A/N: Prompt: "Please pretend to be my boyfriend/girlfriend for the next 5 minutes."

This one is AU.

"I need you to pretend we're dating," Kagome hissed, moving up to stand next to the surprised daiyokai as she all but tackled him in the middle of their college campus.

Sesshomaru's eyes widened as he stared at her. Kagome wasn't sure if it was because of her words or the fact that she'd looped one arm through his, but she didn't care, either. She was not going to sit through another half hour trying unsuccessfully to convince Koga that she simply wasn't interested.

"Priestess—" Sesshomaru began but whatever he'd been about to say, Koga's shout cut right through his words.

"There you are!" Koga came to an abrupt stop as he halted before the daiyokai and Kagome. He looked at Kagome and then at Sesshomaru and back again. "Oy, K'gome, what're you doing with Sesshomaru?"

So they do know each other. Perfect.

"We didn't tell you?" Kagome pretended to look chastised. "Koga, he's my boyfriend. We're even going to be moving in together next semester. Isn't that right, Sesshomaru?"

Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed as he glared down at her and she had the suspicion he was about to negate that assertion. Thinking quickly, Kagome giggled as she playfully slapped his chest. "Oh, don't be put out; I'm sorry I forgot to greet you properly."

And then she stood on her tip toes and pressed a hasty and awkward kiss to his lips.

Sesshomaru froze, growling, and Koga seemed to take that growl as a demand that the wolf yokai leave rather than a warning to Kagome because Koga swallowed as he said, "Well, uh, I hear Ginta calling my name about that paper for our microbiology class. See you later!"

Kagome pulled back as Koga turned tail and ran. "Thank you for playing along. He's been after me since freshman year and it's getting kind of old." She was a junior now and heartily sick of Koga's refusal to let her go. Not only would he hit on her every chance she got, but he also had the horrible tendency to find out and intimidate the men who asked her out before they even got to go on a date.

She was sick of it.

But if looks were anything to go by, the graduate student was less than thrilled at being looped into her plot. Sesshomaru came from a wealthy and powerful family in the yokai world and, from what she'd heard, he hadn't dated anyone seriously while he was an undergraduate or now that he was in his first year of his doctoral program in economics.

To her surprise, he chuckled lightly as she pulled back to stare up at him, hoping he would be more understanding after her explanation.

"Tell me, now that you have declared your intentions before another member of the yokai ruling council, do you also intend on providing mating gifts or do you seek to move straight to the formal ceremony?" Sesshomaru ran his claws through his hair.

Kagome stared at him as the worlds ran through her head. "Koga is on the council?" she repeated blankly. She'd learned during her yokai affairs classes that daiyokai declared their intent before members of the council to allow room for challenges if the couple were unsuitable.

She'd just never thought Koga of all people would be on the council.

Sesshomaru nodded, his lips shifting into a smirk.

"Well, shit," Kagome muttered to herself. They couldn't just call things off; she'd as good as told Koga they were going to be married. She'd took her lie one step too far. "Ah," she said a little louder, "so what do we do?"

He raised a brow. "It would seem that we will be, as you said, moving in together in preparation of marriage. Now that you have declared yourself, I no longer have to worry that they would find you unsuitable. The deed has already been done."

So we're moving in together. He's probably going to hate me for—

The rest of his words hit her. "You sound like you wanted this!" she accused, pointing a finger at him.

He chuckled. "Perhaps," he said, stepping closer as he pulled her to him. "Perhaps you could convince me," he added, tapping his lips with one thumb, "assuming your next kiss is better than your first."

Her temper flared before she realized he was teasing her. He, Sesshomaru, the daiyokai most students feared for his ruthless ability to mince people down with just words, was teasing her.

She swallowed. "Ah, are you sure—"

He didn't give her any further room to protest. He simply pulled her more firmly to him before dipping his head to kiss her and the last thought she had was that, when he put his mind to it, Sesshomaru was a really, really good kisser.