By: Patche
Disclaimer: Umm I do not own/am not in any way affiliated with… Inuyasha, the song "Stay" or any songs I think fit the story perfectly.
Blow Out
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"…and that is why it is suspected that these stories were not written by Shakespeare, but instead, a group of playwrights."
I was in English class… how fun. We were discussing things that didn't really even matter. Like this whole "Shakespeare" theory.
I didn't understand why it mattered if it was one guy or a hundred guys… the story exists, right?
And now I had the pleasure of writing a ten-paged paper on my thoughts about the whole theory.
It was a shame my thoughts wouldn't be acceptable.
I saw Inuyasha out of the corner of my eye drawing something on his paper.
He sat right next to me, but my teacher was often very suspicious of our lack of attention during her class.
It was practically a sin to look at each other.
I leaned over, careful not to make it seem like we were talking and nudged Inuyasha on the arm.
"What?" He whispered in a rough tone… as impossible as that seems.
"Can you give me a ride home today?" I asked.
"Why do you need a ride home?" He asked, still trying to look ahead and not make it look like we were talking.
"I need to go to the store for a few things."
"Like what?" Inuyasha mumbled.
I didn't get why he couldn't just comply with my request.
"Well… Rin's birthday is tomorrow. I wanted to get her something. I'll even pay for half the gas…" I tried to exclaim.
"Higurashi!"
I shot up and looked at the teacher.
"Yes ma'am?" I asked, now scared for my life. My English teacher was notorious for writing random referrals which ruin the rest of your high school and college career, considering she's good friends with the professors at Toudai.
"Will you please tell me what you think of A Midsummer Night's Dream?"
That was our homework last weekend… unfortunately I hadn't gotten a chance to read it.
"Umm…" I looked all around me trying to find an answer from the room. Inuyasha nudged me and passed off a little note to me. I grabbed it and looked down to read it quickly.
'Think about how you'd feel if Taro took you back…'
What was that supposed to mean?
I sighed and nodded… I trusted Inuyasha with a lot, now… and I was pretty much trusting him with the rest of my natural life at stake.
"Well, I think it shows how confused people can be when they are blinded by love. It shows how some one doesn't understand why he or she is being pushed away… and in the end what they are fighting for isn't what they need at all."
I glanced at Inuyasha again just to see if I was on the right track. He had his face buried in the palm of his hand.
"I… I mean… you think you really need some one and that some one really isn't what you need at all… but you can't tell because you're so in love with them that the fact they hate you just seems obtuse. So, then… when some one else comes along… some one who doesn't hate you or think you're gullible or want to ever hurt you… you don't understand how to feel… but then it just turns out that you're falling for them. And you were so blinded by your infatuation with some one else to notice it. But this… this new person is exactly what you need in your life… but you… just can't tell…"
The whole class just stared at me as if I were crazy. I glanced over at Inuyasha, however to find he just looked horribly… shocked.
I bit my lip, waiting for my teacher's response.
"Well, good job not reading the assigned story, Higurashi. Please go and stand in the hallway while we discuss it. For tonight, your homework will be to read this and "As You Like It". Enjoy".
What a bitch…
I sighed and picked up my things and left the room, silently.
I sat down beside the wall, propping myself up against it and leaning my head back.
What an idiot.
I probably just confessed my feelings for Inuyasha and Taro to the whole class, but it sounded so ridiculous that I doubt anyone noticed.
I heard the door open behind me and glanced over to see Inuyasha walking out.
He came over and kneeled in front of me.
I laughed. "I was… a little off, huh?" He smiled and nodded.
"Yea… just a little…" I shrugged.
"Oh well… I tried, that's all that matters, right?" He nodded, as I bit my lip.
Inuyasha looked like he was trying to think of something to say.
"I… I can take you to the store after school… okay? I think it's nice that you want to get something for Rin." He said softly.
I just smiled. "Thanks."
He nodded. "Well, I'm supposed to be taking a piss… but I really just didn't want you to sit here feeling like an idiot."
I laughed. "Umm… well that wasn't a smart thing to say."
"When I gave you the hint, I was expecting a bit more of a 'how good you feel when you get that one person you want' kind of story. Not whatever… you said."
I nodded and sighed.
"You weren't… talking about anyone, right?" He asked me. My eyes locked on him.
"What do you mean?" I asked, swallowing. Oh, I did not want to talk about this.
"Well… whenever you were saying that you fell for some one else…" He said slowly.
"Oh." How great that he'd pointed it out. "No… I was just thinking it would make more sense in a story to want some one, then realize there's some one else right underneath your nose that you loved all along."
Good cover up.
"Yea…" Inuyasha laughed. "Only, that's the exact opposite of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. He stood up and walked back into the classroom.
I sighed and slumped down.
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"How could you have left your money at your house?!" Inuyasha asked as we made our way to the store. We had to stop off at my house because I didn't bring any to school.
"I don't want it to get stolen… I don't trust the kids at our school." I said as an excuse.
"Kagome, you have like ten dollars." Inuyasha started.
"Yea… but it's still my ten dollars and I don't want it stolen." I said as-a-matter-of-factly.
He just sighed and gave up. "And I hate your stupid cat." He added on. He was just up for a brawl today.
"Why?" I asked.
"Because he bit the shit out of my hand!" Inuyasha shouted.
"Just calm down for five seconds, would ya? Like my house was THAT horrible to visit." I said, glancing out my window as the scenery zoomed by at 60 miles and hour.
"It was…" He mumbled just as we heard a loud BOOM.
"What was that?" I asked as Inuyasha slowed down and headed for the shoulder.
"I hope it was that stupid cat of yours…" He muttered, putting the car in park.
I watched him walk outside and glance over his car.
"Shit!" I heard him shout. I opened my door and walked outside with him.
"What?" I asked, looking where his eyes were.
"It's a flat…" He muttered. "I have a spare, but I don't have a stupid jack."
"Well… can't you just lift the car up?" I asked. "I know how to change a tire."
He stared at me blankly. "Kagome, this car weighs about two tons."
"But you're a half demon…" I said.
He rolled his eyes. "So maybe I can carry a 100 pound girl out of a building… it doesn't mean I can pick a car up with my bare hands!"
I sighed and ignored him, heading for the street.
"Get behind the car!" I said.
"What? Why?!" He asked, crouching down.
"Just do it… you'll see why…" I said as I stood on the side of the road, looking helpless.
I sighed and took off my jacket, revealing a tiny tank top I had been wearing underneath.
"Hey… what are you doing, Kagome?" I heard Inuyasha shout.
"You'll see…" I said as I waited for a car to pull over.
Sure enough only two minutes into my little 'damsel in distress' gimmick, "Kouga's Mechanical Assistance" truck pulled over behind us.
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A/N: A little bit of a filler chapter… I don't know. I just felt like writing that little but with Kagome somewhat confessing but not making any sense in what she's saying. Inuyasha did give her a bad hint. Anyway, Kouga's coming to help… ooh what could this mean?
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