By: Patche
Disclaimer: Umm I do not own/am not in any way affiliated with… Inuyasha, the song "Stay" or any songs I think fit the story perfectly.
The Boss
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I had to work tonight. Work was always fun. I worked in a tiny little bakery called "Hoshi Bakery". It was named after the shooting star my boss, Miroku, had seen just before he decided to start the shop.
Miroku's a great guy. A little on the perverted side… but non-the-less entertaining. He could even be a little eccentric at times… which is alright. I liked working with him more than anything. Every night was always a blast.
"Kagome!" I heard him shout from the inside of the bakery upon opening the door.
I smiled and looked around for where Miroku was.
"Hi… Miroku? Where are you?"
He grunted before shouting, "Just trying to get the new cookie sheets out. Go ahead and turn on the sign…"
I headed towards the door the neon sign hung over until I head him grunt again. That cookie sheet must have been huge. "Are you sure, Miroku?" I asked just as he walked up holding a large cookie sheet.
He had long dark brown hair tied back into a low ponytail and was wearing a red collared shirt matching mine. His eyes were big, dark blue, and held a certain calm and happy quality to them.
"So, how's Taro?" Miroku asked smiling as he placed the cookie sheet on the counter.
I sighed. I was so tired of people asking me like we were some soap opera couple. "Oh… he broke up with me…" I said calmly reaching for the string to turn the sign on.
Miroku let out a gasp, running to me. "Kagome, I'm so sorry!" He said. "If you needed today off I could have called in and had Kari work for you!" He said all too quickly to understand.
I just turned around smiling, however. "Trust me, Miroku… I'm fine." I said, walking over to the counter. I was fine… and it drove me nuts when people didn't understand how okay the situation was.
"H-how can you be fine? You two were together… what? A year!" Miroku said loudly.
"Miroku… trust me, there are plenty more important things in life than worrying about my relationship with Taro." I said silently praying he'd just drop it… I knew where he was headed.
Miroku leaned into me and whispered, "Did he cheat on you?"
'Bingo' I though while shrugging to answer his question.
"What? You don't know? How can you not know or care? What if he did?" Miroku asked. He was obviously taking this much worse than I had expected.
I sighed, turning to him for the final time before I would go back to doing my job.
"Miroku, it doesn't matter because even if I knew he had cheated on me… what will it do? I mean… let's say he did… and I found out. It's not like we're going to get back together or anything." I turned around and grabbed a plate to put the scones on. "It's just some reason to be mad at him…"
Miroku stared at me in awe. "You are amazing, Kagome!" He shouted hugging me. "You get dumped and can still act like your wise and comfortable self…"
I just chuckled and nodded. However, we were both interrupted by the sound of the doorbell clanking. I looked up to see a girl standing there.
I knew who she was. He name was Sango Himeo. Often times, she'd come inside and order some bagels for her and her brother who worked at a coffee shop down the street. Miroku was completely infatuated with her. Not only did she deal with Miroku's constant pestering about how beautiful she looked… but she even threw insults at him for being perverted. And still, she came in every night for a year to deal with it?
I didn't think it bothered her all that much…
"Hello Beautiful Sango…" Miroku said to her. She scoffed and turned her attention to me. Smiling, she said, "Kagome… can I get a raspberry scone tonight, please?"
I smiled and picked it up for her, placing it in a bag. "Anything for Kohaku tonight?" I asked still holding the bag open.
Sango beamed and shook her head. "No, he has a date tonight…" She said raising an eyebrow.
I smiled. "Oh, really? With who?" I asked handing her the bag.
Sango dug around in her purse for some cash. "Umm some girl who always comes into the shop… her name's Rin, I think." Sango finished still digging for her money.
"That's all right, fair Sango… it's on the house…" Miroku said flashing her a charming grin. And for the first time in my entire employment at that little bakery… I saw Sango blush, smile, and leave.
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When I got home that night, I saw I had a voicemail on my phone. The number wasn't one I recognized, but I figured I might as well check it.
"Hey… Kagome… ugh… umm… I sort of need some help… and you're a total geek, so I figured you'd be willing to help me… umm… if not then that's fine and great… whatever. It's not like my life depends on it, I just need to raise my GPA up… but you were the last resort… soo anyway, just if you could give me a call back… I'd like it if you would help me. But don't go and flatter yourself and think this is a compliment or anything…"
I was astounded at how much room my answering machine had…
"…anyway, it's Inuya-"
The machine's computer voice kicked in saying "end of messages"
I found it humorous that he couldn't just say 'help me please…' I sighed and picked up my phone, dialing the number.
"Hey, Inuyasha… it's Kagome. Yea, umm I guess I can help you after school… if you still want me to…"
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A/N: Sorry, this was kind of a filler chapter. Umm but I did it just so that everyone can see where Miroku and Sango are. I didn't want to do the traditional "Miroku and Sango and Kagome and Inuyasha are all such good friends at Shikon High". I'm not making fun of those stories by the way. I believe I'm just as guilty of writing them. But, still… it's a nice little transition…oh and since I didn't answer it in this chapter like I promised his ex girlfriend is not Kikyou. I don't think she's going to have a great role in this… if any at all.
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