Just A Little Bit
Kagome looked at the classroom clock expectantly. The seconds ticked by agonizingly slow and she was sure she would go insane before that blissful noise split her eardrums into pieces.
RRRIIINNNGGG!
Finally! Kagome, as well as all the other students in the school, gathered their things and rushed out of the school. Kagome gave a happy sigh of relief. It was officially the weekend! Time for sleep, food, and bumming around the house!
"Kag-chan!"
Kagome turned, searching for the source of the voice. Finally she spotted it. "Kaijin-kun!"
The boy squirmed his way through the traffic jam of students and grinned at her. "Hey, I wanted to know if you wanted to do something this weekend."
Instantly Kagome felt her cheeks heat up. She tried to distract herself from her obvious embarassment. "Like... what?"
Kaijin seemed a little embarassed as well at this question. "Like... a movie?" As if being overcome by a sudden fear of rejection, Kaijin began to backpedal furiously. "What am I thinking? You got stuff to do, right? I was stupid for asking. You probably are going to the movies with someone else. Sorry about that. I hope you can forgive me for asking and stuff because--"
Kagome clamped a hand down over his mouth, a smile tugging at the corners of her lips. "I'd love to go to the movies with you, Kaijin-kun. What time and day?" She removed her hand to allow him to speak.
He opened his mouth, closed it, then managed to find his voice. "S-Saturday at eight?"
Kagome smiled. "Sounds great!"
"Great! I'll pick you up tomorrow then."
"Okay, see ya, Kaijin-kun!" Kagome turned and began the walk home, more cheerful than she had been in a long while.
Kagome stood in the doorway to her room, gaping openly. "What are you doing here!"
Inuyasha turned his head and shot her a "look". "I was waiting for you to get back, obviously."
"But WHY?"
"Because it's time for you to come back. We got shards to hunt for, you know!"
"I can't go back until after tomorrow." Kagome walked to her desk, purposely avoiding eye contact with Inuyasha.
"What! Why!"
"I... I..."
"Spit it out!"
Kagome went on the defensive. "I don't have to justify myself to you, Inuyasha! I'm not going back until after tomorrow so you might as well go back!"
"Not until you give me one good reason why I should let you stay here that long!"
"Because I have a date!" Kagome's hand flew over her mouth, wishing she could rip the words right out of the air and run them through a paper shredder.
Inuyasha stared at her blankly. "What's a date?"
Kagome nearly fainted. 'Thank you, Inuyasha, for being ignorant!' "Nothing, nevermind, just go!" The miko practically shoved the hanyou out of her window. Snapping said window shut, Kagome turned and flopped onto her bed. "Thank goodness...!"
Inuyasha arrived back in Sengoku Jidai some 2 minutes later, blank and confused look still on his face.
"Well?" Miroku asked expectantly. "Where's Kagome?"
"Did you make her mad again?" asked Sango.
Inuyasha looked at them both. "What's a date?"
Miroku looked at Inuyasha, shrugged, then looked at Sango. Inuyasha followed suit.
"Why is everyone staring at me!"
"You're the one she talks to the most. What's a date?" Miroku asked.
Sango paled. 'Damn it, Kagome! Leaving me with all the difficult questions!'
"Well?" Inuyasha snapped impatiently, tucking his hands into the sleeves of his haori.
"A... a date... is a word used for..." Sango coughed, "... courting--"
"WHAT!"
"--in Kagome's era," Sango finished, sweatdropping.
Inuyasha was fuming. "Like HELL is she going to-- and then she-- and she said-- HELL!" Inuyasha turned and got ready to leap back down the well, but something prevented him from doing so.
POOF!
"DAMMIT!"
Shippou grinned smugly. "You're not going to ruin Kagome's date, Inuyasha."
Inuyasha shot Shippou a menacing glare. "You. You get this off of me RIGHT NOW!" He jerked his head at the rock--no, not a rock, a BOULDER--now attached to his palm.
"Never!" Shippou cried in rebellion, taking off at a run for Kaede's village. It wasn't wise to be in the presence of a angry Inuyasha.
"BRAT! GET BACK HERE!"
"It's going to be a long couple of days," Miroku commented dryly.
"Yeah," Sango nodded. "Very long."
Kagome awoke Saturday morning around 10am, taking her sweet time to become fully awake. She lounged in her bed for about fifteen minutes, soaking in the feeling of waking up in her warm bed, covered in fluffy blankets with a soft pillow under her head instead of an assorted collection of pebbles.
"So nice," she sighed happily, rolling over and finally getting out of bed. Still in her pajamas, Kagome walked downstairs and fell back into the couch, joining her brother in watching Saturday morning cartoons.
"Morning," her brother mumbled through his cartoon-trance.
"Morning," she replied.
"Kagome? Is that you?"
"Yes, Mama, it's me."
"Do you have any clothes you need washed, dear? I'm doing laundry today."
"I already put my stuff in the hamper by the washer."
"Okay, thank you."
"No, Mom," Kagome smiled. "Thank YOU."
She heard her mother chuckle, then went back to watching the TV.
After a few hours of mindless cartoon-watching, Souta and Kagome joined the family for lunch. Afterwards, Souta went back to the TV to play video games while Kagome got stuck sweeping the porch and stone paths. Such is the curse of living on a shrine...
Grumbling, said girl began the long task of sweeping. The Goshinboku tree caught her eye, though, and Kagome set the broom down to inspect the old tree.
"You've been around for a long time, haven't you?" she murmured, running her fingers along the creases in the bark and over the hole in its depths. "Kikyou's arrow pierced right through Inuyasha's heart and stuck fast into the trunk of Goshinboku. Even after all these years the tree still carries the scar of the past."
Kagome shook her head. Why was she thinking of this now of all times? She had a date in a few hours. Kagome looked up into the branches of the old tree. "I'm so confused. I was sure I loved Inuyasha and only Inuyasha, but now I'm getting feelings for Kaijin... where does my heart lie?"
Shaking herself free of her troublesome thoughts, Kagome picked up the broom and hurriedly finished her sweeping. She had to get ready for her date soon.