"WELCOME HOME!!"
Sessho-maru stared down at Fawks in annoyance as she latched onto him.
"Why do you insist on poncing on me whenever I come through the door?" He sighed, pulling her away from him.
"'Cause I missed ya so much!" she winked prancing back into the kitchen. Grabbing a plate, Fawks sat cross-legged on the couch. Sessho-maru sighed, loosening his tie and coming to join her. It was then that he noticed the bruise above her eye.
"How did you hurt yourself?" He asked, taking her face in his hand so he could get a better look.
"...It's nothin' I'm a yanki so I get into alotta fights..." Fawks winced as he prodded it gently.
"I'll get you some ice..." Sessho-maru said getting up and going to the fridge.
Fawks watched him, thoughtfully.
"...Why are you doing this? Why do you care?"
"I don't. It's just that you remind me of someone I knew a long time ago..." Sessho-maru replied as he wrapped some ice in a towel. Fawks winced as he put it to her head.
"...So who was she?"
Sessho-maru said nothing.
"Well that's not fair! ...Tempting my curiosity like that!" Fawks pouted.
"...Her name was Rin..."
She glanced at him.
"She had been orphaned at a young age, so I took her in. But as she grew, I began to love her more then I should have. I made her my wife and she became pregnant with my son..."
"...What happened?" Fawks asked quietly.
"...She died...in childbirth...and my son was stillborn..."
"...I'm sorry..." she whispered. "...If it's any consolation...I lost someone I loved, too"
Sessho-maru looked at her in surprise, Fawks lowered her gaze.
"...It was my mother...she got cancer when I was four...the doctors said she only had a few months...but whaddya know, she lived through a whole year..." She smiled softly.
"...My parents were never married. My dad was on a business trip in New York City and decided to have some fun. I was the result of it. What my mom never had the heart to tell me, was that he wanted nothing to do with me...She was so scared of what would happen if I went to him when she died..."
"...That bruise..." Sessho-maru began.
"...My dad did it. He hates me...When his wife found out he had an affair, she left him with another girl and me. My half-sister's really good to me, though. At least she keeps the old man from killing me..." Fawks smirked sardonically. Sessho-maru gently brushed her cheek, Fawks looked at him.
"...It is not your fault. Their will always be people in this world who will seek your distruction or discontentment. You must defeat them by remaining content even in the worst possible situations"
Fawks flushed immediately, she looked away, so as not to be drawn into his enchanting amber-honey eyes. He rose from the couch heading into his bedroom.
"I will allow this to be you sanctuary, you stay here as long as you like and I will never turn you away"
Fawks smiled, "...Arigato..."
