This is a shortie. It's Rin/Sesshoumaru and I might make it better one day and into a bigger one shot.
Sorry, But I Love You
I made it to the door of my apartment and placed my bag on the floor to unlock my door just like I did every day after work. Only this time I was thinking about the fight we had yesterday. Glancing up, I saw something red catch my eye. I focused on the red as I came into my apartment, shutting the door behind me. The closer I got to it I noticed it was a rose.
The rose was sitting on the floor of the entrance to my living room and wrapped around the stem was a piece of white paper. I picked it up and read the note.
This is the first of twelve apologies. Remember the first time I kissed you? I'm sorry for taking so long. I smiled remembering how hard it was for him to get close enough to kiss me.
I saw the roses lead to my bedroom as I picked up the next rose with another note attached to it. Remember the first time I met your parents? I'm sorry for spilling the gravy. I chuckled remembering that time. He was so embarrassed...
Remember the first time you said you loved me? I'm sorry for taking so long to say it back. My smile faltered. That was our first big fight...
Remember the first time you met my father? I'm sorry it wasn't in person. My breathing became shaky. I remember placing a rose on his grave...
Remember the first time we made love? I'm sorry for thinking I knew what I was doing. I laughed under my breath as a tear fell down my cheek. That was the second time I ever saw him so nervous I thought he might pass out. The perfect ending to our perfect second anniversary...
Remember my brother's wedding? I'm sorry for not dancing with you I wish he would have...
Remember how I said I'll tell you I love you everyday? I'm sorry for not making it a week. Even I stopped saying it. Maybe that's where we started to go wrong...
I eventually made my way through the roses and the sorry each of them carried. The little things that he and I both did at times, the anniversary he bailed, the time he kissed that other woman all were included in them. I started to wonder why he was bringing everything from the past back to the light...
I'm sorry I said there were twelve apologies. I'm sorry for not saying... I thought about what else he could be sorry for as tears fell down my cheeks. I took the handle of the bedroom door in my hand and opened it.
"Rin," his voice came to me in the darkness of the room.
I switched on the lights and sitting on my bed was Sesshoumaru. He was holding another flower with another string attached to it.
"I...I..." I sputtered as I looked at the ring that was attached to the string.
"I'm sorry, but I love you," he said and took the ring off the flower and onto my finger. "There is no way I'll let you go."