Chapter Four
Sadayo arrived home throwing her keys and mail on the table and changed her clothes so she could get comfortable. She changed into a black baby T-shirt and a pair of dark blue at-waist jeans and white socks. She turned her television and turned her DVD player on and put in one of the seasons of her favorite sitcom. Looking around her living room, she sighed and picked up a box and looked at the label on it to see where it was destined for. "I guess I better finish this up or I will never get it done," she mused quietly. She noticed that it was meant for the kitchen and opened it with a box cutter, pulling out her newspaper-wrapped plates and putting some of them in her cabinet or on the countertop. Looking for the other box she marked for the kitchen she found it and unpacked her glassware and placed it in the same cabinet. Her house phone rang and she went to answer it.
"Hello?" she said.
"Close your blinds, I can see your sexy black thong from here," an anonymous voice said.
She hung up the phone with a scoff and then she shivered at the thought of someone watching her. She looked over at her balcony window and saw that her blinds were closed and so were her curtains. With a scoff, she dismissed the call. But that was a little funny, because she was wearing a black thong. As she continued to unpack a loud vibrating was heard through the room as she looked at the countertop to see her phone inching across it.
"Hello?" she said as she opened another box, pinning the phone between her ear and her neck.
"Sadayo?" a voice said. "It's Kagome."
"Hey!" she said cheerfully. "How are you?" She picked up her remote and turned the volume down on her television and pushed the button for the speaker phone and set it down on the counter. "I just put you on the speaker phone Kagome. Can you hear me okay?"
"Yeah, you're clear enough." Kagome said and she sighed a little through the phone. "I'm getting nervous to be quite honest. The timer for the test hasn't gone off yet and I was wondering how to fill it up so I called you. I needed to talk to someone to get my mind off of it."
"Oh, so I was a last resort, huh?" Sadayo said with a smile through the phone.
Kagome scoffed with a smile. "You know what I mean."
Sadayo laughed as she pulled another plate from the box and put in on the counter. "Yeah, I do. I'm just trying to lighten the mood."
"I know and I appreciate it. I need to laugh to get my mind off of this test." Kagome paused for a minute. "Hey, hang on for a second," Kagome said.
Sadayo didn't even have time to respond before she heard a click on the other end. 'Did she just hang up on me?' she thought.
"Sadayo?" Kagome's voice came back a moment later. "Are you still there?"
"Yeah, I'm here," she replied as she pulled newspaper off of more drinking glasses and put them away in another cupboard.
"Sadayo?" another voice was heard.
"Hey Sadayo," Sango said. "Kagome put us on three-way."
"Uh, yeah, I kind of guessed that," she replied.
"Smart ass," was what she heard in return.
Sadayo giggled. "Kagome, Inuyasha's not around is he?"
Kagome shook her head on her end of the line. "No, the three of them are still at work. Come to find out that all three of them will not be in the office tomorrow because somehow all of the judges for their clients' cases moved them up to tomorrow. Looks like it's just gonna be the three of us in the office tomorrow."
"Oh," Sango said. "So can I call in sick then?"
"You'd better not," Sadayo and Kagome said simultaneously. "Do you know how much work they leave behind for us to do? We need you there," Kagome added.
"I know, I know," Sango grumbled. "Damn. I was hoping to have a day off."
"Nice try," Kagome replied. The females talked for a few more minutes until a small sound was heard.
"What was that, Kagome?" Sadayo asked knowingly. Kagome fell silent. "That was the test wasn't it?"
Kagome nodded. "Yeah."
"Go check it!" the other two women said instantly. "Jinx!" they said with a laugh.
"I'm so nervous, I feel like I could throw up right now," Kagome said.
"Sit down, Kagome," Sadayo said firmly. "Have a glass of water, take a few deep breaths and try to not pass out on me. If need be, put your head between your knees."
Kagome obliged with a sigh and a laugh. "Yes, mom," she joked and took a few deep breaths and waited a second. "Okay, guys…uh, I think I'm gonna go and look now."
"Good luck, Kags," Sango said.
"Yeah, good luck," Sadayo added.
"Hang on a minute." The two women heard nothing for a moment as all they heard were muffled footsteps and small sounds.
"Do you think…" Sango trailed off.
"I think she is, but we have to see what the test says first," Sadayo said. "I really hope she is pregnant." The two of them fell silent and waited until finally Kagome spoke.
"Uh, do you guys know what a minus means?" Kagome said with a sad tone in her voice.
The two women said nothing until Sadayo spoke up. "It means negative," she said gently.
Kagome fell silent. "Oh, okay," she replied softly looking at the test. "Well, actually I just wanted to know because right now I am actually looking at a plus sign." Her smile grew and the two women could feel it on their receiving ends.
Kagome held the phone away at an arms length from her as two ear-piercing shrieks erupted. "Gosh, you guys. I think my eardrum burst," she replied with a smile as she walked back into the kitchen.
"Congratulations, Kagome," Sango said. A few tears leaked from her eyes as she reached for some tissue. Sango dabbed at her face. Her friend whom she regarded as a little sister was going to be bringing a new life into the world. "I'm gonna be an auntie!"
"Congratulations Kagome," Sadayo said as she smiled through the phone. She thought about the condition of her friend over the last couple of weeks but she quietly put all of the pieces together and kept the information to herself. "I could have told you that you were pregnant a long time ago but I didn't want to say anything because I didn't want to get your hopes up and everything. I mean, you had all the signs: fatigue, nausea, vomiting, mood swings—"
"Jeez Sada," Sango said. "How'd you know all that? What are you, a nurse?"
Sadayo stopped in her rant. "Uh, well, I just read a lot."
Kagome spoke up then. "Now, here's the biggest question: how in the world am I going to tell Inuyasha?"
"Kagome, just tell him," Sango answered. "I'm sure he'll be happy about being a father. There's no sense in beating around the bush."
Kagome wrung her hands on her end. "I dunno…" she said warily.
"Just tell him," Sadayo chimed in. "Inuyasha is like a big kid anyway so it'll be like having two kids in the house…Wait, are you sure you want to have a baby?" She laughed through the wires.
"Oh, shut up," Kagome said with a smile. "Well, I guess I'll tell him when I can."
Just then, Kagome heard a door open on her end, even though she was all the way in the kitchen. "Guys, I'll talk to you later. Inuyasha just came home," she said quietly.
"Ok, good luck," Sango said.
"Yeah, good luck," Sadayo added.
"Bye," Kagome said hurriedly.
"Bye," the other two added as all three women hung up.
Kagome stood up as Inuyasha put his briefcase in his home office and walked into the kitchen, untying his tie.
"Hi Kagome," he said kissing her on the cheek and sitting down with a sigh. "Listen, don't worry about cooking any dinner tonight. I've ordered Chinese since I'm gonna be up late for this case in the morning." He placed his tie on the back of the kitchen chair. She turned to look at him as he deeply exhaled as his long white hair and famous white puppy ears returned and his claws reappeared. He always let down his concealing spell when he came home. He took a deep breath and inhaled the pleasant scent of his mate, seeing how it would always calm him down.
"What time is your case tomorrow?" she asked, standing behind him and massaging his shoulders.
He groaned at the thought. "It's at 9:45 but I have to go over everything tonight and make sure I leave nothing unturned. Plus I gotta make sure I don't soil the firm's reputation or the old man will have my head but I think we'll be okay. It's a pretty open-and-shut case."
"Oh Inuyasha, you'll be fine. I believe in you," she replied cheerfully. Tell him now, something inside of her said. She took a deep breath and agreed with herself. "Speaking of which, I had been meaning to tell you that you have another case coming up pretty soon."
"Oh yeah?" he said. "What's it about?"
"It's kind of hard to explain," she said with a smile. "But I found the piece of evidence that you need. Wait here." She left the room and came back a few moments later with the test in her hands and handed it to him.
"What in the world are you doing with a—" Inuyasha stopped and looked at Kagome. He sniffed the air and noticed an unusual scent. He stood up and grabbed Kagome gently by the arms as a worried look crossed her face. He put his hands on her waist and sniffed her lower belly. There, her usual sakura blossom and rain scent was mixed with his own musky aroma, proving that she was indeed carrying their first pup.
His honey eyes widened and looked at his beautiful mate. "You're carrying," he said softly.
She nodded tentatively at first simply because his expression hadn't changed. Suddenly her eyes widened when he picked her up and swung her around. When he gently set her back down on her feet he pulled her close to him and drew her into a passionate kiss.
"You're happy?" she asked in amazement when they finally broke apart for air.
Inuyasha stepped back from her and looked at her with a twinkle in his eye and a smile so wide you could drive an entire freeway on it. "You silly woman. Of course I'm happy!"
Kagome flew herself straight into his arms and she let the tears fall, softly weeping on his chest. "I was so scared that you wouldn't be."
Inuyasha gently pulled her away from him and hooked a clawed finger under her chin, forcing her to look directly into his honey-colored orbs. He kissed her tears away with gentle touches. "I couldn't be happier." She searched his eyes and saw nothing but complete sincerity and excitement and the two of them shared another passionate kiss.
Sadayo showered and washed her hair, dressing in her underwear and a black and white tank and matching thin black and white-striped cotton capri pants and white socks. She let her hair towel dry and it did so in thick waves down her back. Walking back into the kitchen she fixed herself a tunafish sandwich and added a few salt and vinegar potato chips on the side.
Sighing to herself, she turned the volume back up on the television. Opening the freezer she noticed that her pint of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream was a little low but shrugging it off she pulled out a spoon from the drawer and began to eat it. Sitting at the island, a smile was brought to her lips as she thought about Kagome and Inuyasha. Then she thought about her sister who was getting married pretty soon. Why did my life have to take such a turn? she wondered. Everyone seems to have their fairytale ending but me.
That's because you married one that was not your true mate. He also shall be revealed to you in time.
Nani? Oh no, not you again. Are you gonna tell me who you are now or are you just going to leave me again?
Everything will be revealed to you in time. Now is not the time.
Well, can you at least tell me when I will know about myself?
..:silence:…
:growl: Why does this keep happening? Sadayo thought to herself for a minute. Did I just growl again? Why do I keep doing this when I get mad or upset? What the hell is wrong with me? What am I?
After awhile, Sadayo washed her few dishes and put them in her drying rack. After that she walked over, set the alarm and locked the door and turned out a few of the lights, sitting on the couch cuddling with the pillows for warmth, seeing how she couldn't exactly remember in which box she packed her blankets. She fell asleep watching the episodes and didn't turn the television off. When she woke up in the middle of the night her hair had spread out all across her face. Pushing it out of her eyes and face and noticing that the light of the screen was harsh she got up, turned the TV off and climbed into the bed and went to sleep.
The next morning she woke up a little behind schedule so she was in a rush. Hurriedly she checked the news and noticed that it was unusually cold that morning so she donned a black blazer, a white button down-shirt along with a black camisole underneath black pants, black heeled boots and found her black coat and black-and-white scarf. She put her cell phone in the side flap of her small pocketbook and locked the door.
On her way to work she stopped at the new coffee shop near the firm and bought three caramel frappuccinos with extra caramel and three banana nut muffins along with oatmeal raisin cookies. Since all of the attorneys were going to be in court with clients and cases today, Sadayo thought that they should have a treat. Paying the cashier and waiting for her food, she stood on the other side of the line for pickup. The door opened bringing in a blast of cold air as a tall man with a black trench coat and black suit and long black hair walked in.
He stepped up to the female cashier. "Grande white chocolate mocha latte." His sexy baritone voice caused the woman to slightly shiver from a slight arousal and he even flashed a small impish smirk. Her nametag read "Kyoko." Kyoko laughed nervously and when she turned around she almost knocked over the cart containing the ice. Her other female coworker looked at her strangely. Sadayo's keen hearing picked up Kyoko whispering "he's sexy" to her as the other girl took a glance at him and agreed.
He turned around and noticed Sadayo checking her watch and then a few moments later she received her bags and cup holders and she picked up her purse.
"There you go, sexy lady," the guy at the front said to Sadayo, giving her a sultry look and a wink that practically made her stomach turn. He wasn't all that attractive and his teeth were big and crooked, plus he smelled heavily of cigarette smoke on his breath, causing her stomach to churn and her nose to wrinkle slightly.
Her eyebrow raised in disgust and she laughed nervously.
Sadayo walked back towards the door and trying to juggle everything she dropped one bag onto the floor next to the man. He picked it up and looked at the cashier. "Can I get a big bag for the lady, please?"
The woman nodded and handed one to him. "Here you go, ma'am," he said, handing it to Sadayo in a silky baritone.
She looked up at him. His hair was black, long and wavy with thick bangs that covered his forehead and was pulled into a low ponytail, but it didn't look feminine. He had a devilish smile that could make any woman blush and his voice was enough to make a woman melt into a puddle on the floor as Kyoko practically did. His eyes were deep and held sort of a reddish-brown tint and his eyelashes were thick and black.
"Thanks for your help," she said with an appreciative smile. Finding her load was much easier to carry she walked out of the store and to her car, heading to work. As she left, the man turned toward her retreating form and couldn't help but notice the slight sway of her hips. She wasn't trying to be seductive, but it just naturally radiated from her and she was unaware of her hypnotic effect she had on men. I damn sure hope I see her again, he thought. The cashier handed him his coffee as he turned around and walked out.
When Sadayo got to the firm she was juggling all of her belongings and pulled on the door to find it locked. "Great, how am I supposed to get in now?" She groaned aloud. "I've got too much stuff."
"If you will exercise a little patience, you will get in when I use the key to unlock the door," a baritone voice said from behind her.
She whirled around with her belongings in hand. "Sesshoumaru! I-I thought you weren't going to be here today," she said, with confusion clearly lacing her voice.
He said nothing and unlocked the door and walked through it, leaving her to come in of her own accord. She slung her purse over her arm and picked up her bags and entered the office. "Thanks for your help," she mumbled with a hint of ice lacing her voice.
Sesshoumaru turned around slightly and gave her a cold stare out of the corner of his eye from her sarcasm, but on the inside he was slightly surprised that she could sound almost like he could. She didn't catch it as she continued to struggle with her things, wondering how she even made it out the car with them.
She turned the lights on in her office and started her computer. Sadayo took her beverages into the break room and placed them into the refrigerator. She would tell Kagome and Sango when they arrived. Walking back out into the hallway she went to the time clock and punched in and then she walked into the bathroom.
Sadayo checked her makeup and put in her earrings and then washed her hands. As soon as she reached for the door handle, Sango flew into the room and ran into a stall. Sadayo's reflexes kept her from getting hit although, had it been two seconds later, she would have gotten a knot on her forehead.
"Jeez, woman! You almost killed me with the door!" Sadayo said, clutching her chest as a wave of shock passed through her.
"Gomen! Gotta go!" she said.
Sadayo shook her head as she walked out of the bathroom and back to her desk. Opening the desk drawer she pulled out her hand sanitizer and squeezed a little into her palm and rubbed her hands together. At the sound of feet becoming closer she looked up just as Sesshoumaru walked into her office and dropped a load of papers into her basket.
"I need these finished by this afternoon," he said turning on his heel to leave.
"There's no way I can have these finished by this afternoon!" she said, standing up, looking at him horrified. He stopped in his tracks but didn't turn around.
"This afternoon," was all he said.
She sighed and took a deep breath. "Fine. What time do you need these by?"
He turned slightly this time and looked at her from out of the corner of his eye. "This afternoon," came the reply as he disappeared from view without another word.
She scoffed and walked into the break room and grabbed her cookie, muffin and frappuccino, the whipped cream having lost its shape by then and walked back into her office and stared angrily at the never-ending pile of work that sat in her basket.
"How in the world am I going to get through all of this?" she said aloud. After taking a deep breath and cracking her knuckles, she took a sip of her coffee drink and began her first document. "I have no choice but to just start at square one and go from there."
After awhile, Sadayo just continued to type and type, getting that frequent itch to check the time to see how far she had gone into the work day. I will not look at the clock, she vowed to herself as she continued to tap at the keys, her fingers beginning to hurt after typing which what had to have been at least her twentieth one.
Apparently, Sango and Kagome had been left loads of work themselves because there had been no interaction between any of the three women so far today.
Looking up at the clock after typing for much longer without a break, she noticed that she was well past her lunch hour. She walked out of her office door and almost bumped into Kagome.
"Oops, sorry," they both said at the same time.
Sadayo leaned down to talk to Kagome's stomach. "Hi there, little one. This is Auntie Sada!"
Kagome laughed and playfully rolled her eyes. "The baby hasn't even begun to move yet and you're already talking to it. Inuyasha was talking to my stomach last night after I told him I was pregnant."
"Well, I can't help myself," Sadayo said with a shrug and a smile. "I like being around pregnant women. It's exciting to hear about another life coming into the world."
"Are you going to the doctor soon?" Sango spoke up as she returned from the bathroom, hearing the conversation of the women from around the corner.
Kagome nodded. "Yeah I go next Thursday. I'll have to take an early lunch 'cause it's at 11:00 in the morning. I just have to have an ultrasound and a checkup."
"They're also gonna do another pregnancy test just to make sure," Sadayo said, "but I know you're pregnant."
"I know I am too," Kagome agreed. All of a sudden, a sickly shade of green crossed her features. "See?" she said, her hand flying to her mouth and running for the bathroom.
The two watched her run and they shook her head in sympathy. "I would hate the nausea part of being pregnant," Sango said.
"Yeah, me too," Sadayo agreed. "But I don't even know if I want to have kids anyway. I did once but now I think it's not going to happen, but I don't think I need to have kids."
Sango scoffed and dismissed her friend's comment. "Oh, Sadayo, stop throwing a pity party for yourself. You need to get back out there, and you will find another guy and you probably will have kids. From what I heard about your ex, he was nothing but a pile of you-know-what."
Sadayo chuckled in agreement. "Yes, he was, but he didn't start out that way. He just changed once he became a very famous doctor. But anyway, moving on. Let me get back to work. I've still got a lot left."
"Okay," Sango said. Sadayo turned and went back into her office.
She glanced at the clock after she cracked her knuckles from exhaustion. By this time she had already worked completely through her lunch hour and the clock now read 2:00 pm. Sighing with exasperation, she slid back from her desk and stood up and turned around to stretch. Drawing her left arm across her chest she pulled in order to release the knots from sitting in her chair for so long. Hearing a small pop, she smiled in contentment when she did the same with her other arm.
Two and a half hours left, she thought. A hiss of pain etched across her lips as she felt a strong pang hit the front of her skull. Her head was hurting a lot and stood up, reasoning that it was because she had been staring at the computer screen for too long. She looked out of the window and saw the many couples walking down the street even though it was around the middle of the day. As she leaned on the pane, her honeyed eyes took in one particular couple. She was short with long brown hair and was with a taller man with short and spiky hair, which instantly reminded her of her ex. Her vision picked up on how they walked, never failing in their stride as their hands locked with their fingers doing the same. She rested her head on his shoulder as they continued to walk down the street, turning to face each other in a kiss.
She sighed in both remembrance and a slight whisper of remorse. Her ex-husband and she were exactly the same way in the beginning of their lives.
Flashback
They walked in a park, her head on his shoulder and their arms around each other's waists. It was springtime so the temperature was warm enough for a light jacket and a cool, gentle breeze here and there. The breeze blew her long hair just enough to have it frame her face and a few locks drape across her neck. He looked over at her and then noticed the sunlight reflecting off of her amber orbs, making them seem all the more brighter. One thing that attracted him to her was not only her natural beauty but her eyes played up her emotions and her beauty all the more.
As they slowly walked they soon approached a bench and he gently stopped in their stride. "Sada-chan," Takahari said gently. "Sit down for a minute. We need to talk."
Picking up her head from his shoulder, she looked at him and noticed a slight twinkle in his eye. She narrowed her eyes with a smile, looking at him with suspicion. "What are you up to?"
"Just sit down will you?" he pleaded with a small smile. She obliged and sat down, he sitting along with her.
He locked eyes with her and took her hands in his. "Do you love me?"
She looked at him, slightly surprised that he would even ask such a question. "Yes Taka-kun, you know I love you."
"Well, you know how long we have been dating and we will be graduating in two weeks…" he trailed off.
How dare he ask me if I love him and then he brings this up? Is he going to break up with me? she thought in shock. "What about it? Are you saying you want to break up with me?" she asked with horror flashing in her eyes.
"Not at all," he said with a reassuring smile as he put one hand over hers. "I'm actually saying just the opposite." He got up from the bench and got down on his knee. "Sadayo Atami, I love you very much and I would like to know if you are available for spending the rest of your life with me?"
She searched his eyes looking for the slightest bit of doubt in them and saw nothing but love. She gave a slight laugh in surprise. "Are you serious?" she asked, with her hand pressed to her heart.
He nodded. "I am very serious," he replied softly. "Will you marry me, Sadayo?"
Sadayo's head bowed, with her bangs covering her eyes. When she looked at him, he saw them fill with tears and one escaped her and trailed down her cheek. "Yes," she said softly, and her voice gently cracked. "Yes, I will marry you."
A genuine smile crossed his features as he stood up and pulled her up with him and he covered her lips with his own in a gentle kiss. She felt his lips break open and his tongue touch her own lips, asking for entrance. Smiling against his lips, she opened her mouth wider and his tongue pushed forward, touching her own. Their tongues wrestled with each other for a moment and then they broke apart for air, especially before it got a little too heated.
They smiled at each other and shared a small kiss. "Oh, I almost forgot," he said with a sheepish smile. He reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a small midnight blue velvet box.
When he opened it, she gasped at the ring inside. In white gold stood a one-carat diamond solitaire in a princess-cut setting. He took it out and placed the ring on her finger, resting it at the base.
"My goodness, Taka-kun," she said. "It's beautiful." She stared at it and twisted her wrist to let the ring glisten in the afternoon sun. When she looked at it she could see all of the different colors the sun reflected in the stone.
He hooked his left index finger under her chin and turned her upwards to look at him. "Not half as beautiful as you are, my love," he said gently and captured her in another kiss.
End Flashback
Sadayo was lost to her thoughts until a voice broke them.
"Earth to Sadayo! Hello?"
She shook her head and found Inuyasha standing there, waving his hand across her face. "Huh?" she asked as she looked at him confused.
"I've been calling your name for the last two minutes and you never said a word," Inuyasha replied looking at her curiously.
"Oh, sorry," she said sheepishly. When a thought crossed her mind her eyebrows furrowed. "What are you doing here? I thought you would be in court all day."
"I was able to finish a lot earlier than planned. The jury already gave the verdict and whatnot and besides, I wanted to know if you wanted anything to eat. We brought back some food for you since Kagome and Sango told me that you didn't take your lunch break."
"Oh no, I'm fine, thanks," she said gratefully. With a heavy sigh, she walked over to her swiveling chair and sat down in a slight huff.
Was she just crying a few minutes ago? He wondered. Inuyasha shrugged at her and then he studied her face. There was a small trail of a tear that had made its way down her porcelain cheek but it had dried and apparently she hadn't even noticed. When he sniffed the air on his next breath he found that there was a slight aroma of salt.
"Sadayo, are you okay?" he asked, looking at her critically.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Why?" she asked quickly, flashing a small smile. His keen hearing heard her heartbeat increase. Her smile was undeniably false and it lacked her usual luster. Something was definitely wrong.
Inuyasha put both hands on his desk and looked at her critically. "What's wrong? I can read you like a book. What happened to you or made you upset?"
It is almost as if his dark golden eyes could seep into her soul. They had been really good friends since college and there were quite a few times that even though she was a tough cookie to crack, usually her heart was worn on her sleeve, and those were the times she hated. Sadayo didn't really prefer to show her negative emotions. Her head bowed and her bangs covered her eyes.
"It's a woman thing, Inuyasha. You wouldn't really understand," she said in a hushed tone while not looking at him.
"Try me," he said just as gently as he sat down on the corner of her desk.
She turned her head again and looked out of the window, once again not looking at him. "I saw a young couple walking in the park and it reminded me of Takahari and me when we first started dating, and it reminded me of how he proposed. I said it. There, are you happy now?" Standing up, she walked over to the window and stared out of it once again, her eyes somehow catching the loving embrace of that very same couple. It was almost as if their actions were the same as hers just only a few years ago. Her hands rested on the window pane as she bent her head over with her bangs still covering her eyes. His ears twitched and he heard her as she sobbed quietly. Tears poured out of her eyes and down her cheeks and the front of her chin as they splattered onto the white paint below her.
Sadayo's knees buckled and she slid down onto the floor practically in a heap with her knees pulled up into her chest and she cried silently into her arms. Inuyasha shook his head in sympathy. He got down onto the floor with her and brought her to his chest, letting her cry. For a few minutes he stroked her back and hair and gently rocked back and forth. After a few moments, her cries subsided to hiccups and she began to laugh.
"Damn it," she said as she looked up at him and wiping her eyes. "I swore (hiccup) that I wasn't going to ever cry (hiccup) in front of you again. I guess I was wrong (hiccup)."
Inuyasha smirked. "Keh! Girl, you know I can break you down like a fraction."
She laughed again. "You're right."
He gathered her into a hug and rubbed her back. Inuyasha then gently pulled her away from him and hooked a finger under her chin. Pulling her upward to face him, he smiled as her honeyed orbs reflected his. "I can't stand to see a woman cry, especially Kagome." He rolled his eyes at the thought of the women that affect him. "Love will find you again and he could be right around the corner."
She kissed Inuyasha on the cheek. "Thank you, Inuyasha. I feel a lot better now."
"Maybe you need to eat too," he said. "I know how you get those really bad headaches if you don't eat anything for awhile."
She thought for a minute and then held her hand to her head. "Yeah, I did have a headache earlier and I think crying made it worse," she replied with a laugh and then looked down at his shirt, which was covered in tear stains. "Oh, I'm sorry I made such a mess on your shirt."
"Ah, don't worry about it," he said waving it off. Inuyasha looked at the clock. "It's three now. I'll make you a plate." He touched her shoulder reassuringly and left her office.
Sadayo sighed and sat back down. After cracking her knuckles, she found that she was almost finished with her work until she looked at her stapler and she was out.
Getting up from her desk, she walked over to Sango's office. "Sango, do you have any staples left over? Mine is out from all these doggone documents Sesshoumaru left me and I don't think I have anymore in my desk."
Sango chuckled. "How's it coming?"
"Better than I thought actually," she replied. "I've got only a couple more to go before I am completely finished with this. I probably only got this far because I worked through lunch."
Sango looked around on her desk for the staples and she found none.
"Do you even have any more?" Sadayo asked. "I guess I should go to the storage room for some."
"No, no you don't have to go in the room. I do have some extra staples, but somewhere in all of this mess." Opening a drawer, she pulled out a small box and handed it to her. "Here you go."
"Thanks," she said gratefully as she took the box from her.
"Thanks for the treat this morning by the way," Sango added.
"You're welcome," came the reply. She looked at her friend and Sadayo noticed that something was a little off about Sango this afternoon. "Hey, Sango, are you alright?"
"Oh, yeah, I'm fine," Sango replied half-heartedly.
"Now you know I don't believe that for a second," Sadayo responded with a hand on her hip. "What's going on?"
Sango motioned to the other chair. "Remember I told you about my boyfriend Miroku?" she asked as she still continued to type.
"Yeah? What happened with you two?" she said as she leaned in the doorframe and then moved to sit down, catching her gesture.
"Last night we went out to dinner and he was eyeing other women again," she said with a sigh. "The waitress walked past our table and his eyes followed her."
Sadayo shook her head in a smile. "Well, he could be doing that just to make sure that you are paying attention to him."
"Oh, believe me, I am paying attention to him," she said with a scoff. "He knows I don't like it, but he does it anyway."
"How long have you guys been dating?" she asked, sitting down.
An exasperated sigh escaped her lips. "For forever," she said rubbing her temples.
Sadayo chuckled. "Well, maybe he is just a flaming hetero."
She thought for a minute with her head resting on her fist and then the most wicked smile one had ever seen crossed her features. "You've got that right," Sango said with a devilish grin.
Sadayo looked at her with horrified eyes and a hand pressed over her heart, gesturing as though she were going to vomit. "Eww," she said. "You two are nasty."
"And we are quite proud of it," Sango replied. With that, Sadayo motioned as though she were going to throw up and Sango laughed at her as Sadayo left her office, shuddering and trying to rid her mind of the creeping images of Sango and Miroku in intimate moments.
Sango shook her head at her friend and sighed. Even though she never really spoke on it out loud in a heart-to-heart talk, Sango could tell that Sadayo was lonely. It was almost like Sadayo was trying to make sure that everyone else was happy and she not even really taking the time out to achieve her own happiness. Even though she had only known Sadayo for a short time, the friend quality was already embedded in her: she put the needs of others ahead of her own. As she stared at her computer screen she silently said a prayer for her friend and hoped that she would fall in love with someone, and that it would happen very soon.
Let me apologize to my readers. I was having a lot of trouble with the site and couldn't figure out how to add new chapters to it. Please bear with me. I am still working on this story and I thank those who were waiting. Forgive me also for the changing format because there will be a few changes but not too many. Domo arigato!! Reviews are welcome!! Please??