Don't Ruin The Worst Moment of My Life
She was pathetic. No, she was something even worse than pathetic. She picked up her phone and dialed Inuyasha's number again. Still no response. Kagome hugged her pillow tightly and buried her face in it as she tried to fight back tears. But there was no point; they just kept flowing no matter how hard she tried.
Today was her birthday and Inuyasha had promised to spend it with her. He had even gone out of his way to tell her friends to plan something for her on another day because he wanted to make her day 'special'.
Well, he had succeeded; by essentially disappearing off the face of the earth, he had managed to make it the worst day of her life. Motivated by rage, she leapt off the couch and began removing every single picture of Inuyasha, every gift he had ever gotten her, everything he had ever left in her apartment. She wiped her apartment of every trace of him, and after shredding everything thing that could be shredded, threw it all into a rubbish bag. In an ideal world she would have set it on fire, but her landlord would, without a doubt, evict her for setting a fire. So she had to sate her anger by throwing it all out, even though fire would have been much much better.
Cursing Inuyasha under her breath, she flung open her front door only to see a very familiar and very unwelcome silver-haired man. He was in the middle of dropping a gift at her doorstep. Kagome let out a cry of surprise and slammed the door shut.
"Ms. Higurashi." He knocked. This truly was the worst day of her life. Sesshomaru was the last person on earth she wanted to see her in such a wrecked state. Her hair was disheveled and her eyes were red from crying, which contrasted with, now wrinkled, the pretty green dress she had worn in expectation of a great birthday surprise. In short, she looked a mess and Sesshomaru was exactly the kind of person to point that out.
"Go away Sesshomaru." She should not have spoken; her voice was shaky and weak from crying. There was no way he would actually leave her in peace now.
"Kagome." He said slowly. He only called her by her first name when he was serious, and from his tone she knew she had two choices; either let him in or have him stand there all night, knocking. He did not know when to quit.
Her phone rang and she leapt for it, hoping it was Inuyasha so she could rip him a new one.
It was Sesshomaru.
She flung the phone on the couch and paced around her living room as the phone continued to ring and he continued to knock. A full twenty minutes passed before, unable to stand neither the noise from his knocking nor the immense hurt and loneliness anymore, she finally opened the door.
"What made you so stubborn?" He asked in disbelief as she finally let him in. There was not a single thing he asked of her that did not come with a fight. Not even the right to comfort her.
She tried to force herself to stop crying, but now that her anger had subsided all that was left was the crushing pain of having her boyfriend not care enough to even send as much as a text message cancelling their birthday plans.
Sesshomaru did not need to ask to know what had happened. She had taken the day off and warned him about disturbing her today because it was her birthday and she was supposed to spend the day with her boyfriend. According to her, the last thing she needed was her pain-in-the ass boss interfering with her plans. Except right now it seemed like that was what she needed most.
He wrapped his arms around her and the moment she felt warm and secure, she burst into a fresh set of tears. Were his brother not estranged, Sesshomaru would have disowned and then dismembered him.
He just stood there, holding her and biting back his questions about how she could be so stubborn with him, yet bend backwards for an idiot who did not deserve half her attention. Right now was not the time to criticize her.
The moment her tears subsided Kagome pulled away sharply, embarrassed that she had let him see her so broken. "I- um, sorry I cried into your suit."
If he had heard her, he did not reply. He simply handed her the bag he had brought for her and shed his jacket, "Happy Birthday Ms. Higurashi."
He walked towards into her kitchen, "what are you doing?" she asked as she followed him. He started looking through her cabinets and fridge as though she had not spoken and her eye twitched in annoyance. "Classic Sesshomaru, coming into someone else's home and taking over as though you own the place." She mutter under her breath as she watched him take over her kitchen.
"I do. Your apartment complex is owned by one of my subsidiaries." He said flatly. Kagome rolled her eyes at his words. Of course he did; he owned everything. "Also I suggest you open the wine I got you; you look like you need it."
Kagome's eye twitched in annoyance, "I should have left you outside." She said as she opened the wine anyway. Her spirits slowly lifted as she watched Sesshomaru cook for her whilst she drank wine and criticized everything he did. In truth, the food smelled divine and it simultaneous annoyed and impressed her how good he was at everything.
She sipped her wine and watched, amused, as her boss set her dining table. "You are ruining it." She said, her eyes transfixed by his graceful movements.
"Ruining what, Ms. Higurashi?"
She sauntered over to the table and sat down, her wine glass still firmly in hand. He was right, she had needed it. "The worst moment of my life. You are ruining it."
Sesshomaru sat across from her and gave her one of his rare smiles, "You are welcome. Happy Birthday, Kagome."
