I dont own Inuyasha.
PS: I'm updating this about...2 hours and 30 minutes early (you can do the math) becuase i dont think i'll have time tomorrow. Lucky you. Gosh i sound so confident in myself. Scratch the 'lucky you' and put 'Have a good read'.
Sango hiccuped, she has been hiccuping for the last 2 minutes. She even tried to drink something, but it didn't work.
She watched Kohaku go off into the crowd, wanting to find the bathroom.
"Good luck…" She murmured to herself sarcastically.
'Who knows? Maybe he won't get lost.'
Sango rolled her eyes. 'That is so unlikely. Look at this place!'
Hiccuping again, Sango took a swig of her drink before disposing it in the bin beside the table. Sango sighed for the millionth time that day, and leaned against the table.
'Now what was she going to do? She probably looked like an idiot just standing here. Should she dance? Who would she dance with?'
Creak.
The sound made alarms sound in her head, and before she could move, the table slid back a few inches under her weight.
Inuyasha chuckled loudly as he saw the woman almost fall on her ass. She found her footing, but her face looked as red as a tomato. People who were eating or ready to grab something seemed to glare at her as she apologized softly and walked away, trying to cover her glowing cheeks.
The Hanyou's chuckles erupted into laughter when she tripped on her heels and bumped into some old guy, spilling his drink all over his disturbingly young wife.
The girl covered her mouth in surprise as her cheeks brightened to match the pink designs on her dress. She started to bow again and again apologetically while the man was practically red with rage as his wife was shrieking to get cleaned up.
The girl jogged away from the riotous man in hopes of getting away unharmed. Inuyasha's laughs seized slightly, leaving him with a grin on his amused face.
"Stupid girl. She's so clumsy." He muttered aloud to himself.
Inuyasha was practically beating his legs in a fit of laughter after she snagged her heel in the end of a rug, almost sending herslef to the floor if she hadn't caught the wall.
Sango growled, 'I know I get clumsy when I'm nervous, but can I honestly be that clumsy!'
Being tortured enough for the moment, Sango decided to just lean against the wall she caught herself on, knowing she wouldn't be pushed back by her weight. She would stand there until her brother came back and then she would leave.
'Well atleast my hiccups are gone...'
"Stupid party…" Sango crossed her arms over her chest in a pout, "How could you do something so stupid infront of everyone!" She scolded herself.
Inuyasha had to hang on as he leaned forward. She just had to choose the wall underneath him, didn't she?
Now she seemed to be scolding herself. Interesting.
"Wow. Who does that in public?" Inuyasha rolled his eyes, taking his golden orbs off her for the first time in the past 45 minutes. Had she really embarressed herself for that long?
Inuyasha unconsciously wiped a tear from his eyes from laughing so hard, a smile coming back from the memory.
"Inuyasha, son, why are you up here by yourself?"
Inuyasha looked off to the side, a smile still on his face. "Hey dad."
"What's so funny?" Inutaisho set his hand on his son's shoulder. He had just come up the stairs once he heard his son's uniquely rare laughing from below.
Inuyasha just shook his head, expelling a chuckle. "Some people down there are just kind of clumsy, that's all."
Taking his hand off Inuyasha's shoulder, Inutaisho rested his elbows on the railing to see the crowd. "So you having a fun time?"
Inuyasha's expression faltered. "…I'm bored…there are only old people here!"
Inutaisho laughed at his pouting son, knowing for a fact even if there were younger people, Inuyasha would be sitting exactly where he is. "Yes, there are. But there are also some young people…like our new neighbor! What was her name? Sano…? Sang—"
"Keh, so what?"
Inutaisho looked over the railing once again from staring at his son for his rudeness. "Why don't you go ask that girl to dance, Inuyasha? I'm sure you'll have fun."
Inuyasha looked to where his father was pointing to, only to almost choke. "H-her! But…but she's so clum—"
"Inuyasha…" Inutaisho glared at his son. "Just go ask, son. No harm in trying."
"Hell no."
"But Inu—"
"Hell.No."
"Inuyas—"
"Dad." Inuyasha tried to reason. "Hell. No."
Inutaisho sighed defeated. "Fine Inuyasha. I'll just go tell her you're too shy to ask her yourself." He knew his son's ego was his soft spot.
"Wh-what!" Inuyasha couldn't help but squeak.
Inutaisho turned back to go downstairs, "It's ok Inuyasha, I'm sure she wont mind that you're just a shy young kid with a crush."
"Crush?" Inuyasha yelped.
Inutaisho looked into his son's eyes, "I saw you staring at her for almost an hour, Inuyasha."
"Wh-what! I was just…she…I…I don't like her!"
Inutaisho began to descend down the stairs; "I'm sure she'll understand, Inuyasha…" He called over his shoulder.
Not moving, Inuyasha watched his father go down the stairs, a skeptical look on his features. "He's really gonna tell her, ain't he?"
"…"
Inuyasha keh'ed before leaping back over the rail and running down the stairs.
Feeling a wind past him, a small crack of a smile creeped onto Inutaisho's face as he felt Inuyasha run down the stairs, going past him and in the direction of Sango.
Inuyasha could see the girl mindlessly playing with her fingers, avoiding eye contact with anyone.
"Keh." 'Idiot girl, she better not step on my feet, or something.'
Only a couple of steps away from her, and Inuyasha felt his bravery sink away, making him suddenly nervous. Inuyasha's arrogant strides slowed to shy, concealed steps of lingering inches.
'What if she says no?'
'Who cares? You won't dance. Big deal.'
'But that's embarrassing.'
'Like you care if you're embarrassed!'
Inuyasha nodded at his thoughts confidently as he let out a breath he didn't know he was holding, walking slightly faster.
Coming to a halt infront of the girl, Inuyasha saw her look up at him questioningly after her lowered head had gotten a perfect veiw of his tasteless dress shoes.
'You know, being this close, she seems very familiar.'
"Hi." Inuyasha mentally slapped himself for his damned stupidity. 'Hi? What the hell!'
The girl continued to stare at him questioningly, "Um, hello." SHe replied after an awkward moment of stillness.
"…"
"…"
"So," Inuyasha rubbed the back of his neck nervously, "You…wanna…dance with me?" He drawled out, finally.
Through the holes in her mask, Inuyasha could see her blink a couple of times. Almost timidly, the girl nodded and stepped away from the wall.
Being the sudden gentleman he was, he offered her his hand.
'Dear Kami, who are you and why do you want to suddenly dance with me!' Sango yelled within her mind as she took the stranger's hand.
The silver haired stranger took her near the middle of the dance floor.
Sango noticed the new song that came on, 'Every Heart'. She really liked that song, infact she had the CD. 'Maybe this won't be so bad.' Sango thought, optimistically.
'I just hope I don't step on his toes or something.' Being Sango, she thought returning to her pessimism.
Inuyasha turned around, her hand still in his, as he looked at her, waiting for something to happen. He…didn't really know how to dance.
Sango couldn't help but chuckle at the confused look on his face, so she stepped closer and placed her hands on his shoulders, not getting too close. Feeling the stranger set his hands on her waist, Sango felt herself become slightly more nervous, which she seemed to still be battling the butterflies from before.
They were silent as they danced, each not wanting to ask a stupid question or anything too weird. Both kept their eyes in different directions, each as equally embarrassed as the other.
Inuyasha swallowed the saliva in his mouth, "So…what's your name?"
Sango turned her head to him, "Well what's yours?"
Silence.
"I asked first."
"I asked last." They had said in unison.
"Ladies first." Inuyasha smirked.
Sango rolled her eyes, "Well I guess we'll remain strangers."
"I guess so." Inuyasha agreed, just as stubbornly.
Not wanting to loose the conversation, if you could thier previous waste of breath that, Sango thought of something else to say. "…So you're a demon?" 'Dear Kami, please help me. What kind of question is that!'
Inuyasha shook his head, "Half." He mumbled.
Sango continued to stare that stare he always got when he told someone. "Half?" That stare. It was so...familiar. His dog ears drooped just barely.
Not receiving an answer, Sango chuckled to herself. "I'm sorry. That was a stupid question."
Inuyasha was still, before turning his head to the side once again. Pure habit.
Sango sighed as they were basked in silence, both not knowing what to say after the awkward question.
'Why did he even want to dance with me in the first place if he isn't going to talk?' Sango seemed to have the guts to ask one more question. Not matter the strangeness.
"So why did you want to dance with me?" Sango asked innocently, swatting away the rest of the sentence she had said in her head.
Inuyasha's eyes widened just slightly as he looked to her. 'The truth? Who cares, really? I don't…and if she's not so emotionally bound then she wont either…'
"My—er Inutaisho asked me to." Inuyasha refrained from saying his dad. If he did, it would have given away his name and who he was immediately. And if she wouldn't say who she was, then neither would he.
"You mean Lord Inutaisho." Sango gave him the 'i'm sur you meant that' look.
Inuyasha rolled his eyes out of pure annoyance, "Yeah whatever. He told me to dance with you since you were standing pathetically alone."
"…Oh…" Something seemed to crush within Sango.
No, not crush.
Snap and break into a million peices before being melted and re-used. 'He was just asked to dance with me. Not like he wanted to or anything…' The sarcasm in Sango came back to haunt her, 'Of course he would dance with me because he wanted to. Why wouldn't he?' The rudeness of his dialogue wasnt even noticed by the fully engrossed tiajiya.
'Why am I so broken after this? It's not like I even know him or anything.' Sango's nod went noticed, 'Right.'
Noticing the mood drop, Inuyasha wondered what was wrong.
Sango smiled, although her hallow feeling, "So why'd he ask you to do that?"
Inuyasha glanced at her curiously, before dismissing it and going on as if nothing happened. Shrugging, Inuyasha replied, "I don't know. The old man just wanted me to get up and do something I guess."
Nodding, Sango didn't feel like talking anymore. So she stayed silent. 'He wouldn't start a conversation, obviously because he didn't want to dance with me in the first place. It doesn't matter to me. The song would be over in a minute or so, and both of us will forget this ever happened.
But it's not like this is even big enough to matter right? Right. I mean, we're only dancing, no big deal. Right? Right. Then why am I so nervous? Gosh this is so frustrating. This stranger is such…such an ingrate!'
Inuyasha watched the woman in his arms with a lifted eyebrow as the emotions over her face changed from curious to devastated. From devastated to confused. And from confused to angry. 'Damn this woman is strange. And dad says she's our neighbor! Damnit to hell, she's a nut case.'
Sango sighed, making Inuyasha flush as he felt her breath warm his chest. "Um—"
"So what's with your get-up? You look like you had a bad day at work or something." Sango stated, eyeing his attire. Finally regonizing his rude demenaer and shooting it back at him.
"Well what about you, Ms. Queen of Babylon?" Inuyasha smirked as her eyebrows knitted together in frustration.
"Excuse me for wanting to look to the occasion. You look like you just got out of bed!" Sango shot back.
Rolling his eyes, Inuyasha unintentionally laced his hands relaxingly behind her back, bringing them slightly closer. The small movement went unnoticed by both dancing partners. "Keh, whatever."
Sango felt her pride boost up for the first time that day. 'I think I needed that. Yes, I needed to win that argument.' Chuckling, Sango let her elbows dangle off his shoulders.
"You know," Sango voiced, gaining his attention once again, "You remind me a lot of someone from school."
Inuyasha looked perplexed at her, "Like who?"
"You probably don't know him; he goes to my school. His name is Inuyasha—"
Inuyasha's eyes widened to saucers. Had she just said what he thinks she just said?
"And he says that all the time. 'Keh, whatever.'" Sango imitated.
"Wh-what class do you have this Inuyasha guy in?" He asked, trying to keep his cool. Maybe he could find out who this stubborn maiden was.
"Physics, I sit right next to him then." Sango replied, totally at ease while the one opposite from her was…filled with different emotions.
'Sango! Is that you? You're my new neighbor!' Inuyasha continued to stare at her as if she had grown another head.
In school, yes, Inuyasha bugged her to no end. At first, it was to learn her name. Then it was to hear what her voiced sounded like. Last it had been to maybe try and have a conversation with the vixen.
Inuyasha, the rebelling outcast of a hanyou, had a crush on her. He found himself completely humiliated at himself when he found the saying true, 'If someone is picking on you, it means they like you!' But he also found himself staring at her. Thinking about her. Wondering about her.
But what was he supposed to retort to? She was a successful woman. Smart, strong, everything. And he, he was a hanyou. Outcast of society. And to make it worse she probably already learned about his troublesome reputation. He would never have a chance with her even if he paid for it. Even if he wanted it. So bad.
Suddenly, Inuyasha looked down at her, his heart filling with…what was it? Was it an actually happiness? It felt as if someone began to slowly and successfully sew his torn heart back to normal. This could be his chance…
As he continued to stare blankly at her, engrossed in his own thoughts, Sango was explaining annoying times with herself and Inuyasha.
Once she was finished, Inuyasha, who hadnt even heard nor cared about a word she had just said, was looking down at her amusedly. Sango noticed everything seemed…different about him. But before she could ask about it, he began.
"Sounds like a real ass."
Sango smiled, "Yeah." Getting to talk to this stranger didn't feel so bad, infact she felt kind of comfortable. Seemed like he was a good listener...
Feeling the same annoying strand of hair fall into her face, Sango heard the stranger talk.
"I…I had a nice time dancing with you, Stranger. " For some reason, knowing this was Sango under the mask, Inuyasha seemed a lot more flustered. Blushing heavily, Inuyasha moved the strand of hair behind her ear before disconnecting their hold. The song was over.
Sango was surprised by how his attitude had changed dramatically. Again, she wanted to question him about it, but never got the chance as he commented.
"Atleast you didn't step on my toes, seeing how clumsy you were to almost knock over a table, bump into a guy also knocking the wine all over his wife and trip over a rug all in the same hour." Inuyasha remarked, changing the mood back to the former, drastically.
Sango flushed, "Shut up!"
Inuyasha chuckled as she smack his arm playfully.
In a more timid voice, Sango asked, "You saw all of it?"
Nodding, Inuyasha turned away, a satisfied grin left on his face.
'Well, our dance is over. And even if I didn't get his name, it was…nice. Sort of.' Sango thought before taking her place at the wall once again.
"Kohaku?"
Kohaku, who had gotten back a while ago, was smirking at her evilly, "I saw you dancing. Do you like him?"
Sango blushed, "No. He just asked me because someone asked him to do it." She explained hastily. "Of course I don't like him. I don't like anyone that quick, Kohaku."
Kohaku rolled his eyes. "Just asking, Ane-ue."
Seeing the amusement in his eyes, Sango ruffled his hair. "Now you ready to dance, Kohaku?"
Another chap. Woop.
NOTE: I KNOW its practically impossible not to notice who someone is from your school just becuase they have a mask on. But PLEASE bare with me! AKA: SHUT UP YOU UNGREATFUL CHILDREN! Go judge the hell out of a M&M bag, or something.
Well i hope you liked it and stuff. Yeah and stuff. Please review!..and stuff.
-Monica...and stuff.