Just Friends?
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Chapter 2The four friends soon bought their food and sat down to eat. Kagome was still irritated at Inuyasha for arguing with her about her comment that he looked cute when asleep. Inuyasha had sputtered for a moment before yelling at her for staring at him when he was sleeping.
" Don't you have anything better to do wench, like listening in class for example, than looking at me when I'm asleep?"
"Well, who asked you to sleep in the first place? Huh? HUH? And I paid you a compliment, not an insult! Hrmph! " And Kagome had turned away, too angry at Inuyasha to notice the faint tinge of red on his cheeks that had stayed on throughout their argument.
At his side of the table, Inuyasha was also mulling over the squabble and poked at his food, moving the morsels around the plate. He glanced over at Kagome and saw that she was still looking miffed. That crazy girl... she can't possibly think that I'm cute… Frowning in consternation, the silver-haired boy felt a rush of warmth from his neck to his cheeks. Actually, I think she's pretty adorable too… Wait! That can't be true this cafeteria food must be messing up my brain. Forcing himself to stop glancing at Kagome's direction, Inuyasha finally started on the plate of food that he had been mindlessly poking at.
That two. Shaking his head at the sight of Kagome and Inuyasha resolutely avoiding looking at each other, Miroku looked at Sango, who turned away and looked determinedly at her bowl of ramen. Guess I'm not one to judge… Sighing inwardly, Miroku continued eating.
After the tension-filled lunch, the four split off to go for their different classes, Miroku and Sango to chemistry, Inuyasha and Kagome to physical education. As Inuyasha and Kagome were walking towards the basketball court, each was thinking about how awkward it was, walking in silence, when usually they would talk amiably.
"Inuyasha, I err…"
"Kagome, that… just now…"
The two broke off, embarrassed and actually slightly afraid about how the other would react to his/her own apology.
"Keh, what do you wanna say?" Hiding his own embarrassment underneath a layer of rudeness, Inuyasha stopped walking and stood, arms folded, glaring at Kagome.
"I… well…" Why should I apologize, it was him who didn't accept a compliment! Thinking that and the mere fact that Inuyasha had the gall to glare at her when she had been sincerely sorry about her part in the argument, Kagome stopped talking and glowered back at Inuyasha, whose tawny orbs were still intensely focused and narrowed on her. Standing in the middle of the deserted hallway, the two teenagers glared at each other in an unspoken test of glaring. It was then, like a veil being lifted from his eyes, that Inuyasha really, seriously, looked at Kagome for the first time since they had become friends. Unknowingly, his golden glare softened as he stared at Kagome. This girl, only she dares to glare back at me. This girl, the most beautiful girl I've ever seen… He couldn't seem to tear his gaze away from Kagome.
Kagome was beginning to feel shy, her anger slipping quietly away, as Inuyasha's eyes began to caress her, roving over her face, finally stopping at her eyes. Trembling slightly, Kagome returned his gaze, staring into his beautiful eyes and finding them flashing with some unknown emotion. She changed her gaze to his hair, the shimmering silver, and the softness as some wayward strands rested gently on his forehead. Inuyasha… Her gaze, as though pulled by some magnetic attraction, landed on his lips, the most perfectly sculpted ones she had ever seen.
Closer and closer they came, each unaware, yet vibrantly conscious of that fact. Nose touched nose, rubbed slightly against the other. Then the lips. Inuyasha tasted ecstasy in the first, hesitant touch of the teenage girl's mouth to his own. Slanting his head so that his mane of hair cascaded down to the side, Inuyasha deepened the kiss and felt a hitherto sense of rightness settle over him when he felt her response. "Kagome…" Breathing her name, Inuyasha's arms circled the girl and squeezed her closer, sighing against her lips. His arms felt as though they could never get enough of the girl they were holding so tightly, so protectively.
Kagome felt a fuzzy feeling that started faintly somewhere in the regions of her stomach before it clutched her heart. The ache echoing inside of her, Kagome nuzzled her head against the hard chest of the boy who was holding her so tightly. Her arms were likewise embracing his midriff, the ache inside of her causing her to hug him tighter, never wanting to let go. Mine…