Inuyasha

Chapter 3: Contemplations

With the lack of sleep, Miroku was unable to better focus himself at work today, or cling onto his concentration long enough clear some work. It was going to be a hindrance he though as he stood on the roof of his office building, needing some fresh air to clear his mind. He had tried calling Kagome in the morning, but she did not pick up her call, thinking that she was either still fast asleep, or busy at work, he hung up.

Kagome was called up abruptly by her manager who demanded that she dressed to go down for an audition in one of the studio in Shinjuku for a certain brand name that she did not really catch. It was really troublesome, but when she was through the audition stages, Kagome was already tired out and wanted to just crawl back into bed from the lack of sleep.

"Kagome?" came a voice from amongst the people walking along the street that she was.

""Kagome! I miss you so much," Miroku exclaimed overly excitedly as he approached her with quick steps, engulfing her into a tight bear hug as he smiled into her neck, taking in her womanly scent.

"You're dress so nicely today, going on a blind date?" Miroku asked noticing her appearance once he set her down, but had more or less a hunch of her appearance for today.

"Miroku, this is rather unexpected," Kagome said as she looks at him, squinting a little at the harsh afternoon sunlight that was in her eyes.

"Miroku-kun," said another colleague of his dressed in office suit as he stood by his side peering curiously with excited eyes at Kagome as he tried to get his attention.

"It is about time we should be returning or you might miss the board meeting," he said, eyes straying towards Kagome as he could not seem to draw it away from her.

Kagome looked at him curiously, but did not show interest as she turns her gaze towards Miroku and to her watch of the time that she had to keep track of. "I've got to go Miroku, see you another time," Kagome told him as she started walking away from the pair.

"Isn't that Ai?" she heard his colleague asked Miroku that question as she walked away, but was held back when Miroku rushed up to grab her hand.

"Shall we have dinner together tonight?" he asked her charmingly in the same playful boyish manner.

"Perhaps, I'll let you know again later okay?" she told him, and continued walking away briskly this time as Kagome put more distance between them, only to feel her phone vibrate at the incoming alert of a new mail.

From: Miroku
Title: Dinner Tonight

Call me later okay? =)

Kagome swiped his message off her phone as she continued to walk quickly to the office, she had not thought that she would end up bumping into Miroku by accident, it was god though to see him along the street and looking well. Since the time of her work started getting busier and her schedule somehow became more than the part-timing usual Kagome had lesser time that she usually would when spending with Miroku.

It really has been a while since he last came over to disturb her, or even meet up with her. And it was not just saying because of her work schedule, but it might also be because he was busy with chasing after the girl he had been telling her so much about. Soon when his relationship with her goes into full swing, they would be meeting up less and less, perhaps it was best that she converts to working full-time with her company.

Glancing at her phone for the timing, Kagome quicken her pace a little to get to her office, maybe she really should meet up with him for dinner tonight, even if it was going to get late for her with the photo-shoot her manager had already scheduled her in for. Kagome sighed a little before stepping into the office where she felt a few of the others with her company looking her way curiously.

"Ai? You're the new model Ai-san right?" one of the other who was waiting in the office excitedly asked her.

"Y-yes?" Kagome replied hesitantly with a awkward smile on her face at the young boy before her.

"I'm a huge fan of your works," he replied brightly with enthusiasm as he went on in a gushing manner that had her smiling at him patronizingly, still not quite grasping what had just happened.

"Shippo-chan!" a familiar voice called out, her manager it seems, is well acquainted with the young boy before her.

"So sorry Ai-chan,, Shippo's one of our new talent in Talentz, and also a fan of your work," her manager apologize and explained the situation as she held back Shippo.

"Though if you would not mind manager-san I was wondering if we could perhaps have a discussion after we've reconfirm my schedule for this week and the next," Kagome started, already seeing the worried look upon the face of her manager as she looked almost as though a disaster had strike. "You're not quitting are you Ai-chan," she asked almost teary eyed as did Shippo who had his eyes wide open in shock.

"N-no, nothing like that, I was just thinking perhaps we could talk more about that," Kagome said hesitantly unsure of herself and the decision that she was about to make.

"That's a real relief to hear," her manager said sighing out exaggeratedly at the good news.

"That's really great! I wish I could have a chance to work with Ai-san one day," Shippo told her, leaning in next to her as he used his hands to support his upper body weight.

"That will be really nice," Kagome told him with a friendly as she turned to look at her manager who was looking through her phone schedule.

"Ai-san, will you mind waiting for a while? We were just about finish with Shippo-chan's schedule," her manager apologize again as she went about once Kagome gave her answer.

It was really quiet and peaceful in her office, much like her own house these days, especially when Miroku is not coming around often. She was more extrovert in the past, but since breaking up and moving out from her house, Kagome became somewhat more of an introvert. There were times just the thought of her ex-boyfriend makes her boil like made, and sometimes she would just feel so sad and depress about it.

Miroku and some of her closer friends really did help her get over her breakup.

"Ah, Ai-chan, what was it that you had wanted to discuss about?" her manager asked as she took a seat next to her, placing before of Kagome on the coffee table a hot cup of tea.

"I was thinking manager-san, to maybe work with Talentz as a full-time talent," Kagome told her to which her manager's eyes widened and sparkle with unspoken joy as she grabbed Kagome's hands.

"Ai-chan, I've been waiting for you to say that for so long! It's so great that you've finally come to a conclusion on it," her manager cried out joyously, causing some of the others that were in the office to look at them awkwardly as Kagome tried to smile it off.

"I've everything all planned out for you Ai-chan, but first, let's sign a contract! Oh I've to tell the President about this, she'll be most happy about it!"

"Eh!? Please wait manager-san, this is really going a little too fast! I was just thinking about it, and the numbers of years in contract for this if I were to go full-time," she added the last part slightly more timidly, knowing that it might sound bad if others were to misunderstand it as her wanting to jump to a different company.

"Oh?" her manager said almost sadly as she let out another sigh. "We really think that you have the potential to go further than what you are doing now, even to being a host on television or an idol or ambassador of a new brand, won't you please consider going full-time Ai-chan?"

"I'm not really sure about it at the moment, but it is a high possibility I find in going full-time, please give me a little more time to consider," Kagome told her with a sitting bow.

"Well then, let's go through your schedule for these two weeks, perhaps you can get back to us by next week about joining us full-time," her manager told her with a determine smile as she got up to get to her desk to collect a few sheet of paper with her schedule on it.

Kagome know that she should really give being a full-time a serious thought, especially when she need to support herself with rental, her games and meals. And also her friends will be just as busy as Miroku is now that they are all working with a company.

"Ai-chan?" her manager called out to her.

"Huh?"

"Your phone is ringing, your schedule so far is more or less filled, so perhaps, we can meet up again sometime next week?" she asked.

"Thank you for your time, I'll make a visit to the office next week then," Kagome told her with a bow after standing up and grabbing her bag.

"Yes, as usual, if there are any changes, I'll be sure to drop you a message," her manager said as she bowed to Kagome in politeness as she watched her leave the building.

The ringing of her phone had since stopped as Kagome look at the caller ID to see Miroku's name on her screen.

A/N:

To the Reader
Hi! Updates are going to get slow as work is piling up like hell, and it's rather unending thus far. So sorry guys! I hope that you enjoy this update though and have a great week!

To Vocaloid Marmalade86
Thanks! I was starting to worry that it was a bad idea, I'll be explaining in the next chapter though about why this job so that it is not entirely random by thought. Ah yes, I've to apologize in advance though, that my vocabulary and grammar are rather bad, and I'm still learning and trying to improve myself on it. Thank you so much for your patience though. =] Hope that you have a great week!

To
Thanks! I realize that too, and so glad that you are enjoying it thus far, hope that my fan fiction for this pairing will not be of a disappointment to you. Do look out for the next chapter where I will be explaining more as to her choice of career path. =D Enjoy and have a great week~!