Chapter Two: New Years
She envisioned his long white hair, how it floated gently in the wind, his strong arms coming around to hold her, his beautiful eyes locked onto her gaze, and those tempting lips, consuming her in a powerful kiss.
Kagome angrily groaned into her pillow. It was close to ten-thirty in the evening and sleep alluded her. For months she had been having the same dream, over and over again. Why did she have to dream about him anyways?!
The guy that Hojo brought to the club ages ago, the same guy who had no interest in her…Inuyasha.
Everything about him was so damn exciting. From the moment they met Kagome was incapable of thinking of anyone other than him, and not just in her dreams. Every day at work she would be talking up some random guy, thinking about him and what he would have liked to talk about. Every time she danced she wished that she was dancing with him instead. And she was now disgusted every time she received an 'invitation', not wanting to be with any other man.
It came to the point that she actually turned Kouga down and told him what an egotistical pig he was for cheating on his girlfriend in the first place.
Now she laid in her bed miserable and alone, with the thoughts and dreams of the illusive half-demon. 'Forget it stupid…' she groaned mentally 'He's not interested.'
The sound of her phone vibrating against her desk caused a very tired Kagome to sit up from her bed. In her half-sleep state, she opened her phone to find her favourite guy once again.
'Hey Beautiful!'
'Hi'
'Where are you tonight?'
'In bed.'
'What!? Come on it's New Years Eve! You're coming to Scott Co!'
'Scott Co is like an hour away, why would I want to go?'
'I'm having a New Years party, it'll be fun!'
'Thanks but I'm good.'
'Inuyasha will be there ;)'
'…'
'I'm on my way.'
—
Kagome got ready in less than fifteen minutes and ran out of the house like a mad person, she drove all the way to Scott Co in record time and was standing outside Hojo's door.
She was able to hear the loud music and the voices of people talking from the hall. There seemed to be big party, which wasn't surprising, Hojo was a very popular guy.
Kagome nervously bit her lip 'I don't really know why I'm here…but maybe this could be my second chance with him!'
Determination filled her and she knocked on the door load enough for someone to hear.
Seconds later, the door swung open and she was met with gold. She was stunned when she saw Inuyasha instead of Hojo answer the door, but even more so when he gave her that sexy smirk.
'Well it's about time' Inuyasha grinned.
Kagome couldn't hold back her smile or her blush, he looked just as gorgeous from the club. Inuyasha was just as distracted by her beautiful red dress that was partially hidden underneath her open winter coat.
Before either could even say hello, a frustrated man called out "Who's at the door? Is that Kagome?" Kagome perked up at the sound of her name and called back "Yes!"
Inuyasha opened the door and allowed her inside, and sooner then she realized she was swept up in a crowd of people. First Hojo and more of their friends came to greet them and Inuyasha found himself fading into the background.
Hojo was angrily chomping down a bowl of chips with Kagome beside him on the couch, he barked "You won't believe what Eri did to me! That condescending bitch called me self-centred! ME!"
Kagome nodded distractedly, her eyes were watching a far more interesting male as he leaned up against the wall, his white dress shirt was unbuttoned at the top and he wore clean cut black jeans. Kagome couldn't help but stare as the marvellous creature conversed another guy.
"I know! She is so unappreciative and…Kagome are you listening?!"
"Yeah, of course." Her voice was drifting off and it was obvious that her attention span was lacking.
Hojo followed her line of sight and realized what her objective really was. A sinister smile came to his lips as he realized then and there what his next move would be.
The man stood up then and took Kagome by the hand and hoisted her up onto her feet. "You know Kagome I could use some air, why don't we go for a drive?" Kagome was beyond confused by the request but before she could clearly say no, he was already dragging her across the living room.
In that brief moment, Kagome looked back to where Inuyasha had been a moment before. He watched in surprise at the fact they were leaving.
Hojo didn't go straight for the front door, instead they crossed the room and suddenly halted. His stop was so sudden that Kagome actually collided with Hojo and nearly lost her footing, when she looked back up, she saw two new faces.
Two people stood with drink in their hands, the first was a young looking guy, with a long thick braid that nearly touched his heels, tanned skin and deep blue eyes, deeper than the sea. Next to him was a…man? He was dressed in what looked like a woman's suit, tight to fit his body type and the lightest amount of make-up on his cheeks and around his eyes, but then a terribly dark shade of lipstick. He had his hair up with plain brown eyes that suddenly brightened at the sight of Hojo.
"Hojo love!" He practically squealed, but then in a fraction of a second pouted "You haven't been avoiding me all night have you? You wound me!"
Hojo laughed nervously "I'm sorry Jakotsu, I have too many annoying guests to take care of, including now."
With that he moved out of the way so that they got a good look at Kagome and said "Bankotsu, this is Kagome, the girl I was telling you about."
Kagome was able to provide a smile without thinking, she was so use to speaking to guys at this point it became natural, while in her head she wanted to scream at Hojo! 'Why does he keep introducing me to guys left and right?!'
She stood a bit awkwardly before saying "Um, Hey."
Kagome could have sworn Jakotsu rolled his eyes while saying under his breath "Oh please.", but Bankotsu only grinned "Hey, Hojo said you were pretty but I wasn't prepared for you to be beautiful."
Kagome just laughed, not really caring what he was talking about.
"We were about to go for a drive, would you care to join us?" Hojo asked, Kagome paled now know what he was trying to do?
Bankotsu was just too quick to agree and suddenly took Kagome by the hand and said "Let's go" Kagome wasn't in the position to decline so she just nodded. Jakotsu turned his attention back to Hojo and said "You still owe me another date Hojo, I've been waiting for so long"
Hojo only smiled and replied "Soon I promise, just handling a few things to work on"
Jakotsu shook his head "Playing cupid again?" Hojo blinked innocently and Jakotsu couldn't hold back a laugh "Well if you're cupid hen strike me with that arrow." Hojo just winked and replied "I intend to."
He left a gushing Jakotsu behind before following Kagome and Bankotsu to the door, completely unaware of those beautiful golden eyes, watching them in a hard stare.
'What the fuck is she doing with Bankotsu?' A growl emanated in his throat, and he could feel his claws flecking when he saw him take her hand.
He was able to hear their conversation just fine and realized that Hojo was again trying to set people up, not too long ago it was him being set up with that girl…and of course he had to go and blow it.
An aggravated hand swept through his bangs, he was pissed and didn't like that fact that Kagome seemed to be going along with it. A part of him wanted to stop them, he had hoping to get another chance to talk with her, but damn this skinny boy worked fast!
Just as Bankotsu was helping Kagome with her coat, she spared one last glance to an annoyed Half-Demon, their eyes connected and Kagome wished they hadn't. He looked upset and somehow she felt like it was her fault.
Inuyasha saw her surprise and then she ripped her gaze away in embarrassment.
'Shit.' He didn't mean to look so pissed, but he fucking was!
He then saw Kagome get out of the room as fast as possible, and once again Inuyasha had missed his chance.
—
Kagome was sitting in the passenger seat with her arms crossed. Hojo and Bankotsu were talking about god knows what, she too deep in thought to notice. '
What was with that glare he gave me? Was he upset about something…'
"So Kagome" this was the fifth time Bankotsu tried to engage her "where do you work?" Kagome just smiled over her shoulder and replied "At club Valarium."
Bankotsu nodded "Yeah I've heard of that place, but the girls are so scan…um…"
He nearly bit his tongue realizing his mistake and saw Kagome dry look. All Hojo could do was smile, this was going better than he thought.
"Hojo?" Kagome finally spoke, breaking through the silence like a sledgehammer "Are we going to be out here much longer? What about the party"
Hojo just shrugged as he drove "Naw, I'm not in the mood to see Eri, I'd prefer just to go get a drink, maybe find someone for the night."
Kagome gapped, they weren't going back?!
"Hey!" Bankotsu's pointed finger shot towards Hojo and said "Don't you have something going on with Jakotsu?" Hojo only smiled into the mirror "I adore your brother, but I am a man after all"
Bankotsu broke out laughing and said "Whatever man, but you better go out him again or I'm coming after you."
Kagome pushed back in with a distressed voice "What do you mean, it's your party! You can't just leave." Hojo again shrugged and said "Relax Kagome, it's passed midnight so it's not like we'll be missing much."
"That's not the point" she argued "What about Inuyasha, didn't you drive him here?" Hojo blinked 'how did she know that?'
"Inuyasha is a big boy he can call a cab or get someone else to drive him."
Kagome's gritted her teeth and nearly barked "Hojo we need to go back!"
Hojo eyes lit up as he asked "What for?"
Kagome's mouth opened to say something but quickly closed it with a blush. Nervously she sputtered "I-I need to go get my car."
Bankotsu took this opportunity to open his mouth a second time and said "I agree with Hojo, we should go get a drink."
Kagome looked over her shoulder and gave him a cold glare that basically screamed 'Not Interested!'
Taking the not very subtle hint, Bankotsu remind silent in the back while Kagome continued to bark at Hojo. He could only take it for about five more minutes before saying with a smile "Alright Kagome, I'll take you back."
Kagome leaned back into her seat with a fierce blush, she revealed more then she wanted to and it was painfully obvious that she wanted to talk to Inuyasha again.
—
About thirty minutes later they came back to Hojo's apartment and the two men walked Kagome to her car. She had half a mind to go back to the party, but she couldn't shake the feeling that Inuyasha was mad at her.
Of course she wanted to talk to him again, but she didn't want him pissed at her, maybe he just needed time to cool off.
Kagome waved off Hojo and Bankotsu, as they headed back up stairs "Well that was a waist of time. You could have told me she was so uptight." Bankotsu grumbled as they entered the elevator.
Hojo only smiled and said "Sorry about that, she's usually a very sweet girl, but at the moment she has her heart set on something else entirely."
Bankotsu didn't have the slightest idea what he was talking about, and didn't really care for that matter.
When they finally came back to the party it was almost two and people were starting to leave. But just as Hojo made it through the door Inuyasha was there waiting. "Hey!" he barked to the two men "Where's the girl?"
Bankotsu just scuffed his disappointment and walked off, leaving Inuyasha livid, did something happen to her?
Without a second thought he suddenly trapped Hojo by the collar and was given a startled yelp in return. Shaking the tiny man lightly he growled "Why isn't Kagome with you?"
Hojo just smiled nervously and said "She was tired, said she was going home! Sorry about that…"
Inuyasha blinked twice before dropped Hojo back on the ground. She left without even saying goodbye? The nerve of that girl.
Hojo placed his shirt back in order and asked "I would have told her to come back up, but then again I didn't think you liked her." Inuyasha gave him a cold glare before growling under his breath "You should have known better."
Hojo couldn't help but grin to himself as Inuyasha went back to the kitchen in thought 'Now they're both invested.'
