InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Beach House ❯ Idle Chatter ( Chapter 12 )

The Beach House
Chapter Twelve: Idle Chatter
By: OhJoy

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Kagome twirled a lock of her long ebony hair as she stared at her second draft. She sat under a tree on campus with her PowerBook cradled in her lap displaying her latest writing blunder. "This thing is a monster," she sighed. It rattled her brain. "How could there be so many blatant spelling and grammatical errors? Oh, sure, spell-check ensured the words were spelled properly, but it didn't check for homonyms!"

Frustration more than anything else ate at her. It wasn't so much the writer's block and inability to weave a creative essay on mythological beasts for her English Lit class. It was her frustration for a certain roommate: InuYasha. He left on a "business trip" the morning after their first date. That was four days ago. "Four days! And he hasn't even tried to call me!" She had overheard Miroku yesterday afternoon on his cell phone. She knew it was InuYasha and he made no attempt to talk to her.

Her instant messenger flashed and beeped her out of her misery. She sat up and clicked to see who it was.

BrightEyes: Yo, K-Girl.

K-Girl: Hi :)

BrightEyes: Are you still at school?

K-Girl: yep, yep… struggling with writer's block… you?

BrightEyes: @ home… `Roku just got a call from Yash

K-Girl: that's nice

BrightEyes: has he called you?

K_Girl: that would be a deafening NO

BrightEyes: what's his deal?

K-Girl: no clue

BrightEyes: why don't you call him?

K-Girl: cuz he's the guy

BrightEyes: lol… and a fine one at that

K-Girl: ERI!

BrightEyes: yes? *innocent look*

K-Girl: BACK OFF MY MAN!

BrightEyes: how can he be your man if he doesn't call when he's out of town?

K-Girl: <sigh> don't remind me, k?

HotStuff: hey girls

BrightEyes: hey yourself

K-Girl: hi

HotStuff: so Yash hasn't call you? yet he calls the monk?

K-Girl: sure looks that way

BrightEyes: I wonder if he's with that Kikyo chick

HotStuff: eeeewwww

** K-Girl has signed off **

BrightEyes: ooops

HotStuff: I'll handle clean up

BrightEyes: I didn't mean to upset her

HotStuff: no worries, I've got her on her cell… later

BrightEyes: thanks - bye

Unbeknownst to any of the girls, InuYasha read the whole exchange on his PowerBook as he conversed idly with Miroku. He ran a hand through his heavy bangs and hung his head on a hand as he listened to his friend's confessions of love for Sango.

"Yash, she is the most amazing woman I have ever known," Miroku gushed. His love for their tall roommate clearly evident in his voice. He retold the tale once again of his seduction.

"Hey, `Roku," InuYasha managed to get a word in when the monk paused for a breath. "How's Kagome?"

"Mmm… well, I would venture to say that you are quite remiss for not calling her," Miroku said as gently as he could muster. After all, he was not one to lecture his friends.

"I didn't ask you what you thought of me. I asked how Kagome is," InuYasha retorted.

"She is distracted and irritable. Actually, most of the girls are… now that I think of it," the philosophy student pondered aloud.

"Why are the others annoyed?" InuYasha's brows furrowed.

"I must assume that was a rhetorical question." He responded to his friend's snort with, "Really, InuYasha, surely you know the answer to that."

"It's not like she's my girlfriend or anything. We only went out to dinner for Kami's sake!" InuYasha's temper flared. He didn't like the pressure he was feeling, especially from his best friend. He still hadn't even sorted out his feelings for Kagome and wasn't about to let himself get hurt again.

"And you leave town without a word to her. Why is it so hard to call her? You've called me nearly everyday. It'll take just a minute to call her."

"Keh."

"All right," Miroku backed off, "when will you return?"

"A few more days. Two at least," came the short response from InuYasha.

"When is the banquet?"

"Tomorrow night."

"You still plan on escorting Kikyo?" An irritated growl hit his ear. "Ah, Yash, I will take that as a yes."

"You tell Kagome and you won't live long enough to regret it," InuYasha said in a menacing tone.

…Meanwhile, on another cell phone conversation…

"I'm sure Yash has a good reason why he hasn't called," Ayame soothed. Although she really couldn't think of one to defend their roommate.

Kagome sighed heavily and leaned her head against the tree trunk. "It doesn't matter. What he's not saying speaks volumes."

"I just don't get him," Ayame opted for neutral remarks instead of taking Kagome's last sentence as an invitation for over-analysis into the male psyche.

"I thought we had a good time at dinner. I thought he liked me. I thought it meant something to him. That I meant something. I guess I was just his flavor of the week." Kagome began to bang her head against the tree.

Ayame heard a faint thudding sound. "K-Girl, what's that sound?"

"Huh? Oh, nothing, just me being lame," Kagome relented on her self-punishment.

"Look, Kagome," Ayame said. "I'll give you back your advice: `He will be with the woman he loves, no matter what you do or don't do.' So you might as well relax."

"Yeah…"

"And another thing…" Ayame began and hesitated.

"Huh?" Kagome's interest slightly piqued.

"Don't put all your eggs in one basket. Live life and enjoy what's out there." Ayame cringed inwardly at the trite expressions spewing from her mouth.

"Gods! You're starting to sound like my mom!" Kagome laughed.

Ayame felt a little relieved at the sound of Kagome's musical laugh. "Good, she's not taking it so seriously. But I will definitely give Yash a piece of my mind when I see him."