WITH INUYASHA:
It was too quiet in his apartment; he had to get out. He grabbed the remainder of his bag of weed and walked out the door and in the opposite direction of school.
He went to a local bar and walked around to the back; slipping in unnoticed, he went into the storage room in the back and started to dig into the crates.
Ignoring all the weak stuff, he found a crate of Vodka and Whiskey and grabbed four bottles. He peeked out of the door and then slipped back out of the room and out of the bar. He walked back to his apartment and flopped down on the bed with his prize.
He had stolen things before… from that bar even, so it didn't weigh on his conscience at all as he opened the first bottle and drank half before he stopped for a breath.
He sat down the fairly large bottle and grabbed his ipod; he plugged the head phones into his demonic dog ears and turned the volume up as loud as possible. Which was more than loud enough to hurt his sensitive ears, but he ignored it, and ignored the burning of his throat and stomach as the alcohol sloshed around when he moved.
He turned the song to "Hollywood Undead's- The Kids" and let the music rush into his ears. Though the band had their weird moments, they also had some of those completely relatable moments that made him keep listening.
"Drinkin forties with the frost,
On the phone with my mom,
Cuz I can't pay the rent,
The money was lent
Messaging my wife,
Getting drunker then life,
And I'm on the dance floor,
But I always want more.
Fuck the pain away, make it through the day
Fuck the pain away, make it through the day
Fuck the pain away, make it through the day
Fuck the pain away, make it through the day…"
He made a mental note to do just what the song suggested and he took another swig of his drink and started to listen to more angry lyrics. By 11 o'clock, he had drunk a bottle and a half and had fallen into a drunken slumber.
WITH KAGOME:
Sango casually slide Kagome a note a few moments after she came in.
Yo,
Are you okay? You look like someone just ran over your dog. Is it because of that ass Inuyasha? Do I need to beat the shit out of him?
Kagome wrote back that she would tell her at lunch and ignored everyone else until then.
When lunch finally did get there, she sat and waited until everyone had left, minus Sango and followed her best friend out of the room.
"So…what happened?" Sango asked, seeming both excited and curious.
"Oh my god," Kagome sighed, "First I nearly get raped, then he saves me and takes me to his apartment, and then he says I can't leave. So I sleep on the bed and he sleeps on the floor, or at least until he gets up in the middle of the night and lays back down in his bed. And I don't believe it was intentional but I did just…kinda…fall asleep with him there."
Sango blinked and waited for her to continue.
"Anyway, he doesn't have an alarm clock because he doesn't like to get woken up, so we ended up getting up at like, almost ten. And when I woke up, it was so nice Sango, he said 'good morning beautiful'," Kagome heaved another heavy sigh.
"Like the song?" Sango said.
"Yeah, but he didn't sing it, anyway. I got mad and blamed him for me being late and ruining my record and he got all sarcastic and said that yeah it was his fault that I was a bitch and came to apologize and almost got raped." Deep breath, "So we both said some really rude stuff, him calling me a goodie goodie who blamed everyone else for my mistakes and me saying that just because he had a hard life didn't mean he could ruin everyone else's."
Sango was quiet, "Harsh."
"Who, him or me?" Kagome growled.
Sango shrugged, "Both. But why do you care if you guys hurt each other's feelings? I mean, you're just his tutor, not his friend…or girlfriend."
Kagome bit her lip and shrugged.
"Do you like him Kagome?" Sango asked aghast.
Kagome blushed a bit, "Well he is really cute; I mean have you seen his ears?"
Sango's jaw dropped, "Kagome, could you pick a worse person to crush on? I mean, he is a druggie that is drunk half the time and when he isn't drunk he is still an irresponsible asshole."
Kagome nodded, "I know but it just seems like no one understands him, and all he wants is someone to actually give a damn."
Sango glared at her, "Kagome, he is just as bad as Miroku, they are both womanizers and have no conscience. He would cheat on you every day that you weren't together."
Kagome nodded, remembering all the numbers on his phone… "I know, that's why we aren't going to go out. I just like him, I mean; I'm not going to do anything about it. I know he'd end up hurting me."
Sango nodded, "A wise decision but you know it's hard not to act on your feelings right?"
Kagome nodded, "Yes but it shouldn't be too hard, considering that I refuse to speak to him after all the shit he said."
Sango chose not to point out that Kagome never cursed, "You do realize you were just as he rude as he was."
Kagome gave Sango a glare, "I don't care, it wouldn't work out between us we are too different."
"It's easier to be mad then to be hurt, huh?" Sango asked softly.
Kagome ignored the threat of tears, "Let's eat lunch, I'm starved."
As they sat down a few of their friends asked about why Kagome was late, but she lied and said that Kikyou had unplugged her alarm clock. Sango had given her a knowing look but had said nothing.
Kouga walked up five minutes into lunch period and sat down next to Kagome.
"Hey babe," he said casually.
Kagome smiled softly at him, "Hi Kouga."
He grinned and slid an arm around her shoulders, "How's your day been?"
Kagome shrugged, "I was late."
"So I heard, the school is buzzing about it." He replied while casually picking a French fry off her plate and popping it into his mouth.
Kagome sighed, "That's stupid; people are late every day."
"Ahhh…but you aren't" he smirked.
Kagome chose not to remark, lest she dig herself an even deeper hole.
"So have you started dating anyone yet?" he asked while eating another one of her fries.
"No." She mumbled.
"Really? Well you should still consider going out with me, I think you're really hot." He grinned.
Kagome gave Sango a look that said help before giving him a forced smile, "Uh… well I'll think about it."
He nodded and gave her a soft kiss on the cheek, then walked off to sit at the football players table.
All the girls were in a tizzy, "Oh my gawd! Kagome you HAVE to go out with him!" – "Do you know how popular he is?" – "I can't believe he asked you out!" – "So many girls DREAM of that happening to them!" – "You are so lucky, I wish I were you!" – "Are you going to go out with him?"
Kagome sighed again as she was bombarded by comments and questions. "I don't know."
Sango patted her back as the bell rang and they all walked back to class.
WITH INUYASHA:
By three he had finished off all the bottles and had gotten thoroughly drunk. He stumbled out of his apartment and walked down the street to find Kai.
He found his friend at his little apartment. It was nicer then Inuyasha's and was well furnished. He knocked on the door and walked in, Kai wouldn't mind, they did that sort of thing to each other all the time.
"Hey man, you home?" he called out as he walked to the fridge and opened it up.
"Yeah; that you Inuyasha?" Kai called back from his room as he came out in a pair of baggy jeans.
Inuyasha noted he wasn't wearing a shirt, "You got a woman back there or did you get all dressed up for me?"
Kai laughed, "Oh, there's one back there. But she's sleeping; I really wore her out last night. But she wasn't too bad a ride; you should try her out sometime."
Inuyasha nodded, "I might, hey are you out of those little chicken fingers?"
Kai sighed, "Dude you're totally hammered, they are always in the freezer, hence the microwavable-ness."
Inuyasha laughed and opened the freezer, then grabbed the bag of chicken fingers and popped some into the microwave.
"So, what happened?" Kai asked while he light up a cigarette.
"Those things will kill you, you know; and nothing." Inuyasha said while watching the chicken fingers in the microwave turn circles.
Kai laughed, "Dude you smoke more than me."
Inuyasha shrugged and pounced on the microwave as it dinged.
Kai gave him a curious look but said nothing as he put out his cigarette in his hand and tossed the butt into the trash can.
"You bring my money?" he asked only half interested.
"Yah, but thanks to you and my debt, I am now broke till payday." Inuyasha mumbled while stuffing chicken fingers into his mouth.
"It's not my fault you have a problem," Kai gave a grating laugh.
Inuyasha shrugged, "I not the one that gets shot at every day. I think your problem is bigger than mine."
Kai shrugged, "It doesn't matter who shoots at me when I have a gun to shoot back with and generally better aim."
Inuyasha nodded, "You're so wise Buddha and so full of peace."
Kai laughed and gave Inuyasha a rough smack on the back, making him cough on his chicken fingers.
Inuyasha caught his breath and looked at Kai, "Why would you want to be in a gang anyway?"
"Well, considering I'm the gangs leader, it's not too bad" Kai gave him a serious look, "I get this cool tattoo, and a cool gun, and I can kill any fucker that back talks me."
Inuyasha looked at him, Kai had asked him to join the gang and he had declined, but sometimes he wished he hadn't just so he could have the sense of brotherhood that Kai seemed to have. Anyone in his gang would die for him and him for any of them. "I want a tattoo."
Kai laughed, "Well go get one."
Inuyasha nodded, "Where's the best place to do that?"
Kai grinned, "Let me hook you up."
FIVE HOURS LATER:
Inuyasha and Kai walked out of the tattoo parlor and off down the street. It had taken several hours to get the tattoo that Inuyasha had wanted done. And now his entire back was on fire and he needed to be at work.
"I like it, let me see it again," Kai said and softly pulled up Inuyasha's shirt to look at his back.
The tattoo consisted of a skull about four inches wide and tall and tribal marks cascading above and below it. The whole thing was in black ink and started between his shoulder blades and went down his back to a couple inches above the little dimples above his as and across his shoulders. Ironically; it wasn't until it was halfway done that Kai mentioned that it kind of looked like a demented cross.
"I'm proud of you!" Kai laughed and gave him a soft pat on the back.
Inuyasha winced and swung weakly at him only to have him dance out of the way.
"Well… I guess I better get to work…I'm already late…" Inuyasha waddled off, suddenly realizing that you move your back a LOT in everyday activity.
He went by his apartment and put some Vaseline on the tattoo, then he wrapped in up with a gauze bandage. After he had dressed his wound and thought briefly about how stupid he was he slowly pulled on his work clothes and walked… or waddled to the bar.
His boss chewed him out for being late and he just shrugged and started making drinks. He knew his boss was serious when he had threatened that if he showed up late again he would be fired; so he'd have to not be late for a while… what a chore.
WITH KAGOME:
After school Kagome walked home alone, having told Sango she just wanted to be by herself and get a little exercise. She arrived thirty minutes later than usual.
"Where have you BEEN?" her mother asked as she dried her hands off on her apron. "I have been worried sick and the school called and said that you showed up LATE!"
Kagome sighed, "I called last night to tell you that I was going to stay at Sango's but Kikyou hung up on me. And this morning Sango's brother played a little 'joke' and unplugged her alarm clock. So we were both late." She amazed even herself at how good she was getting at this lying thing.
Her mother sighed, "I'll have a talk with Kikyou… and don't do that again. If she hangs up on you then you need to come home; I don't think you understand just how worried I was about you!"
Kagome knew just how worried she had been; the woman had been a bundle of nerves ever since her father had died and today was no different.
Her mother started to cry about how much she loved her "baby" and Kagome sighed.
"Mom, if you would get me a cell phone I could call you from anywhere. And if I was ever in trouble you and the police would be a speed dial away." She patted her mother on the back softly.
Her mother nodded, "I think your right, its time I got you and Kikyou a cell phone. But you both are going to need jobs because I can't pay for all of it by myself."
Kagome wanted to growl, here she was bargaining for a cell phone and she had gotten a job and one for her sister. "Fine, I'm going to go look in the paper."
Her mom hummed some little tune as she started cooking again and Kagome grabbed the newspaper and went up the narrow stairs to her small room. Her sister was nowhere in sight; thank god.
She tossed the paper on her bed and jumped into the shower.
The hot shower relaxed her and had her ready for sleep after her tiring day. She walked into her room with her towel wrapped around her and started to look through her drawers for something to wear. After a minute of digging, a thought struck her.
She pulled on Inuyasha's clothes; after all who would know? And she could give them back later… but till then she had a right to wear them.
The clothes smelt of him and had her thinking of her night spent in his arms. If he had really only wanted sex, wouldn't he have acted then and taken advantage of her?
She sighed and flopped down on her bed; she picked up the newspaper and flipped to the classified ads. She pulled out a pen and marked out the first several jobs. She circled five out of the fifteen ads and threw the paper on the floor, she would call or visit the places later, and right now she just wanted to sleep…
"Hey hoe!" Kikyou said while flopping down on the foot of Kagome's bed. "I want to know what the fuck you think you are doing telling people that I unplugged your alarm this morning!"
Kagome growled and picked up her shoe that was next to the bed and threw it a Kikyou.
Kikyou squeaked as it hit her and jumped off the bed, she grabbed Kagome's feet and pulled her off the bed roughly.
Kagome yelped as she slid completely off the bed and her head hit the floor thud, "Damn you!" She growled as she rubbed the back of her head.
"Well, why'd you tell people that shit? You know people were asking me about it all day?" Kikyou growled, "And what the fuck are you wearing."
Kagome looked at her clothes, "You deserved to be bothered; you never told mom that I was staying at Sango's! And it's none of your business what I wear!"
Kikyou stuck her tongue out at her, "What, you're so depressed that you don't have a boyfriend that now you are going to be your own boyfriend?"
Kagome swung her foot over and kicked Kikyou in the leg, causing her to fall over, "For your fucking information, these are INUYASHA'S clothes and Kouga asked me out today at lunch! I have too damn many real guys to deal with to be making up fake ones."
Kikyou looked at her with her mouth open, where had her bitch of a sister gotten that sex god, Inuyasha's clothes? Was her silly virgin sister having an affair with the schools biggest rule breaker?
Kagome laughed at her sister's unbelieving expression; she was having fun with this, "Now get the hell out of my room!"
Kikyou got up and flipped Kagome off, "Whatever. I am going to go to my boyfriend's house."
Kagome grinned in triumph as her sister left her room. "Yessss!" she squealed as she did a little dance on her bed, it wasn't every day that she could make her sister comeback-less.
She flopped back on the bed and fell asleep with the grin still on her lips.
WITH INUYASHA:
As midnight rolled around Inuyasha cleaned up at the bar and walked the excruciating long way home.
Once there he pulled off his clothes and bandage and took a cold shower.
After that he put more Vaseline on his tattoo and then flopped down on his bed to think.
He had been moving all day, keeping his mind busy and off her. But now he was still and thoughts of her flooded over him. He pictured her long raven black hair framing her face as her features twisted in pleasure. He had seen that face before, when he had licked her nipples… he groaned as he thought of her doing the same to him and playing with his nipple rings in her mouth.
He stopped his train of thought so he wouldn't have to roll over and off his boner. Instead he just pictured the sweet innocent face she had made in her sleep, when her face was free of all stress lines and she was lost in peace. She had looked like an angel and had sounded like one when the first thing she had said as she woke up was his name.
He thought of how else he could make her say his name and immediately regretted it as he felt his groin stirring and growing hard. "Oh fuck" he mumbled into his pillow. He changed his thoughts to their fight. She had been right, he had had no right to judge her as he didn't know anything about her… and he had been as asshole.
He thought of Kagome talking to her friends at school about how pathetic he was, maybe they would laugh… He bit his lip as he thought of Kagome joining in on the cruel jokes and comments he had endured all his life. The first year after his parents had died had been the hardest; the pity of the other students almost harder to bare then the teasing that had come later.
His brother had been just as grief stricken as he was and had taken it out on him; he had forced Inuyasha to do all the cleaning and treated him like a servant. And anytime Inuyasha did anything wrong Sesshomaru would always blame him for their parents' death and hit him.
At about thirteen he had run away from their little house and he had gotten a job doing chores and running errands for the local gang. That's how he had met Kai, though they are about the same age Kai is a little older and had been the gang since he was about nine.
They had become quick friends; both having had a hard life and were now on their own.
Inuyasha had moved into a small one room apartment with Kai and had learned all about the crazy world of alcohol and drugs. He had tried everything and even tried his luck with selling some of it. He had been arrested for shoplifting and possession at the age of 15 and had been sent to a juvenile facility, where he had hardened even more.
When he turned 16 he was released and had learned to be sneakier. He still kept up most of the illegal activities but stopped dealing drugs. He hadn't been caught since then but had met up with his brother several times.
He would come just when Inuyasha was getting caught up and would take his money or his drugs… so he had grown to hate his brother; but being as he was his only living relative he refused to hurt or kill him.
It had been about three months since the last time Sesshomaru had been by, and he hadn't missed him.
His eyes closed his eyes and he fell asleep with his head full of conflicting emotions.
WITH KAGOME:
She woke up and looked at her alarm. There was a note on it in Kikyou's hand writing "Hey bitch, just thought that since people already think that I unplugged your alarm that I would try it. And I like it! –you adoring sister, Kikyou!
She screamed and looked at her watch on the table that she never wore, it was nine fifteen! She jumped into the shower then jerked on her school uniform and ran out the door.
Once at school she made up another excuse about an emergency that would never happen again and went into her class.
Sango raised an eyebrow as she walked in and she sent her a moody glare. Sango grinned, scribbled something down on a paper and tossed the note to Kagome.
Heeyyyy,
Did you go apologize to Inuyasha again and stay up all night making it up to him? I thought we agreed that that was a bad idea…but it is romantic! Talk to me!
Kagome sent her friend another glare.
I was not at Inuyasha's house, you dirty minded pervert! My so called "sister" thought it would be funny to make my little white lie from yesterday come true… She is such a bitch. NEway, she unplugged my alarm…and I was late again. And FYI I told you I wasn't speaking to Inuyasha and I'm not!
-and I'm still tired!
She tossed the note back to her friend and tried to pay attention until the lunch bell rang.
She walked out with Sango and remembered yesterdays lunch, "Hey Sango, I have a favor to ask you…"
Sango eyed her, "I refuse to stalk Inuyasha with you. Or hold him down while you fondle him."
Kagome blushed, "No, here, take my money and buy me my lunch, then bring it to me in the girl's bathroom."
Sango grinned, "You're going to eat lunch in the girl's bathroom? Why?"
Kagome sighed, "I don't want to deal with Kouga."
"So you're hiding from him? Why don't you just tell him you don't want to go out with him?" Sango asked while laughing and taking the money Kagome was shoving at her.
"IM NOT HIDING… I'm avoiding. And I can't- I mean, I don't want to hurt his feelings." Kagome sighed and walked into the girl's bathroom while hearing Sango talking to her over her shoulder.
"You make so much sense Kagome; hurting the feelings of the guy you do like but not those of the guy you don't like."
Kagome turned to retort but Sango was gone.
She waited a couple minutes and Sango came back with two trays.
"Sango you don't have to suffer with me just because I'm being stupid." Kagome said and sat in the center of the floor.
Sango laughed and wrote "Under construction" on a piece of paper and hung in on the door outside. "It's okay, that's what friends do; you know, to eat on unsanitary floors together when one of them is being silly. But just so you know, you owe me a floor sitting!"
Kagome grinned at her best friend and they shared their lunch on the bathroom floor.
WITH INUYASHA:
After waking up on and off all night Inuyasha got up at about 11 and walked over to Kai's. He didn't want to go to school, he didn't want to face her; knowing he probably owed her apology.
He hadn't apologized to anyone since he was about nine. So he damn sure was going to avoid it if at all possible.
So for now, he continued on to Kai's house and walked in without knocking.
Kai was stretched across the couch wearing a pair of boxers with a girl on his chest.
Inuyasha laughed, "Are you two bonding?"
Kai flipped him off without looking up from the TV but the girl did, and Inuyasha recognized her immediately.
"Well, Kikyou, shouldn't you be at school?" he asked while going to the kitchen and some chicken fingers out of the freezer.
Kikyou squeaked and jumped up off of Kai, "Inuyasha you asshole; don't you knock?"
Inuyasha laughed, "Kikyou you bitch; is he paying for the good time?"
Kai laughed and Kikyou growled.
"I assume you two know each other?" Kai asked while lighting and cigarette and standing up.
They both nodded and Kai laughed again, "Well I'm going to go piss; you guys can talk about homework or something…"
Kikyou watched as Kai got up and walked off. She had slept with him because he made her think of Inuyasha; though rougher and meaner then Inuyasha, he was still kick-ass. She had never dreamed that they were friends.
"So, Inuyasha, why have you been hanging out with my sister?" she asked, trying to keep the jealous tone out of her voice.
"I don't know, who's your sister?" he asked while devouring the now heated chicken fingers.
"Kagome Higurashi," she stated evenly.
Inuyasha choked on his chicken, "Kagome? Kagome is your sister?"
Kikyou nodded, "Yah, so why are you hanging out with her?"
Inuyasha grabbed a beer from the fridge and took a swig to give him a minute to think of a reply, when he was done he turned to her, "She is my tutor."
Kikyou's mouth swung open, she hadn't known that Inuyasha needed a tutor…otherwise she would have volunteered herself, "And why does that involve her wearing your clothes?"
Inuyasha took another casual swig of his beer, "When was she wearing my clothes?"
Kikyou growled, damn him for being so sexy and so vague, "She was wearing it today after school."
Inuyasha grinned to himself and shoved the last of his chicken fingers in his mouth; he felt like laughing, Kagome had worn his clothes since she had left his house! Surely she liked him, otherwise why would she wear his clothes when she didn't have to? "Well, she was tutoring me at my house. And I was drunk and spilled a beer on her shirt. So of course she freaked out and didn't want to go home smelling like beer, so I gave her some of my clothes to wear- which she will return later- and she wore them home."
Kikyou thought this through…
He grinned to himself; she looked like she was buying it.
"Would you ever fuck me?" She asked out of nowhere.
Inuyasha gave a casual shrug while he downed the rest of his beer, "Maybe if you weren't so willing and even then I would have to be really smashed."
Kikyou smiled and opened the fridge; she grinned and pulled out a bottle of Vodka, "Here, drink this."
Inuyasha's back was throbbing and he took the liquor willingly, let the slut try to seduce him, he didn't care; he knew she wouldn't succeed.
Kikyou watched as he finished his beer and threw away the bottle, then started on the bottle of Vodka.
Kai chose this time to enter the room, "How's your little tat Inuyasha?" he asked as he walked over and took the bottle Inuyasha was holding and took a drink from it.
Inuyasha shrugged, "You tell me…"
When he turned around Kai tugged up the back of his shirt and looked at the well-oiled tattoo that was still tinted red around the edges. "It's healing up nicely, you should be back to normal in a few days."
Kikyou casually leaned over Kai's shoulder and looked at the tattoo. It was gorgeous and deadly, just like the man wearing it. She wanted to touch it, to trace its edges with her fingers and her tongue.
Kai put down the shirt and leaned back, bumping into the girl behind him, "Jeez Kikyou, if you wanted to see the tattoo you could've just asked, there's no need to crawl over me."
Kikyou blushed and looked away.
Inuyasha took back Kai's Vodka, "Hey man, I'm leaving. I need some sleep, so I will talk to you later."
Kai nodded, "Okay, but bring me some Vodka next time you come to make up for that. You're going to eat me out of house and home."
Inuyasha nodded and started to walk out. In the background he heard Kikyou saying she was going to go too, then he heard her jog to catch up with him.
"Hey, do you care if I walk with you to your house?" she asked as she got even with him.
Inuyasha looked at her; if she would only stop talking and he drank enough… she could be a convincing replica of Kagome. He wished she was Kagome but for the moment was content with a copy. He shrugged and he saw a glimmer of hope twinkle behind her eyes.