Sorry for the long wait, I've been sick. Here ya go, and I'm sooooo sorry.

It was getting closer, graduation. It was only a month away, and Kagome was depressed. She didn't know what she was going to do after she graduated. Her grades were decent, but because of her father's job they made too much for financial aid. It also didn't help that he refused to pay for her to go to school, so she was fucked. She wanted to go, anything to get away from here. Sesshoumaru had been accepted into a nice college several states away, and she had hoped to go with him. Now, she could kiss that goodbye. She was so lost in her thoughts, she missed her friend walk up beside her.

"Lost in unknown territory again?" he asked smirking. He knew how to tease her, but it seemed now just wasn't the time.

"Shut up Sessh." She said without looking up, which was her tattle that she didn't want him to see her eyes. She could lie, and lie well, but he could always see the truth in her eyes. She had learned this years ago and so had refused to look at him when she was hiding something.

"What's wrong?" he asked. Sitting next to her on the grass, he pulled her into his side where he liked her to be. She fit so nicely, and she had never fought him. She got comfort from him, and she loved being close to him like this.

"He said no." she said. He knew what she meant.

"So, he's not going to pay?"

"Nope."

"Then I will."

"Your dad would kill you, he just doesn't like me." She answered.

"He does, but that's beside the point. I will if you will let me." He said. "I don't want to leave you here."

"I don't want to stay here, but I don't want you paying my stuff either." She said.

"Then I won't go."

"ARE YOU CRAZY?!" she yelled. Seeing him flinch a little was worth it. "I refuse!"

"Ow, Kags."

"You deserved it. You don't turn down an offer like that." She said while crossing her arms.

"You already know if I choose not to go I won't. I can always just enter into my father's business." He said. It was true, while his father was a landlord over multiple residences he also owned an advertising company. He already had enough education from over the years to enter into it, it just seemed his dad liked him going through the school system every century or so.

"I don't know Sessh."

"We have a month, maybe things will change." He said then pulled her back into him. He loved having her there. It was where she belonged, and it was where he would keep her.