Kouga stepped through the back door of the bustling Wolf Whistle, already rolling his eyes and bickering with Inuyasha about why they were even here in the first place. Inuyasha was such a laid back boss, thinking the place would just magically run itself. Sure he'd put one of Ginta and Hakkaku's many adopted kids, Haru, in charge while they were out of town but that dope could barely be trusted to house-sit, let alone run the club for long. Kouga was in the middle of fantasizing just how he could shut the hanyou's pretty little mouth up later when he spotted Haru behind the bar. Making their way through the crowd, the two burly men each grabbed a bar stool so they could get caught up on how business was going.

"See! I told you the place wouldn't burn down just because we took a week down at the beach in Shimoda. The alcohol's still flowing and the girls are still dancing. Speaking of, who's on tonight anyways?" The smug hanyou looked back toward the dimming stage lights and heard the deep thrum of American hip hop. The Wolf Whistle had been one of the first Western strip clubs to open in Roppongi, and though the business was old, they kept on trend and made sure their music choices were up to date. It also helped that the dancers were hot and the drinks were reasonably priced, for a club in Tokyo at least.

"It's the new bartender filling in for Yuma. When I interviewed her on Wednesday for the bartending gig she mentioned that she'd danced and bartended in other clubs, so I asked her to demonstrate both. She's actually really amazing, but told me she wanted to wear a mask if we asked her to dance. I almost wish she'd stay on full time dancing." Kouga looked over as Haru finished shaking the martini he'd been making for a customer, but his boyfriend elbowed him in the side and nodded towards the stage. The sight of a young woman with twin pigtails stripping off a familiar green sailor school uniform stopped his heart.

"Damn that brings back memories." Kouga could only grunt out an affirmtive noise as the girl climbed the pole. She threw in some intermediate and difficult moves like Scorpio and Butterfly, but most of the routine was fairly basic. The real attention grabber was how fluidly she moved, how sensual and captivating her body moved in the ambient lights of the club. You could bounce a quarter off that ass, truly, and yet it still jiggled with every dip and twerk. When she bent down to start collecting the huge pile of tips and threw the crowd a wink as the song ended, Kouga felt like he needed a stiff drink. Everything else was stiff so why not?

He motioned for Haru to pour him a whiskey on the rocks as he peered over at his partner. The tent in Inu's pants matched his own and he smirked around the lip of his drink. Maybe they'd get a little adventurous again and break out the lingerie and toys tonight. He always loved seeing Inuyasha ride him in sailor skirts, almost as much as Inuyasha loved seeing his ass in lace.

Kouga set down his drink and pulled his partner onto his lap for a heated kiss, their cheeks flushing in arousal. He ignored Haru's disgruntled mutters in favor of gripping Inu's ass, being careful not to rip his jeans with claws made invisible by kitsune charms. The hanyou gripped Kouga's ponytail in one hand and pulled at it just forcefully enough to send shivers down his spine. Haru clearing his throat behind his amorous uncles brought Kouga back to Earth, whispering to Inuyasha that they'd be revisiting this later at home.

"Uncle Kouga, this is Kagome, our newest bartender. Kagome, these are my uncles and owners of the club, Kouga and Inuyasha."

Oh.

Oh fuck.

To say that Kagome was shocked would be an understatement. There in front of her sat two men she'd searched Japan high and low for, blatantly making out at her new job. At the club that they ran. Together. Together? When the hell had that happened, and how? Despite it being five hundred years for them, it'd only been three years for her, and the thought that he'd moved on from her made her heart ache in a way she thought she'd gotten over.

Kagome's thoughts were interrupted as she was tackled into a hug by a shaking Inuyasha and she fought the urge to flinch away. The feel of his tears dripping down onto the top of her head triggered her own breakdown and then they were both enveloped by strong tan arms. Kouga pressed a gentle kiss against her temple and Kagome nuzzled into their chests and held on tightly. It'd been so long since she'd had physical contact that she didn't even realize she'd missed it until now.

"We w-went to the shrine when we thought the well might have closed for good, but you were gone. Where did you go Kagome?" Inuyasha's voice was raspy with emotion as he tried to stop his tears. When she looked up through swimming eyes, Inuyasha brought a hand up to caress her cheek and Kouga's eyes were starting to look suspiciously watery too. He cleared his throat and looked at a stunned Haru.

"You good by yourself at the bar for a while kid? I think your Aunt Kagome has earned herself a break." At Haru's slow nod, Kouga moved their little party over to a secluded corner table and gently handed Kagome a napkin to blot away her mascara tears.

"Well, I was only a month or so away from my eighteenth birthday when the well stopped working. I tried to go back to my old life and act like everything was normal, and maybe I would have succeeded if my mom's new boyfriend hadn't started hanging around more. Tatsuo was a creepy old man, always sweet to my mom, but his eyes followed me, you know?"

Kagome looked away from the two men staring at her intently, finding it hard to continue past the lump in her throat. "After a few days of just watching me, he started manhandling me whenever he managed to get me alone. First it was just being too close and generally being weird, but when he tried to grope my ass and pull my shirt off I slapped him. He grabbed my throat and threatened to start hurting me worse if I didn't let him feel me up."

The feel of two hands taking her own snapped her back to reality and she looked at the two boys holding them. A crooked half smile of appreciation on her face told them she was glad for the contact.

"That night was one of the worst nights of my life. It was so demeaning. He put his hands all over my body and promised that the next night he'd do more. When he left my room I packed up my most valuable shit and ran away. I was able to couch surf at friend's houses until my birthday, and then I took the first job that hired me. I danced and waitressed until I turned twenty and they let me start bartending."

Kouga and Inuyasha each squeezed one of her hands in theirs, silently thanking her for sharing her story with them. They let her take as much time as she needed to compose herself and she was surprised at their maturity and the fact that they hadn't vowed to murder anyone for hurting her. But what she was most curious about was this new dynamic between the two previous rivals.

"So anyways, I think you have more to fill me in on than I did for you, judging by the position I saw you in back at the bar. Guess I'll have to get over my dreams of running off into the sunset with either of you, since you clearly swing the other way." Her cocked eyebrow and blatant teasing made Inuyasha blush and Kouga grin.

"Actually Kagome, we owe our relationship to you. We both stubbornly decided to wait for you, and sort of fell in love along the way. We still both love you, and want to be with you— just, together. My offer still stands, if you ever wanna be my woman, our woman, all ya gotta do is ask. We'll be waiting." He finished his declaration with a wink, and she looked back and forth between them stunned while Inuyasha chastised him for dropping all of this on her at once. They really were like an old married couple. "We also have a spare room made up for you if you ever need it."

She cleared her throat and muttered a soft "I'll keep that in mind" before the mood was broken with Haru yelling for backup at the bar. Taking that as a cue to get up, Kagome squeezed their hands and invited them back to the bar. For the rest of the night every spare moment of Kagome's breaks or lulls in customers were filled with laughter. Kouga and Inuyasha kept her entertained until closing time and gave her a ride home so she wouldn't have to take the train. It was the best shift she'd ever had at a job.