InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ To Find You ❯ Phone Calls and Recollections ( Chapter 7 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

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(The Next Day)

The phone rang.

And rang.

Kagome looked down the hallway. Her mom hadn't gone to answer the phone yet, which meant Kagome would have to. She put down the mop, and went to answer the call.

“'Lo?” she said, leaning her back against the wall.

“Hey Kagome. Whatcha doing?”

“Oh, hey Sango. I'm just doing a little-”

“Cleaning?” Sango cut in, interrupting her, the humor thick in her voice. “Yeah, tell me something new, Kagome. That's what you're always doing. Eesh. Anyway, can I come over tonight? I know it's Sunday, and tomorrow we have school, but we haven't hung out for a long time. Besides, I really, really need to talk to you.”

“Mmmm hmmm...Gossip, huh? Something juicy? Maybe...you and Miroku, eh?” Sango laughed, and Kagome joined her. “Yeah, I think it would be all right. Mom doesn't really mind if you come over, but you know she's not crazy about me going places. She hates it when I leave. I looked it up on the Internet. She's got `Empty Nest Syndrome.'” Kagome laughed, “Actually, I think it's just she's anxious about me leaving ever since Kikyou got married. Since Gramps died last Spring, she's worried about being all alone.”

“Kagome, is this anything you should be worried about?” Sango was so concerned for her friend's welfare.

“Nah, I don't think I should get all freaked out over it, but Mom does bug me a lot. She doesn't understand that by trying to keep me so close to home that she's actually driving me away.”

“Yeah.”

There was silence on either end for awhile, going over their thought. Kagome broke the silence by saying, “So, when are you getting your butt over here, huh?” she joked.

“Hey, give me a break. I can take my time if I want. Besides - you're boring.” Sango laughed, teasing back.

“Oh, I'm boring? I'm boring? You call boring being kissed by Sesshomaru Taisho yesterday? You call that boring?” Kagome waited for a response. She heard the dial tone a few seconds later. Within seven minutes, Sango was at her door.

“You did what?” she yelled, half smiling, half incredulous.

“Wow, Kagome. I mean, I know you used to really like Inuyasha. You even thought you loved him. It's just weird that you got your first kiss from his brother.”

“Well, not that weird,” Kagome defended, frowning.

Sango held up her hand, “I know, it's not wrong, or anything, just, I don't know. Ironic, I guess. I mean, from what Inu always told you, he was like a walking stiff, and you're pretty much the most open girl in school. Anyway, sorry for interrupting. So what happened after he kissed you?”

Kagome stared down at her fingers, fiddling nervously with the fringe from the blanket of her bed. “He took me back to my car.”

Sango stared blankly. “So that's it? I mean, your first kiss, that works out wonderfully, might I add, and all he does is take you to your car? Your first kiss was the kind I can only dream of? I'll probably bump teeth with someone, and chip their tooth!”

Kagome giggled.

Sango grinned at her, then flopped back onto Kagome's bed, lying on her back. “I'm serious, you know. But really, I can't believe you got kissed, and all he did was take you back. No cuddling, no declarations of love-”

“I hardly think we're in love, Sango,” Kagome blushed.

“Well, good point. Just a mutual attraction, right? Still...you did get his number, right?”

“...”

“Right?”

“Um, no?” Kagome asked, ducking her head. Sango growled, frustrated, and swung a soft pillow at Kagome. “Hey, at least I know where he lives!” she yelled, trying to calm her romance-obsessed friend.

Sango stilled her attack on her friend. “Oh yeah,” she said.

“We need to stop making a big deal out of me and Sesshomaru. I probably shouldn't get my hopes up too high. We all know guys are too disappointing. Besides, Mama would never let me date a guy out of high school.”

Sango nodded. “He's like, what, nineteen?”

Kagome nodded, “Yeah, I think his birthday is this month. I remember Inuyasha complaining that Sesshomaru got some great present for his birthday around this time last year.”

“So he'll be twenty?” Sango asked, surprised. Kagome nodded. Sango whistled.

“What? You can't tell me that three years is that big of a difference! I mean, Mama and Daddy were five years apart. Three tiny years difference. Eesh. Besides, they're youkai, they could be a hundred years older than me, and still dateable,” Kagome grumbled.

“Yeah, Kags. We know that I'm the huge romantic. I mean, just between you and me. Everyone else thinks I just think about sports and stuff. So, normally, I would be all for this, but I have to be practical, and remind you that your Mom would go nuts.”

Sango sat up, and laid a hand on Kagome's shoulder. “I know you don't want to hear it, and I hate to tell you, but your Mom has become an over-controlling bitch. She wasn't this way when Kikyou was still here. It's just, she doesn't want you to leave. She hasn't spoken a single word about college to you, has she?

“Look, Kagome. I know that your Mom cares. She loves you. But the role of Mom is all she has left. She's not a daughter, because you're Grandpa died. She's not a wife, because your Dad died. If you leave, she's no longer a mother. She can't stand to have anything else taken from her. You are her only life line left. So she's taking your life away.”

Kagome stood up. “Sango, you think I haven't realized this? You think I don't know? But can you just leave your family? Abandon them? I can't do that to Mama.”

She angrily dashed her hand across her eyes. “I want to get away so bad. At least I've got the savings Dad left me. That will get me through my first year in college. After that, I'll have to work for it. I can't do anything about Mom. But as soon as I'm eighteen, I'll get my own apartment. Mom would freak, but she's had me for all my life.”

She sat down again. “She'll have me this year, but no more than that. I'm my own person as soon as I'm legal.”

“So, what about you and Miroku? I know that boy has had you on the brain for at least the past year,” Kagome joked, a few minutes later.

Sango blushed prettily, and ducked her head, “Well...” she began.

-----At Sango's house the previous day-----

Sango dialed the phone nervously. Before it could complete a two full rings, she slammed the phone down.

Sitting down on the chair, she held her head in her hands. “Gahhh!” she yelled out in frustration. Why couldn't she bring herself to make the call?

Ring.

Sango snapped her gaze to the phone.

Ring.

Please, please no. Don't let it be him!

Picking up the phone, she licked her lips in anxiety. “H-hello?” she stammered.

“Sango? Is that you?” Miroku's voice asked. Surprise was clear in his tone.

“Oh, hi Miroku? How did you get my number?” she asked, trying to calm herself.

“Sango...you're number was on my caller id. Didn't you just call me?”

Damn. Caught in the act.

“Oh...oh yeah, I did. Sorry about that.”

“It's all right Sango. You know I would never mind you calling me.”

“Yeah...” she trailed off. “About that. Why do you flirt so much with me?” I can't believe I just asked that!

“I'm sorry. I never meant to offend you. You are my friend, Sango.”

Sango hesitated. His voice was so sincere, not like the usual teasing lilt he normally spoke with.

“Is that all we are, friends?” her voice was flat, and Miroku could not tell how she felt about it.

“Isn't that what you want?” he asked, completely bewildered.

“No. I mean yes. Oh, nevermind.”

“Sango. Just answer me this. All I need is one word. I have liked you since the day I met you, and that feeling only grows the more I spend with you. Now, tell me, do you like me even the smallest bit?”

Sango felt her head spin. The feeling of absolute elation, like you weren't even on earth anymore. “Yes,” she said, grinning from ear to ear, gripping the phone tightly.

She heard a loud sigh, then could tell he was smiling by his voice. “Good. Now that we've got that settled, are you free next weekend?”

-----Present-----

“Wow Sango. I always knew you kind of liked him. And he's always flirted with you more than anyone. I just never thought that you two would...Well, what are you two?”

Sango shrugged, then smiled, “I guess we're going out.”

Sesshomaru sat at his desk, shuffling through the papers his father's messenger had delivered to him.

Tossing away several business papers, and the glossy photos of ancient swords, he sat back in the comfortable chair. Pinching the bridge of his nose, he drowned out work with his own thoughts.

Which of course, led straight to Kagome Higurashi.

Damnit. Why had he kissed her? It hadn't been premeditated. Pure instinct had driven him to kiss the girl.

And he had loved it.

He could tell she enjoyed it too. But what bothered him the most was the odd desire to kiss her again. Before he gave into temptation, he drove her home.

He couldn't get involved with her. However, a small part of him said, why not? Bringing his fist down on the table, he growled, warning the voice not to talk.

She was only seventeen. He was almost three years older than her. He was mature, she was not. He was youkai, she was not. He was...

There were not enough reasons he could find.

The small part in his mind laughed. Like I said...why not?

Oh shut up, Sesshomaru answered, scowling.

Okay, so it wasn't my longest chapter, but I can only write so much at a time. Don't worry guys, some more Sess/Kag coming up, I just need to add a little more Miroku/Sango, dontcha think? I liked this chapter, but I like the next chapter a lot better. Got some good stuff planned for ya! So please, review.

Please, please, please. I didn't see some of my regular reviewers this time, but I guess it's because I didn't update the last chapter for awhile.

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-ac06