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Author's Note: This idea just came to me while I was typing the first chapter of another story. Don't know if I'm going to post that one, but oh, well.

Dreams Aren't Always Fantasy

Chapter 1

Prologue

"Are you scared?" He asked me quietly. His breath tickled my ear. I looked up at the golden eyes staring down at me. The eyes that I was once so scared of. The eyes that belonged to a person I had once feared. I guess in a way I was still afraid of him. No, not afraid. More like intimidated. I finally found the courage to answer his question.

"Would you hate me if I said yes?" I asked in response. Of course I was scared. He was so… experienced. At least that's what I heard around school. And I was… well, not. I was seventeen and a virgin. Which I loved being. I could look around the school I attended and say 'I will be able to shout from the rooftops when I'm in college that I'm a virgin.'. I guess I wouldn't be able to do that now.

He chuckled lightly, closed the gap between us, and kissed me gently. "I could never hate you, Rin." He whispered.

Of course, he would never have said that a year ago. I really don't know what made him change, but I didn't find that very important at the moment. What was important was this moment. Everything I felt for him and everything he said he felt for me had led to this moment. This indescribable moment that left my stomach churning with anticipation.

Why did he choose me? We were on completely opposite ends of the social spectrum. Konoe Sesshoumaru was a rich troublemaker. He got everything he wanted, including girls. Around school he was known as a player and a heart breaker. If a girl was seen with him then she was immediately part of the 'in-crowd'. He hung out with Ookami Kouga, Kaze Miroku, Ashi Naraku, and his half brother Konoe Inuyasha.

All of them, with the exception of Miroku, were demons. And all of them had girlfriends in their counterpart group. That group consisted of Higurashi Kagome, Tenma Sango, Tsuyayaka Kikyou, Kasai Ayame, Seishuku Kagura, and Seishuku Kanna. It was a known fact that Kanna dated Kagome's younger brother Souta. They were both sophomores while the others were juniors.

The girls tended be a bit nicer than the guys, but we still never really got along too splendidly. Kagome was nice to me. Her boyfriend, Inuyasha, was a completely different story. He was one of the worst ones in the group. Always picking on smaller, weaker people, mainly me. Miroku was nice. He at least attempted to stop the torture they subjected me to. Sesshoumaru just sort of stood in the background with Kagura. I didn't really have an opinion about Kouga. He was too thick to say anything intelligent and it seemed like he and Inuyasha were always fighting. Naraku was just… odd. As silent and brooding as his girlfriend Kikyou, he would just stand there, some sort of sick, twisted smirk on his face.

Then, there was me. Public victim number one, some people called me. I was about half the size of most girls in my grade, and the way I dressed did absolutely nothing for the figure that I had. Blue jeans, baggy shirts, and a sweat shirt. Simple, non-materialistic. That was my style. I wasn't rich, but I wasn't poor. I had a part time job at a small café, which is how I was earning my tuition for college. As said earlier, I was a virgin and absolutely thrilled about it. I was still immature in a lot of senses and sex was a big step. I most definitely wasn't ready for it yet, so why was I here? Yes, we had been going out for about a year total, but what if I got pregnant? It would jeopardize my studies and then I wouldn't get into Tokyo University. But, if I told him to stop now he might call me a tease and spread rumors. Oh, well. I had to tell him to stop before it went to far. One of his hands was attempting to undo the button of the pants I was wearing. Now or never.

"Sesshoumaru, wait." My voice was shaky from my nerves, but I hoped he wouldn't notice.

"Are you having second thoughts again?" He asked. I was starting to panic. My breathing shortened to quick gasps and my palms were starting to sweat. What if he didn't care about my feelings about this? What if he still forced me to have sex with him?

"Well… yes." I answered. "I don't want you to misinterpret what I'm saying, but I don't want to do this unless it's with someone that I know I love. I mean, I know it sounds corny and I don't mean to say that I don't have feelings for you or anything, it's just that we're still in high school and to us love is when we've been on three dates and we rush into sex and then something happens and it all just blows up." I was starting to ramble. Great. He was going to call me stupid. To my surprise, he was laughing.

"My sweet little Rin. I have two things to say. One, it's called first time jitters. Two, calm down. I'm not going to force you or anything. And I actually think you started to hyperventilate that time." He kissed me again and moved his hand to my waist.

This was how it was most of the time. Us sitting in a comfortable silence, watching a movie and maybe some light kissing. Nothing overtly sexual. I had a strict policy about getting too intimate with a person while I was still in school. Sesshoumaru appeared to be gentlemanly enough to respect that policy. I mean, since we had gotten back together he had never tried to force me to do anything sexual. But, the first month or so of us dating. That was different. I suppose I should actually start from the beginning, before we were dating.

Author's Note: This is just the prologue. Give me three reviews and I'll post the next part.