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Kagome & Inuyasha
Rated: K+
AU
Drabble
Prompt: Partners
Length: 407 words
Even in college, Inuyasha still failed to understand why teachers pushed collaborative projects so much. Luckily, the latest project was with partners, not a group. Groups were always the worst. Partners were not that great either, but he shared this class with Kagome, so he didn't mind so much.
He remembered how picking partners went at the beginning of the semester before anyone knew much about their classmates. Kagome, being as friendly as she was, had everyone else in the class wanting to be her partner. Well, maybe everyone was an exaggeration, but still. He did not like how the other boys looked at her or that they even thought they could partner up on a project with her. Who were they? They weren't friends with her – and they wouldn't be if he had anything to say about it. As for the girls, though he preferred not to admit it, he always feared that she might work with them. Why not? Girls always banded together, becoming close friends easily.
It basically boiled down to him being selfish. And he knew he was. He wanted to keep Kagome all to himself. Who wouldn't? She was attractive, she was friendly, sweet, caring, adorably quirky – and a bunch of other things he would never get all sappy about and tell her. And most of all, she liked him. And when everyone else asked to be partners with her, she would inform them that she already had a partner, smiling politely, before turning to him. She never had to ask.
And she didn't pair up with him out of pity, knowing he had no other friends in the class. She wanted to work with him. She knew how he felt about people, anyway. Actually, it amused her greatly, sending her into laughing fits at times when he got into his rants about how stupid people, classmates or otherwise, could be. Maybe being a loner was just one of his inborn traits, but somehow, Kagome had wormed her way into his world. Even with her odd little habits, they didn't grate on his nerves like they would if they were anyone else's. She made it work.
Now, with the announcement of yet another partner project, everyone knew better than to ask Kagome. She always, always, worked with him.
And if he played his cards right, he might never have to worry about her being someone else's partner – in class or in life.
So much for every week day...but I have had a couple things going on in my family. This chapter is a little shorter than the rest, but the ending came sooner than expected. Let me know what you think!