She was ignoring him, at least she was doing her best to. It was strange, of all the demons she had gone to school with, none had been so persistent. For whatever reason, the boy named Sesshoumaru had been silently walking her to her classes, then following her home after school the past week. It was getting creepy, but yet she couldn't sense any malice or evil intent within him. It was almost like he wanted to, though she still didn't know why. When Friday rolled around and he was still following her to her classes, Kagome decided to confront him after school. It was bad enough her father had been more vicious lately, now she had a strange demon following her around. Something she couldn't understand though, was that he didn't really scare her. She was just getting annoyed, and quite curious.
Once school was over, Kagome organized her locker, then grabbed the books she would need over the weekend. She couldn't sense her usual follower, so maybe he got bored with her. The thought caused her a little sadness, it was weird, but she had kinda liked the small amount of attention. Now that she didn't see him or sense him, she almost missed him. However, half way out of the school she felt him behind her. Smiling lightly, she continued to walk like she didn't know he was there. Kagome stopped once she was off school property, then turned to face Sesshoumaru. He was tall, a good foot taller than she was. His long silver hair and bright gold eyes set him so far apart from everyone else, it was impossible to not know what he was. Still, she didn't fear him.
"Why are you following me?" she asked. Even with distance between them, she knew he would hear her. A stretch of a few minutes passed, and he said nothing. "You're not going to answer me?"
"Would you listen?" he asked, taking a few slow steps closer to her.
"Why wouldn't I?" She retorted. Her curiosity was growing, what could possibly be his reasoning for following her? A girl he didn't know, probably didn't even remember her name.
"Because you're afraid."
"How would you know what I'm afraid of?" she whispered. Kagome wasn't liking where this was going, his comment earlier in the week hadn't left her mind. He knew something, and yes, she was afraid of what he knew of her situation.
"I know what you live with, and so does my father." He said. He really hadn't intended to tell her this much so soon, but the little enigma had confronted him sooner than he had anticipated. Then he could smell her fear again, just proving his point. She feared people knowing her secret, even though the aftermath was left for all to see. Though no one seemed to care enough to say anything, they all preferred to stay in their own little world where everything was ok.
"How?" she whispered.
"My father is your landlord…Kagome."
Ohhh, he did remember haha. Hope everyone liked it!