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Part 20: Sesshomaru

"Kagome, can you get this guy in the financial aid office? He's a freshman and has a lot of work that still needs to be filled out for the spring semester. We've tried calling, emailing, but he hasn't replied. Maybe you'll have some luck, as you're a senior?"

"Um.. Sure. I'll try." I picked up his file, looking briefly at his name. Sesshomaru, huh? Sitting down at one of the computers, I sent him an email, making sure to be polite and pointing out that his missing information would need to be filled in before we could continue with processing his file.

A few days later, a man taller than me would enter the building, stopping at the front desk where I was typing an email at the time. I looked up. "May I help you?" I asked.

"Ah, yes. I'm looking for a Miss. Kagome? I got an email asking me to come to this building."

Smiling, I rose from my seat and held out my hand. "I'm Kagome, nice to meet you Sesshomaru."

He seemed surprised but shook my hand firmly. "Likewise.. You're a student?"

I nodded, letting go of his hand to cross behind and sift through student files until I saw his file.

"You're a junior?" He asked.

"Senior." Spinning back around, I held out his file for him. "A lot of people mistake me for a freshman though.."

"Well, I would too.. But you work here so I assumed you had to be a junior or senior." He smiled as he took the file. "You just look very young."

I laughed. "Yes, so everyone tells me. You can take a seat over there," I pointed to a seat across from the desk. "A financial adviser will be out shortly to assist you."

"I see, thanks." He turned, taking a seat on the chair, as I buzzed for a financial adviser to come out.

A few days later, as I walked into the dining hall, I noticed Sesshomaru sitting by himself with the school's latest edition of the newspaper out in front of him.

"Sesshomaru, right?" I asked, bringing my food over to him.

He looked up surprised. "Yes."

I smiled, "do you mind if I sit with you?"

He gestured toward the empty seat. "No, go ahead."

I sat down, placing my tray of food on the table. "Anything interesting in the paper?"

He chuckled. "Not much. Just the same old, really. How's your day been?"

"Busy." I took a bite of my sandwich. "Do you always sit alone?"

"I'm new here, being a transfer student and all."

"Then, if you want, you can sit with me at the dining hall from now on." I knew how it felt to be eating alone. I had experienced that when I left Kanna, Kagura, and Naraku.

"Thanks, I'll take you up on that offer." He smiled and we became instant friends. In the days to pass, Sesshomaru would tell me about how he and his girlfriend met in Paris.

"I was backpacking in Paris, when I heard it. A lovely flute rang out at night. Curious, I went over to investigate and that's when I met Sara Asano."

"Aw! That's such a sweet love story! And have you continued with Sara?"

"Yes. I realized that she also lived in New York and was just visiting Paris. To this day, we're still dating. Long relationship dating anyway."

I could see the love in his eyes for her, the smile that graced his face as he recalled the time they met, and the happiness he felt to share his story.

"Ah so romantic~! Paris, the city of romance. What a dream!" Having finished my dinner, I took a sip from my water.

"And you? Any boyfriend story?"

I nearly spat back out my water, into his face. Coughing, I shook my head. Woah.. Too close. I don't want to tell just anyone.. What if they didn't understand?

"Hm.. Then we'll have to fix that." He pointed behind me at an Asian international student. "How about that guy?"

"No."

"Then that guy?" He pointed at another Asian international student.

"Nope."

"How about that one?"

"No thanks."

"And that one?"

And this would continue on for the next few weeks or so.

"What about that one? He looks cute."

"If you think so, then you should date him." Picking my tray up I walked over to empty it. I knew he had good intentions, but this was just getting repetitive.

"I would, if I was into guys." He reappeared by my side, grabbing my shoulder, he pointed to an Asian female. "What about her? She's cute."

"I'm not into women." I said, lightly rolling my eyes.

"Well, how would I know that? You don't show any interest in anyone." He smirked.

My mind flashed to Inuyasha, the picture of him smiling back at the camera. Smiling, it seemed, only for me.

"Perhaps I'm not interested then." I walked back to the table to grab my backpack.

Walking behind me, he wrapped his right arm around me, drawing me close to his body and used his left to point at a young professor. "What about that guy?"

"He's a professor!" I hissed, feeling the urge to flick his forehead.

"Then, that one?" He pointed across the dining hall at an older professor, eating a wrap.

"He's old!" I pushed his arm off, slinging my backpack around me. Definitely can't tell him about Inuyasha.. He would turn the secret affair into a not-so-secret affair.

"So?" He laughed, running to catch up with me. "Perhaps you'd like that?"

I rolled my eyes. "Not as much as you'd like that, it seems."

"Lighten up Kagome." Again, he slung his right arm over me, pulling me to his side.

I sighed. I didn't have the time for fooling around like this. "I'm off to class, let go." I went to move his hand but it didn't budge.

"I'll walk with you." He said, pulling me along with him. We reached a door and he held it open for me, who pushed off his hand and walked briskly through it and through the next door. He reappeared on my right side, this time putting his left arm around me. As I turned left, he pulled me close. "Where are you going?"

"My class is that way." I said raising my arm to point to the left.

"No. Come with me, and take the long way."

I shook my head, shaking off his arm and continued walking briskly.

"See you at dinner?" He shouted behind me.

I turned slightly to give him a thumbs up and a wave. "Till then!" I called back, before rushing to my class.

Sesshomaru was a good person, a good friend, although he really loved to fool around. And because he was always so close to girls, he was often mistaken for a natural womanizer. In reality, Sesshomaru wasn't that bad of a person. Perhaps he didn't know boundaries, but he always had a positive attitude.

Later that night, I went to the dining hall for dinner. As I was handing my card over to the lady to swipe, I felt arms wrap around my stomach and pull me backwards. Yes, it was Sesshomaru.

"Kagome! There you are!"

"Ah. Sesshomaru! You scared me." I pulled at his arms until he let go. Giving my card to the lady, I waited for her to swipe and give it back to me.

"Sorry, I saw your backpack and just thought I'd surprise you." He reached over me, handing his card to the lady to swipe.

"It was a surprise all right." I smiled at him. Positive as always.

"C'mon." His right arm wrapped around me, pulling me into the dining hall. "Who should we pick out this time?"

I sighed. He didn't have to do this. "You.. " He cut off my sentence.

"Me? I can't do. I have a girlfriend." He smirked over at me, who hit his side.

"Not what I was gonna say. I was going to say that you don't have to do this. Or do you like doing this?"

"It's fun." Using his pointer finger, he picked out another Asian international student. "Him?"

"Not interested." I put my things down at a random table and talked into the cafeteria.

"What about that one?" He pointed to a server.

"Nope." I said flatly.

"Kagome!"

I turned, and saw Ayame heading towards me. "Are you sitting alone?" She asked, a smile on her face.

"Sitting with Sesshomaru." I nodded over to him. "Wanna join?"

"Sure."

Looking at how they interacted, I figured they might have known each other, from being in the same class year and all. So we grabbed our dinners and went back to our seats.

"And so I'm thinking of working in this dining hall." Ayame was saying.

"I think that's great, it'll give you something to do other than school work and you'll get paid." I said as I took my seat. Sesshomaru sat down next to me, leaving Ayame to sit across from me.

"Yeah, and you'll be able to add that to your resume." Sesshomaru murmured as he took a sip from his water.

"Ah, I forgot to grab some soup.." Getting up, I said, "I'll be right back" before leaving them with my things.

When I came back, I sat my soup down in front of me and was about to check for messages on my phone, when I realized that it was missing.

Oh no! What if.. What if something has happened to my phone? Did I leave it or drop it somewhere? What if Inuyasha has something he needed to tell me? What if Inuyasha is waiting for a reply?

Frantically, I began looking for my phone. I checked in my backpack, I checked in my pockets, I checked under the table. I couldn't find it no matter where I seemed to look.

"Looking for this?" Sesshomaru's voice asked,

Looking up, I saw my phone in his right hand.

"Give me." I said as I made a mad dash toward my phone.

He shifted it to his left hand as I crashed on top of him.

"What's the password?"

I grabbed at his left hand, stretching my body across his, but he held it above me and out of reach. At that time, all I could think of was getting my phone. What if Inuyasha was waiting? What if he had replied? What did he say? Why didn't I check it before getting my food? Why didn't I keep it by my side?

"Ahem.." Ayame cleared her throat, and I realized how weird we must have looked, sprawled on top of one another, fighting for a phone.

No. I needed my phone. I didn't care.

"Give it. Please." I pleaded to him.

"What's the password? I'll give it back after I check something."

I sighed, getting off of him and sitting back down. "9826." I murmured.

He sat up too, pressing those numbers in and unlocking my phone. Waiting, I watched as he opened my snapchat app.

"What are you doing?" I asked.

"Shhh. You'll see."

He began sorting through my snapchat contacts, sending everyone a picture of himself. Then he looked over to Ayame and used my phone to get her username. Seeing his phone on the table, I grabbed at it and was successful.

"Give me my phone." He said, seeing it in my hands.

I shook my head. "Give me mine back first. Then I'll give you yours."

His eyebrow arched, as if he was suspecting me for lying to him. Then he held out his right pinky. "Promise?"

Slowly, I linked pinkies with him. "Promise."

He gave me my phone and I gave him his phone. I watched as he typed in Ayame's and my usernames into his snapchat. And within a second, we both got his friend request. Although I was weary, I accepted it.

Ayame laughed. "You two are such good friends."

I ignored it as I checked my phone for any new messages. None. I clicked it off, looking up at Ayame and secretly shaking my head. I watched her eyes widen in understanding, a sad look come across her face, and then a slight nod.

That night however, I did get a text from Inuyasha.

11 PM. I sighed. It was late.. If only he could be by my side like how Sesshomaru was.. If only we were the ones fighting for the phone like that.. If only he was the one who had his arm around me and hugging me.. I shook my head. What the hell was I thinking? Slapping my cheeks, I got back to studying.

"Hey."

"Hey, I've made some new weird friends; so if you see weird things that don't seem like I'd write them, you should probably ignore it. lol"

"lol wym?"

"This new friend I made, his name is Sesshomaru, he has a bad habit of stealing my things to post random things when I'm not paying attention."

"Oh."

"Yup, so just ignore anything that doesn't sound like me."

"Oh. Wait, how'd he get your phone?"

"I stupidly left it on the table at the dining hall."

"Woooow *hugs*"

"*hugs you back*"

"Missed you."

"I missed you too *pinches your cheeks* workaholic."

"Shhhhh lol"

"Can you spend today with me?" I asked hopefully.

"Yeah, I'm just writing. I work at 10pm though."

"urghh."

"Hm?"

"I just want more time with you… ish all."

"Cmere. *holds out a hand*"

"*takes it*"

"*yanks you into my arms*"

"*hugs you*"

"Happy?"

"...If you'd stay with me more, I'd be."

"I'm sorry babe."

"...It's ok." But it wasn't. Not to me. I wanted him to stay longer, to stay more by my side.. But I knew his life was busy so I was respecting it.

"Cmere."

"*hugs you*"

"*kisses you*"

"*smiles* yay ^_^" I knew I being a kid, but let me just be spoiled this once...

"Hm?"

"*kisses you back*"

"Baby."

"hm?"

"I love you."

I smiled. I loved hearing those words but I still didn't know what I could do for him..

"Same. I love you too."

Looking up at the clock, I realized it was now 1 AM.

"I'll be back, going to shower.." I typed back.

"Fineeeeeee."

When I got back to my room, I typed "back" as soon as I grabbed my phone.

"Yay!"

I smiled, I loved his childish side too.

"*leans over your right shoulder* whatcha doing?"

"Making a beat atm."

He liked to rap, and rapping was beginning to also take up most of his time at the studio.

"Beat? You're at the studio?"

"Yeah. Work."

"Oh. I see."

He didn't reply after that, so I figured he had gone back to the studio to rap.

Things would get busier.. For everyone, as finals slowly approached. The last exams I'd take before graduating.

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