Chances Not Worth Losing
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from Inuyasha.
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A week later Rin drove to Sesshomaru's house to find him cooking dinner for her. She sat down on a stool by the counter and watched him chop vegetables. "So, why did you ask me to come over?"
"I figured that we could catch up."
"Oh, okay. What have you been doing these past fifteen years?"
"I worked for Representative Smith until the party was in need of someone to replace Trotter."
"Anything else? Mate? Pups? Exciting trips? Awards?"
"No."
"Oh?" she said trying not to sound too excited.
In all reality, the past 15 years of his life had been the longest in his life, almost like 15 years for a human. To demons, years seemed like human months because of a demon's long lifespan. It wasn't hard to figure out why those 15 years was so difficult: he was alone because he wouldn't mate anyone but Rin, and he wouldn't mate Rin. "What has happened to you?"
"I got my masters degree in three semesters and a summer, and now I work for the Auditor General. I have traveled to Japan, finally. What else? Oh, and I babysit for Sango and Miroku often."
He finished sautéing the vegetables, and then threw them over rice. All that was left was the meat. The conversation quickly turned to politics because both were at a loss of words regarding anything else, especially anything personal.
For the rest of the fall veto session and then when he returned in January they would get together every Friday night for dinner at his house and talk about politics. There was only one time that Rin was brave enough to talk about something else. "Sesshomaru, why is it that we never go outside of your house to do anything?"
He hadn't wanted to be seen with her because he knew that the rumors would fly around town about his being seen with a human woman. They would assume he was courting her, and then he would be subjected to questions by his party's leadership. Not wanting to tell her that, he lied, "I don't want demons to think that you are the type of human who tries to use demon males to gain power and wealth."
"You and I both know that I am not that type of woman, and it is their own fault for believing so. Unless you are ashamed of being friends with me because I am a human because I make you look weak."
"That could be true, but I really am doing this more for you than for me."
"I don't believe that whatsoever, but I'm not going to push you. I know that your reputation is on the line, and as your friend I know better than to ask you to do something to damage it." She then thought to herself, 'But I'm doing this more because I love you and want you to be happy, and I guess you couldn't be with me.' She wanted to cry, but she waited until she was alone before doing so.