After Affair by Akiha Inu

Chapter 1

Author's Note: Ok, so here is chapter one of the sequel to Unfaithful. It's a crappy beginning, a slow start, but with time I hope to have the story flowing more nicely.

Characters from Inuyasha do not belong to me. The story plot however does, yet will apologize in advance if it sounds similar to another story. It is not intentional. Feel free to let me know your opinion about this story.

Blowing her bangs out of her eyes, Kagome sighed while watching the clock on the wall. 'Two more minutes' Glancing at her hands, she noticed her knuckles where white from squeezing them so hard. Yea, she was worried. Something was wrong and she was praying to god this wasn't it. Lying back on the bed, she closed her eyes and began to reminisce about the past few weeks.

Koga

A few days after her outing with her sister, Kagome and Koga sat down and had a long talk. A talk that Kagome was dreading for several weeks now. Koga a few months back, sat Kagome down and explained how he is sorry for being so tied of with work. He loves her to death but he can't give his full attention because of how important his job is. He practically told her that he would be happier knowing she was with someone else who could give her their full attention. After Kagome yelled at his foolish idea, she cried for several hours at the thought of him being out of her life.

And now, not even two weeks ago, they had that talk again. Only this time, Koga won. It seemed to be the fastest "talk" they have ever had. A combination of them both agreeing on the matter for once and the fact that work and stress was wearing them down.

Eyes still closed, Kagome frowned at the memory. She should have been upset; she should have cried and pleaded like the last time. She should have called him out on what her friends and family have been telling her all this time. He was calling it off because he was cheating on her. She still didn't want to believe that. Call her naïve but something told her he really was just tied up with work. And so, they ended their 2 year relationship. Although Koga called it a break, he hasn't even bothered to contact her or reassure her that he still cared about her that he still wanted something with her.

Kagome opened her eyes and looked at the clock. Noticing the time, she walked into her bathroom and checked the test. Negative. 'Thank god.' Maybe that's why she didn't feel as bad. Walking back into her bedroom, Kagome crawled back in bed. It was noon time, though you couldn't tell that from looking at the dark room. Kagome had dark maroon curtains that were made from a thick fabric. The sun could be five feet from the window and you wouldn't know. She loved that. Pulling the light comforter up to her chin, she closed her eyes; thoughts of the following day after her outing with her sister came flashing in her head.

~*~

She woke up on the floor. She noticed a thin sheet covering her form and noticed that she only had a tee shirt on. 'Odd' Opening her eyes fully, she noticed it was still early in the morning, the sky just started to lighten and you could hear the birds chirping and singing merrily. Closing her eyes again she searched her brain for what led her to this predicament. 'Why am I half naked? And...why am I sore?' Kagome eyes shot open. She was sore in between her legs. A soreness one only got from either their first sexual encounter or from going months without it and then having hours of constant, hard core sex.

'CRAP!!' she yelled in her head. She knew she shouldn't have done all those shots. Sitting up she searched around for her partner in crime. 'Where is he?' Spotting her panties and other clothes she began to dress quickly before someone came out and spotted her. She didn't want to explain why she was half naked and she wouldn't have too. Any one with brains could tell just by looking at her what happened after the others went to bed.

Reaching for her shirt, she paused. 'Wait, if that's my shirt...then what?' Looking down she noticed she was wearing an undershirt. Since she doesn't own any of these and knows her sister doesn't wear them it had to belong to a guy. Bank couldn't have put it on her cause well, he just wouldn't and she would have remembered the constant questions being asked for why she didn't have anything on. So no it wasn't them that left one person.

'Damn it' she cursed in her head. She noticed how Sesshoumaru's blankets where nicely folded and his shoes and keys were gone indicating he left. Deciding to follow his lead, she quickly wrote a note to her sister saying thanks for a fun night and will call later.

~*~

She felt bad for awhile about what happened. She could blame the drugs and alcohol but really, that's no excuse. She could blame it all on the fact that it's been months since her and Koga had sex and him always being more attentive with his work then her caused her to stray. 'Not really stray, just not pass up an opportunity for great sex.'

And boy was it great, she didn't remember much but damn! Even her coworkers noticed despite how silent and to herself she was the next day when she went to work.

"About damn time that man of yours gave ya some" Sango said to her. After nearly choking on her food, she mumbled a quiet thank you before going back to her meal.

Kagome opened her eyes and gave a long sigh. She couldn't change the past; she regretted it all to an extent since there was no sense in regretting what you can't fix. She even debated on telling Koga. Hell, she was even tempted to be like 'SEE...THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU NEGLECT YOUR WOMAN!' She didn't though. She didn't want to cause him any more grief then she has and since he was the one who broke up with her (or take a break as he put it) before she even mentioned it, it was best to just let sleeping dogs lay...or lie.

Technically she hasn't lied. Nodding her head to reassure herself she sat up and decided that to wallow in the past was pointless. She should be happy. Yea, she has to work a double tomorrow; yea her love life is shot to shit, but hey, she isn't pregnant and really that is something that unless you actually want it, it was worth being some what happy about.

'Guess it really was stress that made me late and sickish.' She mused before jumping out of bed. Today was her day off and as much as she wanted to just lie in bed all day, she didn't want to pass up a nice day like today. Walking to her dresser she threw a pair of jeans on and a tank top before making her way to her closet and took out her flip flops.

She made her way out of the bed room and walked to the living room and checked her cell. 'Two missed calls?' noticing her cell was on silent as to explain why she didn't hear it, she opened the phone and saw one was from her sister and the other was from Inuyasha. Calling him first, she waited for him to pick up. He didn't like to talk on the phone much so this wouldn't be a long phone call.

"Hello" came his gruff voice. Kagome chuckled. It sounded like he just woke up. "Hey, it's me. I see you called. What's up?" she asked. She heard him groan as if he just sat up and she wondered how fucked up he got the night before for him to sound so out of it at 1 in the afternoon.

"Hold on for a second Kags." He said before hanging the phone up. Kagome looked at the phone when she heard the call end sound and noticed that he hung up on her. She was about to call him back up and yell at him when she heard a door open in her apartment. She looked behind her in a flash and noticed Inuyasha coming out of her guest bedroom.

"hey" he replied before plopping on the sofa, nearly crushing her in the process.

"What are you doing in here?" she asked. 'And how come I didn't notice you come in' She asked herself. She really needed to be more alert. Pushing him off of her she moved to the floor while he lay out fully on the sofa. "Beats me. I thought I told the cab driver to take me to my place, not yours." Kagome rolled her eyes. She should have known. After all, it was times like this that made her give him a spare key. One to many nights of him banging on the door at three am waking her as well as her neighbors taught her that.

"You hungry?" she asked him, already knowing the answer. "No...though any pain killers would be welcomed." He responded while placing his arm over his eyes. "Ok." She got up and made her way to get some aspirin. Making her way back to the sofa after a quick stop in the kitchen for some water, she noticed him sleeping and sat down on the floor. She looked around and noticed a pen sitting on the table to her left and picked it up. Giggling to herself, she took the pen and began to slowly bring it to his nose before slowly inserting it in. He reared his head back after snorting several times while waving his hand about his face and Kagome couldn't help but bust up laughing. "Here is your aspirin." She panted out in between laughs.

Grumbling under his breath about pain in the ass women, he quickly took the pill before downing the water. He made his way to lay back down but Kagome stopped him and told him to go back in the bedroom, she wanted to clean up a bit and didn't want to disturb him. Ignoring his protests all the way to the room she pushed him on the bed and left the room. Walking back in the living room, she noticed his shoes for the first time as well as his button up shirt laying on the floor in front of the door. 'Yea, I really need to pay attention' she thought as she went and picked up the shirt and moved his shoes and set them next to her shoes near the door.

As she began to tidy up the apartment, she let her mind wonder to Inuyasha. He has been a good friend to her over the past few years she's known him. She half expected him to stop talking to her once her and Koga broke up but he didn't. 'In fact, he's been over here constantly' she thought as she made her way in the kitchen. He was here more than at his own place though she figured it had something to do with his ex living there too. His ex, she remembered, wasn't to nice to Inuyasha. She was pretty controlling and when Kagome and him first became friends, the only time she really saw him was when his ex was out of town. It was rather annoying but she stuck threw it with him and was happy when he finally called the relationship off.

They shared an apartment together however, so until the lease was up, he was stuck with her. So in the mean time he has been staying at either her place or his current girl friends place. 'Kagura...some times I wonder if it was a good idea to set those two up' Kagura was introduced to Kagome threw one of her friends that she works with. 'She was a nice girl' Kagome mused, 'But has no trust in the man.' She didn't like the fact that Inuyasha lived with his ex, despite the fact that he had no choice and practically avoids all contact with her. If Kagura heard a girl in the background while on the phone with Inuyasha, she automatically thought he was messing around. 'Really, no trust what so ever.'

Kagome really did like the girl, but introducing the two might have been a mistake. Inuyasha tends to focus all his attentions on the girl he is with and ignores everyone else, including her. Just thinking about it pisses her off. Pushing the thoughts from her head she went back to cleaning.

Regardless, Inuyasha was her best friend and it meant a lot to her that he was in her life. It was however a pain in the ass when her family and friends insisted they date. Yea he was hot, yea he was the nicest guy to his partner but for one, she would never date her best friend. 'Been there, done that' she reminded herself silently. And second, it was just to weird. It was just to comfortable being around each other that if romance was added, well...it would probably freak her out. Not to mention, she was in no way shape or form ready for another relationship.

Plopping down on the sofa in the now clean living room she took a moment to scan the room to see if she missed anything. Noticing nothing out of place she walked over to the guest room to check on her friend. Seeing him still asleep, she walked back out to the kitchen and grabbed a post it note. She quickly wrote a note saying she was going out for a bit and to call if he needed her and stuck it on his forehead.

Locking the door she made her way to her blue sedan and drove off to her sister's bar. She decided to just visit her sister at work since that was where she was at and calling her would be pointless, she'd be to busy to talk. Thinking about her sister reminded her that she hasn't seen her since that night they went out. Thinking of that night reminded her of Sesshoumaru. She wondered what he was doing before quickly pushing the thoughts from her head. If he even remotely cared about her he would have called. He, after all had her number and he also had Kikyo's being good friends with her and all he could have had her arrange something. 'Probably just wanted a good lay' she grimaced at that thought. To be used for nothing but sex was an inexcusable act and just thinking about being a victim of such pissed herself off. She should have known better.

Pulling herself from her dark thoughts, she noticed she was a block away from the bar her sister works at. With luck her sister won't be drunk, it was still early after all and it was usually after work when she would take the time to get wasted before Bank had to drag her ass home.

Pulling into a parking space, she got out and made her way to the pub. Waving to the host, she made her way to her sisters section and sat at one of the tables. Kikyo was busy waiting on some costumers and hadn't noticed her yet, taking a look around she saw a band setting up for later that night. It was only three people, one working the drums, one playing the guitar and the other on a key board. Eyeing the guy with the key board it reminded her of back in the day where she would sit in her room late at night and make up songs and funny sounds on it.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" she heard a voice asked. Looking over her shoulder she noticed her sister holding a tray of food.

"Oh, well I saw you called and I figured I'd come in since I know you wouldn't answer your phone. Plus Inuyasha is hung over at my place and he is a pain to deal with." Kagome responded while accepting a glass of water from the bartender. As he made his way back to the bar, Kikyo leaned down and whispered in her ear. "He totally likes you"

Kagome stared on in shock then glanced back at the bar when her sister walked away. 'Liked her?' she looked at the man behind the bar. Hiko, she believed his name was, was decent enough. He had blue black hair that was just long enough to touch the top of his shoulders. His face was well shaped, his chin slightly narrow and his eyes were a darkest blue she ever saw. They were almost black looking. He was actually quite attractive and she wondered if she only noticed this because he was some what interested in her.

Feeling eyes on him, Hiko searched the room until his eyes landed on her and she quickly looked away. She focused her attention on her sister and noticed her coming her way with a plate of chicken tenders and various sauces and sat down in front of her.

"Hungry?" she asked seeing Kikyo stuff her face. Her own stomach rumbled reminding her that she has yet to eat. She woke up at the ass crack of dawn and rushed to the drug store and then downed 8 glasses of water so she could do the pee test. She totally missed both breakfast and lunch in all the excitement. Kikyo nodded while she continued to eat as if her life depended on it. This was unlike her; normally Kikyo was calm and collected. It was above her to eat like a pig.

Noticing her stares, Kikyo offered some food to Kagome thinking she wanted a bite, after a decline she then finished off her food before getting into why she called her sister in the first place.

"So, why did you call last night?" Kagome asked taking sip of water. Kikyo held up a finger signaling 'one minute' and continued to stuff her face and then began to sip her water till it was half empty.

"Guess who called me last night?" Kikyo asked while eyeing her sister. Kagome thought for a second but really, there were countless people who could have called that were worth calling her sister at 6am. "Who?" she asked not even bothering to name someone.

"Sesshoumaru." Kikyo stated watching her sister's reaction. The key was to watch her eyes. Her eyes gave every thing away.

Kagome's heart skipped a beat for a second. 'He called? What for? Why was Kikyo telling me this anyway?' a dozen thoughts were going threw her head all the while confusion and excitement flashed across her eyes for all to see.

"Oh? For what?" Kagome asked, noticing her voice came out a little shaky. She hoped her sister didn't notice it. Taking a deep breath while trying to not make it obvious she held her breath and waited for Kikyo to respond.

"Nothing really. Just wanted to see how we all were doing and all. He asked about you too. Said he had fun hanging out last time and wouldn't mind doing it again." Kikyo said as she continued to watch her sister's reaction.

'Asked about me huh? Wanted to hang out again huh? Had fun did he?' Kagome could feel some anger rising and quickly pushed it away. What could she say anyway. She practically used him as much as he used her. Plus he was very, VERY hot and not such of a bad guy either.

Kikyo saw a bit of anger flash over her sister's eyes before it was quickly hidden. She knew something happened that night after she and Bank "went to bed" and damn it she wanted details. After all, Kagome wouldn't just leave her bra hanging on the door knob of the patio door for all to see. She was to modest after all.

Frankly, she thought the two would be good for each other. Sesshoumaru was a nice guy and all but only to people he considered friends or as he put it one day, "worth his time", saw that side of him and even then it was very rare. He was over all a cold person, but in his business it was required. He was a CEO of a major cooperation and he didn't get that way by being friendly. She just knew Kagome's charm would bring out the nice soft side of her cold friend. Plus, Kagome needed a man who would cater to her needs when it was needed. Koga was never there for her and it ate at her to see her sister unhappy for so long.

She also knew both held some time of feelings for each other. After all, Sesshoumaru never was adamant about any female. He really only ever bothered with women when they came to him. Not this time, she has gotten several phone calls asking about her sister. For some reason however, he never called Kagome himself. It was almost as if he wanted to learn more about her before approaching her himself.

Kikyo was pulled from her thoughts when some one called her from the kitchen. Looking behind her she noticed it was the manager. Sighing she looked back to Kagome and bid her a far well with a promise to call later.

Kagome watched Kikyo leave and then cast the bar a look and took one last look at the bartender. He was cute, but she wasn't ready for any relationship. Feeling her phone vibrate she pulled it out and saw it was a text message from Inuyasha.

'BRING FOOD'

Kagome sighed before getting up and walking out the door. She waved to some of the waiters she knew as well as the host and left. Driving towards the apartment she thought of a place to stop and get food. Deciding to just make something, since she wasn't feeling up to fast food, she continued her way and began to ponder a few things. She thought back to the conversation she had with her sister. 'She is up to something. I saw the mischief in her eyes.' Kagome eyes went wide. 'DOES SHE KNOW?' Kagome began to panic. She does NOT want anyone to find out what happened the last time she saw Sesshoumaru. It wouldn't bode well.

Pulling to her complex, she made her way to her door. Walking in she saw Inuyasha on the floor wailing about starving to death and what have you. Kagome rolled her eyes and slipped her flip flops off. Making her way to the kitchen she began to make some sandwiches and tea.

~~

'Stupid' he berated himself for the hundredth time. He looked at his cell sitting in his palm and saw the name that was on the screen. He tried, several times to push the button, but it was as if there was a force blocking said button. That couldn't be right he knew, he had no problem calling any one else. 'Just her.' He glared at the device as if his glare alone could turn it to dust. Shutting the phone, he set it down on the desk before looking back at his computer screen. He tried to get her smile and gentle, sweet voice out of his head, he tried to focus on his work. But alas, he had no suck luck. If he didn't know better he would say he was sick or something. Or perhaps something cast a spell on him. 'Or some one.' He chuckled. 'Yea, a spell alright'

Hearing a knock at his door, he forced his attention to it and mumbled an annoyed 'enter'. Hearing the door open slowly he looked up and noticed his 6 year old daughter peeking her head in. "Yes Rin, what is it you need?" his voice took on a softer sound and instantly the young girl beamed and stepped in the office and raced to her father. She crawled in his lap and Sesshoumaru decided right then and there no work will be getting done. Rin beamed up at her father and hugged him tight while muttering something in his chest. He could only make out a few words so he pulled her away from him.

"What was that?" he asked her, a small smile adorning his face as he held her. It was just so hard to not do it around her. She was by far the most precious thing in his life. "Rin wanted to come and see what daddy was doin" Sesshoumaru sighed, Rin picked up the third person from him. "I see Rin." He said while scooting towards his desk to continue to work on the contracts he had to type up.

Rin sat and watched her father work, they would often do this whenever she got really lonely and he wasn't to busy. She looked around and noticed his phone on the desk and she silently reached out and grabbed it. She wasn't sure how it worked but she knew when you push a few buttons, people start talking on it. Opening the black box she saw it light up and began to press some buttons hearing it make a ringing noise she smile in triumph she placed it to her ear and waited.

~~

Kagome was finishing up her sandwich when she heard her cell go off. Walking over to her purse she pulled it out and opened it without bothering to see who it was. "Hello?" she asked, sitting down on the sofa.

"Hello? Who is this?" came a child's voice. Kagome brows scrunched together. She didn't know anyone with kids old enough to talk. "This is Kagome. Who is this?" she said sitting straight up on the sofa. "Rin's name is Rin." She said sounding very proud. The way of speech reminded her of a certain silver haired male. She was brought out of her musing when she heard the girl continue. "Kagome, that's a very pretty name. Are you pretty like your name?" Rin asked. Kagome blushed, she didn't know what to say to that. "Uhh, thanks Rin. I like your name too, it's very pretty too." She said. Inuyasha came out of the kitchen and gave her a quizzical look. Kagome simply shrugged her shoulders and focused back on the call.

~~

Sesshoumaru was so engrossed with his work he didn't notice his daughter reaching for his cell, he didn't notice her dialing numbers, he didn't notice when she put it to her ear after letting out a giggle and he didn't even notice when she started talking. However, what he did notice was the name she said.

"Kagome, that's a very pretty name. Are you pretty like your name?" Rin asked. Sesshoumaru's eyes shot to the bundle in his lap and noticed Rin talking to someone on his cell phone, and not just any someone. "Rin? What are you doing? Can I have that." It wasn't a question really, more of a demand. Rin however didn't notice her father's annoyed tone, she was to excited to talk to Kagome. She sounded so nice, unlike those other women his father hung around. "Hold on Kagome, daddy wants to talk" she then handed the phone over to her father and said father sighed before placing it to his ear. 'Well, now I don't have to worry about calling' he mused. "Hello?"

~~

Kagome froze when she heard the voice on the other line. 'Sess..' "Sesshoumaru?" she asked timidly. 'Oh great' Kagome's heart started to pound and she was now on the edge of her seat. "Hello Kagome. I must apologize about Rin. I didn't realize she had my cell phone." Came his velvet voiced reply. Kagome shivered at her name coming from his lips. Flashbacks of weeks before when he was saying her name in pleasure ran threw her head and she did a mental shake to remove them. Now was not the time to think of such things. "Hey, it's ok. I thought it was cute." She smiled, for being his daughter, she sure didn't seem like it. She was the complete opposite; he was cold and emotionless and she sounded cheerful and full of life. Granted she was still young, she briefly wondered if he was like that as a child, and if so, what changed him. She was pulled from her thoughts when she heard his voice again.

"It was funny actually. I was planning on calling you but I see I don't have too. I was wondering if you would mind joining me for dinner one night. Perhaps Monday? He asked. Kagome pondered and searched her brain to see if she was free on Monday. She wanted to go; for some reason she was drawn to him. "Sure, I wouldn't mind dinner. What time and what do you have in mind?"

~~

'Have in mind?' Flashes of their last meeting when through his head. 'I wouldn't mind that.' He mused. Shaking his head he went back to the phone conversation at hand. "Well since my daughter seems eager to meet you, we can do dinner here say around six?" Glancing at his daughter he saw her cheerful smile. She seemed excited about the prospect of Kagome coming over. "Ok that sounds great." He heard her say. He gave her his address and then bid her good night. He had a few days to plan, it being Saturday and all. Looking at Rin, he saw her smile and launch herself back in his lap.

"Is Kagome coming over for dinner?" She asked looking so hopeful. At his nod, she cheered, quickly hugged her father then ran out of the room. Looking back at his phone he was tempted to call her back just to hear her voice. Something about her voice called to him. Going back to his work he pushed memories of their encounter out of his head.

~~

Kagome sighed and leaned back on the sofa. Inuyasha walked over and sat next to her and watched her intently. "Who was that?" he asked her. "It was my sister's friend Sesshoumaru. His daughter was playing with his phone and accidentally called me. He invited me to dinner on Monday too." She said and briefly wondered if seeing him was a good idea. Yea she liked him, but what she did with him last time was wrong and she didn't want to repeat that again. She betrayed Koga and she didn't even have the courage to tell him.

Inuyasha watched the emotions flash by her eyes as she was lost in thought. "If you don't want to do dinner then don't." he said, figuring that's why she was unhappy. Kagome shook her head in the negative then turned her head to him. "No, I want to go. He an ok guy and I wouldn't mind meeting this daughter of his. He's told me about her a few times we talked." Kagome got up and made her way to the kitchen to get her drink. While sipping her tea she pondered how she was going to handle this whole thing. She was so lost in her thoughts she barely noticed Inuyasha coming up behind her giving her hug and saying good bye.

She decided that she would just take this all one step at a time. After all, she told herself not even a few hours ago she didn't want a relationship and especially with the man she cheated on her boyfriend with. Granted he didn't know and they didn't break up technically. That's right, they where just on break. She would enjoy this freedom but she couldn't help but wonder. Would they eventually get over this bump and get back together? With that thought in her mind, she decided to call him.