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Title:
The Nexus of Satisfaction
Author:
Gladiel
Series:
Inuyasha
Genre:
General
Rating:
PG
Word-count:
429
Summary: A friends are great listeners: their ears are open even to the smallest news of joy or the hundredth complaint.
THE NEXUS OF SATISFACTION
chapter
six
friends.
Sesshoumaru liked to think about things. For example, he'd contemplate about signing the proper contract with other lords in order to make way for a strong-standing empire. He'd plan on how to protect the borders of his land from enemies and strategies to acquire strong and trustworthy allies, gaining power in the process. He'd worry about things that concerned his father's lands as well as personal family misunderstandings. He'd even think of ways to try and calm Rin's childish delight and convince Jaken to do that for him.
Recently, he'd been thinking about making a certain raven-haired girl lose interest in bugging him. One of these days he swore he was bound to drown in insanity.
Kagome would notice Sesshoumaru lost in thoughtful silence. It seemed that for him, solitude was a demon's best friend. Oftentimes he would get into an ill mood and almost angrily dismiss her, threatening her if she did not leave him alone.
Kagome shook her head. That certainly wasn't healthy, especially for an important demon lord in his position.
On her way to her room, she chanced upon him alone and once again lost in thought, a fact that barely surprised her.
"Hm? So what is the great demon lord thinking about now?"
Sesshoumaru welcomed her presence with a cold indifference that clearly said he didn't care if she tried to bug him. Her intrusion was unwanted therefore he would leave it ignored.
"Anything fun there in your head?" she asked, knocking on the left side of her forehead with her left hand, as if to emphasize that she knew he was lost in thought.
"Humph."
"You reply to me with a 'hmph' but that single word resonates with arrogance. Amazing, what your 'words' do."
He tried to ignore her and decided to direct his attention to a message that was in need of his reply. It was impossible to think now, he soon realized, because the woman was present.
"Do you enjoy passing the time by thinking and losing yourself in thought? Does that not only give the illusion that you're not alone?" she suddenly asked him seriously.
He gave her a sharp glanced, slightly alarmed but decades of training certainly helped mask this sudden insecurity with a feigned confidence.
"Bull's eye," she said carelessly.
"Shut up, woman."
"Truth hurts, doesn't it?"
"Humph."
"Listen, why don't you talk to me then, rather than let words echo back at you? That is, so you wouldn't have to lie to yourself. Share something, or rant even."
"Your senseless chattering hurts my ears, damn you."
chapter six end.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I have been trying my best to keep both of them in-character, ever since chapter one. I still am trying but I'm afraid I'm doing a rather poor job at it.
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