not much to put except that the date is coming soon! lol next chap so this chap is a prologue of sorts for that, therefore i'll shut up right now and let you lot enjoy the chap!
disclaimer: InuYasha in its entirety is copyright to Takahashi Rumiko; my OCs belong to me.
She didn't make faces when he drove her home.
He was dying to ask what she had planned, but he kept his mouth shut and just drove.
It wasn't like Getsu was the first girl he'd gone out with; being endowed with his father's good looks, Sesshomaru had been chased by countless girls' once entering junior high and that didn't seem to get any better once he got in high school. The only one he had spent the most time on was Onigumo Kagura, a year their junior and also Naraku's little sister. Why he ever went out with her and stayed with her for so long, he hadn't a clue. She was just like her brother in the end, therein making their relationship fizzle out faster than rain on a forest fire.
But this girl… she was different. He just had a feeling that she would be different than Kagura, that's all.
He stopped at a red light, his hands relaxing on the wheel. "Are you going to let me in on why you're being so quiet?" He wondered aloud; his curiosity was getting to the point where he was annoyed that he was left out of the loop.
She glanced over at him and brushed some locks of tousled hair from her left cheek. "Your ex is a bitch, you realize." She murmured, perking his ears.
He growled a little under his breath. "Damn her." He exhaled slowly, scowling at the sunlight glinting off the front of the car's hood. "What did she say?" He wondered in a careful and quiet voice.
"Just to stay away from you; she musta heard from her brother that you rushed in to save my ass the other day." She smirked bitterly at that, lifting her head from resting her cheek on the palm of her right hand, her gray eyes looking at her handsome companion. "You're not mad." She didn't ask.
He scoffed and the scowl deepened into a glare that furrowed his fair-skinned brow. "She isn't my concern anymore, so I don't give a damn what she thinks. Kagura is just like her brother; that's all you need to know." He replied in the same bitter tone.
Getsu nodded, running a hand through her tousled hair. "I'll remember that." She murmured.
"I'm sorry she cornered you like that." Sesshomaru murmured once the light turned green and he drove on.
She lifted a brow before shrugging. "If she has a problem with me, I'll deal with it just fine on my own." She assured calmly.
He sent her a look. "Well aren't you being the brave one today." He mused.
"How so?" She looked at him out of the corner of her eye.
He smiled a little. "Standing up to a bitch like my ex-girlfriend, resisting the charm of the boy who saved your neck from getting in trouble on your first day, and then asking said boy out on a date tomorrow afternoon… You're racking up a good reputation for a newbie, princess." He listed calmly, keeping his eyes on the road and turning when reaching her street.
Blush flared on her face, turning her cheeks that hue of reddish pink he found suited her best, as her gray eyes looked bewildered at his calculations: well fuck he figured it out. She spluttered a huff and looked out the window with a sharp turn of her head, glaring at the houses they passed. "Y-you're delusional." She grated.
A chuckle rumbled in his chest, making her stiffen and blush harder. "That shade of pink really makes you look adorable, Getsu." He said in a crooning voice, seeing her shiver at hearing him speak her name for the first time.
God how she didn't want him to stop saying her name!
Fuck…
"Piss off, rich boy." She growled between her teeth.
Sesshomaru smiled cheekily. "Am I wrong for speaking the truth about a beautiful girl like you?" He wondered.
Getsu felt relief swell in her chest once seeing they reached the front of her house. "See ya tomorrow," she said dismissively, grabbing her bag from the floor and throwing the door open, making to hop out and leave him at last.
His pale hand caught her elbow, making her curse before she looked back into the cab. "You didn't answer my question." He pointed out coolly, his gold eyes melted and smug at the same time when she met them.
She blushed more and snorted, looking away. "N-no, I guess not." She grumbled.
He smiled and leaned forward to kiss her cheek, surprising her and making the blush turn a shade of red, a chuckle on his lips. "See you tomorrow, moon princess." He purred, letting her go at last.
She scrambled out of the car and closed the door hard, swearing she heard him laugh softly before the door closed and he drove away; she glared after his exit, snorting and stomping to the sanctuary known as 'home'.
God he was such a smug jerk!
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She froze in pulling the stocking over her right foot, her blue eyes wide as she looked up at her sister. "Shut up." She breathed.
A weary sigh escaped her as she rolled the sleeves up on her uniform shirt, her gray eyes reluctant and annoyed at the same time. "I wish I could." She muttered.
"Onee-chan, I'm so proud of you!" She exclaimed as she threw her arms around her big sister, making her stumble a little before she righted herself and hugged back. "Did he say 'yes'? He had to, didn't he? He said 'yes'!" She demanded excitedly, grabbing her shoulders and holding them in her hands.
She shoved her off and sighed again. "Regrettably, yes." She replied.
Both girls perked up when the sound of someone knocking on the front door reminded them they were still in the confines of their house; the sound of heels clacking on the floor was a sign their mother had answered whoever was visiting at such an early hour in the day.
"Oh, Sesshomaru! This is a surprise; what brings you here so early?" Daiyokai Saya asked lightly; both girls inched away from the center of the older sister's room to the doorway, the youngest poking her head past the threshold.
"Hello, Mrs. Daiyokai; I just came to give Getsu a ride to school. Is she ready?" The low and calm voice of the oldest Taisho boy asked.
Her heart almost skipped a beat; her sister's blue eyes almost bulged at hearing his response.
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He was here… and he was here for her, for God's sake!
"I think so. Getsuei, your boyfriend is here!" Her mother hollered calmly into the hallway beyond the front room and open front door.
Getsu felt her cheeks flare brightly at hearing such a word be used to refer to Taisho Sesshomaru. He was NOT her boyfriend…! "Coming, Mama." She managed, retreating inside her room to grab her bag from the bed and shoot her sister a warning glare, before walking out into the hallway to greet her… boyfriend.
Sesshomaru stood in the doorway of the front door with a hand in the right pocket of his blazer, a calm light in his fair-skinned face (she felt envious of him for not looking the slightest bit half-asleep so damn early in the day); he smiled smoothly at her, a smile she knew made girls' hearts turn to putty if he ever sent it at them. "Ready to go?" He wondered, taking in the uniform shirt she'd rolled the sleeves up, the collar unbuttoned just a little to let her neck breathe as the lilac vest covered her semi-flat chest. Her trademark combat boots adorned her feet, complimenting the black skirt she wore and making her legs look longer without the need of the uniform stockings.
She bit her tongue and thought better than insulting him infront of her mother, nodding. "Yeah." She replied.
He smiled smoothly again and looked to her mother. "I promise to bring her back in one piece, Mrs. Daiyokai. Bye." He added kindly, turning to retreat to his car parked infront of the house.
That sneaky cocky sunnuva… "Bye, Mama." She hugged her mother and pecked her cheek before following him at a calmer pace.
"Be nice, Getsuei." Her mother warned calmly behind her.
She waved absently without looking back, silently gulping when she reached the passenger door of his sleek black sedan and opening it with a sigh before being assailed with his scent that invaded her nose, dropping her bag on the floor of the passenger side before stepping in and closing the door.
"Listen, you overgrown cocky arrogant rich…" Getsu began to fire a nasty remark before he tipped her chin up and kissed her cheek, taking her by surprise as he had the day before.
Sesshomaru smiled, smug and pleased with himself, cupping her cheek gently. "Good morning to you, too, princess." He replied calmly, seeing her cheeks flare that hue of reddish pink he was starting to adore, before he released her cheek reluctantly to place his hands on the steering wheel.
She glared at him before spluttering a huff and jerking her gaze away as he drove away. "You're horrible." She grated between her teeth.
"Well you did ask me out, and then your mother so kindly dubbed me as your boyfriend… I'd say I have a right to be 'horrible'." He replied cheekily.
Getsu huffed indignantly, the blush burning her cheeks once more. "The fuck you do… You're a long way from making me swoon like the other girls do, Taisho." She snapped cattily.
Sesshomaru rolled his eyes and smiled smugly, finding that she was a thousand times sexier when frustrated and blushing. "If things go well later after school, I doubt I'll have such a long way left, sweet." He saw her cringe at the petname and smiled wider, finding that he liked calling her that.
"Don't call me that." She growled.
"Would you rather I said 'baby'? I haven't used that one in a long time…" He began thoughtfully, slowing down as they were approaching the school zone.
"Neither one!" Getsu barked, her cheeks blazing red, as she glared at him with daggers in her gray orbs. "I am not your sweet, your princess, and definitely not your baby. Got it?" She snapped.
Sesshomaru exhaled as they turned into the student parking lot, parking the car at the farthest spot of the first row labeled as 'Senior/Junior Parking', before looking at her. "Well aren't you being feisty today." He remarked calmly, undoing his seatbelt to cross his arms across his chest.
She set him with a death glare that he seemed impervious of, grinding her teeth. "Yer damn right I am; that's because I am not your girl. I do what I please and don't give a rat's ass about what people think." She rebutted.
He cocked a brow at her words before he smirked softly. "I know, that's why I didn't turn you down yesterday. Your attitude makes you out to be intriguing and spunky, the very reason why I like you, Getsu. And why I won't let a backstabbing tool like Naraku ever get his disgusting hands on you." He explained quietly, his tone soft as his gold eyes all but melted before her eyes.
She blushed at hearing that he basically wanted her all to himself, lowering her gaze to the cup holder between them and letting her bangs fall as a tousled curtain. "Well aren't you possessive." She mumbled, at a loss for any other witty comment aside from that.
Sesshomaru chuckled and brushed the hair from her face gingerly, seeing her stiffen before she became accustomed to his gentle touch. "It's a bad habit, under most circumstances." He offered with a slightly sheepish smile.
Getsu shrugged. "I don't think it is; to be honest, I think it suits you." She replied softly.
He raised a brow again before smirking, tucking a strand behind her right ear. "Come on, we'll be late." He reminded quietly, cutting the engine and reaching to grab his bag from the backseat, opening the door to step out into the early morning.
She smiled slightly and followed suit, hoisting her bag's strap onto her shoulder and folding her blazer over her right arm, walking alongside him inside the intimidating building known as Shikon Academy.
"Hentai!"
THWACK.
She sweatdropped at hearing the term, seeing a patient and exasperated look cross the face of her new friend. "Do I want to know?"
"I think Sango and Miroku are here to join us for lunch." She offered with a sweatdrop as both girls continued walking to the shady oak that the noise had come from.
"'Sango and Miroku'?" She cocked a brow.
She nodded. "Sango and Miroku are actually juniors too like you and Sesshomaru; ironic, right? They're really nice, though, so don't get the wrong idea." She explained calmly.
"Ah." She nodded wisely, looking at the occupants of the shade to see a new couple were there with the Taisho brothers, a brunette girl with fair skin and brown eyes and a boy with the same hair color, olive-skinned and cobalt blue eyes; the latter had a bright red handprint freshly "stamped" on his left cheek.
"I told you not to say that…" The younger Taisho reminded with a patient expression as his brother was busily engrossed in finishing a book for his English class, picking at the contents of his bento while reading.
"It was inevitable that he was going to be slapped." The older Taisho offered off-handedly, flipping the page.
"Well aren't you the object of tranquility." She deadpanned as she tossed her blazer onto his head, dropping her bag on the ground and plopping down next to his little brother.
He felt a vein twitching on his brow as he yanked the blazer off his head, silver hair tousled and frizzy, earning a snicker from both his brother and his brother's friend; she smiled innocently when he sent her a scowl. "And what, praytell, was that for?" He wondered, knowing he was going to get back at her later on (he just had to think of something before the moment came).
She shrugged in the same innocent notion and adjusted the hairpin in her hair, tucking a few locks away from her face to keep them in place above her left ear, sunlight glinting off the lone silver piercing on the upper rim of her ear. "Just reminding you of my existence," she replied airily.
He deadpanned. "I knew you were coming regardless, princess." He remarked.
She rolled her eyes and turned to her own bento box, starting to eat. "Sure you were." She declared around a mouthful of tuna.
Oh yeah, he was going to get back at her all right… And he just now knew the perfect "something" that would leave her flustered and blushing like a… well, like a schoolgirl.
"Ah so you must be the infamous Getsu-chan that InuYasha has spoken highly of." The third boy present noted lightly, making the ebony-haired junior look up from picking at the rest of the tuna in her lunch.
She smiled lightly in response. "Yeah, though I had no idea I was so popular." She replied with a shrug and playful punch to the arm of the younger boy at her side.
He winced and rubbed his arm gingerly. "Ow, hey, that hurt!" He barked.
Kagome giggled and poked his cheek gently. "Sheesh, stop whining, InuYasha!" She teased.
The third girl present named Sango rolled her eyes at the sight, looking at the ebony-haired girl. "So how're you liking Shikon Academy?" She asked.
Getsu shrugged. "It's not bad; it's more… boisterous, compared to things back at Bokuseno." She replied.
"Were there as many beautiful girls like you back at Bokuseno High?" Miroku wondered, perking her ears.
Sesshomaru sent him a steely glare; Getsu blushed slightly before coughing. "There were more skanks, I'll give you that." She offered, practically feeling a dark aura overcoming her unofficial boyfriend.
"So that would make your efforts to want to transfer to Bokuseno moot, Houshi." Sango deadpanned as she backhanded the aforementioned brunette reproachfully, also sensing the dark aura coming from her fellow sempai and steely glare directed at her boyfriend (which said party happened to ignore).
"Lecherous as ever…" InuYasha mused.
"Hentai." Kagome and Getsu sweatdropped.
Sesshomaru huffed.
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That after-school date was riding on her nerves.
Onigumo had blessedly not bugged her today; she had to chock that up to a certain possessive Taisho boy sitting directly next to her.
She could hardly concentrate on the lesson, so she had to make a mental note to ask said boy for the details on the lesson later on if she remembered.
The nasal ringing of the bell to end the day made her jump.
He cocked a brow briefly and guessed her unnerved form was due to her mind racing around that date they had planned, smirking gently before he placed his things in his bag and shrugged the strap onto his shoulder once getting out of the desk, watching her do the same only at a more harried pace.
Has she ever had a boyfriend before? He wondered, thinking back to her combat boots and her smart-as-a-whip intelligence and inwardly shaking his head. That explains things. She was too much of a tomboy, too busy with her nose in her books and studies, to ever have time for a boyfriend… Aside from the fact that her father all but threatened to give him the Spanish Inquisition the other day when he drove her home.
Poor thing.
No wonder she was bristling like a scared cat yesterday and then this morning, he thought, following her out of the classroom and then walking at her side to lead the way to where he'd parked the car. He would take it slow with her –hell, he had to, given that she wasn't used to his affections—but for the love of God he couldn't even accomplish that! She wasn't as endowed as her sister in the bust department, but her hips were curved enough to remind him that she was a girl on the verge of adulthood, those damn boots of hers that made her forego wearing the required stockings also inadvertently forcing her to show more leg than suggested due to the uniform skirt's shortness (which, as he'd noticed, barely hit the upper thigh by an inch).
She was petite, beautiful, and witty... And he wanted her all to himself.
That skeevy comment from Houshi Miroku at lunch had made that same something that had forced him to stick to her side the other day stir inside him and want to hold her so close there would be no space between their bodies. Good fuck he had it bad if that same something he hadn't yet known the name of brought thoughts of that caliber to the forefront of his mind.
wuh-oh our favorite Sesshy is now feeling the heat. will he succumb to.. well, his lesser instincts? will he kiss our heroine senseless once they're alone? you'll have to wait for the next chap.
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