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Nerve

"So, heartbreak went on vacation for ya?"

I barely look at Miroku, as I lean back in my desk. He maneuvers from the side of the desk to the front of it.

"Come on, Inuyasha! Give me some details, a little something to tell the fellas."

I snort. "The fellas, meaning Shippo?"

Miroku is suddenly wearing a huge grin on his face. "Well, there's Kouga, Hakudoshi, Ginta, Hakkaku, and of course Shippo-"

"Shut up. It's too early in the morning for you to be annoying." I say, reaching up and rubbing my eyes.

It's a new week. Another week closer to the end of the school year. So far, it's been over a month since Kagome and I split. And about two weeks since I've been hanging out with Kikyo.

I've been meeting her after school every day now, and I've been driving her to school every day, too.

"Well, my friend, I just wanted a little detail on your new lady."

"Not my lady."

Miroku sits down on hid desk, next to mine. "Not yet."

For once, I'm actually a little pleased with something Miroku said. Because I'm not just stringing Kikyo along. I'll date her soon. Well, officially anyway. We already act like a couple.

I must have been grinning, because Myoga walks in and says,

"You won't be grinning after you see your grade, Mr. Takahashi."

The smile doesn't appear for the rest of class.

I'm laying on my back on the grass, outside the school. It's lunch now, and since I stopped sitting at my usual lunch table, I decided to hang out outside instead. Besides, this is the time of year that I can tolerate the most next to summer. Spring. When the grass smells good, and the cherry blossom trees are blooming, which smells good too.

Miroku is sitting at a nearby table. We're practically the only ones out here. I know the stupid perv wants to go talk to Sango, but he followed me out here instead. Thank Kami, Shippo didn't come too.

"Inuyasha, have you cleared things up with Kagome?"

Even though me and her are still doing this friends thing, I still flinch at hearing her name, and my heartbeat speeds up a little. I hate it.

"What do you care?"

"Well, both you and Kagome are my friends. I can be curious about two friends."

I roll over to look at him, the sunlight giving me a shock, for a minute. "Whether or not me and Kagome are 'cleared up' is none of your business."

Miroku frowns at me. "Just asking. Chill."

Maybe I've been kind of a dick towards everyone lately. Mostly Miroku, but he could hardly ask a question without me being more mean then usual, and me and Sesshoumaru have been injuring each other more lately. But maybe that's his fault.

"Kagome and I are fine, I think."

"You think?"

"Be glad I even told you that much." I say, getting up and dusting myself off. I really should stop wearing hoodies in almost 80 degree weather.

As me and Miroku walk back in the building, I yank off my hoody, and I decided to only wear my white beater that I had on underneath.

I say see ya to Miroku, and I start to walk down the hall towards my afternoon class. I stopped at my locker first.

When me and Kagome were still going out, since we had the last two classes of the day together, she would wait by my locker, but now she waits at Hojo's locker.

I throw my books ion and grab new ones. When I close my locker, and I think a sweat drop rolled down my back because Kagome is standing in front of me.

She smiles. "Hey."

I shrug my backpack on my shoulder. "Hey. Whats up?" I say, as we start to head towards our class.

"Not much. You never did text or call me since last week, though. Busy lately?"

The tone of her voice is casual, but I know what the undertone of what she's saying is. She wants to know if I've been too busy trying to find a girl to text or call her. Why should she even care?

I reply, "Yeah. Sorry."

Even though my head is turned forward, I know she's frowning.

"Inuyasha!" Me and Kagome both turn around and see Kikyo approaching.

I glance at Kagome and she raises a brow. "New friend?"

I don't answer her, but I hug Kikyo when she finally reaches us.

We pull away, and Kikyo smirks. "Don't be rude, introduce us, Inuyasha!"

I chuckle. "Kagome, this is Kikyo, Kikyo, Kagome."

Kagome's eyes are practically tearing holes in Kikyo's face. She doesn't look pleased in the least. Maybe she noticed how much they looked alike, or maybe she didn't want her there.

Kikyo smiled all friendly like at Kagome. "Nice to meet you. You must be the girl who's dating Hojo!"

Kagome frowned even more and shifted her weight to her other leg. "Yeah."

I glance at the clock on the wall and the bell is about to ring in a minute. "C'mon Kagome, we'll be late," I say, taking her by the arm so that we can head over to our class.

"I'll call you later, Kikyo!" I yell over my shoulder.

Apparently, Kagome thought I hadn't heard her when she mumbled, "Bet you won't be too busy too call her."

What was that supposed to mean?

When school was over, and I as walking out of my last class of the day, Kagome walked with me to my locker. This was kind of new, now.

"Hey, later today, wanna come over?"

I smirk. "Now why would I do that, when Hojo might want to be with his lady?"

She laughs. "He's busy, and we haven't hung out in a while. How about a movie at my place?"

I probably shouldn't. "Sure." Is what I say instead, and I walk faster towards my locker, leaving her by herself.

But, of course, I can't be alone for a second, because Kikyo pops up. She leans against my locker, both hands behind her back. "Hi!"

I can't help but smile at her. "Hey, what's up?" I say, kissing her cheek. I grin even more when her face turns red from the contact.

"W-wanna hang out after school?"

I almost say yes, but then Kagome comes to mind. Damn.

"I can't, I got homework, and-"

She shushes me. "Alright. Maybe tomorrow then." She leans up and kisses me gently on the lips. "See ya!"

A shiver goes through me. Damn, why did I decided to hang out with Kagome today?

"Inuyasha Aki Takahashi! No woman will ever marry you if you don't even learn how to clean your damn room!"

Mom is nagging again. Apparently, leaving my jeans on the floor and my bed unmade is sooo awful. Especially when my gym socks are in there.

It's not that bad. Really. It's not.

I sit down on the floor near my bed, and pull out my phone. Kagome sent me a text.

' Are you on your way?'

I text back, 'Yeah, after I tell my mom.'

I run down our double-helix staircase and mom is lounging on the sofa with some sort of cooking magazine, and Sesshoumaru is sitting on the couch across from her.

"Izayoi, I really need to go see Rin, she's already mad at me."

"Not until you clean your room!" She shouts, and I chuckle. Mom has never been a push over. She'd curse out anyone who disrespected her, and size was never a thing with her. She's held her ground against me, Sesshoumaru, and my dad, whom never seems to be here nowadays.

"Mom, I'm gonna go." I say, snatching my keys off a hook on the wall, and walking towards the door.

"Hold it!" I can hear her running to the door, where I'm waiting.

I turn around. "Yes?"

She stares at me, searching for anything weird, I guess. Instead she says, "You should be studying."

I blink at her. "What?"

She puts on her nice face now. "your final exams are next week, and you're not doing so hot in English."

Bah, I'm Japanese. A Japanese heir. What the hell do I need to learn English for?

I frown. "So? I'm rich, I-

"Me and your dad don't care."

"Dad is not even here, and hasn't been for two weeks!" I counter.

Mom doesn't seem like she feels like arguing. That's unusual.

She sighs. "Do what you want, Inuyasha, just go where you were gonna go. I'm gonna take a nap."

Mom slightly jogs up the staircase, and then disappears.

Sesshoumaru glares at me. "Now she's gonna nag us more, you idiot!"

When I start to growl a little, I know I'm scowling. "Back off! The problem isn't us, you jackass, it's dad!"

"Half-breed, you just made it worse!"

"Fuck it, Sesshoumaru. I'm leaving."

I ignore him when he says, "That's what you and father are best at."

I arrive at Kagome's at about 6:00. Hopefully Kagome won't put me in a worst mood.

I run up the shrine steps, and gently knock on the Shoji type door to the main house.

Kagome appears within seconds. "Hey, I'm glad ya came." She says, and then she opens the door, and I step inside.

I haven't been inside this house in a while. Everything still smells the same, like rice balls an cherry blossoms. As I look around, I notice nothing has really changed. Her grandfather, the old codger, was at the table reading a newspaper like now, her mom is moving around in the kitchen, but she stops to say hello to me.

"Inuyasha! It's lovely to see you after all this time!" She gives me a brief hug and Kagome laughs.

She grabs my hand, and pulls me towards the living room.

This brings back memories. We used to hang out like this all the time.

We both sit on the couch. We're a lot closer then I thought we'd end up sitting. She's not even an arm's reach away from me.

And then that feeling comes to me again, my palms are sweating, I can't seem to form one random though other than her, my heart is going too fast for me to count the beats.

I've only ever felt like this around her.

The movie begins and her mom walks past and dims the lights for us, so we can see. Just what I didn't need!

Her scent is strong. It always has been.

Before I tell myself not to be stupid, I glance at her and I can't look away that easily. Her eyes are focused on the screen, a bit of hair is dangling and I want to reach out and pull it behind her ear. But, I won't. At least, I'll try not to.

She chuckles at something funny in the movie, since we're watching one of those sappy romantic comedies. I realize we're already at the middle of the movie, and I've been staring at her this whole time!

Then Kagome turns to me. "Something caught your eye?" Her eyes look as if they can see right through me.

Busted. "What do ya mean?"

"You're staring at me."

Well, I can't exactly deny that. She's smiling now, and she leans closer.

What the hell is this girl trying to do to me? Every move I make with her seems to be landing me in deeper shit.

And then it's like fire. My entire body is searing hot when her lips land on mine, and it's like I'm in some kind of a high. This girl will be th e death of me.

Knowing what me and her have done in the past, it could've gone so much farther. Hands groping where they shouldn't, me trying to claim property that isn't even mine anymore.

I let myself enjoy another kiss, but then all of a sudden, I think of Kikyo. About how I told her I couldn't hang out with her because I had homework. But here I am kissing a girl that says she wants to be friends, and that is engaged to marry someone shortly after high school. What am I doing?

And the nice warmth these lips had at first are like third degree burns and I jump back.

"Kagome, I-"

"Don't say it." She says, her hands running through her head repeatedly. "Don't say 'I told you so'. That friends wouldn't work."

"I wont," I croak.

When she looks at me again, her smile is bitter. "Did you pull away because of Kikyo?"

I don't answer her.

Kagome stands up, her voice hoarse sounding, she says, "She's the one that's been occupying your time, right?"

I stand up, too. "Why should it matter? We're not together-"

"Exactly. And this, is so hard. I do want to be your friend, but knowing what we had before,"

"Makes it impossible," I finish for her. She nods. She's silent for a few minutes.

Then she says, "I don't like it."

I'm baffled. "Huh?"

She sighs and makes a pitiful whining noise. "You and her. It bothers me."

All at once,all these damn emotions attack me. Anger, bitterness, depression.

"Dammit, Kagome! Stop it! I'm gonna try and be happy with her, I can't sit here and continue with little screw ups like this!"

"Then don't! We can control ourselves if we really try, you don't have to be with her!"

I'm so pissed and just plain bothered by this. My voice is cracking now. "This was your fault! I could have held back, I could have-

"No you couldn't! I may have finished it, but you implied everything, staring at me like that!" She shrieks. At her outburst, Buyo gets up and scurries from the room, probably the most exercise he's gotten in weeks.

"But I didn't act on it! And are you insane, woman?! What in all hells makes you think that I, should hold back just because you 'don't like it'?!"

She plops back down on the couch, and pulls her knees up to her chest. She turns her head towards me.

And then she utters an altered version of the phrase she used to tell me every day, "I still love you."

That did it. "I don't need this." I walk out of the room and get baffled stares from her mom and grandfather as I run out of the house, and zoom down the shrine steps.

The drive home is a blur. I say hi to mom and even Sesshoumaru, but then I'm up in my room.

I shut the door, then sit down on my bed, and I wonder why is it, that no matter what I do, who I try to be with, and how I try to something, that trying to catch a fucking break never seems to work for me?

Woah, this took a while, but I really enjoyed writing it. I hope you guys enjoyed reading it, please, please, review, I'll be so grateful. To elaborate a bit, the argument with Inu and his mom was a foreshadowing of future events, in case that part seemed weird. What's going on with Inuyasha's dad? We'll find out soon enough! :) Keep a lookout for the next chapter of It Kills Me entitled: Every Area of My Life Sucks.

With that said, Sayonara!