Disclaimer: I still don't own Inuyasha, and it is owned by Rumiko Takahashi. I just own the story.
Chapter 2
"Thank you so much, Eri. You don't know how much I appreciate this!" Kagome thanked excitedly as Eri handed her an apron, adorning the bakery name on it. Eri's uncle and aunt owned the bakery, and Eri was the one who actually got her into an interview in the first place.
"It's no big deal, but next time I don't have enough money for coffee, I have this to hold over your head." The young girl joked, darting into the back shortly after with Kagome to give her a quick run down on how the systems worked. Kagome had already had lots of baking experience so this wasn't quite a big job.
As Kagome helped her friend take a couple of cookie sheets out of the oven, her friend gave Kagome a quick side-eye. "So... Have you talked to Takumi?"
"I don't think this is a conversation we should have..." The raven-haired girl gave a small and nervous giggle, but shook her head when that answer wasn't good enough. "I haven't."
"Good. That jerk doesn't deserve your voice in his life." Eri defiantly stated, grabbing an icing bag for her and Kagome, beginning the decorations on the cookies that had just come out. She looked at the now distraught girl and heaved an exasperated sigh. "Don't be so down about him! He doesn't matter."
Six months wasn't a lot to some people, but Kagome had known the guy for all of two years before they started dating, and he was a really good guy. 'A good guy on the outside, at least.' Kagome silently chided herself as she started icing a cookie, the sweet blue pouring into the shape of flower. "I'm not down." She said quietly. "It's just weird to talk about."
"You'll find someone soon who isn't a nasty cheater soon. I mean you're in a new school, with some new people, and you're in a new apartment so his gross stench isn't lingering. Except for that damn sweatshirt you still have." Eri pointed to the grey sweatshirt hanging on the coat rack. Kagome had worn it due to the fact that it was slightly cold today.
"It's laundry day!" Said girl protested as she heard a ringing bell from the outside.
"Yeah right. Let's go help that customer." Eri led her friend out, and Kagome followed, but stopped short at the door with an angry look on her face.
"What are you doing here?!" Kagome looked at her roommate, crossing her arms.
"I just came to see you on your first day on the job! Is that so wrong?" Miroku asked. "Wow, your friend is prettier than I imagined." He gave a small bow to Eri. "It's very nice to meet you. Tell me, how did I manage to find the prettiest girl on th-" He was cut short by being pulled on by the ear by his girlfriend who had walked in the door.
"You disgusting disgusting man." Sango pulled Miroku towards the door and gave a quick apology to Eri. "You're waiting outside!" She pushed Miroku out, and walked back up to the counter. "Kagome, how's your first day going?" Her other roommate asked, taking a look at all the sweets available.
"It's been fine. Nothing I haven't really done before." Kagome gave a small smile as Eri wandered to the back to finish icing the cookies.
"Good to hear. I'm glad you have a job at something your good at!" Sango said, genuinely happy for her friend. "I'll grab the pig out there one of those chocolate cupcakes." She said, pointing to one with a cute little cat design on it.
Kagome nodded and scrambled to find the boxes, finally finding a small one to put it in. "Here ya go!" She rang Sango up before waving goodbye as the girl left, dragging Miroku behind her as she saw through the window. What a couple.
Having finished her day at around 6, she walked with Eri back home before beginning to walk back to hers. It had been quite a couple of stressful days, and the big school was definitely becoming easier to navigate. And she hadn't spilled any coffee on anyone else, so that was a plus.
Kagome placed her earbuds in and quietly hummed a song as she passed by a local park, taking a quick detour to sit on a bench and listen to nothing but her music.
No matter how fresh the start, the thoughts from before still lingered in her mind. She felt quite stupid for letting this all happen to her. But maybe it was her fault for not noticing that her boyfriend was dating another girl. Another girl who was found in her apartment on the couch with her boyfriend, doing some stuff she wouldn't really care to think about.
"W-What are you doing home so early, Kag?!" He asked, pushing this small brunette girl off of him, who landed on the other side of the couch with a thud.
Kagome stood in the doorway with wide eyes, and her bag fell on the ground as she looked at Takumi. "W-What are you..." She felt tears brim in her eyes, but she didn't let them pass. "What are you doing with this girl on my couch?" She asked, keeping her voice as steady as possible. "We..." She looked around. "I thought we..." Heaving a sigh, she grabbed her bag and threw it at a chair behind her as she stomped into the house, opening their room. The girl had run out almost a minute or so before Kagome had walked in.
A large duffel bag was thrown into the living room, and Kagome stood, crossing her arms. "I want you to be leave." Her voice shook as she said this, but she kept strong.
"Kag, Kagome... please!" He jumped up and grabbed her shoulders. "Please don't do this. It was a stupid mistake!"
She gave a small chuckle. "That's my couch!" She yelled. "You cheated on me, in our own apartment, on the fucking couch!" Pushing him away, she kicked the bag at him.
"Maybe this wouldn't all have happened if you weren't so angry all the time!" Takumi yelled back, crossing his arms as well, mimicking her stance. He was referring to the rougher times theyd been experiencing. Petty fights and small arguments.
She was flabbergasted. "Is there any logic in 'well Kagome is always mad because I do nothing for this fucking apartment so maybe the best idea would be to cheat on her'! Well you definitely showed me who's boss, Takumi. Good work."
"Please Kagome..."
"What was her name?" She asked, leaning on a wall.
"Matsume." He answered quietly, looking towards the door for a second.
"Matsume and Takumi, it has a ring to it." She gave him a fake smile. "You can be with her now. I'm letting you free. Now you don't have to fight over who forgot to empty the dishwasher. I know that argument must have been traumatizing for you."
He stepped forward, grabbing her face and kissing her passionately. She felt her tears fall in small streams down her red face. This went on for a couple minutes, kissing, his hands trailing over her body before he disconnected their lips, pulling her to his chest. "Kagome..." He hugged her so tightly as if she'd fly away.
"We had plans together." She mumbled, pulling away.
He kissed her again and put his forehead to her, looking into her eyes. "We still can, Kagome. I want a life with you, you know that. This was a stupid mistake."
She looked at his eyes, and smirked, putting her hands on his chest, pushing him with a force. "I'm going to bed. You and your things are gone by morning."
Kagome didn't sleep that night, and just closed her eyes, but was scared of what her nightmares would be that night, so she stayed awake, just looking at the back of her eyelids. He shuffled around the house, putting his things in his bag, grabbing his suitcase as well, putting his things there as well. Kagome's name was the one on the apartment lease, so he was rightfully the one to leave. And at about midnight, he left.
And she cried. It was at that moment that she lost her faith in love.
The bench began to feel wet, and the rain fell more heavily as she stood quickly, making a run for home.
It wasn't long before she tripped into a small puddle, wiping out on the pavement. Kagome sat on her butt, clutching her knee as she grumbled in pain.
"You're really that clumsy, huh?" She heard behind her, turning with a scowl to see that same boy from the other day.
"What's it to you?" She asked, not feeling like dealing with snarky comments. This guy was bad news and she knew it.
"I'm just observin'." He said, crossing his arms. "You look pretty pathetic down there."
She stood quickly, biting her tongue from yelling at the guy. "I didn't spill anything on you this time, so leave me alone." She said.
"Maybe if you weren't such a klutz I wouldn't be pointing this out to you!" He bit back, turning around.
The two had one class together, and she hadn't put thought into talking to the guy due to his snarky attitude. And why was a guy like this in a creative writing class anyways?
She began to walk away as well when Inuyasha reached into his school bag, pulling out a band-aid, turning around and giving it to her. "Here." He said, putting it in her hands before beginning to walk away. "Can't have you bleeding everywhere."
She raised an eyebrow and looked at it before looking at him. He was walking away. "Th-thanks." She mumbled before lifting the hem of her skirt slightly to place the bandaid on, throwing the wrapper in a nearby trash can. He was on the same road Kagome had been travelling but he took a left instead of keeping straight like she did.
And on that weird note, she wandered back home covered in rain at this point. Miroku and Sango was sitting down at the table having a meal. "You look like a mess!" Sango shot up and grabbed a towel from a closet, handing it to Kagome, who only gave a small sneeze in response. "And now you're gonna' get sick..." The girl said, patting Kagome quickly on the back.
"No, I'll be fine. I'm just gonna' go take a bath." The drenched girl said, stalking off back to the hallway where the small bathroom was.
Once finished, she slipped into a soft robe and tied it at the front, grabbing her wet clothes to place them in the laundry. For some reason, she kept noticing that Inuyasha happened to be popping up everywhere. They kept coincidentally seeing each other. He wasn't a kind soul either, which made it annoying whenever they crossed paths. On their second day of class, he kept the empty seat next to his desk occupied with a backpack, causing Kagome to sit in the very back. Oh how she missed assigned seating in high school.
She dinked around on her laptop for awhile, still caught up in the thoughts of when she was previously reminiscing. After about a month without Takumi, she wasn't able to come up with the money to afford rent. And what does any stingy landlord do about this?
"Evicted?!" Miroku shouted on his end of the phone line.
"Yeah..." Kagome sighed. "This is crazy." She said, with a hint of sadness in her voice as tears fell down her cheeks, getting her phone wet. "What am I gonna do?" The distraught girl sat on the floor leaning on the wall for support as she kept reading the same red fonted 'eviction' on her letter that was shoved under her door.
"You can come stay with Sango and I, we'd be happy to have you. And we have the office that we can turn into a spare bedroom for you."
"I don't know Miroku... What about my school? And I don't wanna impose..."
"We'd be happy to have you, as I said! And you can study at Tokyo university, the tuition is cheaper and there's a good international study program available as well!"
The international part had swayed Kagome almost instantly, along with the cheaper tuition. She always wanted to go to the states, anyways.
And that's how she ended up on this side of the big city, staying with some close friends. She had met Miroku a long time ago when they were neighbors as children. Him ten and her seven. He was always able to lift her spirits.
Kagome heaved the heaviest sigh she'd probably ever had, Kagome knew she needed to stop thinking about the past for one day. She needed to meet people. And she knew how she was gonna' start.
She was gonna' get coffee with that arrogant black haired boy, and she was gonna' try and make some friends. Even if she had to swallow her pride and try to make this angry boy nice.
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AN: Hey guys, a little bit longer of a chapter here. I've got some good ideas in store for this story, but definitely leave a review of what you'd like to see or some ideas you may have.
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