Chapter 4
White... Everything was white, except for the big window embedded into the plain white walls of the small hospital room. Rin sat up as she watched the sun's rays travel through the glass window as a ghost would travel through walls and how it illuminated the plain room. Why was she here? Then instantaneously the memories flooded back into her mind like a rushing river in the beginning of spring. Rin had been hurt trying to help him, trying to save him from his fate. What would everyone think of her now? Would they think that she was the one who killed Kohaku? Would everything be blamed on her? Only time would tell.
"Maybe I was wrong."
The strong male voice came from the right side of her, and she knew exactly who it had belonged to.
"Wrong about what, Sesshoumaru?" Her voice was hoarse and quiet as if she had never said a word in her life. She looked straight ahead avoiding his cold, icy gaze upon her, and pretended she was interested in a painting placed upon the wall.
"I didn't think you were going to live, but the doctors for once proved me wrong." A small smirk tugged at the corners of his mouth, the mouth that never showed a slight hint of emotion.
"For once?" She laughed at that statement. "When haven't you been wrong?" Her bright smile only grew wider.
"Usually I'm never wrong."
"Are you sure I'm not dead?" She looked down and scanned her slim body and noticed that there were no serious injuries. Maybe a bruise or two here and there, but nothing to worry about.
"Dead? No idea. Let me check for you, Rin." Leaning his upper body forward in the hard, cold, metal chair, his hand went over to meet Rin's.
"What are you doing?" She almost resisted letting him grab her hand, but a strange feeling wouldn't let her move. Rin went rigid at his strong but almost relaxing and soft touch. Looking down she noticed how perfect their hands looked together, but suddenly got rid of the crazy thought.
"I'm checking your pulse," he simply said. Sesshoumaru then turned her hand over so the palm of it was facing towards the white ceiling. Then taking two of his long fingers he laid them slightly lower than her wrist to find the vein. He kept his fingers there for what seemed like an eternity.
"Do you feel it?"
"You have to wait. It takes a while to find someone else's pulse."
After about a minute Rin said, "Sesshoumaru, you can take your fingers off now I think I'm alive." She was lying; she had wanted them there forever. A faint blushed started to crawl up on her pale cheeks at the silly thought.
Without a sound he took his hand away as if nothing had ever happened, and as if he felt no connection when their hands had touched.
Rin continued to sit up into a more comfortable position. Then cautiously pulling her knees up to her chest she sat in her most comfortable position. "Could I leave now then?" She stilled hugged onto her knees tightly as if they would keep her alive, and then let the tip of her chin rest on top of them. "I have never really liked being in hospitals. I mean everything about them...I don't know. It's just weird. They make me remember things I don't like, and they make me uncomfortable."
"I am probably more uncomfortable then you. I have been sitting in this chair for a while now, because I was instructed by the principal to wait for you because you are my roommate," he pointed out, but all he said was just a simple lie.
"I don't care. Just get me out of here," she said, only partially enthusiastic.
"Fine, but we have to stop down by the police department before we go back." Sesshoumaru held out his hand to her so she was able to get up off the bed properly.
"Why?" Rin asked confused. Were they really onto her now? What would they do to her? She then slipped her hand into Sesshoumaru's and was pulled up with much ease.
"They want to know what the real story was last night, but I'll come in with you, because I may know more than you will."
They walked out of the hospital with their arms linked.
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"Ms. Hiroshi, I see that you are doing better."
"Yeah I guess so." Rin gave a generous smile to the police officer that was going to question her. Mr. Tomoko was his name; that's what his badge said. She watched as he sat down at the small round wooden table. Above the table was a dim bare light bulb that hung loosely from the ceiling and looked as if it was going to go out any minute.
"Go ahead Ms. Hiroshi, take a seat." Mr. Tomoko nodded in her direction. He pulled the odd shaped blue hat off and revealed his dark brown hair and set it on the small table.
"Thank you. And sir, please just call me Rin." Sesshoumaru sat in the chair next to her, pretending to be invisible, like he was stuck in the shadows somewhere trying to find a way out.
"Well let's get started here. Rin, could you tell me exactly what had happened last night?" His dark eyes seemed hungry for an answer.
Rin took a deep breath and began, "Basically we walked down by the river hand in hand for a while. Then for some strange reason we had stopped." Rin stopped speaking, remembering everything. She would never reveal to anyone her secret, and if she did it might as well cost her life. All her secrets were locked up inside of her like how gold is locked up inside a chest just waiting to be found.
"Then Kohaku started acting very strange," she began again. "He was under some kind of trance. 'Save me!' was the only thing he was able to say. At first I didn't really get what he was talking about. Kohaku took a knife out of his pocket and I screamed, but that's all I seem to remember." Rin looked down at how her fingers were laced together and her thumbs twirled in a repeating pattern. It seemed she was almost out of breath because of how fast she had been talking.
"He killed himself." Sesshoumaru took his turn and came out of the dark shadows while both dark of the dark-haired people turned to the silver-haired one. His calm and collected face looked straight at the young cop. "Rin had passed out before I had even got there. And Kohaku had already started to stab himself vigorously. I was too late to save either of them, but Rin was lucky. Kohaku had only hit her a few times before he took it upon himself to have his share of it, but much worse. You would be happier off not knowing what he did to himself," he conceded.
Rin was surprised. That was the most she had ever heard Sesshoumaru say.
How did Sesshoumaru know to come and save her anyways? There were so many simple questions to be answered. Then again, Kohaku had killed himself? No! The one she had had a crush on for years was gone. She thought she was going to cry, but nothing came. Her eyes were completely dry.
"Thank you Sesshoumaru, that helps out a lot." Mr. Tomoko nodded in approval towards his direction and scribbled a few last words on the paper he had out. He then stood up giving a gesture for Rin and Sesshoumaru to follow and gathered up all of his papers.
"Very well then, we won't do anymore investigating, and just let him rest peacefully in his grave." He walked out of the room and they both followed.
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Kagome carefully shut the door behind her as she looked upon her best friend huddled on top of the small couch silently crying. Kagome had never seen her in such a sad state that her whole heart and soul went out to the young women.
"Sango, I'm really sorry." She walked over to Sango, sitting on the couch next to her, and wrapped her in a friendly hug. "You'll be okay. After all, everything happens for a reason."
"Please Kagome, don't feel sorry for me. It's my fault. I should have have known there was something wrong with him. I was just to damn late to notice." She tried to sniff back all the tears, but it was just too hard for her. They flowed freely down her cheeks.
"Sango, please it wasn't your fault. Something good will definitely come from this. Trust me! You'll be okay. And the only way you'll be able to get over his death is by remembering, not trying to block him out." She hugged her more tightly.
"But I can't Kagome! I loved him too much, and remembering him just makes it worse," Sango said, almost whispering. She wiped more of the salty tears from her now red puffy eyes.
"I know… I know," Kagome said calmly. "Kohaku will always be watching over you. Just tell that to yourself and you'll be fine."
Knock...
A faint sound came from the door, but because of Sango's crying they didn't hear it.
Knock...
There it went again, and this time Kagome had noticed.
"Sounds like someone is here, Sango."
"Who?" Sango looked up, sniffed, and then wiped a salty tear from her eye.
"I don't know. I'll go see."
Kagome got up from the couch and walked over to open the door.
Sango was surprised at who was there, and why they would even show their faces.
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"Hey Sesshoumaru?" Rin asked. Both walked down the sidewalk side by side.
"What?" His impassive faced stared blankly into the blue sky.
Rin looked down at the ground with her hands in her pockets. "Thanks," she said. "You always seem to be there rescuing me. I mean if you weren't here I guess I wouldn't be alive. Which is kind of a scary though."
He didn't really say anything but gave a small 'hmph'.
Rin was right: it was a scary thought. Rin had something special about her. Even through with all his pride, he would never show it; or try not to at least.
As they continued on down the busy sidewalk back to campus, Rin seemed unable to walk in a straight line as she held a hand to her forehead.
"Are you drunk?" Sesshoumaru watched with amusement as she accidentally bumped into a brick wall.
"Yeah." She then realized what she said. "I mean no. I think it's the medicine they gave me in the hospital that's making me like this." She laughed.
Rin couldn't help it but she grabbed onto the sleeve of his black jacket for support, making sure she wouldn't just happen to walk out onto the street and accidentally get hit by a car.
"Hey Sesshoumaru?" she asked again hoping that she was not annoying.
"What Rin?"
The way he said her name was like a song. She then shook her head vigorously at that thought.
"I was wondering could we go visit Sango before going back to the room. I want to see how she's doing." They turned a corner on the sidewalk.
After about a half hour of walking in awkward silence, they reached the dorm room with Rin's arm still having possession of Sesshoumaru's sleeve. Both had heard a faint crying in the room.
"That must be Sango." Rin said. "I'll knock."
Rin knocked on the door once, and then another time.
She stopped once she heard light foot steps traveling across the floor. The white door was then opened to reveal a soft-hearted Kagome, and Sango sitting on the couch in the background. Her eyes were red and puffy from all the crying she must have done, but when she saw Rin her face transformed into total hatred and shock.
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