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AN: Thank you for Soju and BJ for edited my story, and also for everyone who reviewing this story, THANK YOU!

now into the story:

Many day has passed

Many love I throw away

Just to meet you

The special person only for me

Playing with Fire

+Chapter 05+

Maybe... just maybe...

Life had never been this boring before. Since they had left the restaurant, all Rin had been doing was walking, walking and walking. No sentences came from either mouth, not even a single word. Rin started to blame herself for taking Sesshoumaru's offer to come with him. If only she had just ignored him, she would still be at home with Kagome and her aunt, chatting and laughing together. Ah... what a beautiful portrait. Rin liked the Higurashi family from the the first time she had known them, when she was 9 years old. The atmosphere in that family was warm, comforting and lovely, even when there had been only Kagome and Mrs. Higurashi left in that house. Kagome's dad had died a long time ago.

Death? That reminded her of her own family...

Then a smile formed on her face as Rin started to remember those happy day, the days when her parents were still alive. She remembered that she used to come back from school around noon and yell 'I'm home!' as loud as she could. Her mother would then happily greet her from the kitchen and ask for help with her cooking, which had always ended up with either Rin running away from her duty or burning the cooking. And at the night, they eat dinner together, joking and conversing happily.

It was perfect, until... the horrible accident that had taken both of her parents away from her... forever...

Sesshoumaru looked at Rin from the corner of his sharp eyes. He realized that Rin hadn't made any sound since the last argument in the restaurant. Sesshoumaru found a solemn look upon her face, as if she was thinking about something depressing. One of his eyebrows rose as he realized that Rin had such a sad_expression on her face.

'I wonder... what makes her sad...' It wasn't like he cared. In fact, Sesshoumaru was just confused about this girl. She was full of emotions and wasn't bothered to show it in front of other peoples, even to a stranger like him. On the other hand, Sesshoumaru would rather hide those emotions from peoples.


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Rin shook her head as she finally remembered that she was not alone. She gazed at Sesshoumaru, only to find his eyes still on her.

"What are you looking at?" Rin asked, annoyed. She didn't want anyone, especially Sesshoumaru, to see her weak side. She had to be strong and full of life, just like before that nightmare had happened.

"..." Sesshoumaru stared at Rin's fierce eyes for a while and then he turned his eyes back to the road. Rin grumbled at Sesshoumaru's attitude and then she continued walking as well, still keeping her mouth shut.

Well, snow really made her sentimental sometimes...

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"AAAAAHHHH...CHOOOOO~!!!!!!" Rin sniffed her nose and looked at the sky. 'Damn! The snow is getting worse! And I'm absolutely wearing nothing but a sleeveless gown! I could freeze if I don't get home soon,' Rin thought as she rubbed her arms faster. She then gazed at Sesshoumaru, who walked as if he didn't sense the freezing air. Hell! Of course he didn't freezing, he was wearing those expensive leather coat! Rin cursed as she regretted the fact that she had forgotten to wear her coat.

"Anou, Sesshoumaru-san, do you realize that I'm freezing here???" Rin asked with an aggrieved voice. Sesshoumaru sighed and looked at her with those intense eyes.

"It's your fault for forgetting to bring your coat...," Sesshoumaru pointed out. "And you must take the consequence," he added in a silky tone. He continued walking, leaving Rin frozen at the spot. Then Rin's face changed as anger flared within her. She was about to yell when she got a better idea to 'punish' Sesshoumaru.

Sesshoumaru walked slowly, expecting for Rin to come up and give him a piece of her mind, but it didn't happened. Curious as to what happened with Rin, he turned around...

Splat!!!

...just to be hit by a snow ball in the face and to hear laughter escape from Rin's mouth.

"Ahahahahaha!!! You should have seen the look on your face when I hit you with the snowball!!!" Rin yelled happily as she congratulated herself for hit Sesshoumaru but before she could laugh some more, she felt a cold snow ball hit her forehead.

Rin wiped the snow off her face and saw the smirk on Sesshoumaru's face.

"You think you can win, huh?" she challenged and started to hit him again and again. Sesshoumaru just smirked and dodged every snow balls that she threw at him until he fired another shot that hit Rin perfectly in the face.

Rin started to curse, struggling to suppress her urge to giggle at their childish act.

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"Now you've made me even colder than before!" Rin grumbled as they stopped their snow ball fight.

"You started it," Sesshoumaru said with a flat _expression. Rin just gave an annoyed sigh and rolled her eyes. 'This man never wants to take the blame for anything.'

Her eyes widened with disbelief as Sesshoumaru unbuttoned his coat and handed it to her.

"You can wear my coat," Sesshoumaru said coolly. Rin, still in her state of shock, just looked at the coat dazedly.

"Are you going to take it or not?" Sesshoumaru asked, beginning to get impatient. Rin jerked herself back to reality and she moved to cover her small body with Sesshoumaru's large coat.

"Um... won't you be cold?" Rin asked uneasily as she began buttoning up the coat.

"I'm warm enough," was his answer. Rin nodded and began to think that Sesshoumaru was a complicated person. Sometimes, he could be as cold as ice and at other times, he could be a little caring towards someone. Well...a little, at least...

Maybe, just maybe, she should change her opinion about him but not now... he was too enigmatic to figure out for now...

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"So... what do you think about Sesshoumaru and Rin? They look... cute together," Kagome said as she placed her head on Inu Yasha's shoulder. Inu Yasha's amber eyes flew from the television screen to Kagome's face. Kagome giggled as she remember the earlier scene when Sesshoumaru came to take Rin to dinner.

"Sesshoumaru? With Rin? Come on! You gotta be kidding me!" Inu Yasha said and looked at Kagome as if she were insane. An image of a hyper Rin and an emotionless Sesshoumaru walking together, hand in hand, popped into his mind. He felt like laughing as he thought about it.

"But they're perfect for each other!" Kagome exclaimed and her voice started to rise. She went to stand in front of Inu Yasha, looking at him with seriousness in her blue eyes. Inu Yasha growled as he saw her _expression. He could never resist her serious _expression.

"Ok, ok, they're perfect together. Satisfied now?" Inu Yasha snapped and went back to watching the television. Kagome smiled proudly since she had won the argument and went back to her earlier position: sitting beside Inu Yasha and leaning her head on his shoulder.

Inu Yasha rolled his eyes at Kagome's sudden change of mood but he also smiled warmly and circled his arm around Kagome's shoulders.

Kagome smiled and closed her eyes. She felt safe knowing that Inu Yasha was protecting her with his strong arms. Her mind began to wonder to the past 3 days, when her friend, Sakamiya, was proposed to by her boyfriend. She was smiling all the time and kept showing the ring to everyone she knew. Kagome was happy for her but she had felt something.... she had been envious and began to lose her faith in her own relationship.

She had been with Inu Yasha for three years now and, of course, the relationship hadn't been smooth. In fact, at first, they had argued every time they met. Then, little by little, they started to get to know each other and began to try and avoid the arguments. They were afraid that they would break up if they couldn't control their tempers. And they actually almost succeed, almost...

So, for the past 3 days... she had been asking herself why Inu Yasha had never said anything about taking the next step in their relationship? Wasn't she good enough for him? Was he going to leave her?

Too many question and not enough answers...

But tonight... Tonight, she realized that it was going to be alright, that no matter what might happen in their relationship, she would always love Inu Yasha... and she knew something else. Inu Yasha love her too.

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Rin tightened her grip on the coat as it began to slip off her shoulders. The coat was very warm but it was so big! The coat was always slipping down from her body every time she walked. She grumbled under her breath, making soft, funny noises.

Sesshoumaru looked down at Rin, who was obviously trying to pull up his coat. The coat was covering most of her face. Sesshoumaru could only see her nose and some of her hair that was sticking out. The sleeves extended past her small hands. Sesshoumoru put a disgusted _expression on his face and sighed as he started to help Rin.

"Ahh... Sesshoumaru-san, what are you doing?!" Rin asked nervously as Sesshoumaru began to kneel down on one knee in front of Rin.

"Hold still..." Sesshoumaru said and began to work on the coat, tightening it by using the leather straps that hung down the sides of the coat. He then started to work on the sleeves, folding them to make them shorter than usual. Rin was blushing hard now, her face as red as tomato. Her eyes were following every one of Sesshoumaru's actions. Sesshoumaru's scent surrounded Rin, It was smells rich, just like him, maybe he use some expensive cologne, who knows?, but it was strangely soothe her, and she found that she liked the scent.

What the F***???

"Done," Sesshoumaru said calmly and stood up. Rin just nodded and put her hands over her face to hide her blush. Rin cursed silently as she realized she had blushed too many times in just a few hours and all because of one person! Sesshoumaru, the man she hardly knew! And to have that unfamiliar man treat her like a little kid!

"Are you coming or not?" Sesshoumaru asked. Rin looked up at Sesshoumaru and realized that he had already started walking without her! Rin rolled her eyes and grumbled.

'What a perfect gentleman!' Rin thought sarcastically and hurried to catch up to him.

They continued walking in silence...

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"Rin? What are you doing here?" a familiar voice called out to her from behind. Rin spun around just in time to see the two last people she had wanted to see at that moment.

Tohruu and Ringo.

They were walking hand in hand, that makes yesterday's incident to repeated in her mind again. Rin then shook her head and faked a smile.

"Hey, what are you guys doing here?" Rin asked in return, completely ignoring Ringo's question. Rin then snorted as she realize that Ringo was checking out Sesshoumaru who obviously looked bored with all of this scene.

"We're going to a dinner... and... are you going out with your... uncle?" Tohruu asked as he studied Sesshoumaru. Ringo then

Hey! Was Tohruu thinking that she only went out with her family, and that ... she couldn't ever have a date?


"No, he's not my uncle." Rin said, trying to sound casual, but she was grinding her teeth in annoyance. Ringo raised one of her eyebrows as she looked from Rin to Sesshoumaru.

"You two aren't a couple, right?" Ringo asked. If Rin had been in control of herself, she would have just laughed right now and admit the truth. However, Rin was feeling reckless enough to smile slyly and her mouth was moving unexpectedly, making such unexpected lies...

"Let me introduce you. Sesshoumaru-san, this is Tohruu and his girlfriend, Ringo." She spoke the last word in a slightly bitter tone. She then added, "And... this is Sesshoumaru-san, my BOYFRIEND."

Oops... she did it again...

Rin's emotions had taken over her mouth...

Rin then covering her mouth as she realize what she had said earlier, then her eyes catch a glint of shocked and unbelievable on Ringo and Tohruu's face. Oh well... Rin already know that no one would ever believe her words, even if it was a truth, but that was a lies anyway, so it's better if no one never believe it.

Then she realize that Sesshoumaru was looked at her without even blinking, his face was showing that he was confused and she know he was asking a explanation.

"Um... well then, I guess we have to back home, it's almost late Sesshoumaru san. See you later Tohruu, Ringo." Rin said, faking a smile and she dragged Sesshoumaru from the dumb fooled Ringo and Tohruu.


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Rin sighed in relief as she saw her house. It had been a while since their accidental meeting with Ringo and Tohruu and now they were not too far from her house. In just 7 or 8 steps, Rin would be standing in front of her door.


She wished she could walk faster; she was embarrassed because of her earlier response. She fervently wished she could take back her words but she couldn't. It was a matter of pride.

She wanted to explain why she had gone crazy like that but Sesshoumaru had kept silent since the incident, as if nothing had happened.

"Um... Sesshoumaru-san... are you angry?" Rin asked timidly. He keep silent but his gaze went to Rin's face.

"... Why?" Sesshoumaru asked. Yes, he had been confused. He hadn't any idea as to why Rin would have lied. "Why did you lie?"

"... Well... I just felt... I had to." Rin said, not wanting to tell him the truth. He was just a stranger so why should she tell him about her personal life?

"..." Sesshoumaru just kept staring at her while Rin tried to avoid his intense gaze. Then he sighed and nodded.

It wasn't any of his business, right? So why did he want to know what was on her mind? She was just a stranger to him so he didn't need to know everything that was going on in her head, right?

"Good night, then," Sesshoumaru said, trying to change the subject. Rin, who was shocked by his abrupt words, quickly recovered to smile and nod as she started to walk into her house.

Yes, they had their own lives and neither of them wanted to have someone interfere in their personal business. So, they would just leave it as it was...

Just leave the unanswered questions between them because they believed it would all go away in time... They were just strangers. There was no way they could ever be anything more... right?

But maybe... just maybe... they'd meet again, someday...

But how?

Keywords: Kagome, new year and Sesshoumaru's coat.

AN: Gomen ne!!!!!!! I know this chapter isn't too good! I know! It's all my fault! I'm not in a good mood lately, my school task, my tests, my personal problem... but at least please review it ok? and tell me how bad / good my job is... just make me happy ok???? Then the next chap will come faster!!! hehehe...

Ja ne!