From her seat at the sofa, Kagome watched the different interactions of her father, who was obvious in his want for the man not to be there, to Pepper, who warmly greeted the man.

"Mr. Stark."

"Phil! Come in." Pepper was up and moving towards Phil quicker than her father, not that Kagome was surprised. Tony really didn't play well with others. Well, specific others.

"Phil?" Tony was actually stunned, the man had a first name.

Pepper and Phil continued to ignore Tony so they could have their own conversation. "I can't stay," Phil replied to her question.

"Uh... his first name is Agent." Tony quickly moved to interrupt the two, leaving Kagome highly entertained. Not a lot of people came up to Stark Tower's penthouse, so she was going to enjoy this while she could.

"Come on in, we're celebrating." despite Phil's earlier reply, Pepper insisted he join in.

Tony however, was quick to say otherwise. "Which is why he can't stay."

Kagome placed her glass on the table, and folded her arms over the back of the couch, wondering if it was wrong of her to want a bowl of popcorn while she watched the current proceedings. And then mentally asked herself just how much of her father had rubbed off on her since she'd moved in with him.

"We need you to look this over." Phil held out a packet, which Kagome could only assume was files of some kind. "Soon as possible."

"I don't like being handed things."

"That's alright, cause I love to be handed things. So, let's trade." Kagome lifted a brow as Pepper handed off her glass for the folder, which she then gave to Tony, before taking her glass back from Phil. "Thank you."

Tony glanced down at the folder in his hands before raising a brow in Phil's direction. "Official consulting hours are between eight and five every other Thursday."

"This isn't a consultation."

Kagome had to give the man respect, he was keeping a mild, pleasant smile despite her father's prodding.

Watching Tony move to one of his interactive desks, Pepper spoke up. "Is this about The Avengers? Which I.. I know nothing about."

Kagome perked up at that, wondering what the 'Avengers' could possibly be. It was also then that Phil turned his attention towards her.

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