Title:
Slumbering Dawn
Theme: 96-Secret
Genre: PG
Word count: 316
Warning: Taken
from Sesshoumaru's POV.
Summary:
Sesshoumaru returns from a night of scouting to discover his retainer
and ward asleep.
Slumbering Secrets
The grey of the pre-dawn washed over the tiny encampment as a tall, lithe figure walked silently into the clearing. His white hair gleamed as the slow light of dawn reflected off droplets of dew covering everything. It had been a quiet night spent scouring the countryside and it was time to move on to the next checkpoint.
But, something held him back from waking the duo nestled on the forest floor.
One had cuddled up to the warm, although surely a little slimy, body of her companion, an arm thrown carelessly over his brown smock. The second, more smelly of the two was laying on his back, arms and legs akimbo as a tiny bit of drool collected at the corner of his mouth, a snore echoing quietly in the open air.
There was little to be desired looking at the two happily oblivious individuals. In fact, there was much to complain about since Jaken had been allocated guard duty to protect the frail body of the ningen child. Still, something just prevented the youkai from waking them, rudely or otherwise.
Perhaps it was the innocence of the two as each gleaned sanctuary from the chill of the night. Perhaps it was a distaste of hearing the kappa youkai squawk his apologies for sleeping on the job.
Or perhaps, just perhaps, it was because the often inscrutable taiyoukai couldn't decide how best to tell his loyal follower that the daisy chain clutched in his hands was falling apart, crushed during the night.
If he had been a youkai to acknowledge the cute, he almost would have smiled at the picture of happy friendship they poised because only once Rin passed into slumber would Jaken accept the gifts and endearments she so freely bestowed during the day. It was Jaken's tiny secret, his appreciation for Rin's little treasures, and one Sesshoumaru was unusually willing to allow.