InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Treading Water ❯ 6- Festival ( Chapter 6 )

WARNING: This chapter contains a girl*girl kiss and other such subject matter not meant for homophobic eyes. If you are offended by yaoi/yuri etc. it is your choice whether or not to continue reading but I suggest you don't. Having said that if you still decide to read it and become offended, it's your own damn fault and I don't want to hear it. =) That said, Enjoy!

 

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It was, after all, the day of the festival.

 

By 8 a.m. we were piling into my metallic green 4-door Toyota.

 

Rainbows. Rainbows, rainbows and more rainbows. Rainbow flags hung from the light posts. Rainbow banners were pinned across the doors of buildings beckoning those on the street inside. The streets were blocked off and filled with randomly scattered booths. It reminded me of a small-scale renaissance faire, but instead of a medieval theme it was a queer one. One booth was selling all sorts of charms in every color imaginable. One booth was some greasy looking man selling insurance. Another was selling a dozen different varieties of fuzzy handcuffs. Ok, maybe not quite ren-faire-esque, but it wasn't that far off.

 

A man in a mauve colored bodysuit danced and twirled a silver baton with a 6-foot rainbow tail up and down the street. I found a flyer stating that the next festival would be January, which was perfect in my opinion. I was really starting to think we should bring the G.S.A.(gay-straight alliance school club) here, the place was just fun. There were street performers, all sorts of booths, including games with prizes, places to snag food, buildings had been rented out for the week for those businesses who had more merchandise than would fit in the booths, it was a carnival.

 

We walked from building to building as a group. I bought a few books in the first building, Botan bought some bracelets in the second one we entered, Momiji and Yura went crazy in the third and fourth buildings as one held hair ornaments and the other held tiny potted plants. By 11 o'clock we had already made 2 trips to my car to drop our purchases off.

 

When we hit the buildings that had the clothing and shoes we went nuts. I bought a few goth type shirts and skirts and dresses and then went over to what Botan called the `hippie zone' and bought a few kerchief cut dresses and peasant tops. I laughed when I saw the looks my friends were giving me.

 

“Ok, I wanna see that.” Yura said looking at the bags of clothing I was carrying. “You bought a black leather and lace corset and a red, blue and green gypsy skirt. You shopping for multiple people or do you have some issues?”

 

I laughed.

 

“I don't wear them together. I just need different types of clothes for all my moods. This store,” I said pointing over my shoulder to the place I got the corset from, “is actually the one where Sango and I bought those shoes. Ya know, the knee high leather pirate boots? The main store is near my house. You actually need a membership to get in.” I winked at my friends as I held up the two pair of shoes I had just bought. One pair was pretty normal, plain high heels with an ankle strap, but they were fire engine red. The other pair were a tall pair of boots with straps and buckles up and down the length(A/N: links to pics at bottom) of them.

 

We spent most of the day shopping. Around four or five in the afternoon we decided that my car had reached maximum capacity and there was no way the four of us would all fit in the car with any more packages. Momiji even asked if we could dump my car's first-aid/survival kit to make more room!

 

We stopped at a sidewalk café type eatery less than a block from the festival and sat down to a jolly meal. No matter how things worked out between Yura and Botan I was grateful I had gotten to spend the day with them and had the chance to get to know the two younger girls better.

 

After dinner I grabbed Momiji and made a short but sweet exit from the dining establishment. Our task? To find the next few hours of entertainment while Botan waited for Yura to finish up in the restroom. Completely a fluke the way I ended up with Momiji away from Yura and Botan. Yeah, and the Croc hunter is the next Pope.

 

 

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Kagome sent my phone a text message as she and my sister headed off. I knew what that meant. The butterflies in my stomach knew what it meant too. All of a sudden I wasn't so sure I could do this.

 

But what was I gonna do? Sit in the bathroom all night? Kags might be mad that after all her planning I got cold feet. After beating myself up for being gutless I walked out of the restroom and smiled at Botan.

 

We fell in step beside one another as we wandered slowly from the café. I knew I would lose my nerve if I waited so I forced the words past my lips before I could think twice.

 

“Botan, how did you know?” I tilted my head in the direction of the festival to let her know what I meant. I saw her gaze shift, she was no longer looking at the scene before us as she answered.

 

“I used to be a lot like Ayumi.” My head whipped around in shock, I can remember meeting Ayumi. As the memory played before me I remembered that it had been Momiji's idea to introduce me to Ayumi because she and Botan knew we'd just click. And we did. But I had never seen the similarity between them.

 

“But then one day she said something that made me sick and it made me question everything.” My brow furrowed as I wondered what had happened, luckily Botan didn't plan on keeping me ignorant.

 

“Remember that guy she dated, like, the day you met her?” I nodded, she continued, “well he was a total jackass. They had been together maybe a month before she caught him cheating…with another girl from school…on the bus.” My eyes must have been as big and round as basketballs, but Botan just kept on talking. “She broke up with him on a Wednesday. And I knew that they had plans that weekend but since she was now single I wanted her to come hang with me and `Miji. She said she couldn't, that she had made a promise to him and had to keep it.” I couldn't help it, I kinda exploded.

 

“Honestly, like, what the fuck kind of promise did she make to him that she would blow you off for?!” Botan was quietly chuckling at me.

 

“She blew us off to go blow him.” My jaw hit the floor. “Apparently he had Ayumi soaring high the weekend before and she had promised to return the favor and make it up that weekend. She didn't think that dumping him was a good enough reason to break her promise. And Monday he was all smiles gloating about how he had convinced her to follow through.” She looked at me like she was afraid she had bored me to death. “That whole shebang made me evaluate my values for relationships in general, and this,” with a flourish she indicated herself and the festival we were now reentering, “is what I came up with.”

 

She looked at me from the corner of her eye and cleared her throat softly before asking, “Can I ask what suddenly made you curious?”

 

I felt my face heat as my eyes fell to watch my shoes.

 

“I just kinda realized that I have a friend who takes up more of my thoughts than she should. A friend who is worming her way into fantasies and daydreams. I want her to think about me the way I think about her. And like, as much as I want to explore all the crazy thoughts in my head I really don't want to open my damn mouth if it's going to make her and all our buds uncomfortable.” Kags had told me to say something to indicate that I was sparing our group of friends something by suffering silently, hoping Botan would take the bait. And I'll be damned if Kagome doesn't know how to bait strong, proud lesbians.

 

“You have got to be fucking kidding me! You're suffering silently, possibly unaware of where your passions lie because you wanna keep life easy for your friends. Fucking news flash, girl. Every single damn friend you got is a member of the g.s.a. and I doubt they'd give a flying fuck. In fact I know a few who'd be pissed if you didn't follow your heart.” Botan was breathing heavy, ready to argue her point until she passed out.

 

“So you think I should say something?”

 

“Fucking duh!”

 

“Does that mean you'll go out with me then?”

 

“…”

 

Botan looked like I had sucker punched her. She cocked her head at me a minute before giggling.

 

“I thought you wanted Kags!” She giggled behind her fist as I flushed bright red and shook my head.

 

“No, she's just the mastermind.”

 

“Just the mastermind?” Botan eyes were still dancing with barely repressed laughter.

 

“I told her who I wanted to ask out and she hatched a plan and took off running. This whole mess is her doing.” Ok, not 100% accurate but I felt like I owed Kags my life at that point. It didn't matter what happened between me and Botan anymore. I opened my mouth and got it off my chest, I felt better than I had in a long time.

 

Not to say I wasn't happy when she kissed me. I felt her hand thread through my hair as she pulled me to her. She stared at me for a good moment, weighing something she could read in my eyes. And in the next moment satiny soft lips were pressed to mine gently, gently tracing the contours of my lips with her own. As I sighed contentedly into the kiss her tongue playfully flicked my bottom lip before lazily venturing in to seek mine out. It had been a long time since I was a virgin and yet this was the first kiss that stole my breath. My hand flew up of it's own accord and cupped her cheek, I wanted to hold her to me. I cut the kiss short when my lungs began to burn and sucked her bottom lip as I took a moment to breathe. With renewed fervor I brought my lips back to hers, begging entrance to her mouth.

 

“How fucking long have you two been keeping this fucking secret?!”

 

Momiji's voice broke through the haze of serene passion that had enveloped Botan and me. I saw Kagome stumble up to Momiji, out of breath, her hand to her chest. Her eyes took in Botan and I and widened considerably before turning concernedly back to my little sister. Momiji's eyes had long since over flown with heavy tears of betrayal and I felt like an ass. I pulled away from Botan a bit and made to move closer to my sister, but she backed away and continued before giving me a chance to answer her first question.

 

“No wonder you stopped bitching about Botan always being at our place! What the fuck?! Every time I turn my back right? Every time I leave the room? How long have the two most important people in my life been lying to me?! Why didn't you fucking tell me?!” She turned and ran, leaving the three of us speechless.

 

Kags' eyes darkened with pain and she calmly turned to regard Botan and I, still wrapped in each others' arms. She pointed to a church that had been rented out for the festival. Folk music could be heard drifting from the open doors.

 

“The woman performing in there is very talented. Momiji and I were going to suggest spending some time in there. The church is where performers show their stuff. I think there's a troop of 3 men and a woman doing skits up next. Why don't you two go take in the show?” Her voice was calm and serious, her last thought less of a question and more of an order.

 

“But `Miji…”

 

“I will go after Momiji. I doubt she would listen to either of you two at the moment. Yet for all she knows I was just as in the dark as she was about this.” Kags' eyes glittered mischievously, lightening subtly from the dark purple/blue they had become. I was in awe of her crafty mind, I also realized she wasn't just the sweet, innocent, down to earth girl that everyone pegged her as. I doubted if anyone besides Sango had ever seen just how deviously the wheels in her head could turn.

 

Without another word, or giving us time for rebuttal she turned and headed off after my little sister. She had helped me so much already I felt like shit for having her go after my sister to deal with her as well, but she didn't give me much of a fucking choice. She took the responsibility for herself, dealing with my problems so Botan and I could be together. It dawned on me that that was just the type of friend she is. At that moment I swore if I ever found someone not treating her right I'd rip them apart.

 

Botan's arm around my shoulders giving a light squeeze brought me from my thoughts. She smiled as she turned us towards the church. Somehow, things felt like they would be alright.

 

 

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Hai - Yes

Nani - What?

Onegai - Please

Konoama - Bitch

Temee - Bastard

Hajimemashite - Nice to meet you.

Ookami - Wolf

Oi - Hey

Nani shiyagaru - What the fuck?

 

 

In case you couldn't picture the shoes:

 

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