Hey! This is a short chapter story, so the chapters are suppose to be short. Hope that doesn't bother you too much. Disclaimer: I don't InuYasha(...if I did Kikyo would stay dead and Naraku would have died after the second or third attempt.)

-This shows the lighter side of Sesshomaru.

CHAPTER 1

COFFEE STAINS AND LOVE

Kagome sat at her usual table next to the window. She set up her computer and starting typing on her latest novel. The normal waitress came by with a smile and Kagome ordered her usual green tea. Two minutes later she happily sipped her green tea and reviewed her writing. She glanced at the tiny clock on her computer and it read three pm. Kagome turned her eyes out the window and waited for the employees across the street at the corporate business to leave for the day.

The door opened and many men walked out talking happily and laughing. Kagome began ciphering through them all searching for one man in particular. Than she saw him and a smile spread across her face, her cheeks redden in color and her heartbeat sped up.

He is tall and he walks with a sense of pride and dignity. He wears a black business suit like the other men, but to Kagome he looks much better than the other men. She watches as he takes off the jacket and the tie. Then he unbuttons his shirt a little and Kagome almost melts at the sight. She can tell he works out because his chiseled features show through his white button down shirt.

Now that he is more comfortable he seems to relax and he takes a deep breath of fresh air. He smiles at something that one of his friends surrounding him says and his smile makes her smile widen. His long albino white hair blows in the wind fighting it's restraints in the pony tail. The way the sun is positioned in the sky gives his hair a silvery tent to it and it takes Kagome's breath away with how sexy he is in that moment.

Her connection to him is lost as he and his friends round the corner to the business parking lot. Her emerald green eyes stay on the spot where he had stood a few seconds earlier. She sighs at her regrettable shyness that keeps her from meeting or talking to him.

Her trance is interrupted when the new waitress clumsily bumps into her while trying to balance a tray full of coffee and a variety of warm muffins.

The tray begins to tip as the poor girl loses her balance. Kagome, seeing this and dismissing the fact that she is graceless tries to help. In the process she trips over her feet and lands right in front of the poor girl, under the tray. Which slips from the girls hands and onto the once vacant floor, now occupied by Kagome's body.

The coffee was hot, but not scolding and it soaked through to her skin and she could tell she was going to be a sticky brown mess once she got up. The waitress gasps at her wide-eyed, her mouth hung open in utter shock and disbelief. Kagome stirs in her sticky attire and attempts to kneel, then stand. The waitress shakes herself and helps Kagome stand apologizing constantly.

Kagome smiles weakly and dismisses her apologies. Luckily, there is only three other people in the cafe to witness her embarrassment. After several napkins and a failed bathroom sink experiment, Kagome gives up on her hideous appearance. She reclaims her table, finishes her green tea, closes her bags and computer then walks up to pay at the cash register. The young waitress has been chastised and demoted to the cash register where she now stands, clearly depressed. She looks up at Kagome apologetically and says, "It's on the house, I'm really very sorry." Kagome dismisses her apology and puts her money in the tip jar instead and gives the girl an encouraging wink. The girl brightens and nods happily.

Kagome walks out of the cafe onto the streets of San Francisco with a new perfume; the strong smell of coffee and newly stained clothes. Kagome walks down the sidewalk and the looks she receives

that her appearance is unwelcomed. Her apartment is a block from the cafe and she walks as fast as she can to escape the judging looks. Her apartment is a welcome sight and she rushes into the safety of her belongings and the warmth of solitude. Kagome grabs a few clothes on the way to the bathroom kicking off her sandals and ready to jump out of her ruined clothes. Happy to the fact that they weren't her favorite. Her red long sleeved shirt clung to her body and it was reluctant to come off. Her jeans tugged at her bare thighs and she discarded them to a corner on the floor.

Her undergarments being more agreeable, she started the warm water and sighed as the sticky coffee washed away. After washing her body with a quick shower she switched the settings and began to fill the tub with warm water so she could take a relaxing bath. Kagome sat and felt herself melting into the warm water. Her mind drifted from her novel to her secret crush. She was content with her small glances of him but lately more and more he was invading her thoughts. His handsome face would pop up in her mind. She didn't hate this but it was beginning to interrupt her work and side track her. Kagome decided she needed advice from the best person for that was her best friend and editor, Sango Taijiya. Kagome jumped out of the bath and clothed herself.

Newly refreshed and quite comfortable on her trusty recliner she dialed her friends number from memory.

The phone rang twice until a familiar voice came over the phone. "Hello!" "Hey Sango, I need some advise," said Kagome. Kagome heard Sango sigh and then she said "Let me guess you need advice about Mr. Handsome." Kagome smiled and revealed how well Sango knew her. "Your guess is correct, I'm tired of just watching from far away. But you should have seen him today, he was so sexy."

"Listen, you just need to walk up to him and introduce yourself. Then if he is interested you will know." Sango's advice rang in Kagome's ears. Her face burned with embarrassment at the thought of walking up to him. Looking into his eyes and introducing herself. Then her thoughts drifted to everything that could go wrong in those few minutes. She could stutter, trip over her feet, or maybe even forget her name. The list was endless.

Realizing she was spacing, Kagome forced those thoughts to go away. "How can you expect me to just being so clumsy, shy and nervous. I just don't have a switch that can be change from clumsy geek to cool and sexy." Kagome asked, not understanding her friends logic. "Oh, but you do. How much do you like this guy? Use it as leverage to get close to him so you can be cool and sexy." Kagome thought about Sango's idea and she decided, well if I fail at least I know I tried. "Okay, I'll try it. Thanks Sango." "No problem, I'm just worried about your deadline. Get this over with and finish your novel. Your fans are waiting!" Kagome smiled and hung up. Then she picked up the phone again and called Shippo, the guy who owned the Chinese restaurant a block over and who knew Kagome well because she was a regular. Kagome ordered tons of food and said it was for one, Shippo nearly choked, but it was done and it was delivered in ten minutes. Kagome paid and thanked him. Then she sat on the floor in front of her computer and ate. Most of her dinner food consisted of Chinese food. Today was: two pints of greasy noodles, one Lo Mein and one Chow Mein. One order of Wanton soup and one order of egg rolls and a variety of sushi, topped off with a fortune cookie. Over a period of one hour she ate all the food, wrote one chapter and edited it.

Satisfied and finally full, Kagome closed her computer and relaxed on her futon. She fell asleep thinking of tomorrow and how she was going to introduce herself to her crush of three years.