What are you doing?

Kagome jumps and clasps her hands over her mouth to stop the scream from bursting out of her. She glowers and turns around slowly to glare at the intruder. "What are you doing?" she questions, wrinkling her nose at Satoru, who sucks on a lollipop as though he has no care in the world. He's dressed in a black hoodie and dark jeans. The darkness of his attire makes his white hair stand out even more.

"I was in the neighborhood."

"Really? I didn't know you lived around here." Come to think of it, she doesn't know where Satoru lives. He claims he has a home, but she's never seen it or heard him talk about his parents. Or any relatives, for that matter. Maybe it's one of those situations, like Mama is always telling her. Not everyone is blessed to have a happy home life like she and Sota. "You know, if you're ever in trouble, you can just stay with us. I'm really good at hiding things."

"That's unnecessary." He rolls his eyes and sinks to a squat next to her. "What are you doing?"

"Well," she starts, turning back around to peer through the bush, "... where did Sota go? Oh no!" She jumps to her feet and flails her arm, smacking Satoru upside his head in the process. "Crap! Sorryyyy! I lost Sota."

CrapCrapCrap!

Satoru grumbles and rubs his head, but Kagome can't focus on him right now. Where the heck did Sota go? He was right there and then he wasn't. Oh no! Mama is gonna be so upset when she learns she is only down to one kid.

Somehow, she knows Mama isn't gonna be consoled by the fact that only one child is alive and well. Noooo, Mama is gonna be so upset. Sota is like the baby, baby.

"We gotta find him. Can't you use those special eyes of yours to lock on his location? Like a map?"

"Lock on? That's not what my eyes do." Satoru blows out a breath and crunches down on his lollipop. Kagome cringes at the sound. That must have hurt his teeth. "What was he doing and why were you watching him?"

Kagome sucks in a deep breath and tries to calm her racing heart. Everything is going to be okay. She hasn't failed as an older sister. "I was overseeing his first errand. Mama didn't ask, but Sota is sooo forgetful, and what kind of sister would I be if I didn't look out for my little brother?"

At Satoru's dumbfounded expression, she lets out another huff of frustration. Seriously, it's like Satoru grew up sheltered. He should just move in with them and maybe he won't get into so much trouble.

"Have you never done an errand before?"

"That's what servants are for. Why would I do that?" He stands and stuffs his hands in his hoodie pocket while gnawing on the lollipop stick. "Shouldn't you be sending one to take care of all of this?"

"We don't have servants." Perhaps it is worse than she thought. Satoru has been led to believe that he has servants. Kagome frowns at his attire. He's dressed as if he doesn't truly care about his appearance. The clothes aren't bad. She doesn't recognize the brand as one of the local ones at the market, but still, just because the outside looks okay, doesn't mean the inside is fine.

At least that's what Gramps is always going on about. He said that Satoru is different from other kids, after all.

"At any rate. If you can't help me, then I have to cut this intrusion short. I have to find Sota!" She beats her chest with her fist and winces. Her yellow polka dot dress is actually quite thin and does nothing to soften the blow.

"Tell me you didn't seriously hurt yourself with those puny fists."

"No one asked you."

"Didn't have to. I have good eyes."

"Yeah, well, that's why you're like 10. So there." She sticks her tongue out and rushes past... or attempts to. "Let go of my arm."

"Or else what?" Satoru rolls his pretty blue eyes. Not that she'd ever tell him that. If he ever asks, she'll tell him that his eyes aren't all that. She's got pretty good eyes, too.

"Or else, I'll do this." She leans in and licks his nose. He staggers back, letting her arm go to rub his nose with the back of his sleeve. Kagome laughs as she runs away. Yeah, that outta teach him. "Now you have cooties!" She yells over her shoulder, giggling at his utter look of disgust.

Not only has Satoru never done his own errand before, but he's never been to a proper school either. He probably doesn't even know what cooties are. Serves him right for trying to hold her back when she is an older sister on a mission. Kagome heads over to the older woman with a broom in her hand.

"Excuse me, ma'am. Did you happen to see where my little brother went?" Kagome fiddles with her fingers as she waits for an answer. The older woman, with her curly white hair and dark brown eyes hidden behind thick glasses, stops sweeping and taps a finger to her chin.

"Ohhh, hmmm. I think I may have seen him go that way." The lady points to the left. Kagome bows and thanks her. One of these days, she will remember the older woman's name.

Kagome turns and runs right into Satoru. OW! What is he made out of? Stone? Kami, her nose hurts.

"You tried to leave me."

"Satoru, I couldn't leave you behind if I tried."

"What does that mean?" He leans forward until their noses touch. He may be a year younger than her, but he almost has her in height.

She hopes he stays shorter, so she has one thing over him.

"It means that you are a clingy cat and you are lucky that I'm partial to cats or I would have thrown some catnip on the sidewalk."

He narrows his eyes and huffs. "Whatever. I sense his energy coming from that way." He pulls back and jerks his thumb towards the direction the older woman pointed to.

"You just overheard what whatever-san said." Still, Kagome follows behind Satoru, who grumbles under his breath. He's always grumbling under his breath. She tugs on his hood. "Hey! Stop grumbling. I can't hear what you're saying about me."

"It's frustrating that you can just touch me."

"You're so weird. It's not like I actually have cooties. It's just a thing kids claim girls have."

"Bleh."

Kagome opens her mouth and then closes it. Mama always says if she doesn't have anything nice to say, then she should keep her mouth close and pray for their souls instead. But Mama never said what to do if she doesn't have anything nice to pray about. "Keep it up and I won't invite you to my birthday party."

"Your birthday is in April. It's August."

"Semantics. I like to plan ahead." He is not getting an invitation. "Fine. Then you can't come to my other party."

"That's fine. Your mom would invite me, anyway."

Dang. Mama would invite him. Kagome pouts and then perks up when she spies Sota at the stand. She grabs Satoru's hand and drags him to hide with her behind a tree.

"How have you survived all this time?"

"Shush. Keep your voice down. We can't let Sota see us," Kagome whispers, peering around the slim tree.

"All he has to do is look back and see us. This tree isn't nearly as big as you think it is."

Kagome whips her head around. "You're right. Your head is huge."

"Says the girl with five foreheads."

Kagome bites her tongue and slaps his arm. "Such a jerk. My forehead isn't that big." She places a hand to her forehead and turns back to Sota, who is bowing at some man before taking his bag of goods. "Yes! His first errand seems to be on the right track."

"Thank Kami for that."

"Are you being sarcastic? No one invited you." Kagome sniffs. Vanilla. "Are you wearing the cologne Mama got you?"

"No." He turns his head away, cheeks tinged pink. Oho, is wittle Satoru embarrassed? Kagome grins and starts to tease him, but someone clearing their throat stops her.

Oh no.

"Sister, what are you doing here?" Sota asks, holding the bag close to his chest.

"Uhhhh, not following you." She laughs and elbows Satoru to be quiet. OW! One of these days, she is going to learn that Satoru is made out of brick. He is not like the other guys she knows.

"Oh... are you and Toru playing?"

"I don't—"

"Yes! We're playing! It's just a total coincidence that we ended up here while you're running your first errand." She chuckles, but it sounds like a duck quacking for help.

"You're saying it," Satoru whispers in her ear. Kagome ignores him and keeps smiling at Sota in the hopes he won't get suspicious.

"You guys stay here." Sota nods to himself. His cat shirt is a bit too big for him, but it's cute none the less. Everything is cute on her little brother. He's the cutest. "Don't follow!" he commands, breaking off into a smile before walking back in the direction of the shrine.

"Did you see that?" Kagome asks after a moment. "He ran an errand all by himself!"

"So amazing," Satoru deadpans.

"Okay. You aren't coming to my next party."

"That's fine. You can come to mine."

Kagome throws her hands up and lets out something between a growl and a shriek. Satoru is the most infuriating kid she has ever met.

A/N: Turns out writing kid Kagome and Gojo is a little harder than I thought, but we're getting there lol. Sorry, this came out way later than I was wanting. Somehow forgot my grandma was going on a cruise and I needed to take care of her pets. Next update will be How To Tame. I do have part of Wish I could drafted and it's looking like that chapter may be smut, idk, we'll see. As always, stay safe and healthy. Winter blues is a real thing, so make sure to do little things that refill your well!
P.s. Usher and Jung Kook totally did a Gojo shout-out (thanks for telling me to watch the video)