A couple of weeks after the shopping trip, Kagome decided it was high time to get over her aversion to going "home". It wasn't that she really needed her clothes now, although there were a few comfortable favorites that she wouldn't mind getting back, but there were a few personal Items that she could no longer go without. She couldn't just keep using Sesshomaru's computer, and there were a few other little things that seemed like more of a big deal to her now that she actually had a visible future. And now that Sesshomaru knew mostly what went on in that house, there was really no reason to keep avoiding it.

After bringing the subject up with Sesshomaru, they agreed that they could go that weekend. Rin would go spend the day with Kaede (the babysitter), and they could take Sesshomaru's Volvo xc60 so that they would only need to take one trip.

In the meantime, Sesshomaru could no longer avoid going into the office. There was only so much he could do from home, and he had reached the limit. He had offered to call his mother so that Kagome wouldn't be home alone, but Kagome declined, saying that she would like to see where he worked. Sesshomaru agreed with the stipulation that she stay in the office and out of the way so that everyone could go undistracted.

So, that is how Kagome found herself dressed in a very professional looking white blouse and black pencil skirt that Izayoi had picked out for her along with a royal blue knit cardigan and leather ballet flats that Friday morning in the passenger side of Sesshomaru's silver Honda, pulling into the parking garage under the tall and imposing Taisho Tower which was the headquarters for Taisho inc. and all of its subsidiaries. Kagome knew he was the CEO but it really hadn't connected in her brain until she was in the glass elevator riding up the side of the tower getting slightly nauseous as she watched the ground outside slowly disappear beneath her. And that is how Sesshomaru learned that his mate was afraid of heights. He almost laughed when she reached out and grasped his sleeve for dear life as they passed the 25th floor. Unfortunately for poor Kagome, Sesshomaru's office was on the 180th floor, and by the time they reached said floor Kagome was clinging on to Sesshomaru's arm with her eyes screwed firmly shut.

Of course, as soon as the now claustrophobically small glass box had stopped moving Kagome straightened up and composed herself, purposely not looking out the glass windows, and calmly exited the glass death box as the stainless steel doors opened with a happy little "Ding!". Sesshomaru watched this whole scene bemusedly, thinking that one of these days he would have to take her flying...

Once inside Sesshomaru's impressive office, Kagome set to looking around as Sesshomaru disposed of his briefcase on the desk and set to sifting through all the paperwork and calls that had slowly accumulated in his absence.

Kagome was careful in her exploring not to touch anything that looked too important, but she was fascinated with some of the little decorations and keepsakes on display. You would never be able to tell from just passing him on the street, but deep down Sesshomaru definitely had a sentimental side. Covering the north wall of his office was a floor to ceiling black walnut bookshelf. On almost every other shelf was either a picture of Rin or a framed scribbly drawing signed in a shaky little girls hand and addressed to "Lord Sesshomaru". It was adorable how many little girls keepsakes adorned this demon's workspace. The books on the shelves were an assortment of college textbooks in various subjects, business books, a shiny encyclopedia set, and an entire shelf devoted to children's books, probably for days that Rin may have to spend at the office with him. On the south wall of the office, there was an assortment of strategically placed diplomae and certificates, as well as a what Kagome now knew as the Taisho family seal, a large cherry red Sakura blossom, painted directly onto the wall. The door to his office was on the east side and the west wall was one big thick glass window from which Kagome could see most of western Tokyo and beyond. From the safety of Sesshomaru's office, Kagome was less afraid of falling to her death than she was in the death trap they called an elevator but was still wary of standing too close to the glass. One can never be too careful.

About an hour before noon Sesshomaru was called into a meeting and left Kagome to her own devices with instructions to the secretary outside to get Kagome anything she asks for. Approximately 30 minutes into this meeting, Kagome found herself with nothing left to do. She had browsed through all the interesting looking textbooks, mostly the psychology and art history ones, she had read all of the children's books, and had run out of things to doodle on the scrap paper pile near the paper shredder. Deciding she needed something more productive to do, Kagome peaked her head out of the office door and tried to get the secretary's attention.

"Psst! Hey!"

The secretary swiveled around in her chair to face the young woman behind her. She was pretty. she had silky brown hair cropped into a stylish pixie cut which made her sweet round face look even younger than she was, which was a little funny seeing as how she was a demon also, so she could easily be anywhere between 19 and 10,000 years old. If you take into account that demons age fare slower than humans then it was more like 500-10,000 years old. Sitting in her sweetly shaped face, set just the perfect amount of space apart were two almond-shaped strawberry red eyes with long thick eyelashes. Her nose was just the tiniest bit crooked which was more endearing than off-putting. Her thin pink lips pulled into a welcoming smile to show off perfectly white teeth, though her central incisors were slightly larger than what might be normal and Kagome made the assumption that she was probably a mouse or rabbit demon. "How can I help you, Miss Higurashi?" asked the petite secretary.

"I was wondering if there was anything I could do to help around here. It's ridiculously boring in here alone."

The demoness smiled widely. "If you wanted to put this pile of papers through the shredder, I would not complain. We're all playing catchup now that Lord Sesshomaru is back in."

Kagome practically bounded out of the office and sat herself down next to the paper shredder and one by one began feeding paper into it, watching maybe a little too much childish glee as she watched the papers get sucked in and torn apart. To be fair, paper shredding is pretty entertaining.

Kagome took one small task after another which was how Sesshomaru came back to find her alphabetizing the large filing cabinet beside Miss Saito's desk. Arching a brow at his secretary, he waited for an explenation.

"Miss Higurashi asked if there was anything she could do to help. She is very organized and might make someone a wonderful assistant."

Sesshomaru inclined his head in acknowledgment. Turning to his intended he asked, "Shall we go get lunch?"

Standing up and stretching Kagome turned to him with a smile and nodded in agreement. "Yeah, let's go."

Sesshomaru turned to his secretary, "We should be back within the hour. Go ahead and clock out for lunch, we'll see you later."

They walked down the street to a small cafe and sat down at a table back in the corner.

"How was the meeting?" Kagome asked, attempting to start up a conversation.

"Monotonous."

"That bad huh?"

"I honestly do not see the point to half the meetings they make me attend, they almost never get anything done in there." He huffed.

Kagome laughed and shook her head as the waitress on duty came up to their table and took their orders. "Maybe they should have the meetings by themselves then just have you sign off on the results. As the CEO, you get the final say, so you would still have a say, and you could waste less time."

"If only it worked like that" Sesshomaru shook his head. "How was it you ended up assisting my secretary?"

Kagome flushed "I got bored" she admitted somewhat chagrined.

"Hmmm... she seemed to appreciate the help."

"Yeah, she was working pretty frantically. haha..."

After they finished eating, they headed back up to the office, where Kagome resumed her alphabetizing, and Sesshomaru got back to his own work.

On the way home that evening before picking Rin up from Kaede's. Sesshomaru spoke up.

"How would you like a part-time job...?"

Kagome glanced at him curiously. "Doing what?"

"Just what you did today. You could assist Miss Saito in her work and perhaps me as well. nothing very complicated."

Kagome smiled. "Sounds like fun! When do I start?"

"As soon as you want. No rush. It's not like we're looking for assistance, but Miss Saito seemed very satisfied with your work, and you could use the occupation."

"That's true. How about Monday?"

" That's fine."

"Awesome. We get to work together!"

Sesshomaru did have to admit that it would be good to keep her close for a while, but eventually, he was sure that she would want to find her own career path. On the plus side, they had lots of time to figure all that out.

AN. Ok so I know it's been a while since I was on here and I deeply apologize. Life has been insane the past several months. Thank you all for the comments while I was gone, you guys kept me going, even though I wasn't updating.

As always, feel free to offer some constructive criticism. I always love to hear from you guys. I'll try and update again next week.