Second thoughts; there would be no cold feet today, Kagome chanted to herself as she drove to her wedding. There was no white dress, nothing barrowed and nothing blue, only two witnesses and a dusty church. It wasn't what Kagome had wanted as a child, and she was sure as hell it wasn't what she wanted now, but her life hadn't exactly worked out the way she'd expected it to.
"Umm, Kagome?" Sango, her best friend and the new wife of her cousin Miroku, broke the silence in the car.
"Yes?" Kagome ground out, clenching her teeth together and speeding down the highway. The tiny church that Sesshomaru had scheduled their little make-shift wedding in was out in the middle of nowhere, and Kagome wasn't pleased with her estimated time of arrival.
"I think we need to address this elephant in the room. Do you really think marrying him is the best option?"
Kagome knew Sango was trying to help. After Kagome had introduced Miroku and Sango at her birthday party last year, they had quickly fallen in love with each other. They couldn't get enough of being together, which was sweet to watch, but Kagome had begun to resent it. They acted like marrying for love was the only reason to get married. Sure, she could admit that it was certainly the prevailing idea these days, but Kagome needed to do this. She would marry for money.
"Look, Sango, I've already told you I have to do this. I need the money for Rin's treatment." She met her friend's mournful gaze before refocusing her attention back on the road.
"And I understand that. But I think you shouldn't have agreed to stay married to him. You have your own life to live." Sango sighed and bit her lip. Frankly, she worried for Kagome. Sango knew that if Kagome married Sesshomaru now, she would be miserable and depressed for the rest of her life the second Rin left the house.
"I said what I needed to say in order for him to marry me. And I'm going to follow through with it. I really don't want to talk about it." Sango sighed once more and returned to texting her husband updates about his cousin's wedding. Miroku had fallen sick at the last moment before Kagome's wedding date, and could not attend, which was probably for the best. Kagome couldn't deal with three people who objected to her marriage.
Hi, Gracie here! This is the second chapter to A Deal with the Devil, and I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for the reviews and favorites, it's new and exciting to me and I like it a lot. See you soon!
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