InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ ~Melodic Memory~ ❯ Chapter 22 ( Chapter 22 )
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By: Sintar 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 08.21.2005 | Pages: 4 | Words: 3.8K | Visits: 302 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 08.21.2005 | Pages: 4 | Words: 3.8K | Visits: 302 | Status: Completed
~Melodic Memory
Chapter 22
He had arrived in the most perfect of moments, he had saved her from spending
more money then she cared to, he had saved her from him possibly coming
back. He had saved her from being alone.
Kagome came to her senses when she felt Sesshoumaru's forehead touch her
own. She looked up into confident yet questioning amber eyes.
"Ready to go?"
Kagome nodded and he gently ushered her into the vehicle. She couldn't help
the shiver that ran through her body as his hand left hers in the silkiest of
releases. He seemed to be so casual and gentle with every movement around
her. Every touch, ever smile, every look in his eye seemed to Kagome to be
poised with perfection. He truly was perfection in her eyes, especially right now.
When Sesshoumaru started off down the road Kagome turned towards him.
"You have no idea how grateful I am that you came here."
Sesshoumaru quickly glanced at her.
"And could you elaborate on perhaps why you are so grateful?" He smirked.
Kagome blushed, she thought perhaps he was only thinking of his own
arrogance, and she found it cute, and the fact that she was blushing was
answering his question rather well, and in al honesty it wasn't far from the truth,
she truly was happy that he was here, but at the same time she wanted to
explain to him the other reason why.
"Well, today went rather unexpectedly.." She started.
"Unexpectedly, such is life Kagome?" He retorted, an obvious attempt to strike
her fire.
She playfully smacked him.
"Let me finish!" She laughed. He rose an eyebrow and smiled.
"So I met my new assistant today. He was....well...he was a pig!" Kagomes
voice was slightly raised at the end.
"All he remarked on was my appearance and how he wanted to take me out, he
was a complete flirt, in the worst way, he made me more uncomfortable with his
stares then anyone I know!"
Sesshoumaru smirked, "Well at least he has good taste." He chuckled.
Kagome was slightly annoyed he wasn't angry and upset over this information,
but Kagome reminded herself that Sesshoumaru was not an insecure man, he
wasn't like Inuyasha. And it seemed to her that he seemed pretty sure of himself
and that Kagome wasn't going to wander from him. Kagome cursed herself
inwardly, once again thinking of them as a "couple". She had no reason to think
that. At least she kept telling herself that.
"I ditched him on the train ride, I told him I had to pick up a new lap top and that I
would meet him there at the scheduled time. But of course I never showed up,
thus my reasons for being more then grateful and happy that you came."
He looked over and smiled at her and took her hand. He softly massaged it.
"You had an unexpected day indeed."
"Yes well, at least it ended well." She blushed. "Why am I still blushing, I mean,
my goodness, Ive already had sex with this man?" She thought.
Just thinking of sex with him made her blush even more. It had only been a
week and a half and she had spent more time with him then by herself! She
thought about what they would do when they got back to town. She hoped he
would stay. She didn't want to be alone. Then she sighed aloud. She had just
remembered that Kouga and she would have to meet up the next day to work on
their project.
Sesshoumaru noticed and looked over at her.
"Kagome, whats the matter?"
"Oh I just remembered that Kouga and I have to get together and work on this
new project. I invited him to my house because I would rather be at my own then
his."
Sesshoumaru looked over at her and smirked.
"Perhaps I should be at your house when he is there?" He rose one sexy
eyebrow and winked at her. Kagomes heart jumped 10 more beats per second.
She squeezed his hand, "I would appreciate that."
As she smiled with that sweet little blush and they made their way to the main
highway to Tokyo he pulled her hand and the rest of her body towards him. She
quickly understood his intimate gesture and wrapped her arms around his waist
as she laid against him. He felt so warm and inviting, she soon feel asleep in
that position.
Sesshoumaru enjoyed the feeling of her body against his, he could smell the
light scent of strawberries in her hair resting on his chest. He ran his hands
through her soft tresses as she fell asleep. He didn't care about the 7 hour drive,
he didn't mind at all. He had wanted to pick her up. Even knowing the train
would only take an hour and a half, that meant possible interruption by phone,
and the possibility of having to leave her side. Something he hadn't been able to
tear himself away from doing, and it was becoming harder and harder to do in
the past week. When he had driven all day to Osaka he wasn't sure how he
would convince her to come with him, he wasn't even sure he would win, and
that she might take the train anyway. He even knew their might be a possibility
of her being mad and him, and thinking he was crazy. But he couldn't help it,
something was telling him to go there, to be there for her. And he was. And she
was so willing. It couldn't have worked out more perfectly, he thought.
Sesshoumaru looked down at Kagome and kissed the top of her head tenderly.
Instinctively she drew closer to him and snuggled deeper into his chest, pulling
her arms closer around him as she shifted a little in her sleep.
Meanwhile...
The plane ride had been longer than he was use to, he had forgotten how very
long the duration was. By the time he left the airport he was so very ready to get
up and walk around, it seemed his legs had become atrophied by the ride.
When he walked to front of the drop off area the black Lincoln Town car that was
his rental was waiting for him. The driver was standing by the back door awaiting
his instructions. The man opened the door for him and placed his small amount
of luggage in the trunk. When he got in he leaned over to look at Inuyasha.
"Where to Sir?"
"80 Columbus Circle, the Mandarin Oriental Hotel." He replied.
The cab took him to the Hotel. The previous times he had spent in New York he
had scoured the area for a nice hotel and he loved the luxuriousness and
modern look of this particular hotel.
When they arrived at the hotel Inuyasha made his way into the main lobby and
received his key. After taking a shower and changing clothes he decided that a
nice meal would do him good. He knew the Asiate within the hotel was quite
good but he was interested in a more low key eatery, something more down
town and very New York. A hole-in-the-wall kind of place would do great.
And why not a pizzeria. His very favorite American delight. The reason for
coming to America in the first place, at least that's what Inuyasha thought. So he
headed to Joe G's Pizza and restaurant. A quaint little place, kind of private and
great pizza and calamari to boot. He had been there a handful of times during
school and so he decided to go back and have some much desired American
pie.
When he arrived he was seated in the back, darker area. On the way in he
grabbed an apartment magazine as to start looking for a new apartment to dwell
in for the time being. He wanted something modest and reasonable. He wanted
to move away from using so much of the allowance Sesshoumaru delved out to
him. He knew he'd never feel true independence until he did so. He already had
a job set up. He was very good in business, more so then his brother gave him
credit for. Perhaps it was only because his brother never saw him in business
like atmospheres. That would change soon, he thought. Kagura had assigned
his help in New York to help out a couple of her clubs that weren't doing so well.
She wanted him to find out what was going on with each one, and what could be
done to spark interest in them. He had readily accepted the proposal after
speaking with her, and she was more then happy to give him the opportunity.
Kagura despised the U.S. And Australia. She knew they were popular spots but
she never became accustomed to the culture of these countries and would have
her associates do the work there instead, only showing up for small appearances
and inspections. She preferred Europe and Asia. Inuyasha had began
skimming the magazine when he came across one with decent prices for New
York and the area looked well enough.
"New Gotham Apartments?" he said aloud. "Hmm looks pretty good."
He decided he would call them in the morning to check out their availability and if
they had any studios open. He closed the magazine and began work on his
pizza. He looked around the front area of the store noticing the increase in
customers. He looked at his watch, 8:30 pm. He finished up and began to get
up to walk to the cashier and pay his bill when a woman ran right into him,
knocking a glass of wine and almost the entire bottles contents on him.
Inuyasha stood still in shock and irritation piling itself up on his face. The woman
gasped. He looked up. His face was instantly washed away of its irritation. This
woman before him was absolutely adorable. She had long brown hair swept up
into a messy pony tail. She was several inches shorter then him and her small
little frame hidden behind a cute little apron. Her green eyes pleaded ignorance
and acceptance, her slightly open mouth with their plump and moist lips
glistened in the low lighting. He continued to look at her.
"Oh my God, I'm so very sorry Sir!" She explained as she attempted to dry his
clothing, blushing furiously at her failed attempts.
Inuyasha sighed and grabbed the bottle of wine from her hands. She gasped
again. He looked at her and then look at his shirt. "Great, another Armani
ruined." he thought. He smirked at her as he rested his eyes on the bottle.
"Cabernet Savignon, most definitely not coming out." He said not looking at her.
When he finally did look back to the waitress her bottom lip was trembling in the
sexiest of mannerisms. He looked into her eyes as a funny thought came to him.
He smirked at her and she cocked her head in confusion. He slowly took the
bottle and poured the remaining contents over her top and apron. The girl
squeeled in surprise over his actions.
"Why you! That wasn't very nice!" She yelled through fiery green eyes.
"Ah but you see, the customer is always right, and you my lady, deserved that.
It's only fair we both wear your mistake."
And with that Inuyasha walked to the counter and proceeded to pay the bill even
though the man at the register was attempting to refuse his pay. He looked back
one more time before he left the restaurant to see her. She was blotting at her
soiled top. She briefly looked up to see him watching her intently. He smiled
when their eyes met and gave her one last little wink of his eye. He heard her
growls of irritation with him as he exited. He began laughing as he walked
towards his waiting cab.
The next day he woke early to his alarm on his cell phone going off. He checked
it and remembered that he wanted to call that Apartment complex today and find
out the availability. He called and spoke with the management. They explained
they had one studio that had just opened up and if he was interested he better
come over before they placed it in the newspapers. He jotted down the address
and rushed over.
When he got their the building looked very interesting and modern in design,
although at the same time holding that new York charm that the city was known
for. He walked through the lobby and towards the main office. The older lady he
had spoken with on the phone greeted him and ushered him into the elevator all
the while speaking of the details and amenities of the studio. When they arrived
on the 33rd floor they arrived at the floor plan of Apartment D, it was rather
spacious and had a wonderful view of the south side of New York. Inuyasha was
very taken with the wooden floors, the view, and the fact that this place wouldn't
cut too deeply into his bank account, for him it was more then reasonable. He
signed the deal and paid first and last months rent in the span of an hour. He
had his place and he was more then happy with it.
Inuyasha called his brother but only got the message center so he left him a
message to where he was. He then had some furniture he had picked out over
the Internet placed into the apartment. As he started placing all his clothes that
had been shipped overnight to his new place he knew that much needed laundry
was going to have to be done and soon. He knew how to do laundry after he
was taught by his fellow roommate in college. He began separating his coloreds
and whites in baskets. And began his descent to the laundry room. On his way
there, down the hallway he was knocked over, his colored clothes went all over
the hallway. Inuyasha sighed and began picking them up when he heard an all
too familiar gasp. A very feminine gasp. He slowly rose to a severely blushing
girl, the same girl from the previous night. His eyes widened. He smiled at her.
"Yah know, if you wanted to go out with me out al you had to do was ask." He
smirked.
She looked so shocked, she kept murmuring as she stared at him that she was
sorry. He took her hand and patted it gently. Her skin was soft to the touch. He
started to laugh.
"Hey it's alright." He reassured her smiling. She began to pick up his clothes
and neatly place them into the basket.
"I'm so sorry about that, oh my God I can't believe that happened!"
"As am I, once I can understand, but twice, within a 24 hour period is pretty
damn interesting." He chuckled.
She looked embarrassed and slightly apprehensive. He felt like he needed to
calm her nerves.
He stuck out his hand to help her up from the floor where she was still slightly
crouched. He pul ed her up and placed his other hand on the hand he was
already holding.
"My name's Inuyasha, nice to meet you."
She looked stunned, but she recovered quickly and looked up at him. She
began to smile, a beautiful smile that Inuyasha was rather enjoying.
"I'm sorry, My name's Catori!" She squeezed his hand and let go quickly.
"Catori, thats an interesting name."
"Thanks."
She was short with her answers but Inuyasha was intrigued with her and decided
he wanted her company.
"Do you live here?" He asked.
"Uh huh." She nodded with a small smile.
"Good." He winked. She blushed again. He wanted to continue to get her to do
that as much as possible, he liked that blush.
She cleared her throat. "Good?"
"Yes, maybe you can point me in the direction of the laundry room?"
"Oh! Yes, of course!" She said surprised and happily.
Inuyasha followed her through the hallway to a large door which stated Laundry
Room. She opened the door and showed him around.
"Well here it is. The dryers are over there, and I wouldn't use the one in the
middle it doesn't seem to work that well." She added and smiled.
"Thank you Catori." She blushed again.
"Catori." He said her name aloud again.
She looked up at him.
"I've never heard that name before, what nationality is it, what does it mean?"
Inuyasha asked, all the while dumping his clothes into the washer, he was
purposefully mixing the whites and coloreds into the wash.
"Well its Hopi, err, Native American. It means...Hey wait, you shouldn't mix your
whites with your coloreds!" She said as she walked over to him and quickly
separated all his clothes.
"Thanks." He laughed.
"First time out on your own Inuyasha?" She asked.
"You could say that."
"Thought so." She said as she finished his job and placed the detergent into the
washing machine.
"So what were you saying earlier about your name?" He asked.
"Oh well, it's Native American, Hopi to be exact, it means Spirit or something like
that." She said the last part rather quickly as if embarrassed by it.
"Spirit eh, yes, I'd say you've got plenty of that." She blushed a crimson red
before she look away.
'Well it looks like you've got everything under control now so I'm going to let you
go now." She attempted as she went to leave.
"Oh no, no. Your not going anywhere." He said with a devilish smirk.
She turned around with a heated glare. "Excuse me?!" Her pretty eyes were
ablaze with her browse furrowed together.
"You heard me, I guess you've forgotten you owe me."
She cocked her head to one side.
"And how do you assume this?"
"Well I assume for the reasons of last nights little accident, and todays also."
Her eyes widened. "Look I apologize for spilling wine on your shirt and I am very
sorry for bumping into you in the hallway, but really, I don't owe you anything.
And if you like I will pay you for the ruined shirt."
"Feh, I highly doubt you could afford it."
She scoffed and walked up to him. "And what makes you think I couldn't, how
much is this shirt I ruined last night?"
"$800.00." He smirked.
She gasped, "No way!"
He dug through the basket to grab the soiled shirt from last night.
She looked at it and realized it was an Armani original. She gulped and cleared
her throat again, it was cute the way she cleared her throat so delicately and
lady-like. Inuyasha was becoming more and more attracted to her.
"Fine, I will purchase you a new one."
Inuyasha frowned. He hadn't intended on her offering that.
"Thats not necessary really." He laughed, "Instead I wouldn't mind if you kept me
some company down here, I'm new to the apartment complex, maybe instead of
buying me a new shirt you could just repay me by keeping me some company
right now."
She was obviously thinking this over in her head. He could tell by the shifting of
her legs, she placed weight on one and then the other a few times until she
spoke.
"All I have do is sit here and keep you company?"
"Uh huh, thats it."
"And then my debt is paid?"
"Yes."
"Deal!"
They shook on it and she hopped on to the washer next to his. He leaned
against his own and they began talking. They talked about her, they talked
about him. He told her where he came from which she seemed to have an
enthusiastic reply to. They spoke of the area, the apartment.
"And then my debt is paid?"
"Yes."
He knew that he was going to make her keep him company as long as he could,
and that meant more then just tonight.
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Chapter 22
He had arrived in the most perfect of moments, he had saved her from spending
more money then she cared to, he had saved her from him possibly coming
back. He had saved her from being alone.
Kagome came to her senses when she felt Sesshoumaru's forehead touch her
own. She looked up into confident yet questioning amber eyes.
"Ready to go?"
Kagome nodded and he gently ushered her into the vehicle. She couldn't help
the shiver that ran through her body as his hand left hers in the silkiest of
releases. He seemed to be so casual and gentle with every movement around
her. Every touch, ever smile, every look in his eye seemed to Kagome to be
poised with perfection. He truly was perfection in her eyes, especially right now.
When Sesshoumaru started off down the road Kagome turned towards him.
"You have no idea how grateful I am that you came here."
Sesshoumaru quickly glanced at her.
"And could you elaborate on perhaps why you are so grateful?" He smirked.
Kagome blushed, she thought perhaps he was only thinking of his own
arrogance, and she found it cute, and the fact that she was blushing was
answering his question rather well, and in al honesty it wasn't far from the truth,
she truly was happy that he was here, but at the same time she wanted to
explain to him the other reason why.
"Well, today went rather unexpectedly.." She started.
"Unexpectedly, such is life Kagome?" He retorted, an obvious attempt to strike
her fire.
She playfully smacked him.
"Let me finish!" She laughed. He rose an eyebrow and smiled.
"So I met my new assistant today. He was....well...he was a pig!" Kagomes
voice was slightly raised at the end.
"All he remarked on was my appearance and how he wanted to take me out, he
was a complete flirt, in the worst way, he made me more uncomfortable with his
stares then anyone I know!"
Sesshoumaru smirked, "Well at least he has good taste." He chuckled.
Kagome was slightly annoyed he wasn't angry and upset over this information,
but Kagome reminded herself that Sesshoumaru was not an insecure man, he
wasn't like Inuyasha. And it seemed to her that he seemed pretty sure of himself
and that Kagome wasn't going to wander from him. Kagome cursed herself
inwardly, once again thinking of them as a "couple". She had no reason to think
that. At least she kept telling herself that.
"I ditched him on the train ride, I told him I had to pick up a new lap top and that I
would meet him there at the scheduled time. But of course I never showed up,
thus my reasons for being more then grateful and happy that you came."
He looked over and smiled at her and took her hand. He softly massaged it.
"You had an unexpected day indeed."
"Yes well, at least it ended well." She blushed. "Why am I still blushing, I mean,
my goodness, Ive already had sex with this man?" She thought.
Just thinking of sex with him made her blush even more. It had only been a
week and a half and she had spent more time with him then by herself! She
thought about what they would do when they got back to town. She hoped he
would stay. She didn't want to be alone. Then she sighed aloud. She had just
remembered that Kouga and she would have to meet up the next day to work on
their project.
Sesshoumaru noticed and looked over at her.
"Kagome, whats the matter?"
"Oh I just remembered that Kouga and I have to get together and work on this
new project. I invited him to my house because I would rather be at my own then
his."
Sesshoumaru looked over at her and smirked.
"Perhaps I should be at your house when he is there?" He rose one sexy
eyebrow and winked at her. Kagomes heart jumped 10 more beats per second.
She squeezed his hand, "I would appreciate that."
As she smiled with that sweet little blush and they made their way to the main
highway to Tokyo he pulled her hand and the rest of her body towards him. She
quickly understood his intimate gesture and wrapped her arms around his waist
as she laid against him. He felt so warm and inviting, she soon feel asleep in
that position.
Sesshoumaru enjoyed the feeling of her body against his, he could smell the
light scent of strawberries in her hair resting on his chest. He ran his hands
through her soft tresses as she fell asleep. He didn't care about the 7 hour drive,
he didn't mind at all. He had wanted to pick her up. Even knowing the train
would only take an hour and a half, that meant possible interruption by phone,
and the possibility of having to leave her side. Something he hadn't been able to
tear himself away from doing, and it was becoming harder and harder to do in
the past week. When he had driven all day to Osaka he wasn't sure how he
would convince her to come with him, he wasn't even sure he would win, and
that she might take the train anyway. He even knew their might be a possibility
of her being mad and him, and thinking he was crazy. But he couldn't help it,
something was telling him to go there, to be there for her. And he was. And she
was so willing. It couldn't have worked out more perfectly, he thought.
Sesshoumaru looked down at Kagome and kissed the top of her head tenderly.
Instinctively she drew closer to him and snuggled deeper into his chest, pulling
her arms closer around him as she shifted a little in her sleep.
Meanwhile...
The plane ride had been longer than he was use to, he had forgotten how very
long the duration was. By the time he left the airport he was so very ready to get
up and walk around, it seemed his legs had become atrophied by the ride.
When he walked to front of the drop off area the black Lincoln Town car that was
his rental was waiting for him. The driver was standing by the back door awaiting
his instructions. The man opened the door for him and placed his small amount
of luggage in the trunk. When he got in he leaned over to look at Inuyasha.
"Where to Sir?"
"80 Columbus Circle, the Mandarin Oriental Hotel." He replied.
The cab took him to the Hotel. The previous times he had spent in New York he
had scoured the area for a nice hotel and he loved the luxuriousness and
modern look of this particular hotel.
When they arrived at the hotel Inuyasha made his way into the main lobby and
received his key. After taking a shower and changing clothes he decided that a
nice meal would do him good. He knew the Asiate within the hotel was quite
good but he was interested in a more low key eatery, something more down
town and very New York. A hole-in-the-wall kind of place would do great.
And why not a pizzeria. His very favorite American delight. The reason for
coming to America in the first place, at least that's what Inuyasha thought. So he
headed to Joe G's Pizza and restaurant. A quaint little place, kind of private and
great pizza and calamari to boot. He had been there a handful of times during
school and so he decided to go back and have some much desired American
pie.
When he arrived he was seated in the back, darker area. On the way in he
grabbed an apartment magazine as to start looking for a new apartment to dwell
in for the time being. He wanted something modest and reasonable. He wanted
to move away from using so much of the allowance Sesshoumaru delved out to
him. He knew he'd never feel true independence until he did so. He already had
a job set up. He was very good in business, more so then his brother gave him
credit for. Perhaps it was only because his brother never saw him in business
like atmospheres. That would change soon, he thought. Kagura had assigned
his help in New York to help out a couple of her clubs that weren't doing so well.
She wanted him to find out what was going on with each one, and what could be
done to spark interest in them. He had readily accepted the proposal after
speaking with her, and she was more then happy to give him the opportunity.
Kagura despised the U.S. And Australia. She knew they were popular spots but
she never became accustomed to the culture of these countries and would have
her associates do the work there instead, only showing up for small appearances
and inspections. She preferred Europe and Asia. Inuyasha had began
skimming the magazine when he came across one with decent prices for New
York and the area looked well enough.
"New Gotham Apartments?" he said aloud. "Hmm looks pretty good."
He decided he would call them in the morning to check out their availability and if
they had any studios open. He closed the magazine and began work on his
pizza. He looked around the front area of the store noticing the increase in
customers. He looked at his watch, 8:30 pm. He finished up and began to get
up to walk to the cashier and pay his bill when a woman ran right into him,
knocking a glass of wine and almost the entire bottles contents on him.
Inuyasha stood still in shock and irritation piling itself up on his face. The woman
gasped. He looked up. His face was instantly washed away of its irritation. This
woman before him was absolutely adorable. She had long brown hair swept up
into a messy pony tail. She was several inches shorter then him and her small
little frame hidden behind a cute little apron. Her green eyes pleaded ignorance
and acceptance, her slightly open mouth with their plump and moist lips
glistened in the low lighting. He continued to look at her.
"Oh my God, I'm so very sorry Sir!" She explained as she attempted to dry his
clothing, blushing furiously at her failed attempts.
Inuyasha sighed and grabbed the bottle of wine from her hands. She gasped
again. He looked at her and then look at his shirt. "Great, another Armani
ruined." he thought. He smirked at her as he rested his eyes on the bottle.
"Cabernet Savignon, most definitely not coming out." He said not looking at her.
When he finally did look back to the waitress her bottom lip was trembling in the
sexiest of mannerisms. He looked into her eyes as a funny thought came to him.
He smirked at her and she cocked her head in confusion. He slowly took the
bottle and poured the remaining contents over her top and apron. The girl
squeeled in surprise over his actions.
"Why you! That wasn't very nice!" She yelled through fiery green eyes.
"Ah but you see, the customer is always right, and you my lady, deserved that.
It's only fair we both wear your mistake."
And with that Inuyasha walked to the counter and proceeded to pay the bill even
though the man at the register was attempting to refuse his pay. He looked back
one more time before he left the restaurant to see her. She was blotting at her
soiled top. She briefly looked up to see him watching her intently. He smiled
when their eyes met and gave her one last little wink of his eye. He heard her
growls of irritation with him as he exited. He began laughing as he walked
towards his waiting cab.
The next day he woke early to his alarm on his cell phone going off. He checked
it and remembered that he wanted to call that Apartment complex today and find
out the availability. He called and spoke with the management. They explained
they had one studio that had just opened up and if he was interested he better
come over before they placed it in the newspapers. He jotted down the address
and rushed over.
When he got their the building looked very interesting and modern in design,
although at the same time holding that new York charm that the city was known
for. He walked through the lobby and towards the main office. The older lady he
had spoken with on the phone greeted him and ushered him into the elevator all
the while speaking of the details and amenities of the studio. When they arrived
on the 33rd floor they arrived at the floor plan of Apartment D, it was rather
spacious and had a wonderful view of the south side of New York. Inuyasha was
very taken with the wooden floors, the view, and the fact that this place wouldn't
cut too deeply into his bank account, for him it was more then reasonable. He
signed the deal and paid first and last months rent in the span of an hour. He
had his place and he was more then happy with it.
Inuyasha called his brother but only got the message center so he left him a
message to where he was. He then had some furniture he had picked out over
the Internet placed into the apartment. As he started placing all his clothes that
had been shipped overnight to his new place he knew that much needed laundry
was going to have to be done and soon. He knew how to do laundry after he
was taught by his fellow roommate in college. He began separating his coloreds
and whites in baskets. And began his descent to the laundry room. On his way
there, down the hallway he was knocked over, his colored clothes went all over
the hallway. Inuyasha sighed and began picking them up when he heard an all
too familiar gasp. A very feminine gasp. He slowly rose to a severely blushing
girl, the same girl from the previous night. His eyes widened. He smiled at her.
"Yah know, if you wanted to go out with me out al you had to do was ask." He
smirked.
She looked so shocked, she kept murmuring as she stared at him that she was
sorry. He took her hand and patted it gently. Her skin was soft to the touch. He
started to laugh.
"Hey it's alright." He reassured her smiling. She began to pick up his clothes
and neatly place them into the basket.
"I'm so sorry about that, oh my God I can't believe that happened!"
"As am I, once I can understand, but twice, within a 24 hour period is pretty
damn interesting." He chuckled.
She looked embarrassed and slightly apprehensive. He felt like he needed to
calm her nerves.
He stuck out his hand to help her up from the floor where she was still slightly
crouched. He pul ed her up and placed his other hand on the hand he was
already holding.
"My name's Inuyasha, nice to meet you."
She looked stunned, but she recovered quickly and looked up at him. She
began to smile, a beautiful smile that Inuyasha was rather enjoying.
"I'm sorry, My name's Catori!" She squeezed his hand and let go quickly.
"Catori, thats an interesting name."
"Thanks."
She was short with her answers but Inuyasha was intrigued with her and decided
he wanted her company.
"Do you live here?" He asked.
"Uh huh." She nodded with a small smile.
"Good." He winked. She blushed again. He wanted to continue to get her to do
that as much as possible, he liked that blush.
She cleared her throat. "Good?"
"Yes, maybe you can point me in the direction of the laundry room?"
"Oh! Yes, of course!" She said surprised and happily.
Inuyasha followed her through the hallway to a large door which stated Laundry
Room. She opened the door and showed him around.
"Well here it is. The dryers are over there, and I wouldn't use the one in the
middle it doesn't seem to work that well." She added and smiled.
"Thank you Catori." She blushed again.
"Catori." He said her name aloud again.
She looked up at him.
"I've never heard that name before, what nationality is it, what does it mean?"
Inuyasha asked, all the while dumping his clothes into the washer, he was
purposefully mixing the whites and coloreds into the wash.
"Well its Hopi, err, Native American. It means...Hey wait, you shouldn't mix your
whites with your coloreds!" She said as she walked over to him and quickly
separated all his clothes.
"Thanks." He laughed.
"First time out on your own Inuyasha?" She asked.
"You could say that."
"Thought so." She said as she finished his job and placed the detergent into the
washing machine.
"So what were you saying earlier about your name?" He asked.
"Oh well, it's Native American, Hopi to be exact, it means Spirit or something like
that." She said the last part rather quickly as if embarrassed by it.
"Spirit eh, yes, I'd say you've got plenty of that." She blushed a crimson red
before she look away.
'Well it looks like you've got everything under control now so I'm going to let you
go now." She attempted as she went to leave.
"Oh no, no. Your not going anywhere." He said with a devilish smirk.
She turned around with a heated glare. "Excuse me?!" Her pretty eyes were
ablaze with her browse furrowed together.
"You heard me, I guess you've forgotten you owe me."
She cocked her head to one side.
"And how do you assume this?"
"Well I assume for the reasons of last nights little accident, and todays also."
Her eyes widened. "Look I apologize for spilling wine on your shirt and I am very
sorry for bumping into you in the hallway, but really, I don't owe you anything.
And if you like I will pay you for the ruined shirt."
"Feh, I highly doubt you could afford it."
She scoffed and walked up to him. "And what makes you think I couldn't, how
much is this shirt I ruined last night?"
"$800.00." He smirked.
She gasped, "No way!"
He dug through the basket to grab the soiled shirt from last night.
She looked at it and realized it was an Armani original. She gulped and cleared
her throat again, it was cute the way she cleared her throat so delicately and
lady-like. Inuyasha was becoming more and more attracted to her.
"Fine, I will purchase you a new one."
Inuyasha frowned. He hadn't intended on her offering that.
"Thats not necessary really." He laughed, "Instead I wouldn't mind if you kept me
some company down here, I'm new to the apartment complex, maybe instead of
buying me a new shirt you could just repay me by keeping me some company
right now."
She was obviously thinking this over in her head. He could tell by the shifting of
her legs, she placed weight on one and then the other a few times until she
spoke.
"All I have do is sit here and keep you company?"
"Uh huh, thats it."
"And then my debt is paid?"
"Yes."
"Deal!"
They shook on it and she hopped on to the washer next to his. He leaned
against his own and they began talking. They talked about her, they talked
about him. He told her where he came from which she seemed to have an
enthusiastic reply to. They spoke of the area, the apartment.
"And then my debt is paid?"
"Yes."
He knew that he was going to make her keep him company as long as he could,
and that meant more then just tonight.
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