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Side note: "Normal parenthesis" means that someone is talking; "parentheses italicized" means that it's a message- email and "parentheses italicized and underlined" is Kagome's thoughts during that moment or her reflecting back on that scene. As always, enjoy!

Part 10: Confession

It happened during the summer break before my senior year of college. I was sick and down with a fever that day, but those events will never leave my memories. As I lay in bed sick, I felt my phone vibrate and reached over for it.

"Hey" Inugami's text read.

"Hey :)"

"Wyd?"

"I'm sick, so I'm just laying down for now."

"Oh.. Are you ok?"

"I'll be fine, thank you for asking ^_^." I didn't know why I did what I did next... Perhaps the fever had gotten to me at that point? My next text read: "*pats my bed*"

"*Lays down next to you* Are you really ok?"

"*Smiles* I'm fine, thank you for worrying."

"*Stares at you*"

"hm?"

"*kisses you*"

eh? EH?! What did he just… What just happened? Huh? But that was my first.. Confused and still feverish, I replied "eh? *looks at you confused*"

"*moves away* I like you."

"... since when?"

"Three years ago."

eh? What is even going on right now? Putting my phone down, I rested my eyes trying to think of what to say next. He liked me? How was this possible? Why? Three years ago was around the time TM was starting to close down.. Even then he.. And my first.. Shaking my head and getting myself dizzy, I picked up my phone to re-read the texts. It's true then.. How should I reply? Taking my time, I replied, "I'm sorry.. I've just thought of you as my friend until now… I'm not ready for a relationship.." Nervous, I turned in bed, awaiting his reply.

"It's ok, I thought you might say that."

"Why?"

"I've asked you out before, and you've unintentionally rejected me."

Thinking back to the time that he asked if I had a boyfriend, I did remember that I had said "No. I'm not ready for a boyfriend at the moment. I just really want to focus on my studies for now." So, he was trying to ask me out back then? I didn't.. I really didn't know..

"I'm sorry. I should've told you not to fall for me.." Deciding that this was the right choice, that was the only response I could give him at this time. I didn't want him to fall for me. He was so incredibly mature for his age, in comparison to me. He seemed like this superhuman, someone so totally out of my reach, that if I did wanted to touch him, it would be impossible to.

Despite him being 18 (3 years younger), despite our racial differences, despite the distance gap (not knowing where we were really located in real life), despite him not knowing of the very anime that I had named as my top one, all of these things that I could overlook, ultimately, he was just too different, not my type at all..

"haha its a little too late for that, I'm afraid. I still like you."

"Didn't you have a girlfriend?"

"We broke up already. It's an old story." Sensing it was probably not a topic he wanted to talk about, I wondered if I should continue with my question. But if I didn't, things would get awkward.. Besides, I really wanted to avoid talking about how he liked me, to not give him any false hope.. In a relationship that probably would not last in real life..

"What happened?"

"She broke up with me. Her family didn't get around to accepting me." Remembering back to what he had said about his girlfriend being Asian, I thought: It might be the same way if we have a relationship.. After all, Asian families are very community oriented..

And so, that's how his confession ended. The topic ended up being switched over to his old girlfriends and why they broke up. I knew perfectly well that it was unfair of me to not consider his feelings; and yet, I couldn't help but run away from it. Call me selfish, but I just wasn't ready for a relationship.

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