A/N: I'll post two more chapters in two days ^_^!!
Two out of the
seven weeks had passed. Inu Yasha began to warm up to Kagome more than he had
at first. However, he still didn't talk to her much at school. Until one morning,
She had been putting her books in her locker, Sango rambled on about the
"juicy" conversation she had overheard in the restroom when Kagome's locker
door slammed suddenly, it almost took Kagome's hand when it closed. "Well
that's a way to say hello Inu Yasha! If you don't mind I was talking to
Kagome!" Sango put her hands on her hips; Kagome looked up to Inu Yasha form
her kneeling position on the floor in front of her locker.
"Meet me in front of the drama building after
school Kagome, we have practice" he said simply.
Kagome looked at
her schedule the director had given her, "But there aren't any listed Inu
Yasha, I kind of want to get my English paper done anyway"
"You wanna get this play right or not?" he
asked, growling a bit too. Once Kagome nodded, he waved lightly before turning
around.
Sango leaned against the row of
lockers, her gaze followed him even as Inu Yasha turned a corner at the far end
of the hall, "Lordy, he certainly hasn't been nice to you has he?"
After she gathered her books in her bag,
Kagome stood up "At least he said something to me." Sango looked at her then,
amazed that Inu Yasha was still being so cold to her. The girls made their way
to the last class. They were both in choir along with Miroku. "so he is dating
Kikyo?" She asked as they made their way outside, toward the music building.
Kagome had seen Kikyo a few times, but she had only seen her with Koga.
"who? Inu Yasha? Nah they hate eachother!!"
Kagome looked at her friend confused. "okay here's how it went. They were going
out last year. Even were homecoming court together last fall. She cheated on
him though with Koga. She broke him really. He used to be so nice toward almost
everyone, now he's so quiet unless you can get him with just his friends"
Kagome watched her
shoes as Sango told the story. How anyone could be so rude to Inu Yasha was
amazing. True, he was rude to her, but he never hurt her. In truth, she thought
he had wanted to be nicer to her. Men sometimes just couldn't get over their
own foolish pride sometimes to admit mistake. "Well if it isn't my two favorite
ladies" Miroku walked from behind the two, making sure to walk between them,
one arm around each girl's shoulder. "How are you two?"
Sango shrugged his
arm off of her shoulder, Kagome in turn, did as well "Miroku, have you noticed
something weird about Inuyasha"
A quizzical look
came over Miroku's expression, "why no, not really, though he does owe me
money" he hit his fist against his hand for a moment, mentally he counted the
money Inu Yasha had accumulated on his tab.
While Miroku tried
to do the proverbial walking and chewing gum act, Kagome turned back to Sango
again, "I'm sure he'll warm up to me. I mean, he's never really shown any
interest in doing anything, but at least he wants to practice"
Sango poked Kagome in the shoulder, a sly
grin crossing her lips again. That skill of reading people came into play once
again. "Any attention is better than no attention.. hmm Kagome?" Kagome looked up,
brows furrowed, but before she could say anything Sango interrupted, "oh no,
don't try to hide it. You can't tell me that you don't think Inu Yasha's
attractive. At least! Hell, you may even be ga ga over the guy!"
From a few feet behind,
Miroku exclaimed, he had finally counted up all the money that was owed to him.
"65! Can you believe that guy? And knowing him, he had no intention of paying
me back..." while Miroku trailed on and on, Kagome watched her feet, did she
really care about Inu Yasha? And if she did.. how much?
*~*LATER*~*
Kagome sat
patiently in front of the drama building. She had decided to start working on
her English paper even if she had to stop to rehearse. Her concentration was
immediately broken when a shadow covered her book. She looked up to see the
bright amber eyes of Inu Yasha. "You ready?" He asked, it wasn't really a
question so much as a request for her to get ready. As she placed her books in
her bag, he spoke again, "All the rehearsal rooms are taken. We can go to my place
if you want; it's not that far. 'sides I'm hungry anyway" Kagome pulled her
keys from her bag when he interrupted her, "no, I'll drive, I've got to be back
here for practice anyway, so when I come back, I'll just drop you off by your
car. Come on let's go."
After having to
get help with hauling her backpack into the back of Inu Yasha's Jeep, they were
on their way to his home. Kagome had never heard Inu Yasha talk about his
parents. He had never spoken of any siblings at all.. so this indeed would be a
treat. They pulled up to a rather large apartment complex. The place looked
rather nice. It was Brick and concrete. They walked to the elevator, all the
while Inu Yasha fumbled with his keys as he was trying to find the right one.
The lobby of the apartment building was marble and columns stood high they
towered all the way to the ceiling.
It was one of those
places where you were almost afraid to walk, for fear of breaking something
more expensive than you were. They stepped into the elevator, rode to the top
floor, and then they crossed the hallway. No other doors were on the floor
except one. He unlocked to door and held it open for her as he pulled the key
out of the lock. "Can I get you anything before we start?" He asked more of out
obligation and courtesy. He threw his jacket over the back of the couch, yet he
kept his hat on.
More than ever,
that hat began to bother Kagome. It was something that disturbed her. Did he
have some bad haircut?! Maybe, he had lice! Her mind searched for simple
answers, dismissing the overly disgusting ones. The apartment was nice. Once
you walked in you were greeted with a splendid view of the city. Two long
cornered windows provided it. There was a black leather couch facing a flat
screen television and a coffee table cluttered with music papers and a guitar
sitting on the top of them. To her left was the kitchen where Inu Yasha had
gone. To her right there was a long hallway with a few doors scattered along
its length. It was a nice place. Obviously it was more than her family could
afford for the moment. With all this money, it was a wonder Inu Yasha owed
Miroku a penny.
She'd noticed that she'd been rather quiet
for a while, "er.. well what scene do you want to do?"
"Well" Inu Yasha
said from the kitchen, Kagome could not see him, but she could hear him well
enough. "We're supposed to go through the whole play by the end of the week.
Seeing that it's Thursday, I suppose we'll go to Act 3 Scene 5. That's where
Romeo sees Juliet for the last time before going to Mantua." He came out of the
kitchen; his shirt was unbuttoned, showing off his black undershirt. In one
hand he head an apple, in the other, he held his script. He took a rather large
bite of his snack before talking again "We've gone through this once, right?
What were we supposed to change again? I forgot.."
What? He was
actually asking her a question?! 'Kagome just play it cool' she told herself.
She squinted her eyes at her own script of the play, "Well er uh, this is right
after..."
"Romeo and Juliet had sex" he plopped down on
the couch, he bit his apple right as he did. "Well, it's implied, anyway, I
forgot what Sesshomaru told us to improve on" he still hadn't looked up to her,
though he had to ask the question, "Kagome are you afraid of me?"
Obviously she had
been taken aback by his question. Out of everything she felt for him, fear
definitely wasn't in the mix, "of course not!.. er why do you ask?"
"Dunno" he
remarked offhandedly "I just.."
However his sentence was cut off by
her, "though you don't exactly say much to me at school, and you don't even say
hi to me! All you do is just sit there and act all disgruntled all the time"
Inu Yasha now looked up to her, both brows lifted in surprise, apparently she
had been thinking about what she wanted to say for a while. "Sango told me it
was because of Kikyo, though you don't seem like the type of guy to get all
caught up in a girl like that! Even if you did like Kikyo, that's dumb because
she cheated on you anyway and there's nothing you can do about it!" she said
that in one big long breath, which left Inu Yasha dumbfounded at what she had
found out about him. It was only when Kagome's glance drifted to Inu Yasha did
she realize what she had said. "I... I'm sorry" she looked over to the view.
She heard him get up then and flip the pages
of his book, "So, that's what Sango told you huh?" Kagome only nodded, still
she didn't look over to him, "Well, if you don't mind me asking, why were you
curious in the first place?"
"Because Sango said you haven't always
been such a jerk"
Again, she kept on
making mistakes! That wasn't what she meant to say at all. Instead of the grown
she had expected from Inu Yasha, she heard a slight laugh, "You think I'm a
jerk?"
"Well I didn't mean it like that..
It's just that you don't ever say anything nice to me! Like last week at
practice, you told me I smelled bad?! Why the hell would you tell anyone that?"
He moved over to the piano bench, he
sat on it sideways with one leg on either side of it, his hands on his knees.
"Well, seeing as we've got five more weeks that we absolutely have to tolerate
eachother, why don't you ask me questions?" that remark was rewarded by a
confused glance from Kagome, "Instead of going through Sango. I don't know
anything about you anyway, so, how's that sound? You ask your questions first"
Inu Yasha pulled a stool up beside the
bench with his foot the motioned her to sit down. "Okay.. sure" Kagome took a
seat.
Though, she couldn't
think of a question! This was sort of intimidating, he just stared at her like
that, "See you are afraid of me!" he pointed an accusing finger in her
direction.
"No! I just can't
think of anything to ask"
"Anything" he said
he accompanied his response with a sharp nod.
She looked around
the place, "Where are your parents?"
"Dead" he replied, he didn't change
his expression at all when he answered that. His gaze was on her, fixed and
unwavering.
That wasn't exactly the start Kagome had
aimed for, though when he saw that she was going to apologize, he interrupted
her, "it's okay though. I hardly knew my father. My mother had been sick for a
long time, so her death was no surprise. Father died only a few months later,
some accident involving alcohol. I never really wanted to know"
Kagome didn't really have the
intention on pressing the matter anymore, but she couldn't help it, so many
questions about him and how often would an opportunity like this come along
anyway? "So you live here alone?"
"Yup, though Miroku comes by almost every
day. Keh, being alone suits me"
She shifted in her
seat for a few moments, she wondered what it would be like to live alone. She
was sure he got lonely sometimes; nobody could live without feeling that way.
"So.. You don't have feelings for Kikyo anymore..?"
In him, he knew that question was coming,
though he couldn't help but feel a pit form in his stomach at the mention of
her name, "No, not at all." Kagome watched him as he lowered his head, his
bangs covering his eyes, "She played on my emotions for far too long, and still
does."
There was an uncomfortable silence between
them for a few moments when Kagome decided to lighten to mood a bit. "Favorite
movie?"
Inu Yasha looked up at her to see a sweet
smile on her face, and he couldn't help but to have one of his own, "Monty
Python The search for the holy Grail"
"Favorite color"
Kagome said just as he had answered the last one
"er.. red!" he
said, having to think fast.
"Favorite band or
singer?"
He nodded sharply, answering just as quickly
as her questions were asked "Bowie"
"Favorite food?"
"Ramen" Kagome held her finger to her lips in
thought for a moment, but not it was his time to assault her with questions
"What's your favorite movie?"
Kagome looked to
him, seeing his amused smile, something she had only seen when Miroku was
around, "Mulion Rouge"
"Favorite color?"
"green"
He leaned forward on the piano bench, "did
you know it's a sign of a genius if you say green?"
She too leaned forward in her stool, mocking his expression, "no, but now I do"
Inu Yasha thought for a moment. He stroked his chin with his hand before he turned to her again, "When I kissed you in practice the other day, was that your first kiss?"
All right, this question totally threw her for a loop, but she'd answer anyway, "well no!"
He turned to her then, obviously surprised by her response. "I mean a first kiss not from family members or something like that."
"Well.. yeah." She was
embarrassed, and the last thing Inu Yasha wanted her to be was uncomfortable
around him. This whole question game was supposed to solve that afterall!
"Favorite band!" he continued, rather liking
this game.
"I don't have one"
At this response,
it was his turn to be thrown for a loop, how could someone not have a favorite
band?! There were so many good bands out there and she didn't have a favorite?!
"WHAT?!" he exclaimed. He nearly surprised her out of her seat. "But there's
Bowie, and Eta James, and and Frankie! You can't forget about Frank
Sinatra. Of course if you're into the heavier stuff there's Metallica, though
personally, their new album was lacking.. or even the Deftones" He looked to
her sort of bewildered expression. "Smashing pumpkins?" She shook her head
lightly, still not knowing. "Cream?" Once again she shook her head. "Heart?
Dashboard Confessional? The Used? Midtown? Well you did know that wallflowers
song I was playing.. So at least you know them."
"Actually.. I read it off your sheet music"
Kagome confessed, she twirled her hair around her index finger in a bit of a
nervous fashion.
He had stood up from his lace on the
piano bench and had begun to pace the room. "WHAT?!" his exclamation had accidentally
scared her, though.. He softened his time once he saw her jump. "Al least
you're observant.. Miroku and I need to educate you though"
"Eh.. I don't
think I'd want Miroku's type of education" Kagome twiddled her thumbs a bit.
Inu Yasha looked
back to her, laughing loudly as he thought about Miroku's reputation with the
ladies. Ever since the 3rd grade, it seemed he had a permanent handprint on his
face from behind slapped. "True, so true. Kagome, if you don't mind me asking,
why did you move here in the middle of the year? We don't get many people
coming in the middle of the year."
She knew this
question was going to come up. It was only fair for Kagome to speak the truth,
he had told her the truth without even a thought to do otherwise, "My father
died, we all thought, everything at home reminded us of him.. So, we've decided
to stay with grandpa for a bit, just until the end of the year I guess, nothing
permanent."
He could tell she
wasn't exactly as willing to talk to her as he was. "Well, if you want to talk
sometime, feel free, but until then.. act 3 scene 5"
She couldn't help but to smile. Out of
everything, she hated it when people did nothing but feel sorry for her. Inu
Yasha had an understanding. "One more question" He looked to her, one hand
raked his bangs away from his eyes. "Why do you wear that hat all the time? I
mean.. I know if you have a bad haircut that can be annoying, but you
know it can't be that bad, and I know you don't just like wearing hats because I've
never seen you without one on!" she spoke quickly again, as she had done with
the Kikyo statement.
"You didn't ask
Sango about that?" Inu Yasha put his script down on the piano, he folded
it to keep his place. "Promise not to laugh..?" he asked once more, a cautious
hand raised to his head. Kagome watched him intently; she unknowingly leaned
forward in the stool. He pulled the hat off slowly, and at first Kagome didn't
see anything out of the ordinary, but then, something popped up on the right side
of his head! Then again, on the left! Kagome didn't exactly know what to say
from this angle it looked like he had.. dog ears?! "I know I know.. I'm a
freak"
He started to put his hat back on.,
though for some reason that Kagome wasn't even sure of, she stopped him. She
lifted her hand to his head; the other hand gripped his arm with the hat still
in its grasp. She moved her free hand along his ear cautiously at first.
Needless to say, Inu Yasha was a bit bewildered by that act. She rubbed his ear
between her thumb and two fingers. She hesitated to put the other hand to his
other ear when she heard the faintest rumbling noise come from his throat. She
thought he had growled at her. She looked back down to his face to see that his
eyes had closed and indeed, that was no growl.. it was a purr! However he
caught her hesitation and his eyes opened instantly, shocked to find himself
acting the way he did. "I'm sorry Inu Yasha"
Everything in him
called to say 'it's okay, don't worry about it, I liked it' but something else
in him made him say almost the opposite. It was Kikyo's doing. She had single-
handedly ruined his love life. "Well, don't do it again" He barked at her. He
hadn't meant to respond the way he did, it just happened that way! Instantly he
regretted it, but his pride wouldn't let him apologize.
'One step forward, three steps back' Kagome
thought to herself. She watched him flatten his ears on his head and put his
hat on.
"I have practice in a few minutes, I've got to get back to school, come on" he walked out the door, and he slung his jacket over his shoulder as he went.
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A/N: there a bit of a look into Kagome and Inuyasha's social lives. Poor
Kagome! ::sings the Kikyo's a bitch song:: anyway, Reviews please! Should I
continue? I've already written the rest, the Inu Yasha/ Kagome lemon comes in
chapter 8 =D! Anyone care how I spell Kikyo's name? I'm not exactly sure how.
A/N:I love the reviews, keep em coming!
*~*Hugs and Kisses*~*