Author: monkeymiko
Title: Honey Bee
Pairing: Miroku/Sango
Summary: Miroku and Sango work at an ice cream shop. A drabble collection of their adventures.
Rating: K+
Theme: Acceptance
The girls gathered behind the ice cream counter. They had their heads ducked and close together, to make it look like they were deep in conversation. When, in reality, they were keeping a watchful eye on the silver-haired hanyou who sat at the small table closest to the door with a young girl about Kagome's age. In fact, she looked a lot like Kagome. Her face just had a much older appearance to it. Her hair was long and straight, and she had deep, narrow eyes.
"What are they saying, Sango?" A hopeful Kagome asked her friend as they watched, careful to turn away every once in a while so not to look suspicious.
Sango couldn't hear anything they were saying, but they sure were smiling. A lot. "I don't know. I didn't know that Inuyasha even talked to Kikyo outside of school." She told her friend. They continued to watch, until they were interrupted by the back door swinging open and hitting Sango square on her plump little rear.
"Oh, sorry." Miroku said thoughtfully. Then he noticed what the girls had been doing, and what Inuyasha was doing across the shop. It didn't take him long to catch on. "Whose that?" He asked in a low whisper, bending down to reach the level of his female co-workers. he made a gesture toward the pretty girl that was moving in closer to Inuyasha with every passing minute.
"Kikyo." Sango answered sternly, almost as if she hated her, "She goes to our school. She's a second year; a grade below us."
"Oh." Miroku said. The matter wasn't really made any clearer to him. "She's rather cute."
"Don't you think we know that?" Kagome snapped, bringing the volume in her voice much higher than she wanted it to be. She caught the attention of the two across the store, and her face because flushed in a bright pink. Once she was back huddled in with Miroku and Sango, Inuyasha and Kikyo continued conversing. "I'm sorry." She sighed. Sango placed a friendly hand on her shoulder.
"Am I missing something?" Miroku asked. Sango made a gesture for Kagome to explain.
"I...I really like Inuyasha. A lot, actually. He doesn't know, and I doubt he likes me. I think he likes Kikyo. They hang out all the time in the halls. I want to tell him how I feel, but I can't." Kagome answered under her breath, tears beginning to well up.
"Then don't tell him." Miroku added simply. Neither one of the girls would have guessed him to say that. he was beginning to come of as the helpful type, and now he was suddenly changing. "If you can't tell him, then you're obviously not readyto tell him." He corrected. He realized his statement didn't do much comforting. "But, you can do something." With that, he moved over to the side where they kept all the ice cream. He grabbed the scooper that he had become so handy with and dug in to many assorted flavors. Vanilla, Mint chocolate chip, double fudge, black berry, coffee, strawberry, and so on. He placed them all together in a rather size-able bowl and covered it with many different toppings. He then graciously handed th over flowing dish to Kagome.
"Huh?" She looked puzzled, as if she'd never seen the Crowd Pleaser before.
"Bring it to them." He filled in the blanks for her. Kagome had no idea what he was hoping would happen. He's just giving them a large sweet meal to eat while on their little "date", or whatever it was. However, she did what she was told. Miroku and Sango watched intently as Kagome slowly, and shyly made her way to the table and placed it down in front of them.
"E-enjoy." She stammered, her voice cracking. She was about halfway back to the counter when Kikyo stopped her.
"There's no way Inuyasha and I can eat this by ourselves. Come join us." The girl with the silky voice spoke. Kagome was almost shocked that a girl she barely knew would show such kindness to her. She accepted her offer with a warm smile and sat down at a chair that was placed between the two of them.
Miroku and Sango stood behind the counter. She looked up at him when she heard him chuckle. A smug smile formed across his face. "H-how did you know that would happen?" She asked, completely dumbfounded.
"I can tell just by Kikyo's figure that she is mindful of her weight. I gave them something that she wouldn't want to eat a lot of, being cautious of her appearance." Sango knew that wasn't the only thing in his mind. He continued, "it's also teaching Kagome about sharing and acceptance."
Now the chestnut haired girl was completely confused by this. "What do you mean?"
"By joining in with Inuyasha and Kikyo, and accepting Inuyasha's friends, she has opened a completely new door between them. Inuyasha will see that the relationship they have now is important to her. It may even encourage him to take it to further levels in the future." he stated, smiling brightly and mentally patting himself on the back.
Sango smiled. This new kid that had only started here a few days before, was warming up quite nicely. He cared enough about Kagome to do such a huge favor for her. for the first time since she met him, she was rather curious about any other match-making tricks he had up his sleeve.