Disclaimer: I wished I owned Sesshoumaru and Rin.
How to Fall in Love in Three Chapters
Summary:
He's the stoic, successful CEO of Tensaiga Inc. She's the bubbly owner of a little coffeehouse. Familiar plotlines, but different details. No drama, pure fluff. Meant as a cliché. Completely out of character, for the most part.
A/N: I was inspired by everyone who reaviewed, thank you all. I was also inspired by The Cure's Friday I'm in Love, which you should listen to as you read.
I dedicate this chapter to all my reviewers :)
Chapter Three: The Romance from the Coffeehouse
Thursday, July 2, 2009, is a day that no one in Tensaiga Inc. will ever forget.
Thursday, July 2, 2009, Sesshoumaru Takahashi showed up to work late. It was 12:23 pm. He usually arrived at work 6:00 am sharp. He was known to fire several assistants for being a minute late, but here he was... six hours and twenty-three minutes late.
Thursday, July 2, 2009, Sesshoumaru Takahashi showed up to work with short hair; the inu demon prided himself with his signature length hair. Ever since he was a child, he alway had it long and flowing to his arse. Woman dreamed of slipping their fingers through his hair, but now, there was barely anything there!
Thursday, July 2, 2009, Sesshoumaru Takahashi showed up to work with black hair. BLACK HAIR! His hair was silver and had been silver since the day of his birth. Many people, men and women, loved the beautiful shade of his hair. The colour was unique; it was a tad lighter than Inuyasha's, but darker than his father's. His silver hair was a God of it's own, but now... gone.
Thursday, July 2, 2009, Sesshoumaru Takahashi showed up to work not wearing a full suit. His black Arami jacket was casually thrown upon his shoulder. His white shirt, which was usually tucked into his pants, was loosen, the sleeves were rolled up, and the the first two buttons were not buttoned. His pants lacked a belt. His shoes were normal, but his appearance was not. Sesshoumaru always dressed to impress, actually more to intimidate. However, he looked more like a sauve ladies man than a cold hearted business man.
Thursday, July 2, 2009, Sesshoumaru Takahashi showed up to work wearing the same clothes as the day before. Sesshoumaru prided himself on the variety of suits he own. Strange, but a very true fact. He had hundreds of suits and very often would not be seen wearing the same one within the same two month period. This was common knowledge within the building, but seeing him wearing a walk of shame outfit. Oh my.
But perhaps the strangest, and maybe the scariest part, of Sesshoumaru's entrance that day...
Thursday, July 2, 2009, Sesshoumaru Takahashi showed up to work smiling.
Oh god, someone pick Jaken off the floor; I think he had a heart attack.
There are five things that Hitomi and Souta know about Rin:
1. Rin never showed up late to work.
2. Rin never spaced out.
3. Rin never twirled her hair
4. Rin never talked about her personal life.
and finally...
5. Rin never, ever, hummed.
Well, there was a time where she did all these things, but ever since she took over the Cafe, Rin no longer had time for such pointless things. She couldn't afford to be late, she needed to open the Cafe. She never spaced out because she needed to stay focus on whatever task needed to be done. A nasty habit twirling hair is, she can't afford having her hands busy anyways. Her personal life? What personal life anyways? Ever since she and Kohaku broke up, she rarely, strike that, NEVER dated. Why should she anyways? She was a strong independent women. As for humming, she just never did it. She hummed when she was happy, but how can one be happy with a Cafe that always needed fixing, employees (Hitomi and Souta, Kohanu and Kanna, Shippo and any random chick) who love to shag during their shifts, and a certain inu demon who she's always spending every free moment of her time with?
Well I guess you can be happy with that last part.
Sesshoumaru laid upon his couch in his office. That couch had always been neglected, but today, he figured that he would just relax. He was always so hardworking that he spent countless hours finishing work weeks early. Honestly, he really didn't have any work that was to be done that day. In fact, he could just take a month off. Heck, he has so many vacation, sick and personally days he hadn't used yet. He could be gone for a year with full pay. The demon took all of this to account. Maybe he should take Rin somewhere. Maybe they could escape for a month or two.
This morning was a very pleasurable morning for the two lover and friends. He was replaying every motion, every sound. He remembered the softness of her skin. The way she moved with him intoxicated his mind. Her body image was burnt into his eyes. He just remembered everything about her... Sesshoumaru was lost in his thoughts of Rin that he didn't hear the door of his corner office open.
"Son?" Inu no Tashio said breaking Sesshoumaru from his thoughts. He noticed his father standing outside his door.
"Come in." He gestured the older man. He whiffed the air.
"You too Inuyasha." The inu hanyou crept from his hiding spot behind the wall and into the room with his father. Inu no Tashio pulled Sesshoumaru black leather chair from behind the desk. Inuyasha sat criss-cross-applesauce on top of the desk.
"Now, uh, son..." the eldest started bt didn't quite know how to continue. Sesshoumaru rested his arm on top his legs. He placed his face into the palm of his right hand.
"What is it father? Brother?" The two other inu's jaw dropped. Did Sesshoumaru just acknowledge Inuyasha as more than a hanyou? Oh dang, has the world ended?
"Sesshoumaru?"
"Yes?" Sesshoumaru smiled. Inuyasha's eye twitched.
"Is something... Well, did something happen?"
"Are you on fuckin' drugs?" Inuyasha blurted out. His father glared at him before returning his gaze to the older son.
"Can I have next month off starting tomorrow?"
"What?"
"I want a vacation."
"Okay, but why so sudden?" Inu no Tashio asked dumbfounded.
"I want to take my girlfriend somewhere nice."
"Girlfriend?" Inuyasha said incredulously.
"I thought you were gay!" Inu no Tashio retorted. The other taiyoukai glared.
"I've been with this girl for nearly a year idiots."
"Who are you calling idiots?" The two men yelled. Sesshoumaru covered his ears.
"You! Dad! Brother! Both of you! I have been shagging this girl for months! I'm surprised you haven't noticed her scent on me! I don't even try to hide it." Sesshoumaru lied. Yeah, he's known Rin for a year, but they were just friends for most of it. And yeah, he LOVED, take a note the word is not like but LOVE, would have loved to have been with Rin earlier, but it just didn't happen. And yeah, he also lied about the girlfriend thing, but hey, he really liked Rin. They weren't officially together... at least not yet.
But like the night before, the two other inu's dropped and fainted at Sesshoumaru's white lies. Sesshoumaru smirked at his so-called joke, stepping over his father's body and stepping out of the office.
"Well, I'm off!" He smiled as he took off.
It was 11:12 am when Rin finally arrived at the coffeeshop. Hitomi and Souta, who Hitomi called when Rin didn't show up, openned the house without her. They worked through the morning rush hour, and now it was nearing the end of lunch. During the morning rush hour, a man threw a fit and tossed his drink at Souta, prompting a man waiting in line to call the police. The police came and arrested the man. During of all of this, Hitomi was forced to work the rest of the morning by herself because Souta had to make a statement at the station. By the time Souta came back, Rin hadn't arrived yet and their lunch time would've started already. However, neither of them couldn't go off unless Rin was there. Thus making them extremely irritated, especially Hitomi. So when Rin finally arrived, Hitomi didn't hold back.
"RIN!" Hitomi yelled as she walked in humming . Thankfully there was no one was there, or else this would've been a scene.
"Yeah," Rin said breathlessly as she twirled a loose strand of hair. Souta took note of this.
"Where the hell have you been? Me and Souta have been working our asses off for the last six hours! Souta's not even suppose to work today! And you know what else..." Hitomi's words went in one ear and out the number as she thought about the silver haired man she spent the night, and the morning, with. She remembered his short black hair and how easily her fingers ran through them. She reminsced of his strong muscular body. Her mind trailed off to naughty, dirty thoughts...
"Rin are you listening to me?" Hitomi snapped.
"What? Oh, Hitomi, I'm so sorry. I just spaced out." Souta narrowed his eyes. Rin smiled happily as Hitomi shook her head in confusion.
"Rin are... is everything okay? Are you sick?" Souta asked. Rin twirled the front of her hair.
"Everything's perfect. I'm perfect. Life's perfect." Hitomi raised an eyebrow.
"Rin, I haven't heard you talk like this since you and 'Haku were together."
"Maybe because I haven't been laid since." Rin smiled a naughty smile. The couples jaws dropped.
"What?"
"I got laid." Rin sang, skipping behind the counter.
"Oh my god, who?" Hitomi lunged at her shocking Rin.
"Guess." Rin said playfully.
"But you don't go out with anyone! The only guy I've seen you with is..." Hitomi stopped midsentence. Rin just smirked.
"No." Hitmi continued.
"Yep."
"No."
"Yeah."
"No way."
"YES!" Rin broke out in a big smile.
"Wait, wait, wait." Souta broke in.
"Did you sleep with Sesshoumaru-san?" Rin nodded vigoriously.
"Oh my, damn! How was it?" Hitomi asked.
"Incredible! That man knows how to move." Rin winked.
"Really?"
"Yeah, so much better than Kohaku."
"Wasn't Kohaku like the sex god of high school?"
"Mhm." Souta frowned in disgust.
"Can we refrain from the sex camparsions?" He plead. Hitomi and Rin giggled.
"Don't worry Souta, you're number one in my books!" Hitomi winked as Rin laughed at Souta tomato face.
"Hitomi--" Souta was cut off.
"Well, you two worked really hard today, so why don't you take the rest of the day off."
"Oh thank you Rin."
"No problem and consider this morning as over time." Hitomi glomped Rin.
"Thank you!"
"You're welcome." Rin smiled as she twirled some of her hair.
"Now get out!" She said playfully. The two nodded and grabbed their things. As they walked out they noticed Rin was humming to a song by the Cure.
"Hey what's that song?" Souta asked as he draped his arm around Hitomi.
"Friday I'm in Love, by the Cure." Rin happily responded.
"I like that song." Hitomi commented.
"Well, we're off!" Rin and Hitomi exchanged goodbyes and Souta led them out of the coffeehouse. The couple smiled at each other and gentle peck each other on the lips.
"Honey, did you noticed something about Rin today?" Souta asked in a hush tone, stepping in front of his girlfriend. Hitomi smiled as she wrapped her arms around his waist. He pulled her closer giving her another kiss.
"I did. Rin's in love."
It was mid afternoon when Sesshoumaru arrived at the cafe with flowers and gift in hand. He walked in and noticed there was a small line. He didn't mind though. He was a bit nervous. He had spent quite a few hours shopping for her. He wanted to buy her something that she would like and something that would convey his feelings for her. It was no secret that Sesshoumaru hated words. He just wasn't as articulate as his father or brother. He relied at his cold facade to get want he wanted.
But he wanted Rin and he knew his icy barried would not do it for him. So he went shopping, something he never did. But today he was breaking the rules. If you're not convince read the top again, July 2, 2009 etc. Sesshouamru well he...
"Next." Sesshoumaru shook his thoughts away. It was time.
"Hello." He smiled. She smiled back at him.
"How many I help you sir?" She asked coyly.
"Well, I wanted a drink, but can I have you instead?" Rin laughed at him before leaning over the counter. Her face was inches away from his. He comtemplated whether or not he should kiss her.
"Well mister, I think I have a boyfriend." She blew on his nose. Peppermint, like her soap.
"You think?" He rose an eyebrow as he decided not to kiss him and played along with her little game.
"Well, if not, a shag buddy. He's quite good in the sack." He held in the urge to laugh.
"Oh really?"
"Yeah, we shagged like rabbits all morning long." She dragged out the words licking her lips.
"Well, that's great to know. You see my girlfriend and I did the same thing."
"Oh?" She cocked an eyebrow.
"Very true. We too shagged all morning long."
"Was she a good shag?"
"Quite, but I bet you're better." He winked at her. She suddenly burst out laughing. Sesshoumaru smirked, he had won.
"Ha, Sess-kun you're such a laugh. I'll fix you up a drink." He smiled as she walked away to prepare him a drink. As he watched her, he took his gift out of his pocket. He placed the flowers on the counter. Deeply sighing, he took a seat by the closest table. He noticed there were only two other people still in the cafe. It was a young couple. Rin returned happily to the counter only to see Sesshoumaru was no longer there. Picking up the white roses, she scanned the room and spotted him sitting by his lonesome self. She practically skipped towards him when he forced her down on the the chair adjacent to him.
"Ay, what are you doing?" Rin asked shocked. She watched as he got down on one knee. Looking her in the eye, he showed her the black velvet box. She gasped.
"Rin, I love being in your company. You're truly amazing and This Sesshoumaru can't stand being without you. Will you," He openned the box to reveal a ring, "marry me?"
Rin looked at Sesshoumaru and then down to the 14k White Gold 1 Carat Diamond Princess-Cut Solitaire ring he presented to her. Her heartbeated faster. He eyed her nervously and she swallowed knowing her answer.
"No." She smiled. He nearly fell over and used his left hand to stay balance.
"What?" She crossed her arms and smirked.
"I said no."
"Excuse me?"
"It was a cute confession, but now tell the truth." She cocked her head to the side. He sighed rolling his neck side to side.
"Fine," he looked up at her. "Rin, I used to be a different man. I was heartless and I ony cared about myself. My idea of pleasure was torturmenting my employees. I only cared about myself and wouldn't have looked twice if my brother was getting mugged. I used to go out and openly tell people, I hate humans. I did. I really did. I hate my step-mother and my brother, but that had changed. I can stand being around them because I met you. A year ago, I was a cynical, heartless bastard, but now, I'm on my knee proclaiming my feelings in public. Rin, I know we only revealed our feelings for the first time to each other today, but we have known for quite a while now. I known you fancied me and I known that I you weren't just a friend. Rin, you're the most amazing woman I ever met." Rin rubbed her eyes to prevent herself from crying.
"Rin, I love you. I do, and I want you to spent the rest of your life with me. So, Rin, will you marry me?"
"Well, I guess I could..."
"Oh shut up." Sesshoumaru smirked.
"Yes!" She leaned forward and planted a kiss on him. He grabbed the back of her neck gently and kissed her more passionately. She ran her fingers through his short hair. They pulled apart slowly 'til their nose were touching.
"Hey Sess-kun?"
"Yeah?"
"I love you too." He chuckled before standing up and going in for another kiss.
The two other remaining customers looked at the newly engaged couple.
"Oh Bankotsu!" The flamboyant gay man cooed.
"I wanna meet a hunk like that!"
"Jakkie," Bankotsu rubbed his temples.
"You already have a boyfriend." The calmmer gay pointed at himself.
"Oh, Bakkie, I still love you too!" The flamboyant one pinched the calm one's cheek. Bankotsu shrugged.
"Hey Bakkie?"
"Hmm?"
"Do you think she'll let me design her dress?"
"Yes please?!" Rin yelled plucking Sesshoumaru off her.
"You're dresses are amaing Jakkie!" Jakotsu smiled.
Sesshoumaru glanced at Rin and rose an eyebrow.
"What? They are?" Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes and proceed to kiss Rin for a third time.
Well wasn't that just the cutest?
They're engaged.
YAY!
Well they fell in love in three chapters, kinda. Hmm. This was the longest chapter I've ever written! Well, see you you guys in the epilogue and please tell me how you felt about this chapter. And I still didn't mention why Sesshoumaru dyed his hair. And sorry if you didn't enjoy the JakBan part at the end, I just had to add it.
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