Chapter 14

I don't Inu-Yasha, or my sweet, caring, adorable, husband, Sesshomaru.

The girl stared up at the great lord, who looked as if he was lost in a sea of thought and sadness. Rin seemed to notice the look in Sesshomaru's eyes that he had when he was in deep thought; they looked a little hazy, and seemed to cry without shedding tears, like the sky before an approaching storm, yet very intellectual and studious, as if he were studying something, but also got lost in a far-away dream. She wondered what brought on his emotionless, yet sad appearance at the moment. She wanted to know what made him so cold.

Rin looked at her clock. "Oh no!", she screamed as she jumped up from her bed, "I'm gonna be so late!" "For what?", Sesshomaru said waking from his thoughts and feeling bewildered. "I have to go to school!", the worried Rin answered.

All of the sudden a knock at the door was heard. Rin scrambled to the door, still in her pajamas. Inu-Yasha was at the door, looking annoyed as usual. "Good Morning, Inu-Yasha kun", Rin said, rushing to hug him, although this was no time for hugs. "I heard you in Kagome's room. You need me to take you school?", Inu-Yasha asked kind of concerned. "Hold on", Rin said pulling Sesshomaru out of her bed and pushing him out of her room. Sesshomaru was agitated by this.

Both brothers stood in the hall not understanding a bit of what just transpired. An awkward silence hung in the air and the sudden urge for each brother to scratch the other's eyes out with their claws was palpable. Neither spoke, just gave each other death glares. It seemed to be forever for Rin to get dressed.

Finally, after the two minutes it took to get ready, Rin came out and ran to Inu-Yasha. Strangely, Sesshomaru felt a stab of jealousy. Why did he feel this way? Inu-Yasha was only transporting her to this unusual place called "school". He should feel good that he didn't have to do it himself, so why did he feel this way? "Good bye lord Sesshomaru! I'll be back this afternoon, okay?", Rin said as Inu-Yasha walked her out. It began to sicken Sesshomaru as she climbed onto Inu-Yasha's back.

He leaped up into the air; running, leaping, running, leaping. It was almost a pattern to Rin as she held onto Inu-Yasha tightly. The wind was cold in the February air, but Rin was wearing a coat, and Inu-Yasha's back was warm. Come to think of it, a little too warm. As, soon as they landed, Rin tugged Inu-Yasha's sleeve. "Yeah, what?", he said ready to head home. Rin put a hand up to Inu-Yasha's forehead.

She was right. "Inu-Yasha, you have a fever", Rin said, "You should go back home and rest." "How can I rest when Sesshomaru is at the house?", Inu-Yasha asked annoyed. "I'm sorry, but you'll have to manage on your own. I have to go", Rin said running away to classes.

Inu-Yasha wasn't feeling so sure of Rin's plan, but he planned to definitely keep his distance from Sesshomaru. Inu-Yasha saw a bench outside the school and sat down. His head began to hurt. He needed to get home before he felt worse. If Sesshomaru saw him feeling sick, he might try to take advantage of the situation and hurt him. Inu-Yasha got up and took off running to the house.

After running back to the house, the hanyou was very tired and shuffled to Kagome's room. She was at school as well, but he knew she wouldn't mind if he took a nap on her bed for a little bit. Sesshomaru was in the hall returning from the bathroom when Inu-Yasha passed by looking very worn out and tired.

"What's wrong? Feeling weak as usual, little brother?", Sesshomaru said grinning at his brother's sudden downfall. "Shut up", Inu-Yasha said walking into Kagome's room and shut the door. All of the sudden, a voice grasped Sesshomaru's attention. In his head, he could hear Toshiyuki's voice telling him something. "Listen! Sesshomaru! Hello?" What do you want now? "I can't believe how childish you can be sometimes! Your younger BROTHER is sick! Even YOU can just be slightly nice!" Shut up. "That's not nice either!" do really want to keep your title? Go do something nice for him!" Damn you!

Sesshomaru was feeling wary of the situation, but knocked on the door. Inu-Yasha thought it was Kagome and Rins' Grandfather, who was always at home running the shrine. He turned onto his back, expecting the old man to enter and instead, found his non-expressive, cold, uncaring, brother. Inu-Yasha cringed. Sesshomaru was the last person he wanted to be around him right now. Sesshomaru closed the door behind him. He walked up to the bed and sat next to Inu-Yasha. Inu-Yasha was wierded out by now.

"What do you want?", the sick hanyou asked wondering why Sesshomaru had even bothered to get this close to him. "Don't ask", the lord said now feeling a stab of humiliation, "Just go back to sleep." "What are you gonna do?", Inu-Yasha asked. Sesshomaru felt really stupid now. "Just go to sleep", he said, "and don't question me."

Reluctantly, Inu-Yasha laid back down, but couldn't sleep with his brother there. Warily, Sesshomaru stretched his arm out and placed on Inu-Yasha's back, and instead of burning it with his claws, he rubbed him in a circular motion. Inu-Yasha wanted to fight back, but he was too weak and the rubbing soothed him and he fell fast asleep. Sesshomaru could hear his brother's soft breathing and stood and walked out.