Written for fanfic_bakeoff on livejournal. Originally posted August 18th, 2010.
Kagome was amazed at how little there was on television on a Monday night. She flipped through the channels in a daze, not really seeing anything that was flashing by on the screen. She thought her first night off after six straight days of working would be relaxing, but such was not the case. When she was at work she didn't have time for her thoughts to wonder to Sesshoumaru and his oddball dog.
Their trip to Aokigahara was the last time she had seen Sesshoumaru, and that had been quite some time ago. It seemed that since then every time she went to his apartment he was conveniently not at home, and almost never answered his phone. It was seriously impeding her getting to the bottom of the mystery that was Taka, and she had a sneaking suspicion that was exactly Sesshoumaru's intention.
Kagome's daze was broken by Yuka shoving the cordless phone up against her face.
"That's it, you're calling him," Yuka said, wiggling the phone around.
"What?" Kagome asked, confused.
Yuka sighed and tapped her foot in a frustrated rhythm. "Your boyfriend. Your calling him and he's going to take you to dinner. You're not sitting here doing nothing on your day off."
Kagome nearly jumped out of her seat. "Boyfriend? Sess-I mean, Katsuo isn't my boyfriend," she said, settling back onto the couch. She tried her best to ignore Yuka's smug expression.
"Oh, please. Yes, he is. You're always visiting him," Yuka said, sitting down beside her. "And you still haven't let me meet him yet. That must mean you like him a lot, yeah?"
Kagome sighed and looked at the phone as Yuka twirled it around. Eventually, and with much squealing from Yuka, Kagome took the phone and dialed. Hopefully he would answer this time around.