Hey everyone. I know that you all hate it when I leave you hanging like that so I'm granting you Chapter 14! The reason I know, as you all probably know as well, I hate it when a good story is left on a cliff hanger. Like this manga series I've recently gotten into called Imadoki. GOD I HATE THE WRITER! She's netorious for leaving you at the end of the book with a cliff hanger, and then not releasing the new one for like 4 more months. The next one is supposed to come out in march!! MARCH I TELL YOU! MARCH! And Absolute Boyfriend doesn't come out till FEBRUARY!! God I want to kill her and make her write faster...Anyway, enough of my rants here are the daily dose of people I desperately need to thank.
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THE cheerful KAGOME
Chapter 14
Reiko's dilemma and Sango's surprise!
Reiko stared up at Josh in disbelief. Had she just heard what she thought she heard? Did he really just...
She shook her head and gawked up at him. "I'm sorry, what? I thought you just said that...you...?" Josh's eyes softened, now that he had said it, he wasn't so nervous anymore.
"Reiko, we've been best friends since we were 3. I've liked you since then , but I've loved you since we were 6. You didn't freak out when you met Hiro, and you even stuck with me when I nearly killed you by accident by bumping you into the street. (Extreme I know.) I...I can't remember my life where you were not a part of it. I want to be with you always Reiko. I want to hold you and keep you safe and love you all my life. I want to take care of you as you've taken care of me all my life. I love you Reiko, I truely, honestly, unconditionally love you." He confessed and she could tell it was from the bottom of his heart. She stared at him with wide, disbelieving eyes and her knees went weak.
"But...Sesshomaru. I'm dating Sesshomaru, why are you doing this now?!" She choked out, exasperated. Josh sighed and wrapped his arms around her shoulders, pulling her close. Why now? Why not before she met Sesshomaru? She would have gladly gone out with him and would be his girlfriend...she loved him too. But...ever since she met Sesshomaru her life had changed, She didn't know when, or how, but she had undeniably fallen head over heels in love with Sesshomaru. Her heart was now being ripped in two. This wasn't fair. She felt extremely uncomfortable now. She firmly pushed out of Josh's hands, and stood a good distance away from him. His eyes dropped into sadness but he was smiling.
"At least just think about it. I don't need you to answer now, but I will wait for it anxiously." Josh said calmly and walked away. Reiko stood in the same place, her face frozen in lifeless thought. Why? Why now? She kept asking herself this over and over again. Why did it have to happen now? She dropped to her knees on the hard floor deck and cried into her hands. Sango was walking by and she had heard the whole thing. She finally stepped out of the shadows and walked carefully over to Reiko. There was no predicting what she'd do in this state. Sango gently lowered herself to squat next to her and she wrapped her arms around Reiko's shoulders. Reiko looked up and then her face scrunched up in desperate sadness.
"Sango...SANGO!" She burst into tears once more and nearly tackled the brown haired girl to the floor.
Back in the girl's cabin Kagome was sitting happily in Inuyasha's lap as Miroku talked more about Inuyasha and his childhood when she had left.
"So we get to school and I'm just stepping out of the car when wouldn't you know it, my pants rip! I laughed hysterically up until a girl walks up and says, "Wow Miroku, I like the heart pattern boxers." I smirked at her and allowed my hand roam, before she smacked me." Miroku laughed. Inuyasha chuckled a bit but Kagome only giggled through the story up until he stated he let his hand wonder.
"That's you're problem Miroku! You're always womanizing, you're always groping people, especially Sango. If you would stop that and actually behave yourself for once, maybe she would like you a lot more!" Kagome stated determinedly. Miroku straightened, his intrest now perked to the max.
" Really? You think that's all it takes?" Miroku asked, in a serious tone no less. Kagome grinned and winked at him.
"Of course. No one wants to go out with a pervert." Kagome said happily. Miroku looked up at the ceiling in thought. For a moment longer he did that and then he hit his fist into his open palm.
"Alright that settles it then." Miroku stated happily. Kagome and Inuyasha looked at eachother confusedly and then at Miroku.
"That settles what?" They asked. Miroku stood up and walked towards the door.
"Hey, where are you going?" Kagome asked sadly. Miroku looked back and smiled.
"To find Sango." He said and Kagome's blank stare turned into a wide grin as the door closed.
Sango was now walking with Reiko as she told her the whole story of the day. About how Sesshomaru asked her to be his mate, and how Josh/Hiro just told her that he loved her.
"Oh Sango, what am I going to do? I love Sesshomaru more than anything, but...Josh and Hiro have been..." Reiko trailed off. She still teetered on the decision if she loved Josh and Hiro more as brothers than as actual...well boyfriend material. She stared depressedly at the ground, throwing around the idea of being with Josh/Hiro. She couldn't picture her entire life with him, but she could picture them at the movies, holding hands, kissing under the stars at night. With Sesshomaru...it seemed she could see so much more. Of course she would be a right away mommy, but Rin wasn't so bad. She loved the little girl to death. She just wasn't sure if she was ready for that yet. Sango looked over at her depressed friend and sighed.
"Well, my opinion is baised but I think you should go with Sesshomaru. He's strong, and exceptionally good looking. And he loves you so much that he would probably do anything for you. Of course Josh and Hiro would probably do the same for you but...I don't know." Sango tried to console her but she just couldn't come up with anthing but an opinion.
"Sango..." Reiko looked over at her after a while with sad, hopeful eyes. Sango looked over at her and tried to give her a half smile, to try and cheer her up, but Reiko had never been like this before. She had always been the cheerful one and it was hard because Reiko was usually the one to lighten the mood, not feel bad about something. Sango nodded, indicating she should continue.
"Do you...do you think Josh and Hiro would hate me if I did go with Sesshomaru?" She asked timidly, looking away from Sango as she spoke. Sango looked surprised and stunned that Reiko would think that, but of course, it was Reiko and she hated it when people where mad or upset with her. Sango sighed, unable to think of anything else to do but hold her and try and comfort her friend.
"Sango my dear there is---" Miroku turned the corner to find Reiko crying in Sango's arms. His features changed from unbriddled joy to unmistakable confusion and saddness. He slowly approached them and knelt down in front of them. Sango looked at him, her eyes filled with a helpless emotion in them that it pained Miroku to see.
"Reiko?" Miroku asked timidly. Reiko jumped a little in surprise and looked up at him. Her eyes were red and puffy from so many tears falling from them and her cheeks were stained with salty tear lines.
"Reiko...what's wrong? Are you alright?" Miroku asked these questions carefully and tenderly. Reiko just stared at him for a few minutes and then shook her head.
"I'm okay Miroku. Thanks for being so concerned." Reiko said, wiping her eyes of the excess tears. She stood up and hid her face behind the sheets of blonde hair that cascaded over her shoulder as she bent her head. Miroku stood before her and looked down at her with sad eyes.
"Reiko, you know you can tell me anything right?" Reiko nodded her head. Miroku gave her a quick hug before she walked past them. She wanted them to have alone time, not worry about her problems. So she walked down no perticular corridor of rooms.
Once Reiko was out of sight Miroku quickly tried to reassemble his thoughts from before. He turned to Sango and placed both hands on each of her slumped over shoulders. She looked up at him with those same helpless eyes and it pained him to see that look on her perfectly beautiful face.
"Such an expression should never touch the face of an angel." He said, trying to be sincere and lighten the mood at the same time. Sango giggled and then looked up at him with a half smile on her face.
"That was cheesy Miroku." She said softly. This was not exactly the reaction he had expected but he smiled none the less.
"I know, but I couldn't bare to see that look on your face any longer. It was...painful." He said, finding the only word that could describe that. Sango smiled again just as gently and nodded.
"Thanks Miroku, for trying to cheer me up." Sango said kindly. Miroku's eyes widened slightly. This was a different side of Sango he hadn't seen yet. At least not directed towards him. After a few minutes and his slightly startled gaze didn't leave her face she started to blush and then scowl at him.
"What? Why are you staring at me?!" Sango asked, defensively. Miroku smiled and wrapped his arms around her shoulders, placing one hand on the back of her head and the other between her shoulder blades, and hugged her to him gently. This surprised Sango more than anything. She had expected him to grab her butt or make a perverted lame comment, but his hands were no where near her lower half and he hadn't said a word. He just smiled and pulled her to him.
"Mi-Miroku?" Sango stuttered, her face burning with the heat of her blush. He didn't answer her at first, but her touched his lips to her hair and smiled into the softness of her dark brown locks.
"I'm just so happy. I must say I was startled at first that you were talking to me so caringly but then I realized that you do like me, so why wouldn't you. Am I wrong in saying so?" He asked. Sango's eyes opened wide at his comment and question.
"I-I-I don't have a clue what you're talking about Miroku. Why are you hugging me like this, let go." She said, trying to push away from him. But his grip held firm and she wasn't able to push away from him.
"Sango, I have something I must confess to you. I'll understand if you don't feel the same way, but I hope that you do." Sango's heart beat raised about 30 miles per hour more than it had when he pulled her towards him.
"Sango...my darling Sango...I love you." He spoke these words into her hair.
"I may not know you so well, and I'm well aware that I womanize too much for my own good, but I'm not going to anymore. I understand that you don't like it and that you hit me because of that. I want you to like me Sango. I don't care if you don't love me like I love you but I at least want you to like me. It's all I'm asking for." He spoke softly, choosing his words with delicate care and affection. Sango gasped as soon as she heard the word "love". And even if she didn't love him back, he wanted her to like him at least. Tears came to Sango's eyes at the thought and she turned her head so her face was hidden in his black t-shirt. Miroku looked down at her curiously and as soon as he felt the wetness of her tears touch his skin through his shirt he pulled her back to look at him. He bent down and lifted her chin so that she couldn't hide her face beneath her bangs any longer.
"Oh, please Sango don't cry. I can't bare to see you cry." He said. Sango shook her face from his hand and wrapped her arms around his waist.
"I do like you Miroku! I really do. You're always there, trying to cheer me up. I can't say that I love you yet, cause I'm not sure if I do or not. But...I'd like to try." She said, her voice muffled in his shirt but Miroku heard every word, as if she were yelling it at him. Those words brought such joy to his heart that it started to beat uncontrolably. His arms wrapped swiftly around Sango and he crushed her to him in excitement. This was the happiest moment of his life. She was willing to try and that's all he wanted.
"I love you Sango!" He said it again and kissed her forehead. Sango smiled up at him and took his hand in hers. He kissed her knuckles and hugged her again, as if he would float away if he let go.
Reiko roamed through the halls, not really knowing where she was or how long she had been walking, nor did she really care. All she knew was that she had some thinking. She had determined a little bit back that she loved Josh/Hiro, but only as brothers, not as boyfriends. She was going to choose Sesshomaru, she wanted to be with him forever and that's what she was going to do. But how to tell Josh/Hiro how she felt. Hiro would surely be mad at her, and Josh was so nice that he wouldn't say anything but he would...they were so unpredictable!
"What am I going to do?" Reiko sighed aloud and walked down the hall a little further.
"Reiko?" She froze in mid step, she recognized the voice and she didn't want to face them right now. She slowly turned around to come face to face with Josh/Hiro. Judging by the diffrence in tone it was Hiro.
"Reiko...so do you have an answer?" He asked. She had predicted this would happen if it was Hiro. Hiro tended to be impatient when he was waiting for something. Josh must have changed when she hadn't said anything. She stared at him with a blank expression on her face for a long while and then tears welled in her eyes. Hiro's face turned to panic and he frantically flailed his arms around, trying to come up with some way to make her stop.
"Reiko!"
"I'm sorry Hiro! I can't!" Reiko cried, hiding her face in her hands. He immediately stopped his frantic movements and stared at her with a scowl on his face.
"What?" He asked, his tone serious now.
"I can't be with you like that Hiro. I-I don't love you and Josh like that. You two have been my big brother's. You're always looking out for me and protecting me from pain, but...I..." Reiko couldn't form coherent words any longer. Her throat seized up with the thought of losing them because of this. All of the sudden Hiro's arms were around her and he was stroking her hair in comfort.
"It's alright. Josh and I understand. We got here too late and there's nothing that can change that." Hiro spoke softly to her, tenderly and caring. Reiko looked up at him in surprise, not expecting such a gesture or understanding, least of all from Hiro.
"I'll always love you Reiko, but I'm not going to force you into a relationship where the love isn't the same. That doesn't mean that I won't stop trying, it just means that I understand." He said and kissed her forehead before letting her go and backing away with a smile.
"See ya little sis." He said with a sexy grin and walked off down the hall. She stared after him in shock and then smiled. She was free to tell Sesshomaru yes now. With no guilt or sadness that Hiro/Josh would hate her! Reiko turned and started running towards the boy's cabin, where she was sure Sesshomaru would be, working again as usual. She was going to tell him yes.
Okay, I'm so so so so so sorry that it took me so long. And on a cliff hanger no less. I know this one was filled with a lot of Reiko again, but I'm going to go into a Kagome/Inu phase again so there will be a lot of cute moments and a lemon between them soon that you can read in the M rated section. I'm not sure how it's going to lead up to that yet, but I'll think of something. If you mark me as author alert you will probably get the link for the coming lemons I'm going to write. Until next time, Ja Ne!