InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Trust ❯ Feelings Mean Nothing ( Chapter 13 )
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By: Anubis_Himura 
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Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Psychological / Romance / Angst | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 08.28.2005 | Pages: 4 | Words: 3.0K | Visits: 374 | Status: Completed
No one's reviewing! Are you all still that mad at me for taking so long?! XP
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Psychological / Romance / Angst | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 08.28.2005 | Pages: 4 | Words: 3.0K | Visits: 374 | Status: Completed
TrustChapter 13: Feelings Mean Nothing
Anubis_Himura
`8`8`8`8` Kaggie `8`8`8`8`8`8`8`
I heard a truck pull up and I immediately snapped out of my daze. I had been daydreaming, maybe even sleeping, since Inuyasha told me to stay. I heard the front door open and Inuyasha's father wandering around downstairs. I put Inuyasha's hand on his chest, pulling my own away and prepared to jump out the window. I didn't know his fathers policy on having girls in the room.
"INUYASHA!" I heard him yell up the stairs.
I didn't know what to do, I panicked as I heard him coming up the stairs. "INUYASHA!" I looked around for a quick escape route and only saw the closet. I went in.
I heard the bedroom door open, with a rough 'snap' against the wall. I heard Inuyasha's bed move as he quickly woke up. "Yes Sir?" he asked, apparently still half asleep.
I didn't mean to be snoopy, but what else could I do when I was trapped in a closet?
"Inuyasha! Why aren't the dishes done? And the living room vacuumed?"
"Are you serious Sir?" I heard the tone of Inuyasha's voice. Clearly, he thought is father was psychotic. "I can barely move, let alone do housework."
"Don't talk back to me! It's because of your big mouth you got this way in the first place. I'm going out. I want the house cleaned by the time I get home." I heard Tai leave and the door close sharply.
I waited a few minutes, thinking Inuyasha would leave the room, then I could make my escape. But the situation was bugging me. Why would Tai even dream of having Inuyasha do housework? He could barely get out of bed on his own. It was no wonder Inuyasha had such discipline.
I waited a few more minutes, then I heard something. I heard . . . a sniffle. Was Inuyasha crying? I leaned against the closet door, trying to hear better. It was definitely sniffling. As I went to lean away from the door I felt the door move. It was opening.
I screamed slightly as I fell through and landed on the carpet on the other side. "Ouch." I muttered as I sat up.
I saw Inuyasha looking at me. He seemed very shocked and was wiping at his eyes. "Kagome?" he asked in disbelief.
"Hi." I said, trying to act natural.
"What were you doing?"
"Well, I heard your dad come home and I didn't have time to jump out the window, or go out the front so I hid in the closet. I was going to wait until you fell asleep again, or left the room, before I left; but, obviously that didn't work."
I walked over to the chair across from his bed and sat down. I was thinking of the conversation that had just occurred between him and Tai and I finally figured it out.
"Yash," I started quietly, "Does Tai beat you?"
He looked at me, sadness apparent in his cloudy eyes. I could tell he was struggling with himself; whether to tell me the truth, or another battle all together I didn't know. Then he looked down, his hair falling to cover his face.
"I got to do the dishes Kags," he said as he reached for his crutches.
"Yash," I tried to get him to talk to me, but I didn't know what to say or do.
"I'll walk you out." he said, avoiding eye contact with me. I thought back to early in the day when Miroku had pulled him aside.
"And Miroku knows doesn't he?" I asked, still trying to get the answers my curiosity wouldn't drop.
"Kags please," he looked up at me, his eyes watery and his expression pure sadness. "Please just stop."
"Yash, I just worry about you. If your dad is violent, there's ways to take care of it. Call DHS." I felt myself tearing up at the thought of Inuyasha being beaten, but it was very clear now. I didn't know how I could have missed it all along.
"Kags! Drop it!" He began walking out of the room.
"No Yash!" I stood in front of him, blocking his way out the door. "This isn't right. Something has to be done."
"I'm leaving in two years anyway. It'll be fine Kagome. Please just drop it. Forget you know anything, okay?"
"No! It's not right." I repeated, feeling my anger rise. (Not at him of course, at the situation).
"Well a lot of things in this world aren't fucking right! Go try and fix them instead of me!" I didn't know how to respond to such an outburst. What could I say? I had obviously pushed him too far.
"I'm sorry Yash." I backed away from the door, allowing him to go through. "I just don't want it to be worse next time. Ya know?"
"I'll be fine Kags." I saw him wince a little and I looked at my watch. It was six twenty.
"Damn, you were suppose to take your meds at six. I'll go get you a glass of water." I said as I began walking downstairs.
I heard him coming down the stairs behind me, by the time he made it to the kitchen I had the water and his vicodin in my hand.
"Here ya go." I smiled, trying to act like everything was normal. He sat down at the kitchen table and swallowed the pill, with slight difficulty. "Any idea when you can eat solids again?" I asked.
"The doctor thinks in a few more days. He said 'whenever it feels right'." Apparently Inuyasha was prepared to continue our life like normal too.
I smiled and rolled up my sleeves, turning on the faucet. "What are you doing?" he asked.
"The dishes." I said as though it were obvious.
"Kags -"
"You're not gonna stop me." I said with a glance back to him. "Deal with it."
"Kags, I really can't ask you to do this. Carrying my books, making sure I eat, doing my chores. It's gotta stop."
"Nonsense. What kinda girl would I be if I left you in distress?" I asked, smiling. "Oh dang, that reminds me. You are suppose to eat with those. Let's see if you have any yogurt."
"Blech."
"No more yogurt huh? Jell-O?" I asked, taking out the 'Blue's Clues' Blueberry Jell-O.
"Fine." I convinced him to eat the Jell-O (he insisted he could feed himself), while I did the dishes. I then cleaned up the living room and mopped the kitchen floor.
"You didn't have to mop Kags." he said as I put away the cleaning supplies.
"I know." I smiled and kissed him on the cheek. "But I love mopping." he laughed. "I should go home though. Mom will be coming home soon, it's nearly eight. Get some sleep, do your homework. Rest." I said as we headed back upstairs.
I helped him onto the bed and pulled back his comforter. "You gonna change me too?" he asked.
"Ha ha." I smiled. "Why, want me to?"
"Sure." we laughed slightly.
"Get sleep." I propped up his pillows for him and kissed him. The sweet and innocent gesture turned into a more passionate moment. I pulled away for air and self-restraint. "S-"
"I know, I know. 'Sleep'." he said mockingly.
"Yes." I ruffled his hair. "Night Yash." I blew him a kiss and walked out the door.
Just before I closed the door, I heard him whisper, "Night Kags."
~*~*~
I went into the kitchen and started making something quick to eat. I still had some homework to do and I didn't like being up that late on school nights.
My mother came in as I was eating my ramen.
"Hi Mom." I said. I didn't want to tell her about Inuyasha's dad. It wasn't her business *nor was it mine*, but I figured she would tell Tai and then something would go wrong.
"Hello." she put down her briefcase and walked into the kitchen.
"How was work?" I asked.
"Fine."
"Cool." I didn't know what else to say. Usually we would have a whole conversation, but she seemed to be in her own little world.
She confused me very much. One day she would be completely obsessed with Tai and the next she would be missing my father. I didn't know what she was thinking half the time. I used to be able to read her better than anyone else could. Since we moved to Maine though, she was harder to read than a foreign language.
I wanted to get out of here. I wanted to go see my dad. I wanted to take Inuyasha away from the abuse. I wanted to do so many things.
"What are you thinking about?" my mother brought me out of my thoughts.
"Not much." I lied. "I'm going to do my homework."
"Why isn't it done yet?" she asked.
"I was at Inuyasha's, helping him with chores and things."
"That was nice of you. But don't baby him too much, he'll never get better."
"Right." I smiled slightly and put my dish in the sink.
~*~*~ Yashie's POV ~*~*~
Tuesday went by normal. Wednesday was normal. Thursday however was not an amusing day.
I went home, as usual. It was snowing and Kagome wasn't used to driving in the snow, so we were a little late. She helped me into the house and did my chores for me, as she had been doing all week. I offered to pay her but she said 'oh hush', and told me to forget about it. She helped me with my homework and left before my dad got home.
I was in my room, trying to be distracted, when my dad came in.
"Inuyasha,"
"Yes Sir?" I asked, not bothering to try and stand.
"Why is it, that the dishes are not stacked as they should be?" he asked.
"I'm not positive Sir." I said, not wanting to explain I had gotten someone else to do my chores for me.
"I've heard from Leslie, that Kagome is quite the little helper." his tone was almost friendly and it scared me more than his yelling ever could.
"Yes Sir. Kagome has been helping me out quite tremendously these passed few days." I explained.
"Now, why are you getting a girl to do your work for you?"
"Sir, I can barely stand, let alone do housework." the madness had to stop. He could not honestly expect me to do all this work.
"You're no better than your brother." he said, preparing to leave the room.
"Did you ever think that maybe you're just a lousy parent?" I whispered this but he had heard me anyway.
"What?"
"Sir, seriously, Sesshomaru moved away when Mom killed herself, because he couldn't stand you. Mom was the only thing keeping him around. I'm surprised I even stayed this long. I have half a mind to leave right now. Fuck school! Fuck getting better! I'm sick of it Sir! I hate being compared to Sess, and I hate being treated like I'm a fucking idiot! Yeah, I almost flunked out Freshman year, but I'm smart Sir. I'm in honors classes to make you happy! I put up with the work, and chores, and the abuse, so that one day you might say 'Hey, my kid rocks'. But that’s never going to happen! I'm just like Sess, another embarrassment. Well you know what? Fuck you!"
I was prepared to die. I knew that an outburst like that would cause him to go completely off the wall. If he didn't kill me, I'd be close. I waited. I waited for screaming, hitting, anything. But nothing came. He looked at me, as though this was the first time we had ever spoken.
"I see." he said as he walked out the door.
I sat down again. Looking to the door. I half expected him to come back up with a shotgun and blow my brains out. But he didn't come back up. I finished my homework, took my meds and went to sleep. He'd get me for that sooner or later.
~*~
It was Friday, and I could finally have a weekend off. I didn't have to (nor could I) work, and my homework load was light. But first, I had to sit through the last two blocks of the day and lunch.
Kagome was talking to Sango and I was trying my hardest to eat a turkey sandwich. It wasn't going well, but I was sick of Jell-O and yogurt.
We were enjoying our lunch when Kikyou and Kouga came over. Kikyou took a seat next to me and Kouga a seat next to Kagome. We looked at them skeptically and they began eating their lunches.
"Huh? What's up?" Kagome asked, looking from Kouga to Kikyou.
Kikyou set down her sandwich and spoke first. "Look, since Yash's injury, we've been talking." we continued to watch her. "You see, we were being mean to you cause we were a little upset." she explained.
"Upset about what?" Kagome asked, obviously not amused at the sudden change in attitude.
"Upset that you and Inuyasha -"
"Were together." Kouga finished.
"Why?" I asked. I didn't feel like getting into an argument but it was bugging me.
"See, I still kind of liked you." Kikyou explained. "And I . . . I was jealous."
"Yeah, and I was a little ticked you got Kags. So Kik and I made a plan to be pissed at you guys." he explained.
"Only, I couldn't be mad at you Yash. So that's why we weren't snubbing you." Kikyou added.
"So basically," Sango spoke up, "You were being a bitch," she nodded toward Kikyou, "And you were being an asshole." she looked to Kouga.
"Basically." they answered in monotone unison.
"So, what are you going to do?" Sango asked, looking at them.
"I'm sorry guys. I was being a bitch." Kikyou said.
"I'm sorry guys. I was being an asshole." Came Kouga's apology.
"I don't know guys. Should we accept their apology?" Sango asked, looking at Miroku, me and Kags.
"Whatever." Miroku said.
"Sure." Kagome agreed.
"Yeah why not." I added.
"Okay. We forgive you." Sango seemed to have taken on the role as 'group spokesperson'.
I knew there would still be some awkwardness for a while. The group would forgive you, no matter what, but there would still be some trust and friendly issues, that would take time to gain back.
Kagome walked me to Psych and then ran off to Oral Interp. I made it through the last two blocks and home again.
~*~
The days blended after that. One day seemed to melt into the next. I was starting to use my crutches less, though the doctor said I'd be on them for six weeks. I was a pretty fast healer. Holiday break was coming up in a little over a week and I wasn't looking forward to it. The holidays were always a time when I got really depressed. Maybe this year would be different though, but I doubted it.
I wanted to go to my mom's grave, but I couldn't drive, or walk there. I didn't want to ask Kagome for a ride, and I sure as hell didn't want to ask Tai. My birthday was on Thursday. I had a feeling Kagome was going to make a deal out of my birthday, and I wasn't used to that. Usually I got a 'happy birthday' from my friends, and I went to my moms grave. That had been my birthdays for the passed six years, and I had no problem with it being that way for a seventh.
~*
Kagome came over on my birthday and gave me a gift and a card. The gift was a gift certificate to any store in the mall. She didn't do anything else. I was grateful. Someone must have told her that I didn't really like big 'to do's' on my birthday. We hung out after school and it was pretty much another day.
Pretty soon it was vacation. That's when things got weird.
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Remember how I said that I had had that chapter written for like two weeks? Well here ya go. Two of ‘em! Ha! So now you can’t be SOO mad. Can you? Smile
So, end of chapter 13. Lala! do you like it? I do! Chapter 14 coming soon to a web-link near you. <-- I'm such a loser! --> Love you guys!Anubis!
Anubis_Himura
`8`8`8`8` Kaggie `8`8`8`8`8`8`8`
I heard a truck pull up and I immediately snapped out of my daze. I had been daydreaming, maybe even sleeping, since Inuyasha told me to stay. I heard the front door open and Inuyasha's father wandering around downstairs. I put Inuyasha's hand on his chest, pulling my own away and prepared to jump out the window. I didn't know his fathers policy on having girls in the room.
"INUYASHA!" I heard him yell up the stairs.
I didn't know what to do, I panicked as I heard him coming up the stairs. "INUYASHA!" I looked around for a quick escape route and only saw the closet. I went in.
I heard the bedroom door open, with a rough 'snap' against the wall. I heard Inuyasha's bed move as he quickly woke up. "Yes Sir?" he asked, apparently still half asleep.
I didn't mean to be snoopy, but what else could I do when I was trapped in a closet?
"Inuyasha! Why aren't the dishes done? And the living room vacuumed?"
"Are you serious Sir?" I heard the tone of Inuyasha's voice. Clearly, he thought is father was psychotic. "I can barely move, let alone do housework."
"Don't talk back to me! It's because of your big mouth you got this way in the first place. I'm going out. I want the house cleaned by the time I get home." I heard Tai leave and the door close sharply.
I waited a few minutes, thinking Inuyasha would leave the room, then I could make my escape. But the situation was bugging me. Why would Tai even dream of having Inuyasha do housework? He could barely get out of bed on his own. It was no wonder Inuyasha had such discipline.
I waited a few more minutes, then I heard something. I heard . . . a sniffle. Was Inuyasha crying? I leaned against the closet door, trying to hear better. It was definitely sniffling. As I went to lean away from the door I felt the door move. It was opening.
I screamed slightly as I fell through and landed on the carpet on the other side. "Ouch." I muttered as I sat up.
I saw Inuyasha looking at me. He seemed very shocked and was wiping at his eyes. "Kagome?" he asked in disbelief.
"Hi." I said, trying to act natural.
"What were you doing?"
"Well, I heard your dad come home and I didn't have time to jump out the window, or go out the front so I hid in the closet. I was going to wait until you fell asleep again, or left the room, before I left; but, obviously that didn't work."
I walked over to the chair across from his bed and sat down. I was thinking of the conversation that had just occurred between him and Tai and I finally figured it out.
"Yash," I started quietly, "Does Tai beat you?"
He looked at me, sadness apparent in his cloudy eyes. I could tell he was struggling with himself; whether to tell me the truth, or another battle all together I didn't know. Then he looked down, his hair falling to cover his face.
"I got to do the dishes Kags," he said as he reached for his crutches.
"Yash," I tried to get him to talk to me, but I didn't know what to say or do.
"I'll walk you out." he said, avoiding eye contact with me. I thought back to early in the day when Miroku had pulled him aside.
"And Miroku knows doesn't he?" I asked, still trying to get the answers my curiosity wouldn't drop.
"Kags please," he looked up at me, his eyes watery and his expression pure sadness. "Please just stop."
"Yash, I just worry about you. If your dad is violent, there's ways to take care of it. Call DHS." I felt myself tearing up at the thought of Inuyasha being beaten, but it was very clear now. I didn't know how I could have missed it all along.
"Kags! Drop it!" He began walking out of the room.
"No Yash!" I stood in front of him, blocking his way out the door. "This isn't right. Something has to be done."
"I'm leaving in two years anyway. It'll be fine Kagome. Please just drop it. Forget you know anything, okay?"
"No! It's not right." I repeated, feeling my anger rise. (Not at him of course, at the situation).
"Well a lot of things in this world aren't fucking right! Go try and fix them instead of me!" I didn't know how to respond to such an outburst. What could I say? I had obviously pushed him too far.
"I'm sorry Yash." I backed away from the door, allowing him to go through. "I just don't want it to be worse next time. Ya know?"
"I'll be fine Kags." I saw him wince a little and I looked at my watch. It was six twenty.
"Damn, you were suppose to take your meds at six. I'll go get you a glass of water." I said as I began walking downstairs.
I heard him coming down the stairs behind me, by the time he made it to the kitchen I had the water and his vicodin in my hand.
"Here ya go." I smiled, trying to act like everything was normal. He sat down at the kitchen table and swallowed the pill, with slight difficulty. "Any idea when you can eat solids again?" I asked.
"The doctor thinks in a few more days. He said 'whenever it feels right'." Apparently Inuyasha was prepared to continue our life like normal too.
I smiled and rolled up my sleeves, turning on the faucet. "What are you doing?" he asked.
"The dishes." I said as though it were obvious.
"Kags -"
"You're not gonna stop me." I said with a glance back to him. "Deal with it."
"Kags, I really can't ask you to do this. Carrying my books, making sure I eat, doing my chores. It's gotta stop."
"Nonsense. What kinda girl would I be if I left you in distress?" I asked, smiling. "Oh dang, that reminds me. You are suppose to eat with those. Let's see if you have any yogurt."
"Blech."
"No more yogurt huh? Jell-O?" I asked, taking out the 'Blue's Clues' Blueberry Jell-O.
"Fine." I convinced him to eat the Jell-O (he insisted he could feed himself), while I did the dishes. I then cleaned up the living room and mopped the kitchen floor.
"You didn't have to mop Kags." he said as I put away the cleaning supplies.
"I know." I smiled and kissed him on the cheek. "But I love mopping." he laughed. "I should go home though. Mom will be coming home soon, it's nearly eight. Get some sleep, do your homework. Rest." I said as we headed back upstairs.
I helped him onto the bed and pulled back his comforter. "You gonna change me too?" he asked.
"Ha ha." I smiled. "Why, want me to?"
"Sure." we laughed slightly.
"Get sleep." I propped up his pillows for him and kissed him. The sweet and innocent gesture turned into a more passionate moment. I pulled away for air and self-restraint. "S-"
"I know, I know. 'Sleep'." he said mockingly.
"Yes." I ruffled his hair. "Night Yash." I blew him a kiss and walked out the door.
Just before I closed the door, I heard him whisper, "Night Kags."
~*~*~
I went into the kitchen and started making something quick to eat. I still had some homework to do and I didn't like being up that late on school nights.
My mother came in as I was eating my ramen.
"Hi Mom." I said. I didn't want to tell her about Inuyasha's dad. It wasn't her business *nor was it mine*, but I figured she would tell Tai and then something would go wrong.
"Hello." she put down her briefcase and walked into the kitchen.
"How was work?" I asked.
"Fine."
"Cool." I didn't know what else to say. Usually we would have a whole conversation, but she seemed to be in her own little world.
She confused me very much. One day she would be completely obsessed with Tai and the next she would be missing my father. I didn't know what she was thinking half the time. I used to be able to read her better than anyone else could. Since we moved to Maine though, she was harder to read than a foreign language.
I wanted to get out of here. I wanted to go see my dad. I wanted to take Inuyasha away from the abuse. I wanted to do so many things.
"What are you thinking about?" my mother brought me out of my thoughts.
"Not much." I lied. "I'm going to do my homework."
"Why isn't it done yet?" she asked.
"I was at Inuyasha's, helping him with chores and things."
"That was nice of you. But don't baby him too much, he'll never get better."
"Right." I smiled slightly and put my dish in the sink.
~*~*~ Yashie's POV ~*~*~
Tuesday went by normal. Wednesday was normal. Thursday however was not an amusing day.
I went home, as usual. It was snowing and Kagome wasn't used to driving in the snow, so we were a little late. She helped me into the house and did my chores for me, as she had been doing all week. I offered to pay her but she said 'oh hush', and told me to forget about it. She helped me with my homework and left before my dad got home.
I was in my room, trying to be distracted, when my dad came in.
"Inuyasha,"
"Yes Sir?" I asked, not bothering to try and stand.
"Why is it, that the dishes are not stacked as they should be?" he asked.
"I'm not positive Sir." I said, not wanting to explain I had gotten someone else to do my chores for me.
"I've heard from Leslie, that Kagome is quite the little helper." his tone was almost friendly and it scared me more than his yelling ever could.
"Yes Sir. Kagome has been helping me out quite tremendously these passed few days." I explained.
"Now, why are you getting a girl to do your work for you?"
"Sir, I can barely stand, let alone do housework." the madness had to stop. He could not honestly expect me to do all this work.
"You're no better than your brother." he said, preparing to leave the room.
"Did you ever think that maybe you're just a lousy parent?" I whispered this but he had heard me anyway.
"What?"
"Sir, seriously, Sesshomaru moved away when Mom killed herself, because he couldn't stand you. Mom was the only thing keeping him around. I'm surprised I even stayed this long. I have half a mind to leave right now. Fuck school! Fuck getting better! I'm sick of it Sir! I hate being compared to Sess, and I hate being treated like I'm a fucking idiot! Yeah, I almost flunked out Freshman year, but I'm smart Sir. I'm in honors classes to make you happy! I put up with the work, and chores, and the abuse, so that one day you might say 'Hey, my kid rocks'. But that’s never going to happen! I'm just like Sess, another embarrassment. Well you know what? Fuck you!"
I was prepared to die. I knew that an outburst like that would cause him to go completely off the wall. If he didn't kill me, I'd be close. I waited. I waited for screaming, hitting, anything. But nothing came. He looked at me, as though this was the first time we had ever spoken.
"I see." he said as he walked out the door.
I sat down again. Looking to the door. I half expected him to come back up with a shotgun and blow my brains out. But he didn't come back up. I finished my homework, took my meds and went to sleep. He'd get me for that sooner or later.
~*~
It was Friday, and I could finally have a weekend off. I didn't have to (nor could I) work, and my homework load was light. But first, I had to sit through the last two blocks of the day and lunch.
Kagome was talking to Sango and I was trying my hardest to eat a turkey sandwich. It wasn't going well, but I was sick of Jell-O and yogurt.
We were enjoying our lunch when Kikyou and Kouga came over. Kikyou took a seat next to me and Kouga a seat next to Kagome. We looked at them skeptically and they began eating their lunches.
"Huh? What's up?" Kagome asked, looking from Kouga to Kikyou.
Kikyou set down her sandwich and spoke first. "Look, since Yash's injury, we've been talking." we continued to watch her. "You see, we were being mean to you cause we were a little upset." she explained.
"Upset about what?" Kagome asked, obviously not amused at the sudden change in attitude.
"Upset that you and Inuyasha -"
"Were together." Kouga finished.
"Why?" I asked. I didn't feel like getting into an argument but it was bugging me.
"See, I still kind of liked you." Kikyou explained. "And I . . . I was jealous."
"Yeah, and I was a little ticked you got Kags. So Kik and I made a plan to be pissed at you guys." he explained.
"Only, I couldn't be mad at you Yash. So that's why we weren't snubbing you." Kikyou added.
"So basically," Sango spoke up, "You were being a bitch," she nodded toward Kikyou, "And you were being an asshole." she looked to Kouga.
"Basically." they answered in monotone unison.
"So, what are you going to do?" Sango asked, looking at them.
"I'm sorry guys. I was being a bitch." Kikyou said.
"I'm sorry guys. I was being an asshole." Came Kouga's apology.
"I don't know guys. Should we accept their apology?" Sango asked, looking at Miroku, me and Kags.
"Whatever." Miroku said.
"Sure." Kagome agreed.
"Yeah why not." I added.
"Okay. We forgive you." Sango seemed to have taken on the role as 'group spokesperson'.
I knew there would still be some awkwardness for a while. The group would forgive you, no matter what, but there would still be some trust and friendly issues, that would take time to gain back.
Kagome walked me to Psych and then ran off to Oral Interp. I made it through the last two blocks and home again.
~*~
The days blended after that. One day seemed to melt into the next. I was starting to use my crutches less, though the doctor said I'd be on them for six weeks. I was a pretty fast healer. Holiday break was coming up in a little over a week and I wasn't looking forward to it. The holidays were always a time when I got really depressed. Maybe this year would be different though, but I doubted it.
I wanted to go to my mom's grave, but I couldn't drive, or walk there. I didn't want to ask Kagome for a ride, and I sure as hell didn't want to ask Tai. My birthday was on Thursday. I had a feeling Kagome was going to make a deal out of my birthday, and I wasn't used to that. Usually I got a 'happy birthday' from my friends, and I went to my moms grave. That had been my birthdays for the passed six years, and I had no problem with it being that way for a seventh.
~*
Kagome came over on my birthday and gave me a gift and a card. The gift was a gift certificate to any store in the mall. She didn't do anything else. I was grateful. Someone must have told her that I didn't really like big 'to do's' on my birthday. We hung out after school and it was pretty much another day.
Pretty soon it was vacation. That's when things got weird.
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Remember how I said that I had had that chapter written for like two weeks? Well here ya go. Two of ‘em! Ha! So now you can’t be SOO mad. Can you? Smile
So, end of chapter 13. Lala! do you like it? I do! Chapter 14 coming soon to a web-link near you. <-- I'm such a loser! --> Love you guys!Anubis!