The heat of June was starting to settle in on this sunny day. It hadn't rained in a week, so the humidity was rather low. And the park was the perfect place to be on such a fine day. But he had a reason to be in this part of this park at this particular time on this specific day. Standing far enough back from the guest stood a young man watched cautiously so as to not upset the bride.
Rin looked beautiful in her rather casual summer dress, but it wasn't her clothes or her hair that made her stunning this particular day. Today it was her extreme joy that drew everyone to her, including him. And today she would belong to another man.
Kohaku had felt sorry for Rin after she found out about his affair. He still cared about her deeply despite falling in love with another, and it had bothered him to hear the stories from Sango about how tortured she had been during the recovery process, but it seemed that everything had turned out well.
Now she was marrying the man she was meant to give her life to. Yet it seemed that the past couldn't have been helped. From the stories he had heard, Rin wouldn't have been thrown together with Sesshomaru had it not been for her divorce, so perhaps it was meant for him to cheat on her.
And somewhere in the recesses of his mind he remembered the way that she smiled at him on their wedding day. She had been so happy back then, but it seemed today she was more ecstatic than he had ever seen her. As he turned away from the wedding ceremony he had been watching he felt a strange pang of love in his heart that he hadn't felt in a long time. Even after all this time he still loved her enough to know that he only wanted her to be happy, and with Sesshomaru as her husband her future looked happier than even his.
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The End