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Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha.
Summary: Rin, Kagome and Sango are best friends. Working in a company owned by Sesshoumaru, Rin was hired as a new secretary. Unfortunately, her boss is a very cold andhas fired manysecretaries before her. Can she impressher bossenough to behis secretary? Would their relationship progress further than just a boss-secretary relationship? SessRin. Reviews yeap?
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"----talking—"
'----thoughts—'
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"RINGGGGGGGGG!"
"AHHH! I'm late, I am so dead! That stupid Kagome! She left me sleeping till this late. To think she already ran off to work with Sango. ARGH! On my first day too!" Rin yelled and groaned while looking at the clock. 7:27am. 'About one hour left. Ok, we go bathe, then dress-up, shut the windows, grab some Mars bar and hail for a cab. In one hour, it's possible, so let's go!'
Rin rushed to the toilet to catch a quick bath. A few minutes later, she came out of the washroom, tumbling. 'Lucky I've laid out my clothes on my study table.' She quickly grabbed the clothings and wore them. She put on some perfume and used a little bit of powder before rushing off to shut all the windows in the house. She ran down the stairs to go to the kitchen. She opened the refridgerator to find no chocolate bars in it. 'Great!' the 19 year-old groaned.
She quickly grabbed her handbag and checked the clock to see its 7:53am already. 'To think it happens on my first day of work. Even on my first of school, I was nearly late. Why do such things always happen?' She wondered and ran to the side of the road, and waited for a cab to pass by.
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Kagome, a woman aging 22 is taking her time, walking from the bus stop to her workplace along with Sango. Her long, wavy hair was tied into a bun. Her brown eyes were always full of joy and energy. Gentle as a dove, she can be very violent like a hurricane if angered.
Sango, also a 22 year old woman, is very disciplined and her best friends are Kagome and Rin. She had her straight, long hair tied into a ponytail and she's always observing her surroundings.
"Hmm, I really wonder if she's awake by now," Kagome stated, looking at her watch.
8:12am.
"Should be. Fancy her being late on her first day too," Sango said, giggling a little.
"Well, at least I did try to wake her up. But she kept tossing and turning on her bed, mumbling '5 more minutes.'. It can't be helped. Well, by THAT 5 minutes, we were off already." Kagome retorted.
"True. Anyway, how are you and Inuyasha? Are you guys like going okay or really, is there some MAJOR crisis going on?" asked Sango, teasing her and elbowing her friend. Kagome immediately blushed at her boss's name, Inuyasha. Inuyasha and Kagome had been going out for 4 months already. Kagome rolled her eyes when her best friend chuckled at the blush.
"Oh! We're so doing fine. How about you and Miroku?" Kagome gave her come-on-it's-your-turn-to-blush look. Sango, as if she got the message, started to blush furiously. She hadn't expected to be tackled back by her friend. Miroku, her colleague, had been asking her out on a few dates for the past month.
"I suppose we're doing superficially fine. Anyway, isn't that Rin, coming out of the cab? Thank the Gods she isn't late on her first day." Sango replied her friend and sighed with relief as she saw Rin. Kagome stared at the girl who came out of the cab, nodding to herself that Rin is still on time.
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Rin saw Kagome and Sango and ran to them. She was panting heavily as she reached them, also giving both of them a death glare. "Why can't you guy just take the initiative to just wake me up? I panicked ok! And also, why didn't you guys leave me some Mars bar in the fridge? I can't believe you guys are my best friends!" Rin whined despite running out of oxygen.
Kagome and Sango just burst out into laughter as the women entered the company and heading into the office.Kagome quickly killed her laughter that chimed the office by counting numbers mentally and Sango still couldn't stop but managed to stiffle her laughter. Rin looked at them rediculously and rolled her eyes and scowled, seeing her friends' behaviour. But she was glad and thankful for them for getting her a job in this company. Kagome and Sango retreated to their respective desks and immediately started on their task after handing Rin over to the receptionist.
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"Hello. I am Rin Takegori. It's my first day here. To whom should I report to miss?" Rin asked the lady receptionist politely.
"Oh! You're the new secretary for Mr Sesshoumaru Taiyoukai. Hold on. I'll contact him for you. Just take a sit there miss," the receptionist said gleefully. Rin went over to the sofa and sat down while waiting for the next instruction. The receptionist was talking to the intercom and in the next few minutes, Rin found herself in a huge office. She quickly approached the man sitting at the desk.
A 24 year old man, Sesshoumaru Taiyoukai is a very strict man. He has long, white, silky hair that reached his waist. His golden eyes were so dazzling that can attract any woman without making any moves. He's going to be the president of the company as soon as he reached 25. 'Wow! Is that supposed to be my boss? He's really good looking. Except his eyes are so cold. Brr!' thought Rin.
"Have a sit, Ms. Takegori," gesturing Rin to sit.
"Thank you sir."
"Welcome to Taiyoukai & Co. I am Sesshoumaru Taiyoukai. I am going to be the president of this company soon. You'll be working as my secretary as of today. Have you got any working experience before?" asked Rin's new boss. Rin quickly shook her head. "Oh, it's ok. Never mind about it. The job is pretty simple. You'll have to take note on a few things. My brother, is the vice-president of this whole company. His name is Inuyasha Taiyoukai. He may have authority over you but I'm holding the full authority over you. Secondly, I expect you to be punctual for your work. Be punctual for all your meetings and events. If there happened to be any business trip, you are required to follow me to take notes of the outside events and meetings. Thirdly, I need you to be here before you start on anything as I'll be handing to you the list of tasks that needs to be done. Lunch time would be from 12 noon till 1pm. Also, before coming in, I'll expect you to make a cup of coffee for me every morning. And here," taking out a slip of paper from his file, "is your list of things that needs to be done by today. I hope you can cope with the job unlike my previous secretaries. Have a good day and also, my cup of coffee, if you will please." Sesshoumaru gave a nod and Rin left.
'Wow! So much to do in a day! I must do my best to try and finish everything. Did he said previous secretaries? Wow! He must have fired them after finding them hopeless. I hope I won't meet the same fate as them. Right! Coffee, coffee..' Rin thought while scanning the to-do list and looked at her desk. Her name was neatly indicated on her plain desk. She placed her handbag and the list and saw Kagome walking by. She quickly ran to Kagome and asked her to show her the lounge room, if there was any. "Oh sure! I happened to need to make some tea. Come along now!" Kagome replied. Rin tailed Kagome and made a cup of coffee for her boss and also a cup of tea for herself. She returned to the office, knocked the door, entered and left the coffee on the table and quickly went back to her desk. She had a few calls to make and a few documents to type out and check.
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It was nearly noon, nearly time for lunch. Rin saw Sango and Kagome approaching her.
"Are you like done there? Yoohoo! It's lunch time now, you know Rin. You can always continue the job later. No rush, come on! Let's go for lunch already!" Kagome said to her friend. But Rin shook her head, stating, "Sorry guys. Just a bit more and I'll be done. You guys go ahead. I am not that hungry anyway. See you guys later perhaps," Rin replied. Kagome and Sango just shrugged their shoulders and went off for lunch, joined by two gentlemen.
Rin finished her work soon after her friends left. She stiffled a yawn and quickly grabbed 2 diskets, saving the documents. She prepared a back-up just in case the first disket backfired. She drank her cold and unfinished tea along with some biscuits that she took from the lounge room. She ensured the documents doesn't have any mistakes as she ran through them for a few times. Sesshoumaru happened to leave his office and saw Rin still at her desk, staring at her computer. He walked over to Rin.
Rin looked up as soon as she felt a presence nearby. She said a brief, "Hi" and continued, "Anyway sir, I've contacted all the other companies, updating them about the meeting this Wednesday. All of the companies are able to attend this meeting. They'll be here by 2pm exactly as planned. And also, yeah, the documents that you required me to type is already done. I've made the final checks and no mistakes. And this second disket is a backup just in case the first one backfires. Also sir, I've managed to run through the files you handed to me. So far, most of the information are accurate except this one," she turned away and rummaged through the stack of files, taking out a yellow file, "The date here does not match to the whole project. And also, you missed out signing this portion here sir," she said, smiling at her boss as he looked at her, surprised. He immediately brushed off the look and make the changes.
--- Sesshoumaru's POV ---
'Wow! I've never really expect such standards and efficiency this woman could have. I thought for sure she couldn't cope with the given tasks but she proved me wrong. She even managed to prepare backups. She's more than I would have given credits to. She's really met my standards or I supppose, more.'
"Well, thank you Rin. You handle this job pretty well. I suppose it will do for now. Seeing that now it is 12:30pm, you can have your lunch and be back by 1:30pm to continue," I said to her. 'She really deserve that, I guess. Oh well, time to have lunch for myself too. I guess I'll be eating alone.' I thought once more.
--- Normal POV ---
"Sir, you sure? Want me to eat with you? It's no fun to eat alone, you know. It's steals all your cheerfulness away. Come on, since I'll be eating alone also," Rin grinned at her boss. Sesshoumaru looked at her with a why-do-you-want-to-eat-with-me-but-I-guess-I-don't-mind look. He nodded his head and left for lunch together with Rin.
Reaching the canteen, Rin immediately waved to Kagome and Sango, who waved back. Inuyasha was sitting beside Kagome. He waved to his brother and smirked. Sesshoumaru just glared at him. Sesshoumaru and Rin went to buy their food and sat together, eating their lunch quietly. While eating, the 4 people went over to Rin and Sesshoumaru. Kagome teased Rin, "Hey girl! How's first day at work? Great? Stressing? Oh, never mind about that. Let me introduce to you the vice-president and our colleague. This is Inuyasha Taiyoukai, the vice-president and I am his secretary. Here is Mizashi, Miroku, our colleague. Say 'hi' to them!"
Rin shook hands with them, smiling sincerely. "Nice to meet you Mr. Inuyasha and Mr. Mizashi. Hope to be of aquaintance."
"Well, enjoy your day, ok? We gotta go now. See you Rin!" Sango waved her hands after patting Rin.
Rin quickly finished her lunch and excused herself from Sesshoumaru to return to the office. "Sorry Sesshoumaru-sama. I guess I should be heading back. Enjoy your lunch sir."
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After lunch, Rin head back to the office and began checking the files. She ensured that there isn't anymore mistake before going through the final file, which is important for this Wednesday's meeting. She was very annoyed that the file wasn't properly arranged and classified so, she decided to classify the informations. She soon splited everything and get them under different companies. She would have to print it separately so that each companies has one set of their own.
It was 5:15pm already and all the people went back, leaving her alone. She quickly checked for the final time, prepared a backup again. She cleared her desk and headed out of the office. She was heading to Sakura Shopping Mall to go to the cybercafe and to also buy a few things for herself and for work. She was running through her mental-to-do list. She had to go to the cybercafe and print a few things and going to a stationary shop to buy certain important things. She then have to buy some things to decorate her plain-looking table. Suddenly a silver Porsche car came out of the company and stopped in front of the bus stop where she is standing. She looked inside the car to find her boss driving it. He asked her, "Where are you going Rin? The bus at this time arrives late. Come in, I'll send you home." Rin shook her head and stated simply, "I am going to the Sakura Shopping Mall to buy a few things and get something printed and also buy dinner. My tummy is practically growling. So, I guess Sesshoumaru-sama should just head home. I'll be fine sir, so don't worry." She smiled and Sesshoumaru drove off. But this time, he went to a different route and went somewhere else. Rin boarded the bus as soon as her boss left her.
She dropped off right in front of Sakura Shopping Mall and walked in. Well, you can never expect her to be such a klutz when she worked so hard but she is one, because as soon as she walked in, she got knocked down and she fell. She quickly shook her head and muttered a few curses and got up to look at her attacker. She opened her mouth, gaping to see who knocked her down when it was her own boss. Her wrist was caught and she was dragged to the side of the mall.
--- Sesshoumaru POV ---
Well, I drove another route. Well, it is unusual for me but I wanted to head to Sakura Shopping Mall. Now, I am wondering why. It's so weird. Well, as soon as I parked my car, I got to the entrance of the mall which is nearest to the bus-stop. I saw her and quickly make a move. She got out of the bus and quickly bumped into me as I stand right in front of her. She fell down and I heard her mutter a few curses. I just smirked at my own doing. Well, she got up just to expect an apology from me. 'Quite naïve, I suppose' I thought. She was gaping at me as if I am her old friend that she bumped into. Her chocolate eyes were gleaming with shock as the light reflected on her pupils. She had her mouth opened slightly which add to her expression, or 'beauty' I should say. I quickly grabbed her hand, not wanting to block the path and also to avoid myself from sinking into the chocolate eyes. Or maybe, not to let her see that I was blushing.
'She had this effect on me.' I thought again.
--- Normal POV ---
"Sir! I thought you went home? What are you doing here? How come you arrived here when you have something more important at home?" Rin bombarded him with questions. Sesshoumaru just looked to the ground. Rin was smoothing out her clothes and hair. Seshoumaru just mumbled a "sorry" and she forgave him. "Anyway sir, since you're here, wanna join me for dinner? And if you want, we can go buy some things that I need," Rin invited him. Sesshoumaru just nodded his head and followed her. But Rin was stopped by Sesshoumaru as she felt a grip on her wrist.
Sesshoumaru brought her to a five-star restaurant and immediately let go of her wrist. Rin was gaping twice again. 'This is all-too-much! I didn't expect a five-star restaurant. I just wanted a normal food court. Great, before I even knew it, I'd lose all my money just because I spend it on a high-class restaurant's food.' Rin thought twice, following her boss in.
"A table for 2 please," Sesshoumaru said coldly at the waiter who is serving them. They were brought to a table for 2 and Rin managed a smile and thanked the waiter. The waiter blushed and hurried off to his work.
The restaurant was very exquisite. The chairs are all laquered properly as it is made of wood. There are candles and a great chandelier in the middle of the restaurant followed by a few small chandeliers at the corners of the ceiling, lighting the whole place. But, the great part of the restaurant is that there is a group of musicians playing on the violins and piano. The music was classical yet grand.
The menu arrived quickly for the boss and his secretary and stated their order. Food was quickly served and both of them had their dinner silently. "Wow! Sesshoumaru-sama, I don't have the money to pay for this food and also--" "Don't worry. Just enjoy it. Just treat it as if it's a treat from me. Don't worry too much." Sesshoumaru cut her off, coldly.
The bill arrived and Sesshoumaru quickly cleared the bill.
"That restaurant is my favourite. That's why I invited you there," Sesshoumaru finally said after leaving the restaurant. "Ok, what now? You said you need to buy a few things, didn't you?" Sesshoumaru asked Rin. She just nodded and said, "Well, don't worry about it. I suppose you can just go home sir. It sin't really important for you sir. I just need to do a few things, and since you are quite worn out sir, I suggest Sesshoumaru-sama go home and rest."
"I am fine," Sesshoumaru stated.
Rin grinned at the reply and started for the stationery shop. She bought a few things. She continued to walk on as she needs some things for decorating. She saw a really cute teddy bear and thought it would make the perfect decoration for her table. But she was upset as she didn't have the money because she needed it for printing later. Sesshoumaru, hating to see her sad face, quickly grabbed the bear and another same one for himself and paid for it. He gave the bear to Rin, who squealed with delight.
"Thank you Sesshoumaru-sama! I really love it! Thank you so much!" Rin squealed. "And sir, you may just call me Rin. No san, sama, chan or whatever. Just Rin." She smiled, showing her perfect set of teeth.
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Both of them are now heading for the cybercafe and Rin took out 2 diskets. She was greeted by Kohaku, her childhood friend and a computer genius. He always helped Rin in computer problems. This time, Rin requested him to print a few things. He nodded, took the disket and opened the files. She pointed her problems out in printing and he fixed that, getting the files printed. But Sesshoumaru couldn't believe what he saw, once again.
"Rin, did you type out all of these? It looks much better, I have to admit, but didn't it take a lot of your efforts and time to redo the whole thing?" Sesshoumaru said to her. "Don't worry. It's really nothing. Seeing that you're pretty preoccupied with loads of things, I've decided to make a new one. The previous looks so messy and not classified properly which might confused the leaders. That's why I bought some files. I am printing for the other companies so that they would come empty handed as the things are prepared. The company's names are already typed out, so as to make things less difficult. Kohaku here also helped me out with the printing problems. So, it's not that big deal either." She replied her boss.
Kohaku finished the printing. He was paid by Rin for his service. Rin quickly separated the documents and puched holes into them and filed them in. She was happy for her efforts. She grinned at her boss who was just looking at her. "There! All DONE! Completed!"
--- Sesshoumaru's POV ---
'Again! She shocked me with her amazing standards. I have to admit, she did a pretty good job out of it. The categories of the meetings are all classified properly. It isn't as messy as the previous one that my previous secretary made. None of my previous secretaries could do such a thing. They took one whole day to complete the tasks and yet, she had them done in half a day. I really like her attitude and I don't really want to fire such a great secretary.' I thought.
She looked at me, her mouth shaped slowly into a grin, indicating her efforts are not wasted. Her chocolate eyes are gleaming with pride for a job well-done. She quickly thanked her friend and we both left the cybercafe. I held onto the files and my new bear. I really feel good despite having 'shopping' on the top of my black list. She definitely changed my view about shopping and I enjoyed it.
--- Normal POV ---
The 2 of them got out of the mall and Sesshoumaru volunteered to send her home in his car. Rin nodded, indicating that she appreciated the offer. Rin was so exhausted that as soon as she had her head on the cushion, she closed her eyes, falling asleep. Sesshoumaru decided to drive around the town a bit, giving the lady a bit more rest before having to wake her up to send her home. Sesshoumaru was half-amused that Rin was hugging the teddy bear tightly. 'She looks a little cute, I daresay. Wait, did I just say that she's actually cute?' he thought, mentally slapping himself. He drove off, and shook Rin to wake up to ask Rin where she stays. "48, Emerald Road." Sesshoumaru drove on, searching for the road. He stopped as he reached the place and dropped Rin off. She thanked him once more before he drove off. She went into the house, went up the stairs and checked on her good friends, already asleep. She looked at the clock in her room, noting that it's nearly 11pm. She decided have a long, refreshing bath and quickly dressed up in her night attire and got ready for her slumber. She fell asleep as soon as she felt the pillow on her head, hugging the teddy bear that Sesshoumaru bought for her, tightly.
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