Title: Still Waiting
Prompt Name -list- Ficlet Number: Dead End/By Land/#1
Author:Kmoaton
Rating: PG
Genre: Angst
Universe: AU
Word Count: 300
Summary: Fool me once, shame on you. There won't be a twice, I quit
Warnings: Inuyasha is human in this series.
He was cool living in the shadows…really. Too often, he had put himself out there for love and what did it get him?
Absolutely nothing.
His mother and father had passed on and his half-brother barely tolerated his presence. It seemed he was fated to be alone and broken-hearted. At times, Inuyasha couldn't help but wonder if his life had ended before it even started. Sweeping his inky black locks from his eyes, Inuyasha strengthened his resolve.
Never again.
He shuddered as he remembered Kikyou. She was beautiful but cold. All she worried about was image. She wanted Inuyasha to give up his small accounting firm and come work for her father's big company. Daddy was willing to make him a VP, she said. We could live in a mansion instead of your crummy apartment, she said. For a while, Inuyasha was willing to go along with whatever Kikyou wanted. It was nice to be wanted and he wasn't alone. He knew Kikyou didn't love him but that was okay too. He didn't love her but they were good together…or so he thought.
The final straw came during a summer soirée. Hearing Kikyou's voice, he eavesdropped on the conversation.
"I know I can do better that him but when will I get the chance to make someone from scratch. He's just a naive man but I can make him what I want him to be!"
Inuyasha knew it was over between them at that moment. He walked away from that party and Kikyou, never looking back.
Now, he would be content in his tiny office with his numbers to keep him company. Numbers were rational and they always added up. He was finished looking for love. He had reached the end of the road.
Then she walked into his office.