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The rest of her classes until lunch were rather boring, and considering the underlying threat she'd given when first introduced, most of her fellow classmates were hesitant about approaching Kagome.

Most.

"Kago-chan!" The miko stopped and glanced back, noting the small blonde boy from earlier was waving at her while bouncing towards her and the taller quiet dark-haired boy following in silence. She'd retreated to the very edge of the cafeteria because she didn't want to be bothered. "Wait up!"

Kagome pursed her lips and waited for the two boys to catch up. She didn't really want to associate with anyone from this school, but she had a feeling that the blonde boy would keep looking for her if she went into hiding.

"What do you want?" the shrine maiden asked in as bland a tone as possible. It made the happy boy blink for a moment, but he smiled up at her and took one of her hands. She twitched, resisting the urge to smack the boy.

"You know we're in the same class, right?" At her hesitant nod he continued, doe brown eyes sparkling, "My name's Haninozuka Mitsukuni, but everyone just calls me Honey. And this is Morinozuka Takashi, my cousin. Everyone calls him Mori, 'cept me." The quiet boy nodded his head at his introduction and Kagome did the same in acknowledgement. "Did you really beat up three men because they touched you?"

She hadn't been expecting the question, and apparently, neither had Mori because he seemed surprised for a second.

"Well, yeah. I wasn't about to let them get away with it either," Kagome replied, tilting her head to one side in curiosity, "Why did you want to know?"

"I was just wondering," Honey answered, smiling softly up at her in a way that made her want to suddenly flush. What the hell was wrong with her?! "Did you break anything?"

"Mitsukuni!" the other boy chided. Kagome again had to work to suppress the heat wanting to flare on her cheeks and wondered why. The taller boy's voice was smooth and deep, something she wasn't used to in boys her age. And he seemed very mature for being so young. Or maybe it was just because he was quieter than his cousin.

"Well, maybe noses and fingers," the girl shrugged, earning a surprising reaction from the two boys. They both glanced at eachother and nodded.

"Then they deserve it. No one should touch a lady like that," Honey stated, a serious expression crossing his young face. It made him seem his age. The frown vanished to be replaced by what she was coming to realize was the blonde's typical expression; overwhelming joy. "Do you wanna eat lunch with us?"

She had to get away from these two. She wasn't here to make friends with a bunch of snooty kids, even if some of them weren't turning out to be like she thought. "No thanks. I'm going outside for lunch."

"Bu-But! It's raining out there still!" Honey cried, brown eyes wide with tears forming in them. Kagome blinked. Was he for real?!

"I'd rather go out there than spend another minute in here," she countered stubbornly, crossing her arms and glaring out the window. She wasn't expecting an answer from Mori. Even Honey wasn't.

"If you go out there, you'll get sick. And you'll get another uniform wet," the Stoic Host murmured.

He anticipated her obedience. That was how most girls reacted when he spoke up. His eyes widened when, instead, she glared up at him angrily, reached out to snag his tie, and dragged him down to her level. This close to her face, he noticed the light sprinkling of freckles across her cheeks as well as flecks of silver in her blue eyes.

"Do you want me to give you a black eye?" Kagome asked in a deadly soft voice. Mori shook his head rapidly. She smirked then and leaned in until her lips brushed one of his ears. "Then don't tell me what to do." The miko released him and didn't bother to wait for him to straighten before she spun around and flounced off in a huff, ignoring the quiet lunch rooms' occupants watching her with surprised expressions and blue eyes sparking and daring anyone to challenge her.

If she had, she would have noticed the way Mori's cheeks darkened as he tried to straighten his tie.

"Takashi? Are you okay?" Honey asked, concern evident in his chocolate eyes.

"Yeah," the taller Host replied, deliberately keeping his gaze away from the door Kagome had disappeared through.

"You sure?" the blonde boy countered, a slight smile curving on his face at his cousin's attempt to cover up his embarrassment. He was pretty sure he knew what was going on with Mori. He had a feeling the silent Host was developing a crush on a girl that he'd never encountered before. Haruhi, though they'd only known her for a couple of days, had cracked the door, and Honey was pretty sure their new classmate was going to rip that door wide open.

Poor Mori.

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