InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Love for 3 ❯ Just a good friend ( Chapter 4 )

“And you just said `no'?!” Sango nearly yelled, I rolled my eyes.

“Well what could I do? It's not like I'm going out with someone while my child is developing inside me!” I said in my defense, Sango simply laughed.

Weekend had finally arrived and I couldn't be happier, although Inuyasha wasn't mad at me for rejecting his date offer I did feel bad about it. Every time I saw him I couldn't help to wonder what would have happened if I went out with him, I sort of liked him… he seemed nice and after everything that he has done for me. What I liked the most about him is that he somehow made me laugh; it was enough for me that he made me smile. Inuyasha had a weird effect on me ever since he asked me out, whenever I saw him I was eager to hear him talk or to find him staring at me. It didn't happen frequently but when it did my stomach flipped in excitement and my hands would sweat. I invited Sango and told her my story and she was just thrilled that I had somehow forgotten about Kouga.

“Kagome, could you stop acting like a victim? No one forced you to fuck Kouga and get pregnant… if you're already in such a big trouble, just accept it and move on.” Sango suggested, I sighed… she may be right about it, I was still in a state of denial.

“I don't think I'm a victim in this situation… I just think it would be weird to date him, my belly will get bigger and I don't want to deal with any explanations.” Sango nodded comprehensively.

“So… how is the morning sickness?” I stuck out my tongue disgusted remembering how hungry I always felt but how sick it made me feel to eat.

“Don't even start with it… although today hasn't bothered me, tomorrow I'll miss a few hours at school. Mom's taking me to the doctor.” Sango arched her brow at me a bit concerned.

“Is something wrong?” I smiled and shook my head. “Then why is she taking you there?”

“Because she wants to be sure the baby is healthy so I'm going to the hospital every two or three weeks, I'm just trying to make her happy… she's ecstatic about being a grandmother.”

Ecstatic was really the only word that could match my mother's happiness, I hadn't seen her smile that way since she was with my father. I'm happy that she's so delighted about this; since my father left us I have barely seen her eyes shine like they did now. My mother didn't bother about our lack of money, she bought everything she could and even knitted some stuff. I had more than necessary stuff for the first three years of my child and since we still didn't know the sex, she bought everything in yellow… she called it a `unisex' color, although I've always seen it as a very girly color but to each their own I guess. I decided that I wanted to keep him or her as a surprise, my mother was a bit angry at first but agreed and Kikyo somehow seemed to be eager to find out if my child would be a girl or a boy. I was glad Kikyo was getting warmed up to the idea of becoming an aunt, she didn't mention it but I knew she liked it.

“I have to tell you something,” Sango said as she got up from my bed. “I'm… sort of seeing someone, I didn't want to tell you `cause I didn't want to take away the spotlight.”

“Spotlight? Sango, I would be more than happy if our discussion about my pregnancy didn't come up as often as it does…” My best friend giggled and nodded, I smiled at the change of subject. “So… who is it?”

“Well, I know this may sound stupid but remember that I told you that I liked this guy who worked at the cell phone company store?” I nodded.

I could never forget the only man Sango had called `gorgeous'. My friend wasn't exactly a girl ruled by her hormones, she saw a guy and was hardly impressed by someone but when she saw him… well, she was half drooling. Sango forced me to go inside and ask for a cell phone offer I wasn't going to buy. She giggled and blushed like a little girl, I wasn't impressed by him but I guess it was all due to my Kouga-blindness. He did seem kind of hot after all, he had dark hair and a few piercings in his left ear, his look screamed `bad boy' everywhere and his attractive magenta eyes where calling every girl in the room. Somehow, none of his coworkers seemed to be like Sango… under a complete trance.

“Yeah… that's him,” Sango blushed. “Well, his name is Miroku and I've been going out with him for a few weeks now. He's so nice Kagome, you should see him… he's nothing like the jerks at our school.”

“So how old is he?” Age doesn't matter to me but… it kind of does, I couldn't date a man of 70 years old only because I like him but if he's a few years older I guess it doesn't matter.

“He's a year older than us, he's just taking a year off before college and he's working at the time… but there's something odd about him, whenever I want to kiss him… he just gets away and gives me a lame excuse. Do you think he's a closeted guy?” Sango asked, there was fear in her voice and I immediately laughed.

“Of course not! What if he's just waiting for the right time? He may like you as much as you like him and he wants everything to be perfect.” I didn't want her to have doubts about him being gay, he probably was but I didn't want to ruin her fantasy!

“Yeah… that could be true, I've never felt this way before Kagome… it's scary. I… I want to be by his side always and whenever I'm with him I can't talk properly and if you could feel the way my heart beats, it rings in my ears because it's so loud. I think I'm in love.” Sango admitted as her cheeks became of a red color. “Anyway, I have a date with him next week and I asked him if he wanted to meet my friend, he was cool with it and…”

“You want me to come?” I asked and she shook her head.

“Of course not, I was hoping Kikyo would come with me instead.” I rolled my eyes. “Please Kag, just this one… I really, really like him and your opinion means a lot to me. You know that… please, just this once.”

“I'll make an appearance.” Sango squealed excited as she hugged me grateful, anything for my only best friend.

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“Romanticism is all about the author's intentions; it's basically used to reflect his or her opinion about the world or society. Take Wilde for example, a brilliant writer who only wrote one novel and yet it's filled with his thoughts about the arrogant people back in the 19th century.” My teacher explained, I nodded. Of course he was right; I saw from the corner of my eye how Inuyasha raised his hand. “Yes?”

“You're forgetting that it wasn't all about their opinions, feelings were a big part of Wilde's writings. He practically came out with his only book; I believe it was the same one that destroyed him.” I looked at him completely amazed; did he really read `The picture of Dorian Gray'?

“Correct, well… as I was saying romanticism…” My professor's words were lost in my head as I intensively looked at Inuyasha; I was surprised and very much impressed by his knowledge.

“What?” He asked with a soft smile curving his lips.

“Nothing, I just… well, I don't know anyone of my age who likes to read.” I blurted out; I could feel my cheeks slowly burning up.

“I'm glad I'm the first one,” He smiled at me; his beautiful smile was contagious so I smiled back. “Hey, by any chance do you…”

The bell interrupted him and I had this huge urge of going to the bathroom so his question would have to wait. I half ran to the bathroom, I satiated my needs and went over to wash my hands. I looked at my reflection; I was only wearing baggy things at the moments. My sweatshirt was big enough to cover my stomach and my jeans were very loosely sustained by my hips. I made sure no one was inside the bathroom before I lifted up my hood and stared at my stomach, it was growing faster than I imagined. I had a small bump on near my hips and it seemed to get bigger by the days, I half smiled as I felt a small pat coming from inside it. I quickly covered my body again as I heard the door opening and practically ran out of the room.

“Hi Kagome,” Hojo greeted me with a soft smile, I smiled back.

“Hey, what's up?” His smile vanished slowly as he approached me and whispered lowly.

“I think that weird guy likes you, you should keep your distance.” Hojo said as he looked around.

“Weird guy?” I echoed, I had no idea of who he was talking about but he pulled away from me and cleared his throat.

“Yeah, so about math homework Kag the only thing…” he said as I turned my head to find Inuyasha walking by us, he rolled his eyes and let a smirk show up as he passed us.

“See? He's checking you out like you're some sort of piece of meat… be very careful Kags.” I nodded; it was typical of Hojo to get jealous in such a childish way.

“I'll try,” I said as I hid my smile, he smiled widely… Hojo seemed relieved and walked away.

I went outside to eat something, I carried a sandwich my mother had made for me and I was going to eat it outside as I sat on the grass. I found Inuyasha there, listening to his ipod as he ate an apple. I don't know why but somehow my baby seemed hungry so it was desperately shaking for some food. I sat next to him and pulled out my food, he half smiled and turned off his music.

“Aren't you afraid?” He asked, he was whispering. I arched my brow and looked at him confused.

“Afraid of what?” I asked, he seemed very serious… Inuyasha gestured me with his finger to move closer to him and I unconsciously did, he first took a look around and continued.

“Boo!” he yelled and I let out a shriek out of reflex, he laughed and I rolled my eyes. “Afraid that your boyfriend might find out you're hanging out with me.”

“My boyfriend?” I asked and then I remembered Hojo, I giggled and had a bite of my sandwich… once I swallowed it I answered. “He's not my boyfriend; at least not anymore… he's just a friend.”

“You went out with that bozo?” Inuyasha asked surprised before chuckling. “Amazing, I thought you were more intelligent than that…”

“And what makes you think that he wasn't a smart decision?” I asked a bit offended, Hojo was nice and cute so why the hell wouldn't I date him?

“Well, first of all… you are way too beautiful for him,” Inuyasha said as his eyes wandered our surroundings, I blushed and smiled before he turned his eyes on me. “And he's too much of a wimp like to date someone, he was lucky to have you and yet he let you go.”

“He didn't dump me,” I said as I ate some more. “I left him, too boring.”

“That's exactly my point.” Inuyasha replied as he grabbed a stick and threw it away, I smiled and finished my food. I noticed his ipod was still on and I snatched it from him.

“What are you listening?” I asked and he shook his head as he tried to pull away his headphones.

“Nothing, really… you won't like it.” Inuyasha said and I plug it in my ear anyway, I heard a familiar tune. “It's jazz… you might find it strange.”

I shook my head, I didn't find it strange at all but it somehow… it reminded me of…

“Kouga,” my mouth let out unconsciously and Inuyasha looked at me confused, I shook my head and smiled.

“Nothing, I have to go… I'll see you later okay?” he nodded unsure and walked away as I ran out of school.

I would give my mother any excuse I would think about just to stay at home for the rest of the day, even though Inuyasha was a great guy… my heart was still pounding hard for Kouga. I haven't spoken to him in days and the t-shirt he had given me had already lost his scent. His voice now was a vague whisper in my ears and I could barely remember the way his laugh sounded. I thought about Kouga and everything seemed to go down for me, I wasn't able to love someone else than him. Inuyasha, he did represent something inside me but… I could only think about him as a friend, that's about it. I entered my house and found my sister at the study… her study room, printing out something.

“You're home early.” She stated and I nodded.

“I can't explain, I have to throw up.” I quickly said and heard her sigh; I ran upstairs and threw myself on my bed before grabbing my phone. I waited for him to answer, it was only an hour earlier than Japan and he must be having lunch.

“Kagome,” he said with such sweetness in his voice that I almost melted.

“I was thinking about you today, I couldn't help to smile… and it reminded me how much I miss you.” I said truthfully, I could imagine him smirking at me as he let out a few chuckles.

“It's been almost three months, I haven't heard about you in a while… how are things at home?” I sighed, the last thing I wanted to talk about but the only person who was able to make me open up about it.

“Good I guess, I haven't seen him in a few months now and I'm starting to think that my mother finally ended that relationship… Kikyo's a pain, like always and my mother is being a dear with my current situa…” Woa, too much information!

“Your situation? Is something wrong?” he asked, genuinely concerned. I shook my head, although he wasn't able to see me but I had to think about something fast because… “Kagome, are you hiding something from me?”

“No, nothing…” he always knew when I was lying so I knew I would have to make up something better. “I was just beginning to get worried with my grades; I've been a bit lazy with my homework.”

“Ha, you know sweetheart, you should really try hard this year… I might get my dad to let me get back for college.” I heart skipped a beat but it was in bliss anyway.

“You're kidding!” I half yelled, I quickly went to shut the door in case my sister came in.

“Thankfully I'm not; I told him how hard it was for me to be away from everything… from you especially.” I covered my mouth to stop myself from screaming, I heard him laugh. “That's okay; you can do your squealing thingy.”

“I can't, Kikyo's downstairs.” I laughed with him and heard someone yell at him, I didn't understand what he was saying but clearly he was answering.

“I have to go Kags, time for another round of torture… I'll call you next time okay? I think your phone bill is getting very big.” I giggled. “Bye,”

“I love you.” I blurted before hanging up and when I was about to place my phone on the table I saw Kikyo at the door.

“I'm not downstairs anymore, why aren't you at school?” She asked somehow mad, I sighed.

“I wasn't feeling okay and I had to let Kouga know about my baby, he knows about it.” I lied, it was better than to let her know the truth. Kikyo nodded.

“Alright, do me a favor… I'm going to give some math tutoring classes so I need you to put these around school, just a few. Can you do that?” She handed me a few flyers and I sighed.

“I'm not stupid,” I mumbled, Kikyo shot me a look and grunted annoyed.

 

 

A/N: hey sorry for the late update, I'll update faster during my winter break… review please!!! =)