Her gaze lingered on the checkered board before her. Her concentrated stare kept her unobservant to the eyes that watched her. Sesshomaru's eyes watched her carefully as his sharp fingernails tapped at the glass in both impatience and excitement; he had her this time, she knew, so she did the one thing that kept him from playing out his win: she tipped her king. A pleased smile escaped from the man in front of her.
"I believe this game evens the score this month." She frowned and stuck out her lower lip. She had been ahead by one point, and that final point would have guaranteed that she won. She turned her nose to the air and turned away.
"I'm getting my latté; I don't suppose you'd like to change it up a bit, hmm?" Sesshomaru only smiled and stood.
"It is my turn to pay for you, remember?" He breezed past her and addressed the woman at the counter. With a soft smile Kagome sat back down and looked at her cell phone. She had four missed calls and two texts. She frowned but set her phone back down. She couldn't help it really, the man she couldn't help but to adore played a good game of chess and it was what she looked forward to the most every Thursday morning. They didn't often speak to each other due to the competitive atmosphere that went on during the chess games, but they knew enough about each other that it didn't matter.
He was a high class business man from Taisho Corp. and she was just a run of the mill college student. He worked with celebrities and rich people, and she had only ever worked in a library and a café. He majored in business and was a successful business partner, and she would major in art, likely get no where.
The bell rang at the front of the café and in came a man similar to Sesshomaru in many aspects; he was tall, handsome, and had the same silver hair & golden eyes, but in comparison, he was lively, rude, and undeniably the playing type. His eyes were warm and bright like honey, where as Sesshomaru's were cool and reserved. While she could in most cases appreciate a happy loud personality; she couldn't find herself to be pleased that he was here, for he was interrupting her time with Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru's eyes met hers in a silent apology and she smiled back at him. Sesshomaru quickly made his way past his brother and to her table. He set her latte down and sat with his coffee.
His brother, who she could see from the reflection of the mirror on the wall, stood gawking. She smirked and looked to Sesshomaru while sipping her drink.
'Are we going to ignore him?' she wrote on the napkin next to her hand. He only smirked and slightly tilted his head affirmative.
They sat together for about a minute until the young man came forward and pulled up a chair.
"So…" he drawled, "who are you and how much is he paying you?" She raised her eyebrow, but remained silent; a habit she picked up from Sesshomaru. The eldest of the two brothers finally decided to grace him with an answer.
"This is Kagome, she is… a friend." Kagome smiled and nodded at the younger brother.
"Feh, ok, a 'friend', My name's Inu-Yasha, second heir to Taisho Corp."
"And why are you here brother? I believe I told you I was unavailable this Thursday." Inu-Yasha snorted,
"yeah and every other Thursday too, not that I can blame you." He said as his eyes lingered on her. Sesshomaru let loose a small growl.
"You will state your purpose or leave." Inu-Yasha snapped his gaze back to the elder brother and glared.
"Fine Mr. High-and-Mighty, Dad wants you to find a date for the dinner party we're hosting; it seems you already have a head start." With a toothy grin and a kiss to her hand, the half demon fled,
