A/N: Hi y'all! Sorry for making you wait for about 2 weeks! I'm so busy and when i was about to update a week ago, a damn error is showing up! i made some changes in chap 2...they're nineteen(going twenty), okay?...not eighteen. Arigato!
Okay, you guys do your job of reading this fic and reviewing it. Please, please review guys. And I'm going to repeat for the umpteenth time already…No flames please. I'm just a fifteen-year-old girl okay? And very sensitive…If you don't like it then don't read it! Easy enough right?
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Enemies or Lovers
Chapter 17
"Hi, Mrs. Higurashi!" a cheerful voice greeted.
Kagome's body stiffened.
"Call me 'mom' already. You don't have to be shy! It's okay with me!" Akira said, stirring the visitor inside her house.
The visitor smiled weakly as he automatically placed his hand at the back of his head.
Kagome's face seemed like it was plunged in a big bowl of tomato sauce.
'What a perfect weekend…I really shouldn't plan anything anymore in the future…or else I'll just risk it to be ruined…' Kagome thought.
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Abandoning the spoon she held in her hand, she went to the hall to talk to this visitor. She got his hand and pulled him outside o the house.
"Hey! What the—"
"Kagome, dear…Where are you going to—" Akira asked, as she was about to follow them outside.
"Just going to talk with him mom. I promise this would be fast." She said, turning her head and looking at her mother as she explained.
They came to a stop a few feet away from the house. Kagome let go of his wrist and faced him, her face seemed a few years older.
"What are you doing here!" she asked, her forehead creasing with a considerable amount of worry and dread in her eyes.
"You know my mother." He started to explain, arms crossed on his chest. "She practically kicked me out of the house and said that I should visit you. She said, she would call your mom to check if I'm here and even threatened me that she won't let me in the house, ever, if I won't go here." He finished, an annoyed look on his handsome features.
"Oh brother…" Kagome said exasperatedly. "But you'll go home once your mother checked on you, right?" she added, expectantly.
"I don't know…" he answered, looking lost.
"Alright, come inside." She said, walking ahead of him, her eyebrows ticking out of utter annoyance.
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"I can help." Inuyasha offered Kagome, walking beside her in the kitchen.
"But—"
"No but's, okay? I really don't feel comfortable just sitting there and staring in empty space." He said, already taking some of the cooked food and placing it in a container that was prepared on the table.
"Why don't you watch T.V. I'm sure they won't mind if you open it." She said, getting some chopsticks.
"I'm not fond of watching television."
"…"
"You're having a picnic, right?"
"Yes, under the big tree near our house. I just felt like some fresh air would do good to us." Kagome is now helping Inuyasha with the food.
"I'm sorry if this is a bad time. This has to be your planned family activity, huh?" Inuyasha said, sealing the food containers.
"It's okay, really. Mom is evidently enthusiastic about you joining us. And she considers you family cause…when our doom's day eventually come, we're going to be husband and wife and she's going to be your mother-in-law." With this thought, Kagome shivered. "Do you think we can cancel this engagement?"
"I don't know. Having mothers who speak and think the same, I think it's a micrometer chance we can change their minds… They scare me sometimes." He confided. Inuyasha now placed the sealed containers in a basket that already contains some fruit juice and water inside.
"Well, they're the best of friends, remember?"
Inuyasha's eyes rolled upwards. "Figures."
"I'm going to get the blanket. Please call them and tell them to go outside. I'll be with you shortly." Kagome ran upstairs to go get the last material they're going to need for this little picnic.
"Hey, Kagome!"
Kagome stopped at mid-step and turned around to hear Inuyasha out.
"I apologize for raging at you yesterday."
"Oh no…it's okay! Anyway, I got it as a nice proof of something…seeing the color of your face at that time." She answered cheerfully.
"Damn you!" he shouted; yet he felt himself blushing and smiling at the same time.
"Same to you!" Kagome replied in between light chuckles.
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Mrs. Higurashi just got out of the house, happy-faced, and sat down in the group's circle. "Minami just called. I confirmed you were here. And I also asked her if you could stay a little longer so you could join us in our movie marathon. It's okay with you, right?" Akira said, ending it with a light laugh.
Inuyasha wasn't sure about it and was about to ask Kagome, who was just beside him, when he heard a groan from her. Obviously, she isn't liking this day. He looked at her, trying to meet her eyes.
Kagome raised one questioning eyebrow when her eyes fell on the hanyou. Inuyasha leaned close to her ear and whispered to her, "I promise I won't ruin your day. Don't look like you've been beaten up by Kikyo there."
Her body tensed at once with their closeness and was utterly surprised at the serious tone he's using. And she could swear there was some kind of apologetic tone in there too.
"Oh look at you two! You are perfect together! The lovebirds!" Akira exclaimed, looking at and clapping her hands together.
Inuyasha quickly went back to his former position, face blushing furiously as he laughed coyly. "I—I was just—"
"Too bad were not birds, mom." Kagome said, unperturbed.
"No need to be shy and no explanations…It's perfectly okay." Akira remarked with so much amusement in her motherly features.
Kagome made a face and her mother didn't speak anymore but still continued to smile while serving everyone. She heaved a sigh, giving the hanyou a side-glance. But he took no notice as Mrs. Higurashi handed him a bowl of rice.
"Thanks—" Inuyasha said with an abrupt stop, and then, hesitating for a moment, continued, "—mom."
Kagome looked at the hanyou, thunderstruck, while all Inuyasha did was look at her and shrug.
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Sango is flipping through the channels aimlessly. She tried to call Kagome but her mother said that she's busy with Inuyasha. And she's too lazy at that time to go to Kagome's house.
"What could Inuyasha be doing there? I thought they're not…" Sango ended spoken thoughts by scratching her head lightly. This is her own way of plunging deep in thought.
'Maybe she invited him…no possibly not…Maybe Inuyasha just decided to visit her…that's impossible…' Sango thought, thinking of the different possibilities when a certain thought came to her mind. 'Ah…maybe…Kagome's mother invited him or talked with Inuyasha's mother about it…Why are mothers weird these days?'
A knock on their door made her mind jump out of her train of thoughts. "I'll get it!" she shouted to whoever's listening in their house.
" 'kay!" her parents answered from the dining hall.
Another knock came to her ears as she walked to the direction of the door. "Coming!"
She opened the door, a smile plastered on her face to greet whoever's this person knocking. But this smile disappeared at once just to be replaced by a frown of confusion.
"Miroku…?" Sango uttered, raising one eyebrow.
"Hi! I thought we could do some…ahh…partner work in these assignments." Miroku started to explain his appearance with an awkward smile. "I really was planning to do it together with Inuyasha and Kagome but when I went to Inuyasha's house, they said that—"
"—Inuyasha is in Kagome's house and having activities that make them busy." Sango finished.
"Yeah…how d'you…?" Miroku asked.
"I called Kagome but wasn't able to speak with her because of the same reasons." She answered. "Oh! Sorry if I held you up there for so long…Uhh…Come in?"
"You're doubting, huh?" Miroku said, stepping inside the cozy house.
"Quite. But everything's going to be okay so long as you won't revert to your perverted ways." Sango threatened, regaining her dangerous aura that she should put up around the guy.
Miroku smiled in response.
"Who is that Sango?" Mrs. Tatsuya asked, emerging from the dining room. "Oh, hello, young man! I'm Sango's mother, Tatsuya Asako…my husbands there, quite busy." she greeted, smiling as she laid eyes on Miroku.
"It's okay, Mrs. Tatsuya. I'm Yoshikawa Miroku. I'm her classmate in some…various subjects, and her friend too." Miroku greeted politely.
Sango rolled her eyes heavenwards and crossed her arms on her chest.
"What would a young man like you do indoors in a beautiful day like this? People of your age usually go out and enjoy the weekends." Sango's mother said, while gesturing him to have a seat.
"I would really love to do that, Mrs. Tatsuya but I've got my priorities…homework first." He replied, looking at the books and few folders he brought.
Sango eyed him as she sat herself in one of the couches in their living room. 'God, he could have won the 'MOST POLITE, RESPECTFUL AND RESPONSIBLE PERSON OF THE YEAR' award…' she thought seeing that the guy is not acting the way he used to.
"Guys like you are very rare nowadays. Responsibilities first, huh?" Asako remarked with a smile. "So I'm guessing that you two are going to work together on these things. Like group study or something…"
"Yes, ma'am."
"Oh, call me Auntie, Miroku. You sound so formal. All Sango's friends call me Auntie." Asako said, giving off a light laugh before continuing, "We have a small library where Sango studies, you can work there if you like."
"Thank you, Auntie."
"Not at all, Miroku…Sango, dear, go to work already with this young man. Your father and I won't disturb you, I promise." Sango's mother said, giving her daughter a mischievous wink, before disappearing to the next room.
'Really…how thick can all mothers get? They should be protective of their children especially if they're girls but…the world seemed to have already turned upside down.' Sango thought, thoroughly displeased with her mother's behavior.
"So…shall we go, my dear Sango? We're headed to your library, right?" Miroku said, his hand flying to the girl's shoulders.
Sango jerked out of the pervert's way and ran to the foot of the stairs. "If you really want your homework done first before you have your fun, refrain from touching me…especially my butt!" she whispered with sweet venom as Miroku walked closer.
"Okay my fair lady." Miroku said, his voice dripping with sweet honey, both his hands already holding the books he brought to show Sango that his hands are securely out of her brhind.
"And stop calling me with those fancy names!" Sango said, trying very hard to ignore the heat that is building up on her cheeks. "The name's Sango, okay!"
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"The food was delicious, mom…" Inuyasha complimented, leaning his back on the thick trunk of the tree. He's already accustomed to calling the elder woman 'mom', making Kagome cringe every time.
"Most of it was cooked by Kagome. So, you really should give her the compliment." Akira said, already cleaning up the area. But the two kept silent.
Kagome was about to help her mother when Akira stopped her with a wave of a hand. "Souta's going to help me. You prepared the food so just sit there. We'll just bring these inside and then we'll return."
Souta stood up with the basket in hand. "Do you guys want to play the Millionaire's Game?…to kill sometime before we watch movies?" he asked skeptically.
"That would be nice!" their grandfather exclaimed with a large grin on his wrinkled face.
"But I don't know how to—"
"Okay, Souta!" Kagome exclaimed as well. Then, looking at Inuyasha, she said, "Don't worry. I'll teach you. It's easy enough to learn."
"O—okay." The hanyou replied. He leaned back on the tree's trunk with his hands behind his head and his eyes closed in a relaxing position, whilst the two, Kagome and her grandfather, remained silent.
A bright blue butterfly came fluttering near them and Kagome smiled with delight. The wings of the little creature seemed to be glittering under the sun's fierce rays. And to their surprise, it flew nearer and landed on the snoozing hanyou's nose.
His eyes snapped open and his amber orbs met at the middle to look closely at whatever's disturbing him. He then said in a whisper that is barely heard, "Heck…" Then, slowly removing an arm behind his silver head, his hand made it's way on the grassy ground as if finding something. 'I know there's some flowers here…somewhere…'
"What're you doing?" Kagome asked silently as to not disturb the blue butterfly residing on Inuyasha's nose. But Inuyasha didn't answer her question as his hand continued to feel its way on the grass.
After a few seconds, his hand finally got hold of the plant he was looking for. He bent its fragile body until the stem broke in two. He brought the flower near his nose as he held his breath. 'Stupid… but I don't want to hold it.' He said to himself as he watched the bright blue insect cringe and hop on the flower.
Kagome quietly watched as Inuyasha did this. The silvery-white haired hanyou then exhaled calmly, looking at the insect, now residing on the beautiful flower.
"That's nice." Kagome remarked, making Inuyasha look at his fiancée. There was childish wonder in her eyes as she looked at the butterfly in a rather fond way.
Inuyasha, trying his best to avoid Kagome's eyes, reluctantly extended his hand, holding the flower, to Kagome as though offering her the flower with the butterfly on it.
Kagome's eyes flickered at his direction for a moment before looking back at the flower he is giving her. A pretty smile dawned in her beautiful face as she took the flower from her fiancé's hand. "Thanks!" she whispered, her eyes never leaving the blue wonder on the flower.
"Uhh…there's no meaning behind it…Believe me. I just gave it to you cause…I just gave it to you! A—and I will look silly holding a flower, you know…" he said hurriedly with his eyes darting in every direction except at Kagome.
"I know." The girl answered knowingly. "No meaning behind it, yeah…you don't have to explain." She added. 'And so is the blush yesterday…you don't have to explain…you don't have to…'
Inuyasha gazed at Kagome's smiling face for a while and saw a hint of something in her eyes. He could swear what he saw is disappointment but the emotion came and went too fast for him to confirm this. And as he continued to look at the girl all he saw was childish happiness all over her face.
"You're like a child." Inuyasha commented, a smile playing on his face as he looked at the girl with a side-glance.
"And what do you mean by that?" Kagome shot at him.
"Nothing." He replied, his eyes on Souta and Kagome's mother who has already returned from their short trip in the house, the boy carrying the box of the game he mentioned a while ago.
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Noon melted into afternoon and afternoon into evening. The Higurashi family, together with Inuyasha, is currently sitting comfortably on their couches, about to watch their fourth movie for that night.
But maybe, Kagome and Inuyasha are not that comfortable because they were forced to sit with each other on what they called the 'love sack' which is really a sofa where only two people can seat. Yet, no matter how uncomfortable they were, both remained silent and pretended to enjoy each other's company to avoid Akira and Minami's (when Kagome's mother will inform her, of course) insane wrath. Both of them wouldn't like to have lumps growing on their heads, they figured.
Kagome's eyes are already drooping as she stifled a yawn under her palm while the person on her left side, Inuyasha, is already snoozing beside her. His head cocked on his left and his right arm resting on the headrest of the couch above the girl's head, his right hand almost falling on Kagome's right shoulder.
Kagome, who couldn't handle her drowsiness any longer, finally succumbed herself to the world of dreams, not noticing that her head rested on Inuyasha's shoulder.
Inuyasha felt something rest on his right shoulder waking him for a matter of seconds. He shifted his head to his right and saw Kagome sleeping peacefully on his shoulder. His arm slowly and absently made its way from the headrest of the couch to around her shoulders. And finally feeling sleep pull him again, he closed his eyes, his own head falling sideways in a gentle manner on Kagome's head.
But before going to the deep journey of sleep, he said quietly, "Goodnight, Kagome…"
Kagome frowning at the quiet voice, snuggled closer to her warm 'pillow'.
"Mom…" Souta called in a whisper.
Mrs. Higurashi who was about to stand up to get a fresh stock of chips, turned her head to look at her son. But before her son could speak, something caught her eyes. Or rather, some people who are sleeping peacefully on a couch. She looked at Souta after absorbing the scene before her eyes and both of them smiled. Then, her father's sleeping figure caught her eyes next.
"We should call it a day already and turn in early, Souta. I guess we have to leave them there…" Akira said, with a satisfied smile on her face.
"Okay mom. What about, grandpa?" the boy inquired.
"No choice…we need to carry him…so that they would be alone here." His mother answered, a mischievous but joking glint on her eyes. "But before that, I need to call Minami and inform her that Inuyasha's spending the night here. Wait for me."
"Okay, mom." Souta answered, kneeling in front of the T.V and DVD player and turning them off.
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Author's notes:
Okay, guys. So tell me, is it corny or anything? I'm not good at these things and I tell you, I'm really corny in real life so I wish that characteristic doesn't apply in this chap. And I know that's not much of a picnic because it just right outside their house. But it's still a picnic, okay? . … Please do tell me if something's wrong in a well-constructed criticism, okay? No flames and no swearing in any reviews. Thanks guys!
Anyway, not much of Miroku and Sango there. Well, there not that sweet or anything yet. So, we'll have to wait. And…I'm going to change the summary and add a bit to it soon.
Hey, nothing, I repeat, nothing is still confirmed about Kagome and Inuyasha's feelings here okay? They are, as you know, in the denial stage…Wahahaha! They still don't want to be married to each other…Okay, enough…
xianora
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Miriae - you have to wait...but it's one of my fave pairs in Inuyasha...Wahahah!...and thanks very much for the review!
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