A/N: This is my first attempt at a drabble fic, and I'm not quite sure that it will be in chronological order or not. It will be about the differences between humans and demons in general, their dating practices in particular.
For those of you who are wondering where Embarrassing went, it got absorbed into this fic. It just seemed to fit right in – even though it's not a drabble exactly.
And finally, I'm thinking (I'm not quite sure yet) of using the family that I gave to Sesshomaru in Show You Care in this as well. Mainly because I love the characters, I would also like to see them in a more laid back setting, I think that Sesshomaru having a large dysfunctional family presents to many temptations to resist and because I'm too lazy to create other OCs. And with that, I hope that you enjoy!
I do not own Inuyasha.
Sesshomaru wondered why he had even asked them for advice in the first place. Inuyasha and Miroku were behaving like a couple of children, which was nothing new – especially for Inuyasha. But both of them were currently involved with human women and Sesshomaru wasn't quite ready to tell his family – his mother in particular - that he was going out with a human. That meant that he'd have to avoid her like the plague, which could be more of a problem than he'd originally thought.
Sesshomaru looked up from a spot that he'd fixated on when his mind had begun to wander and looked around the store once more. It was a flower shop. Why had Inuyasha and Miroku brought him to a flower shop?
"So do you see any that you like?" Inuyasha asked.
A slight crease appeared in Sesshomaru's brow. He was more than a little confused.
When Inuyasha got no response, he tried a different tact. "Do you see any that you think she would like?"
"What do flowers have to do with our date?" Sesshomaru asked.
Inuyasha looked at him for a few seconds. "You're kidding right?"
Sesshomaru's eyes became very expressive suddenly. Inuyasha looked away from the murderous intent they contained. "Hey Miroku, help me out here," he called to his conspicuously absent friend.
Miroku turned his head from the lady behind the counter and walked over to them. "What's the problem?"
"Sesshomaru doesn't know why flowers are so important on a first date," Inuyasha informed him.
Miroku put a hand to his chin and assumed an expression of deep thought. "Well, you see Sesshomaru, flowers show a woman that you care enough about her to actually attempt to impress her."
"Yeah, they tell her that you're serious about her," Inuyasha added.
But he wasn't sure yet if he was serious about her. He didn't even know if he was going to go through with it. This already seemed like way more trouble than it was worth.
"Just pick a flower that reminds you of her," Miroku said backing away slowly.
A flower that reminded him of her. Sesshomaru looked around the store once more. Nothing caught his eye. It wasn't until his third sweep of the store that he spotted them.
The edges of the petals were a deep purple with the middle a soft lavender. Running down the outside of the petal was a bright yellow streak. The shape when the flower was in full bloom was similar in a way, to a triangle only much more beautiful. Their beauty wasn't as elaborate as a rose or as simple as a lily; it was a perfect mixture of the two. Delicate, elegant and inherently feminine. They were the perfect representation of her.
Purple irises.
Just looking at them brought her to mind and a sense of calm filled him.
Without hesitation Sesshomaru asked for a bouquet.
