A/N: Thank you.
Chapter 4: A Mysterious Patron
Rin woke up late in the evening. Her stomach growled at her. She went to the kitchen and got an apple. It wasn't enough, so she got two.
For the next several days, Rin slept and woke up. Washed, ate, and watched TV. Then when she hit the bookshelf and found books, oh my God - books of all kinds, she was in paradise.
Jaken said that was his home, but he never stayed there, even at night, so Rin was mostly by herself.
Jaken stocked up the refrigerator full of food every three days. He made sure to throw away anything past three day old despite Rin's protest that the food was still good. He told her if she ate all the food, then he wouldn't have to throw it away, which would make perfect sense if he didn't bring so much food.
He took her shopping every two days for what she needed or wanted, and it didn't matter how expensive the item was. She bought mostly educational books.
One day, Rin wanted to go to an expensive restaurant where a dish cost $500. Jaken happily took her with no questions.
Another day, Rin bought a $15,000 diamond ring, and Jaken happily paid for it with no questions.
Whatever she wanted, she got it.
Two days later, Rin wanted to buy some cocaine, and Jaken said, "NO!" emphatically.
"Why not, Jaken-sama. I just want to experience the feeling of using cocaine."
"BECAUSE, I WAS INSTRUCTED THAT YOU SHALL HAVE NOTHING THAT WILL RUIN YOUR BODY OR MIND!"
"Instructed? By who?" Rin asked while looking at Jaken with her brows furrowed.
"BY," Jaken yelled, waving his arms chaotically in the air. Then he stopped. He started to obviously sweat. His body was shaking. "By nobody."
Then Jaken started to pace back and forth with his fidgeting hands and unintelligible mumble.
Rin narrowed her eyes and looked askance at Jaken and asked no more questions.
There are still some nice people left in this world, Thank God, but not that nice - not enough to buy a $15,000 diamond ring for a person who could offer nothing in return. The only thing Rin could offer was, of course, her womanly body.
But Jaken had not expressed any interest towards her womanly body; he hadn't even touched her hand. And whoever had been instructing Jaken hadn't even showed up to express any interests of any kind towards her.
Something fishy was happening.
It had been four weeks.
Things were the same. Nobody came to express any interest. Jaken hadn't expressed any interest, yet he punctually stocked up food, brought entertainment, and took Rin shopping on the exact schedule.
It was as if he was catering to her like she was an authoritative princess, af if she ever had just one glance of sadness, Jaken would die on the spot.
"What do you do, Jaken-sama?" Rin asked Jaken over dinner. Jaken had stayed for dinner more often since Rin had learned to cook his favorite food.
"I work for a weapon technology firm."
"Wow. That's so interesting."
"Yes."
"Is your boss named Naraku?"
"NO. His name is Ses -" Jaken stopped in mid sentence. "Don't ask too many questions."
"I'm sorry, Jaken-sama."
Rin looked downward for a moment.
Ses…
Then she looked back up at Jaken.
"Jaken-sama, will you please tell your boss I appreciate him very much."
"It's not necessary."
"I suppose you're right because he hadn't done anything for me. I meant to say I - "
Jaken stood up abruptly and pointed at Rin. "YOU UNAPPRECIATIVE GIRL, HE HAD DONE EVERYTHING -"
Jaken suddenly stopped yelling out his sentence at Rin. He hit his bald head with his fist so genuinely that a small bump appeared.
After a short moment, he started speaking again with a softer tone, "He had done everything for everybody. And even if he hadn't done anything for you, he should still be appreciated by you and everybody."
Well. OK. That made even more sense that she should appreciate Jaken's boss EVEN IF he hadn't done anything for her.
Rin looked fixedly at Jaken. He started to sweat again. He glanced left then right then stormed out of the house.
That night, Rin looked out her bedroom window. The moon was crescent.
Naraku-sama.
Naraku-sama had a crescent on his forehead just like that moon. It was beautiful. Too bad the relationship between them was just simply a client to a server.
What would happen that morning if she had not left his hotel. Probably not a good idea. Not only he wanted virgins, but he also wanted a girl with a pure mind. By that morning, she had become non-virgin, and if she had had a pure mind before if a pure mind means a girl with no sensual attraction to a man, she had lost that too. Naraku-sama would surely deliver her back to Lady Madam in no time.
Maybe, he had some attachment to her after that night and had been secretly funding her stay. But her poor simple self wasn't worthy enough as his lover, so he kept himself away and sent Jaken to care for her instead.
It was actually ridiculous to even think of that ridiculous man twice.
He was a promiscuous man. He spent lavish money on virgin escorts. How could a man like that have any concept of loyalty. He only wanted virgins, and every girl could only be a virgin just one time. Why did it even cross her mind that she wasn't good enough for him. Heck, he wasn't good enough for her. She'd rather be with a monstrous demon before she'd get with him.
But thinking of him or not, it was all a dream because Jaken had almost slipped and called out his boss's name, and it started with a "Ses". "Ses" didn't sound anything like the sound of "na" "ra" "ku" or any other letter combinations from that name.
She shouldn't have probed for information. The truth always hurts. It was better to leave it unknown and daydream about it.
Whoever "Ses" was, he seemed to have a personal interest in her, but for what reason. Rin could still be exploitable. After all, she was only 18. Hm, it might not even be "Ses" who had been funding for her. It might be another "Lady Madam". But this Lady Madam seemed nicer as she was using candies instead of punishment.
Argh!
It was too confusing.
Let's keep it simple. Let's just find a way home.
