Chapter 9
Kagome rolled over in the California King Sized bed as she thought about what she wanted to wear to work today. Sukari's boss was an underling of Sesshoumaru's, so Sukari had volunteered to pick her up on her lunch break and they could grab a bite before Kagome clocked in and Sukari went back to work. Sighing, Kagome sat up and dislodged her gigateen orange and white cat, Buyo. Blinking up at her sleeply, he yawned and rolled over to go back to sleep. Kagome simply turned the alarm off on her closk as she made her way to the bathroom. Out of her entire apartment, the bathroom and the bedroom were her favorties. She'd poured her entire load of spare time into them. The bedroom was decorated in shades of blues and whites, with the center focus on her love of the stars and moons. All her furniture was in dark mahogany and she loved that she'd set them off so perfectly with the stenciling of stars and planets on the wood. But her bathroom was like a personal paradise. Kagome had drafted Sukari and her older cousin Kikyo to help her find the theme, but they were unable to decide on an entire theme together. But then Sango, Miroku's girlfriend, had suggested Kagome decorate in her favorite fairytales, it seemed like a dream come true. Everything was custom ordered as a housewarming gift to Kagome from her friends and family, but Kagome had been extremely suprised when Sukari had shown up one afternoon to drag her on a supposed "Shopping Trip" and when she'd returned, the bathroom was already decorated.
Stripping out of her dark blue nightie, Kagome stepped into the steamy spray with a small sigh. As the hot water beat down on her tired muscles, she found her thoughts traveling back to the kiss that she and Sesshoumaru had shared. She never would have thought that he could kiss so well. He seemed so cold and thoughtless, but last night, she'd seen a side of him that probably only Rin or Sukari had seem before. Finally, Kagome grabbed the poof and began to wash, her mind still focused on the kiss.
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Sesshoumaru sat regally on one of the little plastic chairs with the fellow parents in the playdate room. He stared coldly at a society minded mother with a little boy, who she was trying to get to play with Rin, so she could try and seduce Sesshoumaru. He ignored her babbling and simply tuned out everything until it was imperative that he answer. His beast was just purring over the kiss between he and Kagome last night. 'You have a start.' it kept saying.'Go ahead and rut. She'd let you.' Sesshoumaru considered the beast's suggestion. But then he simply igonred it again in favor of mentally decapitating the annoying woman in front of him. Glancing at his watch, he noticed that it was approaching eleven o clock. Smirking, he stood, ingoring the woman's outraged gasp, and collected Rin's things. Nodding goodbye to some of the other fathers in the room, he disappeared out the door. Rin bounced along behind him humming to herself as she stopped to sniff some of the flower vender's wares. He waited paitently for her. Kagome would probably adore the little girl, but her mother obviously didn't. He growled as he thought of Kanna. (A/N: I bet you never thought of this!) Rin noticed the growl and responded a plea for ice cream. Sesshoumaru hummed in frustation, but consented to her wishes. So off they went to McDonalds.
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Kagome smoothed a hand over her simple black skirt suit with a pale green shirt. Her matching three inch black heels, highlighted her dainty feet and her long slender legs. Kagome was currently trying to decide if she wanted to wear a headband or put in a hair clip. Deciding on the clip, she was just finishing up when Sukari's horn sounded. Gathering up her bag with her stuff and her purse, she bounded outside to the car. Sukari wore a black skirt suit as well. But her heels were of the strappy variety and a good inch higher than Kagome's. Her bold blue shirt matched the blue ribbon in her hair, which has pulled into a very neat sloppy bun.
"So where are we going?" Sukari's bright voice interuppted Kagome's daydream.
"Um, How about the new seafood bar, they have sushi." Kagome said.
Sukari nodded as she made her way in that direction. Then she sniffed.
"Kagome, is something bothering you?"
Kagome blanched but shrugged.
"It's not really important. I guess it's a one time fluke."
"Well what happened?"
"Your brother--"
"Did Inuyasha do something again?! I'll cut his balls off and feed them to him after I peel off his damn eyelids-"
"Not Inuyasha. Sesshoumaru."
"Sesshou-aniki? Huh?"
"He kissed me, last night, while we were still at work."
"Wow. Sesshou-aniki laid the moves on you, huh?"
"I would exactly call it the moves. He just kissed me."
"So it was like a peck, or a tonsil diving medalist?"
"Tonsi-NEVER MIND!"
"So it was a tonsil dive. Who woulda thought Sesshou-aniki would lay it on you like that."
"SUKARI!"
"What? All I did was say that you and Sesshou-aniki went tonsil diving together. Sesshou-aniki taught me what I know. Of course I had to watch him when he put the moves on his girlfriends, but hey, I was ten."
"Oh MY FUCKING GOD!!!! I do not need a play by play of your brother's sexual conquests."
"I'm not giving you a play by play. I could on my exploits though."
"I'm not interested."
"But Sesshou-aniki's a master. He could probably get you to come without touching you. He's physic."
"I'm not listen-what?"
"I bet that got your attention. Sesshou-aniki is a physic."
"Wha-How-?"
"Well, I found out he was a physic,when I learned I was an empath. I don't know how. Papa said that his grandfather was a physic, so that's where Sesshou-aniki gets it from."
"I'm not going to panic. I'm going to be calm about the fact that my employer is a walking mind reader."
"Sesshou-aniki isn't the type to just delve into people's minds. I'm not the type the delve into people's emotions. There are boundaries."
"So he wont know how the kiss has effected me?"
"He could probably smell it. Since your arousal is flooding my car. But that's cause Sesshou-aniki has had a lot more time to adjust to his senses. He sould probably smell if you had a cold or something, I think he could also tell if you're pregnant too."
"So he's a walking ept test too? There are all kinds, I guess."
Sukari pulled into a parking space outside the restaurant and smiled at Kagome.
"Sesshou-aniki will take great care of you. I might be a little biased, but then I do think he could heal your heart. It's been almost three years, Kagome."
"I'm not proud of the fact, either. But I don't want to involve someone in my dead-end life."
"It's not dead-end. You're a very great personal assistant. You just need someone to show you that there's more to life."Sukari said as she grabbed her purse. "Let's go eat."
Kagome mumbled softly to herself as she browsed the menu. Should she order of the menu or eat off the buffet? Sukari answered that question without any contemplating. She simply hopped up and headed to the buffet. Kagome glanced up to ask her opinion and found herself facing an empty seat. Frowning, she turned to see if her companion had simply went to the bathroom, but Sukari's outfit was easy to spot. Sighing, Kagome went off in search of her own food, and found herself across from a happily munching Sukari.
Popping a California Roll into her mouth, Sukari chewed thoughtfully as she studied her closet friend. Sanoskue shouldn't be a problem, but Kagome had never met him. Sukari was afraid to tell her for fear that she might seek him out. Sesshou-aniki had said to leave him alone, but she found it hard to just drop the other half of her soul like that. Kagome nibbled daintly on a piece of shrimp as she read over a preveiw of a book she'd been waiting to buy. Sukari sighed but let the topic of the kiss fade away as Kagome didn't want to talk anymore.
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Sesshoumaru sat behind his desk with a pile of papers on one end and an empty bin on the other. Kagome had pounced as soon as he stepped foot into the office as she explained his schedule and his day. She even took the liberty of brewing him a pot of tea while she worked on the simple things like his social calender and his lunch appointments. Something was off with the girl and Sesshoumaru had no idea what it was. True, his nose had picked up a faint scent of arousal, but he figured the girl must have been preocupied by something this morning. Kagome breezed in, smelling like sunshine and apples. Sesshoumaru was about to say something, when he smelt the familar rain covered scent wafting from the girl.
"You have seen Sukari. Am I correct?"
Kagome blanched faintly as she nodded.
"Sukari invited me to lunch today as a treat for making it with you."
Sesshoumaru studied the way her face paled with a mental smile and victory dance.
"There is no need for you to be so afraid of me Kagome. I don't eat humans. Well, I eat the female variety, but not in the way you may think."
(A/N:singing to the tune of "Superfreak" SESSHOU-SAMA'S A FREAK, HE'S A FREAK! HE'S SUPER FREAKY YOW!)
Kagome blushed furiously and hightailed it out of the office without a word. Sesshoumaru allowed himself the smirk as he leaned back in his desk chair and grinned to himself. This was going to be way too easy.
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LK:Well we all know that Sesshou's a closet perv.
Sesshou-sama:I am not a closet perv, This Sesshoumaru has a healthy sex drive. I like to try new things.
Kagome: -.-; I'm so ashamed to say I know them.
LK: The NEXT CHAPTER is all about our favorite couple's adventures in the copy room. I'm just kidding. Sesshou looks more like the kind of person who'd take Kagome on his desk. blinks innocently at Kagome's glare What?
LK:As I was saying. The next chapter brings the mysterious person we've all been hearing about into play. That's right! Sanoskue will be introduced next chapter!!!
