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Chapter 18: Miroku's Party

She looked at herself in the mirror. Her glasses didn't really compliment her face that much. She looked at the contact lenses next to her hands. She sighed; she didn't like them that much because they irritated her eyes…but she would look more attractive with them on. She wanted to look nice for InuYasha. She gave one last look in the mirror and took off the thick bifocals.

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The bell rang for school to end, so Miroku slung his backpack over his shoulder and pulled his cell phone out of his pocket. He dialed InuYasha's number quickly and let the phone ring until he answered.

"Talk," replayed a lazy and irritated voice. Miroku frowned into the receiver, but thought better of it.

"Hey, it's Miroku. Are you sick today?" he asked, walking to his car. There was a party tonight at his house and he needed to go home to make final preparations.

"Keh! No, demons don't get sick," he defended in an offended tone. Miroku merely rolled his eyes.

"Of course, I forgot…" 'Bastard, ditching without me,' "so you coming to my party tonight? There'll be booze, boobs, and some other form of entertainment that start with a b," he said smoothly, trying to reel him in carefully.

"Hm… maybe, I gotta ask Ka- erm… Higurashi," he said his voice smaller as he drifted from the receiver to turn his head to Kagome. He smiled broadly. She was so much more beautiful without her glasses. She was more innocent looking, more… just sexy, hot.

Kagome had been munching on chocolate and watching street punks grind their boards into rails and ramps. She was so consumed with the way their bodies bent; how their hands would hold the board or position them when they did nothing.

On the other side of the line, Miroku was looking into the phone with widened eyes. She was still in his reach, but she was hanging around InuYasha...and that shit stick didn't even tell him! He gaped at the pavement, glued to his spot in front of his car.

InuYasha snapped his fingers in front of her, wanting her to listen to what he said. She twitched her head and blinked, then focused her cute eyes back at him. She smiled, "Yeah?" she asked irritated. It still confused him why she smiled so brightly if she was just going to answer so rudely. He rolled his eyes.

"Wanna go to a party tonight?" he asked, rubbing her head. He sent her hair sputtering all over her face. She frowned and thought about his question.

"Do you want to go?"

"Kagome? Kagome?!" the phone started calling her. She looked at it with a squinted face.

"Who is that?" she asked pointing to the phone. InuYasha stared at it for a minute; Miroku never stopped calling her name.

"It's for you," he said nonchalantly, handing it to her, letting his hand linger on the phone so their hands would touch momentarily. She slightly blushed, but soon let the embarrassment fade. She put her ear to the receiver, but quickly retracted when she heard that the person on the other line didn't stop yelling.

"YEAH?!" she yelled into the receiver, silencing the person on the other line.

"Kagome? Oh god, It is you! I thought you had moved! Geez, I didn't think I'd hear from you so soon! I mea-"

"Yeah, I know, I'm not leaving. It's such a pity, I thought I'd lose my mind with all of this moving," She sighed into the receiver. The boy chuckled on the other side.

"I'm glad you've kept your sense of humor…" he said, his smile heard in his voice. Kagome opened her mouth to say something, but InuYasha snatched the phone from her.

"Yeah, we'll go. Be there later on tonight, later," he said, hanging up as soon as all the syllables evacuated his mouth. He looked at Kagome, who gave him an annoyed look.

"That was rude," she said.

"Yeah… must be what attracts you to me…" he said sarcastically, leaning his head on her shoulder, his arm looping around her hips.

"The only thing, boy toy," she sighed, rolling her eyes. She placed a hand on his shoulder and rubbed it in a comforting manner.

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That night Miroku had gone all out for her. He put quite a dent into his checking account, but it would be worth it; she wasn't leaving him. Although he had his suspicions on why she was with InuYasha earlier, he was still happy to see her again. He was so content; he couldn't phase the smile that had attached itself to his face.

When people started arriving he greeted them all: slapping hands, waving hello from across the room. When he didn't see Higurashi come in with the first bunch of people, his mind released at the thought she decided to bail on him. He combed his hair back with his hand, heaving a breath of worry.

He glanced every time someone would come in, in hopes that it was her. An hour into the party, he stopped watching and decided he just wanted a drink. He went to the bar and to his surprise, they were both there.

But what surprised him more was Kagome's new look. Without her glasses, one could really see the way that her eyes shined, even in dim light. Her face looked so much younger and cute; he wanted to go over to her and kiss her cheeks. Just holding her face would have been nice, but since InuYasha was there, he couldn't make any moves on her right then.

It seemed as though InuYasha was teaching her about the different beers he liked. He rolled his eyes at him, but he was happy to see Kagome was enjoying herself. She laughed along with InuYasha.

"Hey you two, what are you up to?" he asked, smiling at the couple. InuYasha turned his head and smiled.

"Nothing, you?" he asked overconfidently. Kagome looked away for the sake of annoyance.

"Looking for ya, thought ya bailed on me," he admitted light-heartedly.

"Hm… well, we came in the first crowd hours ago, but ya could'a missed us."

Kagome looked off into the crowd of people as the boys continued to talk. She felt a little overwhelmed and wanted to relax. She was very anxious that she would be living with InuYasha in his house, but at least she would be with someone that made her happy, right? Nobody had ever really stopped and tried to find out about her; nobody had ever really comforted her when she felt so low. He was the first to hug her, but really hug her; not just a hug that felt forced from both parties and they would recline form one another after three seconds of infinity. She smiled. If she worked hard in school, she could graduate early and get straight to work. They would be able to make it. They could both work and-

"WHAT!?" her train of thought was broken. She turned her head to look at who said that. Some other people within hearing range turned to see what was going on as well.

"What are you thinking?! You can't just have her run away!" Miroku shouted his hands firmly on the bar top. InuYasha frowned at his friend. He wouldn't argue with him; this was a shaky idea with a lot of consequences if he was ever to get caught, but it was worth it, if only to be with Kagome.

"It ain't running away, I'm just giving her the option of getting some distance between the problem and her," he corrected, taking a sip of water (Kagome prohibiting him from drinking in front of her). Everyone turned back to what they were doing, seeing as it didn't really interest them; it was only InuYasha after all.

"InuYasha, think this over, her mother will kill you if she finds out!" he whispered harshly, but InuYasha merely looked to sealing in the irritation.

"Keh! You're way too paranoid, I won't get caught," he explained.

"InuYasha!" Miroku warned, arching his brow in disapproval. InuYasha stood and reached out for Kagome's hand. She gave him her hand and they turned away from him.

"We're leavin'" he said simply and disappeared into the crowd. Miroku looked at the spot where they had both melted into the party sounds and people. He would never be able to touch her, she had already merged with him. She wouldn't leave him, not until he left her first, but that could be year… maybe it was time to give up until the time was right; just until things became easy for him. He might be able to wait… just maybe.

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