Kagome woke up the next morning- or what she assumed to be morning- to someone pounding on the door. It took her a second to collect herself and straighten her short skirt that had ridden up embarrassingly high. Good thing she wasn't actually sharing a room with Sesshomaru. The Queen's idea of 'sharing rooms' and Kagome's idea were two different things. Her room here was bigger than her room at home, without counting the sitting room, not to mention the room Sesshomaru was using.
She glanced around her as the ran for the sliding paper door. Her Shiki Futon was double wide. It had soft sheets of the most delicate kind. The walls were painted light brown, lamps and candles tucked away in two corners, each with extra oil. There was a tatami dresser against one wall with a jade mirror above it. To the right of the door was kartini long bench. In the far corner there was a changing screen set up, next to it, a window.
"Coming, coming," she yawned. She shuffled to the door, with a slight limp, though she was happy to note she could actually walk now. The fire place had smoldered down to coals that burned a dark amethyst. She ran fingers through her hair to smooth the mop.
She opened the door. "Yeah?"
The servant stood there with a tray of food in each hand. She bowed her head and slid past Kagome into the room. She set the food out, which seemed to be like a toast or bread. She put bowls of honey and jelly next to it. A small plate of bacon was on each tray along with a jug of water. "Thank you," Kagome said. The servant bowed again and left.
Kagome poked the fire, making to coals come alive again. She threw another log on it. The fire slowly started to pick up and burn again. It turned a deep sapphire, crackling.
I should wake up Sesshomaru. She thought.
She knocked on the bedroom door, which was shut tight, and slide it open without waiting for his answer. Kagome stopped dead. Sesshomaru lay in bed on his side, his arm under his head. What Kagome hadn't counted on was that Sesshomaru slept naked. Sesshomaru opened a gold eye when he heard her come in. He sat up in surprise, giving Kagome a marvelously embarrassing view of his whole body. Her wide eyes went over his body. His shoulders were tense with anger which carried through to a tight chest with fine white hair and stomach muscles. His left arm ended just above the elbow. Stomach led down to- something Kagome skipped. His long legs were hairless and showed perfectly tone caves and thighs.
"Get out!" he roared, throwing a pillow at her head. Kagome yelped, ducking out of the room with her hands covering her head. Slamming the door behind her, she breathed heavily.
Note to self: Sesshomaru is not to be woken up in the morning.
Kagome spread the honey over the bread, licking the excess off her fingers. How embarrassing! She thought. That's something I never needed to see.
Sesshomaru had yet to come out of his room and Kagome was still blushing. She took a bite of her toast, wiping honey off the side of her mouth. Sesshomaru wasn't the first guy she'd seen naked. Hello! Internet plus four sixteen year old girls. Not to mention, traveling with a hanyo who had no manners and a flirtatious monk. But it's Sesshomaru. Seeing the daiyokia in such a personal way was to say the very least shocking. She'd never even though Sesshomaru could have a personal side. It was weird not to see changed of clothes but to now know Sesshomaru slept or take them off was so weird.
Kagome put her head in her hands. I'm so dumb. She thought. Etiquette, Kagome. You never enter a room without someone answering.
She heard the door slide open and saw Sesshomaru. To her utter relief, he was completely dressed. She felt the heat go all the way up her cheeks. Sesshomaru stared at her without any emotion. Kagome smoothed her hair and licked her dry lips, begging that he'd stop looking at her.
"A servant brought breakfast," she finally said. "That's why I…um…"
"We don't need to discuss that," he said smoothing his white hair. Kagome swallowed, even more embarrassed. He sat down across from her, crossing his legs under him. He poured himself water and sipped off the edge, without a single glance at her. He began to put a type of cranberry jelly on his bread, spreading it with just this finger.
"Calm yourself, woman," he said. "You're embarrassed fluttering heart is obnoxious."
"Sorry," she stuttered. She attempted to calm herself down but his comment had only made her face flush more. He can hear that?
"Did you really enjoy what you saw that much, miko?" he asked with a hint of amusement. She looked up from her plate to see him smirking. Kagome shook her head quickly. "N-no, Sesshomaru-sama!"
"You don't think my body is adequate?" he asked his smirk fading.
"That's not what I meant! No!" she practically yelled.
"I am teasing you," he said. Kagome almost fell over her mouth dropping open. Sesshomaru was teasing her? Sesshomaru was capable of teasing her? Killing perfection had a sense of humor?
"Kagome," he said setting down his water. She jumped at the use of her name. "We know nothing of this place. We don't know any customs, people, or food," he held up the strange toast to hit his point home. "The only person we can trust is each other…somewhat, apparently." He raised an eyebrow at her and she sunk. "The only way to get through this is if we trust each other and becoming a little more comfortable around one another, as horrid as that sounds to both of us."
"Agreed," she muttered. Kagome agreed one hundred percent, even though spending time and trusting Sesshomaru was not something she'd ever imagined in her wildest dreams she'd consent to.
"Ground rules, then," he said wiping his mouth with a maroon cloth napkin. "One: respect each other's space- which has already been established," Kagome was getting annoyed with how easy it was for Sesshomaru to embarrass her. She'd lost count of how many times she'd been humiliated. "Two: we stay as low key as possible. They obviously don't know about where we're from. Let's try not to insult or offend the one place we have to stay."
"Deal," she said. "Any other rules?"
"We'll list them as they come," he said. He tossed the napkin down and stood up in a flourished movement.
"What now?" she asked. "Do we just sit here all day or do we go out and explore?"
As if an answer to her question, there was a knock on the door. Sesshomaru didn't even make it to the door before it burst open. The younger princess, Asami, rushed it. She ran straight to Kagome.
"You feel better today, don't you?" she asked touching Kagome's face excitedly.
"Yes?" She replied a little confused. She looked at Sesshomaru who gave a half shrug.
"This is you're natural face color, yes?" She asked looking Kagome over.
"I-I think so?" She said. "I haven't looked in a mirror to see if I'm pale or something."
The girl ignored her completely. "Oh I just knew it! You are from above!"