Chapter 6: A Cruel Twist of Fate
That night he kicked himself for being so stupid not to have told his mom when he noticed that she passed our house. Seems like he had to go along way in terms of shyness and speaking out but with Kagome's help he felt he could do it. There was nothing he couldn't do with Kagome. He just regretted that they couldn't have spent more time together on his birthday.
The three days after school, Kagome wasn't there. She had fallen ill and was staying at home. They only could talk over AIM. Tamahome was starting to feel sick himself. It was during these days that two things happened. First Tamahome asked out Kagome to go to the dance that was happening on Friday, November 4. Second was that he had to decline Kagome's offer to go with her trick or treating on Halloween. He felt real bad about this but it couldn't be helped, he was sick and he didn't want to make Kagome any sicker.
The days past and he did not see Kagome again intill the next week of school. When they walked in Kagome avoided Tamahome and walked away. Tamahome was hurt. Was something wrong? He told her repeatedly that if she ever had a problem with him to tell him and he would fix it.
A few hours later and it was lunch time. They sat next to each other but Kagome was sitting looking away from Tamahome. When Tamahome asked what was wrong she said nothing. She looked like something was wrong though. Her hair had been dyed and just her overall look looked sad and unkempt. Something was defiantly up.
On Tuesday after school he got fed up with this and asked her on AIM, "Whats wrong with you Kagome, do you want to break up or something? I care about you and I don't want to see you hurt. Whats the matter?"
She replied, "No i dont want to break up with you. I never want to break up with you forever. its just im going through a hard time now."
Tamahome wasn't convinced, "Then prove it to me tomorrow by telling me you love me to my face," he interjected.
She agreed.
The next day, Wednesday, she sat at another Lunch table and didn't tell him what he needed to hear. She also didn't log onto AIM that night. What was wrong?
Thursday after school she was on. He asked again, "Kagome do you want to break up?"
After a slight pause she said the words he never wanted to hear in his life, "yes i think it would be for the best."
Tamahome was hurt beyond words. He managed to respond, "Ok, I won't put up a fight if thats what you really want on one condition, if we can still be friends." He hoped that she would say yes.
"Of course we can," she responded then signed off.