Again, thanks so much guys for reading my story. It brightens my day to see that it is being enjoyed -Ainsley

Kagome yawned as she rolled over to turn her alarm clock off. She sighed, completely content after the night with her husband. His naked form next to hers was still deeply sleeping. She smiled a sleepy smile at him as she snuck out of the bed. He didn't have to get up for another hour so she figured she shouldn't disturb him. She got in the shower and let the water beat down on her tired shoulders. As she scrubbed her hair she thought of her day. She had three couples that she knew of, but she always had an extra two or three call in at last minute.

After her shower she went to get dressed. She didn't have much to choose from, she only got a new outfit maybe every month or two. She decided to go with her black scoop neck dress with a gold belt. She wanted to look nice for her dinner later with Kouga. She tied her hair in a simple knot at the nape of her neck and put on eyeliner and mascara. She sprayed some hairspray and then walked out of the apartment.

Kagome always preferred to walk to work. They'd never had a car, mostly because they couldn't afford one. But Kagome never minded she loved to stroll on her way to work. The streets were always busy this time of morning so she had to walk through a crowd of people. She stopped on her way to grab some coffe and a bagel, it was her routine, as she did it every morning. She looked up and saw the sky, the sun was peeking out over the skyline where she could barely see its glow. Even so, she knew it was going to be a beautiful day. She smiled as she arrived at work. Sango waved to her from the parking garage and the women began to walk together. Kagome enjoyed Sango's company and loved that she had a girl she could talk to, she never had many friends. Sango was a counselor who specialized in speaking with children whose parents were going through hard times such as a divorce; so they worked on the same floor. Although they still rarely saw one another. They walked out of the elevator and parted ways to go to their separate offices, promising to meet again for lunch later. Kagome saw her stop in front of that male counselor, Miroku's office to peek in and say hello. She smiled as she watched Sango blush over something he said.

Kagome unlocked her office and flipped on the light. It looked the exact same as she left it so nothing had changed. She sat behind her desk and booted up her laptop. She finished her last sip of coffee and waited for her day to begin.

Inuyasha straightened his tie as he looked in the mirror. He had chosen a simple light blue shirt today and some khaki pants. His tie a very basic nude color. He frowned as he felt arms wrap around his waist. "Good morning handsome. I missed you when I woke up." He turned around and was face to face with Kikyo. She tried to reach up to kiss him but he shrugged out of her grasp and walked out of the room. "Inuyasha I quite enjoyed last night we should do it again sometime." He looked back at her. She was smiling a small smile, her eyes seeking his approval. He just shook his head and walked down the stairs. He knew she was trying, hell he wanted to try too. But he couldn't bring himself to be affectionate with her. He couldn't look at her and feel like he had about her all those years ago. He felt that it was the point of no return for their relationship.

As soon as he arrived to work he was bombarded with his entire team. All of them questioning where he had been and why he was late. His secretary Shippo quickly waved them all away as he informed the team of his boss's earlier doctor's appointment. He walked into his office and slammed the door shut. His office felt like the only place where he could get some damn peace. He collapsed into his chair behind his desk and began listening to his missed calls and messages. His mother, of course, was the first message. Shed called three times to remind him of his lunch with her, as though he could have possibly forgotten. He skipped it. The next was from his friend Miroku, who happened to be the one who recommended kagome and also worked right down the hall from her. He rolled his eyes as he heard the perverted man talk about some woman in his office who had an amazing ass. 'Some people will never change' he thought as he moved along to the next message. After that was done with, Shippo came in to inform him that his clients were there and were to meet with him. He groaned and picked up some paperwork as he headed towards the board room. He couldn't wait to get this day over with.

Kagome waved her clients goodbye. They were such a nice couple, they were just having a rough patch due to his mother moving in to their home. She knew the couple was fixable, most couples were. But then, for every couple that was fixable, there was one that was irreparably broken. Like her first couple of the day, he was still madly in love with his wife, but she refused to have anything to do with him. She hated him and spent the better half of the hour screaming in his face. Kagome winced thinking about the shrillness of the woman's voice. Sango was waiting for her by the elevator. She smiled "hey Sango. Ready to go?"

"Yep" the two women got in the elevator and headed towards lunch. Laughing and gossiping about their mornings.

Inuyasha debated on running while his mother was in the restroom. She always drug him to lunch at least once a month to tell him how he was doing things wrong and she would try to shove her wild dreams down his throat. Today she was talking about children from China. She wanted a grandchild so bad, she no longer cared if the child was blood. Inuyasha's head was spinning from all the baby talk. She arrived back at the table 'damn it I missed my chance' he thought as she sat back down. "Inuyasha i want you to think it over. You're not old yet, the two of you could handle a child. You're only thirty for God's sake!"

"Mom I'm done with this conversation its going nowhere fast. Me and Kikyo don't want children." She huffed and took a sip of her tea.

"Inuyasha I demand grandchildren! I can't wait around forever!" Inuyasha continued to listen to her ramble for the next thirty minutes. His mind going in every direction, doing everything but focusing on his mother. 'God I want this to be over with' he groaned and rubbed his temples. 'Only four more hours until five'

"Sango!" Kagome laughed as Sango had gotten done describing her date with the counselor, Miroku, last night. Apparently it had gone rather well other than the millions of times he groped her.

"It's not funny kagome! The man is a total pig!" Sango stuck her nose up in the air and crossed her arms across her chest.

"You like him and you know it."

She kept her arms folded, but her face phased into a smile as she quietly said "yeah I do." The women continued to chat about their men and all about how both Miroku and Kouga were dumbasses until lunch was over.

Back in her office kagome sighed. Her mother had called to hear about her anniversary. She didn't know if it would be better to lie or say what happened. She decided the first choice was the better and dialed her number. "Hello kagome! Dear how was last night? What did Kouga get you?" The bombardment of questions made her head spin.

"Hello mama. Last night was amazing. We went out to dinner and he got me some earrings and he went way out of the way. I was really impressed." She lied through her teeth. Her mother was no fool, but hopefully she was convincing enough. "Oh kagome, I'm so happy for you. Kouga has always been a good man! I can't believe it's been ten years already!"

Kagome smiled, "Me either."

"Kagome it's been ten years, when are you going to start giving me grandchildren? You're almost thirty! Time is ticking dear!"

Kagome laughed it off, "I guess whenever we have time for children mom. I'll let you know when I decide I'm ready." The conversation continued for another twenty minutes until kagome said her goodbyes and hung up. 'Children?' She thought as she opened up her emails. Sure she and Kouga had talked about children before, but it had always been something she saw in the future. Did she even want children? It was hard for her to imagine having little ones with her hair and Kouga's eyes running around. Children were never apart of their plan. Kagome had been on birth control since before they got married. She considered it. 'Maybe it would be nice to have a baby...' She thought as she chewed on the end of her pen.

Kagome had been typing her notes and checking emails, thinking of her husband and life and children, her head swarming when the secretary from the front desk called in to tell her that her five o'clock had arrived. 'Huh? I dont have a five oclock.' She thought but she stood up anyway and began to walk toward the lobby.

"Mr. Takahashi it should only be a moment." The cute secretary smiled at him and motioned for him to have a seat. He eyed a rather large photo on the wall in the waiting room of all the counselors on the floor. He saw that Miroku was in the picture, as well as a few other counselors and then he saw Kagome. 'She has such a sweet face' he mused as he heard the door leading to the offices opening. Kagome walked into the lobby, looking, obviously, for him. Though by the looks of it, she didn't know it was him that she was looking for. She then turned her head and eyed him. Her facial expression went from pleasing and professional to annoyed. He laughed under his breath as he saw her eyebrows twitch with frustration. "Kagome! I told you id see you today!" He smiled down at her.

"Mr. Takahashi, of course how could I have forgotten please follow me." She said with mock politeness. He smiled with satisfaction as he followed her back into her office. She huffed and sat behind her desk, hiding her face behind her computer. 'Much different than yesterday' he thought as he remembered her more friendly seating arrangement of her sitting across from him instead of behind her rather large desk. "To what do I owe the pleasure Mr. Takahashi?" Why was he here? He had no clue. He went searching through his mind for something clever to say when the thought popped up.

"Kagome how am I supposed to fall in love with my wife again?" Kagome eyed him suspiciously. What in hells name made him ask that? Did he want to fall in love with Kikyo? At some point he obviously did. He did marry her. He had married her and lived with her as her husband for five years, and he currently took no interest in any other women. Perhaps, it would be nice to be in love with his wife. Was she who he wanted? Not really. But who was who he wanted? He didn't know. So why not give what he had a shot instead of making things complicated and just completely cutting her off?

"I'm sorry Mr. Takahashi I was under the impression you wanted to divorce your wife, not fall in love with her." Inuyasha looked up at kagome disturbed from his thoughts.

"I don't know what I want" he admitted looking her in the eyes.

"Well I don't know the answers of how you can fall in love with your wife. I can perhaps offer you some advice on how to have a better relationship as a couple but I can't tell you how to love her. No one but you can do that." Kagome had a serious look on her face, this conversation was getting a little too deep for him.

He quickly changed the subject, "do you love your husband?"

"Yes" she answered without a moment's hesitation

"How do you know? How do you know that what you feel for him is love?" Inuyasha questioned, confused about what love even was. He didn't have a clue so maybe Kagome the marriage counselor would have an idea considering it was her specialty.

"My personal relationshi-"

"Cut the crap kagome just tell me how you know." She squinted at him her face morphed into a scowl.

She placed her chin in her hand and began to talk, "Inuyasha," he smiled at the use of his name, I believe that what I feel for my husband is love because at the end of the day there is no one I would rather fall asleep next to." She waited for him to reply, of course he didn't let her down,

"Maybe you feel that way because you've never considered falling asleep next to someone else. Is that what it takes to be in love with someone to you Kagome? Just their company and your desire to be around them?" He retorted partially curious as well as teasing her.

"No. Love is more than that. Inuyasha what specifically are you looking for me to say? If you want to fix your marriage try to come here with your wife and work on this with her." Inuyasha stood up and walked towards her window, looking down at the people walking by. He thought carefully about what he wanted to say.

"I want to hear someone tell me that she's worth the fight. That I'm making a mistake. I don't want to be the rich old man who has had three wives who all became bitter and left him. I want to stay with the woman I picked because whether or not I love her, I vowed to be her husband until death do us part and I am not one to break a vow. So tell me Kagome how can I fall in love with this woman so I can keep my vow and be happy at the same time?"

Kagome was at a loss for words. Never had she imagined the man would have so many morals. He seemed to care for his wife. She couldn't tell how much, but she could tell a part of him wanted to work things out. But mostly she just saw that he was lonely. He seemed confused, and vexed, but also hopeless and bitter. She lost her professionalism that she had become so accustomed to and asked, "Why would you marry a woman you don't love?"

He humorlessly laughed, "Because my mother told me to." He looked up at her. He was so handsome when he smiled. The light was shining from the sunset behind him. His hair and eyes were glowing. She felt paralyzed under his look. He walked back towards her desk and sat down in his chair, scooting it closer to hers, causing her to blush, but she didn't move away.

"Tell me more about your marriage." And he did. He told her all about how he had met Kikyo at a business gathering and how he had hit it off with her. He told her about their endless nights of passion that led him to believe it was love. He told her about their months of trying to conceive and about how Kikyo couldn't have children. He told her about his affairs and hers. They talked what seemed like forever. Kagome eyed her clock, it was past 6:30 she got off thirty minutes ago. 'Kouga is probably waiting on me so we can go out' she thought as she glanced back at Inuyasha who was still talking. She couldn't decide who she wanted to be around more, her loving husband, or her new handsome client. Inuyasha won as she interrupted him to say, "Sorry do you mind if i call my husband really quick? I need to tell him that I won't be able to meet him for dinner." She felt awkward talking to Kouga in front of Inuyasha. He laid back in his seat and patiently waited for her call to end. She embarrassedly said she loved him and hung up. Why was she embarrassed to tell her husband she loved him in front of Inuyasha? He was a married man! Albeit a very unhappy married man. She was pulled out of her thoughts when she heard Inuyasha speak up.

"So what's your husband like?" Kagome groaned, she was still disappointed in Kouga from last night. "Doesn't sound like he's that great. Kagome was that a cry for help?" He laughed as she glared at him.

"Kouga is wonderful... He's just forgetful at times..." Inuyasha continued laughing. "What is so funny?" She growled at him.

"Kagome I might not be in love with my wife but I still get her something for our anniversary every year. Your husband claims to love you and he couldn't even remember the date." She grimaced. Even Inuyasha was more romantic than her husband.

"How did you know it was our anniversary that I was upset over?" He smiled and rested his elbows on his knees,

"Men always forget their women's birthdays or anniversaries, and considering I did a background check on you and know that your birthday is nowhere around this time of year, I'm going to assume it was your anniversary." Kagome just sat there shocked.

"You did a background check on me?"

"Of course I did. My friend Miroku suggested you but I still needed to know if you were worth my time or not." Kagome was flabbergasted until she remembered how rich he was and how easy it would be for him to obtain her background information.

Kagome smiled, "well I know some of your dirty little secrets too Mr. Takahashi." She recalled in his files on her laptop some past criminal offenses and medical records. "Was it herpes or aids that you had?" She joked as he stuttered over his words,

"Neither! What is in my file? Sounds like rubbish!" Kagome laughed at his expression and he found himself laughing as well. She didn't realize how close they were until she saw that they were almost touching. He looked at their bodies just a few steps away from being locked together. Kagome blushed as she saw him eyeing her. He came closer until they were nearly touching and he whispered, "Kagome I think I know how you can help me."

Tell me what you think I'll try to have another chapter out tomorrow. Thanks for reading, -Ainsley