Catalyst

by Fyuu

She was a catalyst for change, created for the sole purpose of bringing it about. And seeing that young boy and knowing what fate had dictated as his path, her heart could not help but bleat for he who saw things so clearly in black and white. And so she chooses to be a catalyst one last time… perhaps changing her own fate in the process. Kagome/Shinobu Sensui Drabble Story.

27. Chapter 27

Twilight found the two fifteen year olds hunched over text books spewed haphazardly across the floor, as Shinobu attempted to explain the Pythagorean Theorem to the raven haired girl who could only groan in frustration as her hands took fist fulls of hair and pulled. "I don't think I'll ever understand geometry Shinobu." Kagome groaned flinging herself back onto one of the cushions they had thrown on the floor for comfort.

Leaning over her he couldn't help but chuckle as she blew a raspberry at him. "Yes well perhaps if you weren't suffering from mad cow disease this week and cat scratch fever last week you'd be able to attend school."

She slapped her hand too her face once again groaning. "Can humans even get mad cow disease?"

"Only if you've been eating cow brains or spinal cord, and even then only a variant of it."

She parted her fingers to stare up at him. "Why do you even know that?"

His grin widened as he made to answer only to stop when Nodoka Higurashi understanding and supportive matriarch of the Higurashi house hold called for dinner. Shinobu stood helping Kagome to stand and began gathering his things. "I'll see you when you return then?"

"Are you not staying for dinner then Shinobu?" Nodoka asked a surprised note in her voice.

"I- I did not know I would be welcome."He replied hesitantly, taken aback by Nodoka's suddenly stern look.

"Shinobu you are always welcome here, no matter the circumstances, regardless of whether or not Kagome is here." She didn't move into the dining room until he had given her a consenting nod.

"Mama's right Shinobu, if ever you need anything we'll be here for you." He turned his head to look down at her blinking, only to be greeted with her beaming smile before she took his hand dragging him into the dining room.

He had never known a more pleasant meal as the Higurashi family plowed over any insecurities he may have had to welcome him into their family with overwhelming warmth that he found lacking in his own family.

This is what family should be like.

This is how it should feel.

No judgment.

Only… acceptance.