Title A Surprise Gift
Author landofthekwt
Rating PG-13
Prompt: Surprise (Fanfic bakeoff #8)
Word Count 295
Fandom Inuyasha
Pairing Sesshoumaru/ Izayoi
Warning None
Summary Sesshoumaru give Izayoi a special gift
Chapter 51 of Entangled
Running the cloth through his fingers, he hesitated. Was he too bold? They had been together for five years. Wasn't it time that he made a statement about how he felt about her? About them. Was he really such a coward that he could not even tell what he felt about her?
Still, he was fearful. Fearful that she would reject him. She still claimed that her heart belonged to his father yet seemed to offer what she could give. He had told her that he would accept what she had to offer. Was she truly willing to accept a gift which would acknowledge his claim? He was not sure. His heart could not stand rejection, but acceptance was almost too much to hope for.
Still, the time had come to do so. The clothes were from the same weavers who spun all his family's garments. Surely she would recognize the pattern. He wore it, his mother wore, his father had worn them. He touched the sakura crest. It matched the crest on his own kimono. This pattern in the kimono would mark her as his. If she accepted the kimono, it would be acknowledgment of his claim. If she rejected it, his claim would be rejected.
She looked up as he proffered the gift. It was totally unexpected. For a moment she wavered as she examined the kimono, her loyalty in the balance. Should she stay true to her Lord or should she acknowledge what Sesshoumaru had done for them over last five years. Time seemed to stand still as she pondered her decision. Sesshoumaru felt like a condemned man awaiting his verdict. Finally she stood and bowed to Sesshoumaru.
"Sesshoumaru, I would be honored to wear your colors."
Sesshoumaru could breathe again.
