Love Affair

by palelight

Summary: They were neighbors for 15 years and talked little to each other. Into high school they were inseparable, but into college they were dangerously close. A love Affair Hotel. Rating M for language or anything.

2. Plum juice

Disclaimer: I don't Own Inuyasha or any of the original characters.

Readers Disclaimer: I loosely based this story of particular events that have happened, but without a one-sided love by the boy.( I met my best friend when we were 2 and his cat jumped through my window onto my piano while I was staring at it.~) I hope you enjoy it! If not, then critique it.

I put the rating at the highest for language, but my friend wants to write some unsuitable (to my brain) material as a part of the story. I might let him….. It depends on if this story makes it and if anyone actually wants to read that.

Terriplase123- thank you very much for being my first reviewer for this story! I hope I don't disappoint.

XRedHasAppearedx-Thank you very much!

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Lover Affair

By: Palelight

Chapter 2

"Welcome to the Taishou household, Rin!"

Rin walked into the doorway, but could barely open her eyes. The living room's lights were so bright compared to her dim lonely house's lighting. This scene was just a bit unbearable for Rin as she squeezed her eyes before creaking them open. She took a step forward through the door's threshold. The walls were a bright white with a few pictures of the Taishou family. Inuyasha, Sesshomaru's half-brother, was glaring at the eldest son in each photograph. Mr. Taishou looked stern while holding onto Izayoi's shoulder while she gave off a pleasant smile. Sesshomaru was emotionless like a death photograph of a long passed relative (Don't look it up!). Rin couldn't remember taking photos with her parents, ever. They weren't really hers from the start, just figments of the orphanage.

Izayoi handed Rin a pair of guest slippers and Rin shifted out of her work shoes. Izayoi pulled Rin along through the living room to the end of the room where an egg white door stood. Izayoi took off her cooking apron and led Rin through the door. There sat Inuyasha to the right of Sesshomaru at a cherry wood dining table. Inuyasha had a leg over one of the arm rests of his chair. Sesshomaru just stared at Izayoi as they entered. Izayoi sat Rin down across Inuyasha and to the left of Sesshomaru. Izayoi sat herself down at the other end of the table, but scooted closer to Rin. Rin stared at their forest green walls with sunflowers sticking out of long silver vases on the pedestals.

Rin eventually looked over to Izayoi who was glaring at Inuyasha to take his leg off of the arm rest. "I hope you like Curry beef mix, Rin," stated Izayoi while Rin stared down at the plate that was there before she even entered the room.

"Thank you very much for the food," Rin was confused on how she got dragged into the house without saying a word. She only wanted to call maybe a lock smith or something that wouldn't bug her parents. Maybe she could run now and break her window up. 'Why!!! Why did I leave my phone and keys!! ' Rin wanted to bang her head against the table to smack some sense into her. She picked up her eating utensil and slowing brought a piece of broccoli to her mouth. She looked around the table at the Taishou family knowing it was strange that Izayoi was being so quiet. She mentally shook it off as her visit being a bother for the family, but ate some of Izayoi dinner, so she didn't disrespect her savior from her porch steps.

Dinner went by and Inuyasha left hastily to his room. Sesshomaru stared at Rin from a small distance which still made Rin uneasy. Izayoi had left with the plates into the kitchen, but refused Rin's help. Rin got nervous and began to imagine the white table cloth was the natural keys to a piano.

'Thump e, thump b, thump g, thump b, bump d….' This really distracted her while Sesshomaru watch her thump her fingers softly against the table's edge.

"Addicted to the piano even when you're away from it," Sesshoumaru directed to Rin while he got up from his chair. Rin just blinked at his statement. She never saw him at school or near the music rooms. She didn't personally own a piano at home and so she was addicted to the ones at school.

"I am addicted," no secret lost in her statement. Sesshoumaru was already at the entrance door to the living room. There was silence and then he simply slipped through the door. The kitchen door opened at the same time the other door closed. Izayoi popped out with a big grin.

"Rin, you can stay here as long as you like," Izayoi pushed in Sesshomaru's empty chair.

"I don't know when my parents will be back…" Rin stared at the phone next to the kitchen door.

"You are more than welcomed to stay here. We can even have a girl's evening!!" Izayoi giggled while clasping her hands together which worried Rin a bit.

Rin agreed knowing that her parents would be out for a while. It was only 8:30 at night and she knew they weren't at work, but trying to start a family somewhere away from her. She didn't mind it, they were nice enough to pick her up from the shack they called an orphanage. Life is to short and the gap to start a family was closing in on them.

Rin was dragged off to two large doors through the white hallways. There were two large yellow doors that Izayoi yanked open to show off what Rin was sure to be Izayoi's dressing room. It wasn't the size of a normal (20x20) room, it was small. It was just the right size for dressing Rin into different dresses and shoes. First, Izayoi gave a dress to Rin stating that it was hers now. Rin went into the connecting bathroom and came out moments later.

" Magnifique! Gorgeous! Um…Piàoliàng! Bello!" Izayoi shouted in foreign languages at Rin's entrance while clapping like a mad man.

Rin was wearing a pair of modified Merry-Jane heels in an emerald color. The dress Izayoi gave her was slightly making Rin a little embarrassed to wear a dress in front Izayoi to say the least. The dress was a cocktail dress with a heart shaped top (sweetheart neckline). It was strapless and was stiff silk that didn't wrinkle when she moved around. The bottom was of green peacock feathers and then black lace that reached right above her knees. The top was royal blue until it turned to feathers at the height of her hip. Her hair was messy long and didn't match the dress style, but her hair tie broke during work. Izayoi got off her lounge couch next to a rack of dresses. She grabbed a brush and brushed Rin's unruly hair out of her face and into a bun pinned by a hair pin.

"Thank you Izayoi. It's wonderful." Rin bowed to Izayoi. Rin stumbled a bit with her new height and new shoe style.

"Let's walk around the house and you can get used to the heels." Izayoi took Rin's hand for balance and led her out to the hall way. "Go with one foot in front of the other like this." Izayoi showed her in her red pumps. "Go steady and use the wall for support until you find your balance." Rin began to walk along the left side of the hall with her hand to the wall. Izayoi quickly caught up to her walking along side her showing her how to walk. 20 feet down the hall Rin had her hand skimming against a door when is abruptly opened on her. Her ankle bent out wards, but didn't sprain and she fell into the door way. She looked up at the face of the person on the other side of the door.

"Sorry," she mumbled at the figure looming over her. It was Sesshomaru's hair that made him look like an angel staring down at her which bothered her subconsciously.

Rin's dress was half way up her thigh and she felt it sliding down when she sat up with her back to Sesshomaru. She blushed a rosy tint, but ignored her embarrassment as Izayoi inquired on her being. She shook her head assuring that she was fine. She grabbed onto the rim of the door frame and shot up like a bean stock.

"Dessert?, " Izayoi suggested while grabbing hold of Rin elbow towards the Kitchen. Rin could feel eyes on he back, but ignored it like she ignored him. Rin sat on a stool at the counter in the kitchen. "Well, there is bean paste Ice cream, apple tarts, and chocolat truffles. Which is to your pleasing?" Izayoi asked rummaging through the refrigerator and cabinets.

"Ice cream, please." Rin said sheepishly to the body sticking out of the freezer door. Izayoi grabbed a few waffle cones and an ice cream scooper over to the counter. They ate Ice scream in silence until Izayoi asked about school activities.

"You don't share any classes with Sesshoumaru this year do you?" Weird question, but she guessed Sesshoumaru didn't talk to his step-mother very often.

"We have never had a class together, Izayoi," stated Sesshomaru as he grabbed a cone between the two ladies and scooped himself some ice cream. Izayoi just watched Sesshoumaru and Rin. There was silence when he sat himself on a stool next to Rin across from Izayoi.

"Sorry for flopping into your room earlier," Rin mumbled to Sesshoumaru as they ate their ice cream. Rin was stiff sitting next to him and Izayoi noticed how awkward it was. Sesshoumaru glanced up at Izayoi and caught her staring at them.

"Yawn!" Izayoi stretched out her arms with half her cone stuck to her hand. The yawn didn't. go past either teen as real tiredness. It was only 9 o'clock and she was tired already? "I think I'm going to go rest. Rin you can use the couch, it folds out. In the closet, near the front door, are the blankets and pillows." Izayoi picked up the ice cream and placed the rest in the freezer. She waved them a good night and went in the direction of her room. Mr. Taishou would be coming back from his trip in a week, so she would get lots of sleep and probably sleep in.

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Rin had finished her ice cream while Sesshomaru had only started to get to the cone. She washed her hands and the remembered she was still wearing the dress and heels. She looked up and Sesshomaru just stared backed at her eating the last of his ice cream.

"Izayoi doesn't have any night gowns in her dressing room and she doesn't have anything appropriate," He stated as if knowing what she was thinking. Rin just stared long and hard at the dress that was too fancy to sleep in. She thought about her uniform, but Sesshomaru got up from his seat and dragged Rin by the elbow away from the kitchen

Sesshomaru shuffled his feet down the hall way with Rin in toe. He reached his door and led her in before she would get a chance to flop down because of her heels. He was still taller than her by 5" with the heels on. (Estimated 7" taller than her) He sat her down at his desk and began digging through his clothes. He mumbled, "Too petit," directing it her. He hand her a oversized white cotton shirt and some cotton shorts.

"You can use my bathroom," he pointed to the door next to his electronic keyboard. She sat there looking at his keyboard for a moment until she saw him shuffle over to her side. She took off her heels and strolled over to the bathroom.

She came out 3 minutes later with a folded dress and the heels. Sesshomaru stared at her from his desk doing homework. She ignored his stare and took out the peacock hairpin. She stared at his keyboard, but was puzzled by it's look and so she dragged her finger across the middle c. She inspected her finger and there it was, an accumulation of pure dust.

"I never played it. You can plug in the head phones and play it if you like." Sesshomaru suggested over his shoulder doing homework and studying at his desk. He knew her so well even though they never talked or 'hung out' together. She placed her clothes on the bed across from the keyboard and sat on the bench. It had no pedals, so she had her left leg under her right thigh. She saw a pair of head phones hanging on the wall above the keyboard. She unraveled the wire and plugged I it into the top of the keyboard. She took a peek over her shoulder across the room at Sesshomaru at his desk working. She poked the middle c again, but this time was scared she would break the keys like an antique gathering dust. She pressed a g flat, and then a b flat. She gained courage in her fingers and dust on her finger prints.

Sesshomaru heard the pressing of keys click on the other side of the room. Her speed gained rapidly and he stared at her back. He got up from his desk and walked over to her. She obviously didn't notice his presence while he stared at her speed on his dusty keyboard. The speed of her fingers shook the board from side to side. He took the head phones off her head while she continued. She was really out of it because she didn't even move when she couldn't hear the music anymore.

Rin noticed Sesshomaru coming up behind her, but ignored it as him passing her to go to the bathroom. She could feel his stare and knew he was standing right behind her. She felt the cushioned headphones sliding up off her ears, but just continued. He was listening to her music when she could hear it in her head. She went in to a slow repetitive tune and turned around while still playing with her left hand. He had his eyes closed and then stared back at her. She slowly stopped the song and drew her hand to her side. He handed the headphones to her and she raveled them back up to hook them on the wall. She turned 360 degrees around on the bench to only be facing Sesshomaru. There was some silence and then he asked, "Why do you like the piano?"

She didn't respond at first, but then looked into his amber eyes with her bronze ones. "Tune is my father and soul is my mother. I was born to hear and listen to this world's stories and I respond back with the piano combinations." She said with the first smile he ever saw from her. Piano was her piece, but her face was concentrated while playing.

"You can have the keyboard. If you had one I'm sure I would hear it every night from your window." He said while looking through the window next to his desk which was a view to Rin's house. Their windows weren't across from each other's, but he could still see a glimpse of her room at an angle from time to time.

"I couldn't do that. Thank you very much for the offer though!" she said as she bowed her head twice in thanks.

He walked over to his desk and pulled out something from with in his dictionary book case. He walked over to Rin and stood in front of her. "Close your eyes and hold out your hand," He some what demanded of her and she did so. He took the thing and placed it in her hand. He stepped back and sat on his bed across from Rin. "Now, open your eyes."

Rin opened her eyes at her closed hand. Slowly she released her finger one by one. There ii was… a skeleton key and normal house key. "I don't plan to burglarize your house." She stated staring at the keys.

"I'm giving you my spare house key if you ever forget yours again and the skeleton key is…" he said shaking his head at her burglarizing statement. "The skeleton key is for my room. You can come over and play piano."

"Thank you Sesshomaru!" she bowed her head 10 times really fast making her slightly dizzy.

They went their separate ways that night and walked to school in silence.

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1 year later~

Sesshomaru and Rin never shared a class together at school, but every day she would go to his house after school or work. She never forgot the keys and went into his room to play on his piano. She would stop when he got home after work or 'hanging with ''friends'' (put double because I mean girl-friends). Rin and Sesshomaru were friends and they would talk to each other more than they did with any one else. She would eat dinner with them over the year while her parents conceived a child that was due in 3 months. Izayoi stole Rin from Sesshomaru every Sunday to dress her in weird things, 'dresses'.

It was their last week in Secondary school and they had applied for universities. They didn't plan to go to the same one, but were accepted by the same one first where Rin could specialize in Music and Sesshomaru could try his hand in anything.

Summer passed and they applied to classes. They rented a place together, so Rin wouldn't be in the way of the new baby or get stuck with others. There in their apartment was Rin, the piano, and Sesshomaru. Life was full of sweet friendship for them like the juice of the plums out side their window.

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True facts: I got those keys from my friend for my 9th birthday. (He's a day older then me)

I really did get those shoes and dress for my 17th birthday.

I play piano at his house after school and work.~ there you go!

I hope you liked it. Critique, but don't draw too much blood.