InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Street Musician ❯ Questions... ( Chapter 11 )

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Chapter 11: Questions...

 

 

Miroku awoke as a moan rang through his ears and a leg shifted on his lap.  He opened his eyes to see Sango sit up, and rub her eyes.  Miroku sat up and eyed the room; the DVD player was circled on the menu page, and repeatedly played the same music.  He looked to where he last saw Inuyasha and Kagome; they left at some point after he'd nodded off.  He caught on after a second and smirked as a soft chuckle escaped his lips.

 

"What?" Sango asked groggily as she turned her gaze to him.

 

"We're missing a couple people." He replied pointing to the floor.  Sango processed what he was talking about.  She looked back at him and saw the smirk on his face.  "No..."

 

"Well, I wouldn't doubt it.  They have gotten further than we have.  It makes sense." Miroku shrugged.

 

"But...I thought they were feeling uneasy about it.  Least that's what Kagome said earlier today when we met at the bench."

 

"Well, maybe they could be just talking privately..." Their heads shot to the wall beyond the TV as some noise was heard beyond the wall.  "Um...yeah.  Maybe we should leave?" Miroku added sheepishly.

 

Sango continued to eye the wall, expecting to hear more, when she heard something from Kagome.  Her gaze went from curiosity to worry over the situation.  Kagome hadn't mentioned whether they used protection.  She hoped Kagome would keep a straight head about the situation. 

Miroku grabbed the remote and shut off the player, bringing the room to silence, as well as allowing more sounds to bleed through the walls.

 

The first thing Miroku did was stand from his seat.  Sango followed him as he stepped into the hallway.  The sounds were more evident beside the door.  There was no question of what was going on in the room behind it.  Sango's cheeks went red as Miroku shook his head.  He turned his gaze to the girl beside him and saw her eyes gain a look of frustration.  He grabbed her chin and gestured with his eyes to go back to the living room.

 

Once they left the confines of the sound filled hallway, Miroku walked back to the cabinet beside the TV and pulled out one of the trays of DVD's.  Sango looked at her watch to see it was nearly 10 pm.  Miroku pulled out another movie, set it in the DVD player and set it to play.

 

"Miroku, what are you doing?" Sango asked as he watched the movie start up.

 

"Background noise."

 

"For what?"

 

Miroku then turned to face her as he replied with, "For Inuyasha and Kagome."

 

It took Sango a moment to catch on as Miroku stepped towards her and offered his hand to help her up from the couch.  They slipped on their shoes by the front door and left quietly, hoping that nothing would happen to their friends in the case of having sex just across the hall from his mother.

 

Once they made it out of the apartment building, Sango and Miroku walked silently beside each other.  Miroku with his hands in his pockets, and Sango with her arms crossed over her chest.  Neither one of them expected something like that to happen.  What they had figured was that they would watch the movies and then talk before leaving with Kagome.

 

They had no idea just how serious their relationship had truly gotten.  As far as Miroku was concerned, he never expected Inuyasha to get that far before him.  Sure, he had always wanted to bed Sango, but he was afraid of being too eager with Sango, seeing as she's much more sensitive than Kagome has been for as long as he'd known her.  He felt that he needed to be careful around Sango.  She helped him to know how to woo her in the beginning.  She was more of a physical person rather than a conversationalist, but if you touched her wrong, she became closed off and defensive.  Basically a contradiction.

 

Sango thought about how her friend surprised her with her choices with Inuyasha.  Sure, Sango can see why Kagome would trust Inuyasha to go that far with her heart, but Miroku, to her, was another story all together.  She was worried about Kagome and the consequences of not being careful, but she worried more about being left alone suddenly with the guy beside her.  Sure, he has proved that he's not as much a lecher as she thought in the beginning, but she didn't feel she could trust him completely.

 

Deep in thought, they both were surprised to see they had already arrived at the girl's dorm building.  Miroku right away grabbed her shoulders and directed her to the bench.  He sat down beside her and decided he was going to have a deep talk with her.

 

"Sango, can you answer a question for me?"

 

"Sure." Sango said, finally snapping out of her mind for a moment.

 

"How do you truly feel about our relationship?  I mean, you are a great girl, and I do what I can not to upset you, but I seem to get no closer to you.  Is there something wrong?" Miroku asked as he gazed into her eyes, looking for answers.

 

"Miroku," Sango sighed outwardly. "You are a good man.  It's not you, it's me.  I was just thinking about this actually.  About our pace.  Ya know what?"

 

"What?"

 

"Let's just take things as they come.  I know I'm not necessarily as open a person as you'd probably like me to be, but I guess it takes me a bit longer than Kagome to get used to a person." Sango explained.

 

"So, it's nothing I've done?" Miroku asked curiously.

 

"No.  It's me, all me.  I guess you could say now that Kagome and Inu are going, as they are, I'm afraid to be there right now.  Listening to her mention how worried she was about their relationship and what will change because of it...I don't think I'm anywhere near ready for that kind of responsibility at this point." Sango explained simply.

 

"I see.  Sango, I want you to know that I do not intend to rush things with you.  I do love you, and I intend to make this work.  I would never dream of taking this further than you're willing to go.  I have no idea what happened with Inu and Kags, but I'm sure they can handle it.  They're happy together.  I guess the right way to feel about the situation is to be happy for them." Miroku said as he put his arm around her shoulder and held her close while they stared at the gorgeous flowers.

 

 

@*@

 

 

Inuyasha fell to the bed beside Kagome as he panted, his sweat slicked body aching and shuddering from the climax he had with Kagome.  Kagome moaned as her toes curled up on her feet and her eyes rolled back into her head.  Sure, the last time they were together was fireworks, but this time was Roman candle good.  It seemed that sensation after sensation came over each of them one after the other, never stopping.  Strange thing was that they had gone on for a couple hours, not thinking about the other two they had left out in the living room sleeping.

 

Inuyasha rolled over and kissed Kagome tenderly as he calmed himself, no other thought passed through his mind other than the woman lying beneath him, flustered and worn out.  What amazed him about their joining was he felt he could be inside her forever, without ever wanting to come up for air.  He could drown himself within her firm body without a thought in the world.  It became a need within him every time he touched her.  He began to feel that she was his every breath, the food he craved, and his lifeline.  She made him feel alive completely. With her, he felt things he'd never felt before: desperation, emotional roller coasters, and muscular tension that brought him to his knees.  All he could say to sum it all up was, "I love you."

 

Kagome gasped for air from his kisses and ministrations.  She heard him say the words, but with the height of emotions he made her feel, she couldn't get her lips to move.  The amount of feeling she gained from him in joining was overwhelming that night.  It wasn't just loving touches, and not just touching souls, but also a lust filled with need and desperation.  As she laid there, while he kissed her and held her, and it seemed as if he was ready for round three.  However, her heart started jumping loudly in her chest.  "Inu..." She whispered between kisses.

 

He lifted his upper body on his hands as he pulled away.  "What is it?" he panted.

 

"Can we just lay here?  Please?" she asked breathily.

 

"Something wrong?" Inuyasha asked in worry.

 

"No.  I just need to calm down a bit, okay?" Kagome replied as he lowered his body beside hers once again, laying an arm across her waist. 

 

He laid there and watched as she tried desperately to catch her breath.  Her body slicked with a thin sheen of sweat.  Her exposed belly and chest caused him to groan inwardly.  He was beginning to get to the point where he needed to touch her constantly.  As she panted, her eyes closed shut, he softly ran his hand over her tummy, then upwards to her ribs and then to her assets, gaining a moan from her.  Her eyes clenched shut as her back arched slightly at his touch.  She was still sensitive, amazingly.  Once he had his fill of her soft and supple skin, he grabbed the sheet draped beside her and slapped it in the air, letting it fall down upon her, covering her nakedness in hopes to give her a bit of modesty.

 

Once the sheet calmed around her, he regained his mind and it hit him.  He had been in this world for quite a while, and Sango and Miroku were left sleeping on the couch.  He decided to leave Kagome's side and see what was going on with the other couple.  Once he got up from the bed, he removed the condom, then reached down to the floor to pick up his boxers and slid them on.  Once he pulled a t-shirt over his shoulders, he quietly opened his door and stepped out into the hallway, closing the door quietly behind him.

 

He stopped before his mother's bedroom to only hear her steady breathing and the oxygen machine.  He smiled and sighed inwardly, knowing his mother had no idea what had just gone on across the hall from her.  He continued on to enter into an empty living room to see the DVD player playing a movie he didn't remember putting in.  He thought about it a moment, and then it hit him.  This movie was put in on purpose.  To hide what he and Kagome were doing.  His right hand slapped onto his face.  They knew, and decided to leave on their own quietly.  Inuyasha grabbed the phone and dialed Miroku's cell number as he slumped into the empty couch to watch the movie playing.

 

"Hello?" Miroku greeted into the phone as he and Sango cuddled on the bench.

 

"Hey, it's me." Inuyasha said simply.

 

"Oh, hey.  Sorry we left. It was just a little too electric in that apartment." Miroku chuckled.

 

Inuyasha laughed sarcastically at the comment.  "Sure...whatever.  I'm sorry, about what happened.  I just wanted to get a little affectionate, and I guess you could say that's just not possible at this point..." Inuyasha chuckled.

 

"I bet.  Is she okay?" Miroku asked, gaining Sango's attention.

 

"Oh, yeah.  A little worn out, but she's all right.  Why?"  Inuyasha asked as he cocked an eyebrow.

 

"Good.  Well, Sango's here with me.  We're at the dorms right now, sitting outside talking." Miroku shrugged.

 

"Cool.  Is it nice out still?" Inuyasha asked.

 

"Yeah, it's gorgeous out." Miroku stated happily.

 

"Cool.  I was thinking about walking Kagome back soon.  You don't have to wait or anything."

 

"Naw, that's fine.  We'll see ya tomorrow, sound good?" Miroku mentioned.

 

"Sure.  Ja ne." Inuyasha replied and clicked the phone off. 

 

He heard his door open and saw Kagome step towards him as he sat watching her, the phone sat on his left leg.  She knelt down before him, set her body between his legs and wrapped her arms around his waist while resting her cheek against his rock hard stomach.  He wrapped his arms around her shoulders and held her to him as his heartbeat calmed her.

 

"Kagome?"

 

"Hmmm?"

 

"You mind if I walk you home?  Miroku said it's a gorgeous night." Inuyasha suggested as he rubbed her back gently.

 

"I guess.  Your mom wouldn't know what to think if I had spent the night." Kagome said with a slight chuckle.

 

"Exactly.  I would love nothing more than to hold you the rest of the night, but I can't do that here." He replied as she leaned her head and her eyes caught his gaze.

 

"I will miss your warmth." Kagome whimpered softly.

 

"I will too." Inuyasha replied as he ran his right hand through her dark hair.  "Go, get your things.  I'll be right there." Inuyasha said as she then got up and walked into his bedroom.  Inuyasha stood from the couch and set the phone in the cradle and clicked the DVD player and the TV off.

 

Ten minutes later, the couple made their way down the city street towards the dorms.  They walked together, Inuyasha's arm around her shoulder, cradling her to catch some last moments of her warmth on their way.  When they reached the dorms, they caught Miroku kissing Sango 'goodnight' at the door.  Miroku turned around and saw the two coming up the sidewalk towards him, smiling.

 

"Well, there's the happy couple.  Have tons of fun?  Not too strenuous, I hope..." Miroku commented casually.

 

"Nothing we couldn't handle, Miro.  Catch ya tomorrow!" Inuyasha said cheerfully as they walked up to the door.  Miroku chuckled at Inuyasha's remark, turned his back and walked the opposite direction, giving them more privacy. 

 

"So, is this going to happen tomorrow as well?" Kagome asked with a look in her eye that spoke of worry.

 

"I don't plan on it, Kagome.  Like the other two times, I didn't plan on them either.  Listen, I don't want you to think this is all I want with you.  You're the first girl I've ever been affectionate with, and I guess it's something I treasure.  You are amazing to me, Kagome.  If you ever feel that you can't do that at any point, tell me, okay?  Don't be afraid to turn me down." Inuyasha replied as he ran his hands up and down her arms.

 

"I know.  I began to think that when you seemed as if you were willing to go for a third round earlier.  I love being one with you, but twice in one night is enough for me to handle, I think." She chuckled.

 

"Ah.  Okay, sorry.  You're just so beautiful, and my skin loves to wear yours so badly..." Inuyasha said with a snicker as he held her close and kissed her passionately. 

Her arms went to his shoulders as he ravaged her mouth, causing her heart to thump in her chest as her core wished for him again.  He pinned her against the brick wall beside the door as he continued the strong kiss.  His tongue delved deep stifling her moans as her eyes screwed shut tightly, her leg wanted to wrap itself around his hip.  His arm reached down and grabbed hold of her thigh, gaining better access to her core as his hardness pressed against her.  He gyrated into her for a few moments until it became a bit too much too quickly for her and she brought her hands to his chest and pushed him away slightly.  

 

He let go of her lips and eyed her as he panted from the high the kisses and her body brought him to.  He looked in her eyes and saw unease.  That was when it hit him.  They really needed to take control of their needs somehow, since they couldn't remain attached at the hip forever.  He had just had her a couple times not too long ago, and yet he still felt he needed her.  He couldn't fathom what was going on.  He was beginning to feel worry like Kagome was over the situation.  He stepped away from her, letting go of her thigh and ran his hand through his hair.

 

"I'm sorry, Kagome."

 

"It's fine.  Let's not analyze this right now, okay?" Kagome asked as she wrapped her arms around her defensively.

 

"I'll see you tomorrow." Inuyasha said briefly and walked away.

 

Kagome stood against the brick wall where he left her and whispered, "I love you" as he continued towards the street, not looking back.  Her heart hurt as she watched him obviously fight himself from looking at her one last time.

 

The next morning, Kagome awoke with a heavy heart. Sango didn't ask her anything about what happened at the apartment with Inuyasha. Kagome tried to apologize when she got back, but Sango just waved the question away and settled into bed, asking that Kagome do the same. She had a restless night. All that went through her mind, was how she and Inuyasha came close to a third round right at the entrance to the dorms, and how he looked at her when he left to her.

@*@

Sango woke earlier than Kagome, and set out for her first class before Kagome's alarm went off. Sango couldn't get it out of her mind how brazen Kagome and Inuyasha were last night. Talk about being casual about their relationship. And while his mother was sleeping just across the hall too! Sango knew one thing. She would never have sex while her partner's or her parents were home for that matter. Granted, she had never been so in love that her surroundings weren't important. She had no clue what it would be like to be caught up in the heat of the moment. And to think, her own best friend decided not to wait `til marriage to make that decision.

Throughout the morning, Sango tossed over her friend's choices in her head. Kagome and Inuyasha seemed happy the whole evening. However, she could not imagine having the strength or the gumption to go ahead with a choice such as pre-marital sex. How Kagome could make that decision so readily was a mystery to her. The more she thought about it, the more she felt scared, or just not right in the head. All her life, she figured she'd wait for that one special guy and never have sex with another. Keeping herself from that type of relationship all together had succeeded in her keeping her chastity. It floored Sango to see her closest friend make the opposite decision, which could possibly be a grave mistake.

Her lack of focus caused her morning to fly by, without even thinking or paying attention to what the day's assignment was for the next class meeting. All the other students learned more, and became more intelligent while Sango lost her mind over something so trivial. If Miroku or Kagome knew she lost important class time due to thoughts about her relationship choices, she'd be smacked. The thing is, she'd never questioned her ideals on marriage, sex or relationships. Those subjects had been left in the closet for later in her life, and she just never thought about those ideals aside from what morals she grew up with.

As her classes flew by, and she left her last class before lunch, Sango walked in a sort of slow daze as she mechanically walked toward the bench and sat upon it, deep in thought about herself and her ideals. She felt she needed to make some changes in her ideals, since her life was strange compared to Kagomes'. She saw what Kagome and Inuyasha have, and being left out of such a wonderful type of relationship herself bothered her slightly. She wanted to be happy like Kagome was. She was just unsure of Miroku more than anything else.

Just then, the man in question appeared by her side. “Hey, beautiful. You look like you're in outer space.”

She gasped when she realized he was waving his hand in front of her face to catch her attention. “Oh. Hey, Miroku. Sorry, I was just thinking is all.”

“Ah. May I ask what's on your mind?” He asked, reaching to her and grasping her hand gently.

“About myself.”

“Oh. You know, there's one thing I love about you, Sango.” Miroku said as he kissed the back of her hand.

“My ass?” Sango said sarcastically with a giggle.

“No. You're an enigma. Your heart is deep and interesting. I can't figure out what's going on in your heart, or in your mind. You're a challenge, and that's what I love. A good challenge.”

Sango smiled as she replied, “Well, I'm glad I don't disappoint.”

“Never, my Sango. You couldn't disappoint me in any way.” Sango smiled once again and then looked around for Kagome.

@*@

Due to Kagome's restless night, she stayed in bed past her class time. Not only was her body aching slightly, but she noticed that when she looked in the mirror in the bathroom, she saw the bags under her half-lidded eyes. Puffy and heavy. She relieved herself and then crawled back under the sheets. About an hour later, her cell phone rang, waking her from a very long awaited dream with a start and a loud moan of frustration. She reached over to her phone and flipped it open. “Hello?” she greeted groggily.

“Kagome. It's me.” Inuyasha said over the line.

“Inu. Hey…” she replied finally sitting up, pressing her hand to her eye.

“Hey. You sound horrible. I take it you missed your class, eh?”

“Yeah. I couldn't sleep.”

“Oh. Why not? Something wrong?” He asked in concern.

“Well, I had a lot on my mind.”

“Like what?” he asked innocently.

“The way you said goodnight to me and didn't look back one last time.” Inuyasha was silent on the other end. “That and what happened just before that. Inu, I need to ask you a question.”

“Okay.”

“What is this relationship? How serious are we? I thought we were going to be able to control ourselves. How did we lose control? Where did we go wrong?”

Inuyasha didn't know how to answer, but had a feeling she was going to ask questions about the night before. He didn't want to admit that his hunger for her was overwhelming. But, could he tell her anything else? His overwhelming need to be one with her was the cause for the problems, obviously.

“You still there?”

Inuyasha snapped out of his thoughts and replied with, “Oh, yeah. Sorry, you asked me a lot of questions there.” He sighed into the phone as his hand went through his hair. “Kagome, you know I love you. But there's something deep about this that you need to know. I just need to think of a way to put it.”

“Okay.”

“I just…Okay. I owe you the explanation. Kagome, ever since we gained this connection, I noticed my life had gotten steadily better. I gained a purpose other than taking care of my mother, and I gained a group of friends I can hang with and consider important. Before you and Sango appeared, my social life consisted only of Miroku. Now, I feel I have more to look forward to, and that I'm free to be myself and still be accepted. Living through `til now, I was shunned and made fun of just due to my looks alone. After you two came along, I was accepted, loved and became so much more than I thought possible.

“Kagome, you are the soul reason for this change in me. You mean so much to me that I crave your touch, your love, and your soul. I didn't mean it to go this far. I thought I could handle being in love for the first time. I never thought it would be this hard. I never meant to scare or confuse you, Kagome. And on top of that, my body has come to crave contact with you. Believe me, I never thought I would crave your touch as much as I do.”

Kagome didn't know what to say. She remained silent as he explained. As he mentioned what all had been happening deep within himself, tears filled her eyes. It was her that caused him to change. To become an even deeper person. To become a man.

“Inuyasha, I didn't expect that I would be the one to open up your heart. I never looked at your life or lack of social standing as pathetic or anything. I guess our meeting was fated, and we're just confused.”

“Yeah, sounds about right. I just don't want you to think I'm gonna walk away or anything. I just…I think some hours away from each other, like a day or two would help us to think about what we have clearly. I mean, ya know…without the need for…that…” Kagome giggled as he chuckled over the subject he implied.

“Yeah, you're right. Our relationship and your…body…do pose some major distractions.”

“My body?” Inuyasha asked curiously.

“Never mind.” Kagome spat at the last second.

“No, I wanna know! What about my body?” Inuyasha goaded her, hoping to feel her blush through her voice.

“It's…No, I'll tell ya later.”

“Kagome…” He kept on.

“You're gorgeous. So gorgeous, my body creams when I think of it! Okay?!”

“Damn!” Inuyasha exclaimed at her nervous but true answer. “I guess I am quite the distraction.” He gloated as a huge smile crept across his mouth.

“Yes, you are.” Kagome chided with a nod.

“Well, you're amazing yourself. You think I don't have naughty thoughts about you when you're not around? Wet dreams? Keh!”

Kagome laughed loudly as she shook her legs in the air, while toppling back onto the bed. Inuyasha reveled in the sound of her laughter. He joined her for few moments of laughing, as the two of them sighed afterwards. “So, I guess I won't see you today, eh?”

“Naw. I haven't played in the subway for a couple days. My mind's been way too distracted by a certain vixen.” He referred as he shifted a bit on his bed, and then lifted his shirt over his head.

“I see. Well, break a leg!” Kagome sang out.

“Keh! Only for you, baby!” He smiled widely.

“Okay. Well, I'm going to eat something and hope that my day isn't completely shot to hell.” Kagome mentioned sarcastically.

“You should probably rest. God knows you were out of it last night after we made love. Wouldn't want ya to overdue it. You'll probably need your strength for the next time around. I suggest eating Wheaties.”

Kagome fell over laughing again, sending beautiful noise to his ears, causing him to sigh in happiness. If there was one thing, he loved other than making her cry out in ecstasy, it would be to make her laugh uncontrollably. “Oh, believe me, I plan to get plenty of sleep for you, baby. You Clydesdale you…” Kagome purred, causing him to outwardly grunt.

“Oh yeah? Clydesdale, eh? You aint seen nothin' yet. I got moves that will make ya scream, baby. Just you wait! I'll get ya good next time.” He challenged.

They goaded each other on for another couple minutes, causing each other's temperatures to rise in heat. They both hung up and fell back on their beds in want for each other. Their emotions were beginning to connect, even just by talking to each other. The connection they gained with their hearts was unbreakable, even with distance. What he felt, she felt. What she felt, he felt. Even apart, they were one.

“Whoa…” escaped both their mouths as their phones clicked shut and hit the sheets beside them.

@*@

Sango and Miroku realized after a while that their friends were not going to show up. Miroku called Inu and Sango called Kagome to find out what was up. Seeing as they both decided to skip out, Miroku and Sango had lunch together in the cafeteria and talked over their relationship and their feelings about the matter. A conversation, which was needed. The two came to find out they'd both held the same morals, and beliefs on relationships.

Miroku was able to convince Sango that his player days had ended the day he met her. The fact that Sango was a `no nonsense' kind of girl helped him realize what it took to gain the trust of a woman such as Sango. A strong woman with strong beliefs on how she wants to live the rest of her life, and her choices.

Finding out they were on the same page helped bring them closer together and form a special bond. All it took was some time for just the two of them, and an example to point them to the path in their relationship. Their pace was slow, but subtle and steady. They were having fun getting to know each other and learning what makes them tick. They remained at the table long after their next classes had started. For them, it turned out other things were more important than their classes for both couples.

@*@

Oi… It's been ten years, or so, since I've looked at this chapter, and I must say, it gave me a headache. I was forced to edit this beast, and after reading it, I'm worried about how the other chapters are… I don't have the time to edit all the chapters of Street Musician right now, but this chapter was not very well written, and I couldn't help myself. I apologize for those that read this years ago and saw the monstrosity it was back then, and I had no clue… But, I hope those who are reading the story for the first tie enjoyed it, and please, let me know if you see errors that badly screw up the chapter, I will fix them, I promise ;-)