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Maid for You
25: Rin
By: Luna
"Your mother," Kagome started heatedly as soon as the door closed. "Is horrid." Then she frowned. "No offense."
"None taken." Sesshoumaru said, and started to help her clear the able, a first for him. He was rewarded with a sweet smile that made him uncomfortably warm. "You are an accomplished actress."
Kagome flinched and sent him a look he couldn't interpret. "Yeah well, practice makes perfect, I guess." She busied herself with taking the dishes to the sink. "I don't ever want to have to do that again!"
"I'm not the one who invited her." He huffed. "If this Sesshoumaru chooses not to do something, remember that it is for good reason."
Kagome scowled. "But she's your mother. Aren't mother's supposed to inspire warm, fuzzy feelings of hearth and home? The kind that make you feel safe?" She gave a dramatic shiver. "I felt like I invited a viper to my house."
Sesshoumaru knew that that wasn't far from the truth. When Kagome started to clean the dishes, Sesshoumaru absently fell in line to help her. She turned her head slightly to look at him from underneath her lashes. "So… who's Rin?"
Sesshoumaru froze, and for a moment felt the ground shift beneath his feet, the walls close in. He felt suffocated. He cleared his throat before speaking. "My daughter."
Kagome squeaked in surprise, her soapy hands losing purchase on a slippery plate and causing it to crash back down into the sink. "What?"
Sesshoumaru looked down at the plate in his hand and debated. Then with a sigh, said grimly, "I'll introduce you tomorrow."