Apartment For Two
Chapter 3: Her first day at the ramen eatery
Written by DoReMi
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.
Sorry for the delay! I had a writer's block, and was busy due to school works. If you want to know why I was so busy with school works, you can find out about it in my Xanga page. You can find the link/address (URL) in my author profile page. If you can't find it, my Xanga ID is StArZyNiTER.
I decided to change Inuyasha's hair from short to long. To answer Demon Thief's question, Sango and Miroku will be in this fan fic.
Hope you will like this chapter! Enjoy!
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"Inuyasha, are you okay?" Kagome asked worriedly and stared at the unmoving Inuyasha.
"What did you just say?" Inuyasha asked and sat up on the sofa.
"Are you okay?" she said confusingly.
"No, before that," he said quickly.
"I'm going to attend St. Aiko Gakuen and am a first year student," she told him.
"I can't believe this," he thought and covered his forehead with his left hand like he had a headache.
"Inuyasha, are you okay?" she asked again.
"To answer you question, I'm definitely not really okay," he replied.
"Why?" she questioned innocently.
"Because it is already too much for me to share this apartment with you, and working with you at the ramen eatery. Now, we even attend the same school. This is absolutely too much for me to handle," he said while closing his eyes and shaking his head with his long hair covering his face.
"What? This is so cool. We can go to school together on the first day, since I forgot how to get to there. So what year are you in? Second, third, or same as me?" she quickly asked happily.
"Cool? This is not cool for me," he said, stood up from the sofa and walk toward his room.
"Inuyasha, you still haven't told me which year are you in?" she said, but received no reply. He went into his room and shut the door.
"Inuyasha?" she said for a few more time.
After hearing her said his name for so many times, Inuyasha finally replied loudly, "What?"
"You don't want your ramen anymore?" Kagome questioned while holding his cup of ramen with her right hand.
He walked out of his room, and toward her who stood in the middle of the hall. Then, he snatched it from her hand and walking back toward his room.
"Hey, don't I at least get to hear a "Thank you?" she said.
"No," he replied quickly. "Because you don't thank someone who give you something back that you deserve."
"What a rude guy," she thought angry and walked back to the living room to watch her favorite TV show.
Over the weekend, they hardly saw each other. Inuyasha always leave early in the morning to work and don't come back till late at night. Kagome would take a walk around the neighborhood to get to know what kind of place is it. But a lot of her time was spent at home relaxing, because she knew once she started working she won't having much free time.
Monday – Kagome's first day of work.
Kagome wore a pale blue short sleeve blouse and a pair of khaki pants and was making breakfast in the kitchen, when she heard the door of Inuyasha's room open. She saw him walked out of his room wearing a black sleeveless muscle tee shirt and a pair of black sweat pant. He was scratching his head while he was walking toward the bathroom. His long black hair was a mess, because they had a lot of knots in it. After a few minutes, he came out of the bathroom and quickly ran back to his room to change. He came out wearing a red short-sleeve polo shirt and a pair of straight black trouser.
"Good morning, Inuyasha," Kagome greeted him cheerfully.
"You sure are happy on a Monday morning," he replied sleepily and sat on one of the chairs next to the table.
"I'm just looking forward to my first day of work," she told him with a smile on her face, walking out of the kitchen, and holding two dishes full of scrambled eggs, toast, and pancakes with her hands. She put one in front of him, and the other one across from his seat. Then she walked back into the kitchen. "Inuyasha, what would you like to drink: orange juice or milk?"
When Kagome heard no reply from him, she turned around to see what is wrong. She saw his mouth hung open, and his jaw almost reached the table.
"Inuyasha, why do you look so surprise?" she questioned.
"Because I never thought you would make breakfast for me. Are you feeling okay?" he told her.
"I feel fine. I'm just being nice, but don't get use to it," she said quickly. "So what would you like to drink?"
"Orange juice will be fine," he replied.
"Okay," she said, and brought out two glasses full with orange juices.
They ate breakfast quietly, and Inuyasha cleaned the dishes up as a way to thank Kagome for the meal. The two of them left the apartment and on their way to work.
"Will everyone be there by now?" Kagome asked curiously.
"Maybe," Inuyasha replied. "We are here."
"So fast," she said and just stood there in front of the restaurant.
"It is not far from our apartment. Come on, you can't stand here all day. You are here to work," he told her and pulled her into the ramen eatery.
"Ouch," she said, because Kagome almost tripped by the door's threshold. "I know how to walk. You don't need to pull me into here."
"You do, because you just stood there like a piece of wood earlier," he replied.
After hearing what he said, Kagome became quite angry and held her hands into a fist. She was ready to knock Inuyasha on the head with her fists, when Kaede came to greet them.
"Kagome, you are here," Kaede said. "Good morning, Inuyasha."
"Good morning, Aunt Kaede," Kagome greeted with a smile.
"Inuyasha, why don't you show Kagome around and introduce her to the other staffs?" Kaede suggested.
"Why not," he replied, put his left hand on Kagome's right wrist, and pulled her to follow him.
"I can walk, so don't pull me with you like a dog," she stated angrily and snatched her hand away from him.
"Whatever," he said and led her into the kitchen. "Where is he? He should be here by now."
"Who is he?" she questioned.
"You are about to find out. There he is," Inuyasha said. "Souyuu, I need to introduce you to Higurashi."
"He looks so young, like around our age. How come he work in the kitchen?" she asked.
"You will find out soon," Inuyasha replied and looked at Souyuu who was coming toward them.
Souyuu, who wore all white in a chef uniform and tied his short hair into a small ponytail, had came by their side. He stood in front of Kagome and said, "Good morning, Miss Higurashi. My name is Souyuu Miroku. You can call me Miroku. I'm the assistant chef."
"Good morning, Miroku. My name is Higurashi Kagome. You can call me Kagome. I think I probably will be the new waitress," she replied with a smile.
Then suddenly, Miroku held both of Kagome's hands into his hands and said, "Would you be my girlfriend?"
"What?" Both Inuyasha and Kagome asked at the same time.
"I said would you be my girlfriend," Miroku repeated.
"It is nice of you to ask, but we have only met not more than five minutes ago," she stated sincerely.
"But I would like to be with you," Miroku said genuinely.
"Miroku, do you have to ask that question to every living and walking female who came here?" Inuyasha stated casually.
"What? Inuyasha, is that the reason why he is not working with the customers like us?" she said.
"That is only one of the reasons," Inuyasha replied.
"There are more?" Kagome questioned.
"And you are almost about to find out," Inuyasha said quickly, and moved forward. He held Miroku's right hand up before Miroku could caress Kagome's behind. "This is the other reason why he can't work outside, because he can't stop his wandering hand from touching the female customers."
"Oh…," she replied.
"We need to move on. There is still one more staff you need to meet," Inuyasha said and turned around quickly to leave the kitchen.
"Bye-bye, Miroku," Kagome said and quickly followed Inuyasha out of the kitchen.
"See you later, Miss Kagome," Miroku said. "I will miss you a lot!"
"So who are we going to meet next?" she asked Inuyasha curiously.
"The chef," Inuyasha told her, and got a sight of the chef coming into the eatery. "There he is."
Both of them walked toward the middle of the eatery, then Inuyasha suddenly stopped and Kagome stopped walking also.
"How come we stopped walking all of a sudden? I thought you are going to introduce me to the chef," she questioned confusingly.
"Higurashi, this is our chef, Komori," Inuyasha stated.
"I don't see anyone," she said and turned her head to look around.
"I'm here," Komori said. He held his hand upward and waved downward for Kagome's attention.
"Sorry, I didn't see you! You look so young," she told the sorry. Then she whispered to Inuyasha who is beside her, "Are you sure he is the chef? He seems too young to be a chef or even working."
"I'm not joking. He is our chef, and don't let his look fool you," Inuyasha told her.
"Good morning, Mr. Komori. My name is Higurashi Kagome. You can call me Kagome," she told him with a smile.
"Good morning, Kagome. My name is Komori Shippo. I know it is hard to believe I'm the chef here, because I look so young. But I'm one of the best in this business," Shippo said. "Why don't I make you a bowl of our famous ramen, before we open?"
"Okay," she replied happily.
"Kagome, I have to set the table up before we open, so I will leave you with Shippo now," Inuyasha told her and left.
"Bye," she said and followed Shippo back to the kitchen.
Once Shippo and she entered there, Miroku came forward quickly and held her hands in his.
"Miss Kagome, you are back. Did you miss me?" Miroku questioned. She laughed nervously in reply.
"Miroku, get to work. Have you started or even finished making the ramen yet?" Shippo questioned. He went to the stove to heat a big pot of water.
"Almost finished," Miroku said. He let go of her hands and went back to the table, where piles of dough are on it.
After he twisted it for a while, the dough had become many pieces of thin ramen.
"Finished," Miroku stated.
Shippo added the ingredients into the big pot of water as the soup base. Then he used the other stove and started making the food that go with the ramen and soup. After a few minutes, a hot bowl of tonkotsu ramen with a boiled egg, yakibuta, and nori as toppings was made.
"Why don't you take it outside to eating? Miroku and I need to start preparing for business," Shippo told her.
"Okay," she replied and took the bowl of ramen outside of the kitchen. Then she put it on the table that is nearest to the kitchen. She sat down and used a pair of chopsticks from the bucket on the table. "Itadakimasu," she said softly and started eating.
After Kagome had finished eating the noodle and drank the soup, Inuyasha came by and question, "How do you like it?"
"It is delicious," she exclaimed happily. "Where do I put the bowl?"
"Take it back to the kitchen," he told her. "After you finished, come back out and I will tell you what you need to do."
When Kagome entered the kitchen with the empty bowl, she still was clueless about where she should put the bowl.
"Miroku, where do I put the dirty dishes?" she questioned.
"In the sink over there," Miroku said and pointed to the other end of the kitchen.
"Oh," she said and took it over there.
After she put it into the sink and was about to leave, Miroku came forward and asked again, "Miss Kagome, will you give me the pleasure and be my girlfriend?"
She was about to reply, when Shippo interrupted, "Kagome, you can ignore him. So how do you like the ramen?"
"It was delicious," she remarked.
"Glad to hear you like it," Shippo said and continued to do what he was doing just a few minutes ago.
She turned around and started to leave, when Miroku blocked the exit and question, "So Miss Kagome, what will be the answer?"
"I really don't know," she said and would have continued to say something, if his hand was not on her behind.
Kagome slapped Miroku hard on the face, and told him the answer to his question, "I don't want to be your girlfriend." Then she left the kitchen.
"From all that noise, I assume you have an encounter with Miroku's wandering hand," Inuyasha said and couldn't stop himself from laughing.
"Stop laughing, you …," she said furiously.
"You what?" he asked in between his laughter.
"You big insensitive jerk," she exclaimed and hit him on the shoulder with her fist. The hit from Kagome made Inuyasha lose his balance, and fell on the floor.
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