell anyone, ok?" InuYasha grabbed his last pickle and got up. He took one final look at Miroku and walked out of the doors.

Miroku asked for the check and paid for the food once he received it. He couldn't help but think what was going on. He knew more than he did before, but there was something that InuYasha was hiding. Possibly something that InuYasha didn't know himself.

'How could he drop Kagome like that? They were perfect for each other and InuYasha just dropped her like yesterday's trash. Kagome is going to be devastated if she finds out. Should I tell her or not?' Miroku thought heavily in his mind.

While deep in thought, Miroku began to walk out of the restaurant. He wasn't paying attention and ran into somebody on the sidewalk right outside the doors. When Miroku looked up to see who it was he couldn't believe it.