Title: Getting to Know You (Part II)
Category: Drabble
Author: otempora01
Rating: G, again. You know, it somehow seems wrong to have a G-rated MiroKag fic.
Challenge: Introduction
Words: 387
Subtlety had never come easy to Kagome Higurashi. In fact, she was pretty sure it ran in the family. After all, her grandpa sure wasn't subtle if her increasingly worrying 'diseases' were any indication.
Still, her cheeks were burning with shame as she splashed some creek water on her face and glanced miserably at the notebook by her legs. She'd only been hoping to learn a bit more about Miroku. She hadn't been planning on making such a complete and utter fool of herself. He'd probably realized she didn't have a project for school. He'd probably seen right through it and hated her now for prying into his business. He probably--
"Kagome-sama?"
Kagome whirled around, splashing water everywhere. Her eyes widened when she saw Miroku walking towards her. He knelt down on her left side and sighed, placing his bead-less hand in the water and swishing it around slowly.
"I was fifteen."
"What?" Kagome asked, blinking in confusion.
Miroku didn't look at her. "When I was fifteen, I groped a girl for the first time. Mushin congratulated me and we had sake that night."
Kagome realized what was going on and tried to remember the simple act of breathing. "Miroku-sama, I--"
"I've visited over sixty villages since leaving home." Miroku continued as though she hadn't spoken. "I never stay in one place for very long. It's better to pass on before they realize there's no ominous cloud hanging over them. And, yes, I've always lived with Mushin. My earliest memory is of my father and I staying in Mushin's house." He finally dragged his eyes up to meet hers and she could see the raw honesty in them.
Kagome swallowed. "When... when I was four, I accidentally swallowed a button and they had to take me to the hospital to get it out."
Miroku seemed to relax slightly, so Kagome told him another story from her past. Miroku followed it up with one of his own and so they continued, introducing themselves to one another all over again. Before they knew it, it had grown dark and neither had moved. Kagome's cheeks were flushed, half-excited, half-embarrassed, and Miroku was smiling slightly.
"We should probably get back." He said after a moment, breaking the comfortable silence that had fallen over them.
Kagome nodded, feeling inexplicably shy. "Okay."
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Another "bonus" drabble, this one from otempora01. Good to know that I'm not the only one that misses deadlines...
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