Warning: This chapter has song lyrics included for a more immersive reading experience but I totally understand some people hate those so skipping that part won't be a huge deal.

Kagome was fumbling through her dirty clothes pile in a panic in only a bra and a pair of leggings. Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi were all over helping Kagome get ready for her first real date with InuYasha. She thought back to the fake date he took her on in high school to prepare her for her real date and inwardly cringed. Don't even get her started on that weird ass prom night. The horror.

"What's wrong with what you have on?" Ayumi asked, flipping onto her other side on Kagome's freshly made bed that was now tousled. "I'm sure he'd love that."

Kagome looked down at her chest. Was InuYasha even impressed with the rack she had going? They've known each other for years, surely he's had to accidentally seen her naked before. Well there was that time at prom, oh for the love of god that weird ass night.

"He's going to be here in less than an hour and you three are not helping!" Kagome growled, stopping her foot on the ground.

"You turned down everything that we said was cute." Yuka clarified.

"Cause he's already seen me in those outfits!" Kagome unclipped her long hair that fell across her shoulders. Her friends were jealous that she had to put in little effort to make her hair beautiful. "Should I wear makeup? Oh god, I didn't even shave my legs. He could have at least given a 24 hour notice."

Her friends just looked at one another. There was no way that InuYasha was freaking out as much as Kagome was.

Ayumi snapped her fingers, her eyes lighting up. "Oh I know! What about that one dress your mom got you for your birthday but you swore to never wear cause it was kinda raunchy."

Kagome thought about it for a second, wondering if she even had that dress still. Ayumi may have been onto something. Kagome never felt confident enough to ever wear the dress before but tonight was a big deal.

A few minutes later she emerged from her closet with the dress on. Picture a black unitard with a shear dress pooling at her feet. Attached to the dress was a choker. In just the right lighting you could get a glimpse of her underwear which is partly why she never wore it. Her friends gawked at her legs underneath the dress. Kagome always did well at hiding her hips but boy did she have some curvy hips.

"We have a winner." Eri smirked.

"WHAT. You can see my underwear." Kagome turned around to look at her backside on her door mirror.

"Just wear black, its super cute."

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Ayumi, Eri, and Yuka all did their best to make Kagome feel extra beautiful that night. They seemed calm but in the inside they were fangirling for their friend who had finally won over her best friend. Ayumi was in charge of Kagome's hair. She twisted her locks of hair around her fist and pinned it up with a single embroidery. Yuka finished setting light foundation on Kagome's face to cover up any possible blemishes and Eri was in charge of going Kagome's legs with an electric razor in case the night got frisky. Kagome looked in the mirror, barely recognizing herself. If this what she was capable of looking like every day than she must have been an ugly duckling.

The girls left Kagome for her finishing touches only to be greeted by InuYasha on the couch, lounging with a blanket over his head. He wasn't dressed and barely took notice that they were even there. They just gave a worried look at each other, tempted to go back to Kagome's room and warn her but Eri pushed the other two out the door.

Kagome rubbed down her dress and made her way to the kitchen, halting in her steps when she saw InuYasha on the couch. Her panic immediately returned. Did she read the letter right? Why wasn't he ready.

InuYasha peaked up from the couch. "Oh hey Kagome. Wow, nice dress."

Kagome was speechless and to put it simply, quite embarrassed. Maybe she could improvise.

"The…umm..flowers." Kagome pointed at her room confused.

"Flowers? What flowers?" InuYasha got off the couch, the blanket falling from his head, exposing his black tresses visiting every full moon. He joined her in the kitchen.

At this point Kagome's heart was pounding ferociously. She was speechless. Not about his human form, to be clear, just that she may have misread the flowers. InuYasha thought her face of horror and confusion was hysterical. He pulled her into a hug.

"I'm totally kidding. I'll go change." He kissed her on the forehead and headed to his bedroom. "You look amazing by the way." He called out before shutting the door.

Kagome stood there for a few seconds, glaring at his door.

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"That wasn't funny. I thought I received flowers from a creep for a second." Kagome stated as InuYasha scooped up the rest of her dress into the car before shutting the door.

"You're right, I'm sorry." InuYasha offered an apologetic smile. She watched as he put the car in reverse and backed out of the parking lot. She was envious that It took him minimal effort to look good. She was always reminded every full moon how handsome he was in his full human form. She was surprised that he was even willing to go out on this night.

Kagome tried to stay cool, letting the music they were listening to in the car speak for them. She was sure she was the only one worried about it being weird that the two best friends claimed to have feelings for one another. She didn't want this to ruin the great kinship they had before getting complex feelings involved. Then again, she figured as long as he's known her, he's had a lot of time to run away from her and yet here he was.

They shortly arrived at a restaurant Kagome had never been but InuYasha had been plenty with his family. His father always chose this restaurant in particular for business meetings. The color scheme of the restaurant was blue and purple and upon the stage was a lone violinist.

"Can I ask you a personal question?" Kagome asked, shifting her food around on her plate.

"I suppose that's fair given all the personal questions I've asked you throughout our life."

"When did you realize you liked me more than a friend?"

InuYasha was surprised by her question, he closed one eye as he thought about the answer. In the meantime Kagome was trying to remember when she was head over heels. She was embarrassed to admit that was probably before the beginning of time. She prayed that he didn't reciprocate the question back to her.

"I guess all the teasing from both our families made it easier to suppress any romantic feelings for you when we were younger. Or I'm just an idiot and things fly over my head." He paused for a second to collect his words. "I just kept convincing myself you saw me nothing more than an older brother. I guess the short answer is I have no clue. "

Kagome smiled and nodded her head. "I can respect that. Plus you were busy in other relationships."

"What about you?"

Fuck.

Kagome outwardly winced making InuYasha more intrigued to hear her answer. He reached across the table for her hands, gently grazing his thumb over her nails playfully as he waited.

"Oh you know, yest-last week."

"You've always been a terrible liar." He smirked.

Kagome's shoulders slumped in defeat. "Yeah I know. For a long time, okay? That's all I'll say."

"Well I'm sorry I was a dumbass and kept you waiting. I was blind to what was in front of me the entire time."

"Nothings going to change between us, right?"

InuYasha licked his lips and scratched the back of his neck. "A few obvious things that platonic relationships wouldn't partake in.. but nothing more. We'll take it at your pace." He winked, feeling extra confident after downing his third drink of the night. He had to remind himself that his human form wasn't as tolerate as his hanyou form.

Kagome felt the heat in her face. She was thanking every god she could possibly think of. She couldn't have asked for a more perfect partner.

The hour lingered on with the waitress bringing over several drinks. Their small talk getting more hilarious to them the more they drank. A new person stepped on stage and tapped the microphone.

"Alright it's our Karaoke hour. If you're interested we have several binders with song selections and a sign up sheet." The hostess announced.

Kagome turned her head towards InuYasha excitedly, the movement alone making her head spin. She couldn't remember the last time she had actually drank.

"Dude, you should totally sing."

"Oh my god, that's a great idea." He slammed his hand against the table, causing them to both laugh at literally nothing. "Wait, aren't we not allowed to call each other 'dude' anymore?"

"Says who? Aren't we in charge of this relationship?"

"Good point." InuYasha pushed his chair back and patted Kagome on the head. "I'll be back."

Kagome watched as InuYasha danced over to the stage. She swore he was a totally different person on the nights he was human. Or it was the drinks, it definitely had to be the drinks. He locked eyes with her as he picked up the microphone and the music began.

Will Jay (Gentleman)

I wanna keep you for good so I swear I'll keep my word
Open doors, carry bags, always puttin' my lady first
I'll be handwriting you letters, all in cursive
Won't mess up your mascara, just your lipstick
Even if I'm living in the wrong time
I'll do it like they did way back when
Please and thank you just to hold your hand
I'll convince you chivalry ain't dead
So can I be your gentleman?
Baby, can I, can I, can I, can I, can I be your gentleman? (x2)

Won't say how beautiful, rather show you everyday
The only thing I would change about you is your last name
Box of chocolates and flowers, I aim to please you
Never tell a lie unless I wanna surprise you
Even if I'm living in the wrong time (the wrong time)
I'll do it like they did way back when
Please and thank you just to hold your hand
I'll convince you chivalry ain't dead
So can I be your gentleman?
Baby, can I, can I, can I, can I, can I be your gentleman? (x4)

'Cause you got something all the other girls will never have
And that's my heart (that's my heart), that's my heart
I'll do it like they did way back when
Please and thank you just to hold your hand
I'll convince you chivalry ain't dead
So can I be your gentleman?
I'll do it like they did way back when
Please and thank you to hold your hand
I'll convince you chivalry ain't dead
So can I be your gentleman?
Baby, can I, can I, can I, can I, can I be your gentleman? (x4)

Kagome looked around the room, hardly able to hide the embarrassed smile on her face. InuYasha successfully swooned every lady and gay man in that entire restaurant even though his eyes never left hers as he sang. It was incomprehensible how she was so lucky. Then again, perhaps this was a way the universe was balancing itself out after she experienced a kidnapping. She joined in on the clapping, mentally popping the swirling hearts that were probably floating around her.

Kagome was shocked at how the atmosphere of the restaurant changed as the hours went by. She thought for sure she was dining with a bunch of snobby rich people before they busted out the karaoke.

"Okay that was seriously cute, I can barely breathe." Kagome admitted when he got back to his seat. "Did you have that planned the whole time?"

"Maybe I did. Maybe I didn't. Your turn, what are you going to sing?"

Kagome snickered. "Yeah right. I've gonna need a few more drinks for that."

As if on cue their very generous waitress brought them two more beverages.

"You guys look so cute, brother and sister?"

InuYasha and Kagome just looked at each other and laughed. They're never heard that before. It was probably the black hair.

"I'm pretty sure they'd stick us in a manga if that was the case."

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InuYasha and Kagome took a taxi back to their apartment. The more they drank the more they were getting touchy-feely so they decided to leave the karaoke party.

InuYasha watched as Kagome strolled directly into his room with a raised brow and a grin. He wasn't nearly as gone as he thought she was. She called him over with her finger, her dress hiked up a little to expose her thigh. He admitted he had a thing for full thighs.

He leaned against the door frame with his hands in his pockets.

"Well?" Kagome dragged on, her eyelids half-way opened. "Aren't you going to ravish me in drunken bliss?" Her sentence was choppy.

InuYasha couldn't help the grin that formed on his face. He had never seen this flirtatious side of Kagome, even if it wasn't exactly true Kagome.

"As tempting as that sounds, I think you need sleep." InuYasha began to unbutton his dress shirt and headed for the closet to change. The room was slightly spinning for his own self.

Kagome followed him into his closet and wrapped her arms around his bare torso, pressing her chest against him. "After that serenade, I don't know if I can." She hiccupped.

She was killing him right now. He didn't know how much longer he could resist the temptation. He turned 180 degrees in her arms to face her.

"I'm not having drunk sex with you, you're in no state to consent." He felt proud of himself for saying that. "But you're more than welcome to st-"

"I'm not even that drunk."

"Your breath says otherwise."

"Your breath smells the same, we drank the same things." Kagome left light kisses on his neck. He was slowly caving in and began kissing her back. He knew they were doing the opposite of moving slowly but their situation was complex. It wasn't like they were strangers. With all his remaining strength he unlocked his lips from hers.

"Okay, I just need you to do one thing. Stay here." InuYasha left to go grab something. Kagome waited for a few seconds, hoping he didn't actually mean for her to wait in the closet. He came back with a piece of paper and a pen in his hand and led her to the bed to sit down.

Kagome looked at him dully. "The hell is this?"

"This, my dear, is your consent form." He smiled proudly. "If you can read the terms without slurring and sign your name then….my body is yours?" He laughed at saying that last bit out loud.

"Are you kidding me?" Her facial expression didn't change. He didn't say anything, so she signed her name and began to read the terms. "I, Kagome Higurashi, give consent to….I am not reading these nasty ass words outloud thank you." Kagome crumbled up the paper and chucked it at his head. Her hormones were blazing more than they were when she was sixteen. She didn't understand how he hadn't caved already like any other guy would have. Her friends always teased her that he displayed asexual attributes. Kagome used his shoulders as support to climb in his lap and began kissing him again. He was hesitant at first; he really didn't want her to regret it in the morning. It wasn't long before her matched the level of need and passion her touches held.

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