Chapter 11
Family Relations
As Sesshomaru hugs you, you feel his heart rate speed up. You ask, "Sesshomaru, what's the matter?" He says, in short breaths, "Nothing." You say, "Your heart rate has sped up, tell me what's wrong."
He says, "It's my blood, I am trying to control it... my demon blood is rejecting you and I (he coughs up blood)... don't know why." He pulls you closer and his breathing becomes jagged. You say, "Sesshomaru if it hurts you to hold me, you can let go." He says, "No, I like holding you, it's just my blood that's having a problem with it ... it's nothing to worry about." His breathing becomes even rougher. I say, "Sesshomaru... I don't want you hurt... please let me go." He releases you and you say, "Sesshomaru, lets get you upstairs." You turn around and find him barely standing, his hand to his chest, and holding himself up with his other hand. You say, "Sesshomaru... maybe you should sit back down." He looks up. His eyes had turned red and his fangs were visible. He takes a step forward and he loses his balance. You rush forward and he falls on you, forcing your body to crash to the ground.
You look at Sesshomarus' face and you see that his eyes are closed. You caress his cheek and whisper, "Sesshomaru... you awake?" He doesn't move. You brush his lips with your own and he does nothing. 'He must be unconcious. I wonder why his own blood would hurt him' you think before you get Tiffany to help you upstairs.
Eventually, he releases you and he wraps his arms around you. You kiss his forehead and you feel him smirk against your neck. You lay your head on his chest and you ask, "What?" He says, "My blood hasn't reacted yet." You ask, "Why?" He says, "I was more persistant and I allowed myself to pass out." You say, "You lost me." He smirks and says, "Since my blood is a part of me, I am able to force it to do whatever I wish, but on certain things my demon blood will hurt me, but if I am persistant enough it will force me into an unconcious state. After it does that, the next step is to kill me, but it will also destroy my blood, so it gives in, allowing me to do what I wanted before it blacked me out.
You reply, after awhile, "Not really." He smirks and says, "Let's just say... I am able to hug you now, without my demon blood hurting me." You smile and say, "Good." He smiles and holds you tighter. You ask, "Sesshomaru... about the hugging thing... why didn't it hurt when we fell asleep hugging?" He says, "Something changed." You ask, "What?" He says, "I'll tell you another time." You say, "Come on, tell me." He says, "You'll find out eventually, when the time is right." You say, "Fine, just make sure to tell me before I die, okay." He smirks and says, "I'll tell you much sooner than then, I promise." You snuggle up to him and say, "You better." He says, while gently stroking my hair, "Don't worry, I will." You close your eyes for a little while.
Not too much later, Tiffany comes upstairs. She looks at us, looks down, and says, "Uh... uh..._... everyone's leaving... you going downstairs?" You answer, "Yeah, just give me a sec... Sesshomaru will you please release me." Tiffany says, "Okay." and she leaves. Sesshomaru says, "Why should I?" You reply, "I need to go downstairs to say 'bye' to my cousins." He says, "I already know that. Tell me why." You reply, "If I don't, they'll come up here." He gets wide-eyed and says, "I don't want to release you. You smirk and say, "If you don't, I will jump down and you'll fall on top of me." He says, "Not a bad idea but, fine." He releases you and you jump down. Sesshomaru also jumps down and then he drapes his arms on your shoulders. You ask, "Sesshomaru, do you want me to fall?" He eases up and says, "Deal with it. You wanted down and I still don't want to release you." You say, "Fine, just don't make me fall." He eases up even more and says, "Now why would I do that?" You shake your head as you unlock the door and go downstairs.
You find all of your cousins in the dining room. You say 'Bye' to all of them and then you go back upstairs and get your clothes. Sesshomaru stays upstairs for he knows where you are going. You go downstairs, into the bathroom, and you get ready for bed.
You go back upstairs as Aleya goes downstairs. You snicker for you don't have to turn off the light. Sesshomaru helps you onto the bed. You two cuddle as you stoke each others hair. Aleya comes in soon after and turns on the fan and she turns off the light.
Soon, Sesshomaru falls asleep. You watch him sleep as his hair, dimly glistens in the moonlight. Your fears and doubts of him leaving, vanquish as you fall asleep with him in your arms.
Well, you get Sesshomaru upstairs and somehow you got him on the bed. You take his shoes and armor off and you cover him up with a blanket as you brush his hair. Tiffany leaves the room so you to can be alone.
You get a cold, wet rag and you whipe his face. Tiffany comes back and says, "_, everyone's here and we need to help cook, unless you want to do dishes..." You ask, "Tiffany... do you think Sesshomaru is going to be alright?" She says, "Uh... uh... Sesshomaru is going to be okay." You smile and you brush your lips against Sesshomarus cheek and you whisper, gently, "Stay here precious, rest. I promise that I will be back very soon." You kiss his forehead and you leave.
You go downstairs and you help your grandfather with the cooking. Soon after your crazy little cousins, Ariel(12), Asher(6), and Elshai(8) and your aunt and uncle Veronica and Eric come inside. Asher is the adorable little who loves kisses from his beautiful elder cousin. Elshai bugges Tiffany to play video games so he doesn't give you any trouble. Ariel is the one who is always bugging someone and especially you for she doesn't see you that often
"_" Ariel blurts out and you immediately drop the fork you were using. "Opps, sorry." she says as you throw the fork in the sink. You get another one and continue cooking and Arielle continues to annoy you until your grandfather kicks her out.
More people come as it is getting time to eat. Your father brings in the meat and the desert finally finishes. You wash your hands in the kitchen sink and everyone sits down and has dinner.
During dinner your uncle Robbie, talks to your father about cars (don't know if I told you this, but your dad is a mechanic) over something about the radiator. Your cousin, Courtney, Robbie's daughter, keeps talking about boys. Something you don't want to talk about for you are too worried about Sesshomaru. Aleya joins in and the conversatin becomes even more irritating. So you turn to leave, but Ariel starts talking to you. She tells you her life story, well until her mother pulls her away. You put your plate and utensils in the sink after you rinse them. You turn to go upstairs and you trip for somehow your legs are locked together. You almost crash head first into the kitchen floor, but you catch yourself mere inches from it.
You stand up and hear, "Opps, sorry." You turn around to see a little blond hair, blue eyed boy, starring at you. You say, "It's okay Asher, I'm alright." He scoots closer and says adorably (i don't know if that is a word), "Come here... please." You couldn't refuse the adorable little boy, so you lean down. He grabs your head and he slobers on your cheek. "Thank you." he says as he scamppers out of the kitchen. You knew he wanted to kiss you, so you let him. Otherwise he wouldn't have left you alone and you desperately wanted to see Sesshomaru.
Thank goodness that you don't have to do dishes for you want to check on Sesshomaru. You run upstairs, into your room, and you shut the door as soon as you get in.
"_" you here as soon as you lock the door. You say, with a concerned look, "Sesshomaru, are you alright?" He replies, "I'm sorry for making you (he groans), worry." You say, gently, "It's okay as long as your okay." He smirks and says, "Come here." You stand on Aleyas' bed and you look at him with a curious look. He scoots closer and he forces his lips to brush yours. You gently allow your hand to slide down his hair. He releases you only to pick you up and and place you on top of him. He forces you to lay down. He lifts you head and moments later, his lips brush yours. He places one of his hands on your back and another, wrapped around your neck to force the kiss deeper. You tangle your hand in his hair to help deepen the kiss and you use the other to play with his silky hair.