The Next Morning

Inuyasha got dressed in the morning and headed over to Sango's. She sent him a text earlier and asked him to come over for breakfast.

Inuyasha could honestly say he would be lost without Sango always being close by but he knew one day she'd be gone too. She and Miroku intended to get married and buy a house in America. What would he do? Who was he supposed to share his life with? He felt like Kikyo was slipping away so quickly and so suddenly like sand between his fingers.

"Inuyasha! You didn't tell me you and Kagome knew each other before she started working at the store."

"Yeah I did. Remember a little over a year ago I told you about that weird teenage girl who kept getting herself into trouble and calling me asking me to pick her up from a shitty part of the neighborhood?"

Sango pondered over it for a second and snapped her finger upon remembering. "That's right! Aww that was Kagome? Poor baby. The way you spoke about her, you seemed so worried."

Inuyasha nodded as he stuffed scrambled eggs in his mouth.

"She seems far too sweet and innocent to get herself in any trouble."

"That's what I said. But she promised me she's not getting into any more trouble."

"That's good." Sango smiled as she brought her cup of coffee to her mouth. "Ahh! So…were you the one who referred her for the job?"

"No. I hadn't seen or spoken to her since the last time she begged me to pick her up. She just…ended up there."

"Really? What a coincidence."

"Hmm." 'Coincidence is an understatement. First she calls my phone by mistake, then she starts working at my job? That's more than a coincidence.' He thought to himself as he continued eating.

There was an amiable silence in the dining room amongst the two as they finished their breakfast.

"So Inuyasha. You wanna tell me what's been going on? You were awfully evasive yesterday."

Inuyasha's nerves tightened up. It was only a matter of time before Sango would go there again. She never lets things go. "W-what are you talking about?"

Sango gave Inuyasha a stern and deadly look: One that could scare anyone. "How long have I known you? Fifteen, sixteen years? You're better off just being honest with me." She also hated being lied to.

Inuyasha let out a big sigh and dropped his fork. He figured it was only right to come clean to her since he just got finished telling Miroku everything last night. "Okay...you got me."He said as he raised his hands up and hung his head down.

"I knew it! You're having problems with Kikyo aren't you?"

"It's way more confusing than that. Let me explain."