This is getting reeeeeely interesting. I just want to tell you now. I think that I found my way to chuck through my writers block, and I am psyched to write more. This is coming along swimmingly.

I am pretty sure you will like this next chapter...

Pretty damn sure. :D

Inuyasha? Me? Own? HA!

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To Rin's surprise, the ride to the best sushi place in town was not as awkward as she thought. She figured there would be nothing to say, with the fact that they just met yesterday, and he being a completely gorgeous asshole. But, the music was nice. He likes it loud, with the bass vibrating the seats. She likes it louder, to drown out her thoughts. With that, they found out that they have at least one thing in common. Sticking with context of music, they shared their favorite artists and genres, and found that they are both quite similar in tastes. Stopping at the restaurant, they both unwind a little as he helps her out like any gentleman would.

It was a lovely restaurant, mood lit, with lovely classical music in the background. Getting a booth in a corner away from the crowd, she rested her head upon her hand as she drank sparkling water from a wine glass as he had his well-aged wine.

Beyond the talk of music, their conversation started to wind down with their exhaustion. Rin isn't used to keeping up conversations. She doesn't have many friends other than the ladies at the daycare and the kids. But she comes home to no one but a cat, and college is out of the question at the moment. Although, when she is spoken to, she is as lively as possible, besides tonight. She isn't impressing anyone, and she is too tired to care. She is sure that he must be in a relationship, if not already married, so why give any more thought to just going for a drink with him?

As if he read her mind he decides to further their conversation.

"So," he asks as he picks up his glass. "Is there a Mr. Rin Tamiko?" he cocks an eyebrow with the smallest grin. She looks away with a small chuckle as she straightens her glasses.

"No, sorry." she refrains from making eye contact. "Surprisingly, there isn't much action at a daycare, and high school was full of idiots." she says taking a drink of her water.

"Parents said no," he speculated.

"Actually, my mother was all for it... She praised the thought of just being a housewife while my husband did all the work." she thought heavily on her mother.

"What about your father?" he is rather chatty tonight.

She rolls her eyes at the thought of him. "I wouldn't know. I don't know him." her anger resonates. Sesshomaru heavily set with her words. "And before you ask, my mother passed away 3 years ago. I don't want that to be one of those awkward things..." she trails off. She is an open book tonight. She doesn't know if it's the exhaustion of the day, or the exhaustion of it being bottled up.

"My apologies," he slowly says in the kindest manner. "Losing a mother... Is difficult." She can only smile at his acknowledgement.

...

"Now, I have this new boss that keeps me until the buttcrack of dust. He and his father concocted this plan to make me work until midnight so I don't take the bus home." she smiles. "Now that I'm stuck with these two, I won't have time for a relationship. I barely have time for my cat." she changes the mood with a smart and knowing look on her face.

He senses her plea to change the subject. "Well, I don't know about that," he says leisurely. "You say you have no time, yet here you are," he says as their food arrives. "On a date," his eyes lit up like a child at the remark. "With me." her eyes bulged.

"A date? No- I couldn't call this a date." she laughs nervously at the thought as she starts to tense up.

"Why not?" he knows he is starting to make her nervous.

"Well, for one, it should involve the actual implication of both knowing that it is a date." she says factually. "And there needs to be a level of attraction in there, too." she avoids eye contact.

"So, you don't find me attractive?" he smiles. Oh, he is evil!

"I...Well-It-um..." 'Come on. Think of something!' "I-Well... What...What would your wife think of that?" She tries to justify the situation, while still refraining to look in his direction. He wasn't expecting that answer. She's getting better.

"I'm not married,"

"Well, you have to have someone,"

"You don't,"

"Yeah... But-you..." she couldn't figure out the best way to say it. "You're practically... A-a... Celebrity. If you are a bachelor, you won't be for long, I mean..." she just shut herself up. He decides to let it slide.

For now.

"Sadly, no." he shifts in his seat as he grabs his chopsticks. "You have my, now, ex-girlfriends job," he says so nonchalantly as he eats elegantly.

"I what, now?" that was something that she was not expecting as her food slips from her chopsticks.

"She was going to betray me with another company with information that she had on me," he shrugs dipping his food in red sauce "and I wouldn't have it." he says in a stoic tone. "So I had her removed before she could get what she wanted." his teasing tone vanished as his work tone appeared. Rin became somewhat honored by the new level of honesty.

"Wow..." she said nibbling on a bite. "Why would she-"

"Because she could only think of herself. Her whole family is that way," he says taking another bite. "It was bad judgment to believe she would behave any differently."

The conversation became quiet as she let his words sink in. She looked up to him, he now tense with remembering that, of all things, as his anger starts to resonate. He shows no anger, however, not wanting to cause any attention to himself. She admires his will to stay calm, at the same time, give in to a little vulnerability to tell her what had happened. She is almost happy that he had told her something so personal, no matter how nonchalant he made it out to be.

Something like that is anything but.

All the sudden, she thought of that despicable woman. How could she do something like that to him? How heartless can someone be to go that far to get what they wanted? Looking to Sesshomaru, Rin could see the admiration he had for his previous relationship. Although he didn't physically show it, she could see it in his eyes that it did, indeed, hurt him. It made her so angry that someone would do that to someone else.

But he can't do anymore damage, so what could she possibly do?

She may not like him very much but...

Wait...

Is that changing, for her, as well?

Suddenly her face turns red at the thought. His quietness was due to his appetite. While he seemingly paid no attention to her, it gave her time to study him even more, before he caught her almost starring at him. Blushing, she could feel her cheeks change color. How the hell is she supposed to explain that?

She looks for something; anything...

Looks down at her plate...

Wasabe - hot - makes face red...

Perfect.

Before a second thought, she dipped her chopstick in the frozen green substance and then ate a piece of sushi with it. Consuming more than she had originally thought, her mouth was on fire in an instant and she starts to choke on the food. Grabbing a napkin, she coughs hard enough to force the piece of food out so she can breathe again. But her mouth is still on fire.

She reaches for her water.

Water makes it worse!

At this point she's at a loss. What does she do-

Suddenly, Sesshomaru slides his glass of wine toward her and only says the calming phrase "Drink," and she consumed every last drop. As the hot sensation went away, she forces the glass down as he picks the small cup of Wasabe from her plate and places it away from her so she isn't tempted to use it anymore.

Calming, she can only agree with it and takes a moment to breathe.

"Are you going to live?" he asks. She is too winded to tell if it was a joke or not.

Nodding, she manages to say "yeah," as she holds a hand over her heart.

'All to cover up a blush... Really, Rin? Really?'

But the first thing that comes to her mind is Sesshomaru's now empty glass in her hand. Biting down on her lower lip, she only picks up the glass to hand back to him. "I am so sorry," he grasps onto the glass while lying a finger or two on top of hers.

"Don't be." he says getting the silent attention of a waiter. "You followed my order." his glass was instantly filled. "As it should be." he says as he requests another glass for her.

"Oh, I'm too young," she rejects the offer.

"Not tonight," he says as the waiter fills her glass half way. "When you are with me, you will dine like me." he says handing her the glass. She only takes it so she can feel his gentle touch again. "Is that understood," is his only reply as he tells her to continue eating. She nods silently as she takes a smaller, less spicy bite to appease him.

After another short silence, Rin couldn't contain the thought that lingered in her mind.

"Thank you for being honest with me," she says deciding to look into his eyes; his lovely, sunset colored eyes with truth escaping her lips. "I really feel like we can make this... temporary thing work with that trust." is all she wishes to say, not expecting an answer.

"I need to," he suddenly speaks, filling her ears with velvet. "No matter how long your job may be with me, I need to trust you." he adds dabbing his mouth with a napkin from his lap. "You will have much on your plate, and much of it will be things that will affect both your and my life." he looks to her with truth.

"Trusting me with your life? With how many times we piss each other off? Better hope I don't "accidentally" delete a letter or burn a story..." she trails off in a joking matter. Though he knows it to be a joke, he remains serious.

"I trust that, with what I have told you, you will make my job easier, so I can help yours." his eyes were full to to brim with meaning, so much that it drowned out any thought Rin might have had.

Taking a deep breath, she only nods and replies. "Yes, sir. You can trust me. I will be your help," she says sipping the wine. "Not your crutch." she says as she finishes her last bite. "I never want to make your feel what she made you feel." her words came out more caring than she intended. But they both seemed okay with it. His eyes thanked her for the reassuring words as he grabbed the check.

Grabbing her purse, she checks her phone for the time... '12:06 a.m. Oh my God.'

"We've been here for more than 3 hours," she whispers as she looks up to him as her eyes glance at the check on the way to his eyes. Double-taking the check, she sees the size of the bill... Almost enough to make her faint.

No... It will make her faint...

'That's more than I make in a day...'

"Oh my-I cannot let you pay for all that." she says grabbing her wallet to give him something. Anything.

"Put it away."

"Mr.-"

"Don't say it," he continues to resent being called his last name if he's not at work. "Might I remind you that we are off the clock." she scoffs. He must be his father's twin.

"Sesshomaru..?" she felt weird saying his name. "I cannot let you-"

"Already done," he says as the waiter picks up the check with his credit card.

"But-"

"No," his eyes meant it. "That is an order from your boss."

She narrows her eyes at him. Growling at him in resentment, he only looks to her with a fact.

"If it will make you sleep tonight, I can make it a tax write off as a business dinner." he stands offering her a hand.

Taking it, she continues. "Yeah, a whole 10 minutes out of the 3 hours we were here."

"Doesn't matter." is all he says. "We talked about work, did we not?" cocking an eyebrow, she can say no more as they exited the, now stupid expensive restaurant so he can take her home.

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The ride to her apartment complex wasn't nearly as long. They continued to discuss minor things like his father, and the daycare. The music wasn't as loud, it was more calming and made Rin, extremely sleepy. As she gave direction to her home, Sesshomaru started to mentally question where she lived. The deeper he drove into her neighborhood, the more he questioned her living conditions. There were ugly looking people out, late, way past their prime, people hung their laundry on lines, and the homes looked broken down and almost unlivable. He now understands why his father asked him to take her home. He does not feel comfortable knowing that someone that works for him, lives in this part of the city...

Knowing that she lives here...

He will not have this.

"You live here?" he asks in a quiet tone.

Becoming embarrassed, she can only speak the truth.

"Yes," she whispers. "Since my mother passed away." she stares out the window to see the familiar homes. "It's all I can afford." she doesn't even look in his direction with how embarrassed she was. She was a little nervous about Pop's knowing, but she feels as though she is in a nightmare now that Sesshomaru knows. What does he think of her, now? He can't be seen with someone so low down the human food chain. Will he even continue to let her work for him?

No other words were said as he turned into her apartment complex. Insisting to walk her to her door, he gets out, not wanting her to walk in there alone. She felt as though she couldn't even breathe a word to refuse his offer. As they walked to her door, her black cat heard her voice as she thanks him for the kind gesture. Feeling the rub of her cats fur, she says her hellos petting her hungry friend. As she stands back up straight, something about seeing her cat made her smile as she looked back to Sesshomaru with the...

The most beautiful eyes he has ever seen.

...

Wow.

"Thank you, again, Sesshomaru." she smiles a, suddenly breathtaking smile. "Despite the rough start, I had a lovely time." he had the sudden urge to...

Shoving his thoughts to the back of his head. He gives the smallest grin.

"Your cat looks hungry," he says trying to back away.

But he couldn't.

Giggling she agreed looking down at her cat. "Yeah, one bowl a day just doesn't cut it-" she looks up to him as he suddenly becomes a mesmerizing sight for her. Something his eyes...

It's always his eyes.

They are more gentle for some reason, so gentle, and loving. It makes her want to come a little closer.

Her eyes are bright and lovely. So young and so positive. He can't help but...

He sees her come closer.

He...

He wants...

*sigh*

Managing to close his eyes, he pulls his gaze away from her.

"Tomorrow morning, 10 a.m." is all he can muster for himself before he walks away completely. Walking away wish haste, he couldn't bare to look back as he got in his car to just get away.

Rin was left, dumbfounded... Completely speechless.

*meow*

'What just happened?'

*meow*

Her eyelids flutter as she blinks back into reality.

Shaking her head, she pulls her house key from her back pocket. Quickly unlocking, she makes it in her home with her cat and closes the door, with her back up against it as she can barely stand.

"What just happened?" she asks herself out loud, this time, as she held her head.

As he got in his car he sat there in utter silence. He leans his head back in his head rest and looks through his sun roof to see nothing but a crescent moon above. Deeply inhaling, he starts his car, almost with rage, as he races away from this godforsaken side of the city.

Filling her cat's bowl, she heard the loud roar of his vehicle as it raced out of her complex.

Deeply inhaling, she puts the food up and plops on her mattress.

Her mind fills with images with what could have happened tonight... She gently falls into a deep sleep with those sinful, regretful, terrible... wonderful thoughts.

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Sooooooooooooo. Didya like? Huh? You did didn't you? XD - I know exactly what I am doing now, now that we have gone over that awkward bump in the road where he acts like a human being and whatnot. Weird, huh, Sesshomaru being normal.

Sorta...

So I have news to tell you guys... I GOT A JOB AT THE DISNEY STORE.

*sniff*

Kay, I'm good.

I am living the life. Working for Disney, and writing fanfiction!

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