Kagome woke up at 6 a.m., a common time for her after a rather heavy night of binge drinking and casual mistakes. After letting out a heavy groan she sighed, Sesshomaru was still in her bed. Completely unconscious. Normally she wouldn't mind, however she hated him and today was the day she was going to sort her shit out.

"Fuck."

Grumbling she pushed herself from the sensual warmth and grudgingly collapsed into the shower, her entire body ached. The shower was the best place to think, you leave everything behind the glass door and simply emerge yourself in a moment of clarity and serenity. Kagome's involved several things, her work, her son, and finally Bankostu.

With a finality only a mathematician can surmise she decided she was going to take the rest of the week off. Her lithe delicate hands gently shampooed her scalp. Heaven. The water ran in peaceful torrents down her scarred body. They were deep wounds, that would have required extensive surgery had they been outwardly. They weren't, they were through kidnapped children, dead brothers, forced abortions. As she rinsed her hair she rinsed away the bad memories, it was to early to reminisce.

During her week off she was going to take her son back to the cottage, they hadn't returned much since the Christmas holidays, being Sesshomaru Taisho's 'fiance' was shockingly time consuming. Hopefully during that time she could introduce him to Bankostu. With that decision she washed away another soapy head.

Bankostu, she gently ran her fingers through silky strands coated in conditioner. Its been nearly a week since she's heard from him and she was beginning to worry. After raunchy and very dirty sex with Sesshomaru last night she concluded she did indeed have strong feelings for the handsome man, whether she loved him or not would all depend on what she felt when she saw him next. So whether he expected her or not she was coming.

Smiling genuinely (well not due to extreme intoxication) was refreshing, hopping out she toweled herself dry. It was going to be a very productive day! As if, nothing can go well if you wake up to the naked glory of a taiyoukai.

X

A young secretary, freshly cut and excited for work, sat stunned as a beautiful woman stormed into the office in a pair of light ankle cut skinny jeans and magenta pumps. Her wavy coal locks flung wildly down her back in absolute perfection. After exiting her initial stupor she realized that the cold woman was entering her bosses office.

"Excuse me miss! You can't go in there-"

A glare that could stop time was instantly shot in her direction before she opened the door and slammed it ferociously behind her. Useless bitch. And there sitting at his desk in all his wonderfully stunning glory was Bank, her Bank. Stomping over to him her blue eyes chaotic with fire and determination. Kagome sat delicately in a plush leather chair in front of his desk, her glare only hardening when he leaned back crossing his arms over his chest smirking. Kagome had realized on the rather unsafe drive over, that 1. she should be more wary of pedestrians, and 2. there was utterly no reason that he couldn't return her phone calls. Here he was sitting, in perfect health, green eyes glistening with amusement. Bastard.

"You should stop terrifying my staff, they aren't easy to replace."

Was he mocking her.

"Bankostu stop fucking around, i've been calling you all week."

"I've been busy."

That was a lie, and Kagome should know. She spent years lying, deceiving, fabricating scenarios to shy away from the truth. He wasn't even a good one (a liar that is), the way he ran his hand through his midnight black hair and kept his eyes downcast.

"Stop lying to me! I was really fucking worried you know."

Her face instantly softened, yes she realized she did love him. Kagome has love only one and a half men before her. Inuyasha, and Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru of course only counted it as half because of the circumstances that constantly followed their turmoiled relationship. But staring into his emerald eyes, remembering how anxious she felt when she would phone him and it would simply ring, and ring, and ring.

"Bank, I slept with Sesshomaru last night. I didn't mean it, I swear it just happened, we were both drunk. I was so worried about you and it just seems like everything is falling apart. I just, I was so scared something might of happened to you, and Shippo he just hasn't been the same around me. One drink turned into a few and it just happened. And I'm so sorry. It meant nothing I promise."

She hadn't meant to tell him, but realizing that she did love him she couldn't keep this from him. The words just tumbled out of her mouth before she could sensor them. A large lump formed in her throat, she choked a bit as she tried to swallow it. Why wouldn't it go away? Azure eyes silky with unshed tears, her breath caught, her heart stopped. Bankostu put his shaking head in his hands.

"I fucked up Kagome."

Kagome sat, frozen, her eyes unable to move from him. Waiting, waiting for him to continue.

"I um, I met someone else. It was just supposed to be a one time thing, but it developed."

Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, chanting worked in some cultures it should work for her. Just barely.

"I thought," she choked a bit trying to keep that vicious lump in her throat, "I thought you cared for me."

Her eyes were downcast, she couldn't look at him, the tears were bound to come then. Bankostu made a moved to get up but stopped, honestly he hadn't thought she would get this upset over it.

"What we had, it was just sex. We agreed on that. It was great, but everything with you pretending to be Sesshomaru's fiance and so busy with work. It just wasn't working out."

Kagome coughed to try and keep the tears from falling, this was not how it was supposed to go. Not at all.

"Its never just sex, you know that." She stood up straightening out her white v-neck t-shirt and looked into his stunning exotic eyes. They would have had beautiful children. "I came here because I was so worried about you that I couldn't sleep, I couldn't work. I came here to tell you I love you. To say that I was going to break off the fake engagement so that we could be together. I came here to take an initiative, and you didn't even have the balls to call me back and say you were with someone else."

Bankostu had never seen her display that much emotion, watching her become human once again. A fallen angel. Each word that escaped his mouth stabbed him, not in the heart that would be too quick. The pain echoed throughout his entire body, pulsing in agony. He was a bastard, and he knew it. In stunned silence he watched as she walked to the door.

"Goodbye Bank."

And then she was gone. And he felt empty, soul less.

X

Kagome took a deep breath of re-composure, her oceanic eyes became steely once more and the room was suddenly gassed with her powerful aura. The secretary sat dutifully in her desk eyes boring holes into her hands.

"If I find out it was you who was fucking him, I will personally kill you, so slowly you will regret having ever existed to even make the mistake."

The icy whisper chilled the young woman straight to the bone and she was instantly in tears. Fear can bring out the most interesting reactions in people. Feeling satisfied at regaining her formal glory of complete power she sauntered out of the office head held high. Fuck him, once less imbecile to worry about. Yes, Bankostu was the 2 ½ guy she every loved, and now he was in the past like the other 1 ½ idiots who dared cross her. That didn't stop her heart from aching though. Not by far.

X

Sesshomaru was pleased to find that the bed was empty when he awoke. Had the whore been with him he would have been enraged and done something incorrigible, like throw her out of his home completely naked. A playful smirk danced on his lips as he pictured her soaring out, her dirty nakedness blatant for the world to see. That would have been wonderful. Frowning at his torn clothing he preceded into Kagome's bathroom helping himself to all her bath items. In the mirror reflected a beautifully sculpted body, abs that you could melt butter on with toned muscular arms and legs. However his perfect body was marred with thin scabs across his chest. The sex was different this time than with any other woman, it was rough, violent, it wasn't sex. It was fucking. Smirking he remembered the raunchy wonderfulness of it, this was how he treated disrespectful women. During his shower he sensed Kagome re-entering his home. Was she asking to get punished again? He certainly believed so. His golden orbs flashed evilly, he felt his masculine power bubble from his center. Power from pure sinisterness that he hasn't experienced since the feudal era. It had been buried from modern laws and regulations towards the treatment of human beings.

As soon as his entire body was flooded with the brilliant idea of 'punishing' his bitch once more her presence in his house was once again gone. He stretched his senses out through his home and found she had taken her pup, worse... she left Rin distraught. Sesshomaru's glorious eyes flashed blood, quickly he was out of the shower draped in a towel. Not moments later he was clad in a designer suit, nothing but the best for the best.

"Rin."

Teary chocolate eyes stared up at him in complete desperation. Yellowish snot dripped from her nose which she not so gracefully wiped away on her brown sleeve leaving a long gooey streak. A scowl drew on his face.

"Sorry Sesshomaru-sama."

Sesshomaru stood stunned, not visually of course, Rin had not used such a formal name for him since he adopted her several years prior.

"Kagome left with Shippo, she said she couldn't take Rin cause her and daddy were fighting. Why are you and Kagome fighting daddy? It makes Rin sad."

That bitch, how dare she feed Rin with such lies. Well not lies, however she should not have shared their personal business with such a young child. Comfortably he patted her head with a regal hand.

"Do not worry about Kagome Rin, all is well. I'm sure her and Shippo will return soon. Now go play with Jaken."

In the far background he heard Jaken faint from fear, Rin's face lit up like a crack house and she scurried off. He would make sure Kagome and Shippo returned, how dare they just abandon Rin. Sesshomaru nearly smiled in anticipation of what was to come.

X

Kagome chuckled as she watched Shippo spill flour all over himself effectively painting himself a powdery white. Taking a washcloth she wiped away the fine sheet off his face laughing at his pout.

"Aw Ship, don't be sad. Come on try again."

The little boy smiled eagerly as he tried once again to measure two cups of flour when the doorbell rang. Kagome is rarely shocked, for during her assassin training she was taught to expect the unexpected. However when she opened the door and was scooped into a pair of muscular arms she was stunned. Even further when tender lips kissed her with so much passion her eyes melted closed and she released a heavy moan. After a very heated moment she was placed back onto the ground but not released.

"Kagome, I'm sorry. I love you so much, so much that your the last thing I think about before I sleep and the first thing I think about after I wake up. I get no work done anymore because all I think about is when I can see you again, I can't breathe when i'm away from you and i'm freakishly happy every time your around me. You complete me, and i'll be damned if I let you get away from me again."

Kagome stood stunned, a glimmering smile growing brighter as each second passed.

"Would you like to come in?"

Bankostu released a breath he hadn't realized he was holding and walked inside.

"Shippo I would like you to meet someone, this is my boyfriend, Bankostu."