After lunch, Sango went home then Kari. It was pretty late. Ten o'clock to be exact. Not only did they go out to lunch, but they also did a little bit of shopping. Kari kicked off her shoes then pulled the hairband, releasing her brunette locks.
Just as she was walking towards her bedroom, Kari noticed the photos of her and Sesshomaru. He was so cute back then. Kari smiled then headed to her room.
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The next morning, Kari had awoken bright and early dressed in a pink collared blouse with the sleeves rolled up, black cotton pants and black open-toed sandals. She didn't want to be late on her first day. Kari grabbed her keys then left.
Once Kari reached the flowershop she was amazed at all the different flowers. She walked over to the roses and inhaled their delicious scent. Everything looked so beautiful.
A moment later, Sango stepped out from the back.
"I see that you like what you see," she said.
Kari nodded. "Yeah, I do."
While Sango showed Kari around, that's when an elderly woman appeared.
"Hello there, Kari," she said.
The brunette turned around then hugged the woman. "Hi grandma. So how are you?" Kari released her.
"Just fine. Are you glad to be here?" asked her grandma Kaede.
Kari nodded. "Yup, and this flowershop is great."
Not only was Kaede Kari's grandmother, but she was also Sango's as well.
"You shoud get started working," Kaede advised.
"Yeah, I guess you're right," said Kari.
"You can start off by delivering these two dozen roses to Yumi Sakae who works at an advertising company." Sango said, preparing the flowers.
"Cool my first delivery," Kari exclaimed.
A moment later she was given a piece paper that had the advertising company's address. Sango loaded then flowers into a van which serves as delivery. Kari then got in, driving away.
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It was a little hard finding the company since Kari was still new in town. There were many times when she stopped to ask for directions, but eventually she got the hang of it. She was a fast learner. Kari looked upon the large doors. Today was her first delivery at her new job and she wanted nothing to go wrong. Everything had to be perfect.
Kari walked inside and headed to the receptionist desk. She asked where to find Yumi Sakae. The woman at the desk said the 20th floor should be where she is. Kari nodded her appreciation and then continued with her destination. This building was so big that she got lost dozens of times until she realized that she hadn't gone far from where she started.
She advised herself to take an elevator instead of making herself think that she knew the lay-out of this building. She made it on the 20th floor, but there were so many doors on one hallway that she asked yet another person where to go. They directed her to the last one at the end of the hall.
Kari made it to the end of the hall, and then knocked. When there was no answer she waited and then just decided to walk in unannounced. She could see why no one answered. They were all too busy running around in a fright. Some were trying to return late phone calls, some were throwing paper, trying to find the right files and others were impaitently waiting for their computers to load.
To them Kari seemed the most calm and this was her first day. She was the one who should be feeling nervous not them. She wasn't going to waste her time asking someone where to find Yumi Sakae since it was clear that no one was going to pay her any mind.
She scanned her surroundings trying to find a face that would look excited about seeing these flowers but no one seemed to come into vision.
Suddenly a woman looked up from a folder and then brought the most biggest smile on her face.
'That must be Yumi', Kari thought.
Yumi made her way to Kari.
"Are those for me?" she asked.
"Um...yes they are," Kari said, handing over the flowers.
Yumi inhaled their scent. She then peered inside them.
"There's no card," she said. "Oh well. I know who they're from anyway."
From her view Kari could see a small diamond ring grace her left hand. 'Lucky', she thought.
Kari then noticed that the room was now becoming calm. She held out a clipboard.
"Could you please sign for them," Kari stated.
"Sure," Yumi said, walking back to her desk. Kari followed.
In no time Yumi was finished filling out the paperwork. Kari took the oppurtunity to view her desk. There were lots of flowers. Some fresh and some begining to wilt. She must got them daily.
Yumi handed back the clipboard.
"Thank you," was Kari's reply.
"Sure," said Yumi.
Just as Kari was about to make her exit, she couldn't believe who she saw standing at the front door. Sesshomaru. And he was with a few other men. Probably his colleagues. She wanted to go say hi and hug him dearly for all those years that they were apart, but something inside her not to do it. Just leave.
And her concious was right, because just as she was making her way toward him, Kari slipped on some stray paper that somone carelessy put there and fell straight to the ground, knocking someone else down as well. She hoped that it was the person that didn't bother to pick up the cluttered mess.
Sesshomaru's face showed surprise and concern. Surprised that Kari was in town, and concern seeing as how she took a great fall and managed to not look embarrassed. But deep down she was embarrassed. Some of his colleagues tried to hold back a few snickers while still trying to keep their professional manner. Others turned their heads.
"Kari...," Sesshomaru said at last.
She quickly got up, looked him into the eyes and hurried past him. She could already feel the heat of humliliation rising in her face. But she wouldn't let it show. Not in front of Sesshomaru. Kari made it in front of the elevator, rapidly pushing the button in fear of Sesshomaru coming after her when she just made a fool of herself. She knew he would say are you alright, but inside he'd be laughing.
Kari hurried and got into the elevator, made it the first floor, got into the van and then drove away.