Disclaimer: Apart from merchandise with his logo, I do not own Inu-Yasha.

Author's Note: After finding myself hooked on them, I've decided to start my own little ficlet corner (600 words or less in each installment) for my baby ideas that I don't have time to nurse into full blown plot lines. They will have no rhyme or reason or order- some may be AU, others not. I just felt like this would be fun to try.

Please enjoy!

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"SIT!"

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This was it. Her life was over. It was all over. What did she ever do to deserve this?!

"What do you mean I need GLASSES?!" Kagome gaped, stiff and wide-eyed in the huge examination chair. Yes, two years of straining her peepers in order to see shard auras, approaching demons, and textbook pages by candlelight were finally catching up with her. She must now suffer the consequence.

"Kagome, you're practically blind!" the doctor chuckled, fixing her own spectacles as the school girl began to silently fret. "Honestly, it's a wonder that this is only your first pair! Now come on, let's go pick out a cute frame, shall we?"

And though she couldn't help but shoot the smiling woman a flat look, Kag knew she had no choice but the comply to the hidden threat laced into the statement: 'Stop whining. Let's go.' Sighing and pushing herself out of the cushy black chair, she followed the doctor back to the waiting room, her mind a frenzy of exploding thoughts. One musing, however, remained the heaviest on her heart: What was Inu-Yasha going to say- - -?!

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It had taken a week; seven days of frazzled nerves and heavy thoughts; but her glasses finally arrived- the day she was to return to the Sengoku Jidai. Chewing her bottom lip as she slowly eased herself onto her bed, Kagome took a moment to stare blankly at the delicate silver frame. What was going to happen now? Inu-Yasha had never seen glasses before. Would he attack them, as he had the washing machine? Would he make fun of her in them, like he did her school uniform? Would he hate them or fear them for possessing some sort of evil power? Worse yet- would he hate or fear her?

Moaning with nerves as her stomach twisted into knots, the teen dourly pushed the hooks behind her ears- - -

Just as the silver haired hanyou leapt through her bedroom window.

Silence.

Each blinked once, gazes locking. Then- - -

". . . Kagome?" he inquired, brow furrowing as a dark frown overtook his face. The girl grimaced, flinching away, expecting the worst. This was it- - - !

"WHERE WERE YOU?!" the half demon roared, making Kag's eyes snap open in surprise. "I THOUGHT you might have had one of your stupid TESTS, so I was gonna cut you some slack for being an HOUR LATE, but I find you in here LOUNGING?! Gods!" With an irritated growl, Inu-Yasha grabbed Kagome's things from the floor and began to stalk towards the window again, slinging the yellow bag over his shoulder as he went. "Bah! Lazy woman. . ."

". . ." Kagome watched him silently before developing an unhealthy twitch.

. . . WHAT?! That was IT? All her worrying and fretting and sleepless nights for him NOT TO EVEN NOTICE?!

Her eyes narrowed in rage. That- that- that- BOY! "Inu-Yashaaaaaaa," she snarled dangerously, making the teen in question freeze. Recognizing the murderous tone in her voice, he timidly glanced over his shoulder, fear in his eyes. Uh oh- - -

"SIT!!!"

WHAM!

"Wha- what the hell was that for, wench?!" the dog-eared boy spluttered from the ground, vein throbbing on his forehead.

"Humph! Baka! That'll teach you!" she huffed, storming off before the confused hanyou could figure out what he'd done wrong this time.