Author's Note:

Well everyone, I don't know why but I feel like my stories not really that great anymore x/ Maybe it's just the last few crappy Chapters. So yeah if the stories getting boring please tell me so I don't keep writing crappy Chapters like an oblivious idiot :p Anyways hope you guys enjoy reading Chapter Seven! (And don't forget to tell me if it sucks! :p)

Disclaimer: Inuyasha and all its respected characters are property of Rumiko Takahashi

Chapter Seven: This Felt Right

Rin's Perspective

Rin started to stir in the morning light that penetrated her gray curtains. She slowly opened her still swollen eyes, and she blushed furiously when she saw none other than Sesshomaru was fast asleep beside her; his face only inches away from hers. Just as she was about to jump out of bed, she saw the expression on his face. Never had she seen him look so peaceful. Sesshomaru slept like a baby; his face had an aura of calmness to it, and he almost looked happy. Rin wanted to brush his bangs away from his eyes, but feared that any sudden movement would wake him. All she could do was smile and stare at his face, wondering when he would open his eyes.

The light soon reached his eyes, which caused him to frown slightly in his sleep. As he slowly opened his eyes, Rin saw a sleepy, peaceful look in them, but as he opened them and realized that she was looking at him, they returned to their normal emptiness. He slowly sat up on the bed and stared down at her as she did the same. She yawned before saying, "Good morning sleepy head."

He just stared at her before rubbing his still obviously sleepy eyes, "Good morning. How do you feel?" he asked gazing deeply into her eyes.

Rin looked at him puzzled, "What do yo–," she stopped, remembering every little detail that transpired last night. Her eyes went wide, and soft pink stains started form on her cheeks, "Oh… I'm ok now. Sorry I made you stay," she apologized, as she tried to get out of bed, but was stopped by Sesshomaru.

He held her wrist in his and continued to stare into her eyes, "Are you sure?"

Rin stared back at him before answering, "Yes I'm sure. Besides we still have school today, so we should probably get going," she stated pulling her wrist away from his.

She wanted to get as far away from him as possible for the moment. All her thoughts were swirling within her mind; the only thing she knew for sure was that Sesshomaru knew everything. As she quickly gathered all her things to go take a quick shower, she wondered why Sesshomaru hadn't kissed her last night. Rin blushed as she exited her bedroom, leaving Sesshomaru, who was still laying on her bed. When she entered her bathroom, she leaned against the closed door and brushed her lips with her fingers. "Maybe it was just my imagination," she thought desperately, trying to piece together why Sesshomaru would have tried to kiss her in the first place. Rin released a frustrated sigh; she couldn't deal with all these thoughts twisting inside her head like a cyclone. So, she just jumped into the shower and hoped that by the time she'd be done, Sesshomaru would have the sense to leave: or so she hoped.

Sesshomaru's Perspective

Waking up and seeing the girl's face was rather comforting to Sesshomaru. He had looked at her without worrying about whether or not his eyes betrayed his inner thoughts, but he instantly caught himself and once again raised the barrier that shielded his thoughts. Sesshomaru couldn't bring himself to be so unguarded around this girl. After all, she reminded him of a broken porcelain doll, and weakness was something he detested: or did he? Spending the afternoon and all night with her had changed something deep within him. He still couldn't quiet place it, but he felt different, almost content.

He sighed when he heard the shower head release a stream of water in the bathroom. Sesshomaru looked down at himself and realized that he would have to go back to his apartment and change. As he stepped out of Rin's bedroom, after finding a golden key that he suspected was her apartment key. He stared at the bathroom door as he exited her room, wondering how long she would take, "Hopefully she'll still be in there when I get back," he thought as he silently stepped out of her apartment. Walking quickly out of the hotel, while once again gaining a very questioning and shocked look from the man assigned to open the door, he headed towards his car and sped towards his apartment. When he finally reached his destination, he flew through the building towards his room. Just as he was about to open the door, images of the night before flooded his mind. He felt his left eye twitch slightly, remembering that whore laying on his bed. Slowly he opened the door and walked towards his own bedroom.

Cautiously opening the door, he peeked inside and saw that no one was there, "That's one less trouble to worry about," he thought as he quickly gathered his clothing and entered his bathroom. He desperately wanted to be in Rin's apartment before she finished with her shower.

Rin's Perspective

Having finished her shower, Rin poked her head outside of her bathroom door. She looked around the door and saw no signs of Sesshomaru. She sighed in relief as she stepped out in a yellow towel that hung around her loosely. Rin opened her bedroom door, and once again found no trace of Sesshomaru. As she walked towards her closet wondering when exactly he had left, she decided to wear a forest green tee shirt and dark blue jeans. She walked towards her vanity and stood before it as she brushed her long hair. Sighing when she was done, Rin walked towards her door and walked towards her kitchen.

Rin entered her kitchen to see Sesshomaru with a cup of coffee leaning by the counter. She blinked a couple of times, hoping that maybe she was imagining things. After a few unsuccessful attempts to blink his image away, Rin noticed that he was dressed differently. He had on a thin navy blue long sleeve with green lettering on the left sleeve that showed off his well built torso paired with dark jeans. As Rin walked towards him she noticed that his hair was still a little damp. Sesshomaru continued to sip his coffee as she stood next to him about to ask him why his hair was wet. Before she could ask anything though, Sesshomaru handed her a cup of coffee. A yawn escaped her lips as she stared into the contents of the cup. Sighing she took a sip of the coffee.

Sesshomaru just stared at her with mild interest as he took another sip of coffee. Rin's eyes went wide as she took another gulp of coffee, "This is definitely not the coffee I bought a few days ago," she thought as she looked back up at Sesshomaru who was silently chuckling to himself at her shocked reaction.

"Did you buy coffee this morning?" she asked him with a raised eyebrow.

"No," he answered as he took another sip of coffee, never breaking eye contact with her.

Rin shook her head, "Then what did you do to my coffee?"

At her question a deep chuckle rose from his chest, "I added a few extra ingredients," was all he said as he finished the rest of his coffee, "Do you want some breakfast?"

Rin stared at him for a brief for a second, wondering what exactly he had put in her coffee, but nodded in the end. She was about to grab some eggs from the fridge, but Sesshomaru grabbed her wrist and led her towards her loveseat. He sat her down and returned to the kitchen. Apparently he wouldn't be taking no as an answer. At that Rin sighed as she stretched on her sofa; she really didn't feel like arguing with him anyways. She wondered briefly what Sesshomaru would make for them until she smelled cinnamon and something sweet coming from the kitchen. Rin decided to take a peek at what exactly Sesshomaru was cooking. When she stuck her head in the kitchen, Sesshomaru had a plate full of French toast. Sesshomaru turned to her and smirked at her surprised expression; he walked past her towards her dining table and placed the French toast in the middle.

Rin watched as Sesshomaru sat down and stared at her. She sat in the same place she did last night and reached across the table to grab a piece of toast. While Sesshomaru stared at her, she took a bite and stared wide eyed at Sesshomaru. Who knew someone like him could actually cook. Sesshomaru once again smirked at her, obviously guessing at her thoughts. He then grabbed a piece of toast and bit into it, just as Rin was grabbing her second piece. She just couldn't believe how delicious they were, "I would have typed him as the type of guy that always has his mom cook for him, but now I'm not so sure what kind of guy he is," she thought as she stared at him from across the table.

They soon finished the plate of French toast, and sat facing each other for several minutes. It appeared that neither had the intention of breaking eye contact, but there was a sudden knock on the door. Rin sighed it would probably be Erik, wanting an explanation for yesterday. She stood up and walked towards the door and opened it. When she opened the door, she saw Kagome in a green and white dress with Inuyasha in a white tee shirt and black cargo pants. For a second, Rin wondered briefly what the consequences would be if she just slammed the door shut. Before she could do anything though, she felt an arm go around her shoulder. She looked up and saw Sesshomaru glaring at his younger brother.

Kagome first looked at Rin then Sesshomaru, who was glaring at Inuyasha, and then back at Rin. Rin coughed, gaining the two brothers' attention. She stepped aside, with Sesshomaru's arm still around her shoulder, and motioned for Kagome and Inuyasha to enter. The two quickly entered her apartment, and sat on her loveseat. Seeing that there was nowhere else for Sesshomaru and her to sit, she pulled two chairs across from the sofa, "I should really buy another sofa," she thought as she started to sit down. They both sat down and everyone stared at each other, except Sesshomaru who was still glaring at his younger brother. Rin sighed, for some reason she felt as if those two would soon start a fight in her living room.

She turned to Kagome, "So, what are you guys doing here?" she asked with a smile.

Her cousin smiled happily at her, "We just wanted to know if you wanted a ride, but I see that you two already have plans," she said as she stared at Sesshomaru.

Rin felt uncomfortable by the awkward silence that had taken place in her living room, so she decided to speak first, "Are you two hungry? School doesn't start until another hour, so we have plenty of time to eat," she smiled as both Inuyasha and Kagome nodded their heads.

Rin quickly got up and headed towards the kitchen, wanting to escape the uncomfortable situation in her living room. As she entered her kitchen, she turned and saw Kagome standing in front of her staring intently at her. She gulped, knowing that when Kagome demanded answers, she usually got them. Kagome stared at her for a while before opening the fridge and asking, "So what's for breakfast?"

"French toast," was all Rin said as she started to grab everything she would need.

Sesshomaru's Perspective

Sesshomaru sat across from his half-brother, glaring at him the whole time. Inuyasha seemed bored to have been left alone with him, but Sesshomaru was still angry that his half-brother and his girlfriend had interrupted his time with Rin. He continued to glare at Inuyasha, until he smirked at him.

"The old man was calling you all night," he smirked at Sesshomaru.

"I left my phone in the car," he stated, while continuing to glare at Inuyasha.

"Oh really, then why is your scent everywhere in this apartment?" he asked, hoping to have caught his brother doing something he shouldn't have.

"I've been here all morning what do you expect you brainless imbecile?" he retorted.

Inuyasha glared at his brother before continuing, "Well you better call Father, you don't want him to kill you when you get there," he said as he handed Sesshomaru his phone.

Sesshomaru stared at the phone laying in Inuyasha's hand, wondering if calling his father was a good idea at the moment, "Very well," he said as he took the phone from his hand and began to dial his father's cell phone number.

The phone rang three times before he heard his father's voice on the other line, "Yes Inuyasha?" asked InuTaishou

"Hello Father," was all Sesshomaru said.

"Sesshomaru. Where were you last night, I called several times to your cell phone," stated his father.

"I left the phone in the car," lied Sesshomaru so convincingly that InuTaishou would have believed him, if it weren't for something different in his son's voice: something that might have resembled happiness, but the thought only lasted a brief second his mind.

"I see, then will you join us again for dinner tonight?" he asked his son, waiting to see what Sesshomaru would say.

"I don't think that'll be possible, Father. I already made plans for tonight," he stated.

"Alright then. Maybe another day. Good bye Sesshomaru," said his father as he hung up.

Sesshomaru hung up the phone and handed it back to Inuyasha, just in time to see Rin walking out of the kitchen with a plate full of French toast. He stared into his eyes, and found a quickly fading glint of sadness. As he stared at her, he wondered what had upset her. "Maybe she was thinking about conversation from last night," he thought as he and Inuyasha placed to two chairs back in their proper place. Once he and Inuyasha had sat down at the table, the girls appeared from the kitchen with four cups of coffee.

As they ate their breakfasts again, Sesshomaru kept stealing quick glances at Rin whenever Inuyasha was too busy staring at Kagome. That glint of sadness still hadn't quite disappeared from Rin's eyes, and it bothered Sesshomaru. Last night he had promised to her, but mostly to himself, that he would protect her, and yet here he was: not even knowing what was causing her sadness. Rin looked up and caught him staring at her; normally he would have just turned away, but what he saw in her eyes fascinated him. Her eyes reminded him of an open book; it was always easy to guess and decipher what the girl was thinking. Sesshomaru would have kept gazing into her eyes, but he saw his half-brother turn his head away from Kagome. He refused to have that imbecile know anything about his life, and go running to his father willing to sell him out.

Sesshomaru could feel Rin's eyes on him, but he refused to give himself away in front of Inuyasha. Only when he was sure that Inuyasha had turned back to stare at Kagome, did he return Rin's stare, but when he did, he saw that she was staring at her phone with a frown on her face. He saw Kagome turn to stare at her cousin before giggling.

"Let me guess. Erik?" giggled Kagome.

Rin's Perspective

Rin twitched when she heard Erik's name. She stole a quick glance at Sesshomaru, but she couldn't figure out what he was thinking; his eyes were again their usually selves. Before answering Kagome's question, Rin sighed. Only thinking about what happened yesterday between Erik and her Sesshomaru. Rin started to choke on the bite of French toast she had taken. While coughing and struggling for air, Sesshomaru was behind her, gently patting her back. "What the hell is wrong with me!" she screamed in her mind. Why on Earth had she thought of Sesshomaru as hers?

After regaining her breath, she stole another glance at Sesshomaru and shook her head. "It's not like he feels the same. He already has plans with someone," she thought as she sighed before answering Kagome's question, "Yup, and sorry everyone, didn't mean to scare you," she smiled

"Are you sure you're ok though Rin?" asked her cousin, staring with concern written all over her face.

Rin nodded, "Don't worry, it just went down the wrong tube," she lied while giggling.

Everyone seemed to have believed her lie easily, except for Sesshomaru. He just stared at Rin with a slight frown on his face, almost as if he knew she was lying and planned to know the truth. She swallowed hard before standing up. Once she was up she looked at her phone and saw that they had thirty minutes left before school started. Turning and smiling at everyone she suggested that it was time to go. Soon everyone was already at her door, waiting for her to lock it and leave.

Once they had reached the entrance of the hotel, Rin saw a bright red Mustang with black racing stripes parked right in front of the hotel. Rin went over to the car with everyone behind her. She turned to Inuyasha smiling widely at him.

"Is this your car Inuyasha!" she practically yelled in joy.

"Sure is, you wanna ride?" he asked, while smirking at Sesshomaru when Rin turned back to admire the car.

"Really!" she yelled but her smile faded when she saw that the back seat was covered with junk.

The entire back seat was stuffed with pillows, blankets, boxes, and who knows what else. Rin slowly stepped back from the car when she saw something move in the back. Not wanting to offend Inuyasha, she turned quickly with a simple smile on her face as she stared at Inuyasha. He stared at her when she just continued to stare at him without saying anything.

"Rin? So you wanna ride or what?" he asked getting impatient.

"Oh, I almost forgot. Sesshomaru already offered me a ride to school," she laughed a little nervously, "Maybe next time Inuyasha," she said as she went to stand next to Sesshomaru, who was the furthest from Inuyasha's car.

"Alright, your loss. Come on Kagome, we gotta go," he said as he pulled Kagome with him, while she waved good bye to Rin.

As soon as they had left, Rin giggled. She turned up at Sesshomaru, who had only stared at her, when she had told Inuyasha she would be riding with him. Rin saw the confusion start to form in his eyes, but she stopped him from saying anything.

"Don't worry Sesshomaru, I'm not really going to ride with you," she smiled, "I just didn't want to get eaten by Inuyasha's car," she laughed.

Sesshomaru's Perspective

Sesshomaru's confused look only grew when she told him that she wouldn't be riding with him. He stared down at the small girl standing next to him laughing. She didn't seem to own a car, so how would she get to school, he wondered. Once she stopped laughing, she started to walk away from him while waving her good bye. Before she could get more than two feet away from him, Sesshomaru stood in front of her staring down at the small girl.

He could see Rin's nervousness in her eyes. She obviously didn't feel very comfortable being so close to him, at the moment anyways. Slowly she raised a confused eyebrow and waited to see why Sesshomaru had stopped her. The confused look on her face almost sent Sesshomaru into a fit of laughed, but he remained calm while answering her unspoken question with a question of his own.

"Where do you think you are going, Rin?" he asked stepping closer to her, waiting for her to react.

She simply stood there, while his chest slowly inched closer and closer to hers. Sesshomaru wondered why she wasn't moving, seeing it so evident that she didn't very much like the proximity of their bodies. As he stared into her eyes, examining them to a great extent, he noticed that she seemed to be mesmerized. At seeing the reason for her blank stare, Sesshomaru released a deep chuckle from his chest. He saw the instant that his rumbling chest snapped the girl out of her daze. Once she saw how close they were, she immediately backed away, leaving a cold feeling on Sesshomaru chest when she stepped away.

Sesshomaru couldn't help himself, but he smirked at the girl. Her eyes still reflected some of the daze she was in, but a portion of her still realized that they had been too close for comfort, and as her eyes stayed glued to the concrete below them, Sesshomaru sighed.

"Rin. Do not make me repeat myself," was all he said as he saw her jump at the sound of his voice.

"I-I, was going to school," she said, only stuttering slightly in the beginning.

"Is that so?" he stared at the girl from head to toe, "Follow me then," he stated as he started walking towards his car.

He turned his head slightly and stopped. Rin had not followed him as he walked; she merely stood there looking at him with a puzzled expression on her face. As Sesshomaru said her name, she once again jumped at the sound of his voice.

"Why?" she asked nervously while approaching Sesshomaru.

"Because you said you were going to school," he said, but when he turned once again and saw that she had stopped walking towards him he sighed, "Rin, I'm going to take you."

He quickly turned and started walking towards his car. It didn't matter to him whether or not she followed. If he reached the car and found she was not with him, he would only drive around until he found her and dragged her into the car. Sesshomaru heard a submitting sigh and footsteps coming towards him. Hearing this only made him smirk superiorly as he opened the passenger door for Rin to enter. At seeing his smirk, Rin slightly glared at him before climbing in. When she was in his car his smirk only grew. For an unexplained reason, having the girl submit to his will gave him a euphoria. He stepped into the driver's seat and sat there staring at the girl sitting next to him. She refused to look at him, and this only caused his smirk to grow.

He stared the car, and mentally sighed when the roar of the engine brought him back to reality. "Am I going insane?" he asked himself as he drove away from the hotel parking lot. Having this girl cause any reaction from him, was daunting to Sesshomaru, and in some ways it almost felt right, but almost.

Rin's Perspective

"That arrogant, pompous ass, egotistical jackass!" roared Rin in the deep caverns of her mind. She sat in his car glaring at the window, thinking about how irrational his reaction to her almost walking away from him had been. "He doesn't even like me! Why is he acting like an idiot!" she roared once again in her mind. Rin was so enveloped in her thoughts that she failed to realize when they arrived in the school's parking lot. She just sat in the seat still glaring at the window, consumed by her thought, until she saw the door swiftly open. While still in shock from having the door open, she saw Sesshomaru's smirking face looking down at her. Suddenly all her rage came back. He offered her a hand, and she ignored it as she stepped out of the car and hurriedly headed towards the building.

Rin could hear Sesshomaru chuckling behind her, and it only made her anger double. Of course he had seen her cry, but it gave him no right to act superior to her. While grinding her teeth, Rin quickly entered the classroom. Once she entered she saw that all the seats were taken, except for the two in the back of the room. "Why does the world hate me?" the dishearten girl asked herself as she sat down, sliding the chair as far from the other as the table would allow.

As she dropped her things on the table, she saw Sesshomaru's elegant self enter the classroom. She refused to look at him, but she could feel his cold golden eyes boar into her, but she refused to so much as look at him. He had acted as if he was superior to her, and that was the only thing that made Rin angry beyond belief. She always hated when anyone who was just as capable as herself treat her as a weak fragile creature. Rin could still remember when Erik first came back into her life. He had been so worried about her after the death of her parents that he figured babying her would actually be a good idea. A smirk appeared on her face as she looked away from Sesshomaru, remembering how she had almost broken his nose after he had tried to feed her.

Before she could gather her thoughts, the teacher walked into class, giving everyone a soul sucking smile, that obvious scared everyone in the class room, except Sesshomaru, into submission. After that point the rest of the day zoomed past Rin as if it had only been an hour. Although, her body felt exhausted and drained of energy, her mind was still as active as it had been in the morning. She looked around before walking out of the building. Rin had not intentions of riding with a egotistical ass again. She would much rather be eaten alive by Inuyasha's car. "Maybe I should help him clean it," she thought as she walked towards the parking lot. As he thoughts wondered on the topic of whether or not to help Inuyasha clean his car, she felt a warm hand rest on her shoulder. Her whole body shivered, but as she turned around her face paled. Rin felt sick to her stomach, yet there was a butterfly feeling in the depths of her stomach, before the feeling could grow, Rin pushed it aside. She slowly turned her head and found Sesshomaru looking down at her with his empty cold eyes. Rin turned around to face him, and raised an eyebrow, waiting to see what he would say.

"Are you ready, Rin?" he asked, emphasizing her name.

Rin felt a shiver go up her back at hearing her name spoken like that, almost with a caress, but she answered her question none the less, "Whatever do you mean, Sesshomaru?" she asked crooking her head to the side in false confusion.

"Where else would we go?" he answered with a question of his own.

Rin almost glared at the guy standing before her, but decided to play his game, it might just get interesting, "I'm not sure where we would be going, Sesshomaru?" she asked emphasizing his name as well.

Sesshomaru stayed quiet for a moment staring at Rin before answering with another question, "Where would you like to go, Rin?" he asked practically purring her name.

Rin once again felt a strong shiver run up her spine, but refused to let Sesshomaru notice it, "Well, where else would I what to go after a long day of school?" she asked innocently.

She saw a sudden spark of anger before he stated, "Rin, this is quite enough, it's time to take you home," his voice was filled with authority, as if he had the right to tell her what she should and shouldn't do.

Rin glared back at him, "Sorry, Sesshomaru, I already asked Inuyasha to take me home," she practically spat at him.

Once she had stated her sentence, Sesshomaru smirked widely at her, "That imbecile left 30 minutes ago, Rin," he once again purred her name.

She could feel her cheeks begin to burn, but turned around before it was evident, "So, I have to go to work anyways," she stated, as she almost stomped away.

Before she could even take two steps, she felt a warm hand envelope her own. For some reason, she felt sparks as their two hands wrapped around each other. Rin couldn't help herself; she stared at their joined hands. This was different from the first time he had held her hand while dragging her to her classes. This felt right…