Title: Seven...no six days
Author: Hairann
Prompt: Worn
Rating: T
Genre: Drama
Word count: 241
Characters: Jaken/Sesshoumaru, Lord and servant relationship, not a BL story.
Summary: Part 7 of Jaken's Ballad. Won third place Worn prompt on Issekiwa.
Another day had ended and Jaken's feet dragged on, too tired to continue, but he remained unwilling to complain. However, only a few steps later, he tripped over some unseen obstruction on his path and landed flat on his face, his limbs too worn out to rise back up. About to assure his lord that he would be on his feet in just a moment, his words died on his lips when he saw Sesshoumaru standing there looking, strangely, unannoyed.
"So seven days is your limit? Then we shall walk for six," Sesshoumaru informed him before moving to gracefully seat himself at the base of a nearby tree. As Jaken continued to stare at him in silence, watching as he closed his golden eyes contently, he realized that he had been tested once again. Unsure if he had passed this time, Jaken soon decided it did not matter at that precise moment and rested his head on the dirty ground underneath him.
As far as he was concerned, it was as good a place as any to sleep and he didn't have the energy to get back up even if it wasn't. "Sleep, this Sesshoumaru leaves at dawn," his lord warned him and, too exhausted to open his yellow eyes, Jaken simply replied with a respectful 'yes, milord', before quickly falling asleep. Silently opening one eye, Sesshoumaru covertly checked on his charge before settling himself in for the night.