a/n: ok, here you go, it's shorter than the first chapter, but I like it. Hope you do too. Oh yeah, and thank you to Cotton Candy Ice Cream for her help with getting me introduced to this site!
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha!
Ch. 2
"Hey Kagome, how was your night?" Kagome walked into work the next morning, her hair was tied up in a messy bun and she wore a black tie and white shirt, she was going for a business look…but the black leather vest made a sexy statement.
"Great, how was your surprise birthday party?" Kagome asked, pulling on her apron and smiling at her boss. Her boss, Gabriel, was twenty two, long black hair, and dressed like a Goth, but she was really nice, especially to Kagome, and an awesome manager. She had always wanted to have her own café, and was really happy when it finally happened two years earlier.
"You knew about it! And you didn't tell me! Gee, thanks a lot." She laughed and Kagome smiled.
"If I told you it would have ruined the "surprise" in the surprise party." They laughed and opened the till.
"Yeah, well it was alright, you know me, I'm not one for surprises." She smiled and went to unlock the door. "But I liked the present you sent me. Mmmm, chocolate; besides the laptop I got, I'd say that was the best present of the night." Kagome smirked and shook her head. Yeah, really. "Anyways, you said you were going to a dance club, how'd that go?"
Kagome smiled, "I met a guy."
Gabriel grinned ear to ear, "Oh really? Do tell." She laughed and sat at one of the curly backed chairs. Kagome laughed and turned on some of the mocha machines, thinking what to say.
"He was just my dance partner, but he was really cute." Gabriel seemed really interested and was grinning, so Kagome continued, "it was nothing…we just had a few drinks and danced, nothing else." She looked down and busied herself with the napkin holder. Gabriel's mouth was gaping.
"What? You didn't go back to his place? You didn't share numbers? Anything!" She shook her head and Kagome laughed quietly, "Tsk tsk Kagome. I'm very disappointed in you."
"Well…" she paused for a second, a mischievous grin growing on her face, "I did find a number in my back pocket. He must've slipped it in while we were dancing or something." Gabriel shot up from her chair, almost causing it to fall.
"Well? Where is it? Have you called him yet?" she laughed, Kagome did too, seeing the excited look on her employers face.
"Here," Kagome went under the counter and grabbed her jean bag covered with buttons and embroidery, and pulled out a silvery piece of parchment. It looked like a business card, but it was blank besides the number. It shined in the light and she looked at it, passing it over to Gabriel to see.
"Yoink!" Gabriel snatched it and danced around the counter merrily, pulling out a phone and dialing the number, Kagome was motionless in terror.
"Gabriel! What are you doing? No! Give it back!" she reached for the phone, but Gabriel pulled it out of her reach, putting it on speaker phone, and dialing the number. Kagome stood in shock as it rang. After a while there was a beep and the message came on, she sighed in relief as Gabriel listened to it.
"You've reached Sesshomaru Tashio, leave a message."
"Oh my god!" Gabriel slammed the phone down and stared in disbelief at Kagome, Kagome fell over in shock.
"What!"
"You danced with Sesshomaru Tashio!"
"Yeah…so?"
"He's only the cities most famous and richest bachelor of the year! And one of the most powerful leaders in the business world! He owns the Tashio Corporation Kagome! And he gave you his number!" Gabriel squealed.
Kagome lay on the floor quietly. Not only had she danced with him…but she had let him feel her up, and he had suggested they go back to his place…
"Kagome?" Kagome pulled herself out of her daze and looked up at Gabriel. "What are you going to do?"
"I…I don't know." She stared dumbly at the floor. "What do you think I should do?"
"Call him back and get laid girl!" Gabriel laughed and reached down to help Kagome up, who was glaring at her.
"You know I'm not that type! Besides…he probably doesn't even remember me."
Gabriel raised an eyebrow. "And why wouldn't he remember you? Have you not looked in a mirror lately? You're damn sexy, and the way you dance, he'd be crazy to forget you!"
Kagome didn't have a chance to reply as a wave of customers started to flow in through the cafés glass doors, but was silent as she took the coffee orders, wondering what she was going to do.
Sesshomaru walked into his dark condo, dropping his keys on a glass and steel side table, and then heading over to his couch, where he fell and closed his eyes in exhaustion from work. It took him a while to wake from his haze, but as he did, he saw a blinking red light across the room near his kitchen.
Kagome finished her work shift at five, and then had gone to dance lessons till seven. Now she returned to her small apartment in the south side of the city…not really the nicest part of town, but it was home, and her neighborhood wasn't that bad. She walked up the concrete steps and walked into the old brick building, then took the elevator to the third floor.
"Kagome! Your back!" shouted a little girl that lived down the hall from her. Kagome smiled and bent down to hug the happy girl.
"Hello Rin how was your day?"
"Great!" the small bundle of energy followed Kagome to her door down the hall, not that she minded. Kagome was very fond of Rin, and her mother had been a friend of her mother's. "Guess what Kagome? Guess what?"
"What?" Kagome laughed, taking out her keys.
"Tomorrow I get to go to dance lessons! Mom said that I could go again this year! Isn't that great?"
"Yes, it is!" Kagome grinned happily down at the bouncing girl.
"Now I can see you everyday, not just at home, but at the studio too!"
She smiled warmly down at Rin and laughed, "I can't wait. See you tomorrow."
"Bye Miss Kagome." Rin waved goodbye and ran back to her own doorway.
Once inside her apartment, Kagome went to the shower and turned on the hot water, then stripped down and entered. She heard the phone go off in the living room, but ignored it and continued to wash her hair.
He didn't want to have to do any more work tonight, so Sesshomaru ignored the flashing message machine, positive that it was from the office, and went into the kitchen, pouring a cold glass of orange juice and sitting on the counter. Finishing the last of the cold sweet beverage he growled and stared at the red light. He hadn't bothered to turn on any off the condo's lights, he knew the place well enough, and his demon eyes picked things up enough as is. It was that annoying light that was driving him crazy. Finally he gave in and walked over to it.
He looked down at it and was surprised to see that it was not the office, nor any number that he knew…he stared at it, debating with himself.
Kagome came out of the shower and dressed in her pajamas and housecoat, then carried her dirty clothes to the laundry basket. A small silver object fell out of her pants pocket and she stopped to look at it float to the floor. It was his number. Kagome just stood there and looked at it, thinking back to what Gabriel had said about it after work.
"At least give it a try Kagome, you never know, maybe you two will have a connection."
"I don't think so."
"You'll never know until you try." With that Gabriel had left Kagome alone, standing outside her car.
Now she bit her lip and continued throwing the laundry into her basket, then bent down to pick up the number. Walking over to the couch, Kagome sprawled lazily about it, her body aching from her dance session.
Sesshomaru Tashio…powerful business man, most wanted bachelor…Kagome turned the card in her hand, the small lamp lighting it up till it was flashing in her hazel eyes every time she spun it. This is too much…Kagome thought, her body over powering her mind control and reaching for the phone. She dialed the number and waited nervously while it rang.
"You've reached Sesshomaru Tashio, leave a message." She sighed a little in relief that he hadn't picked up, and then noticed that the beep had sounded.
"Hey Sesshomaru, tell me, is there a reason I found a silver piece of parchment in my back pocket this morning?" she then clicked off the phone, thinking that should be enough.
He pushed the button on the machine and leaned against the wall, arms crossed. Sesshomaru was tired, but he knew he needed to know what was on the machine this late at night before he'd be able to sleep. Then a familiar voice came up and he smirked in triumph.
"Hey Sesshomaru, tell me, is there a reason I found a silver piece of parchment in my back pocket this morning?"
Sesshomaru smirked. This Kagome seemed interesting, maybe he'd keep an eye on her.
a/n: ok, I thought that that would be a good place to end it. I'm going on holidays soon (blah, family reunion shudders), so I'm not sure when I'll be able to post chapter three. Byes! Oh wait…if u know any good dancing songs with good lyrics, I'd appreciate it (chapter three is giving me some difficulty)