Sesshoumaru 12

Kagome 11

March 6, 1991

She hated the rain. Not because it was always chilled her to the bone. Nor because it so dark and dismal. No. Kagome hated the rain because it reminded her of him. The day when he left her.

Someone had once asked her why she was still hung up on him. Why she still cared about the way he left her.

She couldn't respond. She knew they wouldn't understand. Trying to explain why her broken heart refused to let him go was pointless. It didn't matter if she knew she should move on. She couldn't. He wouldn't let her.

So, instead of letting him go, she remembered. She remembered that rainy Monday. She always remembered that day. March 21, 1988. The day he left.

Kagome had been returning home from school, passing through the park. She had just turned down the correct path when she saw him. He had looked so sad, so unlike the Sess-kun she knew. He just sat there on the bench, as the rain poured down on him. As she approached him, his head rose to turn to her.

When she heard his voice weakly gasp her name, she gasped and ran towards him. Never, in her seven years of knowing him, had she ever seen him look this pitiful.

When she finally reached him, she threw her small arms around him, dropping her umbrella. He enveloped her in a great hug, holding her as if his life depended on it. She could feel his tears drip onto her shirt as he sobbed and tucked his face into her neck. Crying herself, she whispered into his ears, and rubbed his back.

"Oh, Sess-kun. What's wrong?"

He leaned back to look into her eyes. "Kag-chan. Kag-chan, I can't believe it."

"Why, what's wrong?"

Reaching up to tuck a lock of hair behind her ear, he smiled sadly. "Kag-chan, I'm going."

Kagome frowned as she leaned forward. "Sess-kun, what are you talking about going where?" She reached up her hand to rest on his lying on his thigh.

"I'm going away. I'm leaving." He continued softly, "Kagome, we're moving."

Kagome froze before jumping on him. "No! You can't go away! You can't leave!"

"I don't have a choice!" He yelled, hugging her tightly.

"I don't want you to go. You promised! You promised me we'd always be together! You promised, Sesshoumaru!"

"I don't want to either! I want to stay here with you, Kag-chan!"

"Then why are you going?!" Kagome yelled, as she pounded him in the chest. Tears poured down her face as the rain washed them away and thunder sounded above.

"I have to." Sesshoumaru grabbed her hands and forced them down. He looked into her eyes, as he tried desperately to explain the situation to her. "Kagome, it's my mother. She's making us go."

"Why?" Kagome whispered, hiccupping.

"She said we can't live with dad anymore."

Silence emerged between the two as they listened to the thunder rumble in the distance.

"When are you coming back?"

"I don't know."

Kagome leaned forward and rubbed her cheek against his. He purred as he closed his eyes and hugged her. They held each other as long as possible, neither loosening their hold. When Kagome shivered, Sesshoumaru's tail wrapped around her waist and curled up her body. She laid her head on his chest and slowly drifted off as she heard his heart beat.

When she awoke, she was at home, lying in her own bed. When she had tried calling Sesshoumaru, his father told her he was gone.

She could never forget him. Sesshoumaru was her first love. He would always be in her heart.

Which is why, whenever it rained, it always reminded her of what she had lost, and what she would never have.

Author's Note

So, I apologize for the wait. I had midterms this week, and I was a bit too busy. Until next week!

Oh! And in case you didn't know, the chapter title came from the song "Rainy Monday" by Shiny Toy Guns.