Kagome Higurashi is in my math class, my science class, and my gym class. That's quite a few classes so you'd think she'd at least give me the time of day, right?
You thought wrong.
In math class, I sat next to her. She ignored me. In science class, I sat behind her. She ignored me. In gym class, I talked to her. She ignored me. I don't think she likes me very much.
I will change that.
Lucky for me, Kagome's little welcome committee was made up of my fans so I just flirted with them while Kagome pointedly ignored me. I was thinking of making her jealous, but instead I think I just made her extremely pissed off.
She's so cute when she's mad.
Well that was too much for my pride to handle in one day, so I skipped last block and went to work at the garage early.
"InuYasha? That you kid?"
My boss and the garage's owner, Myoga, asked as I entered the place. He hobbled out from under a car and wiped the grease on his pantsuit.
"Hey Myoga."
"Why you here so early, eh? You got school."
"School and me don't have a very good relationship."
I chuckled while changing into my work shirt: a baggy blue tee.
"Yeah, yeah. I don't want none of those lame ass excuses. You need that stuff they teach you, ya hear?"
"I hear you Myoga…but I really just don't care."
"Eh, shut your mouth."
He threw a dirty rag at me, making me laugh as I caught it. I went over to one of the cars and propped open the hood. Taking my toolbox out, I began prodding at the engine.
"Listen kid, I need you to hear something."
"Uh hu…?"
"I'm thrilled that you're such a dedicated worker, but work isn't your life. You need time to actually study and enjoy being your age."
"Trust me old man, from all the parties I go to, I am enjoying my age."
"InuYasha? Have you even seen the number of hours you signed yourself up for this month? You're working almost everyday till 12AM on school days. And then on Fridays your down at the record store till 11PM, and on Saturdays and Sundays you're working at the pool. You need a life."
"Hey! I have a life, thank you very much. It's just a busy life."
"InuYasha…"
"Okay, okay!"
I held my hands up in surrender. Myoga can be nasty when he's pissed off.
"I'm probably going to quit one of my jobs soon, anyway. I have a roomie now."
"A girl roomie?"
"No, Mr. Nosy. A boy roomie. My best friend, Miroku."
He looked somewhat relieved. Then he got fired up again.
"Well why do you need three jobs if you're splitting the rent?"
"I just said I was quitting one of my jobs."
"Oh."
Silence. Then he shook his head and whipped me in the chest with his rag.
"Get back to work, you slacker."
I laughed and got back to working on the engine. A few minutes later Myoga yelled at me from his office.
"If you're quitting this job I'll kick your ass!"
Gotta love the guy.