These Bus Rides Home by disappearcompletely

Only the Beginning...

A/N: 

So due to my impatience I have decided to take on another story which is probably a terrible decision on my part. Unfortunatley I just couldn't get this idea out of my head! So here we are! This will be a Chapter Stories Collection and I hope to be posting it once every week! This will be quite the challenge for me because I am not used to writing anything longer than 800 words so please bear with me if the first few chapters are relatively short!

Please Review and tell me what you think!!

Hugs,

Disappearcompletely

The first day of a new school year, daunting and nervousness abound, Kagome waited at the bus stop. On the corner of the street the shrine she lived in was located, across from the hoarders and creepy by polar woman who often pushed an old shopping cart down her street.

It was interesting...she would give it that.

Oddly, there wasn't anyone else at her stop and she could have sworn last year there had been a red haired freshman. Maybe he had moved...

Checking her watch she sighed, impatient for her transportation to arrive. If she had somehow missed the bus there would be hell to pay, she had gotten here 10 minutes early just in case! Due to many instances of walking 5 miles to school, Kagome always had to come at least a few minutes earlier.

To pass the time she checked her bags, and if she had grabbed her ID when she walked out the door.
Everything seemed to be in ship shape...now all she had to do was actually get to school on time.
Just as Kagome sighed heavily the telltale creak of her bus was heard around the corner and she smiled. So far so good she thought to herself.

Her bus driver who she had known for a few years was the same as always, old Mister Totosai was quite the character. Kagome stepped on the bus and giggled to herself as she remembered a day last year where the old man has harassed a poor freshman over the headphones he had on his ears. The big bright headphones were very obnoxious and of course her bus driver spent the entire drive to school grumbling and cursing over “Kids looking even more stupid nowadays…”

She got to the last step and smiled to a surly faced Mr. Totosai who in return checked her name of the roster and grumbled. “Morning Higurashi…good luck finding a seat.” He pulled the doors closed and started the large vehicle.

Kagome’s mouth dropped as she turned and saw the entire bus’ capacity filled with teens, all of which she had been going to school with since middle school.

“ Come on Higurashi, hurry it up.” Totosai huffed.

The poor girl scanned the seats and found one at the very back of the bus, unfortunately it was taken. She groaned inwardly as she caught a glimpse of the hooded figure who she was heading towards; hopefully this guy wasn’t a creeper…

Agonizingly slow, she pushed pass all the bags and kids who were still groggy from the drastic change of not waking up at 2:00 in the afternoon. Finally she reached the seat and sighed, tapping the hooded teen on the shoulder. He didn’t turn around.

By this time the bus was moving and Totosai wasn’t the safest diver on the road so she tapped him once more.

Time stood still as he finally looked up to her and suddenly she felt very small compared to this… boy? Man? Beautifully handsome demon? It was if her mind unplugged from its socket and she stood completely still.

Forcing herself to talk she stuttered out the question she had originally planned to ask him. “Um… uh is this seat taken?” Kagome cringed at the sound of her voice but tried to look at him without her knees buckling a little.

His eyes narrowed and he shook his head, returning to look out the window.

“HIGURASHI! SIT DOWN!” Totosai’s voice came on the bus’ speakers. If only she had sat down quick enough she wouldn’t have tumbled to the floor as the bus stopped on its breaks and lurched forward to the stop sign.  She shut her eyes and waited for the hard bus floor to make its print on her face.

Fortunately the floor never came as she felt a large tug on her wrist and suddenly out of nowhere she was sitting in her seat, as if she had never been jolted to the ground. She stiffened and turned to the only person who could have reached her, the mysterious honey eyed demon. He was fast...really fast. And thanks to him she wasn't he source of humiliation for all her class mates, which meant she was going to have to thank him later. Kagome didn't want to do it now; he'd probably had enough human contact for the day. 

As the bus traveled down the suburban streets jostling her against him and giving her neck whiplash she wondered how was she going to talk to him? Let alone thank him for something she just assumed he did! 

Ugh why did talking to strangers have to be so frustrating! Honestly, she thought herself to be quite good at starting a conversation but Kami did he make her tongue feel like a useless appendage! 

Gathering her courage, Kagome decided this afternoon was the perfect time to ask...hopefully. All she needed to do was introduce herself, thank him, then maybe find a different seat so she never embarrased herself in his vicinity again...

Out of the window she saw her school approaching, swarms of teenagers huddling at its doors. Annoyingly the school didnt allowed the students to enter the building until 7:45, which happened to be 30 minutes after all the buses arrived. 

With a jolt the bus stopped and before anyone could dash out the door and sprint to their awaiting friends, Totosai grabbed the speaker from the bus wall and yelled, " Ok you brats! Before I leave you mongrels I want you to know where your sitting now will be your permanent seat assignment...unless I say otherwise!" 

Groans were heard and a few relieved sighs erupted from the bus, but Kagome on the other hand forced herself not to wimper as she realized she was going to spend the rest of the year...sitting next to Mr. Anti-social Hunk.

Everyone left the bus in a line and Kagome felt his stare, burning holes into the back of her head as she grudgingly stepped  off her newest Hell.