AN: hehe, we are here before Friday or Saturday! :3
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LovelyPolkaDots - Yeah, it's a week after the last chapter. We went back to all the chapters to post the timelines above/underneath the titles so that people have a good idea of when everything is happening. The wandering is a bit of both. She's definitely exploring the town to familiarize herself more with the area and find spots where she can 'release'. Thanks for catching that! Capitalization should definitely be fixed soon. She does have a mentor for her residency, although we do have stuff planned down the line, so no worries, everything will be revealed in time oh young grasshopper~ Sebastian did, maybe after a small interrogation about why she wanted Joseph's schedule and what she plans to do hehe. No lie, my mind went somewhere else for the 'take that lying down'.
bluepheonixflame98 - Why thank you! We had fun rummaging around with Jojo's thoughts~ Just you wait my dear, just you wait :D
BunnyW.K. - He will always be teased hehe~ We can't help ourselves 3 Thank you, BunBun!
Belle - hohohoho, sweetie, we told you things but you don't know the half of it :D
Timeline: 3 months
Kagome's Perspective again
VII
Kagome turned off the stove and piled her scrambled eggs onto the plate, yawning a little as she finished fixing herself up some breakfast. Music played on low from her phone, muffled slightly in the pocket of her scrubs.
It wasn't much, just eggs, some bacon, and a little rice with a few warmed tortillas covered and already on the table and she's made enough so Joseph could have some. Either way, she feels a little proud that she's starting to get used to some things, even if it is mostly stuff in the apartment.
Before she forgets, she walks over to the coffee pot and flips it on. She was going to need the caffeine to get her room cleaned up and laundry started. Joseph had gone shopping yesterday so she didn't have to worry about that and he refused to let her do his laundry by herself — which she doesn't tell him is absolutely adorable. His stammering was cute.
The coffee is already starting to percolate when she sits down at the table. A quiet hum leaves her at the first bite and she props an elbow onto the table so she can lean against her hand.
At the quiet click of a door, she glances up, teeth clacking painfully against the fork when Joseph walks into the kitchen just wearing boxers. She holds her breath, eyes wide, as she watches him muss up his hair with a yawn. The brief glance she got of him her first day here had made an impression but this.
He's all muscle, thick thighs with a trim waist and firm arms, tanned skin and her eggs suddenly don't seem all that appetizing.
She absently follows the path of his hand as he scratches at the wiry hair trailing down into his—
Oh.
A flush creeps onto her cheeks and she nearly drops her fork at the sight of his morning wood. Kagome quickly looks back up, trying really really hard not stare at each curve of muscle and the way it all mov—No.
No ogling.
Kagome turns back to her plate to continue eating, hyper aware of the way he shuffled over to where the coffee was still brewing.
Nope.
She was not going to ogle, she wasn't—
Her eyes traitorously flick to the right, breath hitching at the play of muscle along his back and her mouth suddenly feels very dry.
Between her hours as an intern and his hours at the precinct, seeing him lately was pretty rare but she'd had the night off and only awoken briefly when she heard him come in around 4 or so and now it was barely 7. They'd had a little argument here and there about little things when they were running on fumes or late for work and hadn't cleaned for a few days.
And she knew he was used to living on his own and they'd only been living together for a short time but she hadn't actually seen him when it slipped his mind.
Half-asleep as he was, she couldn't fault him for his nudity.
So she clears her throat loud enough that he perks up and looks over his shoulder, squinting at her, while his hand is still tucked under the band of his boxers. "Morning."
"..mm'rn'n…" He yawns as he says it and if she wasn't trying so very hard to keep her eyes on his face, she would giggle a little. As is, she just grabs her milk and plate and goes to eat in the living room.
A few minutes of quiet settle over the apartment before she hears a loud curse from the kitchen and watches Joseph scramble back into his room with a slam of the door.
She resists the urge to giggle.
End
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