After crying about ten gallon of tears, I hopped out of the shower. My nice, warm pink kitty and puppy robe was waiting for me. I put my hair up in a messy, wet bun and exited the bathroom.
I felt like crap. Not just because of my killer headache, but because I had done it. I'd made a complete fool of myself in front of Inuyasha. Any slight, miniscule, tiny, itty bitty, chance I had of getting him was gone now. He probably saw me as the type of girl who gets drunk and parties her life away. He wasn't going to waste his time. That's all I was, a waste of time.
I sighed and entered my living room.
"Are you finished?"
I looked up. Inuyasha was sitting with a glass of something in his hand and reading something. He looked completely calm. He looked like he just came from work. Did he always wear glasses?
"I like your glasses," I said.
"Thanks. No contacts at the moment," he said and put away whatever he was reading.
He was here. In my apartment. And I was standing in front of him. In my bathrobe. I blushed and hurried a quick, 'be right back'. I had to change! Hopefully, he didn't see me.
I came out of my room five minutes later with my hair brushed and groomed (but still wet. Hey, I'm only human). I was in my dad's Stanford sweater and shorts. I love this sweater. I was really big on me, but it kept me nice and snuggly.
"Kagome?"
I turned and saw Inuyasha sitting patiently. He looked positively gorgeous. I felt kind of stupid standing and staring at him so I saw down. I turned on my couch to face him. Let's get this over with.
"Thanks, Inuyasha. If you weren't watching out for me, I don't know where I'd be. You're a real friend. You care enough to make sure I got home unscathed. I hope this doesn't change how you feel about me. I really don't want you to think of me as some irresponsible girl who can't watch out for herself. Cause that's not me at all! I promise that something like that will never happen again. Because it's shameful for me to be-" I started. It was a pretty long speech. I was running out of air here and there, but the results were COMPLETELY worth it.
Wanna know why?
Do you REALLY want to know?
TOO BAD!
Ha…
Anyways, after being taken by surprise by my BOSS, Inuyasha, in a kiss, I was running out of air all over again. But, I didn't care. He'd kissed me. My extremely hot BOSS was kissing me on my couch. I felt so mushy inside. Do you remember your first kiss with your first real crush? This kiss was soooooooooo much better than that. And I get to rub it in your face!
But, sadly like all good things, it had to end. I opened my eyes and saw his golden ones staring back at me. It was like seeing him for the first time all over again. His eyes were like little suns, his cute up-turned nose was red, his mouth was opened slightly and breathing on me, but I didn't mind.
"Dude, that's not what I wanted to see."
Oh, crap. We turned simultaneously and saw none other than Inumaru watching us. The teenager rolled his eyes and made a slight gagging sound.
"If you just came over here to make out with Kagome, Dad, you could have at least gave me money to get some lunch or something. You left me downstairs in the car for over an hour! Geez, great parenting," Inumaru said and went into my kitchen. What a wonderful son…
Inuyasha glared at Inumaru's back.
"You're saying you're not smart enough to know to fend for yourself for a while?" Inuyasha asked. I giggled lightly. I tried to avoid Inuyasha's eyes. My face was heating up. Damn, him!
"That's child neglect! I was sitting in a hot car for over an hour! I could have been kidnapped or I could have died!" Inumaru argued with his mouth full of cookies. Little piggy…
"You wouldn't have died," Inuyasha said.
"Would too! Right, Kagome?" Inumaru asked me. Oh, no…
"I'm not getting in this. You two handle this yourselves," I said and took my cookies from Inumaru. He tried to get them back, but I was slightly faster.
"Awww, Gome! I'm starving! Just one more cookie? Please?" Inumaru begged. He gave me some puppy eyes. Oh, gosh… he's….too… strong… giving… in… to… the… eyes…
Inumaru gave an accomplished cry and grabbed the cookies. "Dad, can we go or are you not done sucking face with Kagome?"
Before Inuyasha could answer, Inumaru was out the door with my cookies. I heard Inuyasha get up and walk over to me. This could get a little weird…
"Inuyasha," I said. Before I could finish, he had my lips. Damn, he's good at this. Before long, he was pulling away.
"Will you be coming in later?" he asked.
"I'm not fired?" Sorry, No thoughts active at this time. Please come back later.
"No, why would you be fired?" Inuyasha asked.
"I thought that- never mind. I might spend the rest of the day recuperating. I'll be I first thing tomorrow morning," I said.
He smiled at me. One more kiss to the forehead and he was leaving. What was I getting myself into?
…...
I walked into Taisho Corp. the next morning. I tried to smile at everyone I saw and appear calm. Which I wasn't…
I had been thinking about Inuyasha all night last night. I'm not afraid to admit it. There's nothing wrong with that. I'd been doing that for weeks. The only difference was I'd actually had experience kissing him.
I walked out of the elevator and spied my desk at the end of the hallway. Inumaru was sitting on it and texting. He got a new phone?
He saw me and waved. I gave a slight wave back and smiled. When I got to my deck, I put down my bag and put my hands on my hips.
"Excuse me, you're in my seat," I said.
"Deal with it," he said.
"Can you go text your imaginary girlfriend someplace else? I have work to do," I said. He rolled his eyes at me and got up. I had been teasing him about his girlfriend since forever. Until I saw proof, I wasn't buying.
I sat in my seat. My long-sleeve, blue shirt hugged me and kept the cold from freezing my arms and upper body. Ditching my usual pencil skirt and going with black pants, was a smart choice. The A/C was up high today.
I heard the elevator ding and turned. Inuyasha was walking through it, but he hadn't looked at me. His face was in a newspaper article.
Okay, Kagome. Don't pay him any mind. Just act like kissing him was no big deal. You don't care. You've kissed guys before…
"Kagome."
I looked up at him and my resolve went right out the window. He looked so good in his suit today. What was I supposed to do? Oh, yeeeaaaahhh…
"Urameki called back. I scheduled your appointment with him for eleven. Is that okay?" I looked back up at him. He was smirking at me. Oh, no. I wasn't falling for it. I'm not going to play into his trap.
"Thank you, Kagome," he said. I blushed. Damn, it! He went into his office and I leaned back in my chair. Just perfect…
At eleven, I was laying out folders in the conference room of Taisho Corp. that's all I was going to do. Lay out the folders and files, then leave.
"Kagome?"
I was spazzing out when I heard Inuyasha's voice.
"When did you get in here?" I asked. I hadn't heard anything.
"Just now. Do you mind staying throughout the meeting?" he asked.
I wanted to say no. I wanted to say I had work to finish.
"Okay," I said. I just can't tell him no…
So, it my seat I sat for the whole meeting. To keep from being totes bored, I texted Sango.
Wat's up Kagome?
I'm bored as evur..
y?
I have 2 stay wit Inuyasha in one of his meetings….
Did he say y?
No…
He probably tink ur a good luck charm. Awwww, inu has a crush on gome! ;P
Shut up…
Inu and Gome, sitting in a tree. F-U-C-K-I-N-G!
I didn't text her back after that. When the meeting finished, I was the first one out the door. I practically ran back to my deck. When I got there, Inumaru was at my desk again.
"Kagome, listen to this," he said. I went over to him, feeling suspicious. He pressed a button on my computer and a visual came up. It was the conference room I had just left. I could hear the men talking, too.
"Cool, right? I sent up a live feed for every room in this building that comes back here," Inumaru said. He was kind of a computer nerd…
Two men in a corner stood out the most.
"Taisho's new secretary made this meeting worthwhile," one man said.
"Yeah. I need to ask him where he got her," the other responded.
"I already did. He's not telling. She's left before I could even ask her what she was doing later."
"She wouldn't be interested in you. She looks like the type that prefers that young blood. And you're just what- 75?"
I couldn't listen anymore. Are all men just looking for easy sex? Is Inuyasha?
"Kagome? Are you okay?"
I looked up and saw Mr. Taisho watching me. I stood straight and answered politely, "Yes, I'm fine."
I left the hallway. I need some coffee or a smoothie. Maybe vanilla or strawberry?
Was that all I was to Inuyasha Taisho? Did he do this all the time? Did he always go after his workers? If so, why did any file sexual assault or that other one? What was it? Sexual conduct in the workplace? I forgot…
"Kagome?"
I looked up. Inumaru was watching me. He looked concerned for me. It was then that I realized that no matter what happened between me and Inuyasha- I mean Mr. Taisho- Inumaru would always be my friend.
"Yeah?" I asked after a while.
"Why did you leave?" he asked. I shrugged. I couldn't tell him. I didn't want him to take it the wrong way (Men did that a lot…).
"Kagome, I need to be honest with you," he said.
"What? You don't really have a girlfriend? I knew that already."
"No. When I met you in the airport, I had this feeling about you. As you know, my dad adopted me a few years ago because he need an heir. Which means no lady friend for daddy. So for a while now, I've been traveling around the world trying to find a woman worthy of my father. I would do the same thing every time. Offer to take them back to Japan to get a job for my dad. Most would decline. If they did, I knew they weren't "the one"."
"But, you never gave me the option," I said. What made me so different?
"Because I didn't want you to say no. my dad is not one to have fun, at all. He's becoming more like my uncle, Sesshoumaru everyday. I didn't want him to spend the rest of his life alone, so I introduced him to you."
So, he was just a son with his father's best interest at heart? "I'm glad you told me, Inumaru. But, I don't think I'm anything more to your father than a nice piece of ass in a short skirt," I said.
He looked sad for a while, but instantly perked up. "Well, give me a chance to prove you wrong. Come back to the office. On your computer, there's a file called "Vid-Com", open it and press the letter "M" on your keyboard. I promise you'll never doubt my father again," he sad and ran off before I could say anything. Weird generations… that's all that's going to come…
I'm not going to do it… I don't need to do it… I won't do it…. I don't want to do it… I… Maybe just a peek.
I dragged my mouse over to the video camera icon on my desktop labeled "Vid-Com". I clicked it. A black screen came up. I hovered my finger over the "M" key. I could back out now. I cold close it down and walk away…
I'm already here. Why not?
I pressed the "M".
A black and white screen of Inuyasha's office came into view. I was spying on Inuyasha. Inumaru sat on a chair in front of the desk with a Rubik's cube in her hands. He looked up at the hidden camera and smirked. He turned to his father and smiled.
"What's with you?" Inuyasha asked.
"Dad? How would you describe Kagome?" Inumaru asked. He wouldn't…
"What do you mean?" Inuyasha asked.
"I mean, do you think she's pretty? Do you like her? What's your opinion of her?" He would…
"Why the sudden interest in how I feel about Kagome?" Inuyasha asked. Quit avoiding the question, damn it!
"Come on, Dad. You're not getting any younger. Don't you think it's time you settled down? And I've always been saying how much I've wanted a little brother."
"You've never said that," Inuyasha said, "I'm twenty-seven, son. I'm healthy. Marriage is the last thing on my mind."
Awww…
I was about to click off, but Inumaru must have sensed it or something because he stopped his father from going back to his work.
"I'm not talking about marriage. Don't you even want to know if you and Kagome are compatible? She seems interested enough. It's just you who's afraid of her."
Was it that obvious that I'm interested?
"I'm not afraid of Kagome. And what makes you think she's interested in me?" Inuyasha asked. Well, obvious to everyone but him…
"Dad, come on! Have you looked in a magazine lately? You've been named Japan's most eligible bachelor three years straight! Besides that, Kagome makes it so obvious. And, I spend more time with her. She talks to me, Dad. If you would stop beating around the bush and go after her, it would make yours and my life better. You would get someone to share your bed and the rest of your life with and I would get a mother and not have to hear you moan in your sleep about Kagome all night," Inumaru said.
"Out!" Inuyasha yelled. Inumaru scurried out of the room and down the hall, but not before sending me a grin. I blushed. Moaning… about me? Oh, Yeah! I'm hot! He likes my body! I know he likes my body, and he thinks I'm sexy-
"Kagome?" I froze. My victory dance was cut short by Inuyasha's question to my sanity. Think of an excuse….
"I finally won the game of FreeCell that's been giving me problems," I said What?
"Okay?" he asked and went back into his office. Saved, yet again…