Word got out that Sesshomaru was having someone help him in History and rumors were going around as to whom it was. Rin had asked Sesshomaru if he could please not mention her name in association to him.
She liked being her normal shadow self since that meant people didn't dig into her past and her current life. If her name was so much as whispered from Sesshomaru's mouth all the preps, sluts, whores, Sesshomaru wannabes, the whole school to sum it up, would be on her faster than a lonely wolf demon.
So her and Sesshomaru met at different places during the week. Sometimes it was his house, sometimes the main library, sometimes a café a friend of Inuyasha's owned, and once in the park when Rin had wanted to be outside since it would be the last nice day in a while.
They became quite close and Rin was a regular at the Taisho mansion for dinner. She relaxed some with the folks but she wasn't near and relaxed there as she was with Sesshomaru.
She knew that eventually someone would find out and she would, inevitably, have to use some of her power to conceal herself. She would do anything to ensure her privacy. Sesshomaru was getting close though.
She liked him. Actually liked him. The last person she had liked she had had to kill to keep her from spreading her being a hybrid demon around. This was why Rin was cautious in her secret.
She had never known her mother and had been alone most of her childhood. She knew of her power and her curse at an early age and had thus then controlled it. She didn't dare tell Sesshomaru.
He was a powerful demon but Inutaisho might try to use her for his own means. Then it happened. A teacher, a incredibly stupid teacher, said one day during history class, looking over the history teachers shoulder, "hey, Rin's notes and Sesshomaru's are done in the same way.
She might be Sesshomaru's new partner." Sesshomaru smacked his head as everyone started asking who Rin was. Thankfully the stupid teacher got the point when Sesshomaru glared at him to be silent.
It was over the entire school by 6th period that Sesshomaru's mysterious History partner was named Rin. They played it cautious when meeting today, meeting a mile or so away at a bus stop in the ghetto side of town where none of the sluts dared come.
She climbed into the mustang and signed to him, "I should make sure that teacher is never found. His mutilated body buried under layers of mud in the river." Sesshomaru looked at Rin in newfound respect.
He never thought she could be that violent. They idly drove along, no one seeing them thanks to tinted windows, and Sesshomaru turned to ask where they should go and found Rin fast asleep.
He drove to his place and pulled over to take a good look at her. There were dark circles under her eyes, like she hadn't sleep recently, and her face was pale. Her hair wasn't brushed to perfection in its braid and strands were hanging out.
He could see she had lost weight and wondered why. So he got out and picked her up, along with her knapsack and his book bag, using demon strength to jump to his balcony so his family wouldn't see her.
He laid her down on the bed and went to fetch some food from the kitchens. Rin would spill if it took him all night.
Rin woke up to dark. She made a move to turn on her lamp but found she wasn't in her bed. Where was she? The last she remembered was telling Sesshomaru how she wanted to murder that teacher and they had been driving…
She was at his place. She must have fallen asleep and he took her there. She sat up carefully and for the first time felt the warm body beside hers. She blinked and her demon sight came to hand and she saw a topless Sesshomaru lying beside her, fast asleep.
She blushed and felt her blood heat. She forced herself away and looked around the room. A tray of food sat on the desk and she immediately swooped down on it. She hadn't eaten in god knows how long, let alone slept.
There just weren't enough hours in the day. Or night. She then located a piece of parchment and wrote a thank you note to Sesshomaru and slipped out of the room, via window.
She leapt from tree to tree, keeping the coast in sight. She reached her favorite cliff and stopped, looking out to the coast. She wished she could be normal. A normal demon. Oh how she wished.
Then maybe her and Sesshomaru could be more than friends if he wished it. But the celestial beings wouldn't allow it. Since she could speak, it t'was night so she could, she began to sing. This was an American song but it fit her mood.
I never could've
seen this far
I never could've seen this coming
Seems like my
world's falling apart
Yeah
Why is everything so
hard
I don't think I can deal with the things you said
It
just won't go away
In a perfect world
This could never
happen
In a perfect world
You'd still be here
And it makes
no sense
I could just pick up the pieces
But to you
This
means nothing
Nothing at all
A figure had followed her and he now listened. He had known she had secrets but what were they and why was she so desperate to keep them?
I used to think that I was
strong
Until the day it all went wrong
I think I need a miracle
to make it through
Yeah
I wish I could bring you back
I
wish I could turn back time
Cuz I can't let go
I just can't
find my way
Yeah
Without you I just can't find my way
In
a perfect world
This could never happen
In a perfect
world
You'd still be here
And it makes no sense
I could
just pick up the pieces
But to you
This means nothing
Nothing
at all
A tear slipped by. Why? Why her? Why couldn't she be born a normal demon instead of an all-powerful hybrid? Then again this wasn't a perfect world.
I don't know what I should do
now
I don't know where I should go
I'm still here waiting
for you
I'm lost when you're not around
I need to hold on
to you
I just can't let you go
Yeah
Yeah
In a
perfect world
This could never happen
In a perfect world
You'd
still be here
And it makes no sense
I could just pick up the
pieces
But to you
This means nothing
Nothing at all
Nothing,
nothing at all
Nothing at all
She then turned to the figure that stood in the shadow of the moon. "Why did you follow me?" Inutaisho stepped forward, still looking at her with emotionless eyes; eyes that looked exactly like Sesshomaru's.
"To find out what you have that is worth silence to hide." She turned back towards the pounding waves. "The silence isn't my choice. I speak by night and am deprived from it during the day. Tis my curse."
Inutaisho still had questions, "why? Why are you cursed with silence?" Rin turned fully now and walked towards him. She stopped beside him and met his eyes, amber to silver, "why don't you ask the celestial beings?
They will tell you for I will not." She then disappeared into the darkness with no chance of being followed. Inutaisho looked up to the crescent moon, "We will all find out soon enough, silent one. My son is in love with you, he just doesn't know it yet. We will all find out."
Sesshomaru awoke at dawn and found the spot beside him empty. He had laid down beside Rin since he refused to sleep on his sofa and wanted to keep an eye on Rin. She must have left during the night. He got up and stretched, seeing the note on the desk. He picked it up and read.
Sesshomaru, thank you for letting me sleep and for the food. I hope you sleep well and thank you for looking after me. Sorry I was a burden.
Rin
He set the note down and looked at the rising sun. What was it he felt for the mute girl who helps him? All he knew it was something he had never felt before and knew he would never feel again.
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