Disclaimer: Inuyasha and the characters don't belong to me. The character, Aniki, in this fanfiction, isn't related to Mahou Sensei Negima (If anyone is wondering), it belongs to my idol, Aniki Jin AKA Takeshi Kaneshiro (Japanese actor).

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After breakfast, Kagome and Inuyasha started their morning shift. Miroku was grumbling to himself about not having breakfast with them. They just waved him goodbye as he exited the store.

A couple of hours later, Aniki came into the store and he asked Inuyasha to join him in his office. When they entered, he asked Inuyasha about working there as a permanent part-timer. Inuyasha gave his answer a 'yes' and asked him not to tell Kagome yet. He told Aniki about his plan and Aniki just smiled as Inuyasha left his office.

'Kids. But they do look cute together.' Aniki thought and was smiling silly by himself.

Kagome saw Inuyasha came out from Aniki's office and asked him how did it go.

"Hey Inuyasha, so did Aniki asked you?" Kagome asked him excitedly.

"Well, it seems that I will not be continuing here. Guess will only come back here during my holidays." Inuyasha said and tried to put on a serious face.

"Oh… I see… Then that means I will be getting a new partner. Ok, let's carry on with our work." Kagome tried not to show Inuyasha that she was feeling upset by trying to smile at him.

Inuyasha observed her and noticed that she wasn't happy about it but decided to tell her the good news later.

A few hours later, they were about to finish their shift and Aniki came to the counter to talk to them.

"Ok Kagome, what is your schedule for next week?" He asked Kagome and went through with her the schedule. After he was done with her, Inuyasha approached him and gave his. While he was giving his schedule to Kagome, Kagome's eyes were wide opened, he looked at the two of them and both them realized that Kagome were staring at them, they stopped whatever they were doing.

"Hehe, don't you know that he will still be here after his school reopens?" Aniki tried to act innocent. Kagome went to him and slapped him hard on his arm.

"Ouch! It's his idea, not mine." Aniki said and backed away. Kagome chased Inuyasha around the store and when Inuyasha had accidentally slipped down on the floor, she took the opportunity to grab his collar, not to let him get away and pinched his ears.

"Ow, ow! Sorry Kagome, I was just trying to give you a surprise." He said to her and was trying to get her hands off his ears.

"Don't you ever lie to me again! You Meanie!" Kagome shouted at him. A short moment later, they heard Aniki laughing at them.

"Haha! Hey you two! You look like a cute couple! Haha! Get a room! Haha!" Aniki laughed loudly at them. Kagome and Inuyasha suddenly noticed their positions, Kagome was straddling Inuyasha on the floor while she was pulling his ears. She quickly got off him and Inuyasha got up, both of them were blushing and they went back to work quietly.

After they had finished their shift, Kagome and Inuyasha walked out of the store.

"Inuyasha, I'm glad that we are still going to be partners. So I will see you soon. Bye." Kagome said to him and smiled happily as she left him to walk to her bus stop.

"Me too. See you soon." Inuyasha said as he watched her walked away from him.

Weeks had past since Inuyasha started his school again, he worked on the same schedule as Kagome during the weekends. They were getting closer and found out more about each other's interests. Kagome's home was near to Inuyasha's school, so they would always meet for lunch if they were not working on that day. Kagome would always wait for him at the bus stop and some of his school friends would tease him about it. Inuyasha didn't care, he was happy to see Kagome.

Everything went smoothly between Inuyasha and Kagome, but there was a feeling that Inuyasha had that he couldn't describe whenever she was near him. He wished he knew what Kagome felt about him too, but he didn't want to ruin their friendship, he felt it was still early to ask her.

One Saturday afternoon, Kagome and Inuyasha had finished their shift. Kagome was rushing and just waved goodbye to Inuyasha and Aniki. She went out of the store and Inuyasha saw Kagome approached a man and hugged him. He felt a sharp pain in his heart but he tried to stay normal in front of Aniki who was beside him.

"Oh well. The boyfriend is back from overseas, I guess." Aniki said softly.

"Huh? Boyfriend?" Inuyasha asked him.

"Yup, that guy used to pick her up after work before he went to overseas to further his studies. I heard he used to go to the same college as Kagome and they seemed to be close." Aniki informed Inuyasha.

"Oh ok. Well, I have to go now. See you, Aniki." Inuyasha waved to him and walked out of the store. Inuyasha felt a sense of jealousy when he remembered seeing Kagome with the man. But he was shocked to be jealous in the first place.

'Do I really see her as a friend? Then why must my heart feels so heavy and in pain?' He said in his mind as he decided to walk a few bus stops ahead from the store. He needed to clear his mind and get some fresh air before he reached home.

Next chapter, Sesshomaru comes back home…

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