The Boyfriend
Phone Calls
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:
R
Codes: Kag/OC, Inu/Kag
Feedback: Keeps my muse talking and
the stories coming! Do tell. But if you have a flame, use it for
something more productive, like setting your clothes on fire.
The Boyfriend
Chapter 8
Kagome looked at the phone
in her hand and tried to dial it one last time. She slammed it down
again. ‘This isn’t the right way to break up,’ she
thought. ‘But do I really want to do it on the date tonight?’
She walked upstairs to her room and looked at herself in the mirror.
She was still blushing at the thought of InuYasha’s embrace. She
had felt no hesitation, no doubt and no regret. She was always
doubting herself around Yukio, always pushing him away and always
hesitating. ‘But what if that’s just because I’m in love
with InuYasha? Did I ever give him a real chance?’ She thought
about how well he had treated her, but while kissing him made her
heart beat faster and his hand under her shirt made her body react,
she didn’t get excited to see him. She never had the urge to run
into his arms and really had no desire to go any further with him
than she had. With InuYasha, she had wanted him to take the next step
almost desperately. Just from a kiss.
“Kagome, telephone! It’s Eri!” Mrs.
Higurashi’s voice called to her from down the stairs. Kagome jogged
down and took it, thanking her mother.
“Hello?” she greeted.
“Kagome-chan! I tried to call yesterday, but
your grandfather said you were at the gynecologist?”
“What?” Kagome
exclaimed, getting angry. ‘Wasn’t gout and arthritis and
diabetes enough? That’s getting personal!’ she thought
angrily.
“You haven’t done something with Yukio have
you?” Eri asked, sounding concerned.
“No, why?” Kagome answered.
“Oh, no, it’s not cervical cancer is it?”
Eri exclaimed through the phone. Kagome’s eye twitched.
“No. I thought I felt a breast lump,” Kagome
quickly improvised. “But it turned out to be nothing.”
“Oh, good. I was worried. Listen, there’s
something I need to tell you about Yukio.”
“What?” Kagome said.
“I found out why he moved from his last school.”
“He said his dad got a job transfer or
something,” Kagome said.
“Yeah, but he had to
get the transfer. Apparently, Yukio was kicked out of his last
school.”
“Why?” Kagome asked, wondering why Yukio never
told her that.
“I’m still trying to find out,” Eri said.
“Yuka said she heard it was a violation of his school’s dating
policy.”
“Well, I know that he was dating a girl at his
last school. Except I think he said she was in high school. Maybe
that’s it. A lot of middle schools don’t allow dating at all.”
“That might be it,” Eri agreed. “Or maybe a
public display of affection. Still, I thought I would let you know,
in case you didn’t.”
“Well, it’s not going to matter anymore
anyway.”
“What? Are you breaking up with him?”
“Yeah,” Kagome said. “I’m going back to
that guy from before.”
“Why, Kagome? I’m sure it wasn’t something
serious at his last school! He’s such a nice guy. Not as nice as
Hojo, of course, and he’s kinda weird, but—”
“I just don’t love him,” Kagome interrupted
before Eri went into a Hojo-is-great spiel. “And I do love that
guy,” she said. There was silence on the other end of the phone.
“You really love him?” Eri said.
“Yeah.”
“Has he said it yet?”
“Yes,” Kagome said. “And he kissed me last
night.”
“You cheated on Yukio?” Eri said, incredulous.
“Well, I was kinda
cheating with Yukio before. I mean, we weren’t definite or
anything, but he’s shown me over and over that he cares. I was just
mad at him for throwing my books in the river.”
“Oh, is that what
happened to them? Why did he do that?”
“To get my attention,” Kagome said, realizing
the answer herself.
“Well, I know you’ll do what you want to, no
matter what I say. Just be careful. Yukio really seems attached to
you.”
“I know. I heard about what happened with him
and Hojo,” Kagome said. Hojo had been avoiding her ever since Yukio
asked her out and she finally found out it was because Yukio had told
him to stay away from her. Kagome had felt so bad that she tracked
Hojo down and apologized, but he had barely listened and then left,
obviously mad at her. She couldn’t blame him. She had blown him off
for almost an entire year and then started dating Yukio the first
time she met him.
“Well… good luck then.”
“Thanks, Eri. I’ll talk to you later,”
Kagome said.
“Okay. Bye!”
“Bye!”
To be continued…