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Chapter 9

I should've brought a butt pad

I knew I was forgetting something. It was my brain telling me, reminding me I had to go and get something important. I was either too lazy or forgot about it like a typical teenager, but of course I never listened to my brain. I mean, who does these days. It's like the bad part of the subconscious is trying to tell the mind not to do something stupid or idiotic, but you always end up doing it in the end. While the other part is saying no, that is a bad idea. It's the mind constantly fighting with each other. Usually the bad part wins because everyone want to be known as cool and as the one who went down with the ship or something like that. Then get stuck in prison for the rest of your life. But you know life sucks, deal with it.

This time though, I really screwed up. I should have listened to my good subconscious and get my flu shot before it was too late. I guess that's what I get for ignoring my brain. So there I was, feeling like shit on the way to school. And why was I going to school? Ask Sesshomaru.

The truth was I never told him I was sick that morning. But I was pretty sure he figured it out from the sneezing and the coughing and the very slow start I had. Plus, I could swear he could smell it. They smell everything.

He was so quiet though. Even on the way to school, he said nothing to me. Usually he said a word or two but today…nothing. I didn't know what was going on with him. Perhaps my sniffling was too annoying.

"Okay, I give up. What did I do?" I asked, looking over at him in the driver seat.

Again nothing.

I sighed. "You know I'm not a statue. You can't just ignore me."

"I'm not ignoring you Rin," he said, not taking his eyes off the road.

"Then why all the silence?"

"I have something important today and I can't have any distractions," he looked over at me, "especially with you sniffling every second."

"Well, sorry for catching a cold. I didn't know it was illegal."

That's when he growled and pulled the car to the side of the road. "You think I'm blaming you for getting sick?" He was angry. Terrific. "God damnit Rin! You need to stop blaming yourself for everything!"

"I'm not blaming myself for anything. Never had."

"Yes, you have."

"Name two."

"Okay, one, you blamed yourself for getting me upset when I want to sleep with you. And two…now."

"You can't count now. You can't do that."

"Well I just did."

Great, now my head was pounding against my skull. "Can we not do this? I feel like my head is going to spilt into two."

"Very well," and we drove off, "but you started it."

I huffed in annoyance, blood boiling fast. Now I was angry. And sick! Not a good combination.

As soon as we parked he started again, and this time with a nasty instruction. "Don't get your disgusting human snot all over my leather seats. You get one speck on them; you are cleaning the whole car." Yeah, he was in a mood, and I've learned over the years that when he's like this…it's usually for a reason. A reason that can only mean one thing.

He was stressed out of his little doggy brain.

Now when a dog demon or any demon is stressed or has high anxiety issue they start becoming…how should I say this…threatening. They are technically an atom bomb ready to detonate. The last time Sesshomaru was like this was during exams of last year. This freshman had bumped into him accidently and ended up in a coma for eight months. Of course, Sesshomaru was charged but when you have a rich Daddy that would pay almost anything, it's quite easy to get away with things like murder. I wish I had that.

But one thing about Sesshomaru being like this was the entertainment that came with it.

So I wiped my nose on his leather seats, no big deal. So I sneezed on his wind shield, no big deal. So I pissed him off to the point where his eyes turned red, no big…shit. That was when he grabbed my arm and pulled me out of the car as fast as you can say ouch. Yeah, I wasn't joking, it really hurt.

He dragged me behind the football stands and pinned me against the metal pole. "What the hell is wrong with you!?" I hissed in pain.

"What is wrong with me? What is wrong with you? Didn't I tell you not to do that?"

"What are you going to do, Takahashi? Make me clean your car when I'm sick? Hit me? Come on; give me your best shot."

He sighed heavily, placing his fingers against the bridge of his nose. "Enough of this foolishness. Let's just get through today and nobody gets hurt."

"Whatever, but just remember that you started this 'foolishness.'"

He growled and pulled me along. And that was when the sneezing started.

"ACHOOO!" Ugh, now I felt worse. Thanks to Mr. Grumpy pants.

Sesshomaru made a noise of disgust and seemed to further his distance from me. Ha, he wasn't going to get far though. "ACHOO!"

"Stop your sneezing!" He complained, stopping at my locker. "It's irritating."

I sniffed. "Oh sure, I'll just stop this ridiculous flu. Geez, it's not like I caught this cold on purpose."

He huffed and turned away. Good riddance. But hey, I won the fight again. Hooray!

I wish my victory was long lasting. Unfortunately, once I saw the envelope placed in my locker, I knew the day wasn't going to go as planned. Meaning, I wasn't going to live through it worried free and I would have to hear Sesshomaru complain all day.

No more Achoo for you while you have this flu. Get well soon love. I was pretty sure whoever was doing this was making this shit up. It was horrible. Sesshomaru grabbed it from me and sniffed it. "Smells like…cold medicine."

Then I pulled out a small container labeled cold medicine and showed him. "This answer your question, Sherlock?"

"I'm getting sick and tired of this fool."

I shook my head. "You aren't the only one….ACHOO!"

"And you as well! Where is that damn wolf!? I'm curious to know when she can unlock this bind."

"Don't go yelling at Ayame! I thought you liked being stuck with me?"

"Not when you are sick! Now I know why Kagura likes being far away from humans as possible. They aren't healthy."

I sneered, freezing on the spot. I give up. My head was too much in pain to argue with this bastard. My throat ached like sandpaper. Everything hurt, even my socks. "Ugh…I feel like shit."

"You look like shit," a female commented. And speak of the devil.

I rolled my eyes. "Geez, thanks Ayame. I can tell it was from the heart."

"Anytime bestie," she smiled, and then she glanced over at Sesshomaru with a scowl. "What are you doing, Takahashi?"

"Pardon?"

"You shouldn't even have her here! She probably has a fever and everything."

"It is none of your business why I am here. This is your fault Rin is here. If she wasn't handcuffed to me, she would be in bed getting rest. So if you want someone to blame wolf, blame yourself."

Yeah, this wasn't helping my head at all. "Guys…children…please stop!" But they were still at it. "SHUT UP!" Everyone in the hallways stopped and looked. Yes, now let's all look at the sick little girl. "What are all of you looking at? Move along!" As soon as everyone returned to their own conversations I faced the ones responsible for everything. "Can't you see that I'm not feeling 100% great? No, I guess not since you two are bickering like preschool children over the best toy in the sandbox!"

"Oh come on Rin like you aren't any better." Ayame said, placing her hand gently on my shoulder, "You guys are like an old married couple when you argue. It's quiet funny actually."

"Oh shut it Ayame and go to Chemistry like a good little scientist," I commented, narrowing my eyes.

"Plan on it. See you love birds!"

Sesshomaru grabbed the letter from my hand and ripped it up. Eh, whatever. Someone had to do it. "If I ever find that vermin, I'll kill him," he told me, calm as the wind itself. Kind of freaked me out.

I barely made it to first period without collapsing. I had to hold on to Sesshomaru's arm to make sure I didn't fall on my face and get even more sick from whatever was on the floor. Seriously, that floor…disgusting. When I finally sat down in my seat, I immediately dropped my head onto the wooden desk. Gods, my throat and head were sure trying hard to kill me off. It was bugging me so much!

"Hey Rin," Kagome said all worried and motherly like, "you don't look so good."

I lifted my head up and blinked slowly. "Yeah, I think I caught the flu…ACHOO! Or the plague."

"Why are you here then?"

"Ask him," pointing my fingers to the guy beside me currently reading a…text book? "Sesshomaru, what are you reading?"

Without looking up he answered in a boring voice. "It's called studying, Rin. You should try it sometimes."

Kagome gasped. "Oh no, we don't have a test today do we?"

I shook my head, slowly. I mean I didn't think we had one, and I was in all of Sesshomaru's classes. The teacher or someone would have at least told us. "We don't have one, right?" I whispered to him, sniffling.

He sighed, placing the book down. "No Rin, relax."

Kagome and I let out a sigh of relief, I coughing right after. This flu was going to kill me and put me six feet under. I would be lucky to survive the day. Oh how I wish I could in my warm comfy bed with a nice hot cup of tea. That would be the life.

The day went as slow as a turtle. Why couldn't it be like the hare, fast moving and quick? But wait…didn't the turtle beat the hare…oh never mind.

Lunch was…I didn't even know what happened. I think I zoned out or did I fall asleep? I couldn't remember. I think Ayame was talking to me about…something and Kagome was there…I think. Wait did I even have lunch? Oh man…what the hell? Did Kagura come up? What about Sesshomaru? Oh he probably had his nose buried in his book. Unless Kagura came, then he probably was barking at her. Why didn't I hear it? Was I asleep? Oh god was I ever sick.

Now I was somewhere. A classroom?

"Rin," I male voice?

My name was being called…I think. What was in the water I was drinking?

"Rin!"

I turned to see Sesshomaru looking at me angrily. I blinked, just staring at him. I felt like a zombie. "Ugh."

"We have to go," he told me.

"Ugh…." I moaned, getting up from my chair. I couldn't even remember what occurred in this class and I didn't care. But on the bright side, it was finally time to leave right? Right?

Nope, because Sesshomaru was dragging me to another classroom. I swore I heard the bell rang. "Where are we going?" I wined, trying to get him to slow down. "I wanna go home."

"No," he answered me plainly.

"No? But…I feel so…icky."

He said nothing and I moaned. My throat felt like it was on fire every time I swallowed. Wasn't there a way for me not to swallow every ten seconds?

We arrived at an empty classroom with an unfamiliar teacher sitting at the desk. She was well dressed and didn't look like a teacher at all from the way she smiled and how her hair wasn't out of place. This told me one thing, she was a counselor. "Oh Mr. Takahashi, I was wondering when you would show up. Just take a seat any-who are you?"

I blinked tiredly at the woman, envying her style choices. Her beautiful navy blue suit with a white scarf was perfect in every way and looked mighty expensive.

"This is Rin," Sesshomaru answered. "We are kind of stuck together at the moment. Ignore her."

"Oh, yes, I had heard something happened. I just had no idea it was you two. Well if you need anything just come to my office anytime."

Anything? Then I asked in a crackly voice, "Do you have a pillow or a nice comfy bed?"

She looked at me like I was a bit insane and yes, I was. "Uh no, sorry dear."

"What about a special key to unlock us so I can go home?"

She shook her head sadly. I pouted. "Are you sick?" she asked.

No, Sherlock I always look this way. "Yeah…"

"Then just rest your head on the desk when Mr. Takahashi is taking the exam."

I raised my eyebrow, curiously. "Exam?" I glanced up at him to see him staring off into space as usual. "What exam?"

"The exam I've been studying for the past four months until I was rudely interrupted by this infernal thing on my wrist," he said.

Oh great now he was trying to make me feel bad. Geez. "Exam for what?" I asked, glancing over at the counselor.

She smiled sweetly. "It's for studying across seas. You wanted to get into Oxford, correct?"

He nodded. Oxford? Wait, he was leaving? Oh he was sure going to get a talking to after this. How dare he try to leave me and my arguments. He couldn't escape them that easily. And he couldn't escape me either.

When we sat down all I could think of was Oxford and Sesshomaru leaving, that and my butt suddenly falling asleep from the rock hard chairs. "I should've brought a butt pad," I mumbled.

"Stop complaining and shut up," Sesshomaru hissed as he was handed his test. Oh god I had never seen a larger test before. I was scared for him. But hey, it wasn't my problem so good luck to him.

So as he started his test I rested my head on the desk, thinking of nothing but Sesshomaru leaving me and my numb butt.

"I'm breaking up with you," his voice was clear in my ears.

I blinked wondering why.

"You were and always will be my enemy, Rin. I cannot love someone who I already hate."

Why was he telling me these things?

"Oh and there was another reason why I can't be with you."

"Why?" I asked, my eyes filling with tears fast. Wait, why was I crying in front of him? I never cry in front of Takahashi. But I couldn't help it. "Tell me?!" Demanding his answer.

"I can't be in love with someone whose butt goes numb."

I don't know why but I started balling. What the hell was wrong with me?

Suddenly he started to walk away. Farther and farther away. Wait, since when were we free from each other? "No! Wait, Sesshomaru!" I called out. But he did not turn. "Don't leave me! DON'T LEAVE ME!"

"Don't leave me," I mumbled, feeling the shakiness, "don't leave me. I can change. I can wear a butt pad."

"Rin."

His heavenly voice reached my ears as I shot up in shock. "DON'T LEAVE ME!" I yelled.

"I would if I could," was his answer. "But unfortunately my attraction to you and these handcuffs stop me from doing so."

I blinked out the sleep, breathing out in relief.

"We're leaving," he told me, rising from his seat.

"You're done already?"

"I've been doing the test for the past hour and a half. We're leaving."

I couldn't believe I was out for over an hour, and I still wasn't feeling better. Actually, I felt worse than before. I felt so awful that my head started to grow light and I was going to faint.

Woops.

xXx

I awoke at home with Sesshomaru and a random man hovering over me. "Rin," the man spoke up, shining a small light in my eyes, "how are you feeling?"

I groaned, trying to move away from the shining light. "Ugh, what happened?"

"You fainted right before you took a step," Sesshomaru answered. "You gave me quite a scare."

I blinked trying to remember but coming up blank. "All I can remember is you telling me that you were done with some sort of test."

"Yes, you are correct."

I coughed, sitting up and feeling my head play drums, pounding hard every beat. "God, I feel so sick right now."

The doctor spoke up. "I could imagine that you would. You should've been in bed all day with the fever you had. I couldn't believe what Mr. Takahashi did to you."

I pressed my lips in a straight line. "Yes, I couldn't believe it either. But um, doctor, do you know what kind of cold I have?"

"Cold? No dear child, you have Mononucleosis."

"Come again?"

"Mono. A simple illness caused by the passing of saliva."

I glared evilly at Sesshomaru knowing he must've passed it onto me from someone else. I mean he's a demon for crying out loud, they never get sick. Lucky bastards.

"I suggest you take the next week and a half off to rest. Don't want your spleen to explode," the doctor laughed, making a 'poof' sound.

I covered my abdomen with my hand mentally telling him that nobody was going to take my spleen from me. "Yeah, tell that to him."

"I'll stay," Sesshomaru said.

The doctor then nodded and left.

"So," I stared after a few moments of silence, "when were you going to tell me about Oxford?"

"Rin, don't start."

"Takahashi, you should've told me! Why didn't you tell me?"

He looked away again. God, I was getting annoyed. I placed a hand on his arm to grab his attention. "Hey?" I said, softly. He looked. "Tell me?"

"I didn't want you to cause a fuss."

I rolled my eyes. "Tahakashi, I want you to be able to tell me anything. Although I am a little upset that you'll be leaving me, but…what can you do?"

"Rin," he whispered, his hand brushing over my cheek bone. "That doesn't mean we have to stop talking. You will always be my enemy."

I laughed, taking his hand in mine. "And you will always be my enemy too. But I will miss you."

"Hn."

I smiled. "I do give you point for trying to leave my arguing. Nice try, but no."

He smirked slightly. "Darn and I thought I would've escaped at least that."

I held his hand tightly, not wanting to let go. I wanted to be with him forever and perhaps one day, I would tell him but for now, I just want to get better so I could go back to yelling in his face. "Never Sesshomaru, never."

He is such a dick! Review please

I had such a crappy day- nervous breakdowns suck- and all I wanted to do was to write.

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Updated: June 15, 2014