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Hello! I don't know if this would be appropriate, but is there any good AU where Inu is a playboy, a womanizer at first? I just like this kind of trop 😅 But I'm new in this fandom and don't know any yet.

Hi anon, and welcome to the fandom! Don't worry, there's no shame in liking a certain trope. The Inukag Archive is a judgement-free zone!

Playboy!Inuyasha was a pretty popular trope on FF.net at one time, so we were able to find a decent amount of stories for you. Hope you find something you enjoy below!

Happiness by @witchygirl99 (M)

Inuyasha is an unobservant rich bastard. He has an OCD assistant and a perverted financial planner. Enter Kagome, a woman who has her own rules on how to live. He wants sex. She wants happiness. Well, that's only what they'll admit...

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A deal with a demon by @ajoy3fanfics (M)

In order to save her family's shrine from debt, Kagome reluctantly agrees to marry Inuyasha, the wealthy son of her grandfathers late friend. Inuyasha is far from thrilled about the match. According to his fathers will, he must marry if he wishes to gain his inheritance. Is this couple doomed from the start, or can they manage to find wedded bliss?

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Aesthetic by Autumn Dragon (T)

 I was cocky, gorgeous, and one of Japan's Most Wanted bachelors. At first, all I wanted was to get into her pants. Now, even I have to admit that she was different from the others. Very different. Damn, I love a challenge.

Sequel: Houdini's Affair (T)

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Break Me by ShadowBluebell (M)

It was a simple trip to the store. Saving a playboy's life from a hit-and-run had been a bonus. No big deal. Until said playboy shows up at her door, intent on showing his appreciation… in his own way. Let the game of seduction begin. 

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A Little Dessert by @witchygirl99 (M)

Kagome is a waitress who always looks after Inuyasha's table. Inuyasha is a player with a new girl every week. He likes the restaurant and the service Kagome gives. Secretly? He doesn't really come for the dessert, unless you think of it that way.

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The Bet by Mesmerizing Love (M)

He is a player. He always thought that girls were toys that are used for only one thing. Until he met a virgin who he desperately wanted to break, so he made a bet that he would, but she was so hard to break and he never realized that he actually would fall in love instead… 

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Cheaters by @inunanna (T)

Everyone in the office knew Kagome and Inuyasha were having a not-so-secret affair. They weren't EXACTLY wrong... (Not a cheating fic)

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If It Hadn't Been For Love by Reckless Dreamer Yuna (M)

Inuyasha? He's a player. A damn good one at that. But one girl he can't break through to, is Kagome. But it's not easy, trying to bed her, while trying not to fall in love with her. What will happen if he gets his heart broken again?

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Dead Famous by Torenza (M)

The most wanted prize bachelor is up for grabs... but the one who gets him is the only one who doesn’t want to keep him...

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Til Death Do Us Part by Jade Catseye (M)

Kagome hates Inuyasha. Inuyasha hates Kagome. What happens when the sexy playboy and fiery schoolgirl are forced to undergo holy matrimony? 

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A Southern Cinderella by DeletedAccountNotChangingMind (T)

Who cares if he partied a little, why should his parents not like that he liked women, so he partied, had sex, and races fast cars, why should he be punished for doing so. And why should he have to be sent to a farm to gain 'work ethic? Honestly?

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Broken Hearts by Jezzie Lynn (M)

Inuyasha is a cruel playboy. Kagome gave him a chance and they stay together. But Kagome gets raped and finds she's pregnant. Who is the father? And is someone trying to kill her and her friends?

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The Life of a Devil by SnowShadowuser (T)

Kagome, an assassin, finds out that she has only two months to live thanks to a mysterious and deadly virus...willingly, she takes on her last job; to find and to kill the notorious playboy, known as the American secret agent - Inuyasha...

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A Player's Heart Recast by inukag-lover1600 (T)

If you fell in love with a 'womanizer' what are you to do? Simple. Just change him. InuxKag MirxSan KouxAya

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"Affirmations" Happy Birthday my @inunanna love! Some "Year of the Dog" fan art for my sweet darlings birthday. Nanna has been, hands down, one of the most amazing friends to me this past year. I am constantly thankful that I pulled up my big girl panties and sent her a message. Because now I have her and 3 other beautiful and amazing girls that are nothing but sweet and supportive and just so wonderful. God blessed me immensely when he put her in my life and I can't wait to see all the amazing things He has in store for our friendship. I love you, so much. I'm so proud of your works and how you deal with real life struggles. You are so strong, so independent, and so very smart. I'll always be your beta, your ear to listen, your shoulder and most of all, I'll always be your friend. Happy Birthday, again, because you deserve it ♡

[vixenfoxpaws]

hahahahahahahahahahahahaha ONE???

Reblog if you’ve spent at least one night reading fanfics until daybreak.

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Quick doodle inspired by @inunanna‘s oneshot. I'll admit, I was giggling the entire time drawing this. Look at his face! HA!

[inunanna]

Cheaters

My contribution to @inuyasha-valentines!! I hope all of you had an amazing day full of happiness an love.

Summary:  Everyone in the office knew Kagome and Inuyasha were having a not-so-secret affair. They weren't EXACTLY wrong... (Not a cheating fic)

I was inspired to write this thanks to this post. It was so INUKAG that I just had to.

Already up on FF.net and AO3   :D

Before I start let me inform my lovely friends about this @kuddle-cakes @grapefruitwannabe @keichanz @vividxdreaming @purekagome @mustardyellowsunshine @stoatsandweasels @mmhinman @ryupioupiou @vixenfoxpaws @gypsin @meido-zangetsuha @little-known-artist @inukag-4ever @sakurasubinita  (and as always I know I forgot someone here ugh)

This is my gift for all of you! The amazing people that keep this fandom alive!!

Sango saw her work-friend walking towards the building they worked in. She could have been smiling and calling her to go inside with her, but this time it was not possible. Kagome, the cute, sweet, honest and decent woman that had been her desk mate and best friend from work for the last year was now walking beside him.  

Sango’s big chocolate eyes narrowed as she stared at him. He was not the drop-dead gorgeous type. Neither had he the best character or disposition—that she knew from experience. What did Kagome see in him to betray the man she had loved for more than a decade? A man that—before she met HIM—was the center of her life, along with their two sons.

Shaking her head, Sango saw them stop just before reaching the building’s door. After he whispered something into her ear and she giggled, he pulled her to the bush line until they were hidden by the myriad of green leaves. By the look on his face and the blush on her cheeks, Sango knew what they had been doing.

With a slow burning anger in the name of that great husband that Kagome used to talk about all the time before him, Sango kept walking, leaving them behind without a second look.

They caught up to her as she waited for the elevator. Sango could see them from the corner of her eye, standing way too close for regular coworkers, speaking in hushed tones and giving secret smiles... disgusting.

“Sango!” Kagome called her as she found the time to unwrap herself from her little cheating world.

Sango turned and nodded in acknowledgement, not even bothering with a fake smile. Kagome’s beaming smile faded a little as she tilted her head slightly in confusion and after blinking a couple of time she opened her lips to say something.

“Good thing I found you here! I want to formally introduce you...”

Sango sighed relieved as the elevator bell rang and its doors opened, giving her a believable excuse to avoid becoming an acquaintance of that man.

Interrupting her desk-mate’s words with a sober tone, “Sorry, Kagome. I’m running late,” Sango walked towards the open doors, not caring about the pair behind her.

“If she is running late, so are you. Go ahead.” She heard the man saying with his deep voice, in a much gentler tone than what she had heard from him before.

Sango turned around, already in her spot in the elevator to see Kagome peck his cheek before jogging in her direction. Rolling her eyes Sango reached for the button of their floor.

“Don’t forget about Valentine’s. We are ditching them for the night,” the man said with a lopsided smile and an intensity that in other circumstances Sango would have found attractive.

Kagome gave a soft laugh, and as the door closed she shouted, “But not all night! That would be mean!”

With an increasing rage Sango pulled out her phone and pretended to be engrossed in it as the elevator moved, exiting as soon as it was possible.

As she put distance between her and her shameless cheating and maybe-not-for-much-longer friend, Kagome looked at her thinking that maybe Sango was having a very difficult day. She had been having a mood for the last couple of weeks.

-_-_-_-_-

Miroku looked up from his desk as his friend approached their work station. Arching a brow mockingly as the other man almost skipped from joy in his steps.

“You’re looking happy, my friend”.

The other man schooled his features trying to cover that smile and failing miserably.

“Leave me alone, Miroku. I don’t want you to ruin my good mood with your contagious stupidity” he said with knitted brows.

“Alright, just tell me why the good mood?” Miroku asked with a smirk on his face that developed into a full smile when this time his friend blushed before turning his chair and skillfully keeping his face hidden as he spoke.

“Nothing, just that I finally know what to do for Valentine’s”

Resting his head on his hand and looking very amused, Miroku asked, “Yeah? Whachu doing tomorrow?”

Miroku was pleasantly surprised when instead of getting a ‘fuck off, Miroku’ as usual, his friend actually shared.

“I’m gonna try to get out of here a little earlier to buy some kind of romantic shit Kagome loves. Roses, chocolates, balloons, some kind of crap like that to surprise her and take her somewhere cheesy and have alone time there.”

Miroku’s smile disappeared as his friend shared his plans. It was just wrong... what they were doing was low and disgusting even for him. He knew Kagome from accounting, she was married and had children. Just like him. This affair thing they have was getting too serious, and even if he was not exactly a saint, his conscience was not calm knowing what his friend was doing. It was too shameless, and someone was bound to be hurt.

“...I wanted to book a hotel room, but she said she had promised to do something with the twins that night, so my plans are ruined. Damn runts.”

Miroku winced, it was that kind of thing that bothered him. The way his friend spoke about things that broke the vows he had made to his wife without a single ounce of regret, doubt or shame. He did it even with pride.

Ignoring the rest of the explanation he went back to the first days after he had met the guy. He had been a cranky and foul mouthed man that was remarkably good in what he did. A man that only lost his perpetual scowl when he talked about his wife, a wife that he didn’t see a lot because they used to work on opposite schedules, and even if they didn't see each other often they made their time count. And how happy he was to have landed that job to spend more time with her.

Miroku shrugged mentally. Maybe he had not said it with that many words, but he had understood nonetheless. A couple of weeks later he had met  Kagome and his small comments about how much he wanted to come home and see his wife had stopped to slowly be replaced with things like ‘why the fuck is work not done? Kagome is going home before I can see her’ or ‘I’m gonna have dinner with Kagome before going home’.

He had tried to stay away from the situation for the last couple of months, but this was enough. He would have to choose if he wanted his life with his loving wife and his friendship, or this affair, because he was not going to let his friend do something that would undoubtedly bring him pain in the long run.

Miroku cleared his throat trying to get his friend’s attention, but before he could say something  their coworker Kouga walked in gaining a low growl from his friend. Maybe I can tell him later, it  doesn‘t have to be right now, Miroku thought and after hearing them argue and THE vein appear in his friend’s neck, he added, maybe it doesn’t have to be today.

-_-_-_-_-

Inuyasha was waiting inside their car for his wife to walk out of the building. It had been a long and tiresome day.

First a security guard had given him the evil eye as he walked out of the green area, then that freaking amazon that Kagome had befriended—that apparently hated him—had given him the cold shoulder again. This time going as low as to be rude to Kagome to make him mad.

He had tried to be positive and use their plans for the next day as his reason to let the day go as fast as it could, then that stupid wolf had come along just to mess with him and asked about shipments he was expecting, but hadn’t bothered to notify them—the import/export department—about it.

But before the stupid wolf came to sour his day, Inuyasha had enough time to go all soft and mushy with Miroku. That had apparently spooked the guy, because he had not spoken much after that, and he was a chatter machine. The quiet work moments were the only good thing in this day—well that and his lunch with Kagome, he admitted to himself.

Lunch with Kagome was one of the best things he got from this job, besides working with almost the same schedule and going home before sunset almost every day. And they could even take one car to work once or twice a week.

It was a nice change. He may not get all mushy constantly like Kagome, but he did enjoy their time together. Without their children. It was not that he didn't love them or didn't want to spend time with them, but even after twelve years together he loved spending time with his wife.

Even if that made people around them jealous. Inuyasha let out a short growl. He was not going to hide the fact they were a couple. He didn't care that they had shitty lives, or that they didn't have their spouses as close as his was. It didn't matter if they gave them the evil eye when he beelined to Kagome as soon as he stepped into the cafeteria, or when she waited for him in the small waiting room of his floor. Fuck them—he thought just before she showed up, walking—almost jogging—to the car.

After entering the car and giving him a short peck, she put the seatbelt on and turned to him again as he turned the car on.

“I had the strangest conversation with Sango today,” she said frowning.

“What did she do now?” he asked with a disinterested look on his face, even if his ears were turned to her.

“Okay, so after she totally ignored you this morning...”

“I told you she hated me,” he interrupted her and turned his face in her direction, quickly enough to give her a know-it-all face before looking back at the road.

“I don't like you either, when you interrupt me,” she said with a annoyed voice before going into serious mode again “but yeah, she doesn't like you. Anyways....” Kagome put one hand on his thigh before continuing, and even if he loved it when she touched him, this particular gesture meant she wanted him to keep quiet and listen to her story.

“...after she totally ignored me almost all morning, just before lunch time, she finally looks at me and says, ‘You should be more careful about what you do with him, at least when you're at work’.”

Inuyasha bit back his chuckle as Kagome's voice went lower imitating her friend.

“So I suspect I had my WTH face...”

Inuyasha chuckled this time “You can say ‘what the fuck’ when we are alone in the car, Kagome.”

His wife slapped his thigh softly and gave him a bored look, “I know genius, I just don't like it. But shush and let me finish, okay?”

She didn't say anything else until her husband nodded and agreed “Alright I'll shut my damned mouth.”

“Ookaay” she stretched the word, “I didn’t really get why she was saying all that because even if we are not exactly discreet about it, we haven't done anything improper at work.”

“Yet...” Inuyasha whispered wiggling his eyebrows, and that earned another slap and a grumpy look with her blush face, “Alright, alright. I’ll shut up”.

“I told her we will be careful at work.” Kagome shook her head. “I don't know why, but that seemed to get her even angrier and she didn't speak to me again. We were busy after that, but I could tell she was ignoring me.”

She sounded upset about the whole thing and Inuyasha couldn't even fathom a reason why that crazy amazon woman could be mad at his sweet Kagome.

“Maybe she has issues with happy couples”, was all the insight he could provide about the workings of the female mind.

“I dunno, but I'll ask her tomorrow.”

Inuyasha nodded as they parked in front of Kagome’s mom’s house, and even before walking out of the car the heads of their twins were peeking through the window, waving at them.

-_-_-_-_-_-

It was Valentine’s day and Kagome had soon realized her husband was behaving strangely. He was either too quiet, even for him, or snappy. And that meant one of two things, he had forgotten about today—which was unlikely because yesterday he had reminded her about today's plans— or he had gone out of his way and had a surprise for her and was nervous about how she was going to take it. Kagome was pretty sure it was the latter.

That morning they had not crossed paths with Sango on their way in and Kagome was glad. Another clash between those two when he was that nervous was good for no one.

After leaving him at the entrance, close to her elevator before he walked to the side of the building that had the elevator with access to his office, he had walked away grumpily grumbling about stupid made-up holidays. Kagome smiled as his almost twitching back, knowing today was going to be fun. She couldn't wait to see him again.

That is how Kagura found her, staring at him with longing written all over her face.

“Problems in paradise?” the tall woman asked with her usual tone that always confused Kagome because she couldn't pinpoint if she was being attentive or sarcastic. Being Valentine’s day and not wanting to ruin her own mood, Kagome chose to be positive.

“Not really. He always gets this way when he is trying to hide something,” her smile was almost genuine.

Kagura raised a brow “Then he must be in a bad mood constantly... being with you and all”.

Kagome blinked a couple of times confused by the question. “Ahh, well. I hope not, he doesn't have it in him to hide or lie. He’s mostly doing it for me.”

The other woman let out a soft chuckle before starting to walk away. “I'm impressed...” was all she said before turning around, fanning her long hair on Kagome’s face as she retreated.

“What a weird woman,” Kagome mumbled and heard Kagura chuckle again.

“I’m not the only one, darling,” She said without turning and Kagome blushed embarrassed. She had forgotten about her abilities, damn it.

The embarrassment was still there when she found her way to her work station, beside the very quiet Sango.

“Good morning, Sango” She chirped, trying to stay positive again.

Her friend only nodded without even looking up. Kagome mentally shrugged and started to work. Maybe the other woman would talk to her after her anger subsided, for whatever reasons Sango was mad about.

It was lunch time and Kagome was pleasantly surprised to find Inuyasha waiting for her outside her department’s door pacing. His ears found her before he had the time to announce her presence and he rushed to her.

“Kagome, I’m sorry, but I won’t be able to have lunch with you today...” His golden eyes looking everywhere but her face.

Hiding her smile she tried to use a slightly sad voice, “Ouhh, I have been waiting for lunchtime so I could see you, but don’t worry, we can have lunch together tomorrow.” She offered a small smile before tilting her head with curiosity. “But what happened?”

Inuyasha shifted uncomfortable in his place, almost squirming under her innocent eyes.

“I-I need to do some errands...nothing important, something for the twins,” He added when Kagome frowned, trying to think about what kind of errands he had to do. “I don’t need your nosy presence in all of my business, you know?”

His defiant stand lost its strength when Kagome’s expression didn’t change, and she kept staring at him like he was a puzzle she was trying to solve.

“Alright...” She stretched the word, loving how he looked increasingly uncomfortable—and cute, Kagome had to admit.

“I-I’ll walk you to the cafeteria,” Inuyasha offered as he scratched his head nervously.

Kagome nodded and hooked her arm around his, letting him guide her; enjoying it to the fullest as it was something neither of them got the chance to do often. Their departments were on different floors and the cafeteria was right between them, so the usual arrangement was to meet at the their table.

As they took the elevator, it slowly filled with people from different departments. Some of them were acquaintances, some of them were not, but most of them gave them reprimanding looks before turning and showing them their backs with something close to a theatrical gesture.

After the third and fourth person did something along those lines Inuyasha started to glare at them. By the time the sixth person did the routine he had growled out.

“What? Have something to say?”

By the way his upper lip twitched, Kagome knew he was trying not to snarl. Her free hand darted to his chest in a calming manner. Not one of the people present dared to answer the question and as soon as the doors opened, everyone hurried outside.

“I’m getting tired of their judgemental looks,” he whispered with a long low growl.

Kagome’s eyes warmed as she stroked his chest. “Just give them time” she gave him a small smile. “Maybe the attitude is because of something else, not because of our relationship.”

He gave a rumbling sigh before turning and saying goodbye to her with a serious look on his face. As he waited for the doors to close Kagome put her hands around her lips and shouted.

“Do that thing for your family and come back quick for me!”

Inuyasha smirked and nodded. That was enough for her, making a fool of herself in front of her coworkers if he could feel better. The dirty looks were not important, she barely noticed them anymore by the time she finished buying her food, and it didn't exist in her mind any longer as she emptied her tray.

She was too busy thinking about what these mysterious errands could be that he had to do during their lunch break.

When she came back to her office Sango was already there again, and as she had been doing recently, not a word or acknowledgement came from her. It was tough, losing a friend slowly as the desire of the other person to be close disappeared. What were you supposed to do? Nag them to answer you? Ask things multiple times to see if that earned a reply?

It was almost time to go home, just half an hour more and she would have the afternoon to spend with Inuyasha and later with their kids, but that little prick of sadness was still there.

Kagome did not understand how a friendship of almost a year could be destroyed like that, without knowing the reason why. Because there was no doubt anymore, Sango had a problem with her, she behaved normally with everyone except her deskmate. It couldn't be because she had a relationship with a half youkai, right? She was not one of those purist that thought species should not mingle that way, right?

A soft knock from the door and the mention of her name made her look up. It was a delivery man with something that looked like a bouquet. One of her coworkers called her name and she promptly run there, with a big smile on her face.

“So this was the errand.”  She thought as the man checked her name and made her sign the receipt.

The bouquet was beautiful, and very Inuyasha-like. It had a few flowers, red, yellow and blue as she liked them, and twice as much candy and chocolates than flowers.

Kagome giggled as she walked back to her work station. He was planning on enjoying this bouquet with her.

When she placed it on her desk, she realized the base was not part of the arrangement, it had been glued to it. Kagome felt giddy as she opened the package; not only because it was a present, but because Inuyasha was not a person to usually give physical stuff, he preferred to show how important something was for him through his actions—and he was very good at that. So everytime he went out of his way to think about something to give to her, it was something that he had thought out thoroughly.

She gasped when she found a small card tucked in the bouquet. It has always fascinated her how suck a brash man had such a elegant and stylized handwriting. And it meant a lot to her that he had written something because, in his own words “I fuck things up when I talk, I don’t like to give you permanent evidence of my stupid words”.

Her smile became wider as she read the note:

Kagome, I know you love these kind of sappy things.

Even if I’m not very fond of those shi things I liked this gift.

You’re always nagging me about taking a picture so you can see us all day.

So that you will miss us a little less.

So here it is. I hope you like it.

There is a blank space, not because I forgot, but because I know you want one with all of us together.

You know what I feel, just like I do too.

YOUR HUSBAND.

Kagome laughed as she reread the note. It was the kind of sweet thing he would do, saying all sort of endearing things in his own special way. He absolutely loathed taking pictures—of himself or anyone else—which was the reason why she didn’t have pictures on her desk. She could almost see him trying to say everything carefully so she wouldn’t misunderstand. His brows knitted together, probably THE vein making an appearance as the the the note progressed and he disliked the outcome. His blush starting as a light dusting across his nose and cheeks and ending up covering his entire face and neck. His ears flicking one at a time. In one word, cute.

The package was in her hands ready to be opened, when the sound of several malfunctioning chair’s wheels scratching against the floor drew her attention. Raising her eyes, she found Sango’s accusing glare. Kagome was really tired of that stare, and killing her good mood—again—was something she was not going to let it happen.

Before her friend could say whatever she was planning, Kagome beat her to it with a dry and exasperated tone

“I have to ask, what is your problem?” Even Kagome could hear the hidden ‘the fuck’ between ‘what’ and ‘is’. Inuyasha would have been proud of her in that moment, she was sure.

The dignified look on Sango’s face was replaced by one of confusion, and after an elegant scoff she answered, “MY problem? You are seriously asking what MY problem is, Kagome?”

Kagome only nodded.

“MY problem is that I don't recognize you anymore...” Sango let out a long sigh “I've known you for more than a year and I've always thought of you as an honest person, but now I can’t reconcile that with what I’m seeing.” Sango started to get visibly upset, talking faster with each word and even if her volume didn’t go up, her pitch did. “You were not one to speak of yourself too much, but you never held back talking about how much you loved your husband, and your kids. And now! Now you! You spend all your time with him!” When she didn’t see any reaction from Kagome, she suddenly whispered, “Inuyasha...”

“What?” Was the only thing Kagome could utter after the overly emotional and incredibly confusing speech.

“I am worried seeing you wreck your marriage on a whim!”

Kagome left her package on her lap and raised her hands, “W-w-wait, tell me how exactly am I wrecking my marriage by spending time with him?”

Sango huffed exasperated “You need to think about your husband! About everything you got at home!” She pointed at the bouquet and the note on her desk. “Look at what you could lose!”

After a few blinks and a blank stare, the corners of her lips started to twitch upward, and even the cold stare from the person before her couldn’t stop the laugh that bubbled out of her.

“Wait...” she said between chuckles, “you think I’m cheating ON my husband WITH Inuyasha?”

Sango deadpanned at her. “Yeah...”

When Kagome saw the worry that Sango had on her face, she quietly opened the package on her lap and stared at the photoset. It had a picture of Inuyasha, a not a very skilled selfie but adorable nonetheless. Beside him was a picture of the twins, another selfie with the children sitting on their couch, both of them holding the camera and with the cutest focused expression on their little faces, their ears up and alert and their little tongues peeking out, just like their father did. The last picture was of the three of them, with Inuyasha in the center and one kid under each arm. Just like he said in the note, there was a space without a picture, it was actually the biggest one.

Without saying a thing she handed the frame to Sango, whose face reflected the struggle to put everything together. Trying to help, Kagome offered a “My husband sent me that gift.”

After a couple of moments Sango nodded, handed back the frame, and along with an almost-glowing blushed and contrite face she squeaked an “understood” before she went back to her desk on her scratching chair.

As she walked to the door Kagome said to herself, “This is a really good work story.”

-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-

“Stop squirming,” Miroku said from his desk with his eyes on his coworker, “Time will not go faster the louder you growl to the clock.”

Inuyasha moved his eyes away from the clock just enough to glare at the other man saying, “Fuck off, Miroku”, expecting to see a mocking smirk, but instead a frown and something a little too soft, yet close to a scowl.

Inuyasha raised his chin in Miroku’s direction “What’s with you? No Valentine’s for today?”

Miroku huffed “I have one. And I’m her only date so that’s better than yours, isn’t it?”

There was something in the man’s tone that bothered the hanyou. He was not very good at decoding hidden intentions but he had caught one there, and that had to mean Miroku was exaggerating for him to understand.

“Stop fucking around. I’m not gonna lose my time with you when I can go pick up Kagome.”

The other man’s hand pointed at Inuyasha accusingly, “That is exactly what I meant.” He stood up and walked towards his coworker’s desk before continued “I cannot understand why you are losing your time with someone who has someone else. I know she is really cute, and sexy, and you cannot stop yourself from having a few ideas about her, but I didn’t think you were one of the sharing kind”.

The next things happened too fast for the human to be able to defend himself or even move. One moment he was sitting on the corner of Inuyasha’s desk with the hanyou looking at him with a tilted head in confusion, and the next he was pinned against the wall by the neck with the snarling face of his friend close enough to hear and feel each breath he took, along with the rumbling growl that escaped each time he breathed.

“Don’t. You. Ever. Talk. About. Her. Like. That. Again.”  Inuyasha didn’t blink as he warned Miroku.

Being as smart as he was, the other man didn’t say a word and only raised his hand in surrender as the taller man released him and walked back to his chair without a word.

Only after Inuyasha was comfortably sitting in his chair and far away from his neck he continued, “Sorry...but if you want to keep doing that you should at least be more discreet, my friend. No need to broadcast your relationship. Be respectful.”

Inuyasha did one of those sudden move-then-stop things that always creeped Miroku out before saying, “Fuck that! I won’t hide my wife just because you don’t like it!”.

Miroku had raised one hand when the other man began talking. “But you just—w-wait, what?”

“I don’t care if your eyes burn when you see us, I won’t hide my relationship with her”.

Miroku was baffled. It was a given that Inuyasha was not a gifted speaker, and some times what he said made no sense. He was used to that, but he had said twice that Kagome was his wife.

“I didn’t know she was your wife...” he whispered more to himself than anything else, but either way Inuyasha answered.

“Duh, what else could she be?” After he said it, a tense silence stretched between them “Wait... you thought she was—”

“Your mistress,” Miroku offered when the half demon struggled to find a word that wasn’t offensive to refer to her, even if it was in a hypothetical way.

“What the fuck, Miroku?” Was the last thing Inuyasha said before Miroku rushed to explain his reasoning.

“Hey! You never speak about yourself! I had to piece things together. And first you talked about your wife and your kids, IT TOOK ME ALMOST A MONTH TO KNOW YOU HAVE TWINS!” He shouted before taking air again and continue “And after I saw you and Kagome eating at the cafeteria you never talked about your wife anymore, and you didn’t introduce me to her! So-so I just assumed that you...”

“Were having an affair with a married woman...” This time Inuyasha finished the sentence.

Miroku was the one squirming now. “I talked about my wife because I thought you didn’t know her. I don’t talk about my life, because it’s nobody’s fucking business AND didn’t introduce Kagome that time because you said you knew her...”

By the time Inuyasha finished, the clock signaled the end of his work day and without looking back he took his jacket and walked outside.

When a “sorry” reached his ears Inuyasha only raised his hand and kept walking. “Stupid moron” he said to himself.

-.-.-.-.-.-.-

Kagome reached the entrance of the building first, hugging her gifts. It didn’t take long for Inuyasha to find her and her beaming smile.

He opened his lips to ask about the presents when Kagome blurted, “I loved them! Thank you!”

The frown and the bad taste that the conversation with Miroku had left disappeared as the relief of having done something good replaced them. “Good” he said with a smirk as they walked to their car.

As soon as the car’s doors were closed they turned to each other and both said at the same time, "Guess what someone said to me today.”

The end.

Thank you for reading you beautiful people!!!

[chupicabri]

inunanna reblogged your photo: Her beloved son ♥

So freaking lovely! ������

Your words make my heart skip many beats!

[little-known-artist]

Happy Birthday a day early @inunanna! The first one’s watercolor, but it was giving me a hard time, and didn’t turn out as well as I had hoped so I did the rest in digital. 

He didn’t forget this beautiful sight, but he did miss seeing it.

[grapefruitwannabe]

Happy b-baaayy!!! I hope you have a great day my friend!!! I love you 💕💕💕🍦🍨🍫🍫🎂 (I wanted to send you yogurt but they don't have an emoji for that 😑) *gives yogurt anyway*

💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕Oh thank you Nanna!! You are the sweetest I love you so much!!! 🏹💕💕💕💕💕💕💕Hrjeikdjrjbf

[anisaanisa]

Enemies to Lovers, Rivals to Lovers, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Enemies to Co-Workers to Friends to Lovers - you get the gist. It's InuKag written all over (which is probably why this trope is a personal fave, as is the pairing), but dear satan is this category huge, and a tough one to whittle down. I've listed 7 of my favourites that keep me going back, time and time again, with a sneaky new favourite that shoved everything out the way to make room for itself. There's one for every day of the week, and each includes a link, rating, pairing, authors handle (if applicable) and small commentary, sans spoilers…

Drawing Flowers | T | InuKag | By @inunanna ☆

A tattoo artist and a flower shop owner don't like each other, but they're forced to co-exist regardless; the best take on Tattooist/Florist trope I've ever had the pleasure of reading (and I haven't read that many so please send some my way). [Multi-chapter, Complete]

Alter Ego | T | InuKag | By FrameofMind ☆

An oldie but a goldie, I've read this one back to back a few times now. When you place a sordid bet to woo the one who hates you the most, nothing can go wrong. Not a thing. [Multi-chapter, Complete]

Love's Smirking Revenge | M | InuKag | By Langus ☆

This...is the one. The mother of Enemies to Lovers within the Inuyasha fandom. I've read this at least 5 times (at least) over the years, and I cannot recommend it enough. Grizzled Detective Inuyasha and Journalist Kagome have my entire mind, body and soul. Update: Langus has been updating and uploading LSM on AO3 - be sure to check it out! Completed work lives on FFN. [Multi-chapter, Complete]

Playing With Fire | M | InuKag | By FrameofMind ☆

FoM strikes again! Two teppanyaki chefs with a full-blown rivalry entering a culinary competition spells disaster, but it gets spicy between the two dummies, because of course it does. [Multi-chapter, Complete]

Thirst Impressions | E | InuKag | By @fandomobsessions016 ☆

The most recent, and one of the most fun reads I've ever had the pleasure of witnessing that came out of nowhere. The execution, the style, the feelings, the >.> <.< smut chapter are all so wonderfully done that it shot straight into the top 7 by mere existence. And it all started with some revealing sweatpants. [Multi-chapter, Complete]

Castaways | X | InuKag | By @splendentgoddess ☆

Splendent has a particular knack for creating wonderfully fleshed out worlds you want to sink your teeth into and never leave, and Castaways is just one of the many. Seriously, there are so many. The quintessential 'stranded InuKag' fanfiction. And an honourable mention goes to FMLYHM, because of course. [Multi-chapter, Complete]

Million Dollar Man | E | InuKag | By @inussunflower ☆

*Slaps fic* you can fit so many tropes in this bad boy, and they're all the best ones, somehow. Fake dating, famous people, reverse slow burn (it's a thing), this fic is one of those that leaves you wanting to both punch and kiss the main characters while laughing your ass off simultaneously. I love it. [Multi-chapter, In-progress]

Feel free to add your own recommendations! This is by no means a comprehensive list, and represents only a small fraction of the skill and talent this fandom has shown. The more the merrier!

If you missed the last Spotlight Saturday (Friends to Lovers) click here.

You can also access these and all previous recommendations through my Fiction Spotlights page.

Check out the Best of InuKag Collection for (AO3 specific) recommendations.

[inukag-archive]

Could you please provide a link to any InuKag Office AU and InuKag University/college AU stories? Thank you!!

Hi, anon! Thanks for the ask, you picked two popular settings for InuKag, so we decided to go for an even-split of Office and University/College AUs for this list. In addition, be sure to check out the authors mentioned for more Office/Uni fics; plenty tend to revisit these settings! We hope you find something you enjoy! Happy Reading ❤

[OFFICE]

Inukag Office AU (Series) by @dyaz-stories (M-E)

Inuyasha shares his office with someone he never sees because their schedules are very different, and it's completely fine by him. Until she starts complaining about his behavior by leaving sticky notes on the desk…

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Two for the Show by @anisaanisa (E)

“You’re joking.” This couldn’t be real.

“I’m not,” she countered, locking the door behind her with a deafening click.

-

Inuyasha and Kagome discover the benefits of working together.

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Underneath It All by @superpixie42 (E)

Like most corporate types, Inuyasha has a favorite after-work bar to go to. He likes the mood and the drinks, but what he likes most is the aerial silk performer whose skill and scent have captured his heart. But when a new girl at work turns out to be a horrible racist, will visiting his favorite hanyou friendly bar be enough to lift his spirits, or is there more happening backstage than he knows?

One part office fic, one part bar fic, mostly an overlong PWP.

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Secret Santa by @splendentgoddess (E)

In a modern world where most youkai stick to the wilds, hanyou are stuck in the middle, forced to live in human society. Inuyasha has an okay job and okay coworkers, but he's lonely, until one year when the office Christmas party changes everything.

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Challenge Accepted by @mustardyellowsunshine (E)

Grumpy and bent on retaliation, Kagome forwards Inuyasha a spam email offering to enlarge a certain part of his anatomy. He takes this as a personal challenge and decides to prove her very, very wrong.

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Meant To Be by @jeremymarsh (M)

Kagome Higurashi has grown up in the family shrine with her grandfather, mother and little brother. All her life she thought she would graduate and get a fine job and become independent. However, when her mother suddenly dies, she has to come back home to be her brother's guardian and help her grandfather run the shrine. Her life is dull and she's tired of the draining job that allows her to pay for her brother's school tuition.

She finally has her chance when she got an interesting call from her best friend Sango.

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Office Hours by @omgitscharlie (E)

When Inuyasha tells Kagome he needs to work overtime, Kagome decides to pop by her husband’s office for a surprise visit.

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your flesh is so nice, let me take a bite by @doginabirdcage (E)

Kagome's taken a new job with the prolific Taisho law firm in Osaka to advance her budding career. Everything's going rather well until Toga's youngest son shows up for work.

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Cheaters by @inunanna (T)

Everyone in the office knew Kagome and Inuyasha were having a not-so-secret affair. They weren't EXACTLY wrong…

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A Forgotten Email by @petri808 (T)

Kagome Higurashi was hired as a secretary for a large company owned by the Taisho family. Things didn't start off on the right foot when she forgets to log out of her email on the boss' sons computer. Too bad for either of them, his father wasn't going to let his son treat his new secretary badly and made sure they'd get better acquainted.

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[UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE]

Tell Me I'm Crazy by @witchygirl99 (M)

Basically, Kagome is really attractive and all he can claim for sure is that he's straddling the line between drunk and hung over at the base of a tree in which she thought he perished under. Inuyasha's never been one for good first impressions. OR: The fraternity AU no one asked for but got anyways.

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Maybe, Probably by @coccinellesroses (T)

They've been best friends since they were kids, and somewhere along the way, they fell in love. However, neither of them have confessed these feelings to one another. They vowed to always put each other first, and to stick by each other's side no matter what.

With finals week two weeks away, Inuyasha's classmate asks him for help to study for their big test. The same classmate who happens to have a massive crush on him.

For the first time, Kagome deals a hand with jealousy.

--

InuKag Kendo Club (Series) by @fawn-eyed-girl (M-E)

Inuyasha is a renowned kendo coach, and Kagome is his team manager. They're attracted to each other, but Kagome is keeping a secret from him. What will happen when the secret accidentally comes out?

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Tracing Happy Trails by @clearwillow (M)

Kagome’s a third year art major. She’s filled sketchbooks to the brim with everything she sees, so this figure drawing class should be a cakewalk. Maybe if the volunteer model wasn’t cute-as-sin, she wouldn’t feel like she was betraying the bookstore employee that she’s also secretly crushing on.

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Adverse Effects by @fantastiqueparfait (M)

Kagome Higurashi has enough on her plate. All she wants is to complete her PhD in peace and start her career developing world-changing cures, but fate seems to have other plans. Unwillingly dragged into the dark side of the business world, Kagome is about to discover that monsters are real.

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A Mélange of Inuyasha (Chapter 22: Muse) by @goshinote (T)

Inuyasha, a Film major, is in love with his best friend, Kagome, a Vocal Performance major. When he sees an opportunity to profess his feelings, he jumps at the chance.

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Thirst Impressions. by @fandomobsessions016 (E)

He didn’t need to dress well to look like the sweetest sin the devil could create. He often opted for t-shirts or hoodies with well-worn jeans but on that terribly wonderful day, he was wearing sweatpants.

That’s right.

Sweatpants.

Loose, soft to the touch - she assumed - and unrestricted sweatpants.

Sweatpants that looked like they were just hanging off his hips in the most provocative way making her skin feel hot to the touch. Sweatpants that languidly fell around thighs she knew were well crafted because she’d seen him running around campus a few times and just knew he was an avid runner by how fluid his movements were. Sweatpants that did nothing to hide the delicious outline of his… well… his splendid endowment that swung so lusciously as he walked.

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Remember the Moment by @mamabearcat (T)

They say it only takes ten seconds of courage to finally confess your love. But will Inuyasha finally be able to do this after his previous failed attempts? And will the outcome be what he expected?

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Shameless by @starlingchildgazingatthestars (E)

Inuyasha Taisho's strong sense of smell comes at an uncomfortable cost: he can smell everyone's bedroom activities. But now in his 20's, he finally learned to deal with this annoying trait…. until Kagome Higurashi walked into his life… Title says it all.

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Crime and Punishment Indeed by @elkonigin (T)

This is the story about how Kagome almost failed college because of the library.

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Feel free to add your own recs in the comments or reblogs!

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[feudalconnection]

Nominations - inunanna

CONGRATULATIONS @inunanna! Your fic “Soulmates” has been nominated by one of your fans for the 2020 1st Quarterly Inuyasha Fandom Awards, run by FeudalConnection!

Your work has been nominated in the following category: 

Best Angst

Voting will take place between January 29th and February 12th, and the link to do so can be found on the feudalconnection Tumblr page. 

If you would like to pull your work from consideration for an award, please let us know via the Tumblr page or feudalconnection@gmail.com. 

Once again, congratulations for your beautiful contributions to this wonderful fandom, and thank you for all that you do!

NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN UNTIL THE END OF THE DAY JANUARY 15TH. SUBMIT YOUR FIC/ARTWORK NOMINATIONS THROUGH OUR PAGE. 

[adorableears7]

Couldn’t have said it better myself. ❤️❤️❤️💖💖💖😍😘We are blessed. She brought us together. You deserve the best day and all good things (autocorrect just changed that to gold, so that too).

“Affirmations”

Happy Birthday my @inunanna love!

Some “Year of the Dog” fan art for my sweet darlings birthday.

Nanna has been, hands down, one of the most amazing friends to me this past year. I am constantly thankful that I pulled up my big girl panties and sent her a message. Because now I have her and 3 other beautiful and amazing girls that are nothing but sweet and supportive and just so wonderful. God blessed me immensely when he put her in my life and I can’t wait to see all the amazing things He has in store for our friendship.

I love you, so much. I’m so proud of your works and how you deal with real life struggles. You are so strong, so independent, and so very smart. I’ll always be your beta, your ear to listen, your shoulder and most of all, I’ll always be your friend. Happy Birthday, again, because you deserve it ♡

[ruddcatha]

Your story recommendations have been absolutely amazing! By any chance do you have a list of one-shots that you can recommend? I need good easy reading material while I'm bored at work.

-Ohhh Anon, you hit me in the heart with this request, I love one shots…

And oh boy do I have a crap ton to recommend!!  I normally try to do no more than 2 per author, but this time I can’t because some authors just have SO MANY AWESOME ONESHOTS

So warning, this is long

Given by @dawnrider, a beautiful beautiful story following Movie 2

Circles by @dawnrider, I cried the first time I read this, god its beautiful

Purple Lace by @dawnrider (Yes, I am going that far back Dawn… sorry not sorry)

How To Read a Newspaper by @witchygirl99. This is absolutely adorable!

The Colour of the Sky by @witchygirl99… ok this is hilarious, definitely check it out

Kiss it All Goodbye by @witchygirl99,  The Papa Inuyasha we deserved to have

Nepenthe by @witchygirl99, the mermaid AU you didn’t know you needed but now you do, so go read it

She Left Me by Eowyn Organa. This is so good and so sweet.

Finders Keepers by Rainflame.  I love this story so much.

Lovely View by Snoring,  This time its Kagome who’s spying on a bathing Inuyasha

Chase by Maiden of the Moon, ok, this is not what you think it will be when it starts off… just keep reading, trust me

Insomnia Hours by @goshinote, Inuyasha as a late night DJ…. Go read it!

Superposition by @goshinote, this is absolutely wonderful!

Confession of a Hopeless Attraction by @goshinote, you just need to read this

Liar Liar Pants on Fire by @mamabearcat, Fireman Inuyasha… go now

By the Book by @mamabearcat, Inuyasha tries to act like a hero in one of Kagome’s romance novels

Call you Mine by @lavendertwilight89. Fake dating soulmates… swoon

A Little Late Night Practice by @fawn-eyed-girl, part of her Kendo series… hot hot hot

Mistaken Intentions by @fawn-eyed-girl, oh so sweet

Keeping Score by @fawn-eyed-girl and @neutronstarchild, this is just so cute

Spa Day in Feudal Japan by @neutronstarchild, this is just so cute

The Half-Demon Prince and the Curse of Four Paws by @neutronstarchild… such an adorable fairy tale!

Matchmakers of Shikon High by @neutronstarchild, Jakotsu, Kagura and Shippo on a mission to bring two pining teachers together? YESSS

Second Chance by @alannada.  This was such a good story!!

Waxing Moon by @alannada, This is freaking hilarious

I Object by me (shameless plug but dang it I’m proud of this story).  Attorney Inuyasha has a crisis of identity, and nearly pushes the most important thing in his life away

Mutual Cat-Traction by me, Buyo is an unexpected matchmaker between two neighbors

Hanyo and the Cheerleader by me, @fawn-eyed-girl and @neutronstarchild.  A twist on Taylor Swift’s You Belong With Me

Lightning on the Brain by troubleinshangrila, a beautiful beautiful story addressing seizures and epilepsy

Safe by @keichanz, Kagome tries to reassure their daughter that Inuyasha was coming home safe

Forever by @keichanz, a sweet sweet story about enduring love and friendship

Real by @keichanz… HOOOOTT

Ours by @shinidamachu, this is an absolutely wonderful modern AU oneshot

The Best Medicine by @fantastiqueparfait, Inuyasha takes care of a sick Kagome

Something New by KingBaka. Definitely NSFW…. But worth it

Sharped Dress Hanyo by @clearwillow, I absolutely adore this story

Cheaters by Inunanna-Nanna Part, DEFINITELY NOT WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT, read to the end!!

A Stolen Kiss by @sapphirestarxx, an absolutely wonderful MirSan story!!

Gold Star Review by @mustardyellowsunshine. Sweet and sexy and so so good

Superhero by @dyaz-stories, a sweet growing up story

He Loves Me, He Loves me Not by @touchofpixiedust.  Super sweet story of Inuyasha

Kagome Broken by @touchofpixiedust, omg I cracked up

Mine by Jaygirl987, NSFW but so so so so good

Speed Dating for Dummies by Reinamy, I laughed reading this it is so funny and good

Blind Dates Suck by Inukag123, such a fun story

What’s Eating You? By @superpixie42, Inuyasha and zombies…

Skeins and Schemes by @cannibalsforbreakfast, canon compliant Inukag!!

You’ve Got a Read On Me by @cannibalsforbreakfast, a sweet take on the meet in a coffee shop with Tarot!

How I met my husband by One More Thing

Playtime by @thornedraven. HOTTT DEMON INU

Always Be There by @willowandfog, a friends to lovers that is so sweet

Fast Food Thief by @cstorm86

Just the Girl by @smmahamazing, a sweet sweet MirSan story

Perfectly Flawed by dolphingirl0113, Kagome meets Inuyasha’s reincarnation, leaving our favorite Hanyo to panic

A Father’s Worst Fear by @omgitscharlie, Papa Inuyasha’s fear at the sound of a scream

[keichanz]

Hello there! I was wondering if you had any recs for Inukag sole mate fics?

hey hon! let’s see what i can dig up~

Lost & Found by @a-mad-youkai-tea-party

It’s About Time by @akitokihojo (i just reread this for the third time an ooajif;dja oof i still love it)

Soulmate AU by @dyaz-stories (oneshot but still so, so good)

Soulmates by @inunanna

Intertwined by @jaygirl987

Holding on by a Thread by @morikothehalfangel

Colors (oneshot) by @noviceotakus-blog

and two shameless self-plugs lmao

Soulmates AU 

Soulmates 

[adorableears7]

@inukag-4ever and I just met up in Los Angeles. She’s super cool and we could have talked forever, especially since we got distracted by Inuyasha so much. lol. I wore my Inuyasha tank so she’d recognize me. Anyway, I’m grateful I got to know someone like her and now have another friend in real life. I look forward to getting together again soon!