Prompts given:

"Are you flirting with me?"

Note: This is placed in the It's About Time universe

Inuyasha didn't want to come to the party. He never wanted to go to parties. Crowds, obnoxious music, the burning scent of hard alcohol, the stench of clashing perfumes and colognes… how could any of that even begin to seem appealing? If Miroku had asked him to go, he would have gladly declined, but it was Kagome that invited him along, utilizing her big, brown eyes to their full advantage, and he was obviously a sucker for his new girlfriend.

They'd been dating for a little over a month and things were meshing together nicely. They'd gotten through the awkward stage of hey I'm your soulmate so I guess we'd better date, and quickly moved onto who gave you the right to be this cute? You know very well I don't want to do things but would do them for you, and I hate it but I like you, so I'll willingly suffer if it makes you happy.

These are very specific stages of relationships. Google them.

So, here he stood, leaning against the wall of a compact living room, unsuccessfully tuning out the conversations around him with an almost-empty Jack and Coke in hand. Kagome and Sango were meshed into the crowd of college students, dancing uncoordinatedly to the fifth song they claimed was their jam. He wanted to be grumpy. Really, he did, but he couldn't help laughing, Miroku watching the scene taking place in front of them at his side. The girls were clumsy and over enthusiastic, dramatically throwing their arms about as the song played on. It wasn't something anyone could claim to see often, so he was soaking up every minute of it.

Kagome and Sango rejoined them as the song faded off, chests heaving up and down from their wild dance session. Kagome walked up to Inuyasha, hugging his arm as he bent down to place a kiss to the top of her head. Miroku and Sango quickly became absorbed in their own conversation, their bodies molding against one another as Miroku pulled her close, practically yelling in his girlfriend's ear so that his responses could be heard over the loud music. There were times, more often than not, Inuyasha wished he didn't have a heightened sense of hearing, and as he heard Miroku tell Sango exactly what he was gonna do to her once they left the party, he grimaced and kicked his friend in the shin. Miroku was hardly fazed, laughing as he noticed the half demon pointing to the white appendages on his head.

Kagome pulled at her boyfriend's sleeve, his ember eyes darting down to see what she wanted, the music mellowing out as a slower song played. She grabbed Inuyasha's hand, guiding him toward the exit and out the door, finding absolutely no resistance from him. She breathed in the fresh air, happy to get a break from the bass pounding in her chest. They found a good spot in the front yard away from everyone, Miroku and Sango following close behind, all of them finally able to spread out a little for the first time in a couple hours. If this was pleasant for her, she imagined this was something close to heaven for Inuyasha.

"How are you doing in there? Did you want to go soon?" She asked, fiddling with the sleeve of his sweater once more as their friends goofed off.

"You're having fun. We can stay a little longer." Inuyasha smiled.

"Well, actually…" Kagome bit her bottom lip, keeping her voice low so the others wouldn't hear. "I think I'd rather go."

"Really?" The half demon cocked a brow at her, welcoming their fingers to entwine as she pushed her hand into his.

"Yeah, I think it'd be more fun to have a different kind of fun?"

"What?"

"Like, in a bedroom."

"Okay?" He was desperately trying to figure out what she was talking about.

"You just looked so cute in there. Heck, you look cute out here too."

"What are you doing?"

"Man, you're just so cute!" Kagome said enthusiastically, moving closer to press against Inuyasha.

"Kagome, what is- wait, are you flirting with me?" He asked, blinking in surprise. He was genuinely shocked at how bad she was doing this. Kagome was sweet and usually pretty smooth, but wow, three strawberry daiquiris completely undid all that.

"Am I… Did I not make that obvious?"

Inuyasha pressed his lips into a flat line, trying not to laugh, not wanting to hurt his girlfriend's feelings.

"So, what do you say?" She grinned cheekily, pulling his arm to wrap around her waist.

"You definitely need to work on that."

"So, what do you say thats not rude?"

"Yeah, we can go." Inuyasha chuckled, leaning down and placing a kiss along Kagome's lips.