Good mornings indeed
It was the warm rays of the sun and the sounds of birds chirping that awoke the young girl.
She rubbed at her tired eyes and stretched out as she yawned.
Rin glanced over at Sesshomaru's sleeping form. He was as handsome as ever. She smiled brightly before bringing herself to a stand.
She snuck out as quietly as possible, not wanting to wake her resting lord.
Rin combed her hair quickly and dressed in her simple morning yukata. She was then headed to the nearby river to wash up and gather some water for Sesshomaru.
It must've been mid-morning, or early afternoon she thought as she splashed the cool water against her skin.
Rin was usually awake much earlier than this to start her chores; however, the events of last night played through her mind reminding her of what she felt to be her most pleasant memory.
Even the ugly scars she received by Sesshomarus's hand were not enough to ruin such a magnificent evening with her beloved Lord Sesshomaru.
As she hummed her tune of love back up the trail to Inuyasha and Kagome's home, she stopped at a still sleeping Ah-Un.
She smiled at them and wished them a good morning petting their heads, and then skipped her way inside.
The two headed beast only yawned, going back to sleep, not ready to start their day.
Once Rin stepped inside, she set down the bucket of water, eagerly waiting to check on her beloved lord Sesshomaru.
By the time she turned around, she was in shock. There before her very eyes stood a fully naked Sesshomaru.
In truth, Sesshomaru had been awake for a while. Even with the peaceful sleep he'd enjoyed in her presence, his mind was abuzz with questions.
Once he realized he could open his eyes all on his own, he sat up quickly. The sudden rush would have disoriented any lesser person than he.
Sesshomaru examined his hands and arms. He cracked each one of his long clawed fingers and wrists.
He pounded his fist into the ground. His anger was getting the best of him as he lifted his fist from a hole he had put in his younger half brothers floor.
How could he have let that happen! How could he have harmed her! Why wasn't he able to move just a moment sooner! Just enough to stop her from going out!
Sesshomaru fought with his inner turmoil of abusing the only soul on this planet that he cared for.
Sesshomaru decided to slowly rotate his ankles and flex his ten lengthy and sharp toes. He then stood and cracked his neck.
He stretched out his arms and rolled his shoulders, preparing his body for movement yet again.
By the time he had finished, his powerful senses had caught the fresh and sweet smell of his Rin.
She was? Happy?
What could she possibly have to be happy about? Surely she saw the marks he had left her? Surely she was taunted relentlessly because of them?
Sesshomaru stood awaiting her presence. The fact that he was completely naked fell from his thought and realization.
"Lord Sesshomaru!" Rin immediately dropped to her knees and bowed. She hid her blushing cheeks from his view.
"Rin. Stand." Sesshomaru demanded.
"Of course, my lord." Rin stood, keeping her head facing the ground.
"Why do you hide from me?" Sesshomaru asked, feeling he knew the answer already. She feared him. Feared that he'd strike her yet again.
"My lord is without his attire. I don't deserve to look upon my lord's body in such ways." Rin said while keeping her gaze fixated on the ground.
Sesshomaru froze for a moment. He had forgotten entirely about his lewd appearance.
"My clothes?" Sesshomaru barely spoke as he felt more embarrassed than he ever had in all his long lived life.
"Yes! I'll go fetch them for you immediately my lord!" Rin ran off.
Sesshomaru sighed to himself. He knew he had to come straight out and tell her he was awake the whole time. It seemed to him that the truth of the situation would only upset the young girl though, and that made such a simple task so incredibly difficult.
Rin ran up to her lord, presenting his clothes happily. She still kept her focus on the ground, not wanting to be disrespectful.
"Thank you." Sesshomaru said calmly.
Rin blushed and held her hands while still looking to the ground. She had no desire for her lord Sesshomaru to see her so happy and cheeks so red.
"Did you rest enough, my lord? You can always lay down longer if you wish? No one will bother you here." Rin spoke, breaking the silence.
"I have no need for such things." Sesshomaru thought about his following words as he was sliding on the under fabrics of his attire. He exhaled to calm his nervous heart and spoke. "My body has rested amicably. Thank you for your care." Sesshomaru spoke with as much kindness as possible.
Rins head shot up in surprise. Her eyes blinked a few times as if to determine that she was really awake.
Rin blushed a deeper red.
Once Sesshomaru finished dressing in Rin's seemingly frozen state, he decided to speak again. Perhaps he had offended her for not apologizing for attacking her before thanking her for her care.
"Rin. You were not told the truth by mother. I was paralyzed in body but fully awake in senses and awareness. It is no excuse for what I have done. I, however, would not, would never; purposely harm you." Sesshomaru spoke with a hurt in his tone.
Had it been anyone else, the slight shift in his speech would be unrecognizable. But it wasn't someone else. It wasn't just someone.
It was Rin. His Rin. And she knew he was hurting.
Rin walked up to him the short distance. She held his hand that had caused her such horrible pain. She caressed it gently and held it affectionately.
"You offend me, Lord Sesshomaru. You offend me for truly believing that I would ever think you'd hurt me knowingly." Rin smiled up at him.
She then gave the softest kiss to the top of his hand as she could.
Sesshomaru had no words for her bold actions. His skin felt warm within her palms. The top of his hand had never burned so strongly as it was now from her light kiss.
Instead, he tried to focus his attention on her wounds.
"Rin. Remove your yukata." Sesshomaru said calmly.
Rin blinked shyly up to her lord. She gulped and parted her yukata, allowing him a view of her chest. She held the fabric with one hand to her waist as she shrugged it off her shoulders, so she didn't stand indecent.
Her body trembled in embarrassment. She was nowhere near as beautiful as a demoness was. She wasn't even a very lovely human.
Rin felt she was below the average of female beauty. Even with her yukata rolled down, she still kept herself modestly covered with one hand over her now hardened nipples from the cold air.
Sesshomaru felt a pain deep within him. If he were any lesser of a demon with unnecessary emotions, he would have immediately begun crying.
Sesshomaru gently touched the marks across her chest. He moved her hand to examine how deep and how long each mark was.
Rin watched Sesshomarus's claws trace her skin with bright pink cheeks that were warm from embarrassment.
"Why? Why wouldn't you run? Why didn't you stop? I could have killed you!" Sesshomaru said his last words with more aggression than sadness.
His fear of losing her was devouring his every thought.
Rin gulped in fear. She then found her courage and spoke with more reserve and confidence.
"I would never run away from my lord. You would never hurt me purposely. I was just trying to help..." Rin said with tears building in her eyes.
"I could have killed you! Do you not understand what that means!?" Sesshomaru asked her angrily.
Rin answered with fallen tears upon her cheeks. Her voice may have been shaky. She may have even been slightly frightened! But the hell if she'd let Sesshomaru tell her how to feel!
"I would never leave you! You didn't leave me! Why should I turn my back on you when you have been there for me all these years! You could have left! You could have stopped! I watched you take a blade numerous times in the act of protecting me! If you really had no control and if my life was ever in any real danger of being taken, then you would have struck me with your poison claws! But you didn't! They were only warning scars...Because your skin is more sensitive here." Rin held his arm gently.
She ran her fingers up his magenta markings slowly, watching as Sesshomarus's body shivered only slightly in delight.
"Rin." Sesshomaru was cut off.
"I assume you heard my confessions to you, my lord...If you immediately inquired as to why I wouldn't have stopped, and earlier, you mentioned that your senses and mind were unaffected by whatever happened to you." Rin looked to the floor. Her arms hugged around her stomach.
Her quiet sobs that she tried so hard to hold in escaping in small burst. She no longer cared that her breast was open to his eyes, nor did she care that after releasing the fabric, she stood utterly bare and vulnerable.
"Yes." Sesshomaru answered her.
"You would still ask me why then? Did my confession mean that little to you? Was it such a laughable confession of love...?" Rin hesitated when she spoke, smiling at her misfortune.
How foolish was she to believe she could ever be loved by someone so regal and important? She was, after all, a simple and lowly peasant girl.
Sesshomaru said nothing. He could see her disappointment, smell her sadness and feel her broken soul.
Would he really risk her happiness to spend what little time she had left in this world amongst demons? Demons that would look down on her? Demons that would ridicule her? Demons that would be little her worth and existence?
Perhaps.?
Perhaps he could be the one to make her happy? Perhaps he could be the one to remind her how great she is? Perhaps he could be the one to treasure her as the rare and most precious jewel she is? Perhaps he could love her with no condition?
Sesshomaru raised her scarred arm to his lips.
"Rin, you do not understand what it is you speak of. You will never be accepted by demons. Your kind will shun you, mock you. You will never be accepted anywhere you go. Any child we may have will suffer the same fate as my idiot half brother. They will not be accepted amongst humans, and they will be hunted by demons. This is no life I wish for you nor our children. There are humans that desire you. That will care for you." Sesshomaru spoke softly while slowly licking at her wounds on her held arm.
Rins heart froze.
He thinks of children with me?
Rin smiled as her scars closed up around her arm. Sesshomaru had pulled her closer to heal her chest.
As he began licking at the valley of her breast up to her shoulder, Rin stroked his long silvery hair and rubbed his pointed ears as his tongue caressed her skin.
"My lord is bold in assuming that my life is anything different than what he fears. No one accepts me as I am. Those that wish to marry me want me for the glamorous gifts my Lord has blessed me with. I have comfort within your stronghold, a comfort I thought long lost to me. Lady Kaede is wonderful, and I know she means well for me always. But she is adamant about my marriage to a human, and my heart will never be happy if that choice is to be made for me, if that is all there is for me. I'd choose death over that any day." Rin said with a half hearted smile.
She could feel the trembling of Sesshomaru's lips upon her flesh. His hands wanting so much more than just to steady her.
If only by this profession I can be with you, my lord...Then that is what I shall do...I would do anything for you, Lord Sesshomaru...
Rins tear fell upon Sesshomarus cheek as he finished with the last scar.
He stood tall over her small delicate form now. Her bare body pressed against his with no space between.
"Are you truly so unhappy? With my brother, his mate, the slayer, and that monk? You seemed content with the old priestess? Happy dare I assume?" Sesshomaru tilted her face to the side, slowly lowering his lips to her cheek.
"I can only ever be so happy with friends, my lord. My heart desires a different kind of love now. One of a husband and wife." Rin was terrified to be saying such bold statements to her lord.
She sounded greedy. She should be happy and thankful for all he had done. She shouldn't be asking for more. Yet her love for Sesshomaru overcame her fear at this moment.
"I see." Sesshomaru glided his tongue across her cheek. "Than I will be certain to right the situation for you. You shall and always will be happy." Sesshomaru finished licking her scars away.
He slowly dragged his tongue across her cheek one last time to her lips. They were parted, taking in heavy breaths as her chest rose and fell with each one.
The top of his tongue glided over her bottom lip.
Rin could no longer hold herself up any longer. She felt she'd collapse in ecstasy at any moment.
Is this a dream? Is this real? I don't know what's happening?
Rin's mind panicked to comprehend the moment until it all just went blank.
She felt only love, peace, joy, and desire. When she had kissed him last night, it felt nothing like this. Her whole body burned for more!
Sesshomaru ended his kiss and pulled away slowly. "I will be back in three days. You know where to wait for me." Sesshomaru kissed her forehead lightly. His Mokomoko had grabbed his belongings, and in one quick motion, he was fully dressed yet again.
Rin stood silent and breathless from their kiss. She couldn't form a single coherent thought, let alone a word.
Sesshomaru walked out of his brothers home, scenting he and Kagome nearby, and took off into the skies.
Rin stood like a statue. Her lips frozen in an eternal smile and her cheeks forever painted pink.
The fact that she was utterly bare escaped her joyous memories.
Just as the straw door was pushed to the side, a screaming and extremely embarrassed Inuyasha fell over at the strange sight of a completely naked Rin.
"What the heck is going on! Why are you naked!!" Inuyasha howled and argued.
Rin could hear both Inuyasha and Kagome, but her mind and heart were too overwhelmed in joy to think of any of that right now.
I love you, Lord Sesshomaru.
A/N: Ok so Ididn't do my usual read through. Please let me know if there are any typos I hate those in a story! And I apologize for my grammatical errors. I really hope you guys enjoy this chapter please leave me your thoughts and opinions! Thanks again for the support and favorites! Love you guys!