He noticed her eyes were on him not long after they left the cafeteria and feeling self conscious again, instead of snapping at her like he did that morning, he merely fidgeted slightly this time. But then his unease was forgotten when she answered his question which he nodded to in response.
He caught on now that she had only been joking about him saving her from her friends. But maybe not completely, he personally would have wanted to get out of there if he was in her situation and as he thought before, he was sure their intentions were in the right place, but it would be embarrassing for anyone. How would they feel if it was turned back around on them? Say, that was an idea, he noticed that the other three girls didn’t have anyone sitting with them and he didn’t catch a male’s scent on any of them either aside from the expected scent from their classmates that was barely there. If they had boyfriends then the scent would be stronger, a prolonged smell from repeated contact. Perhaps he could Kagome in convincing her to put it back on them.
Added movement from the girl walking beside him pulled his attention back to her and watched as she pulled a strand of blue-black hair and tucked it behind her ear. He couldn’t believe he hadn’t noticed before, but the girl was actually quite beautiful. Mid-back black hair that looked soft to the touch and had a healthy shine to it. Soulful and kind brown eyes that he could see a hidden fire in. Soft skin and an angel’s face, slim, but not unhealthily so and the average height. Plus her voice was kind and soft, but he was sure she had the ability to growl when angry. How had he not noticed before now? Oh, right because he was too busy being a cautious asshole before. Oh shit, he was staring!
He blinked when noticing what he was doing, and seeing her eyes on him again felt his cheeks tint in embarrassment and turned his head the opposite direction to hide it, but not before he caught the sight of her white teeth worrying her bottom lip, but he looked back again when he heard her ask if he was being picked on. Thankfully by that time, his blush had already cooled again.
"Just what’s expected, nothin’ too bad. Y’know, slammed into lockers, name callin’ the usual," he replied with a nonchalant shrug. The genuine concern on her features wasn’t lost on him and he found himself again marveling at it. This girl, she wasn’t like the others. But was that really so hard to believe? His mother was a beautiful person inside and out and if there was one, there had to be others. It was just that hate seemed to be most dominant in the world.
He was thinking along those lines when her request pulled him free of his musings, surprising him enough to blink owlishly at her. Though, should he really be surprised? She had been friendly that morning and came along with him regardless of how he treated her before and quite obviously accepted him half breed and all.. But.. They shouldn’t be… He would like to have her as a friend…but.. Well he’d let her decide for herself.. But not going in blind.
"I don’t think that’s a good idea Kagome… Personally, I’d like to, but if yer a known friend ta a half breed like me then haters’ll target you too. The bullying’ll start an’ trust me it gets pretty bad.."