(A/N: yay!! I gots two reviews!! I is so happy X3 and as promised, I had the next two chapters up so here is the second chapter of Remembering Sunday by me, ITKL! XD
and a special thanks to my only reviews (so far...I hope) Diamond369 and sangofan89 :3)
DISCLAIMER: ...what? I DON'T own them? Aw...and I just bought Inuyasha a collar...:(
Remembering Sunday
Explanations
Who stood in front of wasn't her, instead it was some old woman. She had an eyepatch over her right eye and was hunched over a cane, with the other arm tucked behind her back. She was short, and had long white hair pulled away from her face. Had he knocked on the wrong house? He looked at the number. Even in the rain he could tell that it was right.
"Forgive me I'm trying to find a woman named Sango, I've been calling and calling her. I don't mean to be a bother but have you seen this girl?" he asked. Maybe this was her grandmother...? Granted, he only knew of her father and younger brother, but then again there seemed to be a lot he didn't know about Sango.
The woman quirked an eyebrow. "My name is Kaede, and I do not know of this Sango ye speak of. Who are ye and what are ye doing out here so late, bothering an old woman like myself?"
He didn't answer her, just stared and tried to convince himself that she was lying, that he must have the wrong house or something. Sango couldn't be gone. She just couldn't be!
"Miroku?! What are you doing here?!" he looked over next door, and there stood Kagome, in a light green bath robe in the doorway. Kagome was a little younger than Sango, being only about twenty-six while Sango was a year older. He himself was two years older than her. Kagome was about 5'6, with long, wavy, raven-black hair. She had sapphire blue eyes, wide with innocence. Well, not right now, they were too occupied with trying to murder him with their gaze.
"Ye know of him?"
"Yes, sorry about the trouble Kaede. I'll deal with him," she said as she kept the death glare on high.
"If ye are sure, child," Kaede said as she nodded towards the woman and walked back inside and closed the door. Miroku ran up to her and gripped her shoulders.
"Kagome! Please, I must know. Where is Sango?! She's been running through my dreams, and it's driving me crazy, it seems. I...I'm gonna ask her to marry me."
"What did you just say?!" she asked in disbelief. "You want to ask her to marry you?! What, did Shima reject that filthy ring of yours?!" she yelled at him.
"W-what?! Kagome, what are you talking about?!"
"Just go away! She never wants to see your cheating face again so just leave!"
"No! Wait, Kagome! I swear, I never cheated on her! I have no idea what you're talking about!"
"What the hell's going on here?!" came a grumpy voice inside her house. Miroku looked behind her but Kagome still stood there glaring. It was her boyfriend, InuYasha. He was almost a head taller than herself, and an inch or so taller than Miroku. He had waist-length, jet-black hair and violet eyes. His usual personality was rude, crude, and he seemed destined on telling everyone exactly what he thought of them, being overly blunt. Quite a contradicting personality to the fiery, yet sweet and kind Kagome. Ah, but love often works in mysterious ways.
"InuYasha!" Miroku called just as the man was visible in the darkness, yawning and stretching. "Please, just tell me where Sango is! I promise I never cheated! This must be a misunderstanding!" he pleaded, clasping his hands together in front of him looking like a homeless beggar.
The couple shared a glance. "Well, since you woke us and half the neighborhood up, we might as well hear your side of the story," he finally answered. Miroku breathed a sigh of relief as Kagome stepped aside so he could pass through.
"Thank you," Miroku said, truly grateful.
"I'll go make some coffee," Kagome offered. "Come and sit at the table, you've got a lot of explaining to do."
Miroku did as he was told as InuYasha sat across from him and Kagome went to make some coffee. They sat in silence for a couple of minutes until the drinks were given. He muttered a thanks and stared into the mug.
"...So," Kagome started.
"Why did Sango think that I cheated on her?" Miroku asked.
She sighed. "Do you know Shima?"
He looked up. "My next door neighbor?"
She nodded. "Well, as Sango was leaving your apartment," she gave him a look. Miroku put up his hands in defense.
"I promise I didn't touch her!"
"I know that!" she snapped. "Well, Shima stopped her from leaving..."
..:Flash Back:..
"Sango! Sango! Do you have a moment?" called a woman from the room next to Miroku's. Sango stopped to look at the girl. She had dark brown eyes, and her long black hair was pulled back away from her face. She never really had anything against the girl, in fact the only things that she knew about her was that she lived next door to Miroku and that they had had a relationship. She couldn't help but be a little jealous.
"Um, I really have to get to work–" Sango started to dissuade.
"Oh! This'll only take a second, I promise!"
"Really, I have to–"
"Miroku is going to propose to me!"
That stopped Sango in her tracks. She looked disbelievingly at the younger woman. "...W-what?"
"Well, he hasn't yet, but he was over about a week ago and he was looking at engagement rings on my computer because he doesn't have one and we spent the whole night together!" she took a moment to squeal. "Isn't that great?!"
Sango was speechless for a couple of moments. She thought...she thought that...that she and Miroku... "Yes, that's fantastic Shima!" she congratulated with fake excitement. "Now if you excuse me I really have to go..."
"Oh right! Of course! You go on to work then!" she said smiling. Sango merely nodded and continued her way down the hall. She had suddenly lost that pep in her step, and she imagined her heart had just gotten stampeded on by a herd of elephants. When she was out of eyesight of Shima, she just started sprinting, she had to get away from here, away from him. She ran all the way back to her house but bypassed it and went over to Kagome's. Thank the Gods it was her day off! She knocked on the door, sniffling and wiping away the tears that had escaped. Kagome opened the door a few moments later.
"Sango! What are – Sango what's wrong?!" The older girl then threw her arms around her and sobbed her eyes out. Kagome closed the door and maneuvered so that they were sitting on the living room couch, where Sango preceded to tell her the whole story.
..:End Flash Back:..
For the first time in his life, Miroku was speechless. His mouth opened and closed a few times, although no words could find their way out.
"Miroku, you do a great impression of a fish, but we'd really like to hear why the hell you did that," InuYasha told him. The man in question finally found his voice.
"W-what? No, that's all wrong! Shima...she lied!"
"What do you mean? So you didn't cheat on Sango?" Kagome asked.
He shook his head. "No. Well...she was right about how about a week and a half ago I came over to use her computer and look up engagement rings...but everything else was a lie. I wasn't going ask her to marry me...I was going to ask Sango," he said quietly.
Kagome gave a small gasp. "So you actually were going to ask Sango to marry you?!"
Miroku nodded his head sadly. "I've been saving up for a while, cutting down on a lot of things, working extra hard and longer hours, I actually got promoted not too long ago. And so, eventually I had enough to buy her a decent ring, so I asked Shima if I could use her computer to look up different styles. I looked until early morning, not being able to find one until almost two-thirty. I was really tired by then, but when I found it I excitedly bought it online, though the extra boost didn't last, because I laid my head on the desk, thinking I'd only rest my eyes, but the next thing I knew, it was morning and I barely made it to work on time. After work I took the subway downtown and got the ring. That's what I was going to do Saturday night, ask her to marry me, but she fell asleep before I could, and so I tried to do it in the morning, but she left too early...and I haven't seen her since."
Miroku heaved a sad sigh, and rested his head in his hands, letting what he said sink in. He then shook himself out of his melancholy and stood up and started pacing. "That's why I have to find Sango! Now, please tell me! Where is she?!"
Kagome looked sadly down at her half-empty mug while InuYasha suddenly found the linoleum very interesting.
"She...left," Kagome finally answered.
"...W-what?!"
"She moved away because she couldn't handle it if you weren't in love with her!" InuYasha answered for her. Miroku stood there, dumbfounded for the second time that night.
"...No..." he murmured. "...No, this can't...she can't be..." He fell to his knees. He reached into his jean pocket and brought out a small black-velvet bag, slightly damp from the rain. He opened it up and out fell an even smaller black-velvet box. Lifting the lid, he gently pulled out a simple diamond ring. He let the bag and box fall to the ground as he held the delicate piece of jewelry between his fingers. Why...Sango...
Kagome looked at him with sympathy. He really was a wreck. His blue-black hair was matted, it looked as if he hadn't bathed in a couple of days. He had been drunk, though it was probably worn off by now, he was still intoxicated when he put on his shoes because he had on two different pairs. His clothes were ragged and dirty, it seemed as if he hadn't changed out of them since Sunday. He had dark bags under his sorrow-filled, navy-blue eyes, all in all, he just looked...defeated. Her heart went out for the guy. She stood up.
"Miroku...I'm so sorry."
He stood up as well, shaking his head. "No. Don't be sorry. It's...it's all my fault," he corrected softly. He grabbed her wrist and made her palm face up. Hesitating for only a moment, he gently set the ring in her palm.
"Just...if you ever see her, or even just talk to her again, would...would you tell her I'm sorry? And give her this? Even if she doesn't want it...Then I guess that you could keep it and sell it to get money or something..." he closed her fingers around the ring. He looked her one last time in her eyes and turned and started for the door.
"I guess I'll go home now..."
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Welp, that chappie was a little shorter than the others...but oh well. And oh snap!! Sango, where'd you go?! DX all will be answered...in the NEXT installment of...Remembering Sunday!! MUWHAHAHAHAHA!! XD
