1. Pick a character, pairing, or fandom you like.

2. Turn on your music player and put it on random/shuffle.

3. Write a drabble related to each song that plays. You only have the timeframe of the song to finish the drabble; you start when the song starts and stop when it's over. No lingering afterwards! [I confess: inveterate beta that I am, I did go back and edit a bit--but I did not write more! I swear! I only fixed typos and so on.]

4. Do 10 of these, then post them.

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2. Is This Love, Bob Marley and the Wailers

The sun scorched her forearms where she'd turned up her sleeves to keep them from getting dirty as she weeded Kaede's garden. Sweat trickled down her brow, and she made little huffing sounds of exertion as she worked.

Inuyasha watched from a nearby tree. Ideals, dreams, behemoths of emotion swelled and expanded within his chest, choking off any words.

Is this…love? He wondered, without really thinking it. Is what I'm feeling for that…dirty, sweaty, annoyed girl down there really love?

He wanted to help her clean her hands, and see to it that she was fed after her work, and make sure she rested well that night in his bed…

What a wuss…he thought without caring.

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A/N: Sorry for the later-than-usual-for-this-series-though-very-quick-for-any-other-by-me update. Ffnet wasn't letting me login. Probably not just me, but, well. I don't know about other people. So to be accurate, I say me. Not because I'm self-absorbed. I swear! And I am not being defensive or acting like I'm in denial!

Ok, so I need to go write something dark right now. I think that's been established quite well. This is what happens when the bunnies think drawing and quartering sounds like fun.

As for this drabble (see, I can be somewhat sane), it's cute because the song was a cute one. And I just like this sort of unconventional romantic moment a lot. It feels more real to me than the moments that typify shoujo manga...not that Ouran High School Host Club isn't amazing, for the record. OK, I think I've failed the sane test. I'm off to go smack some bunnies into submission and write something! (Hopefully).