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9
Kagome corned Inuyasha in the break room as soon as she arrived at work Monday morning. When Hojo parked the car, she took off, ignoring him as he called out to her. She hurried into the building, a woman on a mission as she passed by Keli, disregarding her hello. She was too focused to pay her any attention. Rushing into the elevator, Kagome waited for no one as she clicked the button for the seventh floor. Narrowing her eyes as the elevator began to ascend, she kicked into bitch mode, intent on finding Inuyasha and setting him straight.
When the elevator doors opened, Kagome ran out into the main office, brushing past a few colleagues as she hurried into his office. She was slightly annoyed when she found that he was not at his desk. Kagome sighed and quickly exited, searching the vast room for him.
"Are you looking for Mr. Tashio?" One of the employees asked her, distracting her attention.
Kagome nodded, frowning as she couldn't remember the woman's name. "Yeah…uh, do you know where he is?"
"He was in the break room a few minutes ago, Kagome. Why don't you go check in there?" The woman replied with a smile.
"Uh…okay, I will." She bit her lip, still unsure of her coworker's name. Kagome came to the embarrassing conclusion that she didn't know it, so she gave her an awkward smile and said, "Thank you."
Kagome walked casually towards the break room, smiling and pretending to act cheerful with the employees around her. But as soon as she walked into the room where Inuyasha resided, her happy façade melted into anger. She had entered the break room silently, finding him with his back turned towards her as he bent over the fridge, searching for something.
"Damn it all…this is disgusting!" He muttered, shuffling a few bottles around in the refrigerator. "It's such a mess! What is wrong with these people? Ugh, that smell…smells worse than a damn demon!" Inuyasha grumbled irritably, unaware that Kagome was standing right behind him. She watched him curiously, shocked by how odd his voice sounded.
'What's wrong with his voice? He sounds completely different. That's so weird…is he sick or something?' She wondered. Crossing her arms irritably as he continued to rearrange the fridge, Kagome found herself growing more and more impatient. She cleared her throat rudely, noticing how shocked her boss seemed as he whipped around to face her.
"Ka-Kagome…how long have you been standing there?" Inuyasha's face was ashen as he stared her down.
"Long enough," She replied briskly. Kagome frowned at how serious his face had grown. "What's wrong with you?"
"Noth-nothing! You just caught me off guard, that's all," Inuyasha stammered, and he took a deep breath to steady his nerves. Turning back around to close the refrigerator door, he smiled slightly, relieved that she hadn't seemed to notice anything. 'Damn…only a few more sentences, Inuyasha, and you would've ruined everything!'
"Mr. Tashio, I need to talk to you! It's important." Her tense tone caught his attention. Twisting his head around to glance at her, he replied, "Sure. What is it?"
Kagome clicked her tongue and walked closer to him. Eyeing him closely, she asked frankly, "Why are you trying to transfer Hojo?"
Inuyasha didn't even flinch at her question. "What are you talking about?"
Glaring at him, Kagome spat, "Don't play coy with me. Hojo told me all about his new job offer at Akima Marketing. You know, the job you insisted that he take."
Inuyasha couldn't help but smile at how upset she was. He was surprisingly delighted seeing her infamous scrunched up face angry face again. How he had missed it. "I wouldn't go as far as saying I insisted he take the job. I merely suggested it, since he told me of his desire for an advancement."
Kagome faltered from his reply, but only a little. "So, this has nothing to do with you and I?"
Inuyasha's heart pounded rapidly from her question, but he played it cool, remembering to stay in character. 'Kagome cannot find out what I'm up to any time soon. She's not ready for the truth yet.'
Cocking a brow at her, Inuyasha asked dumbly, "What do you mean by you and I?"
She rolled her eyes and replied, "Oh please! Like you don't know, Inuyasha!"
He frowned slyly and shook his head, mentally restraining the urge to smile. Inuyasha found that he was rather enjoying his role play at the moment. He had always loved screwing with Kagome, and now wasn't any different. She was such an easy target. "I'm sorry, Kagome, but I don't understand where you're going with this."
Kagome sighed loudly, her hands bawled into fists. "Listen up, Inuyasha! You and I both know what's really going on here."
"Do we now? Care to enlighten me?" He asked her cheekily, relishing in the way she stared daggers at him.
"You can just drop the act, cause I'm on to you! If you think that you can move in on me while Hojo's away, think again, because it's never going to happen!"
Inuyasha grinned at her bold declaration, shaking his head as he picked his coffee mug off of the counter. 'Well, well, well. So you figured me out, huh? Unfortunately for you, I'm not going to admit to it,' Inuyasha thought smugly, satisfied with himself. His gaze flickered over at her as he nonchalantly replied, "I'm sorry, Kagome, but moving in on you is the last thing I have on my mind." After taking a quick sip of his coffee, he added, "There's work to do."
He left the room without another word, and Kagome watched him exit, shocked by his reaction to her accusation, or lack thereof one. She couldn't help but feel foolish and a little pathetic for confronting him in the first place. 'Am I just imagining all of this?' Kagome wondered disappointedly. 'No, I can't be! He's-he's doing this to me on purpose! I can feel it!'
Grumbling as she wandered out of the break room and headed for her office, Kagome began to wonder if maybe she was the one with the problem, not Inuyasha. 'Could it be that I'm making up all of this stuff because I'm beginning to have feelings for him, and I want him to feel that way about me?' She blushed at the insane thought, and rushed into her office of solitude before anyone in the Center could get a look at her red cheeks.
Her gaze flickered over at his door, and Kagome suppressed the desire to pop her head in to see if he needed anything. "If he needs anything, he'll call," she whispered, irritated with herself. Plopping down at her desk, Kagome turned her computer on and waited as it booted, her attention always finding it's way back to his door.
"I'm not going to bother him!" She muttered harshly. Finally, the computer booted to the log in screen and Kagome was saved. 'I have a lot of work to do, and I don't have time to waste thinking about that jerk!' Kagome mentally told herself as she started clicking on the menu tab. She frowned suddenly, examining her last thought. 'He's not a jerk…why would I even think that about him? Ugh, my mind is all messed up! I don't know what to feel anymore! Do I hate him, or not?' She rolled her brown eyes as she mumbled, "No, I don't hate him…I wish I did, though. It would make things so much easier."
Kagome sighed and propped her chin in her left hand, clicking mindlessly as her focus began to wander. As usual, her thoughts centered on her handsome young boss, and she was distracted from her duties yet again. Her brows furrowed in annoyance as she fought so hard to keep him off of her mind while she worked. 'If only he weren't so handsome...'
Eventually, he called her into his office to discuss some new developments with the company, and Kagome went happily, eager to simply be around him. She forgot all about the anger she had felt for him earlier as she took her notes diligently, relishing each and every word he spoke. Kagome secretly savored the short time she had with him, and when he sent her back to her office to type up a document he requested, she knew she would wait impatiently all day until he called for her again.
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