Heartbeats
by Rikayu
Chapter Twelve:Handwriting
"Nishida-sensei!"
The silver-haired doctor turned around to see the nurse, Kimiko, running towards him. She almost slid to a stop in front of him, trying to compose herself as she regained her breath. She was a bright young woman, a full-fledged nurse for a year already, but still as clumsily determined as the day she joined the hospital staff.
"This came in for you," the girl smiled as she handed over a small, unmarked envelope. With a polite bow, Kimiko turned and ran back down the hall she'd come from to attend to her duties.
Sesshoumaru place the envelope into the pocket of his white coat and proceeded back on his path to his office. As the demon finall reached his destination, he turned the knob of his door and silently slipped inside, flicking the light on before placing the papers he'd been carrying on the top of his desk. Thankfully, his office remained a sanctuary of sorts, free of the red and pink paper hearts that littered the walls of the rest of the hospital.
A pale hand slipped into his pocket and he pulled out the envelope that had been delivered to him. An extended claw sliced open the end of the envelope and he pulled out a card. It was blank on the outside, a stark white that matched the rest of his pristine office. But as a finger slid under the cover to flip it open, Sesshoumaru's eyes fell on a small read heart that glittered in the sunlight drawn on the center of the card. A sweet scent drifted up to his nostrils as he let his gaze slide over the familiar penmanship below the heart..
"Happy Valentine's Day!" it said.
His thumb ran against the smooth surface of the card and amber his eyes focused intently on the words written unmistakably at the very bottom. "With Love, Kagome."
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