Inspired by the song "Shape of Love" by Passenger ft Boy and Bear. Dedicated to my girls. You know who you are *kiss kiss*
"Fuckin shit!" Inuyasha cursed, running to the nearest awning that so happened to belong to a coffee shop. The rain fell in heavy white sheets that made it difficult for even him to see. "Great. I'm soaked." he growled, pulling his ponytail over his shoulder and ringing it out. On the ONE day his car was in the shop this had to happen. As he begun to take his bag off of his shoulder, a small yet oddly bright figure appeared to his left. As he turned, Inuyasha took in the small person. "Why does this always happen to me?" The woman asked, lifting her head up and pushing her drenched ebony lochs out of her face.
Because of the rain, Inuyasha couldn't smell a damn thing. So he was using his other senses to observe her. The woman was very small in frame, maybe 5'2" to his 6 even. And held herself proudly, despite her sopping yellow sundress. She didn't wear much makeup, a little bit of mascara and some lipgloss it seemed, but there was a slight smudge at the corner of her eye from the rain. "The forecast said nothing about rain!" She complained, trying to wring some of the water from her dress.
Inuyasha was slightly taken back by this tiny, wet woman. Despite the weather, she was smiling up at him. "Well, it looks like we're stuck here! Might as well indulge!" She chirped, whirling on her heel and opening the glass door to the establishment. Inuyasha deadpanned as she raised an eyebrow at him. "The fuck is up with this chick?" he thought, staring at her skeptically. She was obviously oblivious to something that would change her mind about being so kind. So he decided to draw attention to it, and wiggled the two white canine ears that sat on top of his head.
The woman's gaze drew up and she smiled. Smiled? "Come on. Unless you wanna stand outside in the cold." Inuyasha was taken aback. She didn't care? He stammered for a second before following her into the small cafe. "You.. uh.. Want something?" he asked, feeling slightly rude. "Oh! Yes, thank you! Just a small hot chocolate, please." she beamed, taking a seat at a small window table. Inuyasha suddenly soon found himself walking back to the table with a hot chocolate and a gyokuro green tea.
Setting the cups down he went to take his backpack off when he noticed the woman's shivering. "Feh. Here." he gruffed, taking a sweater from his bag and tossing it on her lap. Quickly, Inuyasha set the backpack on the back of his chair and folded his damp arms, the rolled up sleeves of his white button down growing tight over the muscles of his forearms. "T-thank you." she smiled, pulling the sweater over her head and allowing it to effectively swallow her. "My name is Kagome, by the way." She smiled, blowing on the hot liquid as she looked through long eyelashes at him. "Inuyasha." he huffed, sipping his tea before reaching into his pants pocket and picking out a, now soaked, pack of cigarettes. Looking through his silver bangs at Kagome, he decided to toss the pack.
Inuyasha looked out the window at the white rain outside and sighed. Looks like his evening was shot. "I'm going to get absolutely nothing done today." Kagome sighed looking outside, herself. "What do you do, Inuyasha?" she asked, taking in his appearance. Inuyasha looked particularly professional today, in his black slacks and white button down that was still clinging to his chest. His modestly being saved only by the white wife beater he wore beneath. His hip-length silver hair was pulled up into a high ponytail and drying in gentle waves. But she found his most striking feature was his piercing golden eyes.
"Well… I'm a personal trainer at the Taijia Fitness Center. I'm dressed like this cause my boss asked me to go to a seminar in Osaka. You know, scope out new equipment and programs to take back to the gym. That kinda stuff. Really fucking annoying considering i hate crowds." He mumbled, sipping his tea again and averting his eyes. Why was he bothering talking to this chick? They were both just coming in from the rain. That didn't mean to get all buddy buddy and spend 2oo yen on a chick he didn't even know.
"That blows." Kagome agreed, clutching her cup in maroon sweater covered hands. " I was going to the grocery store because today is my only day off this week. Looks like it's going to be cup ramen till Tuesday.. " It honestly didn't sound like something bad to him, but he understood that normal people can't live off of such a high sodium diet alone. And she seemed to be interested in him.. So why not return the favor?
"What do you do. You know. For a living and crap." he struggled, not really knowing how to continue with this conversation. Kagome smiled warmly and looked down at the warm brown liquid steaming in her cup. "Well.. I do a lot as of recently.. " she began, fiddling with the sleeves that stopped just at the base of her fingers. "Okay. Starting out, I teach second grade at Nishimichi International School. I also teach Japanese to the 1st-3rd years from Seisen after school." "The one you teach at...that the one in Minato?" He asked, flicking the tea bags string. "That's the one. Go Vikings!" She cheered in English. "Okay. I also volunteer for clinical hours at a 24hr clinic in Shizuoka and I'm currently getting my degree in pediatric medicine at Tokyo Medical." Inuyasha's eyes widened as she spoke. Damn. This woman was busy. "So.." he began, leaning back. "How did you get a job at an international school?"
Before either of them realized it, 2 hours had passed. "And there I am. COVERED in blood and one of my students from the Japanese classes calls me panicking because his bike got taken to bike jail and the police officer was refusing to take USD and that was all he had. He was using an umbrella while riding. So the officer refuses to talk to me over the phone and I'm in scrubs so I had to get on an express train from Shizuoka to Tokyo in my scrubs absolutely covered in blood while I tried to calm down this 17 year old kid who had only been in Japan for 2 months. Long story short I managed to explain the situation to the officer and Blake only had to pay 1,000 yen instead of the usual 50,000 because that's all I had on me." Kagome laughed, picking apart a taiyaki they had gotten together.
Over the course of these 2 hours, Inuyasha had laughed more than he had in the last year. He looked outside now, noticing the lessening of the rain and wind. But for once in his life, he actually wished the rain wouldn't end. Over the years he figured something out about himself. Where everyone else's lives and hearts had clear cutouts for the shapes to fit… his was more abstract. It was harder for him to find a place to fit in. Harder for him to connect with people enough to keep them close. But right here. Right now, with her. He found a new shape he felt might actually find it's place. It was her. Her smile, her laugh, the way she wouldn't let him be an ass but still found a way to keep him talking. She was a new shape. And maybe.. Maybe he could figure this out.
"So.. uh. You said all you had was cup ramen?" He asked, running his clawed finger nail over the rim of his tea cup. Kagome sighed as she pulled her, now mostly dry, hair into a ponytail much like Inuyasha's. "Yeah. It's a good thing my date isn't picky." she chuckled, pushing up the baggy sleeves. Date? Inuyasha's ears dropped with that word. "Date?" he echoed, trying to sound disinterested. Of course this was his luck."Yup. Kinda short. Very lazy and a bit hairy but he loves to cuddle and eats anything I give him." His heart truly sank. This dude sounded like a total loser! How could SHE go for a short, hairy chump?
"Uh-huh. Just me and Buyo. My Japanese short tail cat." She snickered, sending him a wink. Inuyasha tried to hide his sigh of relief. "Did i upset you there for a second?" she asked, arching a perfectly plucked black brow. "Feh." He shrugged, slightly blushing. "I was just gonna say that I aint doin nothin later and you sounded kinda burnt out so I was just gonna say maybe i could bring some udon and some pork and you can give me the ramen and you can have a katsudon bowl. You got nori, eggs and rice?" he asked, averting his gaze to try and keep his cool. "I dooo.. So are you asking me to dinner, Mr Inuyasha….." "Takahashi." He finished, grinning. "And maybe I am ms... " "Higurashi. Well, Mr. Takahashi. It looks like the rain has stopped. You got a pencil and paper in that bag of yours?" she asked, nodding to his bag still hanging on the chair. Inuyasha narrowed his eyes at her and deftly extracted a pen and small notebook from the front pocket.
"Okay. Sooo. Here is my home address. Give me 30 minutes before you show up so i can do some damage control. And don't keep me waiting." She smiled, ripping out the page and standing. She strutted over beside him and put the pen and now folded piece of paper into his shirt pocket and patted it. "Oh. And by the way? I'm taking the sweater." she laughed, strolling past him and opening the coffee shops doors and making her way into the, now dry, street.
Inuyasha blinked at the suddenness of it all and allowed a clawed hand to rest on his breast pocket, over the paper and pen, that in itself rested over his fluttering heart. A smirk reached his lips and he soon found himself running back to his apartment and getting the supplies necessary for the night's activities. He changed into some cleaner clothes and hesitated as he opened his front door, bag of groceries in hand. He knew what she was. It was fuzzy. But he knew that if this thing -This whatever it was- continued that it could become more clear. But he could easily guess what shape she was. She was the shape of love. And as of right now he could see that, with some nurturing, it would be the only shape that would fit his heart. A fang-showing grin spread across his face as he locked the door behind him. As he descended the stairs, a single thought crossed his mind. "I guess rainy days ain't that bad after all.."