~Melodic Memory

~Melodic Memory


Chapter 24


Kagome awoke to the sound of her cell phone playing lightly in the back round. She groaned as she leaned over Sesshoumaru to grab it. He grasped a hold of her as she leaned to the floor where her purse was. He gently hoisted her back up on to the bed.

“Thanks.” She smiled.

Then she groaned as she looked at the display on her phone. It was Kouga. She answered it with a flare of dramatics whilst rolling her eyes, half expecting an onslaught of questions from him.

“Higurashi Speaking.”

“Kagome-chan its me Kouga.”

“Yes Kouga I know, what do you want?”

“Well I just wanted to get exact directions to your home so I can come over and work on this project.”

'Huh, weird he wasn't acting his normal self, at least normal for her since their previous encounter.' She thought.

“Oh yeah sure, by the way, what time are you coming over?”

“I don't know how about in a couple hours?”

“Sounds good.”

“And ah, Kagome, your not going to give me false directions and stand me up are you, again?”

Kagome laughed, “Well Kouga, if you hadn't of acted like such an ass I might have been willing to take the train ride with you, but (She looked over at Sesshoumaru) in all honesty it worked out for the best, trust me.” She smiled at him, he returned it, she watched him get up to enter the bathroom.

Kagome gave Kouga the directions and clicked the phone off. Sesshoumaru exited the bathroom and laid back down in the bed.

“A couple hours?”

“Yeah, and thats about how long he'll be here for too.”

“I see, well I better take a shower and get dressed.”

“Sess?”

“Yes?”

A smile curled her lips and her skin blushed profusely.

“Can I join you?”

His eyes lit up.

“Can you join me, did you really have to ask?”

Kagome grabbed two towels from her linen closet. And proceeded to the bathroom in step behind Sesshoumaru.

Steam-filled room, glistening lips, slippery bodies, tangled hair, soapy hands, caressing extremities in seductive mannerisms not necessarily meant for bathing, caused muffled laughter and whispered moans to escape from the already sweltering bathroom.

Kagome left the bathroom feeling refreshed and quite relaxed. She was happy by all standards. As she walked over to her closet she used her towel to dry her hair.

WACK

“Sess!”

Sesshoumaru had taken his half wet towel and twirled it into a tight twist and smacked her ass with the end. The snap of the towel echoed in the room. He laughed at her and began dressing.

“Your gonna get it when you least expect it.” She proclaimed as she made an angry face at him.

“Now Kagome, don't attempt to make threats you can't possibly back up.” He chuckled.

Kagome gasped.

'Oh yeah he's gonna get it.' She thought.

He chuckled lightly and slipped on a nice pair of smoky gray slacks and a delicate looking powder blue long sleeve shirt. Kagome's jaw dropped. It just wasn't fair, he looked good in anything, well maybe not a skirt or womens clothing, well hell, he might even make that look good. But Kagome couldn't get over the matter of fact way he placed his clothes on and went about rolling the sleeves slightly up his sexy forearms. He looked good enough to eat. She picked her jaw up before he looked up and went back to looking for something to wear. She quickly pulled out a pair of hip hugger denim jeans, they were a deep blue color, she matched it with a plain white baby-t. She wore a small button up quarter sleeve shirt over the baby-t which was light canvas color, she left it unbuttoned which created the most adorable and comfortable look.

Sesshoumaru watched her brush her already quickly drying hair in the bathroom and then place it in a high pony tail above her head. It reminded him of the first time he had seen her with a pony tail. At the party, the first time they had kissed. The first time he had truly felt alive.

Kagome looked over at him and then looked at her brush.

“Sess?”

“Yes Kagome?”

“How does your hair dry so quickly?”

“Towels do wonders.” Was his dry humored reply.

“I suppose, but your hair is longer then mine, how is that possible?”

She walked over to him and ran her hands through it.

“And so soft too?” “Come on tell me your secret.”

He sighed and placed a small bottle in her hand.

It was a hair serum. A very expensive brand of Hair serum, but hair serum none the less.

“So this is what you use?”

“Try it.”

She went into the bathroom and pulled her still slightly damp hair out of its pony tail. She felt Sesshoumaru behind her.

“Here, let me do it.”

She gave him the bottle. He opened it and placed a dime size amount into his hand and rubbed them together. He then ran his hands through her hair and around the edges. Kagome closed her eyes, enjoying the feeling of his hands running through her hair.

“Now, you can either let it air dry or blow dry. Its up to you.”

Kagome pulled her blow dryer out to see if it could handle it. Her hair quickly dried and was softer and silkier then ever. She couldn't believe it, she was just given the antidote to her frizzy hair issues by a man. And not a gay man, a straight man.

“Oh my Kami, I have to buy some of this!” She said excitedly.

He placed the bottle back in her hand. “Keep it.”

“Really?”

“Yes, I have more.”

“Thanks Sess, for sharing your secret with me.”

“I assure you, it's no secret, but I don't normally tell women my grooming habits.” He smiled lopsided.

“Well, I assure you, its much appreciated!” She giggled.

As she placed her hair back up in the pony tale she walked over to the bed and picked up the wet towels.

“So would you mind if I cooked some breakfast?”

“Not at all.”

“I actually have all the ingredients for a really good American style breakfast if you like?”

“What about your partner, he'll be here in less then 15 minutes?”

“No way?”

“Indeed.”

Kagome blushed, they must have spent more time then she thought in the bathroom. Sesshoumaru caught her blush and smirked.

“It was worth it.”

Kagome nodded and walked into the kitchen, she suddenly continued her conversation from earlier.

“...besides, he'll probably want to eat too, so I will start something now. He can wait till I'm finished with breakfast, and that gives less time with him.” She said laughing to herself.

He smiled at her antics as he pulled his laptop out of his bag and laid it upon the bed. She could hear him typing away.

“You don't mind if I use your wireless connection do you?”

“Nope, go ahead.”

Kagome began cutting up potato's and slicing green peppers and grabbing spices from the cabinet. The aroma of potato's and bacon wafted into Sesshoumaru's nostrils. It smelled delicious. He could hear the ingredients searing on the pan, he hadn't had a home cooked meal since Rin had practically forced him to try her practice dinners that she was making for a spectacular meal with her boyfriend. He really did feel soft and weak against these two particular women, he thought.

Suddenly the door bell rang.

“Coming!” Kagome shouted. She quickly straightened her apron and opened the door.

“Hey Kagome-chan, you really do live here!” He announced.

She laughed nervously, “Yes Kouga I do, please come in and take a seat, I'm almost finished cooking breakfast would you like some?”

“Yes, it smells great!” He replied with a smile.

“Is that your beautiful BMW sitting parked outside or did someone park in your spot?”

Kagome quickly looked up to see Sesshoumaru walking through the hallway.

“Actually thats my vehicle, but thank you for the compliment.”

Kougas face changed like an ice cream melting off the cone, like a flower wilting in the hot sun, like a...well you get the point. He seemed downright disappointed to see this man walking from the bedroom.

“Oh Kouga, this is Taisho, Sesshoumaru, Sesshoumaru this is Ookami, Kouga.” She introduced them. They shook hands and both took opposite seats across from each other.

Kouga was stunned. Not only was this man good looking, for a man, but he was loaded. Anyone who hadn't heard of Sesshoumaru Taisho, the multi-billionaire CFO had to be an idiot. His dreams of dating his co-worker were quickly placed six feet under, but he had hopes. She hadn't introduced him as a fiancée or boyfriend, and so perhaps he still had a small chance, maybe they were just friends?

Kagome watched the two men conduct themselves rather cordially on her sofa and small modern looking tan recliner. Sesshoumaru looked quite calm and reserved, yet very comfortable. It was strange watching him interact with Kouga, but what was stranger and more consuming were the thoughts running through her head.

'What are we? What is he to me? I really do want to be with him, does he consider me to be his girlfriend? Would he even consider this, am I just a good fuck? Oh my Kami, what is this we have together?' Her mind was chaotic. She continued to stir the eggs when conversation erupted again between them.

“So how long have you known Kagome?” Kouga cleverly asked.

“I've been dating Kagome for quite some time.” He cleverly answered, not denying the truth he so wanted to reveal to her.

At that very moment Kagome dropped the spatula and burned her hand on the edge of the pan. She yelped in surprise.

“Ow!” She yelled.

They both turned to look over at her.

“Are you alright Kagome?” Sesshoumaru asked a slight smirk on his face.

“No, no I'm fine really, continue doing whatever it is you two were doing.” Her eyes wide in surprise.

Kouga looked at her questioningly.

Kagome quickly grabbed a new spatula and went to work on the eggs. Looking down at them like they were the most interesting eggs ever cooked.

Sesshoumaru rose from the couch and walked over to her, he pulled the spatula out of her hand and examined the burn mark. He sighed low. He gently kissed her cheek and rested his lips against the shell of her left ear.

“I'm sorry, I didn't mean to shock you.” He whispered.

“Where do you keep your first aid kit?” He asked.

“Above the stove.” She replied.

Sesshoumaru went to work placing burn cream on her hand and gently pressed a bandage over it. He looked into her slightly teary eyes and smiled. He patted her good hand and walked over to the couch.

Soon they all had eaten and Sesshoumaru was in the bedroom on his lap top while Kagome and Kouga were at her computer figuring out the new layout for the new website. All through the interaction Kouga was much nicer and more gentlemen like then he had been before. She liked this side of Kouga, and if he had shown this side before he would have gotten a more agreeable reaction from Kagome. But if there was one thing Kagome knew about certain men, many of them never thought before they spoke. The two hours went by rather quickly and as she and Sesshoumaru said goodbye to him and the door was closed, silence dominated the house.

Kagome looked over at Sesshoumaru, he was standing in the entrance of the hallway. His stoic face revealing nothing. Kagome quickly began to clean up the kitchen and stacked spices back into the rack. The silence was only muffled by the deafening actions of her cleaning. She couldn't take it anymore. She didn't want to know the truth. She had come to think while working with Kouga on the project that perhaps he only said it to keep Kouga away from her.

“Sesshoumaru?”

He looked over at her, “Yes?”

“You can go now, I'm sorry for keeping you here for so long. Th-Thank you. For everything. You really didn't have to say what you did.” She was rambling and she knew it, she had said the last part so fast and in a whisper, just having him stand there was making her nervous.

“Why, I was only telling him the truth.”

She dropped the pan.

“You, what?”

“Kagome, honestly, are you that dense?”

She scrunched her face in a scowl.

“Kagome, I'm not interested in dating anyone else, I've spent this much time with you because I only want to be with you.”

“So you...you really do want to be with me?”

He chuckled, “Of course Kagome, do you want to be with me?”

“Oh yes.” She breathed out before really thinking. She blushed at this sudden realization and laughed.

He smiled and made his way over to her.

“Well then stop pretending.”

“Sesshoumaru, I...”

He stopped her with a sweet kiss.

“Breakfast was delicious.”

She laughed, he pulled her closer. They held the embrace tightly and securely. He didn't want to let her go. He had never held anyone like this before. He never wanted anything as much as he wanted Kagome. He really was falling for her, he was practically ready to tell her how much he cared for her which was very strange indeed. But he knew all would come in good time. And Kagome expressing her feelings was more then amusing for him, he wondered how many other times he would be able to catch her off guard. He enjoyed teasing her, there was a fire around her he couldn't deny. She wasn't interested in his money, she wasn't interested in fame, all she wanted was to be with him. He pulled her chin up and kissed her sweet lips again.

“You do remember, before you left you promised to have dinner with me tomorrow night?”

“Yes I do remember that promise.” She smiled.

“Perhaps you would be willing to join this Sesshoumaru for dinner this evening as well?”

Kagome rose an eyebrow at him. “Okay but on one condition?”

“Perhaps, what might this condition be?”

“I choose the place.”

Sesshoumaru thought this over for a few moments.

“Alright then, dinner is of your choosing.”

Kagome clasped her hands together.

“Yay, thank you Sess!” She beamed.

He couldn't help the smile that crept upon his lips. They were contagious. He knew he would always give into her. It was scary and exciting all at the same time. It made him uncertain, something Sesshoumaru was neither fond of nor privy to. His eyes watched her move into the bedroom to grab her purse. She then placed it over her shoulder and walked casually over to him.

“Ready?”

“It's not dinner time yet?”

“I know, but I figured we could go out till then and get some air?”

“Perhaps you wouldn't mind driving to my fathers home and picking up that Kimono I spoke of?”

“That sounds like a plan.” She smiled.

“Good, (he dropped his keys into her hands) your driving.” He smirked.


“What?”

He thought maybe she didn't want to drive, he really didn't want to drive, he felt like he had been driving for 24 straight hours. But then he watched the devilish smirk form upon her lips. Then he thought maybe he had made a mistake. He frowned.

“Do you wish for me to drive?”

“No! No I'm just really stunned at the prospect of driving your car, I really love your car!”

“I had no idea the car made you so excited?”

Kagome laughed and raised an eyebrow, “Are you kidding me, I have always wanted a BMW, and the new 645i's are absolutely gorgeous!”

“So I take it you wouldn't mind driving?”

She grabbed his arm, “Not at all.” She smiled as she pulled him out the door into the sunny afternoon.

Yes, he quite possibly may have made a grave mistake.

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