In Inuyasha's mind, whoever the horrible person was that created the demonic ritual known as the Sadie Hawkins dance hated boys. They wanted to torture them and make them suffer. And for what?
He was frustrated. Stressed. Irritated. Paranoid. Medication seemed like his friend. He didn't care about the test he had that day, or the bully that had recently found a way to tick him off everyday. All that mattered was the girl he knew he wanted to ask him.
And he had been looking for her all freakin' day!
He had seen her once, if only briefly, on the bus. She wasn't the same girl he had known back in elementary school. She was… so… cute! She had to have been cute before that, but he never noticed. Now, she was the girl every guy wanted to pass notes to. And when he found out she liked him… liked him liked him, not just liked him… he was on top of the world.
Until some genius announced that the dance was coming up, and now all the boys in school flocked around her even more. It wasn't fair!
She had never been this shy around him before… why was she starting now?
He now leaned against his locker, hoping to catch a glimpse of her and start up a conversation. He was nervous; she could ask any guy she wanted to. She never said that she would go out with him. Any guy in the eighth grade could be the lucky chump to pick her up…
He scowled and closed his eyes. He had to calm down. She had to ask him. They had history.
"Why the long face, puppy boy?"
He looked up to see the most beautiful sight he had seen all day. There she was in all her cool glory, smiling. At him!
She had taken to calling him puppy man in sixth grade from a writing project they did in class on a super hero they made up. He drew a picture to go along with his essay, and his hero, dubbed puppy man, looked just like him with a cape and a mask. When she laid her eyes on it, she exclaimed, "Oh, Inuyasha! You're puppy boy!"
It stuck. He wasn't complaining.
"H-hey K…k…"
She giggled that heavenly giggle of hers and smiled wider, "Your silly, Inuyasha. So… I was wondering…"
Yes, his time had come! She wasn't going to ask him! The coolest girl in school was going to ask him!
"…If you would go with me to the dance on Friday?" she finished with her hands clasped around her back.
"Y-yeah! I mean…"
'Stupid!' he thought to himself. 'Stop making a fool of yourself!'
"Yeah. Sure, I'll go with you."
Her face lit up and she hugged him. "Yay! This is going to be so much fun, Inuyasha! I'll see you later!"
She scurried off before he got a chance to hug her back. He was still too shocked.
'She… hugged me…'
Kagome walked down the hall, looking for her albino friend. Class was going to start soon and she didn't want to be late, but she wasn't going to see him again until they got on the bus. And she had something important to ask him.
She smiled to herself, confidence at an all time high.
She spotted him, leaning up against his locker looking dazed. Taking a deep breath, she walked over to him, books in hand.
"Hi… Inuyasha…" she furrowed her brows. "Is everything alright?"
He looked her in the eye for the first time that day and broke out into a smile. "Huh? Oh, yeah! Everything is great! I have something awesome to tell you-"
"Actually, can I go first? I wanted to ask you something…"
His smile faltered a bit, but he nodded. "Yeah, shoot."
She took another deep breath and smiled, nervous, "Well… I was wondering if-"
"Puppy boy!" Kagome heard someone exclaim. She turned to see Kikyo in all her Pepto Bismal pink glory light-jogging up to them.
'Perfect timing, Ms. Perfect…'
"Oh… hey, Kags…" She looked upon Kagome in disgust.
Kagome scowled. "It's Kagome to you, you-"
"What's up Kikyo?" Inuyasha interrupted, seemingly not aware that she even spoke.
"Well, I just wanted to let you know when I was going to come pick you up. I'll probably be there around six thirty. My dad said that my date and I could ride on his motorcycle to the dance, so we'll be there pretty fast…"
'No…'
"Wow, that's cool, Kikyo!" Inuyasha exclaimed. "Sounds great."
'No, that's not fair…'
"Alright, then! I'll see you on the bus!"
'She can't ask him to the dance… it's not fair… I was supposed to… we were…'
"Kagome?"
Kagome looked up to see Inuyasha looking at her strangely. "H-huh?"
"You okay? You look horrible. You should go to the nurse or some-"
She didn't hear the rest of it. But, she did feel herself walking away.
'Yeah… I'll cry in the nurse's office…'
Yes, I know. It's been way too long. Fortunately, I have the next chapter already typed up. I'll wait awhile, then post it. Hope you enjoyed.
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