I suck and I'm sorry. ;;
Once again, MANY, many thanks to everyone who reviewed my last chapter! And I am so so sorry this took so long. I had finals, then I had to move from Utah back to Kansas, then I had to get a job, then A-kon in June and all that included. Ugh. It was a chaotic mess. So now I'm working 40 hours a week at Starbucks and trying to get keep my sanity. So enjoy this chapter, hopefully I won't take so long again. bad author
Chapter FOUR
Good Morning, Sunshine
"Look, I just don't like seeing defenseless people in trouble, alright?" Inuyasha protested in frustration. Miroku had seen the whole fiasco and had been mercilessly teasing him about it once they returned to their rooms.
"Uh-huh, sure," Miroku grinned, unconvinced. "You honestly think I'm going to believe that story?"
"Well that's all the story there is, so you better believe it." Inuyasha huffed and left his seat at Miroku's desk to go to his own room, muttering about deranged roommates.
After all, why would he care about a bratty little girl?
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"I really just don't know what to make of it," Kagome sighed. She and Sango were sitting on her bed, discussing what just happened downstairs. Kagome pulled her knees up, wrapping her arms around her legs and resting her chin on her knees.
"Maybe he isn't really a total jerk?" Sango suggested, casually leaning against the wall. "I mean, any guy with at least a spoonful of decency would have done something."
"I didn't see anyone else running to the rescue," Kagome said dryly. "No, he's still a jerk in my book." 'He was a jerk. A hot jerk…wait, no, don't go there. Just a jerk. Not a hot jerk, not a fine jerk, not a piece of eyecandy jerk…okay, this isn't working.' She sighed again. "Let's go to bed, I can't think anymore."
Sango nodded and stretched as she stood up. "Good idea. Maybe it'll make more sense in the morning. Who knows, maybe he just isn't good at meeting new people and that was just his way of warming up to you?"
Kagome laughed a little at that, "Go to sleep, Sango, you're getting delirious." Sango laughed, too, only to be cut short by three muffled knocks from her bedroom door. Exchanging puzzled looks with Kagome, she crossed to her room and open the door.
Only to be greeted by none other than their playboy neighbor.
"I heard you had some troubles and wanted to make sure you were alright and to say goodnight." Miroku tried to push the door open further than the sliver Sango allowed, catching her by surprise. Miroku pushed a little more forcefully than was necessary and the door swung open, revealing Sango. His eyes took her in from head to toe and nearly choked.
Sango looked down at herself in confusion, only to remember than she and Kagome had already changed into their pajamas, completely forgetting the fact that the boys would be waking them up in the morning. She was wearing very short black shorts, a slightly-too-small pink camisole, and little else.
"Why….y-you…." She sputtered, unable to form a complete sentence in her embarrassment.
Miroku managed to gather his charms enough to speak, "Well I can see you're looking fine…really fine…" Her eyes flashed as his widened. "I mean…" He realized his slip, only to see her face turn pink in a mix of embarrassment and anger.
Slap
He didn't even see it coming. His left cheek was quickly turning as pink as her top from the impact, and he quickly backed up.
"Get out of my room!" Sango shrieked and slammed the door in his face. Kagome rushed in through the connecting bathroom, looking worried.
"What happened? Who was that? I heard a loud smacking sound, and…" she trailed off as she looked at Sango, pink and shaking slightly.
Sango slowly turned to face Kagome, who was also in bed clothes – similar green shorts and a white and green spaghetti strap. Regaining control of her voice, she quietly said, "I think we need to change."
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"Man, you should have seen her."
Miroku was gushing again. And Inuyasha just wanted to sleep.
"Oh shut up. I don't care if she was wearing nothing but a towel and invited you to keep her company to protect her from any guys that might come after her, I just want to go to bed!"
But that was not very likely. Especially after putting an image of Sango in a towel into Miroku's head.
Inuyasha sighed, defeated. It wasn't even worth trying at this point. "Alright, Miroku, I'm going for a walk. Maybe I'll get some ideas on how to wake that crazy girl in the morning."
Miroku just sighed happily from his seat at Inuyasha's desk. Inuyasha rolled his eyes and slipped on some flip-flops before walking out the door, not bothering to lock it.
He could still hear music from the party in the basement. 'Definitely not going back down there… let's try up,' he thought as he headed toward the stairs.
He climbed up the 3 flights of stairs to the storage floor on the top level, hoping to find something that might spark his interest. He pushed the heavy door that led out of the stairwell open and blinked a couple times, waiting for his eyes to adjust. It was very dark, and he fumbled around for a moment, looking for a light switch.
Finally finding it, he flipped it on and looked around. His eyes landed on a particular object and he grinned.
"Perfect," he whispered.
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Kagome had been comfortably curled up in bed, enjoying the warmth and fluffliness of her blankets. After the Miroku incident, she and Sango both changed into more…concealing pajamas. She opted for the pajama pants and old t-shirt idea, a seemingly safe bet. She was a bit warmer than she was used to, but was willing to make that sacrifice.
She shifted in her bed, wrapping herself more tightly in her blankets, at the sound of a soft click, still sound asleep. She didn't hear the muffled footsteps or creaking of metal, perfectly content to stay asleep for the next twenty years or so.
Well that didn't last for very long.
Bright lights suddenly flashed on and she shot up, no longer asleep.
"Good morning, world, and good morning to our very own Kagome Higurashi!" Inuyasha announced in an overly dramatic talk show voice. Kagome, blinking in confusion and from the bright lights, couldn't speak. He wouldn't have….
But he did. Inuyasha was standing only a few feet away, video camera in hand. There were bright spot lights crammed in the corners of her small room, and wires snaking across the floor.
"Wha…" Kagome asked intelligently, not quite awake yet.
Inuyasha grinned behind the camera, "Say hello to our audience, I'm sure they'd love to get to know you."
Kagome gathered her blankets around her with one hand and tried to straighten her hair with the other, as comprehension suddenly dawned on her. "What are you doing?" she hissed.
"Why, waking you up, of course. You want to get to know people, right? What better way than to greet them on the Center's TVs?" He was practically oozing delight.
Kagome's eyes widened in shock, "You wouldn't dare!"
"Oh, I've already dared." He couldn't help but grin at her shocked face and gestured at the many wires and cords that littered her floor. "See those wires? They hook up to the system up on the top floor. Smile, you're on candid camera!"
"At least no one's up this early in the Center, I guess," she muttered, calming down slightly, and combed her fingers through her hair as she tried to tame it.
But Inuyasha couldn't have that, "True, but their programs cycle throughout the day." He grinned that evil grin again, not lowering the camera. "You'll be on every few hours, all day long!"
Kagome's eyes again widened in shock then narrowed in anger. "How dare you! I can't believe you would do that to me, you jerk!" She shouted at him and jumped out of her bed, bodily shoving him out the door. Trying to slam the door in his face, she found she could barely budge it, thanks to all the cords.
She yelled in frustration and shoved a still-filming Inuyasha into his own room, slamming his door. Stomping back across the hallway, she yanked the cords from whatever they were connected to and threw them out of her room.
At this point, Sango tried to rush in to help, but the bathroom door was barricaded shut thanks to the bright spot light. "Kagome?" Her muffled voice called, "Are you alright? What's going on in there?"
"Sango!" Kagome called in relief and shoved the lights out into the hallway as quickly as she could. She slammed her entrance door and opened the bathroom door to let Sango in.
"What happened?" Sango asked, looking as disheveled as Kagome, standing in her pajamas with her hair all a mess.
"I cannot believe he just did that," Kagome shook her head in disbelief as she quickly relayed the past several minutes to her roommate. All thoughts of that boy being cute fled from her mind, leaving only thoughts of intense dislike, confusion, and anger at that jerk. She sat down on her bed, looking at her alarm clock for the first time.
Kagome fell back on her bed in defeat. "And it's FIVE A.M.!"
AN: Okay, this chapter really didn't want to be written. I hope you at least kinda enjoyed it. I was really bored at work the other day and wrote out a basic outline of ideas on extra register tape. Then I finally found the notebook with my whole plotline and ideas and everything. So I knew I had to get back to writing. I honestly didn't want to take so long between updates, but life took precedent. If I had my way, I would update every week. Right. Only in my dreams.
I also apologize about the guys' scenes. I am a girl, and really don't understand guys right now, so it's very difficult for me to write for them.
Anyway, please REVIEW, seriously, reviews are what make this worth continuing. much love
Also, check out Pirate Pash by Sorena! I beta for her and it's a wonderful story! I loved it before I beta'd so it's not just me talking.
Speaking of betas, I have found one, but she hasn't read this chapter for me yet. I wanted to get it up as soon as possible, since it's been so long, but I'll edit it once she gets back to me.
One last thing, would you like class scenes, or just focus on the mornings with some references to class or something? There will be some stuff over the weekend, too, for sure. The entire fic will only span about 2 weeks, so I dunno which I wanna do.