Chapter 20
Flowers
"Eiji won't come back?" I sniffle. "I'm not sure. It's difficult to navigate out a person's mind." Sesshomaru says looking at me. Sesshomaru pats my head before pulling his cell phone out of his pocket. "Pardon but I must take this." He murmurs before stepping out. I step up to Cyim's bed and take her hand in mine. "Please Cyim, don't lose Eiji." I beg her. I don't know how long I sat there waiting but it felt like an eternity. Sesshomaru had just opened the door when Cyim's heart monitor flatlined. I jumped up and pressed the nurse button as Cyim's body starts to seize up. Her eyes snapped open and her mouth opened up to scream but was blocked by a white mist. Moments after it started she stopped. Her heart was back to normal suddenly and the white mist pooled out of her mouth on her chest. She breathed in once and coughed out the last of the mist before blinking a few times and looking at me. "Rin?" Cyim croaked out. "Cyim!" I cried out hugging her. The white mist lifted itself in the air and Eiji's little voice filled my mind. "Auntie Cyim's safe now, I love you mommy." The mist floated out the window and slowly disappeared. "Eiji he, he found me and brought me back." Cyim says coughing. "The child sacrificed himself to save you." Sesshomaru says. Cyim's tangerine eyes filled up with tears and I squeezed her hand as the realization of Eiji's sacrifice hits us.
The funeral was planned quietly and quickly as there was no body. I stood next to Sesshomaru in a black dress with my unwashed hair dripping from the rain. I hadn't eaten, showered, or even spoken since Eiji's death. My demon was refusing to accept a lost pup and was crying her anguish out in my mind. The fat raindrops splattered over his tiny grey grave as Cyim sobbed in her handkerchief. I blinked slowly and raised my head up at the blank sky. Rain stung my face and I closed my eyes welcoming the pain as the heavens themselves cried over a lost soul.
On the drive home I leaned awkwardly against Sesshomaru's shoulder as we drove. What if…. We just retreated in our mind for a little bit, just enough to sort things out…. Coughing I shiver and curl up closer to Sesshomaru's warmth. The rain slapped angrily against the window as I slowly inched inside my mind. The blankness of my head was a welcoming feeling as it numbed my emotions and let my demon express her pain. She made me cry out and howl as tears stung my face before the blackness swallowed me whole. I curled up inside my mind and drifted endlessly in the inky blackness trying to forget what happened.
I'm so sorry for the short chapter, I'm doped up on cough syrup right now trying to battle this cold. It's kicking my butt. Thank you everyone for staying patient while I try and get over this.