Chapter 22

Rin began mumbling to herself for entertainment slightly enjoying it slightly hating all the pain of her shoulder, every so often a glance at the door to check if anyone had come to visit her.

Several minutes, which had felt like hours, passed throughout the time before anyone had come in to check on her 'well being' but the first one that had indeed walked in was the nurse from before dressed in pink holding several files.

"I noticed that you have several traumatic incidents on your records." She began as Rin sat herself up. "What are your parent's names?" she questioned "I...don't know"

"Age?"

"16? Maybe a little younger, maybe a little older" Rin muttered

"Allergies." Rin quickly shook her head no at the rapid firing of questions.

"Siblings?"

"two..."

"Names?"

"I don't know"

The room was quickly filled with silence. "What happened in the incident of your family's murder? Why were you the only one to escape?" The nurse asked and all Rin wanted her to do was just shut up, sit down, and be quiet or leave...for the next several days.

"Could you leave now, please?" Rin muttered as the nurse stormed out looking as if she hadn't done anything wrong and Rin had offended her. Rin glared into her pillow wishing she wasn't actually there as she glanced down at her phone. No calls, no texts, no voicemails...they had truly taken Melody...When? Why didn't she notice? Rin sucked in a breath as all of the nurse's questions swam through her head trying to block out the questions she truly needed, right now.

Images flashed through her mind of the bus station and the first day that she was still yet unsure if she wanted to remember that day or block every single detail out. No, that wouldn't be possible for her, even now, especially now she would want to know when she met Sesshomaru. Rin curled further into her hospital sheets.

"No, focus on where you lost Melody...it couldn't have been that long." Rin whispered to herself as she closed her eyes. It had to be soon "what have I done in the last week?" she whispered to herself. "The mall, it had to be our trip to the mall" Rin whispered to herself.

Melody's first screech for her had ended at half length, but that was because

Rin believed she had tripped. And after what Rin had decided to call the starting of the 'rescue' Sesshomaru hesitated right after Melody fainted. Something in Rin's mind knew he wouldn't have hesitated if something wasn't wrong. It must've been then when she fell into the water.

Rin sighed; it seemed to be too much info not enough people for one day. Muttering to herself was the only sound she heard over the nurse's whispers of sympathy. "Did you hear? Poor girl...she's an orphan" one whispered replying to the other as one drew a breath "yeah, but I hear the people who did research on her only got that she might be royalty" one said emphasizing royalty.

Rin rolled her eyes ignoring them as she glanced at the sealed shut window. Colored rocks along the roofs of the building: color to give the guests entertainment and rocks for the engineers to keep their footing as a just in case procedure.

Ignoring it all was the hardest, blocking out the high heel's clicks, little mummers, and mostly the loneliness of it all. The last time she was in a hospital was a blurry memory but she knew if she rummaged hard enough she could make out the colors of her mother's hair, even Rin's own age, and a young girl curled up on the sofa next to her mom, the pinkette sound asleep, her hair wasn't exactly an almost clear color like Melody's hair, the thought stung her heart, but it was more like a hot pink that flashed wherever you went.

Rin knew she had broken her arm in the memory but her mom was saying something "understand, please understand" Rin whispered to herself as the memory faded she wished she could reach her hand out to catch it before it disappeared like the 'other' memories plaguing her mind, Rin opened her eyes to watch a flash of silver come in the room moving so fast it made her dizzy.

"Sesshomaru?" Rin whispered as he glanced at her, no more like scrutinized or scanned? "Are you alright?" he mumbled as Rin managed to pull herself up into an actual sitting position. "Yeah totally fine" was what she was going to say until her hand shot straight to her shoulder, he ignored her words picking up the clipboard at the end of her bed. His mouth instantly becoming a visible frown, and his yellow eyes flashed quickly with anger.

He set down the clipboard by her feet as she glanced at him beginning to move in that dizzying speed. "Sesshomaru!" she managed to grab his wrist pulling him back with as much force as she could able to pull him back not because she was strong but because she had startled him. "What is it Rin?" he muttered. "don't leave...it's just..." her voice cut itself off as his hand managed to make it's way up to her head practically engulfing the back of her head as she pressed her head against his chin.

"Don't worry, it will be alright" he said leaving with a kiss to the top of her head. Adding to himself:

"This time it will be alright, I promise."