The Day
before yesterday
By: Haruka-chan
Chapter 7:
The Bird fly's home
Sesshoumaru
sat in his office looking out the large window. It seemed even when she wasn't
around she distracted his mind. It had been two days since the accident and
their little mingle. Rin had been avoiding everyone but Inu-yasha. His brother
had been released to go home, all was back to normal except for Rin and some
parts of himself. The soft knock on his door broke his thought as he called a
quite "come in"
The door
opened and in came a young blonde woman who was around Rin's age maybe year or
two older. She stood with a file clutched against her chest.
"Yes?"
he asked.
"Mr.
Takagi your
"Thank
you."
She smiled
and nodded “Your welcome Mr. Takagi, would you like me to call for lunch?”
"Miss.
Fuki did Ri-Miss. Goa come in today?" he asked.
The woman
nodded showing the surprise of the first name bases. "Yes sir, I believe
she is heading for lunch" she said.
He nodded,
he knew very well that she was heading to lunch but he hadn’t seen her all the
day.
"Hey
Ai are you around here?" came Rin’s soft voice.
Sesshoumaru
looked up to see the woman of his affection peak into his office.
"Miss.
Goa" said the secretary.
Rin
nodded. "I'm sorry to bother you Mr. Takagi." she said.
"Actually
Miss. Goa come in" said Sesshoumaru.
She nodded
as she walked in her. He watched as she walked towards his desk in her lose
black tailored pants moving softly with her feet, and her simple white stretch
cotton poplin shirt completed the look along with her long dark brown hair
down.
"Yes
is there anything you would like to discuss Mr. Takagi?" She asked.
"Miss.
Fuki you may go" he said looking at the woman who stood uncomfortably.
She walked
out forgetting to close the door. Rin stood at her spot waiting for him to
speak.
"Are
you free for lunch?" asked Sesshoumaru.
"I'm
going to lunch with Ai" she said jerking her head towards the door.
"May
I ask why you have been avoiding me?" he asked.
"Mr.
Takagi I'm not avoiding you" she said her eyes falling to the floor.
Sesshoumaru
stayed his normal composed self. "Rin-" he was cut off by her.
"Listen
Mr. Takagi I'm sorry about the other night, things got out of hand. I
believe it's best we only deal with each other in family matters and business
issues, any other personal contacts might not be good for either of us. I love
your brother very much and I don't want anything troubling those who surround
us." She said.
Sesshoumaru
stood quietly for a second. "Then I can't ask my sister-in-law to
lunch?" he asked.
Rin shook
her head lightly. "I'm sorry Mr. Takagi" she said.
Ai stood
against her desk, she didn't want to listen but since she did leave the door
open she couldn't help but. Something was going on between the two it was
evident but, they both denied it.
"Rin"
she heard her boss say.
"...I
suppose I will see you at your house then Mr. Takagi I promised your mother and
Inu-yasha that I would spend the night" she said.
"I
want to be your friend isn't that what you said to me?" he asked.
"Being
your friend is harder then anything that I have experienced, and though usually
I would still try to win over, in this case there is lot at stake, other's
happiness mainly" she said before she walked.
Ai stood
straight and looked at the girl who had a hard face, but her eyes mirrored her
inner conflict.
"Ready
to go?" Rin asked with a small smile.
Ai nodded.
II
It's only
been about a week since this new partner came in and already every male employ
wanted her, and female workers wanted to be her, hated her, or became friends
with her. She was like the freaking sunshine, and she liked almost everybody.
There were some rumors that she and their cold and self-controlled boss might
be dating but most chose to ignore it, mainly the women and their attached
fantasies that maybe one day their boss will fall in love with one of them, and
why not he was beautiful! Ai watched as the girl tried to smile through what
ever had happened 'that night' they were discussing.
"Want
to talk about it?" she asked softly.
Rin shook
her head lightly. "Nothing to talk about except I'm going to die a
miserable old lonely lady."
"You
an old lonely miserable lady?" asked Ai.
Rin
nodded.
"What
happened?" she asked.
Rin looked
at her. "I'm letting the thing that I want most pass by."
"Why?"
she asked.
"Because
I love my sisters and their boyfriends" she said with a smile.
Ai smiled
at the woman next to her. She was so different from everyone else in this
changing world where everyone was selfish.
"Hey
come on let's have a quick lunch, I still have like 3 deadlines to make and
then make it to Inu-yasha's place to see how the crack head is doing" said
Rin.
Ai watched
as she walked quickly into the Café. This was a rich girl who was like normal
people. Ai really envied her, the way she acted and sort of person she was.
"Hey Rin wait up" she said walking in also. Ai walked in and sat down
at the table Rin chose.
Rin smiled.
"Got to move faster" she said.
Ai sat and
sighed. She looked around while waiting for a waiter to come to their table.
"Hey
Rin look there that's Sango Taijiya, I hear she's one of the most richest
people alive, and she went out with a lot of famous actors" said Ai to
Rin.
"Really?"
asked Rin.
Ai nodded
proudly for knowing such information on such a wonderful person.
"Hey
Rin!" said Miroku as he and Sango walked over to where she was sitting
with Ai who looked like she was standing in front of god hyperventilating.
"Hey
Rin is your friend ok?" asked Sango.
"Yea
she's fine" said Rin.
"Rin
you know who they are?" asked Ai in a whisper.
"Um
Rin you friend doesn't know does she?" asked Sango.
"I
don't know what? Am I on one of those hidden camera shows?" she asked
looking at Rin.
Rin
laughed, "No Ai your not, and Sango here is my sister and Miroku is her
boyfriend, I’m sure you’ve seen Miroku around the office" said Rin.
"Wait
Sango Taijiya is your sister?" asked Ai.
Sango
laughed. "Wow I didn't know this still happens" she said.
Rin shook
her head. "On a lunch date?"
"Actually
we just came to grab something to eat. We're going to see Inu-yasha and then
head to
"Great,
the summer swim suits catalog?" asked Rin.
Sango
nodded. "Mother called last night, she said that she'll be taking another
2 weeks, so we have the whole month to ourselves, but we have a lot of things
to do before the company goes on break for the spring festivals."
Rin
nodded. "I'll be handing in the sketches of the evening gowns."
"Let's
try and finish everything by this week, so we could have some fun, it feels
like ages since we got to hang out, and enjoy before mother comes back and
loads us up with things to do" said Sango.
Rin nodded
"Sure."
Ai sat
there stunned for a while. "So you really are lucky" she said.
Rin
laughed. "Oh yeah real lucky" she said.
"Hey
Rin don't mind me asking, but what's going on with you and our cold boss?"
asked Ai.
"You
know he's not as cold as most people see him, he's actually very caring and
wonderful to be around" said Rin with a small smile.
"Ahuh
so why didn't you just ditch me for lunch and go to lunch with him?" asked
Ai.
"Things
are complicated with us, though he is caring he cares for certain things, and I
have obligations as a sister and friend, and to myself" she said.
"So
what is this about Inu-yasha, you guys lovers or something?" asked Ai.
"No!
Of course not! Inu-yasha is my other sister's boyfriend, we all met each other
in college, Inu-yasha and Miroku I mean" said Rin.
"You
lead some life always surrounded by rich and handsome guys" said Ai.
"Yeah
well this life I lead some times sucks" said Rin.
Ai nodded
and smiled.
They
finished their lunch with small conversation and laughs before they were ready
to leave for work again.
"Well
I'm off to the office, unlike you I have to stay the whole 8 hours that they
pay me for" said Ai.
Rin
smiled, "Hey can you do me a favor?” with the nod of approval from Ai she
handed her a packet with a smile, "Put this on Mr. Takagi's desk, if I
know him in this past week, he probably didn't get to eat."
Ai gave
her a sly smile, "Awe showing the boss that you care?"
Rin
glared, "No of course just worried about my brother-in-law."
"Right"
said Ai.
"Miss.
Goa I'm here to pick you up." The driver said getting out of the black
limo.
Rin smiled
and nodded, "Thank you, and see you later Ai!”
Ai waved
good-bye, this had to be the first time in a long time she thought that the
people she worked with wasn’t complete jerks. ‘What you know not all rich
people are snobs’ she thought walking towards the building she loathed
until the beautiful Rin Goa showed up, maybe the only reason she put up with it
was because of what everyone puts up with a job they hate it was the money and
family.
Ai walked
towards her desk, She fixed her hair and picked up the packet, She knocked and
again that small muffled "Come in" was heard. She opened the
door and bowed.
"Sir,
Miss. Goa she umm asked me to give this to you" said Ai nervously.
Sesshoumaru
nodded as she walked forward and placed it on his desk.
"I
hope you enjoy" she said walking out.
Sesshoumaru
pulled open the packet and was over whelmed with the fragrance of the food. He
pulled out the napkin that had some of her writing on it.
"I
hope you enjoy this, I figure that you probably didn't go to lunch."
He had to
smile. He pulled out the boxed lunch. It was amazing, it was actually his
favorite-boxed lunch from Café Noon. He looked at the packet that read Café
Noon. He chuckled. He wasn't the one to eat in the office like Inu-yasha and
Miroku but why not, he already admit to himself he had gone crazy and fell in
love with the woman his brother was marrying.
Rin closed
her eyes as she sat in another meeting. This was the 4th one today and it was
driving her crazy.
"Miss.
Goa do you agree?" asked one of the workers.
"Um
about the color?" asked Rin.
They
nodded, concern shown on their faces, she had very loyal employees.
"Yes
sure go right ahead. I have another appointment so I have to leave, I'm sure
Natsumi could take care of the rest" said Rin looking towards the girl who
looked at her worried just as everyone did.
"Sure"
they nodded.
Rin walked
out of the building and into the car, she hardly used the car but tonight she
just couldn't walk. She rushed to her apartment and packed her things for the 'sleep
over' at Inu-yasha's and then rushed out again for the car to drive her
there. When she finally got to the front step of the Takagi mansion she wanted
to just collapse. If it weren't for Inu-yasha's mother she would have fallen
asleep on their steps.
"Oh
Rin darling you look so tired" she said.
Rin
smiled. "I'm fine just a hard day at the office" she said.
She
nodded, "I have a room ready for you, Inu-yasha's has been waiting
impatiently for your arrival."
Rin shook
her head lightly.
She walked
towards his room, "Hey jerk."
He
smirked, "Hey"
"Look
at you, your already looking better" said Rin leaning against the door
frame.
"Yeah
I heal fast, I'm super man" he said.
Rin rolled
her eyes. "Your such a dork."
"Yeah
well I remember back in days when you used to wear thick framed glasses and
pigtails."
"Oh
my god that was only once!" she exclaimed.
Inu-yasha
nodded, "Go change into your pajamas."
"What
no" she said.
"It's
already 6" said Inu-yasha.
Rin sweat
dropped. "So..."
"You
promised me a night back in college," he said.
Rin sighed
"fine you win, but only cause you have a broken um something, though don't
look so broken anymore" she said walking towards her room.
Sesshoumaru
had entered the house right after she did, and he stood listening to their
conversation, and how happy they sounded. He watched as she walked towards her
room. She was tired but she continued to humor his brother, why did his brother
always get what he wanted in life? Inu-yasha never worked hard enough to
deserve the things he got.
"Hey
Sesshoumaru you should hang out with us, you'll laugh for once" Inu-yasha
said.
Sesshoumaru
said nothing as he walked into his room.
Rin
returned in a pair of shorts, a t-shirt and slippers. "So what do you
think" she asked spinning around for him to see.
"Cute,
I know you still don't sleep in that" said Inu-yasha.
"Gee
first you ask for college and then you ask for now, make up your damn
mind" she said.
Inu-yasha
pulled her by the hand and made her fall on to the bed. "Listen I know I
said we were going to watch movies and what not but now just sleep I know your
tired" he said.
Rin smiled
looking up at him. "Ok" she said closing her eyes. "Sorry
Inu-yasha I promise when I wake up we'll watch what ever you want" she
said.
Sesshoumaru
stopped in front of the door. Inu-yasha got up and pulled the covers over her.
"She's
really tired, so what you say you and I catch a movie I'm sure Rin won't
mind" said Inu-yasha to his mother who stood behind Sesshoumaru.
"Sure
sweetie what ever you say" she said.
Sesshoumaru
watched her sleeping for a while longer her hair spilling around the pillow
like silk, what would it be like waking up next to her? To see her smile when
she woke up.
It was
about 3 hours later did she awake and find that Inu-yasha was sitting next to
her watching TV.
"About
time you woke up," he said.
Rin smiled
and sat up pulling the covers around her. "What you watching?"
"Romeo
must die." Rin nodded. "It's almost over what do you want to
watch?"
"Hey
how about Charlie's Angel?" asked Rin.
"Oh
yea filled with asses" said Inu-yasha.
Rin
laughed "Well start the Movie."
He nodded
as he pressed play. They watched about 3 movies before Inu-yasha fell asleep.
Rin smiled and tucked him in. She stretched and walked out of his room.
"I
should go change and get to bed" she said.
Walking
into her room and pulling on her peach nightgown, which was panels of spliced
charmeuse trimmed in lace, the neck was drapery cowl neck with a handkerchief
hem. She let her hair down and sat on her bed. She wasn't tired all of a
sudden. She laid for a while before she sat up again. She made her way
downstairs not finding anything to do. She found herself in the den where there
was a beautiful white grand piano. She had taken lessons when she was younger
and just loved the way it made sounds. She sat down and pressed down on one of
the keys. She smiled when the soft tune played. She remembered a song that she
was taught by her piano teacher. He was really nice always trying to make it
easy to learn. She fell in love with the tune. She started to play the tune.
Sesshoumaru
was in the kitchen when he heard the soft sounds of the piano, the music was
beautiful. He found himself walked towards where sat Rin now in a beautiful
gown of peach as her fingers moved on the keys softly. He stood quietly listening
to her. Inu-yasha's mother also heard the soft music and leaned over the rails
of the floor above and smiled when she saw Rin sitting there playing the piano
and Sesshoumaru stood not too far away in a small faze. She chuckled and walked
back into her room.
She
stopped when she heard the soft clapping. She turned and there he stood. Rin
couldn't help but blush.
"That
was really nice" said Sesshoumaru.
"My
piano teacher taught me too play this tune, then I came up with a song to go
with it, out of all the pieces he taught me this became my favorite" she
said.
"Really?"
he asked.
Rin
blushed. "I had a small crush on him and wrote this song for him...I was
kind of into older guys"
He sat on
the armchair right next to the piano. "Would you sing it?"
She
shrugged and started the tune again. And then started to sing softly.
Utada
Hikaru-First Love
Saigo
no kisu wa
Tabako
no flavor ga shita
Nigakute
setsunai kaori
The last
kiss
Tasted
like tobacco
A bitter
and sad smell
Ashita
no imagoro ni wa
Anata
wa doko ni iru n' darou
Dare wo
omotte 'ru n' darou
Tomorrow,
at this time
Where will
you be?
Who will
you be thinking about?
You are
always gonna be my love
Itsu ka
dare ka to mata koi ni ochite mo
I'll
remember to love
You
taught me how
You are
always gonna be the one
Ima wa
mada kanashii love song
Atarashii
uta utaeru made
You are
always gonna be my love
Even if I
fall in love with someone once again
I'll
remember to love
You taught
me how
You are
always gonna be the one
It's still
a sad love song
Until I
can sing a new song
Tachidomaru
jikan ga
Ugoki-dasou
to shite 'ru
Wasuretaku
nai koto bakari
The paused
time is
About to
start moving
There's
many things that I don't want to forget about
Ashita
no imagoro ni wa
Watashi
wa kitto naite 'ru
Anata
wo omotte 'ru n' darou
Tomorrow,
at this time
I will
probably be crying
I will
probably be thinking about you
You
will always be inside my heart
Itsu mo
anata dake no basho ga aru kara
I hope
that I have a place in your heart too
Now and
forever you are still the one
Ima wa
mada kanashii love song
Atarashii
uta utaeru made
You will
always be inside my heart
You will
always have your own place
I hope
that I have a place in your heart too
Now and
forever you are still the one
It's still
a sad love song
Until I
can sing a new song
You are
always gonna be my love
Itsu ka
dare ka to mata koi ni ochite mo
I'll
remember to love
You
taught me how
You are
always gonna be the one
Mada
kanashii love song
Now and
forever...
You are
always gonna be my love
Even if I
fall in love with someone once again
I'll
remember to love
You taught
me how
You are
always gonna be the one
It's still
a sad love song
Now and
forever...
Rin opened
her eyes and looked towards him. She found her heart beating loudly. This was
the song she wrote thinking she had a broken heart then, but now it hurt even
more. She stood and smiled at him.
"Well
I'm tired, so good night" she said.
He watched
as she walked slowly towards the stairs.
"You
always do this to people?" he asked.
She
stopped and looked at him, as he stood and walked towards her.
"Do
you always put people under magic and then walk away?" he asked.
She gasped
her his hand cupped the side of her face. She couldn't help but lean into it.
She looked up at him. "I try not to use my powers, it seems to always pull
me into places I think I don't want to go to, but my heart say other wise"
she said.
He pulled
her against him and placed his lips on hers. He didn't care if his brother was
upstairs sleeping and could wake up any minute and find them, he just wanted
her close. She pulled away and looked at him. He let his hands fall to his
side.
"That
was to say thank you for the lunch and good night" he said.
She turned
and walked up the stairs unsteadily. She couldn't help but smile when she
touched her lips.
He smiled
as he walked towards his own room. This truly was a night of developments.
A young
woman of 24 looked down at her watch and smiled.
"Just
another 12 hours before I'm on that plane and home. Wait for me everyone"
she said closing her eyes. ‘Most of all you...’ she thought with a smile
as a silver haired man invaded her dreams.