Chapter 2: Opportunity Knocking
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"Crap" I cursed when I dropped my bowl of cereal on the floor.
"Way to go Kagome." Sango snickered at the kitchen island while pouring the last contents of milk into her coffee. Fantastic. No lucky charms for me this morning. She left the kitchen and walked into our open concept living room. I watched as she sat on the couch and turned on the TV.
"Ohhhhh, yeaaaaaah! Harder! YES!" The sound blared from the TV. I snickered.
"Way to go Sango!" I said mimicking her in full fits of laughter. She growled.
"I really wish that Miroku would stop watching porn in our house! No I wish he'd stop watching it PERIOD! He has a perfectly good girlfriend right here!" She ranted on. "I mean who even watches porn DVD's anymore when it's all available online?" I debated on whether or not I should tell her that his motive for watching porn was to pick up a few moves specifically for her. I shrugged. I suppose she'll find out on her own. After taking the DVD out and throwing it in the trash she flipped the channel until she landed on the news. "Hey, Kagome look!" She said, and I stopped raiding the fridge for breakfast and hopped over the sofa to be seated next to her.
There was an attack Monday evening towards CEO Mr. Shotai's wife. She hasn't been injured but it turns out that the man who had attempted murder was suicidal. It was this man.
The screen zoomed in on a dark haired guy with a crazy look in his eyes. This world is such a crazy place, with crazy people living in it.
Mr. Shotai, how do you feel about this situation? Is it true that your wife was sleeping around with this man before he tried to kill her? You will be in need of a new secretary, have you found one yet?
The reporters bombarded him with millions of questions, and he just sighed in annoyance.
No comment.
He replied coolly and he walked quickly toward the giant office building.
"Oh god he's so hot!" Sango almost purred out while she put her hand over her heart. "I swear if I wasn't dating Miroku and if he wasn't marri-" I cut her off when I snorted.
"He's not all that amazing..." I said while wrinkling my nose. Sango shook her head.
"You aren't allowed to say because you have no taste in men." She said pointing her index finger at me. I put her finger in my mouth and licked it.
"I'd rather be tasting women." I told her. It was Sango's turn to wrinkle her nose. She retrieved her finger.
"Exactly, so you're not allowed to comment on how he looks." She said. I rolled my eyes.
"I just don't know what you see in men. They're just giant hunks of muscle without brains, and over whelming amounts of testosterone. They're possessive and annoying and the only thing they're good for is the basic shape of a dildo. I'll give 'em that one." I began. "Now to be with a woman... that's gold right there. She considers your feelings so much more than a man would. She understands your needs and why you do the things you do. She's soft to the touch and she knows how to please you. I mean she really knows, because her body is like yours." Sango rolled her eyes.
"If you really want a girl to please you why don't you just masturbate?" She asked, and I hit her lightly on her shoulder.
"Shut up you know what I mean." Suddenly I wasn't so hungry anymore. The man that was previously shown on TV made me loose my appetite. We heard a thud at the door. Sango got up to open it and on our doorstep was today's newspaper. The paperboy must've just passed by. She brought it in and sat on the stool and rested the paper on the island flipping it open. She drank her coffee and put it down looking carefully at the newspaper.
"Hey, Kagome check out this house! It's huge, and so beautiful! Look at that garden too!" She said. I walked over to her side.
"The house isn't the only thing that's huge." I said tapping the price of it in the corner. She sighed, and started flipping pages again; she skipped the page about the suicidal maniac we saw on the news.
"Wouldn't it be nice if we could afford something like that though?" She asked. She kept the page open in the classified section and I noticed the ad on laser hair removal.
"Ummm, I guess." I said scratching my head. She looked at my face and then followed my gaze to find what I was looking at. She rolled her eyes again.
"I'm not talking about that stupid, I mean the house. Wouldn't it be nice if we could afford a house like that?" She asked as she was now staring intently at the other side of the newspaper.
"Yea it would be nice." I agreed grabbing her coffee and taking a gulp of it.
"Whoa..." She said slapping the paper down and eyeing a particular part of the newspaper. "Whoa, he's fast and he's not playing. Holy crap!"
"What? Who does? Lemme see!" I questioned and I pulled the paper from her accidently ripping a corner of it as she pointed to the article. I read it out loud. "Secretary position available. Must meet top expectations. Deadline to hand in resumes: This Saturday! " My jaw dropped. His name and a small picture of him were at the end of it. "Wow! I have to get this!"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Slow down, I saw it first!" Sango said grabbing the paper back from me.
"Pshh, honey you already have a job." I reminded her.
"That doesn't mean I can't quit once I get this job." She told me and then drank the rest of her coffee.
"Oh please, you know that you wouldn't be able to get any work done. You'd be too busy gawking at him!" I accused. "Now me on the other hand. I'm not the least bit interested in him; I'd get the job done.
"I smell a little competition rising." She said getting a little closer to my face, and poking me hard on the collarbone with her index finger. I waved my hand in front of my face and wrinkled my nose.
"Oh no, that must be morning breath mixed in with your coffee." I told her. She glared at me.
"Well keep in mind that there's a high chance that neither one of us would get the job." She reminded me as she began to proceed up the stairs. Probably to brush her teeth. I almost laughed.
"Yea you're right but then again..." I paused and she stopped and turned around waiting for me to finish. I grabbed my breasts and squeezed them together. "... He's a guy right? First sight of these babies and I'd knock him dead." She snorted and continued up the stairs and I began to follow.
"Do you really think that matters to him? He's married Kagome." She disappeared into the bathroom.
"He's a guy for crying out loud. Marriage is not an obstacle when it comes to guys and sex. The first glimpse at a piece of ass and a sweet rack and his bone is standing at attention like a soldier. Believe me all guys are the same." I said and she closed the bathroom door. I leaned on it.
"Oh come on, not ALL guys are like that." She said. I shook my head.
"Ha! Sango admit it, 99.9 percent of guys are like that and you know it."
"I think I'd have to know every male on the planet for that statistic to be true." She said turning on the shower. I opened the door and walked in. She was already completely naked and tying up her hair in a messy bun. I raised my hand in front of me to block my view of her body. Yes Sango had a great body, but I never did see her as more than my best friend or a sister even. I've known her since we were toddlers, since before I discovered my true sexuality and that realization never changed how I look at her. Just a sister.
"You don't need to know every guy on the planet. The truth is just right there in your face. You see it everywhere. On TV, in the movies, in the mall, at your work. Everywhere." I said. She stepped into the shower and I dropped my hand.
"Yea, yea, whatever. Now get out!"
"Oh, by the way I'm seeing someone!" I ignored her. I took my phone out of my pocket, and scrolled to the picture I took of her. "See?" I opened the curtain slightly and showed her the picture. There was silence and then Sango opened the curtain to look at me. She had a worried look on her face and her eyes were wide. "What?" I asked and shoved my phone back in my pajama pocket.
"N-nothing." She closed the curtain.
"Tell me Sango!" I whined. She let out an irritated sigh.
"Just drop it! I thought it was someone I knew. Just forget about it." She said, and I heard her drop the bar of soap. My brows furrowed together. Why would Sango knowing her matter anyway? I didn't urge her any further. I didn't feel like engaging myself in an argument. I flipped open the phone again, and looked at her picture. I smiled. She was gorgeous. She had a beautiful set of red eyes. They sparkled like rubies. Her dark brown hair was usually kept in a high messy bun and her skin was soft and slightly pale. Her bottom lip was fuller than her upper lip. I always found that quite sexy actually. When she pouted it was really cute. I took this picture of her after we had had sex. She was glowing and I had to capture the moment. She's older than I am. She said that she was 30. I'm 25 turning 26 in September.
I've never dated an older woman before. Even better I've never dated a demon woman. She was absolutely amazing in bed. I've never met someone who could please me so well and beyond. I was in complete shock when she told me that I was her first female 'experience'. I never believed her because she showed such expertise. I set her as my display picture and looked at the time. It was only 9 am. Then I looked at the date. It was Friday.
"Hey Sango tomorrow's the deadline to hand in the resume's for that job ad we were looking at. Let's hand 'em in today okay?" I said, as I heard the shower shut off. I gave her a towel.
"Yea." She said. "Let's make a bet." She wrapped her towel around herself and stepped out. " If I get the job you owe me a hundred bucks if you get the job I'll owe you a hundred bucks. If none of us get it we'll go on our very own shopping spree to cheer each other up." She stuck her hand out and I shook it.
"It's a deal. However, I do feel pretty bad for you." I said giving her a mock sympathetic look as she raised an eyebrow. "You're gunna loose a hundred dollars." I smiled at her and she glared.
"We'll see about that! She said as she walked past me out of the bathroom. "Oh by the way." I turned around and I saw those same worried eyes she looked at me with in the shower. "Are you sleeping with her?" She didn't have to elaborate. I knew what she was talking about. I cocked an eyebrow.
"What do you think?" I questioned. She pursed her lips and mumbled an okay before she disappeared into her bedroom.
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Sango and I walked into the giant office building. It looked so completely busy, people were running around getting jobs done, phones rang off the hook left, right and centre, and there was a buzz of conversations flying everywhere. "Uhhh, now the question is where to hand in our resumes." Sango said.
"Oh man you to? That's the twenty-sixth person today." Sango and I turned around at the sound of a male voice behind us. He was pretty tall compared to us. He seemed to be about six foot two while he looked down to our five foot six and five foot eight heights. Me being the taller one. "You're applying for that new secretary job right?" He asked. He had long black hair in a high ponytail, his eyes were a pale blue and his skin looked smooth and tanned. When he grinned at us I noticed that he had fangs. He's a demon.
"Yes we are. Where do we hand in our resumes?" I asked.
"Why don't you leave them with me and I'll be sure to hand them in for you." He replied and I glared.
"I prefer that I hand it in myself." I said. He grabbed my hands and held them in his.
"Why, you don't trust me?" He asked in mock hurt, his thumb stroked my fingers and I yanked them back.
"No I don't actually." My glare never shifted. Then suddenly he got knocked upside the head, and I tried to stifle a laugh.
"Kouga what did I tell you about flirting with other girls?" A red head with green eyes appeared almost out of nowhere. I could tell that she was a demon too. "Remember this?" She asked and she showed him her left hand with a golden ring on her ring finger.
"W-well, you see..." He started. Sango cleared her throat.
"Just so you know she's not the least bit interested in men. It would be very smart if you didn't hit on her... especially since you're taken." She said firmly. The red head looked at me and grimaced. I was used to it though. People are very ignorant. I winked at her just to bug her and she seemed very startled by it. I noticed then that Kouga had cocked his head to the side and he looked at me in wonder. He had a slight smile on his face. What a perv. He was probably fantasizing about me and another woman. I didn't like that look on his face at all. It almost made me want to drop kick him... I might have, had we been in a different environment. "Consider that a warning though the next time you hit on her she might shoot you in the ass with an arrow. She smirked, and I could tell she was trying to keep from laughing. I looked at Sango and remembered instantly what she was referring to.
I had a flash back of my high school days when I was in an archery club. I was pretty good at it because I had wicked aim. I almost always hit the bull's eye. However, one time while I was practicing I had the bow fully strung ready to hit the target. Some guy everyone called Hojo aka the hottest guy in school (supposedly) was distracting me. He pointed at me, and then at himself and he began thrusting the air. This wasn't the first time he had asked me to fuck him. Then he turned sideways and began thrusting the light pole pretending it was me. I was already aimed at the target but I decided to take on a new target. I released the arrow from my bow and it hit him right in the ass cheek, and he started jumping around, screaming and rubbing his sore rear. The arrow was dull for safety purposes, but I could imagine that it left a nasty black bruise. People were calling me cupid for weeks.
"Or I'd shoot you in the head, which ever way works best for you." I added sarcastically. I smiled when he stiffened.
"Kouga you get back to work and I'll show these ladies where to drop off their resumes." The red head ordered.
"Yea whatever Ayame." He said returning to his workstation. The woman named Ayame guided us to a set of elevators. It wasn't long before we heard a 'ding' indicating that the elevator had arrived. We stepped on and the elevator door closed.
"Thanks for showing us Ayame." I said turning to the red headed woman. She glanced at me from the corner of her eye.
"That's Mrs. Ookami to you." She said. I didn't bother saying anything further and already I knew that I didn't really like her much. I would have liked her if she wasn't so damn ignorant. After a long ride of silence, the elevator doors opened, and we stepped into what looked like a waiting room and a desk. The walls were an elegant sandy colour, while the carpet we walked on was wine red. There was a white desk on the right hand side of the room. The chairs of the room were black and the centre of the room held a strong trendy glass coffee table with magazines, pamphlets, and newspapers on it. The corner of the room was occupied by a water machine and a paper cup dispenser. On the far wall opposite the elevators was a glass wall but the vertical blinds on the other side were currently closed. The dark brown door was slightly ajar, and low mumbles could be heard in the room beyond it.
"I'm sorry but I can't be home early today..." Was what I was barely able to make out on the other side. Ayame knocked gently on the door.
"Sorry to interrupt sir but we have more people seeking the secretary position." She said in a sweet professional voice. It wasn't the same voice she was speaking to us with earlier. This guy was very highly respected around here. What's the big deal anyway? He's just another person.
"Thank you, leave them on my desk." He said. We stepped into his office, and I was quite impressed! It wasn't quite what you'd expect to see as an office. Usually, the typical CEO office looked brown all over, generic bookshelves, a few ugly unwatered plants, and the classic giant black leather chair. Not this office, it was different. The first thing I noticed was the semi –circle shape of it. The floor to ceiling windows curved as if it were encasing the sleek black desk and chic white leather chair in the center. The view of the city beyond was just spectacular! The walls to the sides were a navy blue and lined with diplomas and certificates. The plants he had in his office where very exotic, as if they were taken from deep in the jungle. To the right there was a very sophisticated looking bookshelf that looked like it came straight out of an interior design magazine. To the left was a large fish tank filled with many different coloured fish. Fish I haven't even seen before.
Well the guy has good taste. I'll give him that much. Sango and I quickly put our resumes on top of the huge stack of papers we could only assume were the others. "Nobody deserves that sort of torture! Enough is enough already dammit!" Mr. Shotai said in a low voice, trying to keep himself quiet and composed enough since he was no longer alone. I could see that he was talking on the phone because a curly phone cord trailed all the way to the white leather chair and disappeared behind it. He was facing the window and completely hidden behind it, but I could somewhat make out his reflection in the glass. Ayame and Sango left before I did, and before I followed, I took one more glance back into the room and then a sparkle of silver caught my eye from behind the leather chair as it turned just a bit. It literally sparkled. My heart fluttered a bit because it was beautiful like a diamond. I shook my head of the strange thought and shut the door behind me. As I walked back through the front office towards the elevators, I crossed my fingers behind my back as if it would bring me enough luck. Here's hoping I get the job.
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