Last Night by SunsetMiko

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For Riku Ryuu's Random Prompts on the Dokuga forums.

Time - 545

"But... Kagome?" Kouga sounded devastated, as well as thoroughly confused.

"No, Kouga. Just go. I don't want to deal with this right now and there's no point in talking to you since you don't hear what I'm saying anyway." The miko watched as Kouga turned and walked slowly away, clearly upset, and for a moment she felt a flicker of guilt. Still, he would never figure things out if he didn't at least try to learn things for himself. He needed to do some thinking and soul searching, and then maybe he would understand that he didn't love her at all.  He was just lonely and latched on to the first promising option. That wasn't the kind of relationship she wanted, as she knew it could never stand the test of time.

Sesshoumaru frowned. Why did she not simply turn the fool down and send him away with his tail between his legs? Why tell him to return? Sure, it wasn't likely he'd ever have the right answer for her, but that wouldn't stop Kouga from trying. He didn't want to have to deal with the competition the wolf was sure to be. Inuyasha was going to be a big enough problem. He didn't need another idiot making things difficult.

Once the now thoroughly deflated wolf was gone and she was certain he wasn't coming back, at least not for a while, Kagome turned and looked once again at Sesshoumaru. She studied his face for a moment, curious about so many things, least of all what exactly had happened last night?! Sango had told her some of it, blushing the whole time, but the miko knew her shy friend had skipped over huge parts, the bits that made her the most uncomfortable, the things that she needed to know the most!

Besides that, she had no idea what in the hell Sesshoumaru was thinking, showing any kind of interest in her whatsoever. He had never made any qualms about hiding how he felt about her species as  whole, and in the past he hadn't been so kind when referring to her specifically, either. It didn't make any sense unless there was some kind of ulterior motive, but he'd said that there wasn't and she knew how highly he valued his honor. He wouldn't blatantly lie like that, even if he did view her as beneath him.

They'd formed a tenuous friendship since their groups had joined together to defeat Naraku and she trusted him. Sure, he usually confused the hell out of her and was doing a brilliant job of it at the moment, but she liked him, both as a friend, and possibly as more. He was so damn sexy he could make her melt and the more she'd learned about him the more she grew to enjoy his personality, cold and distant as it often was. He had a rather interesting sense of humor she'd been surprised to discover and she didn't doubt that few even knew of its existence. Now, this new turn of events had her beyond curious. Even if she didn't understand anything that was happening, and she was sure she didn't, she wanted to and the only way she was going to figure it out was with his help.