A/N: I'll be honest with you, guys, I don't have any plans for this story. I kinda came up with stuff as I went and since I don't really see any reason to continue it I think I'll be stamping 'complete' on it. If I get an idea for an oneshot thing in this universe I'll add it after the ending.

The Guy Who Asks

The school corridor was buzzing with voices of teenagers running in every direction. It was just after the final class and the ones who weren't on the cleaning duty wanted to leave the building as soon as possible. Those assigned to cleaning were hurrying to deal with their duties.

And the teachers in all the classrooms were packing their things in a bit slower pace, taking deep sighs of relief that the work day was almost over. Yes, there were tests to grade, but that was going to come after the coffee break.

Kagome looked up when she heard some of the students that were working on tidying the tables and chairs giggle. A quick look towards the opened door made her heart beat faster.

Inuyasha stood there, this gruff man that had became a bit more open during the year she was working at the school. The man she had once rushed on, who had came to her shrine during his most vulnerable tome to ask her to be his girlfriend.

The most wonderful guy, who held two mugs of coffee in his hands. She almost sang when she smelled the thick scent of the beverage.

Inuyasha's ear tilted the students' way, probably listening to them commenting his sudden appearance at the classroom.

"Go out," he said without looking at the teens as he made his way to Kagome's desk, his yellow eyes glued to her face.

"Inuyasha..." she whispered. The look on his face shouted determination and focus. She felt a shiver run down her spine, as always when he looked at her with that twinkle in his eye.

"Kagome," he breathed out, his rough voice making every other sound in the room disappear. He looked down at her sitting by her desk, her papers partially hidden in the folders spread on the desktop. He glanced at her cup before handing it to her. Kagome grabbed the vessel carefully, a grateful smile on her face.

The smile vanished when she lowered her hands and saw that there was no coffee in her cup! That dog brought her an empty mug while his - she glanced at him taking a sip from his drink - his had coffee in it!

"Inuyasha..." she growled low. How dared he to tease her like that?!

She glanced in her mug again, because he was looking there, despite her growling. There was something inside. A gift?

Kagome picked up a small box and opened it, frowning when she saw another box inside of the first one. Grumbling she put the mug on the desk and fished the smaller box out of it. To open it she had to twist the lid off of it, so she did it, a bit frustrated and curious. In the second box was a small pouch with ribbon tying it's mouth together. Kagome tugged the tie open to reveal yet another, tiny box. What was inside that Inuyasha went to such lengths to make obtaining it so odd? Usually his gifts were wrapped in one layer of paper. Whatever was inside had to be very small to fit..

...She shook out of the last box a small object that almost rolled off of her palm. She almost let it fall, too stunned to move, gaping at the object.

It was a silver band with a bunch of little transparent stones gathered on the top and forming a little flower.

An excited shriek of a teenage girl from somewhere to the side alerted her to the world around her. She lifted her eyes and saw Inuyasha kneeling in front of her, holding his mug in one hand and outstretching his other hand towards her. His eyes looked at her with so much determination and love she wasn't sure she could look away from them even if she wanted.

"Higurashi Kagome, marry me," he said. It was a simple sentence, one she had hoped to hear from quite some time now, but it still took her by surprise, adding to the shock of seeing the ring glimmering in her palm.

Kagome took in the image in front of her, the hanyou historian with his ears focused only on her. She wanted to remember every detail of his face at that moment. Her hands moved almost without her knowledge. She put the band where it belonged and reached for his coffee.

"I will, but you better give me that," she replied and smiled broadly when the hanyou surrendered his precious mug to her greedy grasp. She drank a sip before putting the cup on the desk, startled by the sound of running footsteps.

She looked at the hanyou, who was still kneeling, smiling happily up at her, a twinkle of playfulness in his eye. But the students were gone from the back of the classroom.

It took Kagome just a moment to realize where they went and that they hadn't left after Inuyasha had told them to.

"The Mug Buddies are engaged!" screamed some teens. Kagome blushed madly when she heard multiple voices cheering.

"Oh, shit," Inuyasha muttered. "Wanna leave the school through the window?"

"Most certainly I do," Kagome sank into her chair with a groan, before taking another sip of Inuyasha's coffee and looking down at the ring around her finger.