Basically, please R&R. Oh, and enjoy!
She whipped her way around the car, greeted the door man with a nod and smile, and made her way inside the building as quickly as she could. Her heels, creating a song with their 'clamp clamp clamp' made her presence known to those inside and around the building. Smiling as she walked past the front office, she heard a hurried greeting by the secretary. Finally reaching the elevators, she stopped, pressed a button, and held tightly onto her small purse.
Ding.
The elevator suddenly opened and much to Kagome's apparent dismay, happened to have her coworker, Inuyasha, inside. Smirking and leaning against the back of the elevator, he crossed his arms and looked at the woman before him.
"Well? Are you coming up or not?"
"Are you getting out or planning to go along for the ride?" Kagome retorted, as her grim face suddenly withheld a small smile. Stepping inside the elevator, she made sure to leave enough open space between her and Inuyasha. They had never caught along too great yet to her annoyance, Inuyasha continually pestered and provoked her.
The silence, which Kagome had been craving for, was not carried on for much longer.
"Annual meeting, I'm sure you're excited," Inuyasha said, as he smirked and let out a small chuckle, glancing in Kagome's direction. Kagome merely directed her eyes toward him for a moment and slightly glared at him.
"Ecstatic," she said, as she kept her eyes on how many floors they were going up, "Inuyasha, what… no, let me start over. Why did you come in this elevator with me?" Kagome asked, as her gray orbs directed their attention onto him.
The doors to the elevator suddenly opened, and, surprisingly, held no new company for them. She hesitated to tear herself away from the elevator and Inuyasha, yet after a moment of silence merely nodded her head, smiled, and began to walk out of the elevator before hearing his reply.
"Because it would be rude of me to leave you without our 5 minutes of conversation," he said, as the cocky smirk stayed on his face, "I'll see you around, Ms. Higurashi," he teased, as the elevator doors slowly began to shut in her face, "Don't miss me too much."
Kagome's eyes narrowed into small slits as she stood and stared at the elevator doors, which were now closed. She didn't like him, Inuyasha. He was too much of a play boy. As people began to surge around the elevators, Kagome slowly walked away from the area and made her way toward her office area, where all her fellow coworkers were more than likely already busy with news columns and research. Walking past the secretary, she offered a small smile and made her way toward the table, which held coffee and donuts.
'I wonder how many of the girls in this building he's been with…' Kagome thought to herself, as she glanced around her work area at all the young women busily working.
Picking up a small, generic coffee mug, she filled it with the brewing coffee until she was satisfied with the amount. Pouring packets of sugar and cream into the coffee, she slowly mixed it all together and took a big sip, which woke her taste buds. Grabbing a napkin and placing a plain donut inside, she made her way into her office and shut the door, setting her condiments down onto the desk.
"Hm…" she said, as she looked down on her desk to find a memo from her boss.
We're running an article on the Irish assassins. I'm sure you've heard of them? Find out as much as possible and something that no one else knows. Don't let me down.
She sighed as she read the memo yet quickly opened her laptop and began to research all she could about the deadly assassins, whom had been committing calculated and specific murders in the state. They were quite famous.
As she began to type up the name "Irish assassins", she suddenly heard a knock at her door. Biting into her donut and chewing as quickly as she could, she strongly said, "Come in!"
Slowly gulping down her coffee and savoring the taste, she read and noted all important information about her research subjects before glancing up to see who was paying her a visit. Looking up from her laptop, a smile suddenly shone from her small figure as she relaxed in her seat and twirled back and fourth in the computer chair.
"Kagome," the woman said, as she sat down in front of her friend and wedged herself closer to the desk, "I have great news!"
Suddenly sitting up, Kagome's smile only grew wider, "And what's that, Kikyou?"
Kikyou hid her face in her hands for a moment before calming down and taking a breath, an almost invisible smile on her face, "Okay. I think Inuyasha – you know, the assistant editor? Well, I think he likes me."
Kagome's jaw slightly dropped, but she quickly changed her expression into a small smile, "Likes you? Are we talking about friend wise—"
"Oh, Kagome! You know what I mean. He's smitten with me, I just know it."
The two girls began laughing, although Kagome's was more forced. Shaking her head and looking at Kikyou, she bit her pen lightly and continued to laugh slightly, although her head was rushing with arguments and total disbelief. Inuyasha, smitten? It couldn't be possible.
"Are sure about this, Kikyou?"
"Positive. What? Is it hard to fathom a man interested in me?"
"No, of course not. A man like him, however, woo, that's a different story!" Kagome said, as she began to laugh nervously, afraid to look at her friend in the eye.
"And what kind of a man is he? Because as far as I know, you don't know him; he doesn't even like you in the first place."
Kagome remained silent for a moment as a sad smile appeared on her face. Nodding, she said, "Kikyou, I'm sorry, I didn't know—"
"No, Kagome. I'm sorry," Kikyou said, as she angrily stood up from her chair and made her way to the door, "Have a nice day," she spat coldly, as she slightly slammed the door to her office. Wincing, Kagome tried to settle her nerves and get back to work. However, the image of Kikyou and Inuyasha, for some strange reason, continued to resurface in her mind. Did he actually like her?
"Okay, Inuyasha, spill."
Inuyasha continued to read and sort through all the paperwork on his desk while his best friend and coworker, Miroku, interrogated him. Rather, tried to interrogate him.
"Spill…?" Inuyasha muttered, as he busily read through the papers in his hands, setting them down into a pile once finished, "Miroku, I have a lot of work to do. Can we do this later?" he said, agitated.
"No, we can't do this later," Miroku sarcastically spat, "What's this I hear about you and Kikyou? I thought you would've told me about something like this before going and doing it!"
"I haven't done anything. What I am trying to do is finish with all these papers!" Inuyasha suddenly yelled, before calming down and taking a breath.
"Okay, big fella," Miroku said, as he put his arms up as to wave a white flag, "I'll leave you alone for now, but this conversation isn't finished."
"For now it is – get out," Inuyasha ordered, as he continued to read through the endless haze of paperwork stacked on his desk, grumpily mumbling and cursing as he continued.
"Take it easy," Miroku offered, as he exited and shut the door to Inuyasha's office.
Inuyasha threw down all the papers in a fit of anger and sat lazily in his hair, as he began to slouch lower and lower in the seat. Looking at the pile of papers, he cursed once more and looked at the telephone, a smirk suddenly crossing his face. He knew what would get him out of a rut – one phone call.
Sitting up, he reached for the phone and dialed the number he had never dared to before. As the phone rang, Inuyasha held the phone up closely to his ear, growing impatient as the phone continuously rang. Finally, her voice came onto the line.
"The New York Times, this is Kagome speaking,"
A cocky smirk instantly splashed onto his face as he heard her confused voice ask who was on the line.
"Why, who else would it be?" he questioned, as his smirk grew into a sly smile, "I figured the elevator wasn't enough for you."
"Oh, it was more than enough, thanks," Kagome replied, as he could almost sense her annoyance through the phone line.
"I'm sure it was," Inuyasha said sarcastically, as a smirk dwelled on his face, "Did you know it was me?"
"Did I know? No, I didn't. I was waiting for an important phone call and—"
"And you got it? That's great. Anyway, I was wondering if you'd be interested in grabbing a bite to sometime -- perhaps after work today at say… eight o'clock?"
'Shit,' Inuyasha said to himself, 'Great, I just put myself on the line.'
The line remained silent for a moment before her voice suddenly came in, "Seriously?"
"Oh, wait…" Inuyasha began to muse, "I forgot. We'll have to postpone that dinner. I have plans with Kikyou for tonight."
'Shit,' Inuyasha said to himself once more.
"You're a real jerk, you know that?" he heard her say before he heard the dial tone. She had hung up on him. Frowning slightly, he tore the phone away from his ear and hesitantly hung it up, basking in the sunlight more.
"That went great," he said aloud, wondering if anyone could hear him.
Oh how you laughed
At my complete lack of grace
But I could not recall
A more perfect fall.