Playing Hard To Get
Chapter 03
Kagome found that upon exiting from her boss' office, she was met with jealous glares from most of her female coworkers. She gave a genuine smile, which was returned with the backs of Ralph Lauren sweaters and pink glossed scowls. Obviously, she wasn't very popular with the women of her department; however, the males were a different story entirely.
Kagome sank into the leather seat behind her desk, which was placed right outside Shuichi's office. She had decided that going straight to work was her best way to forget what just happened. Just as she was logging into the desktop computer, a Styrofoam cup was placed in front of her. "The boss on your case again Kagome?"
The blue eye girl nodded weakly. "Yeah he didn't like that I was late. Anyway, how are you today, Mr. Sato?" she said, addressing the lanky man in front of her.
The man smirked and stepped a little closer to her desk. "Call me Hiro, okay? After all, first names are much friendlier," Hiro told her, placing a husky coating upon the latter part of his sentence. "However, I am pretty well, but I'd be better if we could have lunch together today."
She was just about to shoot out an excuse when someone else did it for her.
"Actually she'll be having lunch with me. Sorry Hiro, but girl talk is needed."
"Botan!" Kagome exclaimed, never so happy to see the mailroom girl in all her time of knowing her.
The pretty young girl gave a wave as she approached, pushing her mail cart along in front of her. Hiro narrowed his eyes at her. "Oh really?"
"Yep!" Botan replied happily, picking up the coffee he had brought for Kagome and taking a sip. "Oh, hazelnut, my favorite."
Hiro, who was obviously annoyed, turned back to Kagome and gave her a wink, saying, "Maybe some other time then," before heading back to his cubicle, fortunately some distance away from her desk .
Kagome gave Botan her first real smile of the day. "You're a lifesaver, you know that, right?"
The girl waved it off. "You're welcome, but I was serious about the girl talk. Did you honestly think I missed that scene between you and Red-Hot?" She asked, using the nickname she had given Shuichi.
Kagome blushed. "It was nothing Botan! Honestly, he just chewed me out for being late; that's all."
Her blue haired friend's face became cat-like. "Chewed? It looked more like eaten to me."
"Botan!" Suddenly, Kagome wasn't that happy to see her anymore.
Botan laughed before she started pushing the cart again. "Just meet Sango an I at the café at 12:30 to get some lunch. Well, that is if your mouth's not too full of something else, already. "
She was going to strangle that girl.
I had this chapter sitting on the back burner since like November. I just had strabismus surgery, basically eye muscle surgery. So I don't wanna type with only one eye functioning properly, I make enough mistakes as is.