Chapter Dedication’s to: ‘Dancing Barefoot In My Socks’, and ‘Inuyasha’s-Dark-Angel’
Special thanks to ‘EmeLyNoOoPeE’, who pointed out a mistake I made last chapter with one of the characters. x3 Fixed it, though.
Title: Delicacies
Summary: It started with Chocolate. And ended that way, too.
Rating: Probably R, but for those of you who ’Can’t read R’, I will make an Alternate chapter. or something.
Excuse: I have this habit of updating every two days with this Fiction. I’m also revamping Memory Card Needed. Which is still on Hiatus. Feh.
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Men and chocolate were basically the same. Both made one’s face play with that dorky kind of grin you can only show when experiencing true happiness. Both were Mildly addicting (Cough). And it never really mattered what was inside the wrapper- What counted was always what was inside.
Kagome frowned on what these thoughts lead to.
Kagome missed Inuyasha. Or maybe she didn’t. Maybe what she missed was the chocolaty exterior Inuyasha had never been hesitant to show her in her childhood days. But then Kikyou had come, and things had changed. Kagome wasn’t the type of girl to place blame someone, even though they were most obvious to hold it. She didn’t blame Kikyou for.. altering Inuyasha’s view on her own person.
She was just sad. Sango knew she was sad. Her parents knew she sad. Bob, Felicia, Priest Herbert and Alphonse even knew she was sad. it wasn’t in the way she presented herself- He countenance spoke everything but sad. But in her twilight tinted gray hues, it was there. And she couldn’t hide it anymore.
So when Inuyasha walked into the cafe with Kikyou on his arm, Kagome was sad. And Sango, Kouga, and even the inanimate chocolates could see it.
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“Ka-..Kagome-chan? Um, do you want to leave?” Kagome leaned slightly back.. So that Kouga blocked anyone from seeing her- especially Inuyasha. But, Kouga (Poor thing) was confused.
“Why would Higurashi-kun leave? I just bought more Bob’s.” Little known to him, the joke died. Kagome shrunk lower into her chair, glancing swiftly ever 1.3 seconds behind Kouga and at the couple.
Sango twitched. Dear god, of all the times for Inuyasha to go out and buy some flipping chocolate-
“Ne, Koinu-chan- I want this one.” Kikyou bent down and poked the glass lazily, glaring up at the Hanyou stiffly. Inuyasha blanched, an arm raising to massage his shoulder.
“I-I already bought you fifty bucks worth of clothes, WENCH.”
Kagome now stopped idly glancing- full fledged staring had ensued.
Wench? WTF, Mate?
Kikyou’s air darkened, as she turned to glare at him. Inuyasha stiffened.
“H-hai.”
“They seem like such a happy couple.” Kouga would muse, looking dangerously at Kagome.
“Ne?” Kagome blushed outright, looking away.
The way she looked with that expression, and a certain memory would sift through his mind. Where had he-?
Aha. He remembered now. How couldn’t he remember? This was the girl from back in his preschool years. Obviously, his own remembrance didn’t mean a thing. She’d still forgotten.
Back in those days, Kouga himself remembered spying on the duo of Inuyasha and Kagome. Best’est best friends. He’d remembered being jealous, because he himself only had 3 friends. Kagome befriended everyone, and thus, in following, so had Inuyasha.
And then Kikyou had come. Now, not exactly knowing what had followed, Kouga could only remember tears.
The schoolgirl had been crying behind the teeter-totter. her fists were raised to her eyes, as her slated hues watched closely at her best friend, and the new girl. She’d been replaced.
“Ne, Higurashi-san. Are you ok?” Kouga had, for the first time, approached a girl. A very sad girl, but a girl none the less. What he hadn’t counted on was that she would be crying.
Hiten and Ginta had urged him to talk to her. He.. liked her, in the very plainest of the word. But they were 6, so it didn’t mean much back then. Did it? What he hadn’t counted on was her tears.
Kagome remained silent, turning her gaze for a moment to look at the boy whom she hardly knew.
“Am I broken, Kouga-kun?” Kouga blushed fiercely at this.. odd question.
“I.. I don’t know. I hope not, Higurashi-san.”
“I think I am. Inuyasha doesn’t play anymore.”
A pregnant silence had filled the air, as Kouga’s stubby fingers pushed into his pocket, pulling it out to reveal a small chocolate Kiss.
“H-here, Kagome-san. it’ll make you feel better.” He managed, staring at the ground. The small girl would blink up at him, tentatively reaching for the chocolate, and clenching it in her hand.
“Thankyou, Kouga-kun.”
And it had.
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“Kagome?” Oh shit.
Kagome supposed she’d been staring to long. Kouga, in his own thoughtless gazing, abruptly looked behind him to find Inuyasha. Brow raised in amusement, as Kagome sported a blush.
Sango wanted to throw a Bob at him, but resisted.
Inuyasha, himself, was thoroughly surprised. he hadn’t seen Kagome... since... Um... Second grade? Or rather, that was the last time he’d acknowledged her presence. Since the time that they were young, Inuyasha faintly recalled Kagome appearing on the attendance list to a few of his classes. But she was to quiet and kept to herself, so he’d never bothered her with idle chit chat.
Oops.
“Hi.. Inuyasha.” She’d manage, looking away. Inuyasha blinked, shifting his feet.
“How...are you?” God this was hard. No wonder he hadn’t tried before. Kagome shifted nervously.
“Oh, I.. I’m doing ok.” Oh how life sucked.
“Oh. Well, um. Good. That’s good.”
Kouga stayed relatively silent through all of this, and suddenly stood up, closing his eyes with a smile towards Kagome, as he extended his hand towards her.
“Well, Love! it’s time we got going.” He interrupted, pulling Kagome out of her chair. Sango Almost spit out her drink. Inuyasha coughed quite violently. Kagome.. Kagome was just confused.
“Kou-” She’d start, but Kouga stopped her, gently nudging the space behind her knee with his own knee.
“You know. Our date. To the.. Movies.” Kouga coughed, giving her a look. Sango laughed nervously, and piped in with a strange seeming of excitement.
“Oh, Kagome-chan! Your not going to cancel your plans, ne? You spent all that time picking out those panties with the little chocolates on them just for Kouga, so you can’t back out now!” Sango stopped. Kagome blushed, obviously horrified. Inuyasha looked about to die. Kikyou.. intervened.
“My Panties are so much cooler, Kagome. They have Inuyasha’s NAME on them. In four different languages.” Sango scoffed, waving a hand.
“Kagome have Kouga’s name. Written in the form of chocolate.”
“They do?” Kagome whimpered, and Kouga patted her head.
“Shush.”
“ Well mine are lacy.”
“Kagome’s are silk.”
“In fact, Because I love Inuyasha so much, I’m not wearing ANY.”
“WELL, Kagome’s-”
Kagome lunged, covering Sango’s mouth with a horrified whimper. Kouga wanted so badly to laugh. Inuyasha was choking on air. Again. He was doing that a lot lately.
So they sat there for a few moments, to each his own, before Inuyasha mumbled some remark about having to go and shower repetitively. Kikyou vouched to join him, and he quickened his pace.
Soon, it was only Kouga, Kagome, Sango, and the other customers.. Who were now on the way other side of the room. Wonder why. Sitting back down, Kouga lifted a small chocolate to his mouth, and began to chew it lightly. Kagome and Sango soon followed, as Kagome returned from her little world. The boy grinned wolfishly, handing her a chocolate that she gladly took.
But Sango was now sporting a frown, as she nudged Kagome.
“Ne, Kagome, Dog’s aren’t allowed to have chocolate, ne?” Kagome looked at her oddly, before slowly nodding.
“They get really sick and die, ne?” Another question, and another nod. Kouga coughed. Where was this leading?
Sango gave them a thoughtful smile.
“Then I hope that Kikyou eats more than her fill.”
Kagome giggled.
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If you didn’t get that last part, well then, let’s just put it this way.
A bitch is a female dog. Now, read those lines, while thinking about that.
Chapter dedication goes to whomever describes Kagome’s and Kikyou’s Panties.
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