Disclaimer: I do not won Inuyasha, but I do, sorta, own the plot.
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A/N: Yo yo! Ber ber ber says Krista. Yeah well… just thought I'd write a little more. I'm slowing losing my grammatical skillz. I want to aquire an Australian or British accent and lingo. Heh.
Some people asked me what the title means. I'm not completely sure, actually. I think it means "I Love You" but it could also mean "Love Me" ... not sure. I'll tell you if i figure it out, then.
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Koishikute
Chapter Two
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"Ooh, here he comes…" Sango pointed at Inuyasha who was standing at his locker, messing with the lock. He opened the navy blue metal door and placed his hand towards the top shelf. He pulled out a pink piece of paper and looked at it with a puzzled look on his face.
Inuyasha was suddenly pushed forward by a certain football player, AKA Miroku. Inuyasha dropped the pink paper which he didn't read yet. Miroku picked it up and started reading it aloud. " 'Uh oh… I think I'm starting to like you!' Inuyasha, you player! Who's this from? I thought you were trying to get Kikyo to like you, not 'Your not-so-secret admirer'!"
"Shut up!" he growled and snatched the paper, crumbling it up and throwing it back into his locker.
Sango and Kagome snuck away from the scene. "You think he knows it was me?" Kagome wondered.
"How could he not? You made it obvious enough."
"Hm… so now he knows I 'like' him… what now?"
"Hah! You think I'm going to help you with this bet? You're on your own, sistah."
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"What is this!" Inuyasha stomped up to Kagome at their study hall. He held the crinkled rose colored note.
"I don't know! You tell me!" Kagome stuck her tongue out at him as he took the seat next to her.
"Why are you writing me childish love letters?"
"Why do you think?"
"What, you like me now?"
"Maaaaaybeeee…"
He swiped his hand down his face while muttering, "Oh, God, no…"
"Why? What's the problem in that? Shouldn't you be proud that you're so hot that you've attracted someone?"
"…Wait - Did you just call me hot?"
"Maaaaaybeeee…" she repeated. 'God, he's so damn dense… I can't believe I'm actually 'flirting' with him!'
"Why are you suddenly intruding on my life?"
'Because I want fifty dollars.' "Because I really like you. And I'd really like to get to know you better. Why do you have such a problem with me? You don't have a problem with Kikyo, and we look exactly alike."
"No you don't! Kikyo is beautiflul… You're… you! It's different!"
"How?"
"Agh! Just - I don't know, okay?"
"God, Inuyasha, chill out. I just want to be your friend."
"Oh… 'kay?"
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"So how's your not-so-secret admirer?" Miroku asked Inuyasha at lunch.
"She's fine. She's annoying." Ever since Inuyasha and Kagome's talk from previously that day, he couldn't stop thinking of her words. Despite the simplicity, they stayed in his head. "She just wants to be my friend."
"Are you going to let her?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Why should I?"
"Inuyasha, don't be such an ass. She didn't do anything to you. If she did, I would already know about it. You would have complained about her already, but she hasn't truly bothered you and I know it."
"I'd rather go after Kikyo," Inuyasha said flatly.
"Well I didn't say you had to go after this girl. Just be her friend. How can you be so popular with everyone if you're such a jackass? I wouldn't want to ruin your reputation around here."
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Inuyasha was up all night thinking about that stupid fucking Kagome Higurashi. Why should he even be friends with her? What does she want from him? Miroku's words were stuck to his brain like superglue.
He sighed and thought to himself, 'Maybe if I just be her friend for a while I'll get over this frustration.'
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Next Day After School
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"Call her."
"No."
"Call her."
"No!"
"Call her."
"Why should I?"
"Because I told you to! And you gotta be her friend. She likes you, Inuyasha! How do you think I get laid so much? It's because I call the girls, go on little dates with then, and voila!"
"Are you saying I should go on little dates with her too? And who said I wanted to get laid?"
"Dude, if you don't want to get laid, you must be gay."
"I am not gay!"
Miroku sighed. "Call her or I call Kikyo and tell her some secrets of yours."
Inuyasha's eyes grew wide with his friend's words. Mumbling curses, he grabbed the phone and phonebook to look up Higurashi's number. He glared at his friend as he listened to the ringing. God, how dare his friend blackmail him… "Well no one's home, are you hap-"
He was cut off as a female voice answered, "Moshi moshi."
"Uh, hi, Kagome?"
"Hai, this is her."
"Hey, uh, this is, uh, Inuyasha."
"Um… hi? Why are you calling?"
"What? You don't want me to call?"
"Ah, no, no. It's fine. It's just that I thought you didn't want to be my friend."
"Well maybe I changed my mind! Gotta problem with it?"
"Maybe…" He could tell she was teasing, but that didn't matter. He was being pushed into this thing, and he was trying to be nice, but now she was mocking him! Fuck her…!
"Shut up, ya fuckin' wench!"
"What did you say? What did you just say to me?"
"I called ya a fuckin' wench, why don't ya turn up your hearing aid?"
"I thought you wanted to be my friend, you jerk!"
"I do want to be your friend, or else I wouldn't be takling to you right now!"
"If you wanted to be my friend then you wouldn't be yelling at me!"
"I am not yelling!"
"If you hate me so much then I'll just hang up!"
"I do not hate you!"
"Yeah? Prove it!"
"I already did! I told you I wanted to be your friend! I wouldn't want to be friends with someone that I hated!"
"I don't believe you for a second!"
"You know what? I'll prove it to you! I'll show you! Meet me at the kôhî-ya on Yamato-dori tomorrow at four!"
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
He hung up without saying a goodbye. Miroku eyes him suspiciously. "What?" Inuyasha asked.
"Ha, ha! You made plans with her! And I didn't even make you!"
He felt heat rise to his cheeks. "Shut up. I'm only doing that because he was fighting with me, and there' no way I'm going to let her win an argument."
"Okay, sure. And that's your way of winning?"
"I think it went well."
"Psh, no."
"Just watch. I'll make you both happy by being her friend!"
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Next Day, 4PM
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Neither Inuyasha nor Kagome were right at the kôhî-ya on time. But what a coincidence it was for them to both be stomping towards the café, both coming from opposite directions, at the same time. They met at the door and glared at each other.
"I hate you," they said simultaneously. Inuyasha opened the door for her, and a smile graced her lips. Inuyasha felt his own lips curl when he saw hers, but only for a second, the like magic, it was disappeared.
"What do you want?" he asked as he stood next to her, scanning the menu.
"I don't know. I'll take whatever you're ordering. But I'll pay for mine."
"No, I got it." (a/n: this is not, I repeat, not a replay of LP everyone! LOL!)
"Aww, thanks." It was funny how she was already enjoying herself. Kagome walked over to a table for two and sat down at the classy, yet casual, chair. She smiled at Inuyasha as he approached her with two piping hot cups of French vanilla cappuccino.
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"What! You don't like Cherry Filter?"
"Why should I?"
"Are you sure you're not thinking of Cherry Feel?"
"Yeah, I know what you're talking about. I know the difference between Ayumu from Zwei and Youjeen. Youjeen, Son Star… Cherry Filter… I just don't like 'em."
"Oh, are they too rock for you? Lemme guess, you like BoA's Korean stuff!" she laughed.
"No, I just don't like Korean shit. I can't understand it." Inuyasha crossed his arms. (a/n: no offense to any readers. I'm not against Koreans in any way. I love everyone: ) !)
"Not even Seo Taiji?"
"Not even Seo Taiji."
"You're ridiculous!" Kagome threw her coffee cake at him.
"Oh no you don't!" he said and smeared a piece of apple crisp on her cheek. The two broke out in a tiny food fight in their small table. Just as Kagome was about to smudge icing from a cupcake on Inuyasha's cheek, he grabbed he wrist in defense and she dropped the baked good, startled by his excellent reflexes.
Their eyes locked. She swiped her hand across her face nto get her black hair out of her eyes.
'She really is cute,' he thought while being trapped in her chocolate eyes. 'Wait - what?' He released her wrist and muttered, "sorry."
Kagome bit her lip, her worst habit. "You wanna leave this joint? Let's get some ice cream down at Basukin Robinsu."
"Uh, sure."
The two teenagers left and walked down a few blocks to the ice cream shop. As they arrived, a plump, elder woman greeted them at the door. "What an adorable couple you two make. Do you know about our couple's special today? Buy one ice cream sundae, get the other one for your girlfriend free." She winked.
"Uh, we're not -" Kagome started.
"Uh, oh, thanks!" Inuyasha snatched Kagome's hand in his own and lead her into Basukin Robinsu.
"What are you doing?"
"Hey, I'm strapped for money, so just play along. If you like me so much then you should be happy I'm pretending to be dating you."
Kagome smiled to herself. Her plan was working. If Inuyasha still hated her, he wouldn't be posing as a couple. He wouldn't have bought her food for her. He wouldn't even be here right now!
Inuyasha smiled at Kagome while facing her at their small table, He was definitely having more fun than he thought he would. Kagome was so unlike his other friends. She wasn't always checking how she looked in her compact. She wasn't always playing with her hair, except to get it out of her eyes. She just wasn't stuck up, period. And he liked it. He was getting sick of his friends. They were always making drama out of everything, and they all wanted one thing - to look good. Kagome was opposite completely. She could give a shit about what others thought.
Kagome looked up at Inuyasha, who was staring at her. She smiled. "What?" she asked playfully.
Inuyasha jumped. He hated being caught staring. "N-nothing…"
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"This is your house? A shrine?"
"Well we own the shrine, and my house is up the steps. We don't live in the shrine." She shook the hair out of her face, making Inuyasha blush slightly. "Thanks for taking me out today. It was nice." She did the most unimaginable thing she thought she would ever do. She stood on her toes and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.
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Inuyasha walked home, looking up at the sky that was speckled with stars. What a day… He really enjoyed himself, which surprised him. He felt forced into the whole date by Miroku, damn him, but it turned out to be okay. Kagome was refreshing to him, and he wished he could spend more time with her.
That kiss she had given him startled him, but made a fuzzy feeling run through his stomach as he walked home. The feeling got him excited, and it made him feel energized… What was this feeling? It felt good.
He reached into his pocket for his keys and opened his front door, humming slightly to a random Mr. Children song, when he came face to face with his brother Sesshoumaru. "What the hell are you doing in my house?"
"Hey, I just came here to borrow money…" Sesshoumaru replied calmly to his fuming brother. "How was your date with your little girlfriend?"
"She's not my girlfriend! Wait, how'd you know I was on a date?"
Sesshoumaru walked over to Inuyasha's answering machine and played a message he had saved. Miroku's voice emerged from the square device: Hey Inuyasha, you player you… How'd your date go? Or are you still on it? You know you want Kagome… You know you want herrrrr! Hahahaha… Well you gotta call me back and tell me what you guys did… I bet you guys made out for hours and hours… That's what dates are for, ne?
Inuyasha blushed madly and hit the delete button on the machine. 'I'll kill him, that damn hentai.'
"So what did you guys do?"
"NOTHING."
"Then why are you blushing? Inuyasha, trust me, I know you better than you think I do. I'm a psychiatrist (a/n: a psychiatrist? That needs money? Oh, please… lol Sesshy probably blows all his money on pretty fluffy things) so I think I would know a normal teenage crush when I see one."
"You think I have a crush on her? Feh," Inuyasha replied, but now that his brother mentioned it, the feeling he had earlier was beginning to make sense.
"Oh, come on, Inuyasha. You think you can fool me?"
Inuyasha thought about this for a moment. Sesshoumaru did know him better than anyone. Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha were so different, yet Sesshoumaru could practically read Inuyasha's mind. What was the use of lying to him? It's not like Sesshoumaru knew Kagome or anything, so it wasn't like he was going to tell her… "Alright fine… Maybe, maybe, I have a crush on her."
"HAHAHA! I was right." Sesshoumaru's ego grew.
"Pfft… So what? It's not like I'm going to be all obsessed with her or anything. So just shut up, okay? God, all she did was give me a kiss—"
"A kiss!"
"—On the cheek."
"Oh… But still!"
"God, Sesshoumaru, you act like a fuckin' teenage girl. Get over it. It's no big deal." But Inuyasha's heart was telling him differently. That small act of kindness would not be forgotten, no matter how hard he would try.
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"So how was it?"
"I think my plan is going well… Very well… I honestly think he's falling for me. And you know what? I even kissed him on the cheek before he left!"
"You did!"
"Yep!" Kagome's heart jumped at the thought of it. It was a really special moment… Wait, what?
"You know, I'm partly happy for you, but I'm starting to get mad… I'm losing this stupid bet."
"Oh yeah, the bet."
"What? Did you forget about it?"
"Kinda, yeah…" It was true. Kagome forgot why she was doing this entire thing. As the time went by, she forgot more and more about it, and by the end of the day she was having so much fun and as she kissed his soft cheek, she forgot exactly what she was trying to win – his heart or the money?
"Well what did you think you were with him for? If I was in your position, that's all I would be thinking about."
Kagome shook her head. It wasn't that the whole thing was torture, and she was only doing it for the money completely. She really enjoyed herself while with Inuyasha… She really liked him. It was funny, how one minute she went from hating that stupid jerk, to now she actually… liked him. But she was confused now. Did she honestly just like him? Or was there more to it?
The money wasn't important to her anymore, that was for sure.
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A/N: grr… March is almost here, and that's when this'll be posted. I really don't like that… Agh. I gotta get writing more. I think that once we have some HOLS then I'll finally write more. See, I'm getting some British lingo. It's marvy.