Possessed
I don't own Inuyasha
Tears and Nerves
Kagome tried the knob to the bathroom again to see if the young woman had finally come to her senses. She could still hear Rin crying. She'd been in there the last thirty minutes ruining any chances that the makeup Ayame applied to her face would be in good condition . Kagome, Ayame, and Sango had merely joked about her bridezilla ways and Sesshoumaru's undying patience throughout the wedding planning process before Rin ran for the nearest place she could lock herself into.
"Rin, we're sorry. We were only joking. You're going to ruin your makeup."
Kagome listened as the sobs subsided just enough to let words slip through.
"He's…not going…to marry…me."
Sango heard the sobbing start back all over again. Rin was going to create an ocean all of her own if she kept going.
"What makes you think that Rin?"
"I…I have been…such a complete…demon. Why…would he want to? I yelled…at him all the time and I picked fuchsia. He doesn't even like fuchsia! He's not going to be there…he's not going to marry me."
"I think our guys will look dashing with the touch of fuchsia but that's not the point. Sesshoumaru is going to marry you Rin. He loves you more than anything in the world."
"I'm a horrible person..."
The three women outside the door looked at each other and sighed before Kagome perked up. No matter what, Sesshoumaru was always calm and collected. All she needed to do was bring Sesshoumaru in and let him tell her for himself that he would be there, that he loved her and he was going to marry her no matter what. She would melt from behind the door and all of this would be over.
"I'll be back Rin. Just don't open the door."
Rin threw away another tissue before picking her head up out of her arms. Looking at herself in the mirror she screamed at the horror staring back at her. How was it possible to scare yourself from your own reflection? The pangs of guilt filled her again. This wasn't her but this was what Sesshoumaru saw during the whole planning process. The devil incarnate. She took out the red lipstick and started to draw tiny horns on the mirror, little flames for her eyes, and a mouth with jagged teeth finishing the image with what looked like a veil. Realizing that veil and evil had the same letters, she started to sob again.
"What have I become?!"
…
Kagome made her way down the hall after having no luck finding the guys in the room they should have been in. Passing the media room, she did a double take to find the four of them playing some game on a four way split screen with characters running around shooting what she assumed was random crap. Three out of four were completely animated about said destruction. Either Sesshoumaru was in his own world of revelry or Inuyasha, Koga, and Miroku were doing everything in their manly power to take Sesshoumaru's mind off the wedding.
Sesshoumaru shook his head as the other three calmed down and reached into the bag of pretzels only grabbing one and then observed the pretzel before finally eating it and starting a speech that one might have interpreted to be calm if they didn't know Sesshoumaru.
"Forever is a long time. That's longer than we've been dating. Is it just me or did the minister say til death do us part yesterday during the rehearsal?"
The game had now hit an abrupt stop as Miroku groaned.
"There were six grains of salt on that pretzel that I just ate. It's a sign. There are six things I needed to remember today and I think I forgot one but I just don't know what it was. If I mess this up she is never going to forgive me."
"Here we go again." Koga mumbled. The insignificant observation was always followed by the list.
Kagome watched and listened in shock as Inuyasha snatched the bag of pretzels from his brother before going down the list of the ring, the license, the time the limo was supposed to be out there to take them to the venue for the reception, the photographer, the three calls they'd already made to the DJ before he'd stopped answering, and the caterer they weren't going to need if Sesshoumaru went through one more bag of pretzels.
Sesshoumaru hadn't forgotten anything and it wasn't like Rin had left them all up to him anyway. He realized he'd been completely fine right up until he and Rin kissed each other goodnight and agreed that the next time he'd see her, she would be coming down the aisle in a white gown.
"Uh…Sesshoumaru…?" Kagome waved her hand in front of his face to get his attention.
"…?"
"Rin needs…"
"What does she need? What did I do?!"
Kagome shook her head. This wasn't going well at all.
"She needs to talk to you. She's scared that you don't want to marry her and she's been crying for the last thirty minutes."
He immediately pulled it together. The mention that Rin was unhappy on their wedding day overrode any and every one of the nerves that he was currently feeling and all he wanted to do was go to her.
…
"Rin."
The knock on the door followed by Sesshoumaru's voice ended Rin's sobs almost immediately.
"Sesshoumaru? You're still here?" She leaned against the door wishing she could see him but she didn't want to break tradition.
"Of course. Where else would I be?"
Her heart calmed. He always knew just what to say.
"I'm sorry."
"For what?"
"Yelling, screaming, driving you crazy, picking a color that you hate…the whole thing. I'm sorry for not being me."
"Rin, you don't have to apologize. Besides, I don't hate fuchsia. All you want is for things to be perfect and they will be."
"But I realize that that's crazy. The only thing, the only one that could make this day perfect, is you. Promise me you'll be there."
"I made that promise some time ago and I intend to keep it forever."
"I love you."
He could hear the smile in her voice as she cracked the door slightly and reached out her hand. He smiled and took it in his.
"I love you too."
He noticed Inuyasha and friends hit the floor in a wave behind Kagome as she burst through the door and snapped a picture of the hand-holding moment.
A/N: Last chapter of course will be the wedding ;) Reviews appreciated!
