She didn't even know why she was there.
The building was dark, but had stage lights and lit corners all around. Streamers and ribbons were hung from the ceiling and decorations all around the room.
But, she didn't care about that. No, she was forced to watch the two people she wished were anywhere but there sitting two tables down. Laughing. Talking. Whispering to each other.
And, that sneaky little witch stealing glances at her from behind him, smirking triumphantly. Like she won.
'Cause she did. She won…'
Kagome had been competing with Kikyo for his attention for weeks now. She was his best friend. Didn't that mean anything?
"I guess not…"
"Huh? What'd you say?" she heard her date say.
Yeah, she had a date. Her mother influenced her to go anyway and she obliged. Her argument was that there will only be one eighth grade and one Sadie Hawkins dance and one time this week for her and her father to go out on a date.
So, out of respect for her mom's wishes, she asked the first guy who seemed interested.
That unfortunate guy was Hojo Nasaki. He was in her Advanced Math class and he often stared at her from the other side of the room. He wasn't ugly or disgusting… just not her type of guy.
No, her type of guy challenged her in video games and held her hand when she crossed the street.
But, even that guy didn't do those things anymore…
"Um, nothing… I'm kind of thirsty. I'm going to get some punch. Want some?"
"Yeah! Two cups, k'?"
Kagome frowned. How rude.
"Sure, whatever…"
She got up, walked over to the DJ table, and sat down on the stage.
This was going to be a long night…
(Later…)
"No, its fine, Hojo. I'll just wait for my dad out here. No, I don't need any help… "
Kagome escaped through gymnasium doors and exhaled. Finally, she had some air. Between Hojo and all those people and… well she needed to get out of there. She decided to wait out the rest of dance outside and tell Hojo later that she was going home without him…
She sat on the bike rail and sighed. She was surprised how shaky the sigh had come out. She felt something wet trickle down her cheek. She wiped it away with her index finger.
Then, she broke down.
'It's not fair! I should be in there with him! Not her and her ugly pink shoes and her ugly pink dress and her ugly pink nails! I can't stand her. Why does he like her? He always used to help me when I cried… now he's… he's…'
Suddenly the doors bust open and someone with silver hair stomped out of them, shocking his hands in his pockets and heading toward the street.
'He's leaving…?'
"In… Inuyasha!"
The said boy whipped around, fuming and angry. When he caught sight of her, his face became a little gentler, but not by much. "Kagome? What are you doing out here?"
Kagome ferociously wiped away her tears and gazed back up at the angry young man walking up to her. "Oh… um nothing. Just getting some fresh air. What's eating you?"
His fury was back with a vengeance. He began pacing back and forth in front of her. "That…! Uh! I… I can't believe…! Damn it!"
Kagome was shocked. Inuyasha was hardly this angry. He didn't curse often… but when he did she knew that something was really wrong. "Whoa, slow down… what happened?"
"They happened! Kikyo and… that burly looking guy with the mustache. The football player? Why is he even still in the eighth grade?! He's like sixteen!"
Kagome stood up and faced the enraged boy, forcing him to hold still by grabbing his arms and looking him in the eye. "Calm down Inuyasha. Take a deep breath… In… out… good. Now, sit down and tell me what happened."
The troubled teen, now a little more collected, sat down on the rail and stared at his feet. "I… was getting a drink for her. When… I came back she wasn't at the table. So, I thought, you know… maybe she went to the toilet. Girls do that a lot, don't they? So, after like fifty billion hours, she still didn't show. I looked around and didn't see her… until I heard a bunch of noise on the dance floor… I went over there and there they were… dancing like… like…"
"I'm sorry, Inuyasha…"Kagome patted his knee, barely holding in her rage. How dare that little tramp hurt her Inuyasha?! Her free hand curled up into a fist in her lap.
"The thing is… we really hit it off, you know? I thought she really liked me… I guess I was just too stupid to realize she could never like me. Who could like a geek like me, huh?"
"That's not true!" Kagome exclaimed, facing him. "Don't say that! You're a great guy and she's just too stupid to see it!"
Inuyasha looked at her then, shocked. His shock then turned to concern. "Kagome… why're you crying?"
Kagome felt herself shaking as he reached over and tried to wipe a tear away. She moved away from him and tried to clean herself up. "I'm not crying… I just… just…"
She felt him stiffen next to him. After a pause, he spoke. "Kagome… were… were you going to ask me to the dance?"
Kagome didn't want to be there anymore. She wanted to dissolve away into a million pieces like on X-men III.
"Kagome… I'm so-"
"You know what, it doesn't matter anyway." Suddenly, she was angry. How dare he try to apologize now? "Who cares, right? I mean, if I asked you, you would have just been all upset cause miss drama queen didn't… or when she did you would have asked if you could go with her instead. It's okay. Really…"she could feel the tears coming again and she buried her face in her hands.
"I didn't know, Kagome… why didn't you tell me you…" He faltered.
"How do you tell your best friend you have a crush on them?! That's like… impossible! Especially when all they do is go on and on about some girl every day! You're so freakin' blind, Inuyasha! All this time-"
"How long?" he asked, suddenly.
"Why the heck does that matter?"
"Just tell me how long!"
She sniffled and closed her eyes. "Since… um… since, like… fifth grade…"
There was silence. Kagome didn't know what to think. She should have told him way before then… she just never had the guts.
"K-Kagome… look at me…"
She opened her eyes. "Look, Inuyasha, I did-"
The next four seconds had to have been the best four seconds of her life. All she remembered was him grabbing her by the cheeks and pulling her face to his. She felt his lips… his soft, wet lips… and then they were gone. She didn't have a chance to respond and even close her eyes, and when he finished, they both stared at each other. Both their faces red as a tomato.
She looked into his pretty amber eyes and couldn't speak. She couldn't think. She couldn't breath. It took his smile and voice to break her out of her reverie.
"Um… how about we go back inside?"
It took a while for Kagome to register what he said, but she dumbly nodded, grinning like a kid in a candy store. He held out his hand and she took it.
'I love the Sadie Hawkins dance…' she thought.
Well, I hope you liked it. No one reviewed the last one, but if you read it I hope you enjoyed. For those who reviewed before, thanks for the feedback. And for those who I've said to write only because you love it, I now feel your pain of not getting reviews. But, I'm sticking to what I believe. I just wish people would be a little more considerate...
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