One month later

Kagome entered a writing contest at school and won four tickets to an upcoming film festival. Her friends from school weren't interested in film festivals so they declined her offer to go. She decided to see if anyone from work wanted to go with her.

She walked into work happily and her good mood didn't go unnoticed.

"What's got you in such high spirits?" Sango asked curiously.

"I won four tickets to Sunday's film festival. You wanna go?"

"Yes! Thank you for the offer!" She responded gratefully.

Kagome smiled wide and handed Sango her ticket. She walked over to Inuyasha, who was actually working for a change, setting up one of the store displays.

Kagome and Inuyasha had become great friends in their time working together. They took lunch breaks together, he took her home from time to time and they always had millions of things to talk about.

"Look, don't come over here distractin' me because you're a distracting person." Inuyasha said, obvious humor in his voice.

"I just came to ask you if you wanted to go to the film festival with me and Sango on Sunday. I know you love this kind of stuff since you're a film major and everything." She responded as she dangled the ticket in front of him.

Inuyasha thought for a moment. He knew he usually spent every Sunday with Kikyo, but he really did want to go. He wanted to spend time with Kagome outside of work. 'What's one Sunday gonna do?' He thought. "Yeah I'll go."

"Great!"

At the end of their shift, Inuyasha drove Sango and Kagome home.

"See you Sunday!" Kagome waved as she got out the car.

Sango switched to the front seat and Inuyasha pulled off in the direction of their building.

"You're coming with us too, huh?" Sango asked him.

"Yeah."

"So you're blowing off Kikyo? I know you usually go out of your way to see her on Sundays."

Inuyasha shrugged and sighed. "I'm sure she'll need the rest anyway."

"Oh! Kagome had an extra ticket and nothing to do with it. Why don't you ask her if—"

"NO! I-I mean…I don't want to just bring an extra person along."

"It's okay! I'm sure Kagome will love Kikyo." She assured confidently.

The thought of that made him cringe. He wasn't sure why, but the idea of Kagome and Kikyo being around each other made his stomach turn.

Inuyasha parked his car in the parking lot. "Don't worry about it. I'll just find some way to make it up to Kikyo."

Sango slowly got out of the car and looked at Inuyasha. She didn't like the way he was acting.

The two continued to the elevator and Sango continued to stare at him.

"What is it now?" He asked suspiciously as her looks were making him uncomfortable.

"Is everything alright? With you…and Kikyo?"

'How the fuck does she catch onto everything?' He wondered as a lie quickly slipped off his tongue. "Yeah, what made you ask that?"

His answer was too quick and Sango was dissatisfied. "Well I know it's not my business but usually you would jump at the opportunity to include Kikyo in anything. Are you sure you're okay?"

Inuyasha laughed as they got out the elevator. "Come on! There's nothing to worry about. Kikyo's just been really busy and I figured it'd be best to give her a little time to rest on her only day off."

Sango knew something was wrong, but she figured if it was a big problem Inuyasha would come to her like he normally did. Refusing to pry any further, she decided to let it go...at least for now. "Okay, see you tomorrow." They went to opposite sides of the hallway and unlocked their doors.

Inuyasha dropped his bag by the door and called Kikyo.

"Hi, hun."

"Finally! I've been calling you for days."

"I'm so sorry! I've been so caught up in work and finals that I hardly have enough time to breathe. Please forgive me."

Inuyasha could never stay mad at Kikyo. He loved her far too much to be mad over something so small. "It's fine. I just missed your voice that's all."

"I missed your voice too. And I miss you."

Inuyasha's heart was beating like a drum. Even though he figured she didn't mean it, it sounded so good to have someone miss him. "I miss you too. By the way, I need to talk to you about something."

"What is it?"

"Uh…one of my co workers asked me to go to the film festival on Sunday and I said I'd go. I hope you don't mind. I'll make it up to you next week, I swear."

"Don't worry, It's fine. Enjoy yourself."

"Okay. I'll talk to you soon. I love you."

Click. The tone of an ended call pierced his eardrums and slithered into his heart.

"Kikyo hung up the phone without saying it back. I know she heard me." Inuyasha sat on the couch feeling dejected with the phone still to his ear. 'She doesn't love me anymore. I just know it. What the hell am I doing with my life?' He thought as his phone slipped out of his hand and onto his lap.

'If she's tired of being with me, she should fucking say so!'

Inuyasha was distracted from his depressing thoughts by a phone call.

"Hello?" His voice sounded dreary as he picked up.

"Whoa, what's eating you?" His friend asked in a concerned tone.

"A lot of shit, actually. But what's up, Miroku? When are you coming home?"

"Next week! I'm so glad this semester came to a close. I can't wait to catch up with you and Sango."

"Ah, yeah. She misses you like crazy."

Miroku sighed wistfully. "I've missed her beautiful face as well. There isn't a woman in the world who could steal my heart away like she has."

"Speaking of women…"

"Having lady troubles, my friend?"

"It's a little more complicated than that."

"You mind elaborating?"