Hello, all again! It's taken me long enough to get back to this! Unfortunately, my plan for a FMA Christmas didn't go as I planned and instead, it's gonna be a Christmas in February or something like that! -- Oh, well...I finally got back to this and with some changes, it seems okay, I guess. Onto the story!
Chapter 5
Do You Wanna CallThis a Date?
"Wow! That's so cool, Sango! I mean, you and Miroku, together? That's so sweet!"
"Were not together, Kagome. We're just going out as friends for dinner and a movie."
"I know, but still, it's so sweet that Miroku would ask you out like that."
"Kagome, I've been thinking about this and well..."
"What is it?"
"I know he said it himself but...Do you think Miroku meant to call it a date?" Kagome, with her mouth full of ice cream, with Sango sat in the living of Kagome's house watching the romantic made-for-tv movie, didn't answer her at first as she swallowed, thinking.
"Well...maybe he did. It seems kinda of obvious, I mean...He really does like you..." Kagome explained carefully, looking at Sango who still looked a bit confused and conflicted.
"It's... We're good friends, I know that," Sango started as she spooned the ice cream around her nearly full bowl of ice cream, Kagome listening while eating her ice cream. "And I like that way. He's funny, sweet and this idea going out on a date sounds like a lot of fun. I'm just not entirely sure if by asking me out, if this means he likes me more than..." Sango broke off as she thought about it more, her forehead furrowed a bit, not sure what she was feeling.
"Well, let's think for a minute," Kagome said, Sango looking back at her. "Let's say, okay, he does like you more than just a friend and tonight, he'd say this. Would it bother you if he did like you more than a friend?"
"NO!" Sango spoke quicky and shook her head. "No, I know it wouldn't but still..." As Kagome stared at Sango, something suddenly occurred to Kagome.
"Do you like somebody else, Sango?" Sango looked back at Kagome, slightly confused.
"No..." Sango finally got what Kagome meant and smiled a bit. "Is this what you think's bothering me?" Kagome shrugged slightly. "I don't like anybody else and I'm not bothered by Miroku asking me out on this... "date". Until tomorrow night, I'll take it that we're going out, just as friends." Kagome smiled warmly at her friend.
"See? Not so difficult..." The two suddenly became giggly as Sango turned to Kagome.
"What do you think I should I wear? I mean, slacks or a dress? Hair up or hair down?"
"Don't worry!" Kagome said with a coy look, waving her hand. "I'll help you tomorrow so you can give Mirkou QUITE the impression." The girls giggled again before turning their attention back to the movie that was on.
"But Hana, don't you realize what I did was a mistake?" The overly dramatic actor said as he held Hana's hands in his before she pulled her hands away and slapped him hard across the cheek, in tears.
"Mistake or not, you hurt me, Kentaro! There's no way I could ever forgive you...you...IGNORAMUS!" With that, Hana ran off screen, Kentaro chasing after her.
"What are you doing tomorrow?" Sango asked Kagome as it went to commercials.
"Inuyasha needs help with geometry and I said I'd help so he's coming over," Kagome explained. Sango swallowed the cold ice cream and stared at Kagome with a coy smile before Kagome finally noticed. "What?"
"You and Inuyasha are getting pretty friendly..." Sango said that Kagome stared at her.
"We're just getting to know each other is all," she explained but Sango just smiled even bigger. "When we know each other more, maybe..." Kagome raised her eyebrows. Sango giggled hysterically at her friend, knowing that Kagome had a crush on Inuyasha and who knew? For now, as she and her best friend watched TV enjoying ice cream while it still rained outside, she thought of the night she and Miroku would spend, just as friends...
"Okay, I need your help on what to wear," Sango said to Kagome, Kagome nodding, sitting Indian-style on Sango's bed while Sango went through her wardrobe, looking for what to wear that evening. It was 4 o'clock and they had an hour to get her ready. Sango wore her white bathrobe, her wet hair hanging down her back after spending 20 minutes in the shower. Now, the next step was what to wear...
"Alright." Kagome sat up as Sango appeared out of the wardrobe, holding in one hand, a sleeveless light-colored flowered dress similar to a kimono and in the other, a lovely turquoise blouse that was a bit see-through and khaki-colored slacks. "Shall I go dressed as a shy, coy and naive high school girl in this," Sango held up the dress, Kagome tilting her head to one side, thinking. "Or, a bit fashionable and insatiable?" She held up the nearly transparent blouse that would have a tank-top under it if worn that went with the pants.
"Definitely...the blouse and pants," Kagome said, pointing and upon hearing that, Sango felt relief; that was the outfit she wanted to wear. Nodding, Sango put the dress away and putting the clothes down on the bed beside Kagome got out the tank-top as and tossing that into the pile, went to the makeup.
Do you think I should I wear makeup?" Sango asked as Kagome got up, looking through at what Sango had.
"Definitely! It's so much fun to doll yourself up! Miroku won't be able to keep his eyes off you!" Kagome said and smiling to Kagome, Sango started to look through what colors could match her outfit.
"Peach or Cherry red?" She held up two lipstick tubes.
"Peach." Kagome picked the tube from her hand, holding it.
"Hmm...What color eye shadows...?"
"Ooh! This blue and silver will do wonders for your eyes!" With that decided, Sango went into the her large wardrobe with clothes in hands and closing the door slightly, talked to Kagome as she got dressed.
"What movie are you seeing?" Kagome asked as she looked at the different pictures of Sango with family and friends on her dresser.
"Memoirs of a Geisha. Ever seen it?" Sango asked.
"No, but it sounds good."
"Then Miroku said we go to the buffet nearby and it should be fun."
"That's great!"
"How do I look?" Kagome turned and upon seeing her friend, her mouth dropped slightly at the sight of Sango standing there in her outfit for her evening. Sango looked unsure but Kagome knew right away. Sango didn't look nice...she was GORGEOUS!
"Oh my...Sango, you're beautiful!" Kagome said, making her friend blush in embarrassment. "Miroku is going to be in awe of you! Now all we have to do is do your makeup and hair and leave that to ME!" Kagome declared as she led Sango to the chair in front of her mirror and taking the brush off the table, began to brush out her hair as she prepared to transform her for that evening, setting the hairdryer for high.
"Just close your eye...Okay..." Kagome carefully outlined Sango's eye in blue eyeliner, bent down on her knee in front of Sango, Sango's closed eyelids dusted with a shade of light blue and silver up along her eyebrows. It was nearly five o'clock and Kagome had spent a good half an hour before drying Sango's hair so that it was neatly brushed out and made the way that Sango had asked. Sango had been very careful about not fidgeting through the process and Kagome could tell she became uneasy when she held up the eyeliner, not liking the idea of having something pointed being near her eye. But Kagome was nearly finished and, as she wiped away any traces of extra eyeshadow and liner, she was surprised by the amount of trust that Sango had in her and that she even let her do it. Finishing, Kagome stared and moving the pencil away, backing away she smiled at what had been done and was slightly amazed at the same time. Sango's eyes slowly opened as she blinked and stared at Kagome.
"Is it okay?"
"Take a look for yourself..." Kagome got up and looking down one last time at what work she did, she stepped away so Sango sat in view of mirror and what Sango saw made her lose her breath for a moment. Her hair was sleek and wavy in a nice way with her bangs parted to the side. Her makeup was what surprised Sango. Her eyes seemed to stand out even more with the blue and silver, her cheeks just a bit rosy with blush and lips done precisely with the nice shade of peach and wasn't overpowering like the red would've been. She, as Kagome said, looked beautiful...
Looking to Kagome, the gratitude Sango felt was so strong. Words couldn't express it but getting up, Sango smiled to her friend before hugging her tightly but gently at the same time. Kagome was surprised but pleased either way as she hugged her friend in return.
"Thank you, Kagome."
"Anytime, Sango..." Kagome said with a smile when the doorbell suddenly rang and snapped the two out of it. MIROKU WAS HERE!
Standing on the door in his trench coat, Miroku shuffled about as he waited for the door to open. It was still drizzly out, looking like it was gonna start raining again but thankfully, the movies wasn't a long walk from Sango's. He straightened up as the door opened and standing in the doorway, he was taken aback to see,
"Kagome! Hello!"
"Hi, Miroku." The two hugged as Kagome let Miroku in, closing the door behind him.
"What are you doing here?" Miroku asked, Kagome smiling coyly at him.
"Preparing Sango for you," She said that Miroku stared at her, confused.
"What?" Kagome didn't answer but instead turned to the staircase.
"SAN-GO...!"
Miroku looked from her and as his eyes went to the top of the stairs, his eyes grew wide as Sango came into view. Miroku felt his mouth go dry as he opened his mouth, not sure of the words to say as Sango, smiling down at him, descended slowly down the stairs. SHE'S GORGEOUS! Miroku thought as he opened and closed his mouth, wanting to finds the words. She wasn't overdone, the turquoise blouse just perfect and...EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT! From her hair to her makeup...
"Hello, Miroku," Sango greeted as she walked up to Miroku, Miroku not able to really say anything but smile, at a loss for words. Kagome grinned as she looked from the two, it was going so right!
"Well, I can see that you two are going to have real fun together, I'll just go. Have fun guys!" Not wanting to take up any more of their time, Kagome ran to the living room, grabbed her purse and jacket and after putting her jacket on, was out the door in a flash. Sango and Miroku stared after before turning to look at each other. It was an awkward silence that followed, the two of them unsure of what to say to one another. After what felt like an eternity, Miroku broke the silence.
"You...look really beautiful, Sango..." Sango blushed, smirking.
"Thank you...I guess we better go before the movie starts..." Sango put her jacket on and making sure everything was locked up since her parents and Kohaku were out for dinner and they wouldn't be back till later, closed the door as she and Miroku started up the street, Miroku holding his umbrella over their heads. As the rain sprinkled down onto the umbrella, Sango couldn't help but feel a sense of security and she wrapped her arm around his. Though she didn't see it, Miroku smiled to himself.
"What...?"
"Okay. Does that make any sense?" Kagome asked Inuyasha as he stared down at the jumble of numbers that was suppose to be Geometry. Sitting in Kagome's kitchen at the table, Kagome's mom was cooking dinner, the TV blaring from the living room. He wrote something down but knowing already that it was wrong, Inuyasha made a look of extreme frustration and threw the pencil down.
"AAGH! This doesn't make any sense!" He looked at Kagome who just rolled her eyes and taking the pencil, put it back in his hand.
"Well, sure it does. You just..." she started as she took his paper to check what work he had done but seeing everything jumbled as it was, even Kagome was confused. "Okay, this doesn't make sense."
"It's senseless," Inuyasha said with a shrug, playing with his pencil. "I mean, why do they make us do it?"
"That's true, but," Kagome smiled encouragingly at Inuyasha. "At least you know that and that you're learning."
"Yay me," Inuyasha started seemingly sarcastic as Kagome continued to look through the work, seeing what mistakes he made. "But still, it doesn't matter. When I'm in the real world on my own, what am I gonna use triangles and bisectors and perpendicular theorems for?"
He has a point, Kagome thought, never really getting the point of math herself but as the teachers said, we're teaching you this so we can bore you.
"Ooh, I see your problem," Kagome said, looking at Inuyasha who looked back at her.
"I'm an idiot?" He said that Kagome gave him a look.
"Will you stop that? You're not stupid! It's just hard to understand but once you break it down step by step, you'll understand it! You can learn this real easily, but if you are gonna give up, don't waste my time!" Kagome said that Inuyasha looked taken aback before his surprised look turned to a smile.
"You are a good teacher, Kagome..."
"Naw, really?" Kagome blushed, looking away, Inuyasha still smiling. She is cute when she's embarrassed, Inuyasha thought when Kagome's mom came over, holding two glasses.
"Here, I think some lemonade should help," she said with a smile, placing the cups down in front of the teenagers.
"Thanks, Mom."
"Thanks, Mrs. Higurashi." Kagome and Inuyasha chimed.
"I think I better be going soon," Inuyasha said after sipping at his lemonade and looking at the clock, seeing that it was getting late.
"Oh, please stay for super. We could do with your company," Mrs. Higurashi said with a smile, Kagome nodding in agreement.
"Yeah! It's Friday so it's not so bad!" She added.
"I don't know..." Inuyasha still looked unsure.
"Oh, please, we can all go out for ice cream afterwards, right Mom?" Kagome looked at her mom for support, Mrs. Higurashi considering this.
"Ice cream!" Sota appeared in the kitchen doorway, just catching a bit of the conversation. "Can we Mom? PLEASE?" Mrs. Higurashi gave her son a look as he gave her his puppy dog eyes at their best. She relented.
"Alright..." Kagome and Sota clapped, Sota jumping in place before dashing out to tell Grandpa Higurashi. Kagome looked at Inuyasha with a smile and unable to resist, he smiled back.
"I'm pretty sure it'll be okay with my parents..."
Kagome just grinned and Inuyasha smirked back.
Walking out of the movies, the rain had finally stopped, the streets and sidewalks slick, Sango stretched her back as Miroku followed her lead.
"So..." He started as Sango looked at him, fixing her jacket.
"That was a really good movie, thank you for taking me, Miroku..." Sango said with a smile, Miroku smiling back. It seemed like the perfect moment...the setting and tension was just right! Miroku slowly leaned in but just as he came close, Sango, he didn't seem to notice the romantic tension in the air, pulled back to look at Miroku.
"Um...did...did you want to go out for dinner...?" Miroku seemingly forgot all about that but blinking, it came back as he slowly smirked at Sango, pulling away from the opportunity.
"...Y-Yes. Silly me to forget." Sango gave him a small smile as they fixed their jackets, no need for the umbrella and started up the sidewalk, Miroku kicking himself for a perfect moment turned ridiculously stupid and awkward...mostly because of him.
Dreams, "My Will" was playing over the restaurant entertainment system, the place bustling of families and large groups of friends. Sitting in a booth by the window, Miroku and Sango ate at their dinner, relatively quiet since the awkward moment at the movies. They had made small conversation but nothing seem to come out of that. Sipping at her soda, Sango just started into her rice when Miroku finally broke the silence between them.
"Uh...Sango?" Sango looked at Miroku, raising her eyebrows, meaning for him to go on. Miroku sighed heavily before he spoke, seemingly try to get it together without sounding foolish. "Um...about that...that-that situation at the movies, I only – " Instead of going, Sango sat up and spoke.
"It's fine, Miroku."
"It is?" Miroku wasn't sure if he should be confused or thrilled or both - maybe it wasn't as bad as he thought! Sango nodded as she went on.
"I uh, I know that you were...um...I just um..." Sango bit her lip, trying to find the right words to say what she wanted to say. "I only did that because..." Miroku suddenly seemed to catch on and his spirits fell.
"I was going too fast, wasn't I?" Sango only stared up at him sadly almost. "I mean, it's only our first date...OOP!" Miroku made a face. He really wanted to kick himself now for saying that. Sango just stared at him.
"What?" She had a small smile on her face. "You don't like the word "date" or something, Miroku?"
"No, not at all!" Sango hid a grin behind her glass as Miroku's face flushed a light red. "It's I thought that maybe..." He stopped as he stared at Sango, raising his eyebrows. "Was it...Do you wanna call this a date?"
"Well, I'm...actually not sure," Sango said. "We are good friends and well..." She started to grin again. "It doesn't really matter, does it? I mean...even though we are friends, this still is technically a date..."
"I...I suppose it is," Miroku said with a smile, looking into Sango's lovely face.
"What are you staring at?" Sango asked, smiling back at him.
"Something I find really gorgeous." Sango grinned at this comment but decided to play along.
"And what would that be?"
"You." Sango couldn't help but feel flattered, feeling her face heating up but she continued to smile up at Miroku who smiled back. There attention was brought back when their waitress stopped by with a large glass filled to the brim with chocolate shake, their desert before she took their empty dishes away. Unable to tear his eyes away from Sango, Miroku idly reached over to take the two straws and putting them in, the two were all smiles as they sipped and savored their drink, and their time together.
Sitting under the awning in front of the ice cream shop, Kagome sat beside Inuyasha on the bench, licking at their ice cream cones, Mrs. Higurashi, Grandpa Higurashi, and Sota sitting on the other bench.
"So..." Inuyasha started, Kagome glancing at him, Inuyasha with his chocolate ice cream, Kagome with vanilla.
"So?" Kagome raised her eyebrows at him, urging him to go on.
"I...I just wanted to say...thanks."
"For what?" Kagome asked, surprised as Inuyasha looked at her.
"For everything you done these past couple weeks. Helping me with school and...I really appreciate it..." Inuyasha said, Kagome slowly smiling.
"No problem..." The two smiled at each other, Inuyasha seemingly taking everything in when Kagome smiled slyly and went back to her ice cream. "Now, the only thing you need do is make peace with Koga and you'll be fine." At this comment, Inuyasha gave her a look.
"Are you kidding me! Why should I when he was the one who started it?"
"You don't know, Koga, Inuyasha," Kagome started in a warning tone. "He isn't just gonna forget about that and he isn't exactly a pushover."
"Hey! I can take care of myself and I can handle him, anytime..." Inuyasha stated smugly, making Kagome roll her eyes and look away, Inuyasha catching sight of this. "If I didn't know better Kagome, I think you like him..."
"WHAT!" Kagome's face turned bright red as she looked at Inuyasha in disbelief. "Are you kidding me? A big jerk like that!"
" 'A big jerk like that!' " Inuyasha said in a mocking voice of Kagome, tapping her nose with his ice cream.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome said, surprised while Inuyasha grinned.
"Sorry, I couldn't resist..." He said, shaking his head.
"Now my nose is cold," She said, with a pouty expression. Inuyasha took a napkin from the couple he had in his lap.
"Here...lemme get that..." Inuyasha and Kagome couldn't help but stare into each other's eyes as Inuyasha took his time to gently wipe the ice cream from her nose. As Inuyasha finished, he gently brushed his hand by her cheek, the two still staring into each other's eyes. Finally, as Kagome inhaled deeply after feeling as though that moment lasted for an eternity, she smiled sweetly at Inuyasha and leaned back into her seat, putting her attention back on her dripping ice cream cone. Inuyasha, still considering what just happened, smirked to himself before going back to his own ice cream, but not before he looked at Kagome one last time and said,
"Thanks for having me over for dinner."