Kagome sat on her bed, exhausted. She had never been so happy to be alone. She flopped on her bed and immediately grabbed her favorite teddy bear. Mr. Snuggums was the perfect man- he would never make her betray her best friend, and she was pretty sure that a teddy bear could never make her as confused as she was now. As she desperately tried to gather her thoughts, she was interrupted by the ringing of the telephone.
She wiped the tears from her eyes, and tried to take the fear that she knew would be in her voice out. "Hello?" she said. She recognized the voice on the other end to be Sango's.
"Kagome! You'll never guess what happened."
"Glad someone's happy at least" Kagome thought to herself. "What?"
"Miroku asked me out! I'm sooo happy!"
Kagome opened her mouth, but the words wouldn't come out. Her heart skipped a beat, and her mind went blank. All she could manage to choke out was "congratulations."
Congratulations? CONGRATULATIONS! What was she thinking? That was the problem. She wasn't thinking. "I have to go. Bye Sango." She hung up the phone before she said something she would regret.
Why had Miroku asked another girl out when he had kissed her only moments earlier? How could he do something so vile? Kagome wanted to hate him, she really, really did- but for some reason, she couldn't.
It wasn't as if she didn't have a good enough reason. But all she could think about was that kiss, and the deep look in Miroku's eyes. For one brief moment, she thought once again of sleeping with Miroku, making sure he wouldn't ever cheat on her again- but that wasn't logical. That was probably her second biggest problem right now. Logic didn't matter anymore.
Having almost gathered herself, she decided it was time to take action. She dialed Miroku's cell, and braced herself.
"Hello?" said Miroku's voice from the other end of the line.
"Why? Why Miroku?"
"Kagome? I'm so sorry…"
But it was too late, for the only reply he got was a dial tone.
Kagome was already gone.