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The radio comes on and you hit the snooze button. "Too… early…" You groan and fall back asleep.

…"I'll keep you my dirty little secret!" Blares out of the radio at 6:39 am. You get up and leave the radio on. You take a shower and put on a clean uniform. You fold the clean laundry and make a farce lunch for your self. You're going back into a world of lies with the humans. You do your make up and it's almost time for you to leave.

You poke your head into Shessomarus empty room. You make his bed and pick up his clothing off of the floor. Some how it's really nice to clean his room, while your room is such a chore.

You sigh; the house is so quiet and lonely without him here. You sit down on his bed and run your hand over the quilt on his bed and contemplate, in a couple of days he'll be back. I hope… I hope that he and Seyuki can get along. I'm so nervous about seeing Seyuki again. You stand up and pack all of your stuff in your bag and leave.

You walk down the street and start to worry. You try to calm yourself down, saying, "I'm ok, this'll be fine. It's just Seyuki. Ya we're best friends, he'll be ok with this." You arrive at his house and take a really deep breath. I hope this'll be ok… You close your eyes and reach out to knock on the door.

You hear a chick and click and you knock on something hollow and soft. You open your eyes to find your fist resting on Seyukis chest. You face feels hot and his face was a dark shade of pink. You quickly remove your hand and stare at the ground. "I… I came to walk you to school, Seyuki." You stutter.

He closes the door, looking at the ground as well. "Um… ok. I Wasn't… um, expecting you." You nod, still not raising your head. He puts his fingers under your chin and lifts your head till you can't escape looking into his eyes., "Tabitha, It's cool, k? Loosen up, you're makin' me nervous."

You smile and a tear seeps out of your eye, which you quickly wipe away with your sleeve. "Ok, that's really good to hear, I was so scared." He laughs, "Ya I noticed." You shrug and retort, "Well, I dunno!" As you begin to walk a feeling of ease begins to return to you. "So what's this Shessomaru guy like? That's a pretty old fashioned name, is he a party killer, all stiff neck and stuff?" You laugh and answer, "You said that cause of his name?"

He objected, " No! I said that cause of how stiff and cocky he was. PLUS he was in a suit!" You push him, "I think he looks hot in a suit! Guys always look classy in good suits." he shrugs and says, "I guess I'll have to wear one of those to school one day, except that if what you say is true I'll have to beat the girls off with a stick." You giggle, This is so much better than I thought it'd be. Thank god!

"Anyways…" You start, "Shessomaru, well he's very polite, and he is old fashioned, but not like you think. He's very funny and sometimes he's a little naive , but I don't mind. He respects me though; he doesn't do anything I object to. It's really nice." Seyuki nods and rolls his eyes, "He sounds kind of boring to me."

You shrug and answer him, "No, not really, he's kind of sweet. He can be really commanding at times, but he wouldn't be the same if he wasn't." Seyuki then interrupts, half joking, "So, he's a bully who's invading your space?" You push him again and yell at him, "Stop blowing everything out of proportion!" He snickers and teases you, "You know I'm just bugging you."

I'm so glad, I thought this would be the end, but this is great! You continue onto the school and pass your house. Upon meeting up with Celina and Wakako they go into a tizzy about being so close to him. Kagome is actually going to school today and she walks next to you and Seyuki, having a normal conversation with you.

The day passes incredibly slowly, it's Monday after all. Transactional Focus takes forever. Your sitting by the window and falling asleep because you are just so bored. You think the day will never end, then you get a note from Seyuki, which states, "Is everything ok? You're really out of it… and... um, is it me?"

You sigh and write back, taking your time, "I'm just really bored. You couldn't possibly be making me bored." You were still not really thinking when you handed it back to him. He writes back quickly and you read, "No, I mean are we doin' ok? You seemed ok this morning, but you blacked out on Friday and this isn't just a little thing, so I wanted to know if… I wanna know if anything is going to change, because I still wanna be "Seyuki, Tabitha's best friend." Like every one says all the time."

You think this over really don't want a change, as long as we agree, though things probably won't go back to normal. You write him your thoughts and give him the note. He responds, "I do agree, but I won't stop how I feel about you, I can't." You know this is a delicate conversation and you carefully reply, "Well… as long as you realize that you're just my old Seyuki, and that nothing will come of it now, then I'm sure we'll be alright, ok?"

He reads it and his face is grim. He looks at you for a minute, then he smiles and nods, saying, Ya, I know." You rip up the note and toss it in the trash.

Unpacking your lunch you sit down next to kagome. "So how was your weekend?" You ask her. She shrugs, "Well we got 3 more jewel shards, and we had a run in with Kikyo…" You don't remember hearing about Kikyo before, so you ask kagome who she is and she explains, "Well, I'm her reincarnate. She and Inu-Yasha were… In love before. Sometimes I really think he still loves her, but other times I'm sure he doesn't."

She doesn't seem thrilled about his subject, which is good, because she might ask about your weekend if you didn't have a reason to change the topic. "Did you get all your homework done?" She nods, "Ya, actually, I managed to get it all done this time. I even caught up on my math." You smile and nod, "Ya, last year math had a huge work load." (Remember, you're in grade 12 Pre. Cal. You took grade 11 last year.) She agrees with you, and begins to eat her lunch.

The rest of the day is ok, still really boring, of course, but what can you do? You walk home with Seyuki and Kagome. Wakako and Celina had to stay late at school for talking to much is class. You chatter about your day and such, just small talk. You walk in the door and throw your bag on a chair in the kitchen.

You sit down and pull out your homework. You sigh and start to work. You'd get going for a little while and then your mind would drift and you'd start to think of Shessomaru. You'd envision his eyes and his hair. His strong hands and his flawless skin were just so beautiful to you. You'd just forget about everything else, thinking of the way he smiles and the way he looks at you when he's concerned. It's like heaven was embodied in him and you can't stop thinking about him.

Of course you'd remember your homework, and try to keep going, but thoughts of him would always come back. Instead of getting done quickly you take almost all night to get through everything. You lie down on his bed and breath in a deep breath of air. It smells just like him.

You hug one of the pillows and close your eyes, I wonder what he's doing right now. You're not depressed to be alone, and you're not lonely. Just thinking about Shessomaru is making you so happy, but a little sad at the same time; missing his warm flesh against yours, missing his comforting touch protecting you. You fall asleep in your clothes, lying on his bed.