Sesshomaru and Kagome: An Elevator Ride
"Sesshomaru, stop! Please!"
Kagome rolled on the bed, Sesshomaru overtop of her, tickling her sides until it hurt. He smiled as she squirmed under him, watching the laughter fill her face.
"What will you do if I stopped?" Sesshomaru asked, continuing to tickle Kagome.
"Anything, just stop!" Kagome exclaimed, trying to bat away his hands, but he stopped on his own, and held her waist and lowered himself, getting closer to Kagome.
"Anything?" Sesshomaru asked in a raspy voice. Kagome looked up at him, her eyes slightly watered from laughing so hard.
"Uh, well, you stopped, so, um..." Kagome stuttered.
"I can start just as quickly," Sesshomaru said, sitting up. Kagome covered her sides.
"Ok, ok, anything. Just as long as it isn't too much over the top, like committing suicide or anything," Kagome told him.
"No, why would I?" Sesshomaru asked. "It's more of exposure than death."
"Sesshomaru..." Kagome moaned. "What are you thinking?"
"No, not that. Neither of us desire that, and I wouldn't have you do it with a bribe. I'm thinking more of the lines that you need a bath, and I have the key to the swimming pool downstairs, and I haven't seen your body, unclothed, long enough to enjoy it," Sesshomaru told Kagome. He saw her expression. "I won't touch or join you. I'll sit on the side, watching you bathe. That's all I wish for. And I'll give you something you want tomorrow. We call this courting. Every night, we exchange the desires. One for me, one for you, one for me, one for you. For almost everyday, until, well, death, or separation, or break up. Will you?"
"Well..." Kagome trailed off, looking to the clock on the night table next to her head. "If you aren't going to touch or anything... I guess it wouldn't hurt, hum? And I'll get something from you that I desire tomorrow, right? Anything?"
"Within a limit. Like an object or action or favour or something, just as long as it doesn't involve injury or death or impossibility," Sesshomaru told her. "Please? It has something to do with my species."
"It's sort of like exchanging presents with your boyfriend or girlfriend in my species, right? Just a level upwards?" Kagome asked, sitting up. Sesshomaru nodded. "Well, I guess I could go along."
"That's great. Now, some exceptions to your bathing. No swim suits, no covering yourself with your hands, and no pleasuring yourself," Sesshomaru told her.
"Ew," Kagome responded to the last comment. Sesshomaru just shrugged.
"You have to let me see, ok? Don't keep your back to me or stay in the water at all times. From the time you start removing clothes to the time you start drying off, I should be able to see everything. And try to keep eye contact, ok?" Sesshomaru told her.
"A lot of rules, don't you think?" Kagome asked, slightly nervous. She never bathed in front of a male, especially one she was dating, before.
"Just act like I'm not there. Just relax. Just try to think of me not as a male who is wanting you in bed at that moment, but a friend, just wanting to get to know you better," Sesshomaru said, trying to use words that didn't get her uncomfortable. And for once in his life, it worked.
"All right, I guess. I mean, I can follow those rules, to an extent. I'll try, at least," Kagome told him. "So, let's go, hum? Before I change my mind."
Sesshomaru grabbed a towel and a bathrobe for Kagome and they hurried down to the swimming pool. It was empty and the door was locked, but Sesshomaru turned a key into it, and they were in before they knew it. Sesshomaru laid on a stretched out chair, but sat up suddenly as Kagome removed her suit jacket. He kept his eyes on her, as she threw the jacket to the side and started unbuttoning her blouse. She looked at Sesshomaru, who looked up to her eyes and back down to her hands. She threw the blouse off and then took her shoes and socks off, throwing them into the pile that was forming. Next came her skirt, followed by her bra and then panties.
She walked into the water slightly fast and Sesshomaru crawled to the edge of the pool as Kagome dipped underwater and flipped her hair behind her as she surfaced. She swam to face Sesshomaru, still nervous, but it comforted her than he wasn't panting or his hands weren't in his lap, or anything like that. He was just watching her, his expression calm and serene.
"Well, you wanted me to bathe. Where's the shampoo and soap?" Kagome asked, hoping not to sound to worried or nervous or scared.
"I'll go get it. Stay calm, ok? It's just me," he told her with a comforting smile and hurried to a supply closet to grab her a bar of soap and a bottle of shampoo. He threw it to her in the pool and then kneeled near the pool once again, watching her.
She swam to the edge of the pool to drop the bar of soap off and then scrubbed the shampoo into her hair, cleaning up a bit. She hadn't taken a shower since they left home, and she had felt slightly grimy. But she didn't expect her first bath would be with Sesshomaru watching her.
She scrubbed, trying to keep her eyes on Sesshomaru, but made sure her eyes were closed so no soap entered them. She rinsed, swimming under to scrub the soap out. She came up and shook her head and looked at Sesshomaru. He was now cross-legged, still watching her with a serene look.
"Am I doing all right so far?" Kagome asked, still worried and scared.
"You're doing great. Following all the rules. Continue, please," he said calmly. She took a gulp and grabbed for the bar of soap. She washed her neck and shoulders, but lifted herself out of the water to wash the rest of herself. She didn't dare look at Sesshomaru; he would probably be drooling by now. But shockingly, when she looked up, Sesshomaru wasn't at the bank. Had he left her?
She saw a head surface and saw Sesshomaru swimming in the pool. It worried her and scared her even more. "What are you doing?" Kagome asked, her voice squeaky.
"Got kind of bored of watching," he told her, swimming almost perfectly. "I still won't touch. Unless you want me to."
Kagome looked around with a gulp. Should she trust him? He had said he wouldn't touch her, but now he was giving her the option; he would touch only if she wanted him to touch, but otherwise, he would just swim with her.
"You're covering yourself," Sesshomaru spoke up, interrupting Kagome's thoughts, "and if you continue to stay out in the air, wet and unclothed, you'll surely get sick."
Kagome dipped back into the water and swam around, looking at only Sesshomaru. He wasn't making any advances on her, or reaching out to her or anything like that. He just swam, watching her.
"So, um, like what you see?" Kagome asked, hoping for that question to finally be answered. It had been swimming around in her mind since she started bathing (pun not meant).
"Yeah," Sesshomaru told her with smile. He still didn't make any attempts to touch her. "You ought to rinse."
"Huh? Oh, yeah," Kagome murmured.
"Am I making you uncomfortable?" Sesshomaru asked. "I'll get out, if you desire."
"Yeah, that might just work," Kagome said, looking at the walls of the pool. She felt a change in the water and it ripple a few times before she felt alone. Rustling was heard and Kagome looked to the edge of the pool. Sesshomaru slipped his shirt over his head and plopped back down on the blanket.
"I realize I took it too far. Please, continue," Sesshomaru told Kagome, and waved his hand for her to continue. She felt guilty for forcing Sesshomaru out of the pool, but she felt uncomfortable with him in the same bathing area as her. And at least she told him the truth...
Kagome finished washing and as she started climbing out, a bathrobe was thrown to her. She caught it and looked over at Sesshomaru. He stared at the ground.
"Something clean to wear. Hurry up. Clean up crew should be here any minute," Sesshomaru told her. There was a slight pause before he added, "and sorry."
Kagome jerked her head to stare at the floor. This was all her fault. She really should have listened to her conscience. She shouldn't have gave in. But, tomorrow night, she'd be able to make him do something for her. She had the entire day and night to think of it. She could even sleep on it. She slipped the bathrobe on, keeping her eyes to the ground.
"Yeah, let's go," Kagome said almost silently. "I'm getting quite cold."
"Come on. I got your clothes," he told her, and Kagome finally looked up at him. Her skirt and shirt and jacket and socks were in one hand, but her pumps were in another. "But wear your shoes. The floors really aren't that clean and I don't want you to step on glass or anything like that."
Kagome nodded and slipped the pumps on and followed Sesshomaru to the elevator. It was a silent ride to the room and it was even silent when they were in their room.
Kagome hurried to the washroom to change, and when she did, Sesshomaru closed his eyes, falling onto the bed. He ruined it completely. He shouldn't have asked for her to bathe in front of him as his his first favour. Hers would probably be something simple, like an item or a simple kiss or something. Who knew but Kagome?
The door squeaked open from the bathroom. "Sesshomaru?" Kagome asked. She sounded so weak, so quiet.
"What is it?" Sesshomaru asked, standing up suddenly and jerked his view to the light from the bathroom.
"I'm bleeding. Badly," Kagome told Sesshomaru. He rushed to the bathroom, almost running right past it and saw her shoes in blood and her foot covered in blood.
"How did this happen? No, wait, sit down first," Sesshomaru told her and helped her to sit on the toilet seat. He then inspected her foot. It didn't look too bad, except the huge blood puddle in her shoes. Seems her toenail broke off and suddenly gushed out. "Well, good news or bad news?"
"Bad, then good," Kagome stated quietly.
"Well, it'll have to be bandaged up quite a bit, but, on the plus side, you can still walk on it and wear shoes. Just be careful when you do. It'll be sore, though," he told her, looking up at her face. She was looking down at him quite differently. Like someone greatly sorry or concerned or, well, just sad. "Something else?"
"I'm sorry," she suddenly told him, her eyes pleading.
"For what?" Sesshomaru asked, but suggested that she was talking about the bath incident. "No, it's not your fault. I invaded your trust and your privacy, and I went too far with the swimming pool and bathing thing. It's all my fault, and you shouldn't feel sorry or guilty, or anything like that."
"But I do," Kagome told him and looked at his face the entire time he stood up. "And I think I ought to give you another 'courting' thing-a-majjig."
Sesshomaru chuckled, but looked at her seriously. "Tomorrow will be the night of your choice. I'll do whatever you want, since you did exactly what I wanted," Sesshomaru told her. "Now, all you need it sleep. I'll help you to the bedroom."
"Sesshomaru," a sob was choked out and Sesshomaru eyed went wide when Kagome hung her head. "I'm so sorry. Let me make it up to you. I ruined it completely. I should've let you stay in the pool. You weren't doing anything wrong or anything and I ruined everything again! I always ruin everything!"
"Kagome," Sesshomaru sighed and closed his eyes. "If it will cheer you up, I didn't wish to stay in there any longer, since you were unclothed, but I wasn't. It felt unfair for you, and I didn't want to leave if you wanted me to stay. It was uncomfortable for both of us, I understand. Maybe later in our relationship, but I was the one who took it too far. You did it perfectly. Kagome, you didn't make a flaw in anything, and you didn't ruin a single thing. You were true to my wishes, and did as I asked. That's all I wanted, and that courting session was completed. Tomorrow, you can make me do anything. If you want, I'll bathe in front of you. Just, please, Kagome. I don't want to repeat that. It was too much for me, and you."
Kagome looked up at him as a tear rolled down her cheek and Sesshomaru fell to his knees in front of Kagome and wiped it away. "Do you mean that?" Kagome asked.
"Definitely. It was all my fault, all right?" Sesshomaru told her, looking deep into her eyes. She looked back at his.
"Gosh..." Kagome chuckled, but tears still laced her voice. "I would never think of you two as brothers..."
"Inuyasha and I?" Sesshomaru asked with a smile, finally happy that Kagome was smiling again. She nodded. "Yeah, complete opposites..."
"Inuyasha would never admit it was his fault. Everything was always mine or someone else's, but not his. Even when it was evidently his," Kagome chuckled, and attempted to stand up, but failed miserably and almost tumbled forward. Sesshomaru was fast on his feet and caught Kagome, placing her upright again.
"Yeah, that stubborn mule. Here, let me help," Sesshomaru told Kagome, holding her hand and let her lean on his for support. But she didn't get a step farther before tumbling again. Before Kagome knew it, her legs were off the floor, and her head was levelled with Sesshomaru's. She yelped at the suddenly movement and saw Sesshomaru's weary expression. "Took it too far again, didn't I?"
Kagome looked around. She was easily swept into Sesshomaru's arms, in bridal style, and now was almost ten feet off the ground. She looked back at him with a shocked expression and finally smiled before shaking her head no. "Just enough, Sesshomaru," She told him and saw his shocked expression before turning into a smile.
He was careful with her, and held her like a precious china doll. She was his precious doll. He walked slowly and carefully to the bed and sat her down slowly and softly. She looked up at him and saw him return to the bathroom to get the bandage and to turn off the light. Placing it on her toe, he looked up at her to see her smiling down at him.
"You're great with your hands. So delicate, soft, careful," Kagome complimented.
"Well," Sesshomaru boasted, his ego cutting in, "I have had a lot of experience with my hands."
An idea hit her for the next night, but she was silent, just smiling at Sesshomaru below her.
"I see. Any good with his hands above the shoulders?" Kagome asked. Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow and raised himself.
"Implying something?" Sesshomaru asked playfully.
"Yeah. I'm kind of lacking of love," Kagome commented, swinging her feet lazily.
"Love-master to the rescue!" Sesshomaru declared like a superhero, only to make Kagome laugh. He walked around behind Kagome and she turned to face him. He kneeled on the bed, and brought Kagome to kneel in front of him and held her neck delicately and softly and leaned down to capture her lips. She moved in as well and kissed him, adjusting her hand to snake under his hair on his neck as his hand moved to her waist to pull her closer. He moved closer, gathering more passion and love from the kiss. Never, in his life, had he found such a woman he wanted to be with more than Kagome. She was just there for him, not his money. She was there for a kiss or caress of his hand, and would fulfill his wishes and desires, to an extent. And he loved her with his entire heart, and he knew she had the same feelings for him.
"I love you, Sesshomaru," Kagome moaned, moving to gain more from him.
Sesshomaru moaned and adjusted his mouth as he, too, whispered, "I love you too, Kagome."
Kagome suddenly felt a whirl as her lips were separated from Sesshomaru and felt her back hit soft, silk sheets. Sesshomaru moved over her and continued kissing her, which she smiled to before joining him. And all Kagome remembered afterwards was waking up the next morning, with a soundly sleeping male next to her named Sesshomaru Youkai.