This first day was going.. Interesting.
Her co-workers gave her the basic tutorial, though they seemed.. Unprofessional. Yet somehow, at the same time, they seemed professional.
Jakotsu and Bankotsu would become her entertainment while she waited for customers, because currently, Kagome's grandfather was giving a tour and lecture of ancient history. A few people would come in, look around and make purchases. But mostly, she spent an hour watching Suzuki and Mori take nothing serious. Mostly, they were flirting. Withever or not they knew that was beyond her. She had yet to judge if they were better or worse than her previous colleagues.
She heard some guests walk in, so she turned her attention from her new co-workers to the customer. A girl with red hair and pigtails picked out a few various items and brought them to the desk, while another customer went to Suzuki and Mori, who immediately went into serious mode. She focused on her customer.
"Thank you, have a nice day." Sango told the girl and handed her new belongings.
"You too," The teen smiled, taking the items she had now purchased. She left the store, and went back to seeing the bone-eater's well.
A short while later, a series of customers came into the shop, looking around. Several would come up and purchase things. Sango gave fake recommendations if they'd ask, as she had no clue what most of this stuff was. She wouldn't tell them that, though. Or the fact she literally just got employed here.
She helped several customers, the work environment not too different from her last. Her shift wouldn't be done for a while, so she had plenty of time to adapt to these new surroundings.
A woman with very long, tied-up black hair walked in. She looked very... Gloomy and stressed.
She picked out several items said to bring good fortune and a Shikon no Tama key chain, and went to Sango's counter as Suzuki and Mori were busy.
Sango didn't ask why this woman was buying so many good luck charms, but it seemed odd. The woman's face remained blank and emotionless as she paid for the items, and the most she did was frown.
"Thank you, and have a nice day." Sango repeated, giving the mysterious woman her charms.
"Thank you, and you too." She took her charms and turned to leave, her ponytail barely holding together all of her hair as it flowed behind her.
"Ah, that Kikyo." Bankotsu commented, "You'll be familiar with her soon." Sango hardly noticed that her colleagues had come up near her.
"She come here often?"
"Very," Bankotsu leaned against the counter, "She needs 'all the luck she can get'. Least, according to her."
"Suikotsu's obsessed with her.." Jakotsu added, not caring to mention who Suikotsu was, "He should just give up already. She's got kids."
"Oh?"
The conversation ended as more customers came, and Jakotsu and Bankotsu went back to their counter.
Sango decided not to question that fact they knew someone whose name ended with 'kotsu'. She decided that in ultimately, she probably didn't want to know.
The hours soon passed, and she continued to observe this new environment.
"Hey, Sango," A cheerful-sounding Kagome said, rushing to the counter, still in her highschool uniform.
"Hello, Kagome."
Kagome smiles, "You look nice in that uniform."
"Thank you." Sango replied, a bit confused.
"Hey, so, your shift should be over soon, right?" Kagome leaned over the counter, hands to her face and her expression reminding Sango of a kitten about to get up to something its not supposed to.
"Yes."
"Great! Maybe you'd like to talk a bit when it does?" She asked, smiling widely.
Sango blinked, and then nodded, "Okay."
"Nice. See you then." Kagome waved, and presumably went to change out of her school uniform.
Soon enough, her shift ended. Sango changed out of her work uniform.
She was quickly found by Kagome, who had a very nice smile on her face, "Hi." She waved, "Done with work?"
Sango nodded, "You wanted to talk?"
"Mhm," Kagome smiles, making a lot of eye contact, "It's a nice day, and, nice days should be spent in nice places." She holds tightly to Sango's hand, leading her to a rather large tree.
She sat down, sitting Sango next to her.
Sango looked at the tree. Something about it seemed special.
"It's nice, right?" Kagome commented, gazing at the tree. She placed her hand rather close to Sango's own.
She nodded in response as Kagome placed her hand directly onto hers.
Small talk wasn't as intriguing as the moment itself. Sango forgot the last time she actually had a friend. She hadn't spoken to any of them in so long.. She had either pushed them away to focus on graduating as fast as possible or lost contact with them.
It was a nice feeling, friendship. She couldn't say she knew Kagome for that long, but she had this certain vibe to her. It seemed silly, but she seemed trustworthy.
"So," Kagome broke the silence, "How was your first day?"
"Hm? It was alright."
"Are your co-workers better than your last?" Kagome smiles.
Sango gazes down, "It's hard to judge someone in a day."
Her friend nods in agreement.
"I.. Should get going." As much as she'd love to stay, Sango had a little brother to get back to.
"Alright." Kagome says softly, "See you soon."
Sango waved goodbye and walked home, looking forward to the next day.
When she got home, she greeted Kirara and asked Kohaku if he needed any help with homework, and her other daily routines.
Quite soon, she changed and went to bed.
Collapsing into the softness of pillows and blankets.. She curled up and glanced at the charm Kagome gave her.
A small smile appeared on her face.
Everything was working out so far.. Everything was okay.
Withever or not it would stay that way, only time would tell.
She really hoped it would.
A/N: I kind of got stuck on this one.. I started writing it at least a week ago.
-Kikyo will be important later, as will the good luck charms thing.
-Suikotsu still likes Kikyo, like he's implied to in the anime. This isn't important in any way.
-Eventually, this will get more 'intense' (if that's the right word for "Naraku isn't satisfied with just getting someone fired").
Hopefully I'll get more writing motivation for this again.
