Chapter 2

"Kagome?"

"Hmm?"

"What are you thinking about girl? You haven't been paying attention to anything this past week."

Kagome looked at her best female friend and roommate with unfocused eyes for a moment before the haze that had fallen over them dissolved. She gave her friend a small apologetic smile as she thought about the last couple of days after the night she spent with Sesshomaru.

She had thought things would have gone back to normal if not a bit different with them, but she had found out from his half-brother, Inuyasha, two days after that he had gone to the States to finish his studies there and that his plane had left the same morning she had woken up from her night of passion with him without even knowing a thing.

After continuous emails and texts ignored she had given up on contacting him for anything. He was too focused on his studies to have any contact with anyone in Japan -even his family.

So after nights of silent sorrow she had quietly distanced herself from everyone that knew her on a personal base. Her usual optimistic attitude was slowly disappearing from the atmosphere.

She looked over the table she was sitting at with her friends and studied the group from under her bangs. Inuyasha was gracefully eating a piece of his steak, a surprise coming as he always ate as if he had no manners or grace, as he was also studying her with rapt attention.

She quickly looked away from him and continued on studying her friends, Miroku was sitting beside Inuyasha eating his sushi quietly while also studying her with a calm that came with all trained monks, she moved her attention to Sango who was not eating and looking at her with a concerned expression showing in her face.

Giving a small smile she took a sip of her vanilla milkshake before calming her friends worry, "I just have a lot on my mind at the moment Sango, that's all."

Sango wanted to believe her, she really did, but she had known Kagome long enough to know that she would hide her pain from others so as not worry them with her problems. Shooting a critical look at her friend she made a gesture that they would talk later in the privacy of their dorm room. Kagome gave an almost unnoticeable nod before taking a bite out of the food set in front of her and went back to her thought, not once noticing the knowing glances passed along her friends.

The group of friends walked out the restaurant into the warm autumn night and together walked back toward the college campus. Kagome looked up at the sky and noticed that the moon was at its full glory, too bad that not every one appreciated it for its natural beauty.

She looked at the city that has been her home for as long as she could remember; nothing had changed besides the adding of more buildings being built-in the years. Sighing Kagome pushed back a few locks of her hair that was blown forward in the breeze behind her ear.

'Maybe after I finish my courses I will move to a slightly more quiet place, than here in Tokyo,' Kagome thought as she tuned out the loud noise that even at night Tokyo had at full capacity.

"Hey, Kagome"

"Yeah?"

"You comin' to Bank's party this Saturday?" Inuyasha asked as he looked at Kagome from the corner of his eyes as he stuffed his hands inside his pockets. Kagome watched as the autumn wind flirted with his hair as it threaded its sly fingers through the silver-white hair of her victim.

Kagome shook her head in the negative as she continued to look forward with a small smile on her lips as she thought about her cousin and the wild parties he threw, she would love to go but she had a promise to keep and she was known not to break any promises even if death came to claim her.

"I can't, I promised Souta to go to his soccer game that night."

She watched as Inuyasha gave an irritated sigh and turned to face her for a moment before continuing walking besides her.

"How's the brat anyway?" Inuyasha asked

"The same nice annoying younger brother he has always been," Kagome replied as she continued staring ahead of her, not once making eye contact with any of her friends. "Maybe Bankotsu could lay the partying aside for the night and take him off my case for a while."

"That would be the day hell froze over. He won't give up his ways for anyone; I wonder at times how he's even passing his classes," Sango stated with a roll of her eyes as she joined the conversation between them.

"Aa, my fair Sango only he would know the answer to that," Miroku said as his hand sneakily made their way to Sango's round bottom. With a nice squeeze he received an annoyed growl and a sharp slap on the face for his wandering hands.

"Hentai"

Kagome gave a small chuckle at the never-ending routine between her friends; she had to give Miroku credit thou. If she was in Miroku's shoes she would have given up after this long of gaining anyone's attention.

The rest of the walk to the campus was spent in pleasant conversation.

Originally posted September 15, 2013

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