Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha characters or Yu Yu Hakusho characters
Being the top of the class and considered superior in both intellect and beauty, Kurama would be last person anyone would suspect to not pay attention in class. Yes, that would be true normally. However, at the moment he simply could not pay any attention to the going lecture about post modern literature. Instead of focusing on the teacher, his attention was focused on one person only.
That person is the one female that he could not seem to be able to catch the attention of. Now Kurama does not go out of his way vying for female attention. In fact, he is usually going of his way to avoid all the affection and attention thrown his way by most of the female population. Battling demons out for your blood was nothing compared to dealing with a large group of persistent adoring fans that sing praises to him only to blush, squeal and then try to molest your person in some way. This girl whom has gained Kurama's undivided attention was different.
She introduced herself as Kagome and had just transferred the last year of high school with the reason of need a change of environment due to her previous illness. Upon first sight she did not seem at all ill to him at all. She looks rather health and athletic, the total opposite of the sickly. He had been asked to be her guide for the first few days of her transfer, answering her question and showing her to classes.
After speaking with her, he had noticed that she was quite pretty. Not gorgeous in a run way model type of way, but in the kind girl next door you would love to bring home to mom type of way. She was kind willing to help anyone that seemed to need it and polite when she spoke. But after the second day he made note that she had also had quite the temper after witnessing her give a poor guy a yell at he won't soon forget about being rude to another girl. He had silently made a mental note to never cross her, being yelled at like that would destroy any sense of pride and make ego.
Other than her fiery temper, he noticed that she was different in some way he could not quite put his finger on at first. Until he was confronted by an admirer in between classes did he finally figure out what was so different about Kagome. She, unlike the whole female population at the school did not look at him with adoring and obsessive looks.
It was a breath of fresh air to be able to speak to a female and not worry about her fainting or molesting him. After the first week they became good friends. He was seen walking her to all her classes and chatting amiably with her. Kagome soon became very popular herself and with her friendly nature, soon made many friends.
Over time, Kurama has found himself developing a crush on the kind and pretty Kagome. They have hung out outside of school, gone to movies, and even went shopping together. As the gentlemen Kurama strives to be, he has not made any bold moves on her or expressed explicitly how he feels. He wanted to go slow and gain her trust and affection before making any bold moves that may scare her away. So although his more primal urges have been trying to get him to grab her and kiss her silly, he has held back those urges for her sake.
Often times at school, Kurama would hang around to eat with Kagome during their lunch breaks instead of sneaking off to hide from his admirers like before. On other days, Kagome would eat with some of the female friends that she has made. It was during one of these instance that Kurama over heard something that sent him into shock.
He was sitting on the side reading ahead for the day's assignment while Kagome was chatting with a group of girls across the room. He had become very protective of her and stayed around to be close and keep an eye on her just in case something was to happen. His attention was caught when he caught his name mention in their conversation. Keeping the pretense of reading his textbook, he listened in to see what they were saying about him.
"Hey Kagome, so what do you think of Shuichi-kun?" some girl asked.
Kagome looked up from eating her bento to respond, "He is nice."
"That is it? 'He is nice' don't you think he is absolutely fabulous? I mean look at how hot is his, plus he is so smart," says another girl sitting across from Kagome.
"I guess is good looking," Kagome response in a non concerned manner.
"So you do think he is good looking. So are you guys going out? We see you two together everywhere," same girl commented.
"No, we aren't going out," Kagome responded.
"Well, but would you considered going out with him if he asked. He is only like the most wanted guy in the whole school," the first girl said.
Kagome laugh and waves them off as if they have said the most ridiculous thing, "you guys are so silly, I can never go out with Shuichi"
Upon hearing this, Kurama felt a wave of depression hit him. The one girl he has felt interest in won't ever want to date him.
"What? Why?" all the girls surrounding Kagome exclaimed in unison.
Good question, Kurama thought, he was just a curious as to why Kagome did not consider the thought of dating him possible.
"Well because isn't it obvious? Shuichi is gay; he is not interested in dating me." Kagome explained without even taking a break from her lunch.
Hearing Kagome's explanation almost sent Kurama fallout of his chair if he did not have his demon reflexes. Gay, she thinks I am gay? He was straight and definitely like girls, why would she think I was gay, Kurama thought to himself.
"Gay? Why would you think Shuichi is gay? Did he tell you that?" one of the girls responded in shock.
Kagome places a finger on her lip in a thoughtful way and says, "Well no, but he tickles my gay-dar. I mean look at how styled is his hair is all the time. His clothes are never wrinkled and is always in perfect shape. During all the times we've spent together, I've never seen him look at any pretty girls that walk by. He is always very soft spoken. There is his laugh too. You know how he covers his laugh in that shy kind of way. And most of all he always smells like flowers. It smell nice and all, but still he smells like roses all the time."
Hearing Kagome's explanation only made thing worse for Kurama. All the times he was trying to act like the perfect gentleman to woo Kagome has her thinking he was gay. Inside, Kurama almost wanted to cry and rush over there to prove to her he was indeed very straight. But performing such an explicit act at in the school cafeteria would probably make Kagome hate him and get them both suspended. Across the room, one of the girls spoke up again breaking his depression.
"But let's say, pretend Shuichi was completely straight. Would you date him?" a girl to the right of Kagome asked.
"If he wasn't gay? Yeah, I guess I would date him," Kagome replies.
This one comment lit a flame of hope in Kurama from his previous depressed state. In his mind, 'Operation prove to Kagome I am not gay' began forming.