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Chapter Four

Kagome unlocked the door to her apartment and then walked inside. She made her way over toward the couch and plopped down onto it.

"Man, what a day." sighed Kagome as her head fell back against the back of the couch. The memory of the office and the scenes that had happened flooded into her head. 'What was up with InuYasha? I've worked for him for I don't know how long now and he's never been that humble before.'

She looked at the clock, which read ten thirty. Kagome's eyes widened and she sat up. 'Man, now the creeps got me thinking about him! Agh! I need a vacation' She thought as she walked into her bathroom and started a shower.

InuYasha sat in front of his TV watching the late night show while eating a tuna fish sandwich. He stared at the TV, but wasn't really watching it. His mind started playing the scenes at the office.

'What's gotten into me? Was I actually being nice to Higurashi?' InuYasha asked himself.

"No. I just wanted the article to be perfect. That's the only reason I would even consider helping her. That's the only thing that makes since." he said aloud as he got up and threw away what was remaining of his sandwich.

Then he remembered what had he said to her.

"Should have known better. Like he'd ever help me. All he does is laugh at me every chance he gets."

"You know, I don't . . . always laugh at you." InuYasha said so quietly that Kagome almost didn't hear it. She whirled around to look at him.

"What did you say?" Kagome asked in complete shock.

"I said I don't always laugh at you. There's sometimes when I really don't know what to do around you." InuYasha said trying to avoid looking her in the eyes.

"Why did I say that? What was I thinking? Agh! Now she's going to think that I like her or something!" he yelled at himself. He ran a hand through his silver hair, trying to think of a way to get out of this situation. "I'll just have to work her even harder. That way she'll know for certain that I hate her. There's no way that I'm going to let her think that I've forgiven her for what she did to me!"

The next morning, Kagome was actually on time. She walked into her office with five minutes to spare.

Sango, who is always early, followed her inside. "Well, it looks like someone's having a good morning."

Kagome smiled, "It's funny, because I really am having a fairly decent morning today."

Sango rolled her eyes, "Well, it does help to get to work on time. Anyway, how long did you stay last night?"

Kagome sighed. "Um, about two hours after everyone left. I got home around ten." she replied as she put her briefcase on her desk and pulled at the article she drew up the previous night, "But look, I finished the article!"

"Lord praise the article!" Sango teased her and Kagome glared back, "Just joking. So, you were here for two hours, by yourself? I would have left and finished it in the morning."

"Yeah well, I've been pushing InuYasha's patience lately, so I thought that if I can't be here on time at least my work should be. Besides, I wasn't here all by myself." Kagome said as she quickly busied herself with reorganizing her desk.

The attempt; however, didn't distract Sango from lifting her eyebrow and asking, "Really? Who stayed here with you then?"

Kagome blushed slightly as she remembered her and InuYasha's encounter. "Um, it . . . it wasn't anyone important."

A smirk tugged at Sango's lips, "Ooo, yeah it is! Or else you wouldn't be blushing and hesitating! Spill! Who was it?"

Kagome's blush deepened. 'Great. Now I really can't tell her that it was InuYasha. I don't want her to know that I'm blushing over him. Which is surprising to even me!'

"Um, it was just--" Kagome started but someone interrupted her.

"Hey, Higurashi! I want you to bring me that article you finished last night. You know the one that I saved for you." her boss said as he walked into the room, "I want it by noon." With that said he existed.

Kagome was blushing twice as hard now and was staring at the ground hoping she would sink down into it.

"Nobody important, huh?" Sango said as she crossed her arms over her chest and a grin spread across her face, "I'd say by the amount of blush on your face that something happened. Am I right?"

Kagome's eyes shifted from the floor up to Sango's. She saw amusement in them. 'Oh, so you think this is funny do you? Well, see I tell you anything ever again.' Kagome looked back down at the floor, frowning at it. "Nothing happened, Sango."

Sango started laughing, "That's the lamest lie I've ever heard! Tell me what happened! What did he do to make you this flustered?"

Kagome looked up at her like she'd never seen her before. "You can't be serious? I'm not flustered. I'm just stressed."

"I thought this was a good morning though? Are you saying that just by InuYasha walking into your office you can go from carefree to stressed out just like that?" Sango asked, the grin never leaving her face.

"Yes. InuYasha has never been one of my favorite people to see. Just looking at him gives me a headache." Kagome replied.

Sango watched as Kagome as she nervously clicked her pen and she slowly began to realize something. "Oh my gosh. You like him, don't you?"

Kagome made a gagging motion. "What! Oh that's so gross! I would never like him! I thought we had this conversation yesterday?"

"Well, you didn't tell me what happened so I'm assuming that you and him have something going on. What reason could there possibly be for you guys to hate each other?" Sango asked in a teasing way, but stopped when she saw Kagome near tears. "Kagome? What's wrong?"

Kagome looked over at her, "He cheated on me, Sango and I'll never forgive him for it."

Okay, I've finally managed to find time to write chapter four, but I still having a writer's block. So, if anyone has an idea, like a small scene, then I welcome them. (lol) Please &R!

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