Chapter 14
Ruby Red
Kagura stepped downstairs, feeling oddly refreshed. Sesshomaru was already sitting at the dining room table. She sat down right beside him, then kissing him on the cheek. Sesshomaru didn't react at all, continued doing nothing. For a moment, Kagura felt odd disappointment. Perhaps yesterday night had just been a dream then. She was preparing to turn away, when Sesshomaru's lips connected with her own.
Kagura smiled at Sesshomaru, whispering, "Slow reaction, eh?"
"Please, get a room!" Inu Yasha snorted. "Gods, you lovebirds, you're going to make me sick."
Kagura laughed aloud. Sesshomaru cocked an eyebrow, then her eyes connected with his, and he understood. "We could get a room, but I don't think the walls are soundproof in here. You should work on that, Sesshomaru…" At first, it didn't seem like Inu Yasha understood what they were talking about, but at that exact moment, Kagome walked down the stairs jauntily.
"Hey," Kagome said as she sat beside Inu Yasha. She turned away from him shyly. Inu Yasha had a look of horror on his face as he looked back and forth between Kagome, then Sesshomaru and Kagura. Kagura knew he was going CRAP in his mind. And sure enough –
"Crap!"
Sesshomaru shook his head as Kagome looked around curiously, not understanding what was going on. Kids these days. No discretion at all.
Sesshomaru was typing away in his office, yawning; the work was so boring. He didn't bother to look up as someone entered his room. He already knew it was Kagura. It was unexplainable, but he just knew. Her presence was different, and—and she smelled a lot like his mother. Lavender. His eyes remained focused on the computer screen as his mind raced over how much this girl had changed his life. He found that he had developed feelings for her already, and that wouldn't be such a bad thing but – it was just strange to him. Now, Sesshomaru was going to have to re-acquaint himself with caring, and feelings, and maybe even love. He hadn't even thought about those feelings since his mother passed away. The only time after that was with Rin, who had ended up marrying someone else, so…
"You going to notice me or what?" Kagura liked being blunt, cutting to the chase. Besides, she wasn't just going to stand there, waiting for him to drift out of whatever thought process he was in.
"Hm." His eyes finally lifted from the screen as he looked at her. Ruby red eyes, how very strange they were. His own were gold, though steely looking. "Did you need anything?"
Kagura hesitated before sitting down across from him. "What are we now?"
He cocked his eyebrow like he liked to do, drilling her. "Hm?" Kagura gave an exasperated sigh. The guy could be so thick sometimes. Strange how things had developed between them, in just a matter of months actually… He was still so cold, somewhat indifferent, but there now lay something else, beneath his hard exterior. She wasn't an intruder now, more like a guest.
"I mean…We were just –" Kagura stopped again. How could she put this? "What I meant to say is that our relationship now has kind of changed, you know?" She didn't want to come on too strong and just say Hey, I think I love you, but she was kind of wondering what that strange feeling inside her was. And she was wondering if he felt it too. "I mean, before it was kind of an act and now…"
"Is it something more?" Sesshomaru asked her. He himself knew everything, like always. Nothing had ever confused him, fazed him.
"Oh, don't be all high and mighty." Kagura huffed. "If you know what's going on, you better tell me, because I don't get it."
Sesshomaru gave a half smile. "You look better when you're angry." Then he leaned over his desk and kissed her again.
Kagura understood. She smiled at him and said, "Thanks." Knowing he'd cock his eyebrow like he always did, she continued, "I've never really cared for anyone but my family, and that ended a long, long time ago. But now, I think that I can start again." She calmly said, "I really like you."
Sesshomaru sat back down in his seat. He gave no answer. He started typing again, getting Kagura more aggravated with each 'click' of the keyboard. Sesshomaru stopped typing when Kagura placed her hand on his own. He looked up into her questioning eyes. Again, ruby red ran through his mind.
"I don't understand you anymore." Had she ever? "A second earlier, I thought you liked me too, but now you just sit and ignore me. What's with you?" She turned on her heel and began to walk out. Turning around suddenly, she stared at him. Ruby red. "If you like someone, you should just tell them, and if you don't, you should tell then anyway." She was at the doorframe already, but she didn't go further. Kagura just waited.
"I like you." Sesshomaru said quietly. Having her answer, she took a step further, and a second later, she was gone. She had forced him to give an answer, and Sesshomaru had done it. He had given in. Sesshomaru shook his head, what a willful little minx. She would be his undoing, he felt it deep in his heart. But her eyes were really what had trapped him. Ruby red, also so like the shade of blood. Blood that her mother had coughed up when she died, blood like his stepmother's, when she had died. He was evil, but there was good in him. Even he knew that.
But admitting that he had feelings for this girl, it would mean starting a new chapter in his life. Sesshomaru liked knowing exactly what was going on, exactly what was going to happen, but with the girl – No, not the girl—with Kagura, he would never know that. In a way, that intimidated him, but in another way, he found it exciting. He'd just have to take the risk.
"Kagura." He called. He wasn't loud, but Kagura walked back in. "Let's go out for dinner."
Kagura nodded, smiling at the same time.
lmfao such a cheesy chappie. Sry I haven't updated in a while :P I went 2 NYC 4 vacation so yah. N e wyz, hope u liked the chapter, R&R!
Kathy
