Cow and Mouse: Uncommon Bond

Pairing: Nezu x Ushiwaka

Genre: Romance

Disclaimer: I do not own "Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san" or any of its characters.

Author's Note: Hello, everyone! My name is Yuri and here is my Ushiwaka x Nezu fanfic! Unfortunately, Ushiwaka gets less screen time in the anime, but appears a lot more in the manga. Also, Chapter 11 came out not too long ago, where we get to see facts about Ushiwaka at the end, just like the others from the previous chapters.

Once again, I'm making most of these one-shots all into one story, just like my Inugami x Nekoyama story. So, I hope you all enjoy this one. :)

One afternoon, while sitting alone in the biology club room, Yukiji Ushiwaka, rests her head on her hand while waiting for her underclassman, Mikine Nezu to arrive, along with Yachiyo Inugami and Suzu Nekoyama. As time ticks, she looks up at the door, waiting for it to open and prepare to greet her underclassman. She even has the tea prepared for all of them to have. However, she wonders what she'll do after school . . .

"Sempai," Mikine says as she opens the door. "We're here."

Yukiji smiles as she stands up from the desk. "Oh, welcome! Here, I've prepared the tea for all of you."

"Oh, thank you!" Yachiyo says, cheerfully.

"Nice to see you again, Ushiwaka-sempai," Suzu greets while bowing.

"Likewise," Yukiji says while returning the favor.

As the four of them sit together, there is a little bit of silence while everyone is drinking their tea when Yachiyo speaks up.

"So . . . how are you doing, Ushiwaka-sempai? Are you two going to hook up yet?"

"U-uh, what are you saying?" The dark haired girl smiles nervously while turning to her underclassman. "Miki and I are just childhood friends."

"Oh, we're more than that," Mikine says as she links arms with her upperclassman. "Like I said before, she's my wife."

"I-I don't think it's like that at all."

"Oh, don't be shy~!" Yachiyo coos. "After all, Nekoyama-san and I are a couple, too! So, it's fine if you two are together!"

"B-but Inugami-san, I-I'm not sure if that's the case . . ."

Suzu rubs her chin for a moment until she snaps her fingers. "Oh, I get it! Ushiwaka-sempai's name, right? She's a cow and Nezu-san is a mouse. It's an uncommon bond between them."

Yachiyo's pony-tail wags in excitement. "Uncommon bond or not, Ushiwaka-sempai and Nezu-san are meant to be together! Nezu-san even said it herself!"

Oh, boy. Why are we even talking about this stuff? Yukiji thinks to herself as she sweat drops.

Mikine smiles as she pulls closer to her sempai. "I agree." She turns to the cow-like girl and stares at her lovingly. "I love you, Sempai. We may have known each other when we were little, but I still admire you as my lover."

"Miki . . ." At that point, Yukiji blushes from the quiet girl's sudden confession. Though, they were together for a long time, she had never expected a full on confession from her. And it makes her quite happy, to be honest.

"Yes, yes, yes~!" Yachiyo cheers, pumping up fists in the air back and forth. "I LOVE a good confession from you, Nezu-san~! It's just super awesome!"

"Ushiwaka-sempai, you're blushing," Suzu says. "Are you feeling okay?"

Yukiji snaps out of it and turns to the cat-like girl. "Huh? O-oh, it's nothing. I mean . . . Miki and I have been together for quite a while, haven't we?"

"Yes," Mikine replies as she hugs her lover. "Remember one time when we would play together at the playground a lot?"

"I do remember that," Yukiji replies. "You also used to come over to my house every day because I was the only one who you got along with. It was a shame that you didn't make any other friends back then. And you are still clingy with me to this day."

"I know. Because you're my wife."

"Th-that's not what I had in mind . . ." Yukiji says while sweat dropping again.

All of them laugh it off as they continue to chat with each other. Yukiji thinks back on the confession Mikine just said to her a few minutes ago and blushes. Thinking back, Yukiji remembers the time when the quiet girl said the exact same thing when they were little, though, she thought it was a joke to begin with. But as years passed, Yukiji realized that Mikine was serious about it after seeing the mouse-like girl attached to her all the time.

Soon, after an hour has passed, it's time for the club to end. Both Yukiji and Mikine wave good-bye to Yachiyo and Suzu, in which they return the favor and slide the door closed. Turning towards each other, Yukiji and Mikine take each other's hands as their fingers intertwine and stare lovingly at each other.

"Miki," she whispers. "Now that you and I are together . . . and even if it's a little early for us . . . I'll gladly become your true wife."

The quiet girl smiles happily as she wraps her arms around her lover. "Yuki . . . thank you!"

And then, Yukiji's eyes widen as she feels lips touching hers. Mikine is standing on her tip toes to reach her sempai and kiss her gently. After a few seconds, Yukiji returns the kiss while wrapping her arms around the petite girl and pull away to catch their breath.

"I love you, Miki." Yukiji whispers. "I'm glad we're childhood friends."

"Me, too, Yuki," the quiet girl says. "There's no one other than you that I love."

A/N: Short one, but that's all I can think of. Also, this is an example of "you can't always rely on anime" situation. You see, the anime lacks character development where the manga does. So, the fact that Ushiwaka and Nezu are childhood friends is very true. Also, I made up their memories since a few of them are mentioned in the manga, so I decided "What the heck?"

Anyway, I'll post either one or two chapters depending on how much time I have. Feel free to give out any suggestions, questions or concerns and don't forget to review! ;)