A.N. Mikazuki Tsuki here with another update for SB! Question: Should this fic be short and sweet and nine to eleven chapters or have a bigger plot than planned and reached about 15 chapters?
Disclaimer: I'd be lying if I said I owned Inuyasha. And do I look like a liar?
I do however own the W.B.U.R. so ha!
Chapter Five's dedication goes to the greatest person ever koiichi no namae kaitou lol. –They just so happened to be the 100th reviewer and made my day completely!
Simply Business
Chapter Five
Blue clashed with brown and a small gasp escaped her lips. He was gorgeous. A light blush stained her cheeks as he winked in her direction. Sango from her point behind her said with a giggle, "And that eye-candy, Kagome-girl, is my co-worker."
Kagome's eyes swiveled sharply to Sango's and she whispered, "And never in all this time did you mention him, thank you very much!"
Sango linked arms with her friends, "I just did hon."
Kagome rolled her eyes, making a mental note to strangle her friend later on. It was definitely a rule in the top three of the W.B.U. R (The Women's Book of Unbreakable Rules).
And it went as followed: Sharing is caring
(The other two were about alerting your girlfriends about sales and how crushes, boyfriends, mild interests, and ex's were off limit.)
Sango was definitely rereading that book- and yes it was an actual book... It could be found at any woman run library in the "Fem" section.
Kagome let her eyes wonder about the room, to cool the blush that was undoubtedly helping to light the room.
The set up of the dining room was quite interesting. There were a dozen smaller circular tables in the large room and three to four seats at each table.
Sango called out, "Hey Kouga-san...This is the friend I've been telling you about. You know, Kagome?"
Kouga's eyes lit up with recognition, and he gave a low whistle, as he looked her over, "I knew you said she was pretty, but wow..."
Kagome blushed and Sango let out a laugh, "Kagome, why don't you sit next to Kouga while I grab the seat across form you two. He's definitely been interested in learning a bit about you since I first mentioned you." Sango gave a pointed look at Kouga who looked a bit sheepish.
The raven haired girl just nodded, "Alright."
"Sango, my love! You're here!"
A feminine looking male came up to Sango and gave her a hug. Sango grinned, "Hey, Jakotsu! You look great."
Jakotsu smiled and waved his hand daintily, "You too, darling. Well I have to go, but don't let me forget. There this guy I want to introduce to you. His names Mirouku and he has the cutest little as—"
Sango pushed him along, "Alright Jak! Bye."
Kouga turned to her as Sango sat down, her left brow twitching a bit, "So, Sango tells me that you've been thinking about applying to a job in the States after college."
Kagome nodded, "Yeah, my advisor is pushing me in that area. She thinks I have the grades to get a pretty good job over there."
The man grinned and took a sip of what she assumed to be water, "So you're a woman who likes her studies. I like that."
Two house employees came over and started setting down plates of food, and as the heavenly scent of the delicious meal wafted to her nose, she only then realized how ravenous she was.
She patted her stomach ruefully, and Sango looked at her a bit guiltily, "Please tell me you ate before I dragged you here, Kagome..."
Kagome smiled, "Don't worry about me Sango, I don't think I could ever forget to eat. I just didn't eat much."
Kouga made an understanding noise, "Work?"
Kagome nodded, "You could say that..." Sango's eyes lit up, "Oh yeah, you never did say what happened with what's his face. Thanks," she and Kagome added simultaneously as a plate of food for each was placed in front of them.
Their male companion turned sharply, "He? Are you talking about a boyfriend or something?" He muttered a 'thank you' when his meal was placed down.
Kagome shook her head and said quickly, "No! Definitely not! He's just this infuriating...urgh! You know what let's drop the subject..." She picked up a fork and began eating.
"Yes, let's," Sango resigned and inwardly sighed in disappointment that the gossip would have to wait, but began eating with the rest of them.
After the drop in conversation, Kouga began one anew, telling random anecdotes about the employees, that had the table laughing and gasping for air.
The night would have gone off well even had not Ryuu made speech that had the whole room chuckling. He then asked the to move the tables to create room for a dance area and started a lot of the people dancing.
A black haired young man had asked Sango to dance, once Jakotsu introduced them. Kagome determined by the blush that stained Sango's cheeks as she danced with the young man, that Sango was a little interested in the handsome man.
Kouga and Kagome chose to sit talking and by the end of the night, they had ended up exchanging numbers.
'Maybe I'm not such a jerk magnet after all...' Kagome thought with a wistful dream as she stared at Kouga's retreating figure.
(Tsuki)
When she and Sango had gotten back from the dinner, there had been a manila envelope that was simply sitting outside of their room door.
Sango looked at the envelope in question, "That definitely was not there when we left."
Kagome picked it up with a frown. She unlocked the room door and yawned, "It's probably from a teacher or something."
The girl opened the sealed packet and turned it upside down. A note and a key fell from inside. Sango looked over the raven haired girl's shoulder and the two looked at the note.
It had said simply in the most annoyingly neat cursive that Kagome had ever seen:
Don't be late, Higurashi.
Kagome had rolled her eyes and put the key in her ring of them, before she angrily crumpled in slip of paper into a ball muttering about silver haired assholes.
Sango had not even questioned, having been too exhausted, she simply mumbled a incoherent good night and dragged herself to her bedroom.
Kagome was about to follow suit, but her gaze landed on her bag, "Shit! I have a paper due tomorrow and I haven't even started on it... I'm screwed!"
Kagome however tired she was spent the night finishing homework that she hadn't had time to complete before.
Her only companion that night as she typed away on the computer was a hot pot of coffee.
She only turned off her computer when she had printed out an essay that would possibly land her a B-. Kagome yawned and looked at the clock and cringed, "Four already!"
She groaned and her hit her head against her desk half a dozen times. "Damn you, Sesshoumaru!"
If he hadn't kidnapped her, then she probably would have finished her homework on counter duty. MNU gave their kids laptops that were covered by tuition.
She pouted and twirled her keys around her finger. "Just for that, he's definitely going to regret giving me a key to his house..."
Kagome let grin spread on her face.
(Tsuki)
The next morning found Kagome in her Humanities class, the eraser of her pencil tapping to some made up rhythm, as her head dipped with exhaustion ever few moments.
"Miss Higurashi?"
Tap...
-Dip-
Tap...
"Miss Higurashi!"
Tap...
-Di-
"Kagome Higurashi!"
Her head was halfway to hitting the desk, "Yes?"
The teacher, a kindly, thin woman in her early twenties crossed her arms, "Miss Higurashi, I have been addressing you for the past few minutes. Class is over, dear."
Kagome blushed as she gathered her thing, "I'm so sorry, Mrs. Karuna!"
She shoved her things in her bag, "I was just a bit distracted."
Mrs. Karuna waved off the apology, with a wave of her hand and a concerned expression crept onto her face. Her brow crinkled. "You don't look that well. Have you been getting enough sleep? It seems all of the seniors have been so over worked lately."
Kagome shook her head with plastered on smile, "No, I'm fine! I've actually been sleeping quite well." That translated out to: I only got about two hours of sleep last night. OF COURSE I DON"T LOOK MY BEST!
Mrs. Karuna, "That's good to hear. How is the job?"
Kagome frowned at the reminder. She had made the call to Kaede this morning about quitting. Thankfully Kaede had another person to replace her there. "Sango and I thought that I should quit for this year, to concentrate harder on my studies, I've been slipping." she fibbed. "I may retake the job over the summer, though."
That was perhaps the only truth in that whole thing. But what would her teacher have said if she said, "Well, I was forced to quit by this guy I barely even know. I just sold his daughter a dog and he like kidnaps and threatens me... But now I work for him! Life's funny isn't it?"
Mrs. Karuna patted her on the back and praised, "That's a good girl. Always concerned with your grades. The other students could learn from you. Now why don't you go grab something to eat? The lunch bell rang quite awhile ago."
Kagome left at eleven forty-five, after some lunch and three cups of coffee.
She had had only three morning classes that day and so she was free to go. She stopped off at her dorm room and picked up some books that she would need for her homework, and changed into more comfortable clothes.
As with most schools in the area, there was a dress code. MNU's was quite fair, no jeans save for on Friday-which was their casual day-, no sweats any day. Girls needed collared shirts and polo's and such; no tees except on Friday. The only different with the boys, was that they had an option: ties with a collared shirt or a collar shirt. No logos or brand names or any writing at all was allowed except on casual days.
MNU promoted their kids to look tidy, and though it was not that strict, Kagome loved her jeans.
She threw on a pair of dark blue jeans and a regular black v neck long sleeved shirt, before slipping on a pair of sneakers.
She left her hair down, and placed a few text books and note books that she would not need in her bedroom.
Kagome left a note for Sango telling her that she would be out no longer than until nine, and left the room.
She left terrible for not spending that much time with Sango, not counting the dinner since it was not just 'them' time. Over the week end, they'd probably do something together, though. See a movie or head down home together.
It was their routine, but she still felt bad.
Kouga hopped into her car and drove off to the Taisho household. She was so unfamiliar with the layout of the house. The only thing she knew was that she had a key to get into the house, but that didn't really help her out much.
So when she got into the house after taking off her shoes and leaving them by the doorway (she started coo-ing over Kagome and making sure the dog had food and water, because she got a bit sidetracked off her original purpose) then she made her way to the kitchen.
There she surveyed the fridge.
It was a clean, sleek silver color with the vertical doors. There was an envelope taped to the fridge, but she paid it no mind .
She had expected it to be loaded with food, but when she opened the first door, she saw that it was virtually empty.
Kagome furrowed her brows together and looked through the other side.
It was just as empty. She stared at the fridge in confusion after she closed the door and picked up the envelope, "I wonder if he knows him fridge is that empty."
It was unsealed, so she simply lifted the flap and peered inside.
There were un-crinkled bills inside and a note.
If you would, do the week's shopping. The money is in the envelope.
Keep it healthy.
The girl glanced over the rest of the room, and was shocked to see a large pile up, in the sink, of dirty dishes, "What the hell?" She moved to cross over there, but tripped over an empty can of dog food.
She honestly did not expect this from a man like Sesshoumaru. He seemed so unbearably... organized. Hell, even his money was pressed and unwrinkled!
Kagome continued looking around, almost in a stupor.
The garbage cans were overfilling with trash, when she went upstairs, clothes hampers were loaded, rooms were unmade, toys, Rin's mostly were lying on the floor along with Kagome's dog toys.
"It's like finding out that Santa isn't really real..." she clutched her hands together, "I don't know what to believe in anymore..."
She started giggling, "Wow... I guess I have a little more to do then just look over Rin. Like laundry, washing dishes, taking out the trash, ironing I suppose, not to mention shopping."
She sighed, "And to think I came up with some scheme to secretly trash his house and he beat me to it."
She looked at her watch, "I have at least three hours before Rin gets home, I'll do everything else but getting the food. I'll take her with me when I do that." 'With my luck, the second I leave the house, she'll come home and have no one to let her in.'
She grimaced and tied up her hair as she made her way to the pile of dishes and the dishwasher.
The stack went well past the edge of the sink, "When the hell was the last time that man touched these?"
With a shudder she decided she did not even want to know.
She opened the dishwasher, and tried to figure out how it worked. Most of it was common sense though. It also helped that there was a panel of instructions on the inside the machine.
The two of them-Kagome and Sango- had never used a dishwasher (the dorm room had just plain old sinks) and usually hand washed them, but that option was completely not available since every inch of the once pearl white sink was covered in crusty food covered dishes.
'Plus,' she thought, 'I just painted my nails...' She wiggled the clear nail polish painted fingers.
First off, she searched for the 'detergent' and 'rinse agent' as the instructions stated, then she loaded what she could get at first.
The first things happened to be a small pot. After they were scraped off, pots and pans went down at the bottom, and anything glass along with cups were placed on prongs where they were located on the top rack, plates went a rack lower.
Forks, and spoons, when in their container, and she left the knives in the sink. Bowls were placed on the top shelf, and pretty soon the sink was nearly empty and the dishwasher was full. Kagome closed the washer door. She placed in a measured amount of Electrasoland Jet-Dry to the rinse agent dispenser and set the wash and dry cycles.
Kagome looked with contentment at what she had accomplished, and set to washing the knives in the sink and the few stray items she could not fit in the dish washer.
She dried them, and placed them in their spots in the yellow colored cabinets above the sink, that wrapped almost around about the half the room.
Kagome cracked her back and moved on to the next project- laundry. She wanted to get the big projects done first, so they would finish by the time Rin got there.
She climbed the stairs and went through the bathroom hamper, and the main rooms- she knew that they were the main ones since they were open and a track of toys/ties led out from them. She scavenged all sorts of dirty clothes that were scattered around.
In the end, there were at two full loads to wash. She carefully sorted the whites from the colored clothes, blushing every time she came across a pair of Sesshoumaru's boxers, but she eventually got the task down and brought the clothes downstairs into the basement.
The door to the basement was located in the kitchen, it was one of three. One led to a garage, the other a relatively empty pantry.
And because she was Kagome, she had only found those fun facts out, because as luck would have it, she had opened those two doors first and after the oh-so-wonderful process of elimination, she had determined that the basement door was the one that she had left to check.
With a light green colored basket in hand, she went down into the basement, flicking on the lights that were on the wall next to the stairway.
Kagome spotted the washing machine and dryer almost instantly and with a relieved sigh, placed her cumbersome load down.
Loading the washing machine- something that she was thankfully familiar with, she added the needed amounts of fabric softener and detergent.
She turned knobs and set cycles, and turned the machine on. A familiar humming filled the room as once she placed down the lid of the large machine.
She brought down another basket full of clothes, and then went back to the kitchen to put out the trash.
By the time she was done, and two trash bins were out on the curb, and an hour had past since she had arrived.
Kagome started picking up cans- she found at least half a dozen of the dog food cans, and put them in a special recycling bin, that was next to the now empty garbage can.
Since that too was full, it went out on the curb.
It was quite fortunate for them that the garbage men would come the next morning.
After another puppy moment, she returned to the task at hand.
Upstairs was the next on the list to clean up. She put away toys and any stray ties she had missed, went to the basement in the to-be-washed basket.
She took off the sheets and comforters of the beds and brought them to the basement to wash them after the clothes. She would definitely have to do another two loads.
She stretched once again, stifling a yawn. It seemed that every time she paused to rest, she would realize just how tired she was.
"Ugh... That is pretty ironic in a way," she chuckled.
This time when she went upstairs, she was greeted by a yipping Kagome. Giggling, the girl chirped, "Does Gome-chan need a walk?"
Another yip was her answer and Kagome's laughter started anew. She went to the sliding door in the kitchen, and brought the restless dog into the yard for some exercise. She was only out there for a few minutes, before bringing Kagome inside.
And a few more minutes later, Kagome was unloading the washing machine, and rinsing and drying everything she took out.
Reika would always say how tedious it was to have to do that and Kagome agreed, but then again she would have to just suck it up or have 'rinsing agent' on her plates.
The spotless plates were then stacked and placed neatly inside the cabinets.
It was now 2'o clock.
Kagome hummed a tune and went downstairs. The spin cycle had just ended and the washing machine halted. She lifted the lid and threw the damp clothes into the dryer. The second load of clothes was placed in and the whole process was started all over again.
Once again, Kagome drudged up upstairs, "I definitely got my exercise quota for the day!"
She stretched her wary limbs with a sigh.
"I'll look around a bit, and see just how big this house is..." Kagome suddenly started to giggle, "Man! Only I would talk to myself like this... No wonder Koharu thinks I'm just about insane. That and how I'm so obsessed with Houjo."
She frowned, as she walked upstairs, "Or was obsessed with him... Now that I think about it, that flame definitely died."
Kagome sighed and began looking through a few doors on the second level. She ooh'ed and ah'ed everything as she got a feel for the house.
"Office, empty bedroom, rec. room, another empty bedroom, an actually used bedroom probably Sesshoumaru's room, Rin's room, bathroom, empty room, indoor gym..."
She looked with appreciation at the room-well technically it was two. The dividing wall had been removed (like in the rec. room) and so it was two rooms devoted to body toning. She couldn't exactly say body building, because it wasn't really full of that much hard core equipment, since there were things even Rin herself could use.
She moved on. The last 'room' happened to be a small room that led to the stairway that went up into the attic.
In said room there was all cleaning things, a vacuum, a duster that looked as if it could use some dusting itself, a broom and mop, gloves and such, and Christmas decorations.
She looked around, "I suppose I should sic the vacuum on their carpets. Only God knows how long it's been since anyone vacuumed around here."
It wasn't exactly that the house was a hot mess; there were just some major chores that had been put off way too long.
Kagome shook her head and plugged in the vacuum, it hummed to life when she flicked it on, it took her awhile to get to all the rooms and while in each of them, she opened the windows.
It was a beautiful day and the windows were shut!
That was completely unheard of in the Higurashi household. Her grandfather believed that even houses needed to breathe.
So the humming vacuum was accompanied by the chirping birds and honking cars.
Forty minutes later she was finished.
But alas rest was not in the immediate line of view for she had still to go back again to the basement, remove the first load, replace it with the second load, and put the third in the washer.
"I definitely hope Sesshoumaru appreciates this!" she grunted under the weight of the dried clothes.
They were whites so there was not much to iron. But either way, that load would be ironed and put away (Kagome still blushed at the sight of Sesshoumaru's silk boxers) by the time Rin got there twenty minutes later.
Kagome went to greet the little girl, who had been told to ring the door bell. Kagome was already there, yipping happily at the arrival of her new caretaker, and once Kagome opened the door, the pup pounced on the girl and licked her cheeks until she gasped for air from laughing so hard.
Kagome helped Rin up, "Hey kiddo, how was school?"
Rin moved to hug her, "Kagome-nee-chan! School was really good! Miss Shouyga let us go outside today and Rin saw a pretty butterfly," she rambled, "It was this big," she used her fingers to demonstrate as the older girl chuckled, "That's great Rin-chan."
She helped her take off her backpack, "Hey, would you like to come with me to the grocery store? Your dad told me to make a stop there."
Rin clasped her hands together eagerly, "Rin would love to!"
Kagome smiled, "Alright, come on."
She grabbed her jacket, and the envelope from the kitchen. Once she had pocketed that and got her keys, the two were off.
Rin chattered excitedly beside Kagome in the car.
"Rin's teacher is so nice, like you Kagome-nee-chan! Miss Shouyga let's us play games in class and she tells the best stories!"
Kagome smiled, "Really?"
"Yep! What's Kagome-sama's school like?"
Kagome gave a nervous laugh, "Don't even ask, Rin-chan." 'Lest I scar you for life and ruin your outlook on school...'
MNU was not horrible by any means, but the amount of the workload could make a grown man cry.
Rin shrugged, "Okay, Kagome-nee-chan."
There was a grocery store ten minutes away from the Taisho house that Kagome knew of. If it sold food, either she or Sango knew about it-and whether or not it delivered.
She helped Rin out of the car when they found a parking space. There were a lot of open spaces. It was a weekday so not many people were out shopping.
The two grabbed a cart and entered the store. They were greeting by an array of different breads and pastries.
Kagome grinned down at Rin, "Any preferences?" Sesshoumaru had given them three hundred dollars; she definitely could be a leisurely in the grocery list.
Rin adorably tapped a finger to her chin, before giving a shrug. "Can Rin something have chocolate?" Kagome laughed, "She thing."
She began pushing the cart with one hand and holding hers with the other, the two browses the bakery section.
She picked up plain mini bagels, two loaves of wheat bread, freshly baked cookies and brownies (Rin's choice) and garlic oven pop-able breadsticks before moving on to the fruits and vegetables section.
Rin squealed, "Can Rin pick up blueberries?"
Kagome smiled, "Of course." Rin ran off and came back a second later with two packs of blueberries in her hand.
She placed them in the cart before following Kagome to get apples, oranges, a bag of lemons, and half a dozen other fruits. After those were carefully placed in the cart, she went back for broccoli, tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, carrots, potatoes, and bags of salad and anything else that looked like a vegetable.
Sesshoumaru had said healthy...
Little by little, the cart was filling up with rice, snacks, seasonings, eggs, juices, pasta, water, coffee- fresh for the unrushed weekends and instant for the hectic Monday mornings and the other coffee necessities (creamers, filters, etc). Tea, soda, some random cleaning supplies she had noticed missing, lotion, easy to make breakfast things, dairy- yogurts, milk, cheese, butter, she picked up everything from frozen vegetables to frozen dinners, sea foods, meats, toilet paper, paper towels, tissues, paper cups for the bathroom, foils, and tuber ware.
When they were in the pet's section, Rin went crazy over things to buy for Kagome, brushes, toys, foods, even a cute sweater that said, "#1 Pup."
Kagome merely snuck in a bottle of stain and odor remover, with a whistle of an innocent tune.
She looked at the mountain of items in their cart, "I think we should check out, huh Rin?"
Rin giggled and nodded, taking a hold of the side of the cart and Kagome pushed it to the check out lane.
The woman behind the register gave one incredulous look at the cart and then at Kagome as she began to unload the things.
Rin busied herself with fiddling with her jacket, as they mountain of foods slowly began to diminish.
The bagger sighed, "Paper, plastic, or both?"
Kagome smiled, "Both please."
She was sure that she had gotten everything that the Taisho household could possibly need for that week, and even more than that.
So as she pushed the cart and held Rin's hand in the parking lot (which was a very remarkable feat,) she felt a large sense of accomplishment. Rin to celebrate, started on a new stream of conversation.
"—then Kagome-chan jumped on Papa Sesshoumaru!" she squealed and Kagome started cracking up. 'If only I had been there...' she sighed.
"Kagome?"
Said girl whirled around at the familiar voice, "Kouga!" She waved and halted the cart, "Hey!"
Kouga smiled amiably, "What are you doing here?"
Kagome laughed, "Taking advantage of their indoor pool. I'm shopping." He chuckled with her, "So who is your little friend over there?"
Kagome leaned over and ruffled Rin's hair, "This little cutie is Rin."
Rin giggled and playfully swatted away Kagome hand.
Kouga squatted down to Rin's level. Rin gave him a look over before she hid behind Kagome shyly, as Kouga spoke "Hey kiddo..."
Kagome nudged her out from behind her legs gently, "No need to be shy Rin, Kouga's a friend." Rin nodded gingerly and met the man's ice blue eyes.
Rin once again sought comfort in Kagome and hugged her leg, "Hello Kouga-sama."
Kouga winked at her, "Still shy eh?" He glanced at his watch unfolded and smoothly into a standing position.
"I have to go... My boss sent me out to pick up something for his headache. He'll probably have my head if I don't get back soon."
Kagome laughed and pushed him on his way, "See you later, Kouga!"
He gave her a mock two fingered salute and made his way to the store. "Bye you two."
She let out another laugh and began to push the cart again, but this time Rin was oddly quiet.
(Tsuki)
Kagome had a smile on her face on during the car ride to Rin's house, and so giddy she was, that the silence of her companion was lost on her.
She pulled up into the driveway and helped Rin unbuckle her seatbelt. She became her chattering self again and Kagome popped her trunk before unlocking the front door, "Rin dear, why don't you go inside and change your clothes. Wash up too okay? I'll take care of the bags and then we can make dinner together."
Rin nodded before skipping inside.
Kagome brought bag by bag into the kitchen and lined them on the counter. Rin came down stairs in a pair of orange shorts and a white sweater, just as Kagome relocked the front door.
Rin padded along the floor in a pair of socks, waving her hands at Kagome, "All clean!" Kagome swept her up and carried her to the kitchen, "Then are you ready to start cooking, my little partner in crime?"
Rin squealed a 'Yes!' loudly as Kagome twirled her around a second time before she set her down. Kagome rinsed her hands in the sink.
She searched through the bags for a whole pre-made sandwich. She unwrapped the yellow paper and plastic packaging and cut it into four segments.
It was simply a turkey sandwich with mayo, oil and vinegar, tomatoes, and lettuce.
One segment was handed to Rin and one was for her. She was not sure about Rin, but she was completely ravenous. It was past four o'clock.
As they ate, Kagome got out a bag of rice and a pot that she had previously washed. Rin, using a mug, scooped out a few cupfuls and poured the rice in the pot and Kagome added water and placed it on the stove.
In another pot, broccoli and a bowl of small square cuts of spiced beef went in.
After that joined the rice on the stove, Kagome had Rin go do her homework. "You can bring your things into your room. I'm just going to get the rest of the laundry."
"'K!"
Kagome went into the basement; got the second batch of dried clothes and the sheets went into the dryer.
She put the comforters in the wash, and went upstairs to take care of the darks.
God was laundry tedious!
(Tsuki)
By five thirty, Kagome's self given chores were completed and Rin's homework was finished and checked over. After closing all the windows she had opened, for it had gotten a bit chilly, she and Rin were free to sit down to a warm meal.
Rin spooned the last of her food into her mouth with a grin, "That was so good nee-chan!"
Kagome smiled, "Thanks Rin, now how about you and I go watch a movie before bed?"
Rin agreed enthusiastically and hugged the girl's legs, almost tripping her in the excitement as the older girl cleared the table.
After a moment she let go and Rin looked at her with misty eyes, "Promise you'll stay with Rin forever nee-chan..."
Kagome ruffled her hair, simply saying, "...Go pick out a movie, 'k Rin?"
There was no reason to get the girl's hope up.
Nothing could possibly last forever...
(Tsuki)
That had to be the longest chapter in this fic, lol. Which is pretty sad...
I'm not sure our little Rin likes Kouga too much. I wonder why –taps chin thoughtfully-. But anyway... once again (well once again if you read Delightfully Disastrous) I'm in a scarily cheerful mood. Mid-terms are over and I'm on Winter break! (No more school for like 13 more days)
So in honor of my creepy-ish mood anyone who reviews (I couldn't think of an excerpt that I really loved with out going to my archive which happens to be scattered on several discs) they get something special when the next chapter goes out or before... I haven't decided yet lol.
Happy Holidays, guys!
Mikazuki Tsuki