"Foolish Facades"
Chapter 2 "Listening Accidentally"
Disclaimer: not mine, I wish but not mine.
a/n: change is good . . . right?
We have forgotten (don't try to make me fly)
How it used to be (I'll stay here, I'll be fine)
How it used to be (don't go and let me down)
How it used to be (I'm starting to like this town)
When wings beat the night sky 'bove the ground
When I unwillingly shoot them down
With all my petty fears and doubts, down, down?
We have forgotten (am I in love with this?)
How it used to be (my constant broken ship)
How it used to be (don't go I'll shoot you down)
How it used to be (I'm starting to like this town)
It had been the same routine for the past few days. Kagome would no longer wait for Inuyasha at night, nor would she kiss him goodbye. He also took note that she no longer slept with him in the same bed.
Inuyasha felt something wasn't right, putting his left arm on Kagome's side of the bed, he felt nothing. Opening his eyes quickly, he saw that she wasn't there. He also took note that her pillows too were gone. Getting up slowly, he trekked towards the door and headed out to the living room, where her scent was most robust. Surprised that she would stay up this late, he moved towards the small sofa.
What he saw rendered him speechless. There in the sofa was Kagome, sleeping rather quite peacefully. Pieces of hair on her face, mouth opened slightly, confusion etched in the brows of her appearance, still she looked at peace. If the situation had not taken him aback, he would have thought her position to be kawaii. Inuyasha sighed quietly, so 'this' was where she slept the past few days when he felt her bedside was empty. He sat on the opposite recliner, brows together in uncertainty.
'What's wrong with her?' Inuyasha extended his hand, almost touching her face, but decided against it.
He looked over her small form, he watched for a couple of hours, watching the slightest movement from the moving of her lips to the different expressions her face would depict. Sighing once more, he turned to leave.
"Helllllo? Earth to Inuyasha?" Visible hands were waving before his face. Coming out of his reverie, he looked up.
"What?" Slightly annoyed, he smacked the hand with brute force.
"Sheesh! Tryna be a good…." His friend was cut off when a woman in a really low cut skirt had walked by. Inuyasha sighed; he was embarrassed for his friend. He was always like that whenever a woman passed by, especially when she had 'special' assets to her.
"Miroku, you should stop doing that you know, and by the way drool's hanging off your mouth." Miroku simply wiped it off as he made his way towards the woman.
"Hey babe, let's make a Tom and cruise to my bedroom." Seeing his opportunity, Miroku shifted his lecherous hands towards the woman's butt and waggle his eyebrows. Inuyasha shook his head from side to side as he waited for the familiar blow.
"5…4…3…2…-"
Smack!
"Perverted freak!"
Miroku sat down, rubbing his left cheek, where a familiar hand print stood out fiercely. Also, there was the familiar smirk. Sigh. Perverts, they never learn. And if you think he was going to stop doing these little 'deeds' of his, you're wrong!
"Dude, you really have to stop doing that,"
"Can't help it, I need to satisfy my . . . male characteristics. You know what I mean." There again on his face was the same lecherous, sadistic grin.
"So? What's up with you lately? You're kinda spaced out most of the time now." Miroku sipped his beer while he looked on at the crowded restaurant.
"I don't know? Personal problems, -"
"Hello, sir, are you ready to take your orders?" Inuyasha was cut off when the waiter came to take their orders.
Inuyasha, slightly annoyed that he was interrupted, said, "Um . . . Number 5, with all the fixings and another beer." His head moved to the side indicating that he was finished.
"Same."
"Thank you sirs and your order will be here in 5 minutes tops!" The waiter said cheerily.
"Hmm . . . Personal problems, eh? So, what's up with you and Kag then?"
"What? How'd you know it had something to do with her and me?"
"Kinda obvious, dude. Anyways, is it sex problems, 'cause if it is, then I'll be able to help in that department." Miroku said jokingly.
"Stupid pervert, it has nothing to do with that. It's kinda hard to explain."
Once again, the same cheery waiter came with their orders and laid it down quickly.
"Fast service," Miroku dug into his burger.
"Kag's been different lately," Inuyasha tried to avoid telling Miroku that Kagome and he no longer slept in the same bed. I mean come on, who would admit that your wife and you don't sleep together? People might assume that she wasn't satisfied what was happening in between the sheets.
The tinkling of the opening doors vibrated throughout the whole restaurant and in came a couple in business suits and briefcases.
"Speaking of Kagome, isn't that her?" Miroku pointed at the front of the restaurant, where a woman in a classy business suit and a man stood. Inuyasha looked forward and frowned. It was Kagome, but he wasn't looking at her but rather at the man beside her.
"Dude, all these times I've known Kag; she still looks hot, even for a married woman. Hey Kag-" Miroku was cut off when rough hands were clamped unto his mouth.
"What the fuck's your problem?" Miroku spat out as he wiped his mouth, ready to demand what his friend's problem was, he stopped as he looked at Inuyasha's face.
"Who's the guy?" Inuyasha said as he kept watching them. Kagome and the man beside her were seated in the front booth near Inuyasha's table; the tinted glass separated the two couples, thus preventing Kagome to see both Inuyasha and Miroku.
"Wait, um . . . Is Kagome cheating on you?"
"I don't know. I don't think she'd do something like that." Inuyasha said with assurance, though his eyes said a different meaning. Both men were quiet for a while. The food before them lay forgotten as both starred at each other, suspicion and thoughts filled their heads. Inuyasha was about to speak until-
"So, Kagome, how are things?" The man said sipping his drink.
"Good, everything's good."
"I meant you and Inuyasha."
"Oh. We're . . . okay." Kagome looked at him, confusion etched in her face, and uncertainty in her voice.
"Why do you ask, Kouga-kun."
"Kun? What the fuck!"
The 'kun' somehow made Inuyasha's nostrils flare, fisting his hands, he moved to stand, however, a force made him stumble back down.
"Let me go, asshole!" He whispered fiercely.
"Yash, Kag's just being friendly, let's just hear what they've got to say." Miroku said in the same hush tone.
"You mean eavesdrop? I don't think she'll like that."
"Come on, it's not like she's gonna find out and, it's not eavesdropping, it's called listening accidentally. Besides, don't you wanna find out if she's cheating on you or not?"
Inuyasha seemed to rethink this, before retorting back, he heard them talk again.
Kouga tilted his head, "Nothing, it's just that you seem out lately. You have dark circles around your eyes and you seem tired too. Hey, are you sick?"
Inuyasha saw that Kouga moved towards Kagome and put his hand on Kagome's neck. The supposed action made his anger flare more.
"Ha Ha. No, I'm not sick, just haven't been getting any sleep, that's all." Kagome laughed lightly as she pulled off Kouga's hand.
"Okay, if you say so"
"So, what brings you here? Haven't seen you in like . . . two years?" Kagome looked towards his way as she drank her
"I don't know? I missed you."
"Thank you, I missed you too." Flashing him a friendly smile.
"What the –," Jealousy flared and Inuyasha stood up once more. As he stood, Miroku showed signs of grabbing him again. Ducking, Miroku lost his balance and grabbed his hair instead. Inuyasha yelped and tried pushing Miroku off, making his friend fall backwards. All the while Miroku fell, he clamped onto whatever he could grab onto, which in this case was Inuyasha's hair. The whole scene flashed before their eyes and before both knew what had happened, both men opened their eyes. Horror filled their eyes.
Inuyasha jumped off of Miroku and spat out. "What the fuck!"
People jumped from their seats at what Inuyasha had said and started to look towards them.
Miroku stayed on the floor and wiped his lips as if they were poisonous and glared daggers towards Inuyasha.
"What the hell you looking at me for? You're the one that kissed me!" Inuyasha was careful to lower his voice when he said 'kissed'.
"I didn't fucken ki- . . . you know what I mean! Besides, it's your fucken fault, you had to get mad just because Ka- . . . you know who said she missed him!" Miroku looked to Kagome's table, he was surprised that she hadn't noticed that people were arguing.
"Better be, good thing no one saw what happen, fuckface or I'll fuck your face over!"
"Why would I tell that I ki- you know what. I'd rather make a vow of celibacy. Wait, no sex? Uh . . Scratch that." Miroku thought over his choice of words, as he slowly stood up.
"Fuck this, I'm leaving." Inuyasha reached into his pocket and took out a couple of bills and laid it on the table.
"What about Kagome?"
"What about her? Looks to me like she's flir . . . doing ok." Inuyasha tilted his head towards his wife, who was animatedly talking to the man beside her.
Miroku looked at his friend and decided to say something but hesitated. The look on Inuyasha's face was unsettling. 'What happened between you two?' He thought.
"Yeah, I'm leaving too. Besides, lunch break's almost over." Miroku glimpsed at his watch.
Both men paid, but before Inuyasha walked out, he looked at Kagome once more. He sighed and left.
'Kagome, what's happening between us?'
a/n: bleh! Sorry took a while to update. I just couldn't figure out how to explain the kissing situation. Oh well, tell me if I made any mistakes or whatever. Hope you like it! BTW, I like this song, it's nice, old but nice. It's We Have Forgotten by Sixpence None the Richer. Please review . . .