She was a girl but right now she is dressed like a guy. Every part of Kagome wanted to scream 'oh my gosh Sesshomaru kissed me' but it wasn't the right time or was she the gender to do such a rational thing. Ryo's eyes furrowed as he shoved Sesshomaru back and took a deep breath.
"You fucking queer! I'm a guy what the hell are you doing?" Ryo glared at him as he took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it up. He didn't have a slight sense of care in his eyes as he looked at the flustered boy.
"Shut up shortie and get with the cooking." He walked up toward him once again and Ryo's shoulders stiffened. His golden eyes stared down at him as his brows furrowed. Sesshomaru immediately extended his hand out towards him and Ryo reflexively shut his eyes close.
"Get out of my way. You thought I was going to kiss you again. Well don't get your hopes up kid." Ryo was standing right in front of the refrigerator and Sesshomaru's hand rested firmly on the handle waiting for the dumb ass to move aside. With Ryo's glare still glued to the man that he had admired he moved aside while Sesshomaru grabbed out a glass of liquor.
"Stupid jerk." He muttered.
Sesshomaru heard the reluctant comment and glanced at him. "You're still standing around. You're not going to leave until you prepare me my lunch." His voice was forceful as his gaze locked on him. The boy in front of him looked more like a girl than a guy and he hand the shortness of a girl. But he shrugged as Sesshomaru pushed passed him and sat at his desk.
"What do you want to eat?" Ryo said giving in.
"Look in the fridge and the cupboards. See what your little mind can come up with." He was working on another piece for Linear lights new record and he didn't have the patience to ask for something specific. As long as it was good and filled his empty stomach than it would be fine.
"Crazy bastard, kissing me like that. That little-"
"You're shorter than me so I would be throwing the word 'little' around so freely." Ryo gripped the knife he had grabbed from the counter. If only he hadn't admired Sesshomaru so much, he would have killed him right about now. He had no pity for any one and the tone in his voice was as monotony as an empty room. He didn't have a care at all.
I'm a girl for god sakes, he didn't have to be so mean. But if only that stupid surgery hadn't screwed up my voice I wouldn't be in this predicament. He thought as he grabbed a piece of raw fish out of the fridge and placing it on a cutting board. There was no way that Sesshomaru Hasana was gay, there was no possible way. He had a line of fan girls even though he worked in the backgrounds. He wasn't the singer but the creator of Linear lights music, if it weren't for him the band wouldn't have been so popular as it is today.
But that doesn't explain the kiss. Kagome looked like a boy in every way and he told Sesshomaru that he was a guy but he still kissed him. It was utterly confusing but the thought of Sesshomaru Hasana, Inuyasha's older brother, being gay would crush everyone including himself.
"I'm done." After cutting the fish into bite size pieces and frying it with herbs and other ingredients he placed the fish on to a plate with a side of rice. Ryo was just met with that poisonous glare as Sesshomaru looked up from his paper.
"Bring it here."
"As if. You lazy piece of crap. Come get it yourself. I'm leaving." Ryo looked at his watch and sprinted out of the house and on to the streets. He was 15 minutes late and he hoped that they haven't started the auditions yet. Inuyasha, Sango, as well as Kohaku would be literally pissed off and she couldn't let that happen.
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"You ruined it Kagome! You bailed on us and we got booted out of the place!" Inuyasha set his guitar case near the t.v. Rapture had missed their spot in line thanks to the lead singer's late arrival and Kagome couldn't help but sigh. She had done everything to get to this point in her career and now the first chance to make their debut to the world. She simply failed to show up.
"I'm so so sorry. I was preoccupied with something. I was held against my will so to say."
"What do you mean held against your will? What the fuck Kagome. You wanted to be a singer, you wanted to be seen but you couldn't show up." Inuyasha as well as Sango who stood beside him with the same scowl on their faces stared down at her.
"I'm sorry."
"Is that all you can say. You-"
"Chill it Inuyasha. Kagome wouldn't have done this if it wasn't so important. So why don't you go home and Kagome and I are going to have a little sleep over." Sango didn't wait for a reply. She had shoved the angered fool out of the door before he could oppose. He wanted to know why Kagome hadn't shown up but unfortunately, Sango locked the door, leaving him in the cold.
"You better take a good shower before we start talking." Kagome nodded as she grabbed the vinegar out of the cupboard and headed straight to the bathroom. She was to blame for everything but Sesshomaru was as much part of the blame as she was. Just for food. I was late just because he wanted food.
Showering her anger as well as her disappointment down the drain she wrapped herself in a towel and looked in the mirror. Her long silky jet-black hair had returned and she couldn't help but smile. Being a boy was both confusing and hard. Boys were treated roughly with verbal abuse as well as physical abuse. She felt little bruises on her back as she winced at the slight pain.
"All because of food!" She shouted and her anger returned.
"What is up with you?"
"Nothing." After changing she dove into the couch and wrapped her arms around a cushion. Interrogator Sango was now going to pry information out of her so she prepared herself for the worse.
"So what's up?" She started and the lies will now start pouring out. There was no way that she could tell her the truth. Even though they were best friends.
"Nothing. I just ran late and lost track of time."
"Right, like I would believe bull like that. That surgery that removed the tumor in your throat, you spilled so many tears deciding to take such an operation. The thought of you dieing or losing your voice was too much for you to bear but you went through it with some life changing results. You were so thrilled when you talked after the surgery that your voice was exactly the same but when you singed. It became incredible low." Sango took a seat next to her friend as she continued.
"You were devastated and cried for so long that your dreams would never come true. Being a singer was your life and if that was gone than life was meaningless to you. But now you sacrificed your whole image to dress up as a guy and you got to be apart of the biggest music industry. So don't you tell me you lost track of time. Tell me the truth Kagome."
Kagome's downcast eyes slowly rose up, the look on Sango's face was depressing. They had been friends ever since grade school and the look of remorse on her face set Kagome aback somewhat. Kagome wasn't the one that sacrificed everything to get to her dreams, it was Sango who sacrificed more for her friend than anything.
She sighed. "I bumped into Sesshomaru."
"Inuyasha's brother?"
"Yeah. It was wired, I was dressed as a guy. I was Ryo Takuya but he kissed me as if I was a girl." Sango cocked an eyebrow at her explanation.
"But you are a girl."
"Hello. Sango I looked like a boy when he kissed me. I was Ryo Takuya when he kissed me and the look on his face didn't faze him at all when he pulled away from the kiss."
"So what. A kiss doesn't take 45 minutes." Sango was spectacle at her unbelievable excuse but she leaned back as she listened. Even though it sounded to out there she still had to hear her through.
"Well. First I bumped into him and his food fell all over the street. Than he was so hungry that he dragged me all the way into his house and demanded me to cook him food. Than we argued for like 10 minutes than he got so annoyed that he kissed me. I think he kissed me to shut me up but still. Who the hell in there right mind kisses another man to just shut'em up." She exhaled heavily. She still felt the feverish felling as she explained it thoroughly to her, but that kiss is what did it. The whole warmth of his presence and the dizziness she felt as the kiss grew immensely longer than she would expect it to be.
"You should be happy that the song writer of Linear lights kissed you. Any girl would be jumping with joy by now. Even I would be jumping with joy if that happened to me." Kagome glared at her. She wasn't even listening to the main points she was telling her. It was so like her to miss the most important parts to any conversation.
"Sango. Get it through your head. I was dressed as a guy! He kissed me as a guy! Not a girl! But as Ryo Takuya! Not as Kagome Higurashi! But Ryo Takuya!"
"Jezz Kagome calm down. Don't worry about it so much. Chances is that you won't ever see his face again and you wouldn't need to get so flustered when you're around him. Maybe Inuyasha told Sesshomaru that you're cross-dressing as a guy. Haven't you thought about that? Maybe he told him the name that you were going by as a guy and Sesshomaru was just playing with you head." Sango's reasoning's could be true… ifInuyasha and Sesshomaru had a healthy brotherly relationship together. They didn't stand each other so it leaded to the point where they even didn't bothered to talk to each other. It was even hard enough that Sesshomaru worked for the same Industry as he did.
"I doubt it Sango. They hate each other as it is. It's a miracle that they didn't kill each other at this point."
"Well that's true but ask Inuyasha anyways okay. Maybe he did and you're just worrying yourself over nothing." Sango placed a hand on her shoulder and gave her an assuring bright smile. It was logical that he could have done something like that but it was still a 1 out of 10 chance of that little theory to be right. It was so unlikely.
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"Okay Kagome lets-"
"Sango stop calling me by that name. Where in the building of Shikon Records remember." He was immediately slapped across the shoulders as Sango laughed.
"Sorry about that Ryo." The strike was painful, Sango always had a hard hit and that kind of scared him. He quickly recovered from the staggering movements that he received from the vicious hit and smiled back.
"So we're recording today?" Sango inquired.
"Yeah we are. Kohaku set us recording sessions before our big concert." Sango immediately grabbed Ryo roughly by the shoulders and smiled. The shock on her face was understandable since Kohaku had only told Inuyasha and himself the exciting news.
"No way. Ryo you little bitch. How did you convince Kohaku to get that gig? He was pissed as it was that you were late for the other gig you missed." The wind was knocked out of him as he received another fist to the shoulder but he just smiled as his face contorted a little. Damn…does this girl have a powerful hit or what?
Coughing slightly he straightened up. Continuingly walking toward their conference room, where Kohaku waited patiently for them. "Sango can you please reframe yourself from taking a blow to my shoulder. It hurts."
"Take it like a man Ryo." Another blow to the shoulder and he glared at her smile. Yeah I'm a fucking boy now but that little statement was uncalled for.
"Sango." He growled. Inuyasha on the other hand just stared at the idiots, keeping quiet.
Approaching the conference room, Ryo happily replaced his frown with a smile and swung the door wide open. "Hey Kohaku. How's it hangin." Kohaku didn't know about Ryo's little cross-dressing scandal so he had to keep a low profile. Kohaku worked for Shikon Records and with that he held his job with seriousness. He followed every rule that the place contained, so telling Ryo's little scandal would be the first thing Kohaku would do if he ever found out.
"Ryo, I'm glade you made it on time." His smile was both welcoming and a little intimidating. He could tell by the way he held that smile, that he was still mad about yesterday. So Ryo cautiously approached the table and sat down as if the wrong move would trigger Kohaku to attack.
"Why did we have to come to the conference room? Couldn't we just meet you at the recording room?" Inuyasha inquired with anger.
"Yes we could of but as your manager I have to go through some things."
"Things? Things involving what?" Kohaku's ominous little welcoming smile vanished and was replaced by a serious look that worried Ryo.
"Things like your image."
"Image? What's wrong with my image? If it's the clothes that I wear than I can change that with consideration."
"It is not just that Ryo. I'm worried about how your fans will think of you and how they would label you." First thing that came to mind was that Kohaku knew something about the secretive things that he has hidden from him but his actions didn't confirm it. So his thought just jumbled about at what his manager meant by the fans labeling him and his image. It sounded serious and it sounded terrifyingly scary that he thought this little worry would shatter his dreams.
"What do you mean by labeling me? How would my fans label me? I can understand that if they don't like the music but it's just-"
"It is not just that Mr. Takuya." Oh no. He said Mr. Takuya. This has to be bad it just has to be. Kohaku cleared his throat and fixed his eyes directly toward Ryo who had a panicked expression. "Well thing is Mr. Takuya. I'm sorry in advance to say this but…. You are way to short."
The tense air diminished as Ryo practically fell face first toward the floor. "To short! Damn I thought you were going to fire me or something but I'm to short! Why don't you look at yourself shrimp! I'm still growing and I can't do anything about that! What do you want me to do! Wear platform heals or something!" Ryo found himself held back by Inuyasha. He was so angered at the reasoning of such seriousness that he was going toward Kohaku to take a swing at his face. Though as Ryo calmed down he sighed and took a seat.
Kohaku on the other hand cleared his throat at the obscene display. He held a calm expression at all times as he was ranting and raving, he wasn't intimidated at all towards the shrimp's threat to beat him to a pulp.
"You must stop acting like a child Ryo and start looking toward my criticism with maturity."
"Maturity! Child! Why you little-" He didn't get up from his seat but bit his bottom lip in anger. This damn manager was rude, he didn't shatter his dreams but he did shatter most of his self-esteem. And I thought a manger was to bring your music higher up the charts as possible. But with Kohaku's little rude comments and Ryo's self-esteem evaporating, how could he ever get his record up there if the lead singer is to worried about his looks.
"Now, Now. Get a hold of yourself. You are short but we can maybe look around that but as for your clothing. That will need to be change. So with that out of the way were only left with the problem…your hair."
"What's wrong with my hair!"
"It is way to long. I want your hair not pass your earlobes but cut shorter than that. I'll be hiring a hair specialist and they'll fix that right-"
"No way! I can do that myself. I'll cut it with the help of Sango. So we don't need a specialist." Kohaku cornered his eyes and Ryo thought he was going to insist that they would get a specialist but he just nodded.
"Fine. Now lets move toward the recording room and I'll be expecting your hairstyle to change by tomorrow or I'll hire someone to take care of it." Kohaku exited the room follow by Ryo than everyone else. It was quite annoying how someone who was shorter than he was, judge others by there height. So what he was short, that doesn't mean the fans would like him any less.
"Hey Ryo." Turning his attention toward Sango, he smiled just to put that he wasn't angry at the whole ordeal. He didn't want her worried as much as she was already.
"What is it?"
"Where's your watch?"
"What?"
"Your watch. You know, the one your mother gave you." Lifting up his left wrist he stared at the bare skin. He was both in shock and scared. It was his favorite, lucky watch that he wore everyday of his life. Well ever since his mother gave it to him but still…it was his lucky watch and there was no way that he would start this recording session without it.
"Shit. I have to go you guys." Ryo turned on his heals and sprinted down the corridor. He didn't know where to look first but he figured he left it at home.
"Ryo! Where the hell are you going?" Inuyasha's voice that echoed after him wasn't enough to make him stop. He swore to his mother that he would always wear the watch each and everyday. To always treasure it and keep it with him at all times, that's what he had to do. Find it, come back to the recording room, and beg for another session even if it kills him.
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"Not here. Or here. Or here." Clothes and other blunt objects flew in the air. Ryo looked under the bed, in the bathroom, and even in random pots and pans in the kitchen but it was nowhere to be found. It was lost forever and the thought of that made Ryo's legs weak.
He fell on his knees in exhaustion and stared at the ceiling above. "Where the hell could that-" Just then, just the thought of the watch's whereabouts made her eyes shot up wider than ever before. "No way. It couldn't be that-" With a shocked wide-eyed look on his face she slowly walked to the front door, cursing under his breath. He would do anything to get the watch back even though it meant facing his worst nightmare.
"Shit. How could I have left my watch near the sink of that bastard's house." His face grew pale as he walked toward his house. He had remember every step of the way to his house and now standing right in front of his door, he took a deep irritable breath. Damn it, just knock the door and ask for the watch and he'll give the watch to me with out any questions.
It was easier said than done. His had froze mid-way as the hesitation in his enclosed fist trembled. He didn't want to look at his cold eyes again nor did he want to put up with his attitude. But it was all for the watch, all for the promises he made to his mother so with the thought plastered in his mind he slammed his fist on the door.
The sound seemed louder than it should be. Maybe it was his fears getting to him but he just kept knocking louder and louder. The more he knocked the more the fear inside him replaced with anticipation. Than that one moment where everything seemed to froze, the door swung open, revealing that same Sullen expression. His golden eyes seemed amuse to see the boy right in front of his doorstep but also annoyed. With his glass of liquor in one hand, he leaned up against the doorframe and waited for an explanation to this little visit.
"Um-I wanted-"
"You want another kiss."
"NO! I just came here to-"
"Kid, to make things straight, I'm not interested in short guys like you. I'm not interested in having a relationship with any guy so leave me alone." There was that word again. It seemed to always repeat in his head but as Sesshomaru stepped back and closed the door. The little shrimp pushed his self in the house with anger coursed throughout his veins.
"I'm not fucking short! Shit. I've been hearing that all day!" His anger must have gotten the best of him because he seemed so focused on the fact that someone called him short. That he forgot why he was there or the fact that this guy was insinuating that he was here for another kiss.
"You are short and you look like a wimpy girl." He laid his drink on the table beside the door and moved closer to the boy who wouldn't leave him alone. He wasn't interested in the boy, he just wanted the annoyance to leave.
"Wimpy girl! I outta." Ryo noticed that he was walking toward him at this point and he took a step back slamming his escape route shut. He leaned his back up against the closed door as Sesshomaru slammed his hand on it. His enclosed fist that laid on the door was immensely close to Ryo's head and that made his whole body stiffen.
"Shut up you shrimp. I said to leave me alone but you insist on pushing yourself into my house. You're a nuisance but I guess you're trying to get close to me so you can have a great career of your own."
"Wh-What. I wasn't…That wasn't my intentions I just-"
"You just what? You're the lead singer of the up and coming band Rapture and you just came here to try and get acquainted with me. But I'm not going to fall for a stupid thing. I'm not interested in guys nor am I interested in your little tactics so why don't you just admit it. Admit that you're here to up your singing career. I am the song writer for the number one band in Tokyo so I must be right." Silence grew in the room as Ryo down cast his eyes. It wasn't true, the thought of such a thing didn't even come to mind. He couldn't talk or even open his mouth, his heart was throbbing and he wanted it to stop.
"It wasn't my intention. I didn't want to up my career, I just came here to-" I just came here to see you. Is what she wanted to say but the words caught in his throat. He had always admired him both as a songwriter and a person. He had seen him in many different interviews on t.v. and absolutely fell in love with his looks but not just that, he also fell for his soul.
Ryo's downcast eyes were lifted as Sesshomaru moved closer toward the trembling boy. His fingertips that laid under his chin were illuminating immense heat. He felt daze at the touch of his hands and the warmth of his breath that brushed his face. He was way to close and that made his heart beat even faster.
"Don't tell me you came here to see me… Don't give me that crap. You just came here for this." It was like he was looking into his very being. His eyes that stared angrily at him were heartbreaking but with the watch perched between his fingertips, his eyes immediately turned its attention to the object. "From the looks of it, I'm right aren't I?"
"But I did came here to see you?" The words that came out of his mouth escaped him before he could catch it. This whole ordeal was just to get his watch back but now everything has changed.
"Is that so? Maybe I should just throw this watch in the trash and just kiss you than. Seeing that you came here for me and not this object." His eyes that were fixed on the watch were quickly averted back to Sesshomaru. His grip that was clasped around his chin was lifted up toward him. The hand that grasp around the watch was shoved back into his pocket and the mere action made Ryo's brow rose up to his hairline. This guy was the type to go by his word and he wouldn't even think twice by not throwing it in the trash but maybe shred it in the garbage disposal.
"But the watch belongs to me."
"Hmmm. I thought so." He took a step back and turned on his heals. His hand was place securely in his pocket where his watch laid.
"Wait. Where are you going? I need my watch back. Please can I have it?"
"It's great that you're finally acting like the gender you should be. Now act more like a woman and get on your knees and beg me to give it back." Sesshomaru turned slowly with a smirk on his face. His intentions were demeaning and wrong. How could a man that he thought was so considerate and kind be ordering him to get on his knees for a watch that belonged to him?
"There is no way I'm getting on my knees you queer."
"Queer huh? You shrimp." From an amusing smile to a hellish glare, the label Ryo had placed on him had affected him. So to get even, he walked toward the Kitchen with the shrimp following moments later. As he got to the kitchen he took out the watch from his pocket and smiled as he hovered the object above the sink.
"Hey what are you doing? Don't-" With a throbbing heart he was to late. He witness every moment as the watch fell from his hand and into the sink. And with a flip of a switch, the crunching sound of metal echoed in Ryo's ear. He had shred his precious treasure with out any sign of caring.
"Sorry about that…Shrimp." Sesshomaru noticed the tears that formed in Ryo's eyes but thought nothing of it. He just head toward his desk with that same scowl and started to write. Ryo on the other hand stood there, rooted to the floor. He couldn't move, he couldn't breath, the precious watch that his mother gave him was shredded. He couldn't hold back the tears anymore and it streamed down his face.
"How could you?" The whisper that escaped Ryo's lips pulled Sesshomaru's eye off of his paper and toward him. His body was shaking uncontrollably and his heart that ached for his watch back shattered. His trembling head turned slowly toward the bastard as his tears remained falling. "I hate you!"
It was all he was able to say. 3 meaningless words that wouldn't ever affect the cold-hearted man and Sesshomaru's expression proved it. His glare was plastered securely on his face and with the glint of annoyance in his eyes, Ryo turned on his heals and sprinted out of the house.
"That jerk! That jerk! I hope he dies!" He ran through the streets aimlessly as the tears in his eyes blurred his vision. The only thing that was left of his mother was shattered into pieces and it was thanks to that cold-hearted bastard Sesshomaru. And no matter how much he admired him for years that little admiration would quickly evaporated and hatred will replace it.
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Thanks for the reviews. So I hope you liked this chapter. Sesshomaru is so mean. He made Ryo cry. Well not Ryo but Kagome. Awww so mean. Lol.