The Grey Scale by Lady Kirara

Brighter Days Ahead

Brighter Days Ahead

Kagome sat at her desk, staring into space, completely ignoring the pile of work she still needed to get finished. She rolled the jewel between two fingers and sighed. Her dinner the other night with Sesshoumaru had been a complete disaster. It turned out Sesshoumaru hadn’t really kept tabs on anyone, except for Shippou, who was off God knows where training the last time they’d spoken. Though he had offered, he didn’t really answer anything she wanted to know. He seemed more interested in finding out what she had been up to for the past few years. It really was rather disheartening.

A small knock at the door interrupted her musings and Mr. Natsu poked his head in. “Ms. Higurashi, do you have a moment?”

Nodding, Kagome waited for him to occupy the chair in front of her and begin to speak. “Ms. Higurashi, I’m a bit concerned. Lately your performance here has been a tad lax, and you don’t quite seem yourself. I just wanted to check on you and make sure everything was alright.”

Kagome gave the man a half-hearted smile. I guess I really am too easy to read. “I’m sorry about that sir; I can promise that it won’t affect my work.”

Mr. Natsu shook his head. “That’s not my concern. Are you sure you’re alright?”

“Hai. I’ll be fine sir. Just stirring up some old wounds is all.”

He noticed the small gem in her hand and gestured to it. ”That’s the trinket I told you to get rid of a few weeks ago, isn’t it? You seem rather fond of it. Perhaps you should keep it. It won’t be missed here.”

Kagome brightened. “Are you sure, sir?”

“Take the rest of the day off. Things have been slow lately. Tomorrow is a new day.”

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Prompt: RRRP - Mask

Words: 300

Posted: 1.08.13

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