The sound of soft heels clacking made his ears twitch. The Inu could sense a familiar energy approaching and his eyes shot up just as she stood before their table.
"Hey guys, sorry I'm la-" Kagome breath caught in her throat when chocolate orbs met molten amber ones.
There was a long awkward pause in the conversation. Inuyasha's amber eyes gazing up and down her body and Kagome's eyes admiring every detail of the hanyou. His sharp jawline and piercing yet mesmerizing eyes were just as sexy as she remembered.
As for Inu, he was having the time of his life in his head. She was wearing that tight little black dress she had. His favorite one to be exact. It was lacey and sexy. The way it brough out her creamy skin was too much for him to handle. Her raven hair was down and gracefully fallen around her bare shoulders and neck. Those big chocolate brown eyes seemed to be glazed over as they met his.
Sango and Miroku stood by smirking at the pair. They had it bad for each other.
Whatever it was.
"H-hey Inuyasha." Kagome finally spoke. She tried to adjust her stance and appearance suddenly feeling uncomfortable with herself.
As the raven haired beauty was adjusting her long hair the hanyou had caught a glimpse of the ring on her finger.
'Piece of shit.' He thought as he saw it glimmer. It looked like a damn ring you get after putting a quarter inside the twist and turn vending machines at the general stores. It barely fit on her finger and the design was hideous.
To him at least. The hanyou couldn't help but think about how much of a better choice of jewelry he could have chosen for her. A princess cut diamond encrusted gold banded ring would fit her better. Yea, damn straight. But he didn't have time to think about that, right now anyway.
"Hey wench." He grinned causing Kagome to roll her eyes. Duly taking note of the light pink that crossed her cheeks.
Sango's magenta eyes continuously glanced back and forth from the duo. They just stared at eachother as if no one else was around them.
They weren't going to get anywhere tonight by just staring at eachother though. Sango exchanged a glance with her boyfriend. He gave her a knowing knod before clearing his throat. Chocolate and gold orbs shot up.
"Inuyasha, why don't you go with Kagome to get a drink?" Miroku casually suggested.
The raven haired beauty met eyes with the silver haired hayou. She could feel her heart beggining to pound against her chest at the thought of alone time with him, but she could recall a time when it had fluttered a little faster. When his sexy smirk caused her to get flustered. The glow from his eyes was enough to make her feel hot.
But not anymore.
Kagome tried to dismiss those depressing feelings, realizing it wouldn't do her any good to dwell on them. Especially now.
"Well what do ya say?" Inuyasha asked the young woman beside him.
"Uh.." she paused, "Sure."
Miroku and Sango smiled as they saw their friends figures disappear across the room. They just exchanged glances and fist bumped eachother lightly before returning back to their drinks of course.
The hanyou and miko were sitting beside eachother at the bar counter. Inuyasha was thankful that it wasn't crowded with people.
It was just him and Kagome right now. They were just patiently waiting for the bartender to come back with their drinks. The awkward tension was clear enough for anyone to see. Kagome was twirling a strand of hair around her finger while nervously biting her bottom lip. The hanyou just stared at her from the corner of his eyes trying to ignore the thought that she was absolutely gorgeous. In fact, the seemingly rising tension between them only made their thirst for alcohol grow. The two continued to sit silently beside eachother. Neither of them knowing what to say...and if they did speak, where would they start?
The clinking of glasses immediately caught their attention. Kagome took a sip from her thin black straw while Inuyasha just tossed a shot down his throat. Chocolate eyes flickered at him then back down to a colorful alcoholic beverage. The hanyou placed a few bills on the counter.
"Its on me."
She quietly thanked him and sipped her drink before asking,
"So how's Kikyou?"
Inuyasha's eyes widened for a split second, then they faded. "I couldn't say. She left me a while ago." He shrugged.
The raven woman's face showed pure apologetic look and her eyes filled with sympathy, "I'm sorry, I didnt mean to-"
"Tch." The hanyou turned his body so he was facing her, 'Don't worry about it."
His golden orbs met her brown ones. Their colors seeming to mix as the intensity of their eyes surrounded them. So many raw emotions swirled around their pools of color. Kagome's heart was racing in her chest, her brain encouraging her to look back into the hanyou's eyes with equal intensity. Her heart longed to know what emotions lied in those molten lava eyes but...she couldn't. In fact, Kagome was hardly paying attention to his eyes, she was too scared because she knew the feelings that she wanted to be there weren't there at all. So instead she distracted her gaze with the lingering silver strands that fell about his face.
Inuyasha's eyes stayed on her. "I hear your engaged."
She tensed up, "Yea, I am."Kagome propped her arm against the edge of the counter. She was a little suprised when she saw a small smirk across his face.
But he couldn't help it. He found what he was looking for. At least he hoped he did. Deep in those chocolate brown eyes, past all the pain and confusion there was doubt.
"Do you wanna get married to him?"
Kagome glared sharply.
"Wouldn't be engaged to him if I didn't." She said before sipping on her drink.
The hanyou rolled his eyes at her sassy attitude. "Don't give me that crap Kagome."
The young woman remained silent, continuing to sip her drink. Honestly, she didn't even want to be having this discussion with him. As far as she was concerned she could do whatever the hell she wanted to now. The Inu had lost his chance to be a part of her life a long time ago.
"You barely know the guy." He continued.
"I know him a lot better than you." She sassed.
"No, you think you know him better than I do." He said sharply.
"Trust me Kagome I know a lot more about demons and what their capable of."
She didn't bother to look up and give him attention, "Yea, you know a lot about Miko's too."
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" He growled. He could feel his anger rising and was trying his best to control it. He should've known she would be as stubborn as ever. I wouldn't expect anything less.
Her chocolate eyes suddenly met his, rather intensely.
"After all this time, what gives you the right to criticize my decisions Inuyasha?"
The hanyou felt his heart twinge a little as she snapped at him. He should've expected that one.
"I'm just trying to help"
"I don't need your help! I'm fine!" Kagome snapped again.
It seemed like he was just saying all the wrong things.
"Then why the fuck are you getting so defensive?" He finally snapped back.
Kagome took a deep breath in an attempt to collect herself. She couldn't believe him right now. What the hell gave him the right to try and tell her on anything? Hadn't he done enough to her already? This has to be the worst time for him to come back into her life. Now that she was engaged and he didn't have Kikyou.
Of course.
Kagome laughed internally. A part of her senses became clear. She didn't want anything to do with him. Ever. So this entire conversation was pointless. Being here with him was pointless. Nothing was going to change by the end of tonight. It would be the same old story.
He'd tell her everything she would want to hear. Insist that any thing she said against him was wrong and she would forgive him. They'd be together and everything would seem perfect until it happened all over again.
And being stuck in that stupid little rut with him again was something she knew she couldn't handle.
So she did the only thing she could.
She put her money for the drink on the counter, because she didn't need to owe him anything. The raven haired beauty took a deep breath as she stood up from the stool,
"Goodbye Inuyasha."
Then she confidently walked away without giving him a chance to respond, without looking back.