Chapter 5
She paced back a forth in front of the schools front doors, he wasn't there yet. It had already been 20 minutes since the last bell had rang.
'Why am I still here…'
Her finger kept squirming in her palms,
'Argh, this is so stupid, I could be doing something productive right now; instead I'm waiting for…nothing.'
She ran her fingers through her hair; she then brought her hands down to the end of her shirt and started to fumble with the loose threads.
'I'm just going to…'
Before she could even finish that thought a sleek, black car halted right in front of her with a window down,
"Eh, you ready?" Inuyasha spoke in a calm, cool tone; as if he wasn't even late for their little exposition.
Kagome slowly walked up to the polished car and got in. She held her bag up to her chest; she didn't even know what to say.
"…umm, really you don't have to do this if you're busy or something,"
"Stop worrying, schools over for the day, just relax and let me take you to the mall. Is there someone you need to tell before we go," he held out his cell phone,
'Would he be home yet; would he really even care…?'
"No."
He eyed her suspiciously, 'Her parents probably already know.'
"Alright then, we're off to the mall."
With that said the car speed off taking Kagome by surprise, she then quickly buckled up the seatbelt she forgot to put on. He snickered at her.
"Kagome, look at me for a minute…"
Doubtfully she turned to face him, as he looked at her she asked, "Shouldn't you be watching the road?"
He took one last stare, "You should defiantly get contacts."
Kagome blushed and quickly looked away, "Huh?" she quietly mumbled.
"You look really nice with contacts or a least a frameless pair of glasses, I think..." plainly stated Inuyasha. "…but I mean, it's all up to you."
The car was filled with silence. Kagome was too scared to say anything, and Inuyasha was just playing everything cool.
"So, is there a certain time you should be home by?" Inuyasha questioned, trying to get the girl to speak to him,
"I don't really know..." Kagome spoke meekly,
"You sure you don't want to use my phone, your mother-"
"Father." she added quickly,
"Oh, um your father might worry…" He now felt a little awkward; he guessed her mother was an unspoken of topic.
"Um, ok." She took the phone in her hand and dialed her home number, after listening to it ring around 14 times someone finally answered,
"Uh, hel-hello?" a rough voice spoke,
"Hey dad it's me-"
"Call back later."
And he hung up; he didn't even wait for her to finish her sentence. But she knew in all honestly, he didn't even care.
They were again in silence, until Kagome said, "Here's your phone back."
"You father seems like a…busy guy." Inuyasha commented after a few moments.
Staring out her window she replied, "Yeah, busy."
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Kagome was standing in front of a mirror holding a rather large pair of glasses, with a navy blue frame, "those look exactly like your old pair…" Inuyasha peeked over her shoulder.
"You mean like my goggles…" She remarked,
"Hey, you know I didn't mean-" Inuyasha quickly replied,
"I'm sorry, just…I'm sorry." She put the glasses back on a stand.
'Why does she seem so…frustrated?'
"How about these!" Inuyasha said with a toothy grin while he pulled a pair of frameless glasses from a stand and slide them onto Kagomes face; she turned and looked in the mirror. She tilted her head to the side while staring at herself,
"They don't look horrible on me…"
"I think they look great on you!" said Inuyasha triumphantly; proud with the pair he picked out for her. She automatically blushed.
She removed them to look at the price, "Oh no, $305.00, that's too much." about to put them back Inuyasha grabbed them,
"Price is not a problem at all Kagome." He seemed serious. She put them back on and stared at herself one more time,
"Are you sure?" She looked him in the eyes,
"Positive."
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They wonder through the mall with no particular destination, it was a Thursday night so the mall wasn't busy at all. Kagome gave in, she let him but her those expensive, yet beautiful glasses, and in one hour the prescription would be done and she'd have her new pair.
"So basically we have one hour to walk around the mall and do whatever we want until they finish with your prescription and such, so, what do you want to do?"
"Um, is there anywhere in particular you'd like to go?" Kagome asked politely,
"…Um, there's probably something I should pick up, I just don't remember, you wanna get food?"
"I'm fine."
"Oh come on, you gotta be hungry, I'm hungry and I last ate at the same time you did."
"That's because you're a guy."
"Hey! What's that suppose to mean!"
She giggled, "Nothing…" and a small smiled creped onto her face.
"Ahha!" he said rather loudly,
"What!" She jumped at his small outburst,
"You've smiled two times today..."
"You're keeping count?"
He smirked and put his hands behind his head, "Naw, I just notice these things."
And again, she couldn't help herself.
Another small smiled appeared on her face.
They continued walking without any destination,
"Three."
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8:04 p.m.
"You sure your dads not worried, maybe you should call him back, I don't want your dad pissed at me for kidnapping his daughter."
"Believe me, he won't mind."
"Alright. I remembered what I needed to pick up,"
"What?"
"I need a pack of smokes, I'm running low, do you mind if we stop by a corner store?"
"No problem."
Inuyasha pulled his car into the parking lot; they both got out of the car and entered the run down store. Inuyasha headed right to the counter,
"Can I get a pack of Mularos, actually make it two packs."
"22.50"
Double checking Inuyasha asked Kagome again, "You sure you don't want anything?" Kagome turned from the shelf she was looking toward and replied, "Inuyasha, I'm fine."
Both in silence again, Inuyasha kept turning his glance from the road to look at her; she had her new glasses on.
Once
Twice
Third time,
"What?" she asked innocently with a small smile; after she noticed him glancing at her,
"You look like a totally different person; I don't think anyone at school will recognize that it's you…." He paused,
"Thank you…" she then paused, "for everything."
He gave her a light hearted smile; the silence wasn't so awkward anymore. That was until'…
gruu - Kagome's stomach growled.
They both looked at each other, and then start to snicker.
"So it turns out that you lied to me." He smirked.
"How?"
"You said you were fine and that you didn't need 'anything', when it turns out your dieing from hunger."
"You're over reacting, I'm not 'dieing' of anything." She spoke with a smile on her face, "My stomach is stupid and likes to make weird noises, that's all."
"Yeah well your stupid stomach is going to be fed-"
"Inuyasha I'm fin-"
"Yeah, yeah sure your fine. But we're still going out to eat." He looked over at her,
"Inuyasha, you've done too much for me, can I at least pay this time?" she began to look through her bag for some loose change.
"Um, let me think, no." He grinned.
She looked him dead on. "You're too stubborn, have you ever been told that?"
He looked back at her and smirked, "All the time, all the time."
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10:02 p.m.
She knew she was in trouble. That was a given. But how much trouble was she in? That was unknown. It was past 10 and she had just got home. In all honesty, she had lost track of time. She walked trough the front door, a shadow came out from the hall way.
"Would you like to explain to me…" he started calmly, "…why you're so fucking late." and finished with fiery dripping from his every word.
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First period English,
She was late again, 14 minutes late to be exact.
"Alright, class today we will all be reading our novels, individually, then answer all the chapter questions assigned. If you complete them all, well then congratulations, you will only have your project for homework."
The classed moaned, 'stupid project.'
The door swung opened, she was out of breath.
"Sorry I'm late sensei." She kept her head down.
"Higurashi, this is your second time being late, this week."
"Sorry." She brought her head up,
The whole class broke out into whisper, it was the glasses.
"That's her?"
"What a change."
"She's cute."
"Probably still a nerd."
"Take your seat." The teacher ordered after looking at her 'new' face, giving off a smirk.
'Sick bastard.' Kagome thought.
Inuyasha didn't say a word to her the whole class, he didn't even look her way.
Just as class was ending Kagome was called to the teacher's desk.
"Miss Higurashi, I'd like to speak with you after to school."
Inuyasha looked up from his desk,
"Sir, may I know why?" she asked meekly.
"Because…you have been late. Twice in one week, this is unacceptable." He began to fold some papers while grinning to himself.
'I barely come to class at all, I've never been asked to stay after school.' Thought Inuyasha
She couldn't argue; she hated to cause scenes. She would have to suffer…again, or could she just not go.
'Just not go.'
She was Kagome Higurashi; she couldn't rebel against a teacher. Yet, one week ago she didn't think she could ever carry out a conversation with the Inuyasha.
The bell rang, she grabbed her bag and left.
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"I don't get it, I've never been on time for a single class, yet he's never asked me to stay after school…"
"Ey, maybe it's because he doesn't want her to slack, 'cause you know, she's a good student and all." Miroku said, lighting up a cigarette.
Inuyasha inhaled, "Yeah, maybe."
"She looks really good." Miroku stated.
"Huh?" Inuyasha was caught off-guard,
"With those new glasses you can see her face; she's a really pretty girl."
"Feh."
"You can't even admit it, you're too stubborn."
"I've heard that twice in two days you know." Snickered Inuyasha,
"Yeah, and you'll probably hear it again tomorrow. It's true." Miroku looked down at his watch, "Yo, let's get going, class started 15 minutes ago. We're late, again."
Inuyasha sighed, "Eh, what else is new."
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They thought they were the last students in the school; they had stayed late because Miroku decided it was the day to clean out his mess of locker. So there they were walking down the third floor stairs with three full garbage bags,
"It figures, the one of us with the messiest locker gets their locker on the third floor!" complained Sango, "I don't even know why I'm with you…"
"'Cause you can't resist my dashing looks, smooth talk, my –"
"Shutup." Inuyasha and Sango said in illusion.
"I forget, did we find five things that were alive or just four?" questioned Inuyasha,
"Defiantly five." Sighed Sango, "I know I'm unorganized, but Miroku that was gross."
"Yeah well, I bet Inuyashas' locker is worst!"
"Buddy, I don't even know where my locker is; I think I used it once in September and that was it."
They all laughed, mainly because it was actually true.
They finally reached the second floor when they heard a fist slam into a locker and a cry of frustration. Silently they dropped the garbage bags and peaked around the corner. It was her. Standing with her head buried in her arms, propped up against the locker.
"Why's she still here?" whispered Miroku,
"She had to stay after school 'cause she got in trouble with the English Teach." Replied Sango,
BAM
She slammed her fist into the locker again, they all watched for a few more minutes until' it was obvious she was crying.
"Inuyasha, you should-"
"Eh, why me! Sango, you're the girl." Shot back Inuyasha,
"Inuyasha!" Sango gave him 'the glare'.
"Alright, fine. Gees, here are my car keys. Drop this shit off at some dump, and then come pick me up. I'll walk her home or something, Miroku knows where she lives." He tossed his friends the key then turned to corner quietly.
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She had whipped off her zip-up sweater which she was wearing that day, it was lying on the other side of the hallway, and two books sat beside her opened back pack. He noticed she was wearing short sleeves. She heard his feet. She looked up, her eyes opened in shock and she turned away to viciously wipe her eyes dry.
"Kag-"
"Why are you still here?" she asked quickly,
He was caught off guard, she seemed defensive, "I had to help someone clean their locker, aren't you suppose to be with the English teach-"
She didn't answer. She kneeled down and began to put her books in her bag.
He just starred at her, "are you scarred of getting in trouble or something, I mean if you are don't worry, I've been in trouble plenty, and by worst teachers too. You'll be fine, he'll let you off easy because you a good student and all-"
"I'm not scarred of that!" she practically yelled, cutting him off.
Again he was caught off guard. She didn't look like the type to yell. They were both in silence.
"I'm…I'm sorry." She said quietly dropping a book, "It's just that…I can't, I can't go see him." Her eyes started to water up again, "I can't, I can't, I can't…"
She grabbed her head and began to shake it, she kept repeating, "I can't…" as if she was going insane.
He walked up to her and pulled her hands of her head; she winced. "Kagome stop." Her body started to shake, "You've got to calm down."
All of a sudden her arms were wrapped around him and she began to cry into his chest. He was shocked frozen, and for a few moments he didn't know how to respond. Slowly his arms wrapped around her tiny, trembling body. This was the first time Inuyasha noticed how small she actually was.
"I don't know why you can't see him, but you've got to control yourself."
She still didn't stop shaking; she was giving herself an anxiety attack.
"You can't do this to yourself. This is crazy. Let's get out of here, let's just go." Inuyasha was being very serious.
He let got of her, picked up her jacket and bag, took her hand and walked her down to the side doors and out of the building. She mindlessly followed.
'I don't know why I'm helping this pathetic girl.' He thought to himself.
The door led them to the teacher's parking lot. Inuyasha put her bag and jacket down against the building and sat down against the wall.
"You should sit for a bit." And she did. She wasn't shaking anymore, just breathing heavily.
They sat there in silence for a good five minutes. He finally turned his head too look at her; she was hugging her thin arms. He could see the bruises again.
"You ok?" he asked quietly.
She snapped out of her trance, "Yeah, I'm ok."
"Can I walk you home?"
Right as he asked, the side door was opened and out he walked. Their English teacher and he turned to look at the both of them sitting against the wall.
'Shit.' They both thought,
"My, my, my, Kagome am I ever disappointed, I was suppose to see you…" he looked to his watch, "25 minutes ago, and here I find you with this…bad influence."
"Eh, watch it. Kagome wasn't feeling well. I brought her outside for some air." Inuyasha defended Kagome and himself,
"Excuse me, Inuyasha you didn't have the detention, Kagome did. If she was sick she should have come and told me. Now, you will both be punished."
"Um, Sir, Inuyasha did nothing wrong, I just-"
"I was speaking." He hushed her quickly, "Now you will both show up here, in the school library, on Saturday. You will come at 8:00 a.m. and not a minute later and I'll dismiss you at 6 p.m. If you fail to show up, I will be calling parents. Do I make myself clear?"
They both mumbled some sort of a yes.
"See you two promptly at 8:00 a.m., Saturday morning." With that he left for his car.
"Shit." Inuyasha whispered,
"I'm so sorry." Kagome apologized,
"Don't blame yourself."
'I can't miss this fucking detention; I can't afford to have him call home while my dads in town.' Thought Inuyasha
"Let me walk you home now."
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DONE!
Sorry for the long wait, really, I am.
But now I need your opinions.
Next chapter will probably be the detention, now I'm using the detention as a way for the characters to spend a day together and learn more about each other.
Now would you like the detention to be:
Kagome and Inuyasha
Or
Kagome, Inuyasha, Miroku and Sango (I could get them in, but there wouldn't be as much Kagome and Inuyasha)