Inuko was very happy today. Living in the Emperor’s palace with her father, she normally had many reasons to be happy. But today was special. Today, Urashima Izawa, her lifelong crush who only started showing interest in her 5 months ago, wanted to take her out to dinner! And he never went out to dinner with anyone! Ever!
She danced into her bedroom and plunked herself down on her thick futon mattress bed. When she went through the terrible transformation, she had given up hope of any boy, let alone a boy with as high standards as Urashima, ever showing interest in her. But now….it must have been fate. Destiny. The forces above must’ve intended for them to be together, how else would he have overlooked her disfigurations? She didn’t think boys liked seeing women taller than themselves, but that just showed how little she used to know! Besides, she had always known there was no other boy out there for her……
“So, why’d you chase after me?” she asked him.
Kiba shrugged. “You’ve got a nice face.” He began to finger her hair. “I like your hair. Your smell is wonderful. And after seeing you run like that for 3 hours…..you’ve got to have a perfect body.” He let go of her hair and put his hands behind his head. “Isn’t it obvious?”
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“You’re a pretty wild girl.”
And that’s when he kissed her.
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“Would you marry me?”
Inuko’s eyes widened in shock. Their first date had gone terribly wrong and he was asking her to marry him?
“I know I seem like nothing more than a common murderer, but I’m probably a better man than anybody who’s ever gone after you. My brother’s a bit crazy, but he can control himself. I know there might be a few objections from your family, but who cares; you’d just be leaving them anyways. And if you think you could be happy with me, I’m sure none of your friends would object. Besides, chasing you around…fighting you….it all just makes me wonder what sort of woman you’ll be in bed.”
He licked her ear and she shuddered. Again with that sexual curiosity of his…….
She felt him gently lift her to a sitting up position and they began to see eye to eye again. “Well, what do you say? I for one think you’d look beautiful with red fangs on your face….” He said, stroking her cheek. He inhaled quickly through his nose, and his face turned to a panicked expression. “Inuko, are you bleeding?”
And that’s when she hit him.
Inuko shook her head. Forget about Kiba already! He was just some wild animal that showed some interest in her. Besides, he’s dead now.
And whose fault is it? Yours! You punched him right in the face! After all the nice things he did for you, you went right ahead and punched him in the face! I’ll bet he’s happier now that he’s dead…..
Inuko silenced the conflicting voices in her head. She was going to be Mrs. Izawa, she just knew it. He would never take her out for any other reason. This was her lifelong dream; she wouldn’t let guilt over a dead man ruin it.
