InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Busy Lives ❯ Finger Painting ( Chapter 2 )

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Busy Lives

Chapter 2

Finger Painting

Inuyasha got into his car and started driving home. His brother was probably going to get mad about getting home so late because he had left Shippo with him. He had told him he'd be home by one and it was passed that time.

He'd only drove a little ways away from the bar when he saw the girl from earlier walking down the street. What the hell was she doing walking around alone in that outfit at three in the morning. He drove next to her and stopped the car.

"Do you want a ride?" He asked her.

Kagome looked to the side hoping it wasn't some stalker pervert guy. "No thank you I can walk home." She said.

"It's not safe to walk around this late at night." Inuyasha said.

"I'm fine I walk home all the time." Kagome said.

"Get in the car. You shouldn't be walking around alone wearing…that." Inuyasha said.

"Well I don't think getting in the car with a perfect stranger is any better." Kagome said.

"It's better than walking around alone so something worse could happen. I'm not going to do anything." Inuyasha said. Why couldn't she get it through her thick head that she shouldn't be walking around alone? Why did it bother him so much?

"I think I'll take my chances." Kagome said. She started walking down the street. It probably wasn't a good thing either because she had just walked past a bunch of creepy guys hanging around and alley. She shivered as she felt their eyes on her.

"I think you should get in the car before I change my mind." Inuyasha said. He'd seen the guys too. He really wouldn't change his mind. If he had to he would force her into the car.

`I don't have a choice.' Kagome thought. She sighed and nodded her head. When he stopped the car she walked to the other side and got in.

"So where am I going?" He asked.

Kagome told Inuyasha where she lived. Although now she wished she hadn't. She just told a stranger where she lived. He was helping her though. Too late to fix anything now. She held her jacket closed to cover as much as she could. She noticed Inuyasha staring.

Inuyasha averted his eyes from her body when she held her jacket. He hadn't meant to stare. He just couldn't stand the uncomfortable silence and looked to make sure she wasn't uncomfortable or anything.

While he meant to quickly check on her he ended up checking her out. She seemed really young. He liked her raven black hair that went down to the middle of her back and her dark brown eyes. She had great legs and the best curves he'd ever seen. To sum it all up she had a perfect body.

"So how old are you?" Inuyasha asked. Curiosity got the better of him and he wanted to know if she was as young as she looked.

"Why do you want to know?" Kagome asked.

"I was just asking a question. You know trying to make conversation." Inuyasha said.

"Eighteen." Kagome said.

He was right she was really young. "What the hell are you doing working at a bar?" Inuyasha yelled.

"I'm helping Miroku. It's not like it's illegal." Kagome said. "Why do you care?" (So maybe working at a bar at the age of eighteen is illegal. In my fic it's fine.)

"Let me get this straight. You're eighteen, just out of high school probably, you work at a daycare center during the day and work at a bar during the night?" Inuyasha said.

"I'm not working at the bar I'm…"

"Yeah yeah you're helping." Inuyasha said. "Don't you think you're overdoing it?"

"Look it's not any of your business what I do." Kagome said.

"You don't have to be so bitchy about it. I was just asking some questions." Inuyasha said.

Thankfully they arrived at Kagome's apartment or she would've let him have it right there. "Thank you for the ride even though I could've done fine without it." Kagome said. She walked away.

"Damn she's spirited for someone her age." Inuyasha said and drove home.

"Kami what an ass." (Meant as an insult not compliment. Just in case you didn't know.) Kagome said aloud. She walked into her apartment and checked her messages.

"Message one: Kagome this is Kaede I need you to come in a half hour early tomorrow. One of the parents called and has to leave earlier than usual. Arigato. End of message."

`Guess that means today.' Kagome thought.

She walked into her bedroom and changed out of the horrible outfit she was forced to wear and into some pajamas. She put on a light blue nightgown and set her alarm. Then she crawled into bed and went to sleep.

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The next morning Kagome woke up to the annoying beeping of her alarm. She crawled out of bed and yawned. She dragged herself to the bathroom to take a shower and got dressed.

Then she walked to the nearest coffee shop and bought some. She was going to need it since she hadn't gotten enough sleep. Then she opened up the daycare center and set everything up.

It sucked to be the only one working there. Kaede, her boss owned the daycare but only hired her as an employee. She only hired her because she was like her granddaughter. Kagome thought of her as her grandmother.

She had managed to get everything set up early and sat down to wait for the parents and their child to come in early.

About fifteen minutes later She heard the door chime when it opened. She got up to greet the people and take the kids coat. "Hello. Thank you so much for coming early. I have to get to the airport early to pick up a client." The man said.

"No problem." Kagome said. When the parent left she grabbed the little girls hand and went to go finger paint.

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Kagome regretted bringing out the finger paints. When it was her and the girl it was fine. But Kagome had lost track of the time and the other kids started coming in wanting to finger paint too. She told them that she wanted to put it away but they cried and screamed. She finally gave in and let them play with the messy art.

Not one place was left clean. There was paint everywhere. Yellow, blue, red, pink, green, any color you could think of was on the walls and tables. Of course by some miracle the children remained clean besides some splatter marks on their faces or hands.

After getting all the kids hands and faces clean she got them to watch a movie. Since the kids were so young they got sucked into it and forgot the world around them. She sighed and started to get things cleaned up. There was no point in washing her face or hands. They would just get dirty while she was cleaning.

She had to stop when the parents started showing up. Most of the kids jumped up and ran to them to show them what they had done. Of course none of them took credit for the mess they created that wasn't on paper.

They looked at Kagome's finger-painted face and left with their kids. Like yesterday Shippo was the only one left. "Shippo why don't you color or something while you wait?" Kagome said.

Shippo nodded and went to go get some crayons. Kagome felt sorry for him. Then she went back to cleaning. She wanted to be able to leave as soon as Shippo did but it didn't look like she'd be able too. She had to get everything done soon.

An hour later the door chimed. Kagome got up to see who it was. "Oi, runt let's go." A rough voice called. She walked from behind the counter to greet them. And immediately regretted so.

"What the hell happened to you?" Inuyasha laughed. She was covered in paint from head to toe.

"The kids were finger painting." Kagome said angrily. "Don't worry about putting that stuff away Shippo I'll get it."

"Are you sure?" Shippo said.

"Hai, I have to finish cleaning up anyway." Kagome said.

"Looks like you'd better get to work then." Inuyasha said. "You might want to bathe too." He laughed. For some reason he liked her covered in paint. He liked the way she looked. Her hair was messed up and he couldn't explain why.

"Thanks for the tip." Kagome said. "Goodbye Shippo see you tomorrow."

Shippo smiled and waved goodbye before getting into the car. Inuyasha got in and drove away. He had to drop Shippo off before he went to go see his perverted friend.

Kagome sighed once again and went back to work. `It's going to be a long day.' Kagome thought before she grabbed a rag and dipped it into the bucket of water that was next to her.

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An hour later everything but her was cleaned up. Her legs hurt from having to get up and crawl all over the place. She grabbed her purse and locked up. Then she went home to take a shower and get dressed.

Kagome got home and rushed through taking a shower. She only had ten minutes to get to the bar and help Miroku set up. She changed and ran as fast as she could with heels on. She did her best not to trip.

Miroku, Sango, and Rin were waiting for Kagome to show up. She usually wasn't late. Then they all saw her running down the street. "Kagome." Sango said. "Be careful you'll trip in those shoes."

Kagome stopped running and walked up to them. She tripped and held her arms out to catch herself. Only she didn't fall. She looked to see what was happening. Inuyasha had grabbed her waist to stop her from falling.

"You're so clumsy." He said. He helped her stand up straight and took his hands off her waist. While doing so his hand accidentally touched her backside.

Kagome felt the touch on her butt and had to refrain from smacking him. She just turned around turning bright red in anger and embarrassment and muttered a thank you. Then she walked into the bar ignoring her friends questioning stares.

Inuyasha was shocked that she hadn't done anything. He was sure she would either hit or yell at him. Maybe even both. She didn't do anything. She thanked him and left. "She would be the type of person who could run in heels without tripping but fall while walking in them." Rin said.

"Let's get things set up." Miroku said.

They all walked into the bar. When Miroku said `let's get things set up' he forgot to mention that he wouldn't be helping. He walked with Inuyasha into the VIP room and booths.

"Kagome your face is red is something wrong?" Sango asked.

"It's nothing. I'm just having a bad day." Kagome said.

"Is it because Inuyasha touched your butt?" Rin asked.

"He did what?" Sango yelled.

"It was an accident or I would've slapped him." Kagome said.

"Hello beautiful ladies." Miroku said walking up to them with Inuyasha by his side. He had a box in his arms.

"What do you want now Miroku?" Sango asked.

"What do you mean? I just wanted to greet you ladies." He said.

"You greeted us earlier." Rin said.

"Yeah and you haven't attempted to grope us yet so something's up." Kagome said.

"Yeah so spit it out or you'll lose three workers tonight." Sango said dryly.

Miroku let out a nervous laugh. "Well I do have something I wanted to talk to you about."

"What is it?" Rin said. "You don't want us to strip or something do you?" She narrowed her eyes. "I don't do that."

"No nothing like that." Miroku said. "I just wanted to give you your new uniforms."

"What new uniforms?" Sango asked suspiciously.

"Why don't you girls just go into the back and change into them." Miroku said. He handed them the box and shoved them into the room.

"They're going to hurt you, you know that right?" Inuyasha said.

"Hai, I know." Miroku said.

A couple minutes later three enraged girls screamed his name. And it wasn't the kind of screaming he liked. He braced himself with what was coming next. Inuyasha took a seat to enjoy the show.

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Hope you like it. I know the fic is kind of weird. It doesn't really have a plot. I don't know if it will have one. I just happened to think of it while I was sick. The influence of Nyquil. Let me know what you think. Ja ne.