-Hikaru-

It's been about a month since Kagome came back and the difference in how she acted was astounding. Where she used to be closed off and afraid to be alone with any guy other than Honey she now didn't mind at all. She was friendlier than before, almost...bubbly. I didn't like it. I wasn't sure if that was how she was before the incident or what, but no one should be that happy afterwards. I'm glad she dealt with everything, but I still feel like she was hiding how she truly felt so as not to worry Honey, Shippo, and us.

"Hikaru!"

I looked up from the leaf I'd been watching float around in the fountain to see Kagome running my way. She had Shippo on her shoulder and Kilala running along right beside her.

"Hey Kagome, what's up?"

I asked as she finally reached me.

"Nothing really, Kaoru just asked me if I knew where you were and since I didn't he asked if I'd go look for you. I'm glad I found you though."

She said breathlessly and I looked up at her curiously. Why would she be glad to have found me?

"Are you doing anything after school today?"

She asked and I looked at her in shock, a little taken back by her question.

"No...why?"

I asked as she finally got her breathing under control and sat down on the rim of the fountain beside me. I tried not to blush at how close she was. I realized how I felt about her when Honey told us she'd gone back to face Inuyasha and them. I was so worried that she'd get hurt worse than before that I couldn't focus in school, would barely eat, and couldn't sleep. She wasn't gone all that long, but it felt like an eternity for me.

"Because a new movie came out that I've been dying to see, but I don't want to see it by myself."

She said and I felt my heart skip a beat.

She wants to go to the movies with me? No, she probably just couldn't find anyone else who's free.

I thought, bringing myself back down before I got my hopes too high.

"Why didn't you ask Honey or someone else?"

I asked looking away from her and back to the leaf in the fountain.

"Because...I didn't want to go with them."

She said softly and I froze, my eyes still on the leaf slowly swirling around ontop of the water.

"How come?"

I asked, glad my voice didn't betray my feelings. I finally turned to look at her to see her blushing slightly and looking down at her fingers. I noticed Kilala and Shippo had run off somewhere and it was only me and Kagome by the fountain.

"I...I feel most comfortable around you and Honey, but I didn't want to go with Honey."

She said and finally looked up and looked me in the eyes. I could see a lot of emotions in her blue eyes, but mainly I saw sincerity and I stopped trying to keep my guard up.

"I'm free, what time do you want to go?"

I asked and she blinked in surprise for a second before smiling widely at me.

"Is four o'clock okay with you? You can meet me at the park and we can get something to eat first then go see the movie!"

She said excitedly and I couldn't help but smile at her. She wasn't acting bubbly this time, she was acting normal for her. There were moments I noticed when we were with the others that she would act overly happy or excited about something and I hated it, but whenever she was by herself, with Kilala and Shippo, or with me or Honey she'd calm down some and would act normal. I loved when she acted like that, it let me see what she was really like.

"Four o'clock's fine."

I said and saw her smile widen before she suddenly threw herself at me and wrapped her arms around my shoulders, giving me a hug. I froze, too shocked by her action to respond and she pulled back before I could recover.

"Thank you!"

She said as she got to her feet and ran off towards the school. I stared after her with slightly wide eyes before smiling to myself and looking back down at the leaf. I noticed it had stopped spinning so much and was now simply resting ontop of the water. I guess Kagome was like the leaf in some small way. Spinning and moving with the events in her life that caused so much trouble, but eventually settling as her life calmed down.

A/N: I know, short, but I got an idea and went with it. Review, you know you want to!