Chapter Seventeen: Sweetness

Sango walked out onto the ice shakily while Miroku pulled his skates on. She felt her knees trying to buckle beneath her but she remained standing. As Miroku finally got up, Sango had already skated off. Miroku waited and watched as she began to near him again. She suddenly took his hand and pulled him along with her. Sango looked back at him and laughed. Miroku's cheek's grew red. What a fool she must've thought he was. He couldn't even balance himself on a pair of skates.

"Are you doing okay?" Sango called out to him.

"Fine, I'm doing great!" Miroku lied.

"Okay I'll let you go then."

Before Miroku could protest, Sango took her hand from him. She watched him for a moment, seeing if he could handle it. She turned away and began to skate further from him. Miroku wanted to call her back but she probably wouldn't be able to hear him. Miroku's skates began to fly out from under him and soon he fell over. Miroku groaned in pain and didn't move. As Sango was coming close to being across from him, she saw him. She quickly skated over next to him and stared down at him worriedly.

"Are you okay?" Sango asked concerned.

"Yeah...," Miroku said.

"Why didn't you tell me you can't skate?"

"It looked easy when you did it," Miroku said.

"Do you want to go?" Sango asked.

"No that's not necessary."

"Your going to keep skating?"

"Uh...sure."

"Come on then," Sango said.

She grabbed his arm and started off again slowly. Miroku kept his eyes on his skates and tried to immitate what she was doing. But she looked so natural. Sango glanced back at him and decreased her speed even more. When she was standing beside him again, she went through the process of how to skate. Her patience never wore out, she just smiled and corrected him. After going through all the steps, Miroku improved. Sango released her hold on him and quickened herself. Miroku watched as more distance came between them and then started to skate faster. Sango was merely drifting away on her skates but he still wanted to stay close to her. Miroku caught up and tried to look composed.

"See, its not hard," Sango said.

"I guess not," Miroku said thoughtfully.

"Can you go fast?"

"Fast? I don't think so- hey!"

Sango suddenly skated off quickly. She was going fast. Miroku went after her, not quite sure if he could or if he'd even make it. The gap stayed the same for ahile but Miroku found himself closing on her. Once he thought he had her, Sango again sped off. Miroku sighed heavily and headed after her. Sango turned around, still skating, and stuck her tongue out at him. She laughed and turned around. Miroku still hadn't caught her when she went back to where there were benches. She sat down and started to unlace her ice skates. Miroku sat next to her and did the same.

"That...was fun," Miroku said catching his breath.

"Yeah, it was. You just need some practice," Sango laughed.

"I agree with you on that..."

Once both of them were done with their skates, they returned them and sat back down with more hot chocolate. Sango watched people skate while she sipped on her drink. She breathed out and saw it become still in the air and then dicipate. Miroku did the same. Sango looked at him and smiled. She looked away and stared down into her empy cup. Sango got up and rewrapped her scarf around her neck. She threw the cup away, placed her hands in her pocket, and stood staring up at the stars.

"So did you have a good time today?" Miroku asked.

"Yeah I did, it was nice. Thank you," Sango said.

"Your welcome, Kagome helped with the surprise."

"Really? Ha, I knew you couldn't take all the credit."

"Hey!" Miroku said.

"Kidding," Sango laughed.

"Uh huh," Miroku said suspiciously.

"Anyway, this really was great."

"Are you ready to go?"

"Yeah I'm getting tired."

"Alright well come on."

Sango looked back at everything one last time before she went after Miroku. This was the best Christmas she had ever had. Possibly the only real Christmas. Every other Christmas was usually spent alone in her room. Sango yanwed with her hand over her mouth and looked up. Miroku glanced back at her and then turned away. He started his way up the hill while making sure Sango didn't lag behind. But she did start to. With her head lowered, her eyes began to droop, and her speed slowed. Miroku suddenly grabbed her hand. Sango quickly looked up to see a smile on his face. Sango and Miroku made their way up and over the hill, heading back to their original location. Sango expected him to let go of her hand but he held on. Sango blushed lightly and looked down again.

After awhile, they had made it to Miroku's car. Sango got in and buckled her seatbelt. Miroku started the car and drove off to the Higurashi house. Sango placed her head back and shut her eyes. Just for a moment she told herself. But it was longer than a moment. When Miroku was driving down the street to the house, she had fallen asleep. Miroku parked in front and gazed at her. He hated to have to wake her up. Miroku touched her cheek gently and then pulled it away quickly when she budged.

"We're here," Miroku said.

"Aready? Okay, well I'll see you later then."

Sango got out of the car and stumbled towards the front door. She felt like she was more asleep than awake. She leaned against the door iwthout trying to get in and closed her eyes again. Miroku waited for a minute and then got out of the car. He went over to her and rang the doorbell. Kagome came parading down the stairs and arrived at the door. Miroku helped Sango up and quietly took her to her room. He laid her on her bed and covered her up. He brushed her hair away from her face lovingly and then left.

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Okay I hoped the chapter was good. I hope I can update by next weekend so keep a look out. 6 or 7 reviews would be nice, thanks.