Chapter 1
"Oh leave me and my bitter single status alone Kagome."
"Why? You really need a man."
"No I don't…"
Sayuri Satome, a 23 year old woman, stared at her best friend, who was eight months pregnant.
"I don't need anyone. I can handle myself, if you haven't noticed." Sayuri said, as she stirred her 15 packs of sugar into her green tea.
"Obviously. Where would I be without you?" Kagome said.
"Spending most of your time looking for someone to help out with the kid," Sayuri said, patting Kagome's huge stomach.
Kagome laughed.
"I guess your right. Inuyasha's about ready to start his first residency at the hospital and probably won't be around much to help me out."
Sayuri killed off her tea and got up.
"Well, I got to get home. I got a ton of papers to grade."
"Have fun with that."
Sayuri hugged her cousin and walked out of the café.
Kagome watched her cousin leave.
"Sayuri, I'm gonna find someone for you whether or not you like it."
Sayuri locked the door behind her. She walked over to her dining room table that contained all the papers that were her students' assignments. She picked up her red pen and only got through half of them before she grew too tired to grade anymore. She walked into her bedroom and lied down on her bed.
Friday
"Good Morning, Miss Satome." The children in the second grade class said.
"Good Morning everyone. Now if you get out your math books, we'll begin today's lessons." Sayuri said.
The day started out as usual, students working on the lesson that she spent most of her weekend into planning. Then the end of the day came quicker than expected.
"Ok, class. Don't forget parent teacher conferences. Remember the day when your parents are supposed to meet with me! Sayuri called out, as her class ran out of the room as the bell rang. The classroom was almost empty, except for her and one little girl.
"Rin? Why are you still here?" Sayuri asked her most talented student.
"Papa's suppose to come pick me up today." Rin replied happily.
Sayuri smacked her forehead. Of course, it was Rin's conference day.
"Oh yes! Sorry, I'm a little slow today. So, when is your father going to be here?" Sayuri asked.
Before Sayuri got a reply, Rin suddenly beamed.
"Papa!" she shouted, as she ran to the door. She was received by, how Sayuri would describe, a tall dark and handsome stranger. It was obvious that he was a demon, due to his silvery-white hair was pulled into a low ponytail. He was wearing a pair of blue jeans and a nice button up dress shirt in a deep shade of red with a nice black leather jacket to keep him warm in the December air.
"Hi. You must be Mr. Tashio. I'm Miss Satome." Sayuri said, introducing herself.
"Rin, could you go entertain yourself while we have a chat?" Mr. Taisho said to his daughter.
"Ok!" Rin ran over to the art supplies and started drawing.
"Let me just say, first of all, Rin's a very brilliant student." Sayuri paused for a moment, noting Mr. Taisho's nods of approval
"Though, I came to notice that she seems a little uneasy when it comes to being social situations. She doesn't seem that comfortable around most human kids. This might be too nosy of me, but why is Rin a human and you a demon?"
"Well, actually, Rin's father was a friend of mine. His wife divorced him, leaving Rin with him, and he died three months after Rin was born. Her mother wanted nothing to do with her, so I took her in."
Sayuri softened up a bit.
"Wow. I'm sorry. I probably shouldn't have asked that. Anyway, Other than the social issue, Rin's actually doing pretty well. You've seem to be doing a good job raising her." Sayuri said, before she said another dumb thing.
"Yes. But sometimes it gets tough. I'm always bus with meetings and I sometimes don't get home till late."
"Well, if you really need someone to watch her, I'll be more than happy to help out. You don't even have to pay."
"I'll consider that." He said, as he took Sayuri's number.
"Papa, are we going soon?" Rin asked, presenting her dad with a picture of a flower field.
"Yes, we were about ready to go." He told her, as he helped Rin into her coat.
"Well, I guess that will be all." Sayuri said.
"Bye Miss Satome!" Rin called out as she and her dad walked out of the room.
He was cute, Sayuri thought to herself. Then she went back to her desk and finished some work before her next meeting.