Hmm… normally I'm the kind of author who'd not update if the reviews were few (I'm petty, I know…), but I don't know… somehow, when it comes to this pairing, writing becomes "funner" than it already is. Well, enjoy…

The place with really good sushi in Takashimaya, 7 pm.

Kagome tapped her foot impatiently. It was 7.15 already, and he wasn't here yet. She began to wonder if there were other "places with really good sushi" in this mall. Well, if he didn't show up in the next minute, she was going to the ladies.

No one who looked even remotely like him appeared, so she thought it'd be okay for her to check her reflection in the washroom or something. She rounded the corner, humming to herself, when the door opened and she found herself staring at Jakotsu.

Jakotsu, in the ladies' washroom.

"Eiri- san!!" he exclaimed in surprise. "I think you're supposed to do your business there," he added in a whisper, and pointed to the mens' toilet, which was situated opposite the ladies'. Kagome blushed, and hurriedly entered the mens' washroom. "I'll wait for you outside!" Jakotsu called out, just before the door slammed shut.

She could feel her fellow toilet-goers (all 100 percent certified male) staring at her curiously, so all she did was wash her hands, catch a glimpse of herself in the mirror, and scoot out.

Jakotsu was wearing jeans and a tee, and though he looked pretty to Kagome, she thought it would've been rather obvious he was a guy and not a girl. So why hadn't anyone shrieked in terror and chased him out of the ladies' just now?

"Eiri-san! Let's go for lunch now, shall we?" he asked, taking her hand in his and surprising her.

She should've known he'd be open about it. Here was a guy who flirted shamelessly with all the guys at school and insulted any random girl he thought annoying. Why would he care if people saw them holding hands?

Eiri-san… Eiri-san… it was beginning to get annoying. She didn't even like the name Raito Eiri, it just came to her at that moment from who knew where.

They sat down and just took whatever they fancied from the sushi conveyor belt. " Say, Eiri- san…how come I've never seen you around before? Even though you're in my class at school?"

Kagome gulped. How could she worm her way out of this?

"Say aah, Jakotsu!" she said, and crammed some sushi into his mouth.

He swallowed, and gave her a weird look. "Um…so about my question…"

"No more sushi!" she interrupted, and motioned for the waiter to come over. "Bill, please."

Jakotsu opened his mouth to speak, but she cried, " The movie! Jakotsu, we're going to be late if we don't leave now!" And she virtually flung the money at the poor waiter. "I'm paying for this," she told a pleasantly surprised Jakotsu; grabbed his hands, and dragged him away.

"How was the sushi?" she asked, desperate to avoid his earlier question.

"Good, huh?"

Jakotsu smiled. "Yeah," he replied. "But-"

Oh no! Kagome was freaking out. She couldn't reveal her gender now, not now when she was enjoying herself. What was she to do?

"But you treated me like a girl back there," complained Jakotsu with a pout. " And you know I hate girls."

Kagome laughed. So that was what he was about to say. "Sorry," she apologized. "Well, how about if I treat you to popcorn to make up for it?"

"Ok!"

After the movie

The movie they'd watched together was Flushed Away. Not exactly what Kagome had had in mind (a rom-com perhaps; or maybe even Death Note?) , but still she had enjoyed herself.

"That was great, Eiri-san!" Jakotsu squealed, throwing the empty bucket of popcorn away. Kagome nodded in agreement.

" It's 9 plus now. Guess I'd better get going," she told him, as much as she didn't want the date to end.

Jakotsu scratched at his neck, and he was obviously blushing.

"Eiri-san…I …"

He looked so adorable, blushing like that. She never would've figured he'd be the type who blushed. But she felt herself blushing too, as he gripped her arm.

"I like you, Eiri-san," he confessed, looking her straight in the eye.

She had never been an initiative person (and she'd never kissed someone before), but this time it was different.

She found herself kissing Jakotsu, embracing him even, in public, when normally she would've been shy even to call out to a classmate when dozens of people were walking around her.

And it was nice, at least, until it ended.

Jakotsu grinned. "I'll see you at school tomorrow, Eiri-san!!"

Kagome nodded.

It was going to be tough; telling him the truth; now that she knew he liked her back.

She could just imagine how much he would come to hate her.

Right there and then, she began to cry.

Ugh… ran out of ideas… plus, I don't know how to write kiss scenes! All those 'tongues fighting for dominance' phrases I come across in fanfics…I think I'm like, 7 years away from being able to write that. Um… in the previous chapter I realized there's this sentence abt how much her voice sounded like a male, and it was supposed to be 65 percent, just that the percentage sign didn't show…