Summary: Looking at Kagome Higurashi, you'd never know that she carried a secret storm. Her therapist suddenly quits on her, and she must go to find someone else to help her. She struggles to keep her new therapist out of her life. She tells him the best of her is gone. Why won't he believe it? Kagome's POV.
"Talking"
"Sign Language"
Flashbacks
(Diary Entry)Beginning/End of diary entires
Well, seems that I'm in a good mood right now. You guys are lucky. If I had tried working on this chapter right after school, Kagome woulda gone through HELL. I was sooo mad, I wanted to take my anger out on someone. Thankfully, my headache made it too hard for me to do that.
This chapter is short, and I apologize for that... I'll try to make the next one longer to compensate. That fair enough?
Best of You
Chapter 13: Breakthrough
"Hello, Kagome! Well, I have some good news for you!" She says. As soon as she tells me the information, my heart stops.
This is too good to be true. After years of trying to go against the grain and fight my bad luck, everything is falling into place. I don't understand why it's all working out like this, though. I mean, I don't get good luck. I've always gotten the rotten end of things. Suddenly, I'm getting all the things I want.
I hope things aren't going good before they go bad. That'd ruin my happiness...
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"You... You mean I can go home right now?" I repeat. She nods her head then takes the needle out of my wrist. She tapes a cotton ball over it, then lowers the bars for me to get out.
"I hope you'll get better. Oh, do me a favor. Take care of your cast. Take it to the doctor to be checked in a month. In two months, you can have it off." She tells me. How annoying. Two months of being in a cast? I've heard that they're uncomfortable. I can only hope that mine is tolerable.
Two months seems to fly by once you start to see life the descent way. I have a bag over my cast right now, and I have yet to take it off. I just got out of the shower, and I'm still drying myself with one hand.After completing this task, I pull the wet bag off and set it on my counter. Unless it grows holes in the bottom, I'll keep re-using it.
I turn around, completely naked, and see Inuyasha. I nearly scream and jump backwards to distance us.
"Hi." He tells me casually. I cover myself up with my dampened towel as my cheeks begin to warm up.
"What? You can't come in here while I'm not dressed!" I scold him.
"I can. We're about to get married, after all... So, what song was that?" He asks. I stare at him for a while then leave the bathroom in search of my clothes.
"What song?" I echo.
"Yeah. What song were you singing? That's the first time I've heard you sing in the shower." He tells me.
Inuyasha has been staying with me since I got the cast on. He claims it's because he wants tomake sure I'm comfortable, but I think he's using an excuse to be close to me. I don't mind, of course. Some of my stuff has already been moved, so it looks a bit empty.
Inuyasha and I both decided that we're going to move into his house soon. I'll take the second story and turn it into some more club property, rather than my personal quarters. I don't know what else to put up here, though. I mean, it's a big space, but I'm running out of things that can go in a club. Perhaps I should do an entire re-modeling thing for the club... That'd go pretty good, actually. I just need to make sure I have the money to do it.
"I don't know the name of the song. I'm sure you wouldn't recognize it by my singing either, since I was doing pretty bad." I tell Inuyasha. He trots over to me and helps me find clothes. It's so embarassing to need help with what's easy to wear. Most of my shirts were long-sleeved. Now I can't wear them since my cast makes me look like a dork in them.
"So, anything special planned for the club?" He asks me. I look at him suspiciously before shaking my head.
"No, today is just a normal day. I'm getting the cast off tomorrow, but that doesn't involve the club." I tell him.
"I think you're wrong." He says in my ear. I shiver then look up at him. He's already heading to the club floor, making me try to hurry in dressing. Damn cast. I can't wait to get the thing off. Right now, the worst thing in my life is when I have an itch. I can't stick anything down it (because I almost got something stuck a while ago), so I'm in agony while it itches like crazy.
I guess it's good that the only crisis I have right now is that my arm itches. It's much better than when my problems consisted of flashbacks... Even though I still get them, they don't feel as painful as they did before. Maybe it's because I managed to get over them enough to talk... Or maybe it's got to do with Inuyasha.
I know this must sound sappy, but I've started to feel a lot better since he and I got engaged. I mean, I don't have violent flashbacks anymore, I smile more... And my employees will tell you that I've started talking. That's Inuyasha's doing. I have no doubt in my mind that he caused it.
What could he have meant when he said that he thought something was going to happen with the club? I haven't been planning anything. Today's just another normal day for the day-clubbers. Inuyasha sounded like he had something up his sleeve, so I'll have to go look and see what's going on.
As I head downstairs, I see something on my coffee table. I pick up the mail, recognizing the hospital's address immediately. This must be the bill they've been promising to send me. I look at it and my heart nearly stops. I know that I was having a lot of problems with healing, but that much money... That much money can cover my club's fees to run (electricity and all) for a month!
It's almost enough to buy a new house. I set it down, suddenly feeling discouraged. I only have around half of the money. I don't know how else to pay for it. I can't let Inuyasha pay for it, I'd feel wrong. The only other way to get the money would be to sell off the club. But, I don't wantto do that...
I walk downstairs, my stomach tightening from the numbers I have just seen. I'm in so much trouble. I open my eyes to see a million people here. Usually, the club only has half this many people during the day. So... What's the occasion? Inuyasha steps forward, and I know he has something to do with this.
"Kagome... Miroku and Sango started a fundraiser for your hospital bills. They didn't think it'd do too well, since not a lot of people seem to know you in the club... But, they got enough money to pay for the bill twice." Inuyasha tells me. I feel my heart skip a few beats as I look at everyone. This can't be happening.
"You're joking, right?" I ask. I hope that they're not joking... What would I do with the other 150 grand that isn't needed for the bill?
"We're serious..." He says. I smile then hug Inuyasha tightly. He'll have to do, since I can't hug everyone else. After I let him go (just so he can breathe), I walk aruond the club, talking to other people. It turns out that a lot more of them are familiar with me than I thought. Most of them know me enough to be glad that I'm speaking again.
Even though I don't understand how they could have been aware of my non-speaking ways, I won't ask. I guess someone told them, or they just happened to notice on their own.
"Kagome!" Sango greets me. I hug her tightly, then loko around at all the people for a moment.
"Thank you so much for this, Sango... " I tell her. She points to Miroku, smiling.
"Thank him. He initiated the plan." She says. I look at Miroku, hesitating on what to do next. Finally, I hug him and thank him a million times.
"How did you know that I was worried about it?" I ask him curiously.
"Kagome, please. We've been friends since you were fifteen. I've learned to read your face expressions since your voice never told me anything." He says. I smile again then shake the tears away from my eyes.
"Thank you so much. It really does mean a lot to me." I tell him. Sango leans on my shoulder, and I suddenly feel like telling her something.
"Hey, Sango... Guess what?" I ask her.
"What?" She asks. I tell her the one thing that I was afraid to tell Inuyasha, and she squeels with excitement. I cover my ears, and Miroku grabs her shoulders. He must be trying to calm her down from the excitement.
Maybe Inuyasha doesn't know it yet, but I hope he doesn't mind. I mean, there's nothing horrible about it... Not in my eyes at least. I can only hope that he'll feel the same way that I feel. Or, even better, than he'll be willing to take part in this. I would love it if he could actually be a...
Well, I guess I need to tell him before Sango and Miroku do!
Next time on The Best of You...
I'm really excited about this. I know that I have to tell Inuyasha before someone else does, but I don't think I can. I'm so nervous on how to ask him and what he'll say. So, I ask him... There's only good news behind his reply. I'm nervous about how to go about this, but I'm sure that things will be fine. Inuaysha will take care of me, like he promised... Right?
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