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The Boyfriend	By : Xakana Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female > InuYasha/Kagome Views: 19837 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha, nor make money from this story.

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Disclaimer: InuYasha, Kagome and anyone else you saw in the manga or anime does not belong to me. Yukio does. If I saw so much as a shiny penny for this story, you think I�d be writing fanfiction still? Okay, I would� Damn other authors and their more interesting universes�
Genre: Angst, Romance

Rating: M

Codes: Kag/OC, Inu/Kag

Feedback: Keeps my muse talking and the stories coming! Do tell. Oh, and constructive criticism is also welcome, I just don�t want people trashing my story because they don�t like the pairing or the direction it�s going.
The Boyfriend

Chapter 3
Kagome was very nervous about the date by Saturday. Now she was wondering if it was a good idea, considering that InuYasha and she had only had a fight because he wanted her to spend more time with him. He always got upset about her coming home, but he had never been upset about her doing her homework at breakfast before. She wondered what had gotten into him. Still, Yukio was incredibly cute�
She looked at her outfit in the mirror, glaring at her reflection. She had tried several different skirts, different shirts and was currently wearing a short dress. She flung it off and stood in her underwear, glaring at her clothing. Nothing looked right. She just felt so� unattractive. �It�s all InuYasha�s fault,� she decided. �He�s always saying how I�m not pretty. I never thought anything about it before him. Stupid InuYasha!� She grabbed a navy shirt and matching skirt and smiled at herself in the mirror. She looked good, or at least better than she had in class. She looked at the time and squealed. It was almost five-thirty! She didn�t want to be late, so she ran a brush through her hair one last time and trotted down the stairs.
�Do you have money for the bus?� Mrs. Higurashi called. Kagome stopped and checked her pockets. She groaned and turned to run back upstairs when her mother handed her the change.
�Thank you, Mama!� Kagome said, giving her mom a quick hug.
�I�m not sure I like you going out on a date with a boy I haven�t met,� Mrs. Higurashi said. �Why didn�t you have him pick you up here?�
�I just didn�t think about it, Mama. Don�t worry about me, you know you can trust me!�
�It�s not you that I�m concerned over. And don�t tell me not to worry, that�s my job,� she said with a smile. Kagome grinned back and put on her shoes. She ran to the bus stop and just barely made it before the bus closed its doors. It was rather crowded, so she grabbed a hand bar and stood. She was too excited to sit anyway.
She walked to the restaurant nervously; glad she was ten minutes early. She stepped past a group of people smoking and into the restaurant proper. Yukio smiled at her and stepped forward, offering her a lovely purple flower. She took it with a smile and a blush, thinking about how it was the first traditional gift any boy had ever given her. She followed him to their table and sat down, surprised when he waited for her to sit before he did, himself. She glanced at the menu, not really certain what to order. She had never eaten at an Italian restaurant before.
�What do you like?� Yukio�s voice startled her and she dropped the menu. She quickly retrieved it, blushing and smiling at him. He smiled back, his expression completely unchanging. It was patient, vaguely interested and intent. Unused to being looked at in such a way, Kagome�s blush intensified and she hid in her menu.
�I�m not sure. I�ve never eaten here before,� she answered honestly.
�Take your time, then,� he answered. She breathed a sigh of relief when he shooed the waitress away, giving her time to think. Unfortunately, the words were blurring together beneath her thoughts.
�I�m not used to anyone being so considerate! InuYasha would have ordered without me and told me to hurry up. Or ordered for me. Yukio is so strange. Eek! The waitress is back, think, Higurashi, think!� Finally she spotted something that looked appetizing and pointed to the menu, uncertain how to pronounce the name of the food. The waitress looked, nodded and wrote it down.
�I�ll have the chicken marsala with the zuppa di cavolo nero,� Yukio ordered without missing a beat. Kagome guessed he must have eaten at these kinds of restaurants before. The waitress nodded and jotted it all down.
�I will be back soon with your soup,� the waitress said, and then left them, taking the menus with her. Kagome watched her hiding place go away and then berated herself for wishing she could use it.
�If you�re so nervous about him, why are you on a date with him?� she thought to herself. �Why am I so nervous, anyway?� She looked in his eyes. He was studying her carefully and she wondered if he was nervous at all. A small gasp escaped before she could stop it. He turned his head to the side curiously. �That�s what it is! His eyes! They remind me of Sesshomaru��
�Does something about me bother you?� he asked calmly.
�No,� she said quickly. �Not exactly,� she amended in her mind.
�You can tell me. You won�t offend me,� he said.
�Well� see, there�s this guy I was kinda seeing,� she explained, wondering if she should be saying this, �who has an older brother. You sort of remind me of him.�
�I take it that his brother is not your friend,� he responded. Kagome was surprised. Not only was he not questioning her about the �guy she was kinda seeing� but he had also immediately grasped that she didn�t like Sesshomaru.
�No, he�s kind of a jerk, actually,� she said, then covered her mouth. �Oops,� she thought. �Now he�s going to think I�m saying he�s a jerk!� �Not that I�m saying you are! I just��
�It�s all right, Kagome. I may call you Kagome, yes?� Yukio smiled slightly. Kagome nodded, still trying to hide her blush. �I told you that I would not be offended.�
�Yeah, I�m just not used to that,� Kagome said. �InuYasha would have had a hissy fit if I�d said he looked like a jerk.�
�I�ve been told that I�m very unusual,� he said simply. �Did you like the flower?�
�Huh?� Kagome asked, startled by the sudden change of topic. She looked at the flower and smiled broadly. She had laid the flower on the table, still in its plastic wrapper. �Yes, very much,� she answered.
�I am glad. I thought to get you a bouquet, possible roses, but then I decided that you might enjoy a less common gift. I don�t like ordinary people, you see,� he said. She looked up. �I knew you were special the moment I set eyes on you.� Kagome blushed furiously.
�I�m not that special,� she said, waving the compliment away with her hand.
�You are obviously an incredibly brave girl,� Yukio said, his expression softening for the first time.
�What do you mean?�
�I have heard that you are very ill,� Yukio said. �You yourself told me that you have leukemia. Yet you continue to live your life like any other girl. You don�t let your sickness consume you. As soon as you are able, you are back in classes. You even agreed to this date with me, even though you just met me. I respect that. You don�t spend all your time giggling and flirting, nor with your nose crammed in a book. Something tells me that you spend a lot more time outside.�
�Okay, are you sure you haven�t been spying on me?� Kagome said, laughing. �You�re right. I do spend a lot of time outside. And I suppose I do some pretty brave stuff a lot of the time, although I don�t consider just living life to be all that brave.�
�Truly, Kagome, Thursday at school was the first time I saw you. You have a much healthier glow that I had expected, hearing our classmates talk. I had no idea that I was looking at the infamous Higurashi Kagome until you were sitting next to me in class. I thought you looked beautiful in the morning sunlight.� Yukio was oblivious to the fact that Kagome was turning an interesting shade of pink and that her �healthy glow� was getting brighter by the sentence. �And had hoped that you would not be a run of the mill, boring teenage girl.�
�I don�t see what�s so bad about being average,� Kagome protested.
�I can tell you wouldn�t. Average is boring, Kagome. I don�t see the point in dating a girl that I can find a carbon copy of sitting in the seat next to her. I detest hearing the same stories, girl after girl, all the same from different perspectives. I want to hear about your life, Kagome. Not the life of the invalid, but the life of the adventurer.� His eyes seemed to pierce right through Kagome and for a moment, she was terrified that he knew about her time traveling.
�I don�t know what you mean,� she said.
�A girl lying in bed all the time, being poked and prodded would have two options,� he explained, leaning forward. �She could lie and think of her illnesses, which would make her grow pale and thin. Or she could leave her bed and have adventures, even if only in her mind. I believe that you are the latter, Kagome. Even if they are not real, I wish to hear about your adventures. Do you travel the world, meeting strange people and learning foreign tongues? Do you stay in Japan and do ordinary things with your life? Do you look for priceless artifacts or go diving into the ocean?� Kagome sat with her mouth open.
�What an odd thing to ask,� Kagome responded. �You want to know about my fantasies?�
�Yes,� he said. �People can be much like living books,� he said. �I�ve read thousands of books. But only managed to hear a few people�s stories. I once dated a girl for six months because she was a pathological liar,� he said. �She was fascinating. But then I had to move.� He looked rather wistful.
�Did you love her?� Kagome asked, noticing the sad look in his eyes. She almost apologized for asking such a deeply personal question, but then decided it was no more personal than what he was asking her.
�Yes, actually,� he answered candidly. �She was my first love, when I was fourteen. Her name was Tamiko.� His eyes focused on Kagome. �I�m sorry. It�s rude to talk about past girlfriends, isn�t it?�
�I guess so,� Kagome said, thinking about how InuYasha never talked about Kikyo, but got the same look in his eyes. A small flare of anger was pushed down quickly, since Kagome didn�t want to go running away from this date, as she had with Hojo. She just stopped thinking about InuYasha entirely. �I don�t know if I�m ready to talk about my fantasy life. I did just meet you,� Kagome said.
�Of course,� Yukio said, sitting back. He remained quiet while the waitress came and gave him his soup and Kagome her salad. After tasting the soup and smiling, he resumed conversation. �Then tell me about yourself. What music do you like?�
�Um� well, I really like Hamasaki Ayumi,� she said, quickly swallowing her bite of salad. �What about you?�
�Stratovarius,� he answered.
�I haven�t heard of them�� Kagome said.
�They�re Finnish, but they sing in English,� he explained. �I like Hamasaki as well, Rurutia, and Suns Owl. And Deftones from America.�
�Oh, I like Rurutia! And Evanescence from America,� she replied.
�Oh, yes,� he said. �Definitely one of the best from that country.� They were quiet for a little bit as they finished their first course, then continued talking about music for a while. Kagome completely relaxed and enjoyed herself. It was nice talking about contemporary things with a modern boy. By the time the food got there, she had completely forgotten that she had come back to her own time in anger or even why. She was actually upset when she saw the check come and knew the date was almost over.
�I�ve had a lot of fun,� Kagome said, frowning at the check as he pulled out more money than she realized the meal had cost. �Do you want me to pay for my half?� she offered, reaching for her purse.
�Don�t even consider it,� he answered. �I did not ask you out as a friend,� he said. �And since I chose the place, time and everything, it is my pleasure to pay.� Kagome sat back, completely awed. Her opinion of Yukio had totally changed. She was no longer nervous at all around him and his eccentricities actually made her like him even more. On top of everything else, he had been a total gentleman. On the other hand: the complete opposite of InuYasha.
A pang of guilt flickered through Kagome, but like the anger, she pushed it away. She let Yukio walk her to the bus and was surprised when he got on with her. Once again, there were no seats open, so Kagome grabbed a hand bar and felt a thrill when Yukio took the one behind her, but stepped up so that when the bus started moving with a jerk, she fell back against him. Her heart pounded and she stepped back into place, glancing back to see that he had done the same. She breathed a sigh of relief. For a moment, she had been afraid he was going to lean against her for the entire trip.
Once again, she was surprised when he followed her off the bus. They watched the bus drive off and Kagome�s heart was still pounding as she realized they were the only ones there at the stop and the moon was high in the sky. It was after nine and she had to get home, but she didn�t want to. She let Yukio take her hand and walked aimlessly with him for a while. They ended up in a park and he sat down on a bench. She sat with him and looked up at the sky and the sliver of moon that was left. In just a week, there would be no moon in the sky. Kagome�s mind started to drift back to InuYasha, but Yukio�s arm across her shoulders returned it to the present.
She glanced up at him and was startled to see the almost amber glow in his eyes under the yellow lights of the park. His expression was intent and she knew he was about to kiss her. She turned her cheek quickly, suddenly feeling shy. She was out alone with a boy at night. She glanced back, expecting Yukio to be upset at her rejection, but he looked as peaceful as he had in the restaurant. He tugged her a little closer and she let her shoulder rest against his side. Gradually, she relaxed her head against his shoulder and watched the stars shimmering as clear as they ever were in her time.
�You should probably go home,� Yukio said after a while. �I don�t want your mother to worry.�
�Oh, she�s probably doing that anyway. It�s only my second date, after all,� Kagome said. Yukio glanced down at her in surprise.
�Only your second date?� he repeated. �Forgive me, but a pretty girl like yourself surely has had more dates than that.� Kagome blushed furiously and Yukio smiled. �I see.�
�See what?� Kagome asked, a little irritated by the smirk on his lips.
�Have you even been kissed before?� he asked. Kagome pushed away and stood up, angry.
�And how is that your business?� she demanded.
�Because I would like you to be my girlfriend,� he answered, unfazed.
�Girlfriend?� Kagome repeated.
�Yes. And I think that if we are a couple, I should know how much� experience you have had. I would offer the same information in return, of course.�
�I� I need to think about it,� she stalled. Yukio stood and looked down at her with just his eyes, once again reminding her of Sesshomaru. A chill slid up her spine, but she pushed it back, reminding herself that she knew he was human. She could feel it in her core.
�Please let me know in class on Monday,� he said. �I would really like to date you more. I had a lot of fun tonight.�
�So did I,� Kagome admitted, caught off guard. The look in his eyes didn�t match his words. His voice sounded open and friendly, but his eyes were cold and distant. �If I say yes, then what?� Kagome asked. �What are you saying?� she asked herself. �What about InuYasha?� Kagome remembered all the times that InuYasha had left her for Kikyo and clenched her fist in anger. �To hell with him,� she thought angrily, surprising herself. �He�s then and this is now and I live here.� The feel of being wrapped in his arms, the memory of his eyes coming closer as he tried to kiss her filled her mind. �But you love him.� The thought of his eyes again filled her, and then she remembered who he was looking at. Kikyo. Not her.
�Then I would like to meet with you after class each day. I could help you study and after, we could get to know each other,� Yukio answered. Kagome heard the hope in the way his words came quickly and saw it in his eyes.
�Alright, then,� she said. �I�ll� I�ll be your girlfriend.�
�Are you sure you don�t want to sleep on it?� he asked, turning his head to the side curiously.
�No. I� I just haven�t done this before,� she said. He nodded and took her hand again.
�May I kiss you?� he asked. Kagome blushed.
�Not tonight,� she said, shyly. He nodded and smiled.
�Perhaps next time,� he said absently. �Good-night, Kagome.�
�Good-night, Yukio,� Kagome said as he turned and walked away. She clutched her purse tightly and ran home as fast as she could, suddenly nervous about being out alone after dark. She ran up the steps to the shrine and stopped at the doorway, wondering if her mother had waited up. She pushed the door open and smiled at her mom when she turned to her.
�Did you have a good date, dear?� Mrs. Higurashi asked.
�Yes, Mama,� Kagome answered. �He was so polite� so different from InuYasha,� she said. �And not goofy like Hojo.�
�You are coming in rather late,� Mama said, her forehead wrinkling. �I would appreciate it if you came home a little earlier next time.�
�Of course, Mama. We just lost track of time talking,� she said carefully. She didn�t want to admit she had known what time it was and chosen to stay out later.
�It�s okay tonight, but next time be home by nine.�
�All right. Good-night, Mama.�
�Good-night, Kagome,� Mrs. Higurashi said with a smile.
To be continued�
This isn�t a short story, folks. I wouldn�t be posting it in chapters if it was less than fifteen thousand words long. This story is going to get very dark before long. If you want the Inu/Kag purity to happen quickly, then I suggest you go read one of my oneshots while waiting for chapter updates! They need more attention, really they do!
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