"I live here...Nearby, actually. I like being in the forest. It just feels so free. That's why I'm out here. What's your excuse?" Kiara stood up.
Sesshomaru looked at her nervously, "Alright, maybe I was following you. It's not like you'll do anything about it!"
She took a step back, "Woah! Don't get all worked up. I'm just playing with you?"
"I knew that."
Kiara studied Sesshomaru over. "Since you're here and it's late, why don't you come over to my house. It's not too far north."
"Are you saying I can't take care of myself?! I go out all the time at night!" Sesshomaru boasted, stubbornly.
"Fine...Be that way. I only thought you might like to eat dinner before you went on your way. After all, you must be tired after following me all day," said the girl, her ears twitching in delight.
"Oh...uh...yeah, sure," Sesshomaru just shook his head as he thought to himself 'Damn fool you are. Pull yourself together! It's not like you've never seen a girl before!'
He followed Kiara to her house. It was actually just a house made inside a giant tree's trunk, but it was the best house he'd ever been in. The walls were covered in murals of faeries dancing under the moon. On one wall, to the right of the table Sesshomaru was sitting at, there was a shelf. On that shelf was a glass case in which a magnificent butterfly collection was displayed. On the wall opposite, there was a bookcase filled with books of all kinds.
"So..." Sesshomaru said, looking around, "Did you paint all this?"
"Yep," Kiara replied proudly as she stood over the stove cooking, "Seems like the forest has always inspired my kind."
He looked at Kiara and asked, "Not to be rude, but just what are you anyway?"
"Nekojin," she replied, not looking up from the chicken she was preparing.
"That explains the ears. Why no tail?" Sesshomaru asked.
"My father was human," she said.
'A half-breed?' Sesshomaru thought. 'She's a half-breed?! A dirty, good-for-nothing half-breed! But....She's just so perfect. Who cares if she isn't pureblood of anything?' "Oh," he replied after a long silence. "Do you have any siblings?"
"No," replied the girl joyfully, "I'm an only child - spoiled-rotten to the core! What about you?"
"None that are worthy of mentioning."
Kiara wondered what he meant by that, but she decided to shrug it off. She picked up the food and turned toward the table. "Hope you like chicken!"
Sesshomaru looked at her nervously, "Alright, maybe I was following you. It's not like you'll do anything about it!"
She took a step back, "Woah! Don't get all worked up. I'm just playing with you?"
"I knew that."
Kiara studied Sesshomaru over. "Since you're here and it's late, why don't you come over to my house. It's not too far north."
"Are you saying I can't take care of myself?! I go out all the time at night!" Sesshomaru boasted, stubbornly.
"Fine...Be that way. I only thought you might like to eat dinner before you went on your way. After all, you must be tired after following me all day," said the girl, her ears twitching in delight.
"Oh...uh...yeah, sure," Sesshomaru just shook his head as he thought to himself 'Damn fool you are. Pull yourself together! It's not like you've never seen a girl before!'
He followed Kiara to her house. It was actually just a house made inside a giant tree's trunk, but it was the best house he'd ever been in. The walls were covered in murals of faeries dancing under the moon. On one wall, to the right of the table Sesshomaru was sitting at, there was a shelf. On that shelf was a glass case in which a magnificent butterfly collection was displayed. On the wall opposite, there was a bookcase filled with books of all kinds.
"So..." Sesshomaru said, looking around, "Did you paint all this?"
"Yep," Kiara replied proudly as she stood over the stove cooking, "Seems like the forest has always inspired my kind."
He looked at Kiara and asked, "Not to be rude, but just what are you anyway?"
"Nekojin," she replied, not looking up from the chicken she was preparing.
"That explains the ears. Why no tail?" Sesshomaru asked.
"My father was human," she said.
'A half-breed?' Sesshomaru thought. 'She's a half-breed?! A dirty, good-for-nothing half-breed! But....She's just so perfect. Who cares if she isn't pureblood of anything?' "Oh," he replied after a long silence. "Do you have any siblings?"
"No," replied the girl joyfully, "I'm an only child - spoiled-rotten to the core! What about you?"
"None that are worthy of mentioning."
Kiara wondered what he meant by that, but she decided to shrug it off. She picked up the food and turned toward the table. "Hope you like chicken!"