The perfect date

by lmgurl92

Inuyasha Takashi has it all, he's handsome, smart, rich, and charming, everything Kagome needs to make her perfect older sister completely green with jealousy. He'd be the perfect date to her sister's wedding, but there's only one catch He's her boss...

15. Why can't you like me?

A/N: Told you I'd come back soon, LOL

Ch 15: Why can't you like me?

Disclaimer: Ugh I don't own Inuyasha

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It was four in the morning when she woke up. She didn't get much sleep last night, she kept thinking about what Sesshomaru told her over and over again. It wasn't that she was so flattered by his offer, but she was more concerned about telling Rin. She would have to eventually right? She knew it would disappoint her. she had overheard her tell Ayame that she was hoping to get asked out by Sesshomaru, it would be the only way she'd be able to go to the dinner.

Kagome decided that she just wouldn't tell her. It would be simple, she was only going to the dinner as a business move, and Sesshomaru was right. What she didn't tell her wouldn't hurt her. It was about five in the morning and she had just stepped out of the shower. She had to get ready for the morning signing. Even though she had thought it would be simple not to mention it to Rin, but as soon as she picked up the phone to call her, an overwhelming feeling of guilt came over her. The phone rung a couple of times and by the third ring she wanted to hang up but, Rin had already answered it before she could.

"You have to stop calling so early..." She said groggily and Kagome bit her lip. She wanted so badly to just scream it out. It was horrible what she was doing, but she had to ask herself, "how would Rin react?" What would she do after she told her. Just the idea of admitting it scared her so much she couldn't even attempt it.

"Oh sorry..." Kagome quickly said. "Today's the signing and I sort of have to be at the building in about two hours, I need a new outfit." She admitted and Rin realized automatically the reason for the call.

"That's right...you know what... I'll come over today after the signing. We'll form some outfits for you." She said while sitting up in her bed. She thought over what she packed for a moment. "Oh there is a jumper dress in there, it's gray. You can pair it with some tights and one of those long sleeve fitted shirts. Make sure the tights match the shirt though."

She tightened the towel around her body as she walked towards the suitcase. "What color of tights should I wear?" Kagome asked as she looked into the bag. Usually she'd unpack her clothes when she stayed in a hotel, but she didn't have time to. She decided against it seeing as she was only staying for about a day and a half. She looked around the bag finding a gray, black, and white pair of tights. She stared at them not knowing which one to pick. "I'm not like you Rin...I can't..."

"Wear the black ones Kagome, did you find the gray dress?" She looked around the suitcase finding what looked like a dress for a doll. She stared at it not knowing if that was what Rin meant. "Kagome..."

"Wait, how does a jumper dress look like?" she asked as she stared down the little gray dress. It was attached by big black buttons on top and thick gray straps. The top of the dress was plaid and covered the breast area but the rest of the dress was missing the plaid and went straight down. It looked kind of like a school uniform but made for a baby prostitute.

"Almost like a jump suit at the front but it's a dress at the bottom." Rin said and Kagome stared at the dress. That was exactly how it looked like she shook her head not liking it.

"I think it's too short..." She said while standing up, she placed the dress next to her. It looked like it would end at the top of her thighs. She put it down looking for something else. "What else can I wear?"

Rin rolled her eyes before sighing loudly. "You can wear the jumpsuit dress, it's not too short. Kagome you called for my advice so listen to me." She said and Kagome bit her lip not quite sure. "It's fine, I'm the one who knows fashion. Wear the jumpsuit dress with the black tights and the long sleeve shirt, oh and wear the ankle boots, you'll look great...I'm going to bed now."

"...Wait...wait...how about my hair, a bun?" Kagome asked and Rin smiled noticing that Kagome seemed extremely eager. She didn't know why, but she was hoping it was for Inuyasha, it reminded her that she had to make sure that Inuyasha wasn't on to the fact that Kagome was completely enamored with him. If he did he wouldn't hesitate to bed her and move on. If that happened then the whole plan would be ruined. Kagome couldn't handle Inuyasha's asshole side. "Nah, let it down, I packed these hair bands, there's this simple black one, you could wear that. Don't forget to put make up on..." Rin reminded and Kagome sighed slightly.

Normally she wouldn't be so precise with her clothes, or care too much. She was actually planning to dial it down after how she was treated yesterday, but for some reason she knew she had to keep it up. It was one of the only reasons why Sesshomaru noticed her, and in the end she was thinking going to the dinner with him would actually boost up her career. Mr. Kai seem to take a liking to her too, so she didn't want to suddenly change up how she looked. She felt bad that she needed Rin for it, when she felt as if she was stabbing her in the back in the end.

"So has Inuyasha been treating you well?" Rin asked. She was trying to find out where Kagome's enthusiasm came from. Hopefully he didn't have her in his grasp. That worried her slightly.

"Yeah he's been fine." Kagome said, though she wasn't really aware of the fact that Inuyasha found her attractive. She thought her sudden attraction in him was one sided, so she didn't really think about how he'd react to her. Rin furrowed her eyebrows when she heard her response, that did not sound like someone trying to impress a guy she liked. So why was Kagome suddenly so concerned about how she looked? It confused her slightly and worried her, didn't Kagome still like Inuyasha. She had to find a way to test her some how.

"So did you wear the outfit I asked you to wear yesterday?" Rin asked and Kagome nodded before realizing Rin wouldn't be able to see it. "Inuyasha said last night you looked amazing." Rin lied, he really didn't mention her, he was too busy trying to drink himself to death last night. She had tried desperately to get something out of him as to how Kagome presented herself, but Inuyasha had his guard up for some reason.

"Did he really?" Kagome asked in complete shock. Her heart began beating out of control and Rin smiled at her reaction. So Kagome defiantly did still like Inuyasha, there was no doubt about it, but she must of thought that Inuyasha didn't like her. Of course that had to be it, so it was time to boost up her self esteem a bit.

"Yeah, he went on and on about it. You must of looked gorgeous, he'll die when he sees you in this jumper dress." Rin said and Kagome could feel her stomach turn in nerves. She hated that feeling of sort of losing control. She liked when everything was organized. Having one Takashi ask her out and being head over heels for another one was not organized at all.

"Uh...thanks, but I don't know if I really want that sort of reaction." She lied, well she sort of did want it, but on the same token she wanted to feel comfortable in her own skin. She didn't like to always put on a face, she also didn't like to be judge for the way she looked. She did, however liked finally being noticed, that never happened to her back at home.

"Sure you do, you just have to get used to it." Rin advised. "Well just do what I say, and you should be fine. I need to go to sleep now." Rin said and Kagome bit down on her lip. She wanted to say something, but didn't know exactly where to start.

"Wait...Rin..." She said quickly before she could hang up the phone, but it was too late all she heard was the dial tone. She bit down on her nail then looked at the outfit she was supposed to wear. She tried not to judge it, what did she know? She wasn't as knowledgeable on style as Rin was. She quickly got up and began getting ready, in addition to completing the contract she was able to start the schedule she promised to create for Inuyasha. That meant she had about twenty minutes to get ready, then she had to make sure he was in the process of getting ready, this way they wouldn't be late again.

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Once she was done getting dressed she grabbed hold of one of her binders and left her room. Inuyasha's room was right next door from her so she easily walked to the right and stood nervously in front of the door. Her long hair was down cascading past her back and without thinking she pushed it on the right of her shoulder and she smiled slightly, but for some reason she found that a bit off, so she instead tried to make herself look acceptable without trying too hard. When she felt she looked approachable she knocked on the door, the force of her knock opened it completely. She then realized that he never locked it, just threw it closed and hoped gravity took care of the rest. She didn't want to just walk in so she stepped forward and closed the door gently knocking on it again. He still didn't answer; it made her a little anxious, the nervousness she felt disappeared quickly and she began to feel worried. What if he wasn't even here? She had no idea when he came back last night, what if he was at some woman's house, quickly her feelings turned into complete jealousy. It was a strange feeling, she didn't get it very often. She also felt a little disappointed and annoyed, she wanted everything to be organized that meant following a strict schedule. She was disappointed because after what Rin told her over the phone, she wasn't too shy to admit she wanted to see Inuyasha's reaction to her.

She knocked on the door one more time, but still no answer. She was thinking of calling him, but in reality she just wanted to go in, see for herself. She knew from past experience that walking in the room wasn't a good idea, but she felt as if it might be appropriate this time. She took a deep breath then walked forward and slowly entered the room. "Inuyasha..." She called while looking around. His room was extremely messy, too messy for her taste. He had clothes lining the floors and his suitcases were spread carelessly. She had to fight the overwhelming urge to begin picking up papers and articles of clothing. He had a large living room nook in his room that lead to a hall. "Inuyasha..." She said, but she was more distracted by the clutter. She never knew he was so unorganized, it was odd for her to take in; yet she wasn't put off by the idea at all, though she didn't know why. She rounded the corner and peeked into the room. His hotel was fairly large slightly bigger than hers, but the actual room itself wasn't very messy, though his sheets were lying every which way on the floor. He himself looked to be in bed, laying under the comforter. She could see someones elbow sticking out, he should have been awake by now, but she was the secretary and though it was a bit unprofessional to let herself in, it was sort of her job. She straightened herself up again, it seemed a bit shallow that all of a sudden she cared about how she looked so much, but Inuyasha brought that out in her. She walked around the bed readying herself to wake him when she heard something coming from the bathroom. She turned around as the door began to open. She widened her eyes when out popped Inuyasha fully clothed from the bathroom. She furrowed her eyebrows as she looked from him to the form in the bed.

As soon as he saw her he felt guilty, he had no idea why. He wasn't dating her so there was no way he could be caught. She looked so surprise, surprise and gorgeous, her hair was down and off her face. She had it over one shoulder. She had on very little make up and another get up that was feigning innocence. She looked like a preppy student wearing her shortened school uniform. She had on a pair of black tights but parts of her flesh could still be seen. She looked amazing, all he could do was stare, he wasn't even thinking about his predicament. "You look...um...am..."

She rose her eyebrows knowing that that was the reaction she was looking for, but her mind was on something else completely."Whose that?" She asked interrupting him. He looked towards the form lying on the bed and he remembered instantly. He watched Kagome's expression carefully, she didn't seem to be the judgmental type, and even though she was suspicious she seemed more curious than anything else.

"Oh a friend." He lied though he didn't remember the girls name. "Actually could you do me a favor. I have to head down stairs and check on the limo, if you don't mind just kick her out." He said while turning towards the door. Kagome widened her eyes not liking that idea at all. He was heading for the door grabbing his jacket from the floor. It was five in the morning but he looked a lot more prepared than yesterday, perhaps he slept better, but seeing as there was an unknown woman in his room that couldn't be possible.

"wait...I can't..." Kagome said and Inuyasha turned around looking down at her.

She looked so startled, kind of like a deer in the head lights. He decided he owed her an explanation. He didn't know why, but he cared what she thought of him. "Why not?" He asked not understanding, she looked down slightly and he smiled. "If you don't want to, you don't have to." He said and she could feel her heart flutter just by the look he gave her. She automatically felt a wave of jealousy come over her. She had no idea where it was hiding before, but it came fast and with vengeance. Why did he need to bed anyone? Questions kept popping into her head. It came without warning and automatically she crossed her arms and looked away. He could tell she was a bit upset, he didn't know why, but she was. "Kagome...you don't have to...I just don't want to be late today."

That was a lie, he didn't really care. But he absolutely hated when a girl stayed in his bed too long. It always had him up early and leaving. He'd go for hours and come back when he knew they were gone. If Kagome got rid of the girl, life would be a lot easier. "I hope this isn't too personal?" She asked and he waited for her question. "But can I ask...who is she?" He thought about that for a moment and he was instantly embarrassed.

"I think that's a bit too personal." He lied, and Kagome quickly looked away. "She's a friend, that's it." He turned after that heading out of the room. He didn't know why he was feeling on the offense. He was beginning to get upset that she just let herself in, but normally he wouldn't care. She wasn't his girlfriend, so why should she care, it was so dumb. He did not keep girlfriends, but he wasn't even sleeping with her. He thought it was all in his head, he was over analyzing things.

"Well I'm going to wake her up..." Kagome called out and he put a hand up telling her to go ahead. She watched him leave and she slowly rolled her eyes. It was the first showing of annoyance she had towards Inuyasha and it was all powered by jealousy. The realization hit her hard, and it embarrassed her. If he asked her to wake up the slut in his bed she should of just done it. She was the Secretary, she was living in a la-la land if she believed she'd ever have a future with Inuyasha. Maybe what Rin told her put her on edge, it made her believe that it was possible. She sighed before walking towards the other end of the bed. She could see the sleeping woman clearly now. Her head was under the pillow and the comforter was over her body. She sighed as she grabbed a hanger from the dresser and poked the form slightly.

She only moved a little and she poked her again. It wasn't something she'd usually do but she felt a bit embarrassed now, what did she expect from Inuyasha. So what she was beginning to like him. Now that she could admit it to herself, it made her heart hurt that she had to deal with the woman in his bed. It made her poke even harder and without warning she began jabbing the hanger into her ribs. The slut finally pushed upwards and made a loud "owe" noise simultaneously. The sheets pushed off of her and she stared up in anger. As soon as she saw Kagome a look of confusion hit her face then pure anger. She had to be around Inuyasha's age, she had medium length rusty shiny hair that looked like it was nicely curled the night before, but was now a bit tangled. Her make up was smeared but there was no denying that she was attractive, very attractive and it only upset Kagome more.

"I'm afraid to inform you but you have to go."

"Who the hell are you?" She asked and Kagome just stared at her, and the ultimate jealous question popped up. 'what did he see in her?' The woman stared her down before pushing herself up from the bed. "Are you his girlfriend?" She asked with a slight smile on her face, she was now sitting and grinning knowingly. It was a look reserved for the worlds greatest bitches. Her sister made that look a lot, and she already knew what it meant.

"No, but Inuyasha sent me to get rid of you, so I'm sorry, but you have to go." She repeated, and the woman's smile deflated quickly. Kagome knew it would, no one wanted to hear that the guy they just slept with wanted them gone, especially if it was in her intentions to start a relationship with the guy.

"Did he, well where is he now?" She asked and Kagome just stared at her as she crossed her arms. "Why doesn't he tell me himself?"

"I don't know the answer to that question, but I know he wants you gone before he gets back, so if you could gather your things, get dressed and leave." Kagome said. She realized quickly that the woman had nothing on but her undergarments.

"Why should I listen to you?" She asked while standing up, she was extremely tall like a model and towered over Kagome making her take a step back. "Who are you any way?" She asked. She felt threatened by Kagome, who looked more like the dating type then she did at the moment. Embarrassment sort of ignited her and she waited for Kagome to reply. "Are you his girlfriend, because as you can see he's not being exactly faithful, so why don't you write him an angry letter." She said denoting Kagome's demeanor and binder. "And leave it by the bed post and I'll make sure he gets it." She said and Kagome narrowed her eyes, but didn't reply. "So why don't you leave, because I'm not going anywhere."

"I'm not his girlfriend." Kagome said and the amazon just narrowed her eyes as if she didn't believe that. Why it was so hard to believe that she wasn't in a relationship with any Takashi was beyond her. It seemed like everyone believed she was.

"Fiancee?" She asked while trying to look at her hands.

"Try secretary, and he sort of ordered me to do this, so if you don't want to go, I'll just call the police." Kagome said turning towards the phone, she was bluffing of course but the red headed woman didn't know that.

"Wow secretary..." She said as she grabbed some of her things from the floor. "I'm sure you do much more than just filing." She turned towards the bathroom wanting to get dress."Have fun with him anyway, once he's done with you he'll just throw you away. You're no different then the rest of us." She closed the door behind her, Kagome didn't take the time to process anything she said, but as soon as she left the bathroom moments later dressed in a figure hugging halter mini she gave Kagome one last look than left the room altogether. She took the moment to let out pint up air before letting what just happened soak in. Without thinking she began straightening up his room while in deep thought. She felt weird about the whole situation, but she didn't know exactly what the feeling was.

She was sort of loss in her own thoughts she didn't notice her phone vibrating or Inuyasha enter his hotel room. He had called her name when he entered, but as soon as he came close to the actual room, he sensed her and didn't voice anything. He had been waiting for her in the limo for some time, and when he noticed she hadn't left the hotel at any point he wanted to check that she was alright. As soon as he rounded the corner he noticed she was in the room alone, which he was happy to find but shocked when he saw her. She was actually cleaning up after him. It not only shocked him but it slightly vexed him. He watched as she organized his papers for a moment while leaning against the archway. She didn't notice him at all, she was in a whole different world, he had to clear his throat, and still she didn't turn. It was only when she began making the bed did she notice his black slacks as she picked up a pillow.

"Hey... room service, I was hoping you could come in a little later." He said with one of his charming smiles. She froze in her spot with nothing at all to say. He walked in with that ridiculously handsome grin on his face and it automatically made her heart stop even though she was a little upset with him. She was going to obviously hide that feeling, she didn't want him thinking any part of his personal life effected her. She worked for him, it would be sort of unprofessional on her part.

"I'm so sorry." She said while letting go of his pillow. "I was just...some times I clean." She admitted and he just nodded as he took her in completely. He wanted to finally pay her that compliment. He really thought she looked gorgeous, he always did when her hair was down. Today it effected him even more, it made him think that maybe it wouldn't be that bad if he moved their relationship to the next level. "I got the girl to leave..." She said while putting her hands behind her back. "She never did tell me her name."

"How rude..." Inuyasha commented sarcastically but he still had that smile on his face. "Well we're right on time now, but if we don't make it to the limo soon we'll be late." He admitted and she nodded as she walked forward. She grabbed the binder from his bed before passing him slightly. He watched her go and without thinking he pulled her towards him. It shocked her making her heart beat excessively, especially when she landed only a few inches from him. She could feel her face heat up and turn red. "Hey..." he whispered making her look up, he noticed how unbalanced she was and he thought to apologize. "Sorry, about that, I should start calling your name." He said and she just nodded.

"It could be slightly better..." She said, but in the position she was in it was impossible to back away from him. It gave her an odd feeling that she never felt before. The bottom of her stomach got overwhelmingly warm and her blood felt like pins and needles. What shocked her the most was it wasn't a feeling that she disliked. If he wanted to at any moment he could reach down and touch her lips with his, and she loved that idea it filled her with excitement all of it was so overwhelmingly new. It made her forget about her jealousy or being upset, all she wanted was to be immersed in him. "Well we don't want to be late." She said and he just nodded.

"you know you look gorgeous..." He said and her heart fluttered for the second time. She smiled feeling completely flattered in a way she never had before, no matter who had said it when Inuyasha did it always effected her in a different way. "I mean you always do, but today..." He hesitated as he lowered himself. Her eyes closed automatically and her blood ran warm. This wasn't happening, Inuyasha Takashi wasn't about to touch her lips with his. It was all a bit too much, she didn't know exactly what to do with herself but after awhile when she didn't feel his lips on hers she opened her eyes. He had backed up from her and was now looking to his phone. It confused her to no end, but what did she know about perfect timing and kissing. Now all of a sudden she was beyond embarrassed, did she really think he was going to kiss her, how ludicrous was the whole idea.

"Uh thanks..." She said now backing up. It was all so odd in the room, but only for her because Inuyasha looked like he was deeply into whatever he was doing on the phone and she was just standing awkwardly. What happened a moment ago she was so close she could touch him. He had literally pulled her into him.

"We need to go according to my brother." He said while looking up and she just nodded. He smiled slightly at her. Like usual it was so handsome that it made her forget about her recent quails.

"I said thank you...you know for the compliment." She reminded him. It was a last minute effort to rekindle the odd feeling that they were previously having. He looked up nodding before walking towards the archway she just stared after him. She had to admit she was a bit disappointed.

He had wanted to kiss her, he was going to, but for some reason when he leaned down to kiss her it didn't feel right. Kagome just seemed like she was on a completely different league then most women he dealt with, he felt as if what he'd normally do wouldn't work, she always seemed so unattainable, and he was always weary to try and start anything with her, but it seemed as if she might be worth it. He was finally admitting to himself that he was attracted to her. He decided he'd try the charm card till something else worked.

As they walked he allowed her to catch up with him slightly. "So if you don't mind me asking?" He said while staring forward, they left his apartment and things were getting slightly awkward. For some reason she kept replaying what happened earlier over and over again. "Why were you in my room?" He asked and automatically her blood ran cold.

"I just wanted to make sure you were up..." she said and he nodded, but he didn't seem upset. "I actually wrote up a planner, I thought we could maybe follow it, only if you want though. I won't do that again either, you know just enter your room. I can see that was a bit personal."

"No it wasn't..." He said while they rounded a corner to the elevator. "It's fine, I have no guarantee that I'll be up when I'm supposed to, I didn't drink much last night though, so I'm fine. You can come in any time you want. You actually did me a favor." He admitted and she smiled slightly but she didn't really want to talk about that, or her...

"Um well we need to be at the signing at seven thirty, so we're making good time. I thought maybe afterwords we can go over the next town's ideas, you know so we're ready, or if you want you can sleep, but you said you were fine so...well here I made you a copy." She opened up her overly organized binder and took out a sheet of paper. She passed it to him and he grabbed it looking down. They made it to the elevator and she eagerly waited for his idea on her schedule. She moved up to the front and pressed the down button before staring at him waiting for his opinion.

"Looks like you took a lot of time making it." He said as the doors opened. She nodded following him forward. She had the whole day scheduled even times for eating, he found it a bit unusual and not something he was very interested in participating in, but he wasn't going to tell her that. "You know what we should do after the meeting?" He suggested while folding the sheet of paper. She stared directly at him waiting for him to continue, but he was sort of waiting for her to make the suggestion.

"We could head back to the hotel and begin packing." She said while walking towards him and gently grabbing the schedule from his hand. She didn't think anything of it, but Inuyasha found the motion a bit uncharacteristic for her. "Like it says on the schedule." She said while straightening up the piece of paper. "Then we can start driving and at around 12 we can get lunch, if you want we can stop during break today, and I'll pick you up breakfast." She said and he sighed slightly, not enough for her to over hear but enough to get his frustrations out.

"Does everything have to run on a perfect schedule?" He asked and she nodded not hearing the initial sarcasm. "Okay, well can you schedule in something else?" He asked and she opened up her binder as the doors to the elevator opened. She grabbed a conveniently placed pen in the binder folder and got ready to write anything he said down. He smiled in obvious humor but didn't voice anything. "Okay, well right after the signing, if you don't mind, maybe you and I could grab lunch." He suggested. She wrote it down in the binder as he led them out the door of the hotel. The limo was sitting in the front and as soon as they came out the chauffeur opened the door for them. Inuyasha quickly slid into the limo and she followed.

"Yeah we can go somewhere and get an early brunch, maybe talk about the next meeting, but if we want to start working early we need to get on the road." She said and he nodded as the doors closed behind them. Inuyasha didn't say anything and she waited patiently for his opinion. "I mean it's all up to you, if you want to go to brunch, we can. I was hoping you could give me the list of towns, I want to pair some of the clients with the areas. See I have the list of are future clients, but it's a little hard to..."

"Kagome..." Inuyasha said as the limo pulled out of the hotel. She stopped talking and looked up at him. He took in the curiosity in her gorgeous blue eyes and smiled slightly. "Enough with the business talk really." He said, he made sure to make himself sound nice, though the interruption was a bit rude. "I think you need to relax, forget about business."

"I don't think that's a good idea." She said and he furrowed his eye brows.

"Why not...?"

She shrugged as she searched for an answer. "Well...that's sort of why I'm here right?" She asked and he looked down at her. She seemed to be trying to avoid eye contact. "Well least I hope so...I'm not just here to be...gorgeous." He said referring to what he said earlier, and Mr. Kai's reaction to her. She was flattered to finally be seen in that way, she never knew how it felt, but she also saw the negative side of it as well. She remembered what Sesshomaru had said about her, there were a lot of other women who worked with her, why weren't they here?

"Kagome...in all seriousness you don't believe that do you?" He asked making her look up. "You're one of the smartest people I know..." He said honestly and she could feel her face turn red. "You don't have to work yourself to death though, you can if you want, have lunch with me." He said and she smiled slightly but hid it.

"Yeah sure...lunch...I have it written down."

"yeah lunch, but hopefully you can leave the binder behind, and maybe it'll last longer then fifteen minutes." He said and she stopped shyly doodling on the side of her paper to look up at him. "You look scared..." he noticed but she didn't reply. "If you don't want to, we don't have to."

"No...we can..." She mumbled tracing the outline of the subconscious heart she drew. As soon as she realized she was drawing it she quickly flipped a page in her binder before she could write Inuyasha's name inside it.

"Okay...good," he sat forward while pulling out his phone. "I got to call Rin...make sure she's packing up." He mumbled, letting her know, she just nodded almost approving like, and as he began dialing the number she realized something.

"You know what...I just remembered something...I promised Rin we'd..." she let her words trail off when realizing what it was. She didn't want Inuyasha to know that Rin coordinated her clothes. She just thought that whole idea was ludicrous, she was never superficial, she felt like that idea made her a bit shallow. "I don't know if I can eat lunch today."

"Of course you can eat lunch. Just reschedule with Rin..." He said. He noticed she had a secret but he wasn't going to force it out of her. He paused for a moment before calling Rin, she answered after a couple rings.

"What..." she said rudely but Inuyasha didn't seem fazed even though Kagome could hear the whole conversation.

"Hello to you too, I hope all of you guys are packing up, at around 1 we're taking off." He said and Rin shrugged. This was the third time someone had woke her up. First Kagome and then Ayame now him.

"Yeah, I'm getting ready now, leave me alone." She snapped and Kagome looked towards the window, pretending that she wasn't listening.

"Okay you're in a bad mood." Inuyasha commented though Rin always talked to him in that tone. He usually had a few choice words to say to her too, but he didn't want Kagome over hearing.

"I'm hanging up now..." She said and he quickly intervened.

"Uh whatever you have planned with Kagome today she's rescheduling..." He informed her and Rin narrowed her eyes.

"Yeah right... she said that. Where is she..."

"She's right here, and don't worry about it, just reschedule." He growled between clenched teeth. It took all of his might not to spout something rude to her.

"Let me talk to her." Rin demanded, and he was about to say no, but Kagome turned around like she agreed with the idea, so he passed his phone towards her. As soon as she got it she turned her petite form towards the window and began whispering but of course he could hear everything. He wanted to just ignore it, but he felt a bit nosy all of a sudden.

"So you really don't want me over?" Rin asked a bit astonished. "Inuyasha's lying isn't he?"

"No...I'm going to lunch with him today, so... maybe later."

"Oh lunch really..." Rin said with a smile. She was very happy to hear that. "Are you excited?" She asked making Kagome turn towards Inuyasha for a moment. He instantly pretended that he was looking at something else.

"No, I'm fine, can you help me with...you know...later. I also need to buy a dress, so..." She said and Rin seem to understand what she meant but she was a bit shocked at the dress part.

"A dress? For what?"

"Uh... this thing...I need a cocktail dress I think." Kagome said and Rin was a bit confused.

She thought about it for a minute and all of a sudden excitement filled her entirely. She jumped off her bed and ran to the bathroom where Ayame was packing some things up. "Kagome don't tell me Inuyasha asked you to the dinner?" She asked loudly making Ayame turn around in amazement. Rin gave her a look with a huge smile on her face. "Did he! Tell me he did!" She asked. "Is this lunch thing a date? If there's no work it's a date? Did you have sex with him, tell me you didn't. We need to talk." She said and Inuyasha had to bite the edge of his lips to keep himself from laughing.

"No none of that happened Rin...you are embarrassing me. I just need a cocktail dress...I uh...my sister told me I needed it for the wedding." She lied but Rin was too disappointed to calculate it.

"He hasn't asked you yet. What's wrong with him?" She asked, but she let it go. Maybe it really was a little too early. "Okay, whatever he'll come to his senses, but maybe we'll pick you up two cocktail dresses..."

"No...no...there's no need for that Rin." Kagome said. "I just need one, please..." she lowered her voice even more until it was barely audible. "It's unprofessional for me to go out with Inuyasha, so it's not going to happen. He probably has a date for the dinner." She said, it was strange because she felt extremely guilty all of a sudden.

"Okay sure, he'll come around. Yeah, we'll go shopping for one, and we can do you know what...any time." She joked." Kagome agreed and Rin hung up afterwords. She turned towards Inuyasha and passed him his phone. "Thank you..." she said and he nodded with a slight smile. He hadn't thought about the dinner at all, but now that he heard Rin talking about it he didn't think it was too bad of an idea. His parents would approve of her, she was gorgeous, smart, and his dad took a liking of her from day one. He did agree that it was too soon to ask. He didn't want Kagome getting the wrong idea about them. He wasn't into dating and he didn't know what type of personality she had, she could be clingy?

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They got to the building at seven exactly the only people in the room were his father and brother. Sesshomaru was standing near Inutashio and setting up for the meeting, when they walked in both stopped what they were doing and turned towards them. Inutashio rose from his seat with a handsome smile on his face. "Hello Kagome..." He said ignoring his son completely. "I took a look at your contract this morning. Amazing of course, the detail is spot on, I really must say, great work." He commended and Kagome smiled shyly.

"Thank you...I put some work into it. I wanted it to read well, a lot of contracts are a bit bulky I think ours should be simpler." He nodded agreeing before commenting on it and turning towards Inuyasha.

"Did you go over the contract?" He asked and he just nodded but his dad instantly knew it was a lie. "Come over here, we need to prep before Mr. Kai comes in." He just sighed and walked forward as Kagome watched him longingly, it was something she tend to do. Sesshomaru caught it. He had a feeling that she had some feelings for his younger brother, but that didn't really faze him much.

He liked her look today, her hair was down and it was extremely long, far past her back but not in an unruly way. The best thing he found about her was the subtly she had. She was gorgeous but not in the same way as the girls he usually dated. She was smart the type you settled down with and married. "So you seem to be ready to impress." He said commenting on her as a whole. She seemed so modest but she still dressed confidently. She looked towards him for a moment but then focused her attention back at his brother. He wasn't exactly jealous but he had to admit he was envious. "So I hope you've been thinking about what dress suits you and I the best, the dinner is next month." He said making her give him a side look. "Have you?"

"The dress will be fine..." she said with a shrug. "I have more important things to worry about then a dress." he nodded while moving closer to her. He was extremely tall just like his father and brother. He stood about Inuyasha's height but he had impeccable posture when he stood and he carried himself elegantly when he walked. She found that Inuyasha had a more carefree disposition.

"True, true..." He agreed, "Just making conversation," he admitted and she turned to face him slightly. Sesshomaru was extremely perfect. It was sort of intimidating. He was the type of guy that was completely unattainable reserved for daydreaming and fantasizing about from afar. To know that he found her appealing enough to take anywhere was extremely flattering. If her mother had known at this moment that he had asked her to the dinner she would of done anything in her power to force them to marry. Rin was extremely obsessed with him and she could see why, but for her he didn't really stir the pot like he was supposed to. She knew the feeling of being turned upside down when someone walked into a room, but she could see herself falling for him, didn't most girls?

"We should talk about the signing." She said. "That would be a great conversation starter." She coaxed and he laughed in a way that only a Takashi could, overly handsome and breath takingly light.

"Yeah, but don't you find that a bit bland?" He asked and she gave him a look. Why would talking about business be bland. She didn't understand the Takashi brothers,did they even enjoy what they did.

"Not at all..." She said in shock. "It's very fascinating..." She gave him a look then turned forward to hear what Mr. Takashi was going off about. He had left the contract behind and was talking about Inuyasha's over all etiquette when it came to meetings.

"So you really like business and finance and all that, more power to you." Sesshomaru stated but she just nodded. "I'm good at finances too, I think I'd enjoy being an accountant of some sort." He said and that caused a reaction in her. She was trying not to converse with Sesshomaru as much as possible. She felt extremely guilty as it was, but he always had a way of making her do things she would never do.

"I don't enjoy accounting..." She said turning a bit to see his facial expression. Like always looking at him made her gulp. It should have been illegal to be so utterly attractive. "Well I enjoy it but I'd rather be doing this really, you know finding potential clients and reeling them in. I also went to school for law...so I'd be good at maintaining the clients as well." She boasted and he just smiled, everything that came out of her mouth was always well thought and calculated.

"Wow, I don't know if you can utilize the two." She shot him a look that was a cross between, 'are you an idiot,' and 'I'd be happy to tell you how to utilize the two.

"It's really simple, you have to create a head." She said and he rose his eyebrows waiting for her to continue. "So as an accountant I'm good at numbers I calculate the growth of the company in individual sectors, if there was a sort of head of finances or a lead lawyer position then I could utilize this talent a lot better. See I have this really great idea of pushing the two jobs together. I know how the lead lawyer position could some how mislead you into believing I'm here as the company's defense, but it wouldn't be that type of job... if I could account for the company's finances I can us my law skills to help the company from making bad investments or from image ordeals. I know it's really complicated but I have a whole diagram of it on my computer I could show you?" She asked and he nodded in interest though he was not at all. "I'll print something out for you and fax it. I think you'll be interested."

"Yeah I am...I'm extremely interested, but I have to say, I'm sort of the wrong person to approach about this. We work at separate branches, have you told my brother?" He asked and Kagome nodded. He instantly knew what he would do. He wasn't one for manipulation but he had just at that moment taken a somewhat long term interest in Kagome, and since she was very interested in his brother he decided he'd slowly wedge him out of the picture.

"I did...but he said he'd think about it." She said with a shrug.

"Think about it..." he shook his head not agreeing with that logic at all. "I have to say that was a very intriguing idea you came up with, and well planned as well. If you had came to me with it, I would of began the paper work then and there to create it." He lied. He had one hand in his pocket as he looked forward, away from her, almost as if he was talking very casually,

"Really..." She said and he just nodded.

"Of course... I'm always looking for new positions. It's such a shame that yours will never see the light."

"Well I'm sure it will..." She said moments later and he shook his head. "Why not?"

"Because I know my brother. Some times he can a be a bit lazy and irresponsible. A lot of his top employees transfer to my branch sooner or later. I'm not too far from your branch, it's a commute, but sometimes it's worth it." He said and Kagome thought about that. She knew about a few employees who transferred branches but she didn't see it as a direct effect of Inuyasha. A lot of employees liked the fact that he was very hands off, he rarely made it into the building. "You know what..." Sesshomaru said out of nowhere. "Here's a crazy suggestion...I just thought of it now, if you don't feel as if you're being heard by Inuyasha at any point. Even on this trip, you should think of moving to my branch." He said and Kagome widened her eyes in shock as she turned to face him completely. "I know my brother, he's probably out every night like usual, probably more so now that he's with his friends. He rather have fun then work, and you seem extremely bright, you're a gem to this company. Even my father says so, he's going to see to it that you'll be heavily compensated when you get home, but whose going to let your ideas shine?" He said with a shrug. "I'm not telling you what to do, just maybe push the idea on Inuyasha again, you know, your whole head accountant idea and see if he goes for it. If he doesn't then you already know."

She seemed a bit perplexed by the whole idea which was exactly what he hoped for. "Here I have a card somewhere..." he walked forward towards the table and opened up a neat folder and grabbing a card. He quickly jotted his cell phone number down, Inuyasha who was listening to his father instantly became a bit tensed. He watched Sesshomaru give the card to Kagome and say a few words that had her smiling. He didn't like the idea at all, he could feel himself get a little jealous.

"Wow...this is amazing...thank you..." Kagome said while quickly putting the card into her binder.

"It's nothing really, it's all business." He said which made her flash another gorgeous smile. She was crazy to think that Sesshomaru saw her as a potential date, he did everything for business. It gave her a nice security blanket, she didn't feel as guilty anymore, almost like she could tell Rin everything.

"Dad, hold that thought." Inuyasha said while quickly slipping away from his father and walking towards Kagome and his brother. They were still talking but he cut in quickly. "We should probably sit." He said and Kagome turned around smiling towards him.

"Inuyasha..." She said happily which caught him off guard and annoyed Sesshomaru. "Your brother just told me about some advancements he has in his branch. We should use some." She said and Inuyasha's jealously instantly faded, of course they weren't doing anything, she was too innocent for that.

"Oh wow really." He said and she nodded while jumping in on what those advancements were. While she talked he tuned her out and focused all his attention on Sesshomaru who pretended he was interested in what she was saying too. He wasn't exactly acting fully territorial at the moment, but he was standing his ground, and it was up to Sesshomaru to either respect it or ignore it, and at the moment he was pretending his brother didn't exist. He didn't want his father knowing that he wanted any relationship with his suppose it secretary so he backed down.

"Isn't that amazing...imagine?" Kagome finished and Inuyasha nodded for a moment causing her to notice he wasn't really listening. She was about to mention something else when she saw Inutashio making his way towards them.

"Okay I just got word from Mr. Kai, so go ahead and take your places." He said making them disperse suddenly. Kagome sat down on the fourth chair in the row surrounding the conference table. It was a lot higher up then her previous spot, but it was chosen in an apparent attempt to sit alone with Inuyasha. Something that Sesshomaru noticed but Inuyasha didn't. It was something he decided he had to work on, if he really wanted Kagome.

Mr. Kai came in moments later making them all stand to their feet. He was alone besides two men behind him watching intently as they crossed the room. Mr. Kai seemed a bit on edge and Mr. Takashi noticed when he reached over to shake his hand. "Hello Mr. Kai, you won't regret the decision." He reassured making him nod. He slowly walked the pace of the room shaking all of their hands before taking a seat on the other side of the conference table. Inutashio began setting up, restating facts about their agreement. Kagome seemed to be very intrigued by it, making sure Mr. Takashi described their arrangement accurately. She was listening very intently until something moving to her left caught her attention, Inuyasha was back on his phone again. It reminded her of the woman laying in his bed this morning, it seemed as if she had been blocking that part out. The thought made her angry, but also envious, something strange for her to feel. it implied that she wanted to in fact be in the same position as the woman.

She thought about that for awhile before feeling her face blush slightly. She was beginning to get feelings that she never had before. She never once wanted to be touched or be kissed by any man, but all of a sudden she wanted to wake up in Inuyasha's bed. It was strange like walking in foreign territory. She didn't know rather she hated the idea completely, but she was a little weirded out by it. She was so consumed with exploring her new feelings she didn't notice Inutashio calling her name in the center of the room. Sesshomaru turned to face her, and she was at the moment staring at his brother with her chin resting on the palm of her hand. Inuyasha turned towards her as well and as soon as he did she turned away and began straightening the papers in front of her. He noticed she was looking towards him, but he wasn't sure for how long or why.

"Mrs. Higurashi..." Inutashio said again. He saw the staring too, but didn't voice it. He didn't try to diagnose what children around his own sons age did. As soon as he called her name she sat up in attention and whipped her head forward. "I think you might of dozed off there." He said lightly wanting to patch up the embarrassment of calling her name three times in a row.

She pushed back bonds of her long hair forcing it to lay down her back instead of her shoulders. "Sorry...I...I'm rarely called by my last name." She lied and Mr. Takashi nodded before clearing his throat.

"I was just telling Mr. Kai that if he had any questions or concerns about the contract once he signed you'd be available to help straightened it out." He said and she nodded nervously. "If you'd like Mr. Kai, we can assign Mrs. Higurashi to your account...would you mind that."

He looked up, he seemed to be in a lot better deposition than before. He nodded liking the idea very much. "I think that would be amazing, would that mean a promotion on her behalf?" He asked and Inutashio looked towards Kagome.

"Of course, but only if she's willing to take the position."

"I'd love it." She said quickly making them both smile before going back through the contract. One of the men off to the right began reading over a copy of it. He seemed to be the lawyer. Mr. Kai read over his own copy, deciding rather or not he wanted to actually sign. After awhile and a lot of convincing he finally gave in, and they shook each others hands and left. Inutashio talked for awhile to his sons, Kagome wrote it down, it had a lot to do with the other town they'd be going to. She needed the information anyway seeing as Inuyasha had the list somewhere and wasn't giving it to her. After another hour or so Inutashio reminded Inuyasha that he should be on the rode by this afternoon. He agreed as both him and Sesshomaru left the room. Kagome watched them go before gathering her things.

"Okay so where should we go?" Inuyasha asked pushing his phone into the back pockets of his slacks. She turned to give him a subtle look. She wanted to redeem herself from the staring she did earlier. She wasn't sure if he noticed, but just in case he did. "You do remember right...getting lunch...well." He paused looking at his watch, "still breakfast..." He said realizing that it was only around ten. She closed her binder and looked up towards him. She seemed to be thinking of how to say something, she placed her hand into two pockets on the bottom of her dress. She did it without thinking which forced the small dress to tighten around the small of her waist.

"I really don't know..." she said suddenly and he tore his eyes from her body to take in her face. "I've never been in this town before." She clarified, "do you have any ideas?" She finished packing up her binder and setting it in her arms waiting for him to say something. He didn't he just nodded slightly and turned around. She followed behind him and smiled at the excitement that ignited in her core. None of them said anything as they got to the elevators. She had her mind on him, but he was thinking about Sesshomaru, and what she might have been doing with him earlier. He told himself to get over it, he was attracted to her, that didn't mean he needed to act so defensive, he was so territorial all of a sudden, it was so ludicrous.

They rode the elevator with limited interaction. Kagome seemed to be writing something down religiously in her binder and as the doors opened she looked up and hurried to meet him at his side. "Okay..." She announced after awhile. "I changed the schedule a bit...if we eat lunch for about thirty minutes and then head home and pack we can probably be done at around one thirty. A little later than what your dad advised but I don't think it'll matter too much."

"I'm not worried about leaving at noon." Inuyasha verified and Kagome furrowed her eyebrows not quite understanding. They left the building all together and just like earlier the limo was sitting in the front of the building and the doors opened simultaneously.

"Why not? It's the perfect time, you get to the next town at around eleven P.M. Then we wake up early, it's not even ideal, but we have to put up with it." She said and Inuyasha easily ignored her as he slipped into the limo. She followed behind still reciting schedule plans, at that point he told the chauffeur where he wanted to go quickly. She didn't notice at all she was still talking. "So I really do think we should try really hard to get there early." She concluded and he turned to face her momentarily.

"You know what they have here?" He asked making her even more confused. "They have this restaurant that only sales sandwiches, anything you want, but in sandwich form. You wanna try that?"

"Uh...I don't know... did you hear me though...about getting there early?"

"It's not exactly here, I mean I wish, but it's a little further down past the city, maybe we'll stop there later." He said and Kagome stared at him realizing quickly what he was doing. She rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. He watched from his peripherals as she sat back in her seat, it was a Rin brat move that she did when she didn't get her way, but he knew Kagome's wasn't a brat. He turned to face her slightly. "What do you think?" He asked and she just ignored him.
She was so up tight, he knew exactly where to take her. "Okay well... I could use a drink so you don't mind if we stop at a bar?" He informed her while also sitting back. As soon as he did she looked away. He knew he should of apologized for just openly ignoring her, but he decided that his feelings for Kagome were beginning to pass his own comfort zone. He didn't say anything as the limo slowed down.

He waited till the door opened on his side to get out and she reluctantly followed. She was leaving the limo with her binder and he quickly stopped her. "Don't bring that." He warned and she paused in her spot before laying the binder down. "No business talk please." He asked, she began to get out. He put out a hand to help her but she purposely ignored it. Of course she was mad he was treating her horribly. He didn't know exactly what to say to make her feel better. "So..." he said as she began straightening her mini dress. "Do you like to drink?" He asked and she turned to face him only slightly before looking forward again. "Okay...so I get it your mad?" He asked and she quickly unfolded her arms and pretended to be in a better mood.

"No...I'm not...I just..."

"It's okay Kagome, you can be upset if you want to." He reassured as they lined the side of of the building. There were two doors at the entrance of what looked like a little shack and he quickly opened the door for her. As soon as she walked in the smell of alcohol filled the room. "You know believe it or not, I can be a bit rude..." He said and she just stared over at him not really showing any sign that she found anything humorous. She hugged herself as she looked around the bar room, there were only two people in the entire building, probably because it was around ten in the morning. In the center of the room sat a humongous bar with chairs around it, around the walls spaced out were little booths. She stared around a bit speechless, her OCD was beginning to act up, the building was far too small, too crowded, clunky, and dark for her taste. There were no windows and no way of bringing lights in besides the neon dark red lights that filled the room. She could have been standing in a pile of dirt and she wouldn't have known it. She didn't like the smell either a potent mixture of beer and cigarette smoke.

"Do you want to sit at the bar?" He asked and she looked up at him before looking away. "Okay so I'll take that as a no." The two men who were sitting at the bar drinking had turned when they noticed the door opened. They followed the figures all the way to one of the surrounding booths. The tables were extremely dark and only lit by small chandeliers that dangled down from the wall. Kagome waited for Inuyasha to take his seat before following him in the booth across from his own. She sat on the edge of it trying hard not to sit fully on the booth in fear that it could be dirty. She continued to cross her arms and look around. "So...Are you hungry?" He asked hoping she'd talk she looked up at him.

"Not necessarily..." She mumbled while looking around. If she had been hungry she defiantly wasn't anymore. She finally let her eyes rest on his. He was staring towards her trying to analyze how she felt. As soon as she noticed him staring she looked down trying to hide her blush.

"If you want we don't have to stay. We can start packing." He said and she shook her head quickly. That was exactly what she wanted, but she also wanted to be with him even more, so it left her feeling a bit unusual.

"No...I'm fine..." She said while looking away from him. Her eyes slowly redirected itself to the woman making her way towards them. She was fairly young yet older than them. She had been bored with her job but now a bit excited after seeing Inuyasha come in. She had a note pad out and a pencil and she directed herself to him entirely.

"Hi..." She said while purposely sticking a hip out. She had a smile on her face while she rudely blocked Kagome's view of Inuyasha. "Okay so what can I get you?" She asked. She put two menus down, one near him and the other one off to the side. Kagome stared at it for awhile before raising up from her seat slightly to reach over and get it.

"Yeah...I need a drink..." He said and she laughed flirtatiously making Kagome instantly jealous. "Um...can I get a couple of shot glasses brought to the table and maybe a bottle of vodka?" He asked.

"Straight up?" She asked almost like she was impressed. "Wow so your like a real man?" She asked and Kagome groaned out loud while resting her chin on the palm of her hand. Inuyasha noticed and sat up forcing the waitress to move to the side so he could see Kagome.

"Is everything alright?" He asked and as soon as he did she noticed what she just did. She sat up and pretended to look through the menu.

"No...I'm just... you guys have so much items to chose from." She lied while flipping a page and the waitress finally took her in. She found Kagome attractive enough to be intimidated but she wasn't going to completely give up on Inuyasha.

"So is this your friend?" She asked but Inuyasha ignored her this time.

"So what do you want to drink?" He asked Kagome looking over at her. She looked through the menu for awhile and then looked up.

"Uh...I," she didn't want anything to drink. She didn't make a habit of drinking especially with her medication. "Can I just have a glass of orange juice?" She asked and the waitress stared at her in an annoyed fashion.

"Okay what type of orange juice, we have orange juice cocktail, screwdriver, Mimosa...all types of drinks..." She said and Kagome put the menu down.

"It says on the menu you have just orange juice..."

"No, that's the drinks you can get with orange juice." She said and Kagome looked down at the menu before staring up.

"Uh...I just want orange juice, and maybe another clean glass and a pitcher of water. If you have any of this in something disposable that would be amazing." She said while closing the menu. "Id also like a straw..." The waitress stared at her before rolling her eyes and walking forward. She watched the waitress leave for a moment feeling slightly happy she was upset. She faced Inuyasha before looking back down at the menu.

"So you don't drink at all?" Inuyasha asked moments later. She stared upwards before shrugging slightly.

"Not one of my hobbies..." She said and he raised both his eyebrows.

"So what do you do for fun" He asked jokingly. She didn't know what to say to that so she just smiled.

"I don't know...not drink..."

The waitress came back moments later with a tray holding both Kagome's orange juice, pitcher and glass, Inuyasha's vodka and two small shot glasses. She placed them down and as soon as she set Kagome's orange juice in front of her, she instantly didn't want it. How was she to know the waitress didn't spit in it. Then in the end she wasn't even sure the place was clean enough for her liking. She just wasn't feeling very hungry all of a sudden.

"So can I get you anything else?" The waitress asked towards Inuyasha only.

"Yeah...can I have whatever the special is, meal wise...you have it right here something about a steak house." He said though he hadn't taken the time to read it completely. She wrote that down and Kagome decided she'd go with the salad because it was cheap. This way when she didn't eat it at least she wasn't wasting too much money.

"And I guess I'll have the salad minus the meat that comes on it..." She said while looking down at the menu. She hoped that would save her some of the price. The waitress didn't spare her a look, instead she grabbed her menu rather rudely and left. Kagome watched her as she placed the straw into her orange juice. She didn't drink from it though, but she gave the illusion that she might.

"Okay..." Inuyasha said wanting to form some sort of conversation. "When this is all over...you know and we're back in the city, back at home. What do you plan on doing with your extra days off." Kagome paused for a moment, she hadn't thought about that.

"I completely forgot about that, do I get that as well, the two weeks off?" She asked and he nodded. "Oh well thank you...I don't know, maybe stay home and begin some new work, you know so I can get ahead." She lied, in reality she'd be back at home for her sisters wedding. She actually probably had to ask for another week off, especially if her sister wanted her to be a bridesmaid.

"Wow...seriously?" He asked and she nodded while stirring her straw around the orange juice. "That's a bit upsetting don't you think. You do all this work, and then you just go back home to do more work." She shrugged and he just looked down before realizing something. "Have you ever thought about, I don't know, loosening up sometimes?" He asked while he popped the top on the vodka bottle sitting on his table. Kagome stared at him a bit perplexed. She watched as he poured some into one of the shot glasses. "You should have one." He suggested and she shook her head.

"No thank you..." She said.

"I insist..."

"No really, no, it's about ten in the morning, I'm not an avid drinker." She admitted. "It's far too early for me..." She said but he still filled the second shot glass.

"There's no such thing as too early." He said. "Here I'll drink it with you." He had a handsome smile on his face as he pushed the shot glass towards her. She stared down at it not really wanting to drink it, but also not wanting to upset him. She grabbed hold of it and placed her straw into it. His smile widened at how precise she was. Everything had to be perfect for her. "go ahead...drink..." He said but she seemed weary. He picked up his own glass and downed it quickly. "See it's not all that bad, it goes down easily." He told her and she bit down on her lip before putting her lips carefully on the straw. She paused for a moment before sipping it up. As soon as she tasted it she backed up. Her reaction made him laugh instantly. "Come on, you can do it..." He egged on while taking the straw from the shot glass. She picked it up momentarily and bit down on her lip. She really didn't want to do this, but what was the worst that could happen. She quickly placed it on her lips and shoved it down.

As soon as it touched her tongue she grabbed her orange juice to help chase it. He restrained himself from laughter as the waitress came back with their food. She set Inuyasha's down beside him while noticeably placing a napkin face up on the table. He looked down at it as she put Kagome's salad bowl near the center of the table slightly away from her. She gave Inuyasha one last look before turning around. He sat up and grabbed the napkin letting Kagome see that it had something written on it. He read it for a moment before looking off to the side. Kagome followed his view seeing a couple of waitresses looking their way. He folded the napkin then placed it into his pocket.

"So..." He said while facing Kagome. "Did you like it?" He asked and she shook her head. "Not even a little?"

"Hey..." She said interrupting his current question. "What was that...you know...that napkin she gave you?" She asked and he opened his mouth realizing that she noticed.

"Just a napkin..." He said and she quickly looked down at her food playing with the fork gently. "Actually, I'm going to run to the bathroom really quickly." He lied and she knew it. It made her slightly upset, the same upset that she had been when she kicked that girl out of his bed. What the hell did he see in their waitress. Was she really all that attractive? Yeah she was tall, slim, maybe cute, but not much more. And here she was sitting across from him all made up and still she didn't seem to catch his attention. Now she felt just like the old her, the girl that didn't turn any heads. The entire thought process made her self-esteem plummet but it also made her feel incredibly shallow for caring all together. She hated that feeling.

She didn't understand why she did this to herself. She kept building up all these fantasies about Inuyasha in her head and then suddenly something would make it instantly collapse. She crossed her arms, suddenly she felt like she was in the filthiest room in the world. All she wanted to do was leave, but she couldn't bring herself to get up. She stared at the vodka bottle on his side of the table, it was so unusual how as soon as he sat with her and they talked she didn't feel as if the building was crawling with germs but as soon as he left she was surrounded in it. She stared at the bottle for a moment before looking around the room, miraculously the waitress who wouldn't stop staring were now looking away minus the one slut that had been their waitress.

She sat up and quickly grabbed the bottle. She didn't know why she wanted it, but without thinking she poured the vodka directly into her second empty glass. She stared at it then placed it near her face and sniffed. It made the hairs of her nose tingle. She placed it slightly on her lips and she drunk deeply. The pure burn and taste made her gag, but she withheld it somewhat till the glass was almost done. Maybe the difference between her and the other girls were they were all looser than she was. They were willing to flirt and throw themselves at him, maybe she could benefit from being a bit loose herself. She gulped the rest down feeling the burn in the pit of her stomach. It didn't matter what she thought of the whole thing, she couldn't down another dose of pure vodka. She sat up looking towards the bar for a moment. She made eye contact with two waitress who were staring at her and whispering rudely. She waved them towards her slightly and one of them left the bar walking towards her.

She walked towards her and before Kagome could say anything she began talking. "Was that guy your boyfriend?" She asked and Kagome just shook her head.

"Just friends." she lied. "Hey can I get a refill of my orange drink?" she asked and the woman looked down at it seeing it completely full. "Um...I had like one of the cocktails?" She lied, but for some reason lying was getting a lot simpler. "I would of drunk this one..." she said referring to the glass of orange juice near her. "But it didn't have nearly enough...uh...you know alcohol, so when you make this one, can you put more uh...drink than orange." She said and the waitress narrowed her eyes but nodded while turning around. Kagome watched her leave before pouring more vodka into the empty glass and putting her orange juice over it. She liked the taste sort of, it was sweet but with the same kick. She drunk it down, then the woman came back. "Thank you..." she said with a smile laughing while grabbing the mixture.

"This is a screwdriver I don't know if you had it first, but I put more vodka than orange juice." She said and Kagome began laughing suddenly.

"I just made that...I made that by myself." She said showing the woman her empty glass. "I should work here..." She giggled and the woman nodded staring at her as if she was weird. After a while she turned leaving the table all together. Kagome stared at the glass filled with ice with a light orange look. There was an orange slice on the rim of the glass which made her laugh for some unusual reason. She drunk the drink down any way and placed the orange peel in her mouth. She was laughing quietly to herself when Inuyasha came back to the table. He looked down at his watch quickly noticing he was gone a lot longer than he wanted to be.

"Hey...sorry about that, there was a long line in the bathroom." He lied and Kagome looked up at him with a giant smile on her face. "What's that...?"

"I'm a monkey!" She said loudly laughing hysterically. And he stared at her incredulously not understanding what she meant. "See...look..." she showed the orange peel in her mouth again and began making monkey noises. "Don't you get it...I'm replicating a monkey's face." She said and he raised an eyebrow.

"Okay so what happened between me using the bathroom and you..." he looked down at her plate. She hadn't eaten anything at all, "not eating..." He said "at all... what have you been doing while I've been gone?" She laughed again before spitting out the peel rather unladylike.

"I've been being a monkey...duh..." She said before laughing hysterically again. Everyone in the bar turned to look at her as Inuyasha looked around at the people staring. She rose up from her seat and stood on the the booths. "I'm a monkey!" She called out standing on the table itself.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha said jumping up from his spot. "What are you doing!" He asked but she didn't seem to notice he was there. She instead began to jump and he placed a hand up wanting to apologize for what she was doing. "Kagome, don't you want to come down. Everyone's staring at you?" He asked but she still continued jumping dropping his plate on the floor and her glass as well. It didn't take long till almost all the plates came down and he decided he'd take matters into his own hands. "I'm really sorry, I don't know what's going on with her." He called out and a man who was a lot older than the cast stuck his head out from the kitchen.

He watched as Inuyasha rose up and quickly snagged Kagome. "I know what's wrong with her she's drunk, get her out of my bar!" He yelled and Inuyasha quickly set her down over his shoulder and grabbed his wallet from his pocket. He pulled it out and dropped a bill down. "Keep it all..." He insisted before backing up. Kagome was kicking on his shoulder and beginning to sprawl but he realized suddenly the half empty bottle of vodka and he knew suddenly how accurate the man had been. He backed up quickly and headed towards the door leaving suddenly. As soon as the limo driver saw him he left the drivers seat and pulled the back door opened. Inuyasha set her down and as soon as he did she ran to the other side of the limo. He sighed before quickly going around to get her, but she ran again.

"Kagome..." He called but she continued to run away from him. "We have to get back to the hotel, you know pack." He said but still she continued laughing and running. He paused staring at her as she stood waiting for him to catch up to her. Her hair flying every which way, her cheeks a faint red, did she have to be so gorgeous even while drunk and running. She stared at him wanting to run when he started up but he never did, he just stared and she ran herself towards him, but as soon as she did he grabbed hold of her. "Your acting like my little brother." He commented as she kicked in his arms. He noticed being drunk turned her innocence to immaturity. "How did you get drunk any way, I thought you didn't drink?" He asked himself but she decided to answer anyway.

"I do drink, I put liquids in my mouth and I swallow." She joked while laughing and he smiled himself as he gently placed her into the limo. He pushed himself in as well and watched as she sat back against the window and stared at him. He didn't say anything he stared forward making an effort of telling the driver to lock the doors so she wouldn't open them, though he didn't think she would.

"Put your seat belt on." He advised but she wasn't listening. She had her legs crossed as she stared at his profile completely. He let it go on for awhile before turning to face her. Even though he was looking directly at her she didn't look away she just stared, then slowly her face turned up into a gorgeous smile. "What's so funny?" He asked but she didn't say anything. He turned forward again sighing slightly, he wondered what Rin would say when she realized how drunk he got Kagome.

"You're really handsome." She said and he turned at that.

"Thanks..." he mumbled not knowing how to react to that. She sat up suddenly and got up on her hands and knees then all of a sudden she began crawling towards him. As soon as she did he sat up. She had a smile on her face and though she thought she was being playful she came off extremely sexy.

"Do you know why your handsome?" She asked laughing a little while reaching him. She shook his head wanting her to continue. She tipped her head to the side adorably while staring at his face. She got really close to him then sat down on the heels of her feet. She brought her face very close to his, and reflectively he bent in as well. She stared directly into his face before smiling slightly. "It's because your nose is so cute..." she whispered and he couldn't help but smile as well. She reached over and grabbed hold of his nose and pinched, as soon as she did she began laughing making him roll his eyes in slight amusement.

"You are so drunk." He mumbled looking back out his window. She laid down on her back her head near him while staring up at the limo's roof. Time stood still laying there and she felt herself almost doze off but as soon as the limo stopped she was up again. The chauffeur opened the door on Inuyasha's side and he got out and stared towards her. "Are you coming?" He asked but she had twisted and was laying down on her stomach now. He shook his head before leaning in slightly to edge her out, when she wouldn't come he grabbed her slightly and forced her out. She began laughing as he pulled her up on her feet. She was laughing so hard he had to put a hand to her lips. She stopped laughing as soon as he did, when she walked she was all over the place almost like she was going to topple over. He had his hands balancing on her waist so she didn't fall completely. When they entered the hotel he dropped his hand from her lips and pretended as if he was steering a girlfriend down the hall. He headed towards the elevator when she began laughing again and he covered her mouth once more.

They got on the elevator alone and as the door closed he reached over to quickly press the right button, but as soon as he stepped away she began pressing all the buttons on the other side. He groaned slightly quickly grabbing her. "Kagome...come on." He said pulling her back. He steadied her as she began laughing again. Despite pressing all the buttons there was only three floors so the elevator still managed to get them on the right floor. "Do you have your key?" He asked but she didn't answer, she just wanted to get out of his hold but he was much too strong. She didn't answer so he placed his hands into the pockets of her baby doll dress but he realized nothing was there. "Okay so you don't have a key." He noticed while going towards his door. He sighed but while he reached for his own he realized Kagome's door was open slightly. "Oh wait..." He mumbled steering her towards the other door. He pulled it open and walked forward. He looked around noticing how clean it was, but on top of her bed was a category of different clothes. He thought maybe she had been packing. He allowed her to go inside before closing the door behind them but as soon as they came in someone popped out of the closet.

He turned around seeing Rin holding a few article of clothing in her arms. "What are you doing?" She asked incredulously. She hoped that Inuyasha wasn't trying to score with Kagome. She didn't like that idea at all.

"I'm just..." He said and they both stopped talking when Kagome began jumping up and down on the bed. Rin turned fully to face her in shock. Kagome didn't seem to care that her mini dress was flowing upwards and her hair was getting sprawled every which way. She jumped all around in complete bliss.

"What's wrong with her?" She asked looking back at Inuyasha. "Did you drug her!" Inuyasha threw her a look.

"No...She's a...well she's just a little drunk."

"A little!" Rin screamed. "She's jumping off the damn walls!" Inuyasha sighed as he watched Kagome begin 'WOOING' from the bed. "It's eleven in the morning. Why the hell did you give her alcohol?"

"I didn't... what's with the third degree... I got some shots, I just wanted to loosen her up a little... I didn't think she'd go over board." He said and Rin sighed loudly before heading towards Kagome.

"Get down Kagome...I'm setting up outfits." She said but Kagome didn't seem to care. Her hair band fell off and her hair was now bouncing up and down in complete chaos.

"What the hell are you doing here any way... how did you get in?" He asked and Rin gave him a look meaning it was none of his business. He looked around, a bit frustrated. He needed some time to let the whole thing set in. Why the hell would Kagome drink half a bottle of vodka? She had just said she didn't drink, it just confused the hell out of him. He moved down towards Kagome's office chair as Rin began trying to bring Kagome down from the dresser she was now standing on. He was in his own world momentarily but the sound of sudden thumping made him look up. He caught Kagome sitting on top of the dresser with her legs dangling down. Rin was content with her just sitting even though she was hitting her legs rather hard against the dresser. She was smiling widely as she did and Rin had gone back to what looked like sorting out clothes.

"She's getting on my nerves..." Rin mumbled stepping back to look at a combination of clothes she had just made. Inuyasha glimpsed at her for just a second before looking back at Kagome who had stopped thumping to just absent mindlessly stare at him. It was extremely weird, she looked like a deer in the head lights. He turned slightly to see who she could be staring at so intently, but the only thing that sat behind him was her lap top. He turned back around to see a dopey smile on her face and he subconsciously sat up. Nothing he did made her stop staring, when he moved the chair her eyes followed. He turned towards Rin, but she was too preoccupied to notice. He didn't know what to think about the whole thing till he saw her jump down from the dresser and walk towards him. Her smile turned into some what of a smirk and though she didn't have any seduction in her walk he did feel a bit turned on. She walked past Rin who was bent down against the bed before stopping near him.

"Can I sit on your lap?" She asked in a whisper. She had a hand on her lip trying to hold her laughter in. He didn't know what to say, he just stared at her face, and then back at Rin.

"Uh...maybe..." he stumbled looking at Rin again. "When Rin leaves." He admitted, he already knew what she'd say. All the times he had told her he wasn't into Kagome, he knew now it was a lie. She smiled at him before moving in close like she had in the limo, but he was keen to her tricks. She wasn't going to really kiss him, she was too innocent for that. It always amazed him how she could set him off without meaning to. She grabbed the black tie sitting on his chest before sitting herself on his lap anyway. He was shocked at the notion but pleased with it over all. She seemed very attach to his tie, she kept looking at it and twisting it in her hands. "It's just a tie..." He told her, but she didn't seem to care. She looked up at him and smiled again.

She put a hand on his chin and lifted it. "Do you think I'm attractive..." She asked in a whisper while staring at him in scrutiny.

"Um...yeah you're uh..you're very attractive..."

"Really attractive like the girl in your bed?" She asked and he widened his eyes not knowing what to say. "And the girl at the bar?" She asked again and the whole sitting on the lap thing lost it's vigor almost entirely. She continued playing with his tie, but she waited for an answer.

"Uh...I don't... you know, you're really drunk, do you want to go to sleep?" He suggested and she looked up at his face and smiled widely.

"You're so handsome..." she said and suddenly she put two hands on his cheeks and pushed them together. He quickly put her hands down and relaxed his jaw. It was almost like she forgot the other questions she had asked, she was off to the newest one.

"I know," he told her while putting her hands gently down for the second time. "You told me that already, your not to bad yourself." He said looking down at her. She put her hand back on his chin now. She then moved closer to him smiling widely.

"you think so?" She asked referring to what he had just said. "I can be like the other girls." She whispered while laughing. She leaned in to him and he waited not knowing what to do. She paused for a moment narrowing her eyes..."Will you let me kiss your face..." She asked suddenly. He raised his eyebrows not knowing what to say, but she didn't seem to care. She lowered herself ready to kiss him when Rin backed up to look over at them.

"You know what I just realized..." She said and her words dropped completely when she saw Kagome giggling on his lap about to kiss him. She walked forward pulling Kagome by her arm. "Kagome..." She said and she turned around still laughing to face Rin. "Come with me..." She said and Kagome willingly did though Inuyasha did grab hold of her for a while longer. Rin gave him a look and he quickly let go. "You should be a shame of yourself..." she said staring daggers at him. "She's drunk."

"We weren't doing anything."

"Whatever..." She said and Rin directed Kagome towards the bed to sit, and as soon as she did she began jumping again. Inuyasha stared at her as she jumped. The questions she asked kept roaming through his head. He didn't know what to do or say, but he felt all of a sudden an overwhelming attraction to her. It was no more Mr. play it safe, he wanted her. It was exactly what Rin didn't want, she didn't want Inuyasha and Kagome's relationship starting too fast. She was afraid that if Inuyasha got his way he'd use Kagome and then dump her like all the other girls. If that happened then he'd have no incentive to go to the wedding.

the room became quite all of a sudden, no one said anything for awhile. Inuyasha continued staring at Kagome when a thought entered his head. "So..." he said getting Rin's attention. She always threw herself into shallow projects like coordinating clothes. It didn't make any sense to him. "Kagome..." He said making her turn completely. "Do you know anything about her...you know personal life?" He asked.

Rin shrugged realizing what he meant by that. Kagome was too drunk to even notice. "What do you mean..."

"you know what I mean." Rin smiled slightly before pretending to get back to what she was doing.

"You like Kagome?" She asked and Inuyasha looked towards Kagome but she didn't seem to notice anything. She was now jumping backwards.

"no...I just want to know..." She paused wondering how she'd reply... she really didn't know what to say, but she decided she needed a story that would at least deter Inuyasha from perusing Kagome.

"Yeah...of course I...um... she tells me everything." She said. "what do you want to know." He didn't say anything so she continued. "Well she has a sister and brother...a mom and a..."

"I know..." He told her and Rin smiled.

"did you know when this is all over she's going to her sisters wedding. She's going back home for a few weeks." She said and Inuyasha seemed intrigued. So she lied to him earlier at the bar. "Yup..." she said and she took a glimpse at Inuyasha who was listening intently. "And also apparently the guy her sister is getting married to...uh that's Kagome's ex boyfriend...I mean well ex fiance." Rin lied and then looked back at Inuyasha and she could see the complexities in his eyes. "Yeah...and she's still in love with him supposedly, so this will be hard for her." She looked back at him again. He sat up in his seat. If this didn't stop Inuyasha from pursuing Kagome entirely she didn't know what would. The room became extremely quiet and Rin decided at that moment to change the topic. "So do you think I'll have to pack all Kagome's things too?" Rin asked and Inuyasha rose from his spot suddenly. Rin turned around facing him. "Where are you going?"

"I forgot I have to pack up my things too..." He said and Rin began to feel a little guilty, she hoped that didn't deter him completely.

"Can you imagine." Rin said making Inuyasha look back at her. "To be in love with a guy and your sister steals him."

"I really don't want to talk about this."

"I'm just saying...it's kind of harsh, I think the only thing that could help would be if she could...you know get the perfect date to take home...this way at least..."

"Why the hell are you telling me this?" Inuyasha asked and Rin just shrugged.

"I'm just saying...maybe Kouga's available." Rin said and Inuyasha just turned feeling extremely annoyed. "Maybe Miroku...I don't know if you're not busy you can maybe..."

"What..." He was about to leave the room when he stopped in his spot. Kagome had jumped down from the bed and was laying flat on it. Her arms and her legs were sprawled and she was breathing harshly. "What the hell are you getting at?" He asked and Rin shrugged again.

"I'm just saying you could maybe take her."

"Rin I'll tell you right now that's never going to happen. So don't bring it up again." He said before turning around and opening the hotel door.

"Where are you going?" Kagome asked sadly from the bed. Inuyasha ignored her. He was a little upset and he knew she was the reason why.

"I don't understand why?" Rin asked and Inuyasha rolled his eyes.

"Well first of all she's my employee... I'm not flying all the way to some unknown small town in Lord knows where... to pretend to be her date just so she can win back some guy she's in love with." He said and Rin groaned. She wasn't liking this plan at all. If Inuyasha was set on saying no everything would be ruined.

"That's so fucking stupid. You are such a hypocrite." Rin snapped turning around completely to face him. "You're always like you can't do this or that with her, but when it comes to going to a bar and getting her drunk or making out with her on your lap you never care do you!"

"I didn't make out with her! She's drunk! I just didn't want to upset her. I didn't invite her on my lap." He said but Rin just rolled her eyes telling him he wasn't fooling anyone.

"I'm just saying that's not very professional is it?" He stood there for seconds before looking at Kagome who was staring at him again. As soon as he looked at her she threw one of her gorgeous smiles before dropping the grinning and looking away. He sighed then turned towards the door. Rin watched him leave for awhile. She felt like she ruined the whole thing. Her goal was to stop Inuyasha from using Kagome like he did all the other girls he was involved with, but she might of ruined everything.

"Where did Inuyasha go?" Kagome asked as she jumped up from her spot again to continue jumping on the bed.

"No more jumping seriously..."

She didn't listen instead she jumped more and began yelling "INUYASHA! INUYASHA!" over and over again making Rin roll her eyes.

"Stop he'll hear you... rule number one of liking a guy, I know you're too drunk to retain this, but don't ever let them know you like them." Rin said pausing. "Well you can let them know, but...just not in that way. You seem desperate." She sighed before sitting down. She needed to think about a new strategy.

Kagome plowed herself on the bed near Rin. "Why?" She asked and Rin just groaned.

"Because Kagome...I don't know..."

"He's sooo handsome though!" She screamed and Rin covered her mouth. She felt herself getting annoyed when she realized something.

"Wait you like Inuyasha?" Rin asked and Kagome began laughing hysterically. "I'm going to take that as a yes..." She mumbled but she just came up with her newest scheme. It would rebalance everything, but keep a wall up until Kagome's sister's wedding. All she had to do was manipulate some stuff she smiled slightly before getting up and beginning to pack up Kagome's things.

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A/N:What was that Rin, you're going to force them to stay in the same room, next chapter...NO! lol I'll update soon.