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*Flash Back*
You carefully sat up and dragged yourself to the balconies. You began hearing some words of the conversation, the two demons talking louder: ,, . . . in that castle . . .''
,, . . . of your bussi . . .''
,, . . . I . . . her!''
,, . . . so much . . . in her?''
You were almost at the balconies and your heard the conversation almost clearly this time: ,,None . . . business . . . !''
,,You . . . not . . . her.''
You grabbed the banister: ,,She is not your property, you know!''
,,She is.''
These words your heard loud and clear. They were probably talking about you. You felt like you had been chained down by lord Sesshomaru's words; even though you had expected them. You felt your strength disappear, darkness closing in. You shook your head, but it just made you even dizzier and the grip in the balconies loosened and you leaned on it now. You sat down, not sure what the men were saying this time, but you thought you heard your name. You leaned into the wind as you sat down on the balcony, trying to listen what they were saying; was Kai talking to you? Suddenly you saw the earth coming towards you and the wind in your ears before the darkness took over completely.
*End of Flash Back*
*Kai's POV*
You wanted to hiss at the Dog Demon Lord who was being all high and mighty, you felt Sayuri's scent get stronger and saw her stumbling out to the balconies the Demon lord had jumped down from. She looked like she was piss drunk! You stared at her: ,,Sayuri?''
The demon lord glanced around, not really interested. When you saw her stumble dangerously close to the banister you yelled louder, forgetting for a moment the pissed off demon in front of you: ,,Sayuri?!''
The demon turned around this time, just in time to see the young human fall off the balconies, unconscious. For a second both of you froze; was she really falling?
At the same exact fraction of a second the two of you ran to catch her, save her, keep her from harm; but you were too late. The short hesitation of the second made her slip your arms and she hit the ground as you surrounded her. Her kimono was loose around her body, and her inner shirt had pulled up slightly. You pulled it around her again, and wondered why you were so concerned about the girl. You met her yesterday? Or the day before? There was just something about her that made you feel just a bit lighter. You wanted to see her again.
You checked her pulse and wondered about the dark bruise on her ribcage. It looked pretty recent. You gently touched it, remembering what your sister had taught you briefly so many years ago, making the human girl take a painful gasp. Biting your lip you realized that this must be a broken rib, along with some bruising in her face as well. All very recent. She needed medical attention: ,,What happened to her?''
The glare was unmistakable: ,,None of your business, half demon.''
You glared right back: ,,Apparently there is a lot that isn't, but I'm going to make her my business. She needs help, ya know. She might be seriously injured, whatever happened.''
The lord face was emotionless, but you did notice the slight twitch in his eyes which told you everything you needed to know: ,,I am fully aware of the situation. One of my servants was going to aid her when you showed up.''
You raised your eyebrows, not sure whether to be insulted or surprised that you were important enough to interrupt something in the great Western lords life. You asked him: ,,Are you trying to say that it's my fault?''
,,Leave. The girl is seriously injured, so you will not be able to speak with her.''
,,Seriously injured?! WHO?!''
The peeping voice in your breast pocket made you sigh with annoyance; now she woke up?
,,Welcome back to life, filthy rat. Sayuri's injured.''
An orange-brown mouse head popped up from your breast pocket and sniffed the air. The mouse talked again in its tiny voice: ,,Who's the demon?''
You rolled your eyes and asked annoyed: ,,Where the hell have you been for the last five minutes?!''
The so very, very annoying mouse answered like it was the obvious thing in the whole world: ,,Sleeping! Why?''
You were pushing Sayuri onto her back, the demon lord not interrupting at all. He simply watched you and the rat with a very interested look on his face. You sighed and updated: ,,Status; Demon is Sesshomaru of the Western lands. The one injured for some reason; Sayuri the human we met. The one joining her unless she does something; you.''
The mouse jumped from the pocket and to the ground: ,,Fine! Just don't crush me like you almost did yesterday... I was getting hungry!''
,,Not an excuse for biting my ear though, Yoshi!''
,,Yeah, yeah. Give me some space, at least! Jeez, being all impatient and all...''
,,Annoying little rodent...'' was you reply as you backed away from the mouse in the grass. The lord of the property, of which you were able to get into, just observing. You shook your head slightly before just looking down at the mouse, waiting for the inevitable. The mouse glowed, brightly orange, before it got bigger and brighter. Then suddenly it was a young woman in front of you. You blushed as you continued to take of your jacket for the naked young girl. You then told her: ,,Seriously, begin preparing a bag, I've been telling you so for the last decade or so.''
The girl didn't even look up from Sayuri as she wrapped the jacket around her body, giggling. She had short red hair, more orange than yours. Her eyes were grey and shiny with the weird joy she got from examining potential patients. She smiled as she touched Sayuri's face gently, examining the bruises, no doubts: ,,It this Sayuri?''
You rolled your eyes again, glancing over to Sesshomaru with a glare: ,,No, that one is her. Of course that's her!''
Yoshi rolled her eyes and peeped: ,,Well, sorry I asked!''
,,Just do it already!''
,,Gods! Just a second, please!''
You shut up, annoyed and worried. Yoshi was too scatterbrained, she could be thinking of healing someone near death one minute, the next she was wondering about how to celebrate your birthday. You watched her prepare for the examination and then slowly, with a slight light, run her hands up and down her body, especially the places which you thought were hurt.
,,Wow. She's gotta be hurting! Three broken ribs, bruised cheekbone, a crack in her left arm bone and . . .''
The girl stopped, clearing her throat, and you yelled at her, angry at the delay: ,,Yoshi!''
Yoshi glared at you and hissed: ,,That's it, jerk! I'm gonna heal her, then she has to rest and she's gonna have to talk to some priestess or whatever. That's it.''
,,Then heal her! Yoshi, she fell off the freaking balconies! How stupid can you get . . .?''
A finger dangerously close to your face made you shut up and a hard glare from the girl: ,,Don't talk to me like that, little brother. I am fully aware of what is going on here. I doubt that you do, anyway . . .''
You sighed; she was right. You had no idea what to do, you were just panicking like you always did. You already knew that Yoshi needed to prepare before she would attempt to heal someone. You watched her take a deep breath and placed her hands on each side of Sayuri's face. Then the familiar humming sound, a buzz of some sort, then the slight blue light came from Yoshi's hands. After maybe half a minute Yoshi smiled as the light faded and the sound disappeared: ,,Alright. She should wake up about . . . now!''
*Your P.O.V.*
You opened your eyes slowly, your focus taking it's time to kick in. You saw a face surrounded by almost orange hair, and green, gleaming eyes. Then her voice chimed in: ,,See! I told you I'd wake her up! Say, are you hurting anywhere? Don't you feel super good?''
You blinked, unsure of how to react. Then you asked slowly: ,,Who are you?''
She paused for a moment, before she smiled slightly: ,,It is only fair that you know who I am, since I know who you are, right?''
She was still staring at you, making you feel very uncomfortable and self-conscious. Finally you asked again: ,,Your name, please?''
The girl laughed nervously and smiled sweetly: ,,Ah, sorry! I'm Yoshi! You're Sayuri, right?''
Suddenly she yelped and made a face and moved away yelling something. Then Kai suddenly appeared, which was the moment you began to wonder if you were dreaming: ,,So, you're not dead and feel fine, right?''
You nodded slowly and began to feel the grass beneath you. Wait, you were on the ground? You sat up and asked quickly: ,,What are you doing here? Why am I on the ground?!''
You looked straight up and your chin shot down as you realized: ,,I fell from the balconies?!''
,,Yeah.''
Your head snapped back at Kai who sat beside you calmly: ,,Why are you here?!''
He raised his eyebrow and scoffed: ,,A "hello" would be more polite., and a "thank you" even better! I mean, you're not dead, nothing's broken, no bruises or anything.''
You glared at him and asked in a little panic: ,,Why would I be dead?''
He sighed and raised his voice slightly: ,,You fell from a third story balcony. Does that clear things up for you?!''
You began hyperventilating as you started thinking about all the things lord Sesshomaru would be able to do to them if he found them here. As a result your voice got louder: ,,No need to be so grumpy! I mean, you tell me I almost died here! You should just breath and be calm and get out of my face because I still don't understand why you are here! This is lord Sesshomaru's home, you shouldn't be here!''
Kai jumped at the sudden outburst and stared at you before he was able to snap back at you: ,,Well, sorry for making my sister save your life and all! I'll just scram and be done with you!''
You stared at him then looked at the girl who sat there quietly with an interested look on her face: ,,She's your sister?''
The girl, Yoshi, smiled like a sun and waved: ,,Yeah, unfortunately! But we aren't full-siblings, he's my half-brother! But I still call him my brother, because we're the only ones left alive in our family, so we live mostly in the woods, wandering around and settling when we want, but that's okay!''
Kai hit his sisters head again, and yelled at her: ,,Shut up, kid!''
,,Ouch! That hurt! Why are you always hitting me?! It hurts!''
Kai rolled his eyes and sneered: ,,Maybe if you would shut up every once in a while, I wouldn't!''
,,Maybe if you weren't such a tough guy I wouldn't have to talk for the two of us!''
You watched them fighting. Was this what it was like to have a sibling? Your eyes wandered around the area, finding it awkward to watch them quarrel like this. You looked out to the woods before you glanced back to the house and had a small shock as you saw lord Sesshomaru standing beside you. You blushed heavily and looked back down to his feet. You nodded when he said in a stoic voice: ,,Inside. Now.''
You stood up, still pretty amazed of how good your body felt, and bowed down to Yoshi as you said: ,,Thank you for saving me and everything. I am sorry, but you have to leave now. It was nice to meet you, Yoshi, and it was good to see you again, Kai.''
The half-siblings stood up as well, Yoshi with a smile as she said: ,,Don't think you can get rid of us, so easily! We'll be around, trust me.''
You nodded, smiling politely as you were unsure of how to respond, and walked after lord Sesshomaru. Of course he walked ahead of you and inside without looking back. You followed him quickly, though, trying your best not to trip over your own feet. As soon as you got inside Rin jumped down the stairs: ,,Yuri-chan! Where were you?! You left the eating room and then I couldn't find you, because you weren't in your room and no one saw you and you were nowhere!''
Then she turned to lord Sesshomaru, who was halfway up the stairs and asked loudly: ,,I'm sorry, lord Sesshomaru, were you talking to her still?''
You glanced over to lord Sesshomaru, who just kept on walking, not bothering to answer the question. You went over to Rin with a small smile: ,,Sorry to keep you waiting, Rin. What's up?''
She smiled and asked in a small voice: ,,Well . . . I was wondering if we could go play, or you could teach me to read books, or draw, or something . . .''
You smiled sweetly to her and said that you would love to. You noticed lord Sesshomaru's kimono disappearing up the stairs before you took Rin's hand and followed up after him. He had disappeared by the time the two of you were there, Rin slipping from your hand and running towards her playroom. She was seated down by a desk and showed you: ,,I drew these before I went to look for you! What do you think?''
These were poor drawings, maybe good for a girl her age. But they were pretty, in her way. There was a lot of flowers and a box which looked like the castle. A lot of the ones with the flowers. She finally handed you one drawing, though she did tell you that it wasn't finished, that small glow of embarrassment on her face, and you smiled; it was a drawing where she, probably, was in the middle. She was holding hands with a very tall person, not finished, and another person who was smaller than the man. You asked her who they were. She smiled and replied: ,,Well, this is me! And this is lord Sesshomaru and you! Then I'm going to draw something pretty around us and hang it on the wall!''
You smiled sweetly and told her that this was going to be a masterpiece. Rin seemed to glow by the compliment but soon the two of you got down to business; you began teaching her the first letters.
After two hours of frustration on both ends you suggested to go and play outside in the sun. It was still weirdly warm for mid February, so you thought that you really should make the most of it. Rin took it very well, jumping up and made her way out of the room with you on her heels.
You ended up in somewhere in the back garden, by the big pond you had seen when you arrived; the one with the tree. Rin appeared suddenly with a ball from behind that tree and quickly you had begun playing. Weariness caught up with you soon; it had been a very long day, to say the least, so you asked Rin if it would be alright for you to sit down for a moment. Rin nodded and continued to play by herself. You sat down by the tree, watching Rin for a while. She lost interest in the ball quickly and began inspecting the pond, like she had probably done a million times before. You looked around as you were assured that she wouldn't be going in to the pond or something of the sort, inspecting the area around you.
You guessed that you were at the western part of the garden, since you could see a glimpse of the gate you came through earlier. You still couldn't see the fence around the house from where you were sitting, there were so many plants and trees around you. Thought there was none like the tree you were sitting by. You felt so peaceful sitting by it; almost as if the tree itself gave away some calming aura. You closed your eyes, feeling the breeze and the warmth the sun gave away. Rin was giggling from time to time, soft sound of the water rippling as she stirred it with a stick and threw rocks in it. Then a pitched voice broke it down and you opened your eyes to the toad like demon Jaken, yelling at you with his big, round, yellow eyes staring at you angrily: ,,What do you think you are doing, you brainless human?! Are you not supposed to be watching the child?! And what do you do; sleep by a tree as the silly child goes around playing in the water; what do you think she could have done if she was left unattended?!''
You shook your head, trying to explain, but the toad kept on going. You felt your mood worsen, closing your eyes and pinching the bridge of your nose, but when you felt the pain of his staff hitting your head, you lost all control. You jumped up and yelled at the demon toad: ,,What the heck was that for, you stupid, stupid toad?! You don't even know what was going on here, then you come accusing me for closing my eyes for a minute, and then you whack me in my head?! HOW DARE YOU, you simply came at the wrong time as I happened to have closed my eyes! But did you let me explain that? NO!''
Then you Bend down and finished: ,,It is not polite to hit people, and the next time you do, I will hit you back!''
You heard Rin's giggles and then she asked: ,,Wasn't that a bit funny, Sesshomaru-sama?''
You paled up as you turned around, barely able to look up at your lord. Jaken began immediately: ,,Sire! She's mad, she was sleeping as she was taking care of the child!''
You turned around, getting fired up again: ,,I most certainly was not! I just closed my eyes to feel the breeze and the sun! I wasn't sleeping! Besides, I have excellent hearing, other than some . . .''
,,That is no excuse . . .''
,,Enough.''
Jaken stopped and you turned around again to face the lord. He motioned you to follow him, which you didn't hesitate to do. Rin followed you, grabbing your hand with a smile. You smiled back, though you wondered if lord Sesshomaru would punish you for the second time today. But this time you didn't do anything wrong and you weren't going to say that you did. You followed him up the stairs, Rin beginning to hum and jumped up and down a bit. He then said calmly but suddenly: ,,Rin, go to your room.''
Rin stopped and blinked: ,,Will Sayuri come too?''
Lord Sesshomaru looked down to Rin, before glancing at you: ,,She will.''
Rin nodded at the reassurance and skipped down the hallway towards her room. Lord Sesshomaru walked over to the second door on the left and entered. You followed him inside and gawked at all the paintings once again. In here there were only men, all with lord Sesshomaru's silver-white hair. You wondered if they were his ancestors, which they probably were. You looked around the room and wondered how many papers where in here. There were maps on the walls, along with the paintings, and even weapons. You looked up and down the shelves filled with books and papers, and finally noticed a big desk, loaded with papers and writing materials. The candle on the desk was nearly burned down, but it wasn't lit since the big window in the ceiling made it bright enough in there, along with the smaller ones in the back of the room.
Lord Sesshomaru picked up something which looked like a letter before he told you: ,,I am aware of Jaken's wrongness in this matter, but you will not defy him as you did again.''
You shook your head: ,,No my lord. I'm sorry.''
You continued to look around this room, curious of where you were. You opened your mouth to ask, but lord Sesshomaru obviously noticed your curiosity before you had spoken: ,,This is my office. You are not permitted to enter this room without my consent.''
You nodded again: ,,Yes, my lord.''
The lord walked gracefully past you and closed the door, before he pulled out a book from one of the shelves behind you, and walked back to his desk: ,,I will not appoint a bodyguard to you. Instead you will learn how to defend yourself and others from danger, if necessary.''
This came as a surprise for you, but you thanked him. This would be a good thing, you guessed. He then spoke again: ,,The rat said you would need to speak with someone. Why.''
You stared at the floor, very, very confused. The rat? What rat? You hadn't seen rats since you were in the mines. You asked him slowly: ,,M-my lord, what rat?''
He, as impatient with you as he was, explained with an icy breeze: ,,The sister of that wretched half demon friend of yours.''
You realized he must have been talking about Yoshi, though you were oblivious as to why he called her a rat. You asked him: ,,You must be talking about Yoshi, my lord. But I'm not sure why she would say such a thing.''
You didn't look at him, not even his toes. Though you couldn't see them, since he had sat down by his desk. You wondered why Yoshi would say something like that. You weren't ready to talk about your village, your losses. Not yet.
,,You lie.''
You closed your eyes to hinder the tears, knowing it full well that you would have to tell him anyway. You took a deep breath and told him: ,,Well, my lord, it might be because I recently lost my home and every one I ever knew are dead.''
You took another deep breath, wiping the tear which slipped away from under your lid and continued: ,,Because all my family and friends were brutally slaughtered by a demon on a killing spree. Maybe because of my mother, or siblings I was supposed to have but all died. I'm not sure why she would say I needed to speak with someone about these things.''
You wiped another tear away, staring at the floor. No sound came from the Lord of the Western lands. You stood still, waiting for him to either answer you or dismiss you. Suddenly you saw his feet in front of you, gasping in surprise and you looked up. You met his eyes for a second, but looked down again as soon as you did. You didn't want him to hit you again.
You still felt your heart beat faster as you felt his presence so close you to, the glimmer of his golden eyes still in your mind. Every time you looked into his beautiful eyes an emotional wave drowned your heart. You weren't sure what kind of feelings they were, they were so many. Terror, care, happiness, sadness, madness, anger. But there was one that ruled them all. Either it was a great care, or it was a mad terror, of what he could do to you.
You jumped again when his deep voice sounded so close to you: ,,Is that so.''
He walked away from you again, telling you in an uninterested manner: ,,Miu will be waiting for you tomorrow after lunch, in the back yard.''
You bowed your head: ,,Yes, my lord. Thank you.''
You turned around and walked out slowly. He didn't say anything but you knew he had dismissed you, so you didn't hesitate to get out of there. Once you closed the door you felt relief. For a moment you enjoyed it, but finally you went to Rin's room and you drew a couple of pictures with her. She didn't ask why lord Sesshomaru asked you to talk to him. She knew that she couldn't know. She just smiled there, happy and innocent. She knew about all the horrors in this world, the killings, and the evil. But she didn't understand it yet. You were glad she didn't.
She interrupted your thoughts by showing you a picture of a cat. She smiled behind the paper and said: ,,I want a kitty! But Sesshomaru-sama says that I can't have one. But I can always draw some!''
You smiled, still surprised of how optimistic she could always be. The two of you made small talk, as she continued to draw. You were sitting in a chair, and she was lying on the floor. The room was pale pink, and big. Pictures were hanging on the walls and some drawings were on the table. There were a lot of dolls there, and a small table, Rin-sized.
A low knock on the door suddenly echoed in the gigantic room, and Rin sprung up and yelled: ,,I'm coming Natsuko-chan!''
You wondered if you should stand up and follow her. You did stand up as Rin told the person at the door: ,,Natsuko-chan, you don't have to knock all the time, how often do I have to tell you?''
A young woman was by the door, with blonde hair and light brown eyes. She smiled and said: ,,Well Rin, it's my duty to do so. And it's polite. But I'm not here for you this time, Rin. I'm here for Sayuri-san.''
You felt yourself blush a bit as the pretty demon turned to you with a gentle smile: ,,Me?''
The girl, Natsuko, nodded and told you with a smile: ,,We were told that you are to help with different kinds of chores around the house. We would like for you to please help us in the kitchen, if you would like. It will be a very busy night.''
You nodded, blushing by the politeness she was showing and smiled to her: ,,Of course. I'm coming then.''
Rin gasped and asked loudly: ,,Whaaaaat?! What about me?!''
You smiled to the puppy-eyed Rin and told her: ,,Rin, I have to help out any way that I can. You know that.''
Rin sighed and nodded: ,,Yeah, yeah. Okay, but I will see you at dinner, right, Yuri-chan?''
You smiled again and patted her head: ,,Yeah, of course!''
Natsuko waited for you on the hallway and walked besides you down the hallway and towards the stairs. The silence was kind of awkward, so you decided to ask: ,,So, how come that it's busy tonigh?''
Natsuko, obviously glad that you spoke, asked you: ,,You don't know?''
You shook your head, wondering if she didn't know that this was still just your first day here. Natsuko smiled and told you: ,,Oh, I'm sorry, of course. You have spent the whole day with Rin, haven't you. Well, we will be having somewhat of a feast tonight, because of lord Katsuro. He will be joining the lord for dinner. They have some matters to discuss.''
You nodded, feeling your heart drop: ,,Lord Katsuro. Great.''
Natsuko's smile changed a bit and she asked: ,,You've met him, right?''
You chuckled: ,,Yeah, I did. Unfortunately. What is with that man and the way he looks at you?''
Natsuko nodded: ,,I know what you mean. He's even done a bit more than just look at some of the women in the castle. Some more than others. Which is probably why the lord dislikes him. Well, despises him. Hates him, really.''
You giggled a bit: ,,Oh, wow. It can get kind of creepy, how he looks at you, you know. How it's almost like he is undressing you with his eyes . . .''
,,Ugh! Tell me about it!'' Natsuko motioned you to turn right once you were down the stairs, and down the darker hallway there. She continued: ,,Too bad that we can't do anything about it. He gets what he wants, or else we will suffer for it.''
You nodded, hoping that you wouldn't have to deal with the lord at all. The conversation ended as you entered the kitchen, which was warm and cozy. Natsuko asked you to cut down some veggies and stuff so you stood on the opposite of a table from a young man who was continuously glancing up at you and frowning. You pretended not to notice. He looked kind of cute, taller than you, brown, spiky hair and brown eyes which, as you had noticed a bit too much, were watching you. Finally you asked him: ,,What are you looking at, kitchen boy-san?''
He grinned and told you: ,,Just wondering who you are, new-girl.''
You glanced up to him and asked him in a pretend-shocked manner: ,,Me? You have never seen me? Ever?''
You smiled at his smirk: ,,Should I have?''
Shaking your head you told him: ,,Not really. I just arrived today.''
He joked: ,,Wow, I am truly sorry that I didn't recognize you,'' but he gave you a kind smile: ,,You came with the lord?''
You nodded before bowing your head: ,,Yeah. I am Sayuri, Lord Sesshomaru's newest "servant".''
The guy did the same: ,,I'm Takehiko, the Lord's kitchen boy . . .''
You laughed and asked him: ,,I had to call you something, right?''
He smiled: ,,Sure, sure, just try to excuse yourself . . .''
You smiled sweeter: ,,Sorry, just trying to be polite!''
Takehiko nodded: ,,Fair enough. So, if you came in with the lord you must have been here for the whole day. What have you been up to?''
You told him happily: ,,Well, I've been with Rin. I'm her new "friend" as she calls it. I'm what you could call a multi-servant, of sorts. Not that I'm really a "servant", so to speak. But yeah, I'm here to help with whatever I can, thought mostly to be with Rin.''
Takehiko almost stopped chopping and slicing as he asked you: ,,Sorry, but not really a servant? What do you mean by that?''
You shrugged and explained: ,,Well, I'm sort of paying a debt to Lord Sesshomaru, for saving my life. Rin also helped by telling him that she would like me to come with them, so I sort of just offered to come along to pay my debt and respect. Especially since Rin's last friend . . . well, I don't really know what happened to her.''
Takehiko stated to you with a straight face: ,,Well, she's dead. He killed her.''
You looked up at him, wide-eyed: ,,Who did?''
He gave you a weird look, like you were being crazy, and told you: ,,Who do you think? The lord, of course. The last thing we heard or saw of her was when he took her down to the cellar and then we heard her scream and we never saw her again,'' he put a piece of carrot in his mouth before he added: ,,So you better be careful of how you treat the little girl, okay?''
You looked back down to the veggies you were chopping, confused. Lord Sesshomaru killing the last sitter? You asked Takehiko slowly: ,,Wait, let's say that he did kill her, why did he do it? What did she do?''
Takehiko scoffed: ,,Why did lord Sesshomaru kill her, you ask. That's mostly rumors, but from what I heard she complained a lot about Rin, about how she had to spend every waking minute with the girl. How stubborn Rin could be, and then she was seen with lord Katsuro on the third floor. Then she hit Rin. Probably not very hard, but she did, because Rin snuck to her room and saw her with a demon working here as well, but he disappeared as well.''
You asked slowly: ,,So they just disappeared?''
,,Yeah.''
,,That doesn't mean that he killed them.''
Takehiko laughed a bit before he told you in a low voice: ,,Don't be silly. You must have seen how protective he is about the kid. So if you don't want to "disappear" I'd suggest that you kept any complaints you have to yourself. He can hear us from anywhere, it seems.''
You smiled and laughed: ,,Well, it's a good thing that I have no complaints then. Rin's so wonderful! Sure, she can be very stubborn from what I've seen, but nothing bad.''
Takehiko smiled and nodded. The rest of the preparations for dinner flew by as you chatted with Takehiko and got to know more people until suddenly everything was ready and the only thing you could do was to get ready for dinner. Apparently you were requested.
You headed to your room, wanting to wash off some of the kitchen smell before you would change and head back down. Someone had opened your balconies, so it was chilly in the room. The time was close to fifteen minutes past seven, so you didn't have a lot of time to get ready, since dinner was scheduled to be at eight, sharp. You jumped inside your bathroom and undressed, quickly cleaned yourself and got back out in less than five minutes. You wrapped your towel around your body tightly as you stepped out to look for another kimono in your closet, when you then noticed someone at your balconies.
Yay, cliffhanger. Sorry! I hope you like, please review and tell me all about what you think! :)