Her Servant 4 - His Ears

Kagome had been watching them off and on for the past hour while she tried to do her homework. She loved the way they turned to better hear any noises they happened to catch, how they twitched randomly, how pettably soft they looked. She wanted to touch them, but how to ask...



Inuyasha sighed, "What is it Kagome?"



"Nothing," she answered a little too quickly.



"You've been staring at me since we came up to your room, so just spit it out already!" Inuyasha snapped.



"Sorry," Kagome mumbled, looking down at her lap.



Inuyasha walked over to Kagome and crouched down to her eye level, "Don't be sorry, I shouldn't have snapped at you. I just hate being stared at. Tell me what you want, please," he pleaded.



"I want to pet your ears," Kagome said quickly as possible, hoping he wouldn't catch it.



"That's it?" He bowed his head, "You're my mistress, you can do anything you want to me."



"You're not my pet," Kagome started, still resisting the ears, "I'm not very comfortable with this whole servant thing. I appreciate what you're doing, but embarrassing you in front of everyone isn't going to help my school life."



"Kagome," Inuyasha said, grabbing one of her wrists, "you're the first scholarship student since before my freshman year. Shikon stopped allowing them because the rich students harassed them so much they'd drop out. Or worse. My brother was the worst for it; I don't want you to suffer because of the other snobs.



"I'm the richest kid there, and my brother's still a legend in that damn place. They respect me. So if I have to spend a few years catering to your whims so they'll leave you alone, I'll do it."



"But the others-"



"I don't care," he interrupted. "I'm rich enough to buy them if I want, and I'm eccentric. It doesn't matter to me what they think."



He brought her hands up to his ears, "I'm going to trust that you'll be gentle with these; just like I'm trusting you not to abuse having me as a servant. I'm just asking you to trust me when I tell you this is the best way for you to survive Shikon High."



Kagome tentatively started rubbing the teen's puppy ears. Inuyasha groaned in pleasure and rested his head in her lap, hugging her waist. "Oh yeah, that's the spot."