It has been a while. I missed this so much. If anyone wants my other uncompleted storied to be finished don't worry. I'm in the process of updating those and they should be up soon. -AF

Chapter 1-

Beep Beep Beep Be-

A pale hand slid from underneath the thick blankets and, with perhaps too much force, hit the off button on the alarm clock.

Moaning, Rin stretched lazily before tossing the blanket and swinging her legs over the side of the bed. It was early- around 5:30 am- and outside her window the sky was still dark. After checking her phone for any missed messages, she rose from the comfy mattress and walked over to her small closet.

Quickly she selected a plain white blouse and a dark blue pencil skirt. To complete the outfit she pulled out a pair of worn black pumps. She sighed; running her fingers over the scuffs she wondered what bill she could pull money from to buy a new pair.

Laying the outfit out on the bed, she moved into the bathroom and flicked on light. She grimaced as what looked like a cockroach skirted across the floor and under the floor board. Not wanted to think of it, Rin quickly turned on the shower and stripped.

Brown eyes blinked back at her in the dirty mirror. Her hair, mussed from her sleep, fell well past her shoulders and tickled her lower back. Reaching up she placed a hand on her heart shaped face, feeling attractive and yet not at the same time.

Her eyes traveled down her body, past her small breasts and down the flat expanse of her stomach. She was losing too much weight, but between her meds and her limited funds she was helpless to do anything about it.

Tearing her eyes from her reflection, she stepped both legs into the shower and pulled the curtain close. The warm water beat down on her harshly. She tried her best to avoid wetting her hair, feeling too lazy to pull out her blow dryer.

When she had washed herself thoroughly, Rin squeezed her eyes shut. Every morning she told herself that she wouldn't cry about it anymore. A chuckle escaped her lips this time as hot tears betrayed her resolve. Her life was a mess. She hardly made enough money to get by. Her apartment was almost no better than living on the street, she had to resort to taking extra from the cafeteria at work just so she could eat dinner most nights, and her depression was heightening with every passing month.

Sighing, she stepped out of the shower and wrapped a thin towel around her skinny form. Back in her room she fumbled around on the night stand before finding her anxiety meds and washing a few down with a gulp of stale water.

What made her situation worst was the company she worked for. Takahashi Inc. was one of the biggest conglomerates in the entire world. The officers of the company all had a minimal of a 5 billion dollar net worth. Yet, they paid her next to nothing.

She worked a hard 60 hours a week, never getting paid for more than 40, but she put in the extra time because she knew no one else would. It was her job to write up the contracts, transcribe meetings, edit proposals- anything the CEO's needed to keep their day running smoothly.

Yet they paid her as if she was just their coffee runner.

Rolling her eyes, Rin smoothed out her skirt and applied light makeup before grabbing her bag and running to the kitchen. She took a banana before yanking open her front door and locking it behind her. A quick glance at her watch told her she had less than 30 minutes to get to the office by 7:00 am before she was late.

Cursing under her breath, Rin slid into her old car and prayed until the engine finally turned over and it roared to life.

X

By the time she was walking into the huge glass building it pushing 7:10. Balancing 4 cups of coffee and her bag, Rin walked briskly towards the elevator and somehow managed to hit floor 22 with her elbow.

In all her 5 years at this company, she had never been late delivering the coffee. Despite taking her meds, anxiety was beginning to spread throughout her body. When the elevator finally reached her intended floor, she walked as fast as professionally acceptable to the meeting room.

When she walked in, all four men were seating and already getting down to business. The man at the head of the head of the table smiled broadly at her.

"There she is! I was beginning to worry we wouldn't be getting coffee today."

He was the CEO of the company, InuTashio Takahashi. While she didn't think he remembered her name even after 5 years of her getting his coffee, she still saw him as a truly warm man.

"I'm so sorry Sir! It won't happen again."

She handed him his coffee and moved on to the next person on his immediate left.

Vice President Inuyasha Takahashi, one of InuTashio's sons, didn't even glance up from the paper he was reviewing as she set his coffee down in front of him. He mumbled a quick thank you before picking it up and taking a sip.

"Nonsense Rin, everyone is entitled to a bad day. If I recall correctly, you have been punctual for years."

Rin was handing Miroku, Chief Financial Officer, his cup of Joe and at the mention of her name she almost dropped it. Miroku flashed her a smile as he firmly grabbed the cup.

Blushing deeply, she nervously ran a hand through her hair.

She had a small smile on her face when she got to the last officer. When their eyes met however, she immediately straightened up. Sesshomaru Takahashi, President and InuTashio's eldest son, very obviously disagreed with his father's leniency.

He accepted the coffee with a look of disdain in his amber eyes.

"Perhaps your position needs updating."

Startled, Rin clutched her bag close to her chest, unsure of how to respond.

"Come on Sesshomaru, leave her alone." Inuyasha glared at his brother before turning to her and gesturing towards the door.

"Go ahead and continue about your day. Thank you Rin."

She spared one last look at Sesshomaru; he sipped his coffee and busied with the papers in front of him, completely ignoring her.

Sighing, she quietly excused herself. This was a great start to her day.

Breathing calmly she quietly walked down the hall to her desk. There was at least 15 files waiting for her there. Inwardly she groaned.

This was going to be a long ass day.

X

It was around 4 in the afternoon when she finally finished most of her work. Everything was in a neat pile according to which office it had to be delivered to.

Eyeing the names, she decided that she would save Sesshomaru's files for last today. She wasn't too keen on facing him again today at all.

Everyone's offices were laid out in a C shaped designed, which made dropped off their files easy because she had only to follow the curving hall for each destination. She took the heavy stack all at once and started down to the first office. Thankfully the door was open, and she shimmed in towards the huge mahogany desk that occupied the room.

The huge black chair sitting behind the desk was empty. Not thinking twice about it, Rin plucked off the top three flies before picking up the huge stack again. It wasn't until she ran into two more empty offices that she began to realize something was wrong.

Trying to remember if there was a big meeting today that she had forgotten about, Rin walked into Sesshomaru's office with her eyes glued onto the remaining files in her hands. Already half expecting for him to not be here, it caught her by surprised when she suddenly ran into a hard back.

Looking up, she was about to utter an apology but froze. All of the officers of the company were standing in this office. Inuyasha, whom she had ran into, motioned for her to keep quiet.

"Father, you can't be serious."

Sesshomaru was standing behind his desk, facing the faces of his equals. She noted that the tension in the room was extremely intense. InuTashio, unlike this morning, was now emanating anger. He stared at his son with what Rin could only describe as contempt.

She wanted to put the files down and run, but her legs felt heavy.

"It was traced back to your computer. You sold that stock information to several individuals and now we're under investigation from the FBI. This will ruin my company. "

Rin jumped when Sesshomaru suddenly growled and slammed his fists on his desk.

"I. did. not. do. this. What would I have to gain father?"

InuTashio was so angry that Rin could see his hands were trembling.

"You leave me no choice. Everything traces back to you Sesshomaru. If I don't comply with the FBI then my company is going to face some damaging press as well as incredible charges and citations. As of right now, you are terminated. All of your assets will be frozen effective immediately until the investigation is complete."

Rin gasped, not at all believing what was happening right in front of her.

InuTashio spun on his heels and walked briskly towards the door of the office.

"You have until the end of the day to clear your office and leave."

One by one everyone filed out except for Inuyasha, who only lingered to shake his head at his brother before he too left. Rin wanted nothing more than to disappear, but her inner empathy was starting to kick in.

Sure the man hadn't been the nicest to her over the years, but he had just lost his job and his family all in the same minuet.

Sesshomaru seemed dazed. He ran a hand through his long silver locks before lowering to his chair. He didn't even seem to notice her there until she timidly placed the files on his desk.

When their eyes met, she could have melted. She swore she could see the innocence in his gaze. In that moment she knew he was not guilty of the accusations charged against him. They stared at each other for a moment, until he seemed to finally snap back into reality.

Without saying a word to her, he stood, grabbed his jacket, and brushed past her.

"Prove it."

He stopped short of the door, and turned partially to look at her. Swallowing, she repeated herself.

"I know you didn't do it. So prove it."

He frowned then, slipped on his jacket, and gave her one last thoughtful look.

"I like my coffee black. You never got that right."

And with that last remark he was gone.