The End of My World
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a/n: Heya! Again… thanks for everyone who reviewed. Also, thanks for everyone who read my story. Anyway, here's the story!
Chapter8
Miroku and I walked up to the snack bar. We sat there, I was quiet; I didn't want to say anything at all. The blush was still on my face but I doubt it was too obvious anymore.
Miroku stared at me with his deep piercing eyes, like they could look into my soul.
"Are you alright?" he asked me with his head cocked to one side.
"Hmm? Oh, yeah, I'm fine. How's your arm?"
"Oh, it's fine now. The bandage you gave me helped a lot. It should heal over by tomorrow. It wasn't too deep, after all. Although…I am really pleased to know that you're so worried about me" he said with another sheepish grin.
"I wasn't worried!" I snapped. "It's just that it'll be hard to explain to the teachers if your wound got infected or something" I continued while looking away, trying to hide another blush creeping onto my face.
"Whatever you say, dear Sango" he said as he ordered two snow cones for us.
A little later, our snow cones came. It was perfect for a hot day like today. We sat under our umbrellas and ate our snow cones while looking around the sea. I was trying to find Kagome and Inuyasha. Just then, they walked up to us. Kagome stared at me, gaping.
"Sango, I have to talk to you, now!" she ordered, dragging me away.
We stopped a little distance away. I stood there with a confused look while still eating my snow cone.
"What did you want to talk about?" I began the conversation. Although, somehow, I knew what it would be about. Probably had something to do with Miroku.
"Sango, what's going on between you and Miroku?" she asked all big eyed.
I knew it
"Nothing" I replied simply while rolling my eyes
"What do you mean nothing! That's what you've been telling me since a few hours ago!"
"That's just it. Nothing happened." I replied calmly
"Nothing? Let's review. You were practically freaking out when Miroku didn't show up for the bus, almost panicked when he was a little late for the boat, and you totally freaked out when you thought he got left behind! You two were alone way to long on the platform for nothing to happen. You were awfully friendly with each other on the mountain, and you two were alone on the beach. Also, you two were eating snow cones together when Inuyasha and I came back. There can't be 'nothing' going on. Tell me already!" she whined
"There. Is. Nothing. Going. On." I answered back coolly. "What about you and Inuyasha? Anything going on between you two?"
"Eh!" Kagome's face went red. "No way! What makes you say that anyway!"
"You two do a lot of stuff together…and you both argue like an official couple. The fact that you're blushing right now helps too" I said victoriously
"Oh, well, whatever! Let's just get back." she said turning away.
Heh, she isn't even trying to deny it. I thought as I followed her back with a smirk on my face.
"Well? What took you guys so long?" Inuyasha snapped in a very annoyed tone.
"What are you talking about? We were only gone for a few minutes. You know, you could learn to be a little more patient!" Kagome argued back.
I gave a long sigh, "Barely a minute together and already they start fighting…"
"Yeah, it must be love" Miroku agreed
"Yeah right, what do you know about love anyway?" I said disbelievingly
"Plenty." Miroku replied. "For instance, whenever you get angry with me, I know you don't mean it."
"Really?" I rolled my eyes
"Of course. The truth is, you actually love me" he said with that perverted grin plastered on his face.
"Is that so?" I raised an eyebrow
"Yup!" he replied lowly.
His hand inched closer and…
Slap.
"Pervert" I growled lowly.
"Eh…heh heh…"he scratched his cheek, "Oh, yeah…Kagome, are you alright? Your face seems a little bit…flushed"
"Eh!" she turned a shade of red that would put the reddest tomato to shame
"She's fine. Just…got too much sun." I said making up an excuse.
"Are you guys done talking yet?" Inuyasha interrupted in a bored tone. "Because it's getting late."
I checked my watch. "Oh my gosh! It's five to six!"
In a panic, we all rushed across the street to the hotel. We got there just in time as Ms. Kaede began to call roll.
After she finished calling everybody's names, she ordered everyone to the dining hall and let us eat our dinner.
"I am so tired!" Kagome whined, "I never want to climb another mountain ever again!"
"Oh shaddap already, wench. Stop complaining! We have to hike another mountain tomorrow so quit whining." Inuyasha chastised her between mouthfuls of ramen.
"Don't tell me what to do!"
Inuyasha just rolled his eyes. "Whatever."
"Grrr…"
Whatever, I stopped listening to their conversation. I mean, sure, I was tired too but those two wouldn't stop arguing no matter how exhausted they were. Might as well let them have some fun.
"Listen everyone" Ms. Kaede interrupted everybody's meal, not to mention their conversations.
The whole dining hall went silent.
"Tomorrow, we're all going to hike up the mountain behind the hotel so get a lot of rest. That's it, I'll tell you all more tomorrow."
With that, she left and everyone resumed their chatter.
"So we're going together again, right?" I asked.
"Yeah, of course we are." Kagome squealed
"Jeez, you're so loud!" Inuyasha complained while covering his ears
"No I'm not!" Kagome and Inuyasha began to argue again.
"Ah, oh well, we can't keep those two from fighting, can we?" Miroku asked me
I shook my head. We both stayed quiet for a little while, just staring at each other. Then I remembered the last time we did this. It happened on the platform, right before the 'incident.' I quickly looked away, my face beginning to blush.
"Sango…" Miroku began, "Umm, we're supposed to go star gazing on the night after tomorrow."
"Yeah, I know."
"Well, I was wondering if…"
I didn't get it. Usually, Miroku's very smooth talking around girls. What was going on with him now? His face looked nervous and he started sweating too.
"What is it, Miroku?"
"Would you maybe…want to…star gaze…with me?" he said the last part in a low whisper which, I think, only I heard.
"Uh…umm…" say something, you idiot! "Sure!"
Miroku's face beamed and all the nervousness disappeared. "Thanks, Sango-chan"
"Eh? Umm, yeah, sure…" I stood up, "I'm going back to my room. I'm getting a little tired. See you tomorrow."
"Oh, okay. Good night." he called after me.
I ran up the stairs and into my room. I was gasping for breath and my face was all red.
Why…why did I agree to go with him?
A few minutes passed as I stared into to oh-so-captivating ceiling fan on my…um ceiling. Just then, I heard the door open and saw Kagome step in.
"Hey, Sango, what happened? You disappeared all of a sudden."
"I'm alright." I replied looking up from my bed, which was beside the window that led to the balcony, mind you.
"So then, why'd you leave so soon? You didn't even finish your sushi. I thought you love that."
"I do, I just wasn't hungry tonight."
"Oh…"
A moment of silence passed.
"Umm…" I was wondering whether or not to tell Kagome about Miroku's invitation. I decided to do it. I mean, she'd find out anyway, might as well tell her.
"Hey, Kags?"
"Yeah?"
"You know what we're doing on the night after tomorrow, right?"
"The night after tomorrow? Let's see…Ms. Kaede wants us to go star gazing, right?"
"Yeah…you see…Miroku asked me to go. I mean…with him…and…"
"Oh my gosh! Sango! That's amazing! I mean that's totally great! I'm so happy for you!" she all but screamed into my ear.
"Kagome! I'm going deaf!" I yelled in almost equal volume. You know, just so that she could hear me over her own squealing.
Then she hugged me very very tightly.
"Kagome…need air…can't breathe…" I struggled to say
"Oh, sorry" she released me and I immediately took deep breaths to replace the ones Kagome kept me from taking.
"It's not that big a deal. Actually, I only agreed because of the heat of the moment, you know. To be completely honest, I'm not even sure if I should go." I shrugged
"WHAT! Sango, you have to go. You'll break Miroku's heart if you back out." she begged
"Kagome…"
"Lights out!" a voice called from outside the door. Almost in an instant, all the lights in our room went out and we were forced to end our conversation and go to sleep.
About halfway through my sleep, I saw a person drop down onto our balcony from the balcony above. I stood from my bed and, slowly, inched closer to the figure. I pushed a little bit of the curtain to the side so that I could see who the intruder was.
A little bit of light shone through and…
"M-Miroku?"
"Yup, it's me." he whispered
"What the…what are you doing here? No, more importantly, how did you get here?"
"Oh, well, you see, I wanted to tell you something a while ago but you left so fast I didn't get a chance to tell you."
"Oh? And what is it that you had to tell me? I mean, couldn't it wait until morning?"
"Nope, and I wanted to tell you that…"
"What?" I yawned
"That I really appreciate your acceptance of my invitation. And I wanted to do this again"
Without a second thought, I felt him press his lips against mine. My eyes shot wide open and then he pulled away.
"Nice" he said as he licked his lips. "I just wanted to make sure you were awake."
I gaped a moment, then I composed myself; thankful that it was dark enough to hide my heating cheeks.
"Umm, ah…whatever; so…how did you get here anyway?"
"Ah, well you see, just this morning, I learned that our room was just above yours. I simply climbed down the balcony my balcony and dropped down on yours."
"S…Simple enough" I yawned again.
"You should go back to sleep, it is still early after all."
He kissed my forehead and climbed back up to his balcony. I stood there, still in shock, for those of you who still don't know, trying to absorb what happened. After standing there, gaping at nothing for a long time, I finally took in what happened. I went back to my bed, still in a daze, and dropped down on it.
I closed my eyes and just…thought back.
He came down to my balcony, just to tell me how much he appreciated my going star gazing with him. Then…he kissed me. And just like some dashing fairytale prince, he appears and disappears as he wishes, with a shroud of mystery around him every time.
I sighed. Maybe Kagome was right. Maybe I do like him. And maybe, just maybe, he likes me too.
I sighed again, this time with satisfaction, before falling back asleep. I have finally admitted to myself that I like Miroku. Of course, that didn't mean I was about to let anyone else know.
I awoke the next morning, incredibly early mind you, and thought back on what happened last night.
Yup, I like Miroku.
'Like'?
Wha? Who said that?
'You'
Huh? Who are you?
'Like I said, I'm you. Your conscience to be precise'
Conscience? Wow, I never knew I had one of those! Sure, I've heard about them, but I never knew you actually existed. Where have you been all this time?
'Here. You've been shoving me to the back of your head every time I come out'
Since when have I ever done that? I've never even heard from you before.
'Never heard from me? Hello? Who do you think has been telling you that you like Miroku?'
Oh! That was you? But I thought Kagome was the one telling me those things.
'Do you really think Kagome had that idea on her own? Her conscience told her. Well, I was the one who told her conscience, but that's beside the point.'
Oh…wait, consciences can talk to each other?
'You ask too many questions. Of course we can talk to each other! What's wrong with you! Jeez, why do I always get stuck talking to idiots!'
Alright! No need to get all snappy. Besides, you said you're me, so then if I'm an idiot, so are you.
'Oh, right. Ah whatever. We're seriously getting off topic. Anyway, I'm here to convince you don't 'like' Miroku but you actually, 'love' him'
What the hell are you talking about! I admit I like the guy but I would never love him.
'Yeah right. Like all those kisses he gave you meant nothing to you. Do you expect me to believe that? I told you, I'm you. That means I know everything about you. You can't hide anything from me.
Oh shut up. What do you know about how I feel?
Sigh… 'Are you not listening? I am you!'
"Sango? What are you doing? You've been like that since I woke up."
"Huh?"
"You've been spacing out since I woke up. What's wrong with you?"
"Oh, nothing." I was mentally arguing with myself, that's all "What time is it?" I tried to change the subject.
"Well, it's 7:00 right now. Which reminds me, we didn't get to finish our conversation last night."
"What are you talking about?" I hoped she would forget.
"You know, about Miroku"
"Oh yeah" no such luck. "What about it?"
"Are you really gonna turn him down?"
"Uh…I guess not…" I thought for a second "I mean, not after what happened last night" I whispered the last part to myself.
"What happened last night?" she gave a questioning look
Oh shit, she heard me! She actually heard me! She should really stop hanging around Inuyasha.
"Ah…no…nothing. Forget I said anything." I waved my arms to dismiss the thought
"Oww, come on, tell me" she said giving me her trademark pout and big pleading eyes
"I said it's nothing. Come on, let's go get some breakfast."
"Ok"
We left our room and went to the dining hall. Miroku and Inuyasha were already waiting for us. We ate breakfast, all the while, I was avoiding eye contact with Miroku. Why? Only because of the whole balcony plus kiss thing.
"Alright" Ms. Kaede's voice boomed through the entire hall, instantly shutting up anyone who was talking.
"Today we're hiking up the mountain behind the hotel. We go in groups of four again" she assigned each group a trail and let us continue whatever it was she interrupted.
After breakfast, it was up the mountain we went. It was unusually quiet in our group. The reasons?
Kagome and Inuyasha were not fighting
I was pretty much ignoring Miroku and sort of avoided getting close to him and
None of us were saying anything at all
To be honest Kagome wasn't even complaining about how steep the trail was. The silence was…unnerving. A little later, I think everyone was getting tired of the silence.
"Jeez, why do the teachers have to make us go hiking so damn early in the morning!" Inuyasha groaned
"And you say I complain a lot? Talk about whiny." Kagome smirked.
"What did you say, wench!" Inuyasha retorted
And thus, they begin to argue…again.-sigh- just like old times…
Then a certain question passed my mind…
"Miroku, how did you know my room was below yours?"
"Oh, well, you see, the funniest thing happened…" he gave a boyish grin.
"The other day, I was staring off on my balcony when I suddenly fell off, thus, landing on the one below. So, when I looked through the window, lo and behold, there you were! By the way, might I say that you look simply adorable when you're asleep. I like your pajamas too. You should wear them more often"
Then reality hit me, and boy did it hit me hard. The fabric of my pajamas were thin, really thin. And they were short too. Not only that, he watched me sleep! That's it!
Twitch.
Slap.
"Pervert!"
a/n: And that's chapter 8! Please review. Personally, I liked the balcony part. Ah, whatever. Please push the little review button and make a little girl happy (that would be me)
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