Therapy Sessions

Hi everyone! I'm back with another story! It's Sessh/Rin and Inu/Kag. There will be lots of drama and of course romance because I'm such a hopeless romantic lol. Of course I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters.

Chapter 1

New Beginnings?

"Must you always make us late?" an annoyed voice called from the living room.

"I'm coming Kohaku!" Rin called from her bedroom still trying to get the perfect curl in her hair. She could always curl her hair flawlessly on the right side but could never quite get the same results on the left.

"I did not come over here to pick you up on time only for you to make us late…again." Kohaku retorted.

Rin did not respond. She finally emerged from her room 10 minutes later with her dark hair swept to the right side. Kohaku had told her to look nice tonight. She wondered whether or not he thought she looked nice every other day. She opted for an electric blue pencil skirt, black bandeau top and blazer. She showed just a peek of her flat stomach. She wore black heels but no jewelry. She did not usually wear makeup but tonight she tried some eyeliner, mascara and lip stick. Her porcelain skin did not need any foundation.

"How do I look?" Rin asked hopefully.

"Fine." He simply glanced at her and ushered them out of her apartment. He was impatient and anxious to get to their destination. He wore dark pants and a navy blue button down shirt looking clean cut.

The couple hopped into his truck and rode in silence to their destination. Rin was disappointed and even little angered that he did not acknowledge her effort to look "nice" tonight. Fine was not nice! He stopped giving her compliments a little while after they got together, it was always critiques these days. Kohaku seemed to be lost in his own thoughts, not even acknowledging her fuming.

It took about twenty minutes for them to arrive at Rin's favorite restaurant. Her mood brightened when she saw their destination. She would forget about his lack of appreciation for her appearance for the sake of having a good date night. He jumped out of the truck and opened her door to help her get out as well. Rin was clumsy, her heels and his high truck were sure to produce a disaster so Kohaku was careful when helping her out of his truck.

The couple strode into the II Gabbiano restaurant in Miami. The food was Italian which Rin loved. She turned toward her boyfriend and beamed at him not even thinking about her ire earlier. He smiled back then told the hostess he had reservations for a private room. The couple was led to the back of the restaurant toward a door leading to the private room. The smell of the pastas and cheese in the restaurant made Rin feel like she was in heaven. She allowed Kohaku to guide her towards their private room while she gazed hungrily at the other patrons' plates. She did not even hear the door open to their destination.

"SURPRISE!"

"Eeeeeeeppp!" Rin screamed and hid behind her boyfriend.

"Come out Rin." Kohaku said in an annoyed tone.

She peeped from behind him and immediately smiled at what she saw. The room was decorated in gold. There were gold and cream balloons all over the room. There was one large round table in the middle of the room with a cream table cloth and gold plates and utensils.

"OMG! What is going on here? Today is not my birthday is it?" Rin wondered out loud.

"No silly!" Sango said laughing.

Rin ran up to her friends and they enveloped her in a hug. Kagome, Miroku, and Sango all gave her a hug.

"So what is going on here?" Rin asked totally confused. It was not her birthday. It was just a normal Friday. Usually she would be at home having a glass of wine and watching Netflix.

Kagome winked at her. "Turn around." She said pointing.

"Huh" Rin asked as she did what was told. "Oh my…" she whispered.

Kohaku was down on one knee staring up at her confidently. He had been planning this day for a while now and knew that Rin loved Italian food. He knew her favorite color was gold and that she valued her relationship with her friends because they were all she had. He and Rin had been together for a little over a year, he met her through Kagome's friendship with his sister Sango. Rin was a friend of Kagome's and Kagome would bring her to Sango's place for get-togethers. He was captivated by her beauty and couldn't help but to talk to her. He was confident that she would not say no.

"Rin, will you marry me?"

Rin stared at her boyfriend down on one knee; their relationship flashed before her eyes. She was initially attracted to him when they first met. He was tall, of lean and muscular build with dark hair tied into a ponytail. In the beginning he treated her like a princess, constantly buying gifts and wanting to spend all of their time together. He would call all day and take her out every weekend. At first Rin loved the attention but then every time she made plans to hang out with her friends he would want to go or get upset. Soon arguments began and his attitude began to change. He would demean her with verbal assaults then apologize later with gifts. Rin was close to breaking things off with him but she would always accept his apology and hope he would change. They were all in the same circle of friends. If they broke up, things would become awkward. Now here he was down on one knee asking for her hand in marriage. He planned this special surprise just for me, she thought. She could not say no, especially in front of all the people she considered family.

"Yes!" Rin screamed. Everyone cheered and screamed in joy. She smiled but it did not reach her cheeks. She held her hand out and allowed him to place the ring on her finger. It was a beautiful and quite large princess cut diamond and platinum set. Rin stared at the diamond on her finger and only wondered if this ring would make his possessiveness even worse.

Kohaku stood and kissed her in front of everyone as they cheered. She kissed him back and started to cry. She didn't even know if the tears were of joy or sadness. She always envisioned the day when the man she loved would propose to her in front of her family and friends. But now she had no family, few friends and she was not even sure if Kohaku was the man she wanted to spend the rest of her life with.

"Oh no, don't cry Rin." Kagome rushed to her friend as Kohaku released her from his embrace.

"Those are tears of happiness!" Miroku beamed with his arm around Sango.

Just then waiters walked in with their meals and bottles of champagne for the evening.

"It's time to celebrate! Let's eat and drink!" Kohaku said.

"Um I need to go to the bathroom to fix my makeup. Kagome, can you come with me?" Rin muttered lamely. She just needed as excuse to get out of the room. She was starting to feel suffocated by the pressure of what she just agreed to.

Kagome and Rin made their way to the bathroom. As soon as they entered Rin balled some more. Kagome simply held her friend and waited for her to stop crying.

"Kagome, I'm getting married." Rin whispered.

"I know." Kagome said.

"Who's going to walk me down the aisle? What family will be sitting on my side?" Rin asked.

"I will. I'm your family Rin." Kagome said.

Rin sniffled. "Should I marry him Kagome?"

"Rin, I can't tell you what to do. Do what feels right." Kagome knew Rin wasn't happy in her relationship but she also knew Rin would not have refused Kohaku's proposal in front of others. Her friend always put other people's feelings before her own.

Rin finally calmed down enough to rejoin her engagement party. She and Kagome walked back in and pretended to enjoy the festivities. The party passed in a blur for Rin, she barely paid attention when Sango explained how great it was going to be to join her family. Rin was starting to get annoyed as Sango kept calling her "sis-in-law" all night. Rin was cringing at the thought of going home. She knew Kohaku would have special requests in the bedroom tonight and she was just not in the mood for it; too much was on her mind.

After the party, Kohaku drove back to Rin's apartment. He had quite a bit of champagne at the party and talked of how badly he wanted her body tonight all the way there. As soon as they were inside he picked her up and led her to the bedroom whispering filthy things in her ear. Rin tried to pretend that she wanted him too but her mind was elsewhere. Any time a big event happened in her life she missed her family dearly, this time was no different. Every event she was supposed to be happy about, she could only be sad. Flashbacks of that night crossed her mind.

(Memory)

"Rin run!"

"Daddy!"

"Go! I have to save your mother!" Her father yelled.

Rin didn't run as tears were rolling down her face. Smoke filled her little lungs making her cough severely. The home was on fire caused by Christmas lights being left on around the Christmas tree. Rin had begged her parents to leave the lights on so Santa Claus could see well. Her parents agreed to leave them on and decided they would turn them off after she fell asleep. However, they ended up falling asleep as well.

Her busy father had forgotten to change the batteries in the smoke detector so the family was awoken when it was too late. The fire was already blazing in the living room. It quickly spread throughout the home.

Rin's parents were able to get her to the kitchen so she could escape out the backdoor. Her mother took in too much smoke and collapsed.

"Daddy please save mommy!"

"I will baby. I love you, now go!" He said as he ran back into the flames.

"I love you too."

Rin ran out the backdoor, the fire already reaching the kitchen. She screamed in pain when she touched the hot doorknob but her small fingers were able to unlock the door and she escaped. Rin ran to her best friend's house which was a couple houses down. Kagome's mother opened the door and immediately took her in noticing the little girl's disheveled appearance and burned hands. She called 911 as all Rin could say was "fire, fire!"

By the time firefighters and paramedics arrived it was too late.

(End memory)

Kohaku kissed Rin's neck as he lay her down on her bed but he stopped when he tasted salt.

"You're still crying? You must've really been waiting for this day." Kohaku said totally oblivious to her sadness. He mistook her tears for tears of joy about their engagement.

"Can we not do this tonight? I'm really exhausted." Rin said.

"Are you fucking kidding me? We just got engaged!"

"I promise I'll make it up to you in the morning. Can you just lay with me tonight?" Rin asked. She knew she should've opened up to him about what was bothering her but she couldn't. Kohaku knew what happened to her family when she was just seven years old but he didn't realize how much it still affected her so many years later.

"Fuck this! If you can't please me tonight, I'll go find someone who can."

"Kohaku seriously!" He always said things like that when she didn't do what he wanted. She didn't believe he ever really acted on his words.

"I put a fucking ring on your finger. You've pretty much agreed to belong to me forever. So when I want sex you should give it to me!" He yelled angrily.

"I can't right now. I'm sorry."

He stared at her then finally said, "Whatever, sleep alone tonight. I'm going back to my place."

Rin jumped as he slammed her door. She got up and locked it behind him. She actually felt bad for not being able to please him on the night they got engaged but she wished he would understand why. She undressed and threw on a t-shirt curling up in her blankets. She took the ring off her finger and examined it. The ring was truly beautiful but it was also an object to mark her as his property. With this ring, he would really believe she belonged to him. She sighed. She placed the ring in the drawer of her nightstand not wanting to look at it. Rin turned the lights off and fell into a restless sleep.

After the engagement party, Kagome left to catch a movie with a cute guy she met about two weeks ago. They had been talking on the phone almost daily since they met. She was worried about her best friend and wanted to call her but she knew Kohaku would likely be upset for intruding on their special night. She knew Rin had not been happy in the relationship for a while now but when Sango approached her to help set up the surprise engagement party she couldn't just refuse. Sango would want to know why she didn't want to help and she could not explain that Rin was not in love with her little brother! Rin and Sango have become friends but Rin did not confide in Sango because she knew it would all get back to Kohaku. He and his older sister were close and both shared the same dominating personality. Kagome wondered how Miroku dealt with Sango.

She continued to think about her friend as she drove to the movie theater. Kagome and Rin had been inseparable ever since the night of the fire. They were childhood friends before that night but they became sisters afterwards. Kagome's mother adopted Rin and raised her as another daughter. Now 26 and 25, they owned their own practice as behavioral therapists. They were pretty well known in Miami and were quite successful. Kagome knew Rin would be sad tonight. Every milestone in Rin's life made her miss her parents' presence. Kagome usually stayed close to her each time but she was finding that more difficult with Kohaku always hovering around. Kagome did not like Kohaku but she would not tell Rin that, she just kept a close eye on him. She felt Rin needed to deal with her relationship on her own.

Kagome parked and then texted the guy that she was at the theater. He text her back to meet him in the lobby because he already paid for their tickets and bought popcorn. She smiled when she saw him standing in the lobby holding popcorn. He was tall with tanned skin and long black hair tied in a ponytail. He was dressed casually in jeans and a t-shirt. When he turned around his blue eyes brightened at the sight of her. Kagome wore a blue maxi dress which hugged her ample chest and rested loosely around her curves. The blue looked beautiful in contrast to her milky skin. She wore her dark hair in a loose bun.

"Hello beautiful."

"Hi Koga. Thanks for waiting for me." Kagome smiled.

"Shall we?" He said holding out his arm for her to take.

"We shall." She giggled. She jumped when his tail wrapped around her waist as they walked. Koga was a wolf demon and an extremely attractive one at that. She was surprised that he approached her at the coffee shop. She thought a demon like him was way out of her league; furthermore demons like him usually did not date humans. Sango and Kohaku would freak if they knew she went on a date with him. They did not care much for demons and thought they all were evil creatures. Miroku and Rin on the other hand would not care. They treated all people the same. Kagome was the same way; she believed there was good and bad in all living things.

After the movie, Kagome and Koga walked to her car hand in hand.

"I had a really nice time tonight, the movie was really good." Kagome said looking up at him.

"I did too cutie, so do you want to go to the beach?" Koga asked not wanting to end the night.

"It's really late. I have to work in the morning but how about we go to the beach next weekend." Kagome said.

"Well can I come over for a night cap?" Koga asked holding both her hands and pulling her close.

Kagome blushed at their proximity. The physical attraction was definitely there as her chest met the top of his hard abs. He wrapped his arms around her waist and she placed her hands on his chest trying to put a little space between them. She heard demons moved very fast. I guess that's true since he's already asking for a night cap, she thought. She knew inviting him over to her place would not be a good idea. What else could young people that were obviously attracted to one another do in the middle of the night alone in an apartment? Just talk?

"Um, no. I don't think that's the best idea." Kagome said.

Koga sighed. "Okay, well give me a goodnight kiss so I can sleep well tonight." He smiled a toothy smile.

Kagome giggled. "Ok, I can do that." She stood up on her tip-toes and kissed him on the cheek.

"No lip?" He asked eyes closed.

"No." Kagome said playfully, breaking their embrace.

"I like you." Koga said pulling her back.

"Good night Koga." Kagome said smiling. She gave him a hug and he embraced her back.

"Goodnight babe." He said as he watched her get into her car.

After he walked back to his own car Kagome left the parking lot. She blushed at the thought of the demon embracing her. She had not been so physically close to a guy in a long while. Her last relationship ended after high school. She dated a few guys but it never went anywhere. Koga would be interesting; she never dated a demon before. She knew she would have to be careful because demons moved fast and to make things worse she had not had sex in a while. She didn't want to ruin a possible relationship by giving in to him too soon.

Kagome made it home and got ready for bed. She had to work in the morning and could not wait to talk to Rin.

Author's Note:

So where are the Inu brothers!? This IS Sessh/Rin and Inu/Kag! Don't worry they will be making their appearance to complicate things soon lol. Let me know what you think. Should I continue with the story?