Prompt given:
"I'd kill for a coffee... Literally."

Kagome groaned, the sound throaty and broken, walking in on the high stack of paper that definitely wasn't on her desk when she went to the restroom two minutes ago. Today just wasn't her day. She'd woken up extremely late, didn't even have time to brush her bed head away, got rained on because she was too preoccupied getting out the door this morning to notice the weather, barely managed to make it to work within her five minute leeway time, and had coffee spilled on her within thirty seconds of walking into the building. Now there was a pile of reports a mile high that she was more than willing to bet were deadlined for the end of the day.

Her friend wheeled herself from behind their shared cubicle wall, her desk chair giving a squeak as she leaned back with a sympathetic smile. "Hojo just dropped that off. He was even nice enough to give me got a lovely stack."

"Great." Kagome plopped down on her seat, wiggling her mouse to bring her monitor screen back to life.

"Remember that one time we came up with that super cool plan to completely rearrange his office so it'd take him like a week to find anything he's looking for?" Sango asked, lowering her voice to just above a whisper. Kagome couldn't help the small grin that crept over her face. "Well, I'm gonna go ahead and put it back on the table."

"Where did this workload even come from?" She shook her head in disbelief, flipping through the top chunk of the mountain.

"Hell."

Kagome heaved a sigh, pursing her lips and aiming the heavy breath to flutter her already-messy bangs. The height of her stack certainly meant their company was gaining more traction and developing more business, but these weren't purely printed at the end of the month. They were placed on her supervisor's desk as the days went on, and he was infamous for his last-minute delegation. What made it all the worse was he did it with this can-do attitude and a bright, gleaming, dentist-approving smile that had instigated she and her co-worker to plan the demise of his work station on multiple occasions.

This month was certainly the worst in a while, given it was the thirtieth of April and she only had about seven and a half hours left - with a skipped lunch included - to get her pile completed. Given the depth of it, she figured she'd probably also have to go into overtime. Which meant the possibility of having to postpone dinner with her fiancee.

Multitasking, Kagome minimized the current work on her desktop, opening the New Report screen to prepare for the avalanche she was about to input as she discretely pulled her cell phone out of her purse, opening her messages.

Work's already super crazy. Might be a little late tonight. 3

She'd barely started on her first report when her phone buzzed next to her keyboard, alerting her of a text.

Tried waking you this morning but you wouldn't budge lol end of month crap?

Even more than usual! I'm so sorry!

Don't be. We'll order pizza tonight if you have to stay late. Keep me posted.

Oh. The "P" word. The word that had Kagome weak in the knees. She smiled, loving how he always knew how to perk up the end of a stressful day while she still sat in the mess of it all. It gave her something to look forward to.

Have you even had coffee?

No :( I'd kill for a coffee right now… literally. BUT someone spilled theirs on me not too long ago so maybe the lingering smell will work as a placebo affect or something.

The texts stopped there and Kagome figured Inuyasha was caught up at work, so she finally got started on her own, taking the first report accessible from the pile, and setting it between her arms as she began to type the information in. About half way through the first page, her desk phone beeped, the receptionist calling her name through the speaker. She picked up the receiver, politely greeting the sweet girl on the other end.

"Would you mind coming up front real quick? A package was delivered for you?"

"A package? Oh! It's probably those business cards I ordered. I'll be up in a sec." Kagome smiled, finishing the little section she was on before rolling her chair away from her desk and heading towards the lobby.

Coming around the corner, she headed directly to the large, mahogany desk housing the receptionist, glancing around for the small box she was expecting. The girl smiled, gesturing her eyes behind Kagome so that she'd take the hint and turn around, finding her silver-haired, well-dressed fiancee standing off to the side, a large, logo'd cup in hand.

"I figured you'd need this." He smiled, moving in.

Kagome met him half way, the lights shining down from heaven creating a magical aura around the man before her. "I don't deserve you." She gushed, happily taking the gifted coffee before standing on her toes to thank him with a sweet peck.

"Wow, you weren't kidding when you said you smelled like-"

"Get out of here." Kagome playfully pushed at his arm, bringing a laugh from him as he waved goodbye and headed out.