Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, nor any place, brand, band, series, or label I may write about.
Warning: Not much yet, a bit vulgarity maybe, other than that. it's pretty safe.
Chapter 7:
He's not Mr. Pibb
I watch.
A girl with hair as dark as mine is crying.
She sits curled up by the doorway.
I hear screaming, a terrifying bang on the wall, and bizarre laughter.
I watch the girl continue to cry, I want to go over and do something but I feel like I am frozen in place.
One, simply one creak from the floor and I'd be done for.
So I stay, staring at her from a distance, doing nothing at all.
*
"Kikyo? Are you in there, darling?"
"What is it, Miss Kaede?"
"Will you please stop by the market and pick up some spices for me?
I forgot to stock up when I left to the doctor this morning."
"Sure thing."
"Thank you, you are such a sweetheart.
The list is on the counter next to the coffee pot."
I walk over to the kitchen and tuck the shopping list into my pockets.
Oh, how I hope Inuyasha stops by today!
All this has been kind of awkward, to say the least.
I came back to Tokyo, only to have everything change from what I remember it used to be.
The bookstore where we used to have stories read to us is gone.
I remember how Inuyasha and I would hear stories of demons and priestesses from the local book keeper.
And then, there's that girl.
She was never part of our circle of friends before.
Where did she come from, I wonder?
I can't help but feel like I'm interrupting something.
Like, I shouldn't have came back at all; I'm disturbing the flow of time.
Maybe, it's just in my head,
but I can't help but feel sorry for her.
She and Inuyasha had built this life.. for the past three years nonetheless!
It's not my life anymore, is it?
Am I stealing this from her?
No, I can't be. He's kept his word and stayed with her.
Maybe everything is fine, I'm just over thinking things. There's no way he still feels the same, not now.
We're just friends, right?
"Inuyasha!"
I quicken my pace to catch up to him.
He's at the soda machine, probably buying his usual Mr. Pibb.
"Hey, Kikyo."
"Vault? You're changing on me, kid!"
"Uh, yeah... Kagome introduced me to it."
"Yeah? How is she?"
There's a pause, as I look at him I sense something different.
"Inuyasha? What is it?"
.. And so, he begins to tell me.
She left him.
She apparently couldn't stand the idea of me being around,
his best friend, we are best friends, right?
God, I screwed things up immensely this time. This wasn't suppose to happen.
She was suppose to be real,
is one simple setback really all it took for her to simply give up?
Maybe, I could talk her into staying with him?
"So, I guess it's just you and me again, eh?"
"I guess so."
I glance at him.
Past all the sorrow embedded on his face, I notice a spark of something else.
What is that?
Wait! It can't be, can it?
"Uh, Kikyo? Maybe, this could start over..."
What? No!
Don't fucking say it!
"..you know, I miss the old 'us'."
The words slip out of his mouth like captive song lyrics,
caged between clenched teeth until now...
"Let's start over,
let's start over."
Author's Note: So what do you think thus far? Any suggestions are welcome.
What direction do you see this going; just curious?
xoxoox.