"Sorry," Kagome explained when he'd hung up the phone, "it's just Saturday is St. Patrick's day. There's going to be a lot of drunk people around the area this week and I'm not a big fan of that. And Ayame always gets smashed that day- at least that's what Sango told me."

He paused regarding her. It wouldn't do if his girlfriend felt unsafe at her workplace.

"Would you like to have dinner at my place this week?" Kagome blinked up at him- usually they never did things like this on weeknights. But he was helping her and so she smiled and gave him a nod.

"Could I maybe spend the weekend at your place too?" Recalling the words about her roommate he nodded. Maybe he could persuade his parents to look over Rin Saturday night.