Crystal: All of you should be thanking Twilight right now. Without her, I'm not sure I would have ever finished this chapter. XD

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AbsentAngel: Yes, I know my chapters are hopelessly short, I'm trying to fix that, though. XD Well, this one's longer, those it still is pretty short...o.o;

TwilightOracle: Shut up, you. I warned you about OOCness in my fic. XP

inu-fluff-luvr/S.Weez: Well, it's nice to know I'm not speeding up the romance too much. n.n; Hopefully this chapter made it go a bit faster, though. ;)

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Rain n. Any storm, shower, or other quantity of water falling from the sky.

A-T

Yusuke rested his head on the open pages of his textbook. He had a major migraine from taking in all the content – half of it he didn't even understand – from the book, let alone writing down notes he thought would be "useful" for his studies. He began to wonder how he had been roped into these little study sessions. It was only the third one, and he already felt he couldn't take much more.

His eyes began to close and he could feel his consciousness slowly drifting away – he could take on the toughest youkai, but studying always wiped him out – and then he was abruptly awoken by Kagome shaking his shoulder. "What...?" he groaned sleepily.

"You're supposed to be working, not sleeping!" Kagome said indignantly, then sighed gustily, snapping her textbook shut. "Well, it's about time we go home anyway, so I guess it doesn't matter."

"Yeah, you're right," Yusuke mumbled, standing up and stretching, "It's about time."

Kagome sweat dropped. "I've never seen anyone have as much trouble with studying as you, Yusuke."

"Thanks." He flashed a grin, causing Kagome's sweat drop to grow. Just like him to take it as a compliment, she thought with an annoyed sigh, following after Yusuke as he headed towards the main doors.

"It's raining," Yusuke announced from the open doorway. Kagome stood on her toes and poked her head over his shoulder to see outside, and indeed, it was pouring.

"We're supposed to walk home in that?!" Kagome groaned, suddenly wishing she had at least brought an umbrella to school. She would be completely drenched by the time she got to the shrine – she couldn't say it was all that close to her new school.

"My place is only a couple blocks from here," Yusuke said suddenly, and Kagome looked up, a bit surprised. "We can stay there until the storm stops."

"Good idea," she replied with a nod. She was a confused by his actions though, as Yusuke hadn't struck her as the most considerate guy in the world.

"Ready?" he asked, and she again responded with a nod. Then they both ran off, holding their arms above their heads in a desperate attempt to stay dry.

"Which way?" Kagome asked, finally realizing she hadn't the slightest clue how to get to Yusuke's house.

"Just follow me." He continued to run, pacing himself a bit so Kagome could keep up, and taking a turn here and there.

In a couple minutes, they were standing before the Urameshi's apartment, soaked to the bone. Kagome rung out her hair as Yusuke reached for the key in his pocket and turned open the lock.

"Oh, and I should warn you about the mess," he added as he strode inside, heading down the hall to do something.

Kagome stepped inside timidly, startled as she entered the area. Beer bottles were strewn everywhere, and the place was, as Yusuke had told her, a total mess. She suddenly didn't feel all that comfortable staying at his place, even if it was only until the rain stopped.

Yusuke appeared in the room again, holding two small white towels. He tossed one to Kagome, who caught it with a bit of difficulty, and headed towards the refrigerator. "Want something to drink?"

After seeing all the bottles of empty alcohol around the house, she began to feel nervous at his question. Picking up an empty bottle, she pointed to it and said sternly, "Yusuke, you don't...drink, do you?"

"Wha?" He looked utterly confused for a moment, then the whole situation processed. "No, my mother does."

"Oh." Relief washed through her, but also a bit of nervousness for herself and even concern for Yusuke at this new discovery.

"Don't worry, she won't be home today," he went on, as if reading her thoughts.

A blush spread across her face. "What...what do you mean by that?! It's not like I don't want her here or anything..."

Yusuke only laughed in an almost cold manner, as if to say "yeah right."

Kagome rolled her eyes, but held back a sharp reply, and began drying out her hair with the towel.

When Yusuke was finally done raiding the fridge, he walked back over to Kagome, handing her a soda. "You might want to borrow some clothes."

She gave a meek nod, as her soaked clothes had become quite annoying and uncomfortable. "Y-yes, thanks." Following Yusuke into a bedroom, she pulled the towel tightly around herself, her cheeks still a faint crimson.

He handed her a lavender colored shirt that probably belonged to his mother. It was much too big for her – only the very tip of her navy skirt visible from underneath it – but she didn't mind.

"Could I use your phone?" Kagome asked, fiddling with the hem of the shirt. "So I can my mom to come pick me up. I, anou...don't want to cause you any trouble."

"Do whatever you want," he muttered, walking back to the living room and flipping on the TV.

"Could you show me where it is?" Kagome added with a sweat drop.

"It's in the kitchen," he said flatly, not looking up from his new spot in front of the television screen.

Turning to look back, she spotted it just above the kitchen counter and wondered why she hadn't noticed it before. Picking up the receiver, she quickly tapped in the number she had memorized forwards and backwards and patiently waited for her grandpa, mother, or even little brother to pick up.

However, no one did, so instead she left a short message and hung up, sighing dejectedly.

Kagome then walked over and sat down on the floor next to Yusuke, pulling her knees to her chest and staring at the screen. "No one was home."

Yusuke shrugged, his eyes not leaving the screen. "Well, there's nothing you can do about it, right?"

They sat in silence for a few minutes, until it was interrupted by an indignant cry from Yusuke. "Hey! What the hell did you do that for?!" he screamed accusingly, glaring at a Kagome who now held the remote control in her hands.

"I couldn't stand watching that anymore! How can you actually enjoy watching people try to kill each other?!"

"IT'S WRESTLING, STUPID!"

Heaving a sigh, Kagome inwardly decided it would be best if she at least tried to compromise on something. "Pick a different channel, alright?"

"Fine," he said, his glare still intense in an almost comical way, as he snatched the remote back and flipped to a new, slightly less violent channel.

"Um...by the way, I wanted to say thanks," Kagome said suddenly, causing Yusuke to turn to look at her, a perplexed look on his face.

"Thanks for what?" he asked, clearly confused. What had he done for her to thank him?

"For letting me stay here for a while, I guess," she muttered, her face a deep red as she wished she hadn't said anything at all. "I might still walking home in the rain."

"It was no big deal, I don't see why you're apologizing." Kagome could tell he still didn't quite understand, so she just shook her head and let it go.

Y-O-U

A couple hours had passed, just sitting in front of the TV and watching the various shows, most in Yusuke's interest versus Kagome's, though she didn't complain too much. Kagome had tried to start a conversation several times, all dying out after the first few minutes. Later on, she just stopped trying.

It was growing late, the sky now a pitch black and the rain still coming down hard, and still no one had come to take Kagome home. It was beginning to look like Kagome would have to walk home, but Yusuke unfortunately knew he would have to go with her – who in their right mind would send a 16-year-old girl out alone at 9:30 at night in the pouring rain?

Yusuke was about to say something about the matter, when he felt something rest upon his shoulder. More flustered than he had ever remembered being he turned his head to see Kagome, who had apparently fallen asleep.

After taking a moment to regain his composure, he shook his shoulder slightly, yelling, "Wake up, stupid!" She did not budge, but instead took the opposite effect of what Yusuke wanted and held steadfastly onto his arm.

Seeing as there wasn't much he could do, he sat there helplessly in a quite annoyed manner, until sleep started to wash over him as well...

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Crystal: Hooray for my poorly written fluff! Well, this is my first romance story, so at least I have an excuse! XD

And guess what happens next chapter? The thing you've all been waiting for...INUYASHA ARRIVES! Or that might be the chapter after next...I'm not quite sure yet...

Um...anyway. Sorry about the time between updates! Please forgive me, I am a natural born procrastinator! n.n;