Another Chapter, UWAAH ^^ My midterms are kinda done so that's a major stress off me.
Hopefully this isn't moving too fast for you all, I had this chapter done up earlier and it kinda fit so I thought why the hell not?
AN - I don't own InuYasha
"InuYasha."
The half demon looked up from his scribbling notes to respond to the knock on his door.
"You can come in," he answered, slightly curious as to why Rin was calling out to him.
Dark brown hair fell over her shoulder as she timidly peeked her head in.
"I'm doing a bunch of laundry," she explained kindly, "do you have anything that you want put in?"
Amber eyes stared in disbelief. His brother's girl, someone who was residing in the same household as her lover, not only cooked and cleaned, but did laundry?!
"Uh," he stammered stupidly, his mind still reeling from the recent development, "I uh-"
"You don't have to say yes right away," Rin smiles at him, "if you have any, just bring it down to the laundry room before two and I'll get it done."
With a slight wave of her hand and a quick apology for disturbing him, Rin took her leave, the door shutting softly behind her.
Blinking slightly, InuYasha sated at the door, his lips sighing as he straightened up. He had only been at the household a week, one of the most interesting of his life thus far. Rin's kindness was continual, never faltering or failing which meant if she was acting, she was doing a damn good job. Her meals were superb and she was never anything but modest. What struck him the most interesting was not her behaviour, but his brothers.
So far he had had one week pass without glares, snide comments, insults of his heritage, or even a sneer. In the past, even when his brother was running the company, he never failed to call him a half-breed whenever the pair of them crossed paths, something InuYasha avoided at all costs; now, his brother would simply give a curt nod or glance at him when they ran into each other be it at the dinner table or in the halls.
Odder still, the half demon had seen his brother act out of an emotion he could only call kindness were he sure that his brother could feel it. His brother would often take the young woman in his arms just hold her, a smile curling onto the impassive mask as she would melt into him, the dog ears on InuYasha's head twitching as he would hear his brother sigh in contentment. Only a handful of times had he caught the two of them kissing for a brief instant, the two of them pulling back when the elder caught his brother's scent.
Shoving all his dirty clothes into the large laundry bag from his freshman year at school, InuYasha made his way down to the laundry room, his mind still spinning. The young woman had been nothing but honest with him except for when it came to a particular topic; their origin.
For some reason, Rin became tight-lipped and nervous about how they met or even what she did before that, her actions making the half-demon extremely curious, trying his best to press the woman about it. Even more interesting, whenever his brother caught InuYasha asking her, he always cut his brother off or told him to drop it entirely, the demon acting as though it was his duty to protect Rin.
Almost all of his brother's girlfriends hadn't had him protecting them; then again, they flaunted the fact that they were with the demon like it was a pedigree, them the ones berating and belittling him almost as worse as his brother, the demon women would scoff at the thought of a man protecting them.
Walking into the caramel-coloured laundry room, InuYasha saw the stainless steel appliances lined up against one wall while baskets were placed on the floor on the opposite side, darks and lights separated neatly in the piles. Moving slowly over to them, his clawed hands moved to separate the clothes in his bag gently, the colours piling with the similar and same with the whites, his eyes catching sight of the clothes under his own.
Dark grey sweat pants and matching sweater stuck out from under his own dark clothes, his brother's scent still clinging to the clothes. A sly smile curled onto InuYasha's lips, his hands reaching for the cotton material. If the two of them weren't going to tell him what he wanted to know, he'd just have to find out for himself.
"Sesshomaru?"
The dog demon raised his head to see Rin walk in to his study, her eyes confused and her face worrisome.
"What is it?"
Rin swallowed, "did you, um, put all your laundry in the hamper?"
His golden eyes narrowed slightly, "of course I did, why do you ask?"
Rin looked even more confused, "are you sure," she pressed, "I can't find your sweater or you sweatpants, I don't know where they could have gone, I've searched everywhere."
Sesshomaru looked up at her quizzically for a moment, "I'll have a look around, but I'm sure it'll show up somewhere, they can't have gone too far, don't worry about it."
Rin sighed but nodded, her hand rubbing her eye as she stifled a yawn.
"Tired?" Sesshomaru asked her rising from his desk to stand in front of her a light smile crossing his lips as his hands rubbed her arms, her own mouth smiling gently.
"Yeah," she confessed, "I just haven't been sleeping well lately, I don't know why."
The dog demon brought her to his chest, his nose burying in her hair, "are you stressed?"
"More so worry than anything," Rin murmured into his chest.
"About what?"
"I just-" Rin paused, her mind choosing her words carefully, "I'm just-worried about how you'll be received if your family finds out about how I used to be your maid."
Sesshomaru tiled her chin to angle her eyes to meet his, the faint smile Rin loved to see him wear still on his features.
"Let me worry about that, okay?" he told her, his softened amber eyes searching hers, "I don't care what they think so long as I still have you."
Rin blushed at his words, her eyes avoiding his in embarrassment, something Sesshomaru smirked lightly at; some things just never changed. Pulling her face back to him, Sesshomaru kissed her lightly on the lips, her eyes fluttering closed for a brief moment before they opened after their parting, both her eyes and face now holding a soft and sincere smile, his own face mirroring hers.
"I'm heading to my office for about two hours," Sesshomaru told her, leaving her side to grab his coat and tie from the back of his chair, "I just need to pick up a few things, but I assume that you'll be okay with InuYasha."
"Of course," Rin said, stepping out of the study and walking beside him down the hall to the stairs, her eyes meeting his every few steps, "I just have some laundry to do and then I'm taking a nap."
Sesshomaru nodded as they reached the bottom of the staircase, the woman's hands grabbing the tie from his hand and flipping it around his neck, her fingers lifting the collar and adjusting the tie, her hand working swiftly to fasten the knot.
"Speaking of InuYasha," Sesshomaru muttered his head looking around the manor, "where is he?"
"Oh, he told me he'd be out for a few hours, he wanted to hang out with some of his friends," Rin told him, tightening the knot and smoothing the fabric down from the bottom up, her hands stopping when Sesshomaru's covered hers over the knot.
Rin looked up at him before standing on her tip toes to plant a chaste kiss on his lips, one he assisted in by leaning down to meet hers, his hand stroking her cheek tenderly.
"I'll be back soon," he told her softly, slipping on his coat and striding away from her, his eyes lingering as long as he dared before he took off into the garage, the woman smiling at him until he was out of sight.
Turning to the laundry room, Rin hummed lightly as she entered the small room, her mind focused on the task ahead.
InuYasha swore violently under his breath, he felt completely stupid, hiding in the bush next to the place he lived in. His ears twitched as the sound of an expensive car roared away, signaling his brother had left for a while, giving him the all clear. In truth, Rin was most likely still in the house, but she wouldn't be that hard to fool.
Shuffling in the bushes, InuYasha bolted towards the back door, his brother's sweat pants and sweater slightly to long for him but he thankfully did not trip as he ran to the window, his fingers sliding under the frame and pushing it open, his head peering inside before looking around.
Upon seeing an empty hall, InuYasha lightly stepped into the house. Shutting the window tightly, the half demon quickly and silently tore down the halls, his eyes, ears, and nose alert and aware of any movement in the house, curious when he heard none. Figuring that Rin had actually gone with his brother, InuYasha took to the stairs, his feet running up two at a time; finding the emptiness of the house eerie.
The heavy door was pushed open slowly, the long white hair shifting over his shoulder as the half-demon peered into the room, inwardly cursing at the figure on the bed. Slipping in slightly, InuYasha silently tiptoed bravely around the bed, his breath and body relaxing when he noticed her gently closed eyes, the slight parting of her lips and gently rising of her chest indicated that she was fast asleep.
Looking around the room, InuYasha quietly began his investigation, hoping that there was some sort of clue as to her and his brother's secretive past. The half-demon began by pulling open the large walk-in closet's door, tenderly stepping inside, immediately thankful that he was in his brother's clothes; if his brother caught a whiff of his scent in the bedroom, InuYasha didn't want to think about how many pieces he'd be ripped to.
Pawing through the clothes, the younger was surprised that it was actually divided in half, suits, shoes, and other of his brother's clothes lined on one half, women's clothes on the other, a collection of beautiful ball gowns and casual clothes mixed with comfortable flats and elegant heels. InuYasha snorted slightly; this had to be the first time his brother had lived with a woman he was dating, even going so far as to give her half the closet.
Shutting the door, the half-brother moved around the room, checking every nook and cranny for evidence of their previous relationship, growling when he didn't find any. Dropping to his knees, InuYasha looked under the bed lifting up the skirt only to find a spotless carpet, no dirty secrets desperately hidden from prying eyes.
Grunting in frustration, InuYasha sat up on his shins and looked around the master bedroom, figuring that the two of them might have hidden it a little better than he originally thought. Standing up, InuYasha figured he had a better shot at digging around in his brother's study. Walking towards the door, InuYasha had barely made it five steps when he froze in terror at the sound of approaching footsteps.
His body immediately reacted, wide golden eyes searching for the nearest exit, his eyes catching sight of the adjoining door to the en-suit bathroom, his feet softly padding as he ran to the tiled room, the door unable to close entirely as the other opened fully, his brother taking off his coat as he walked in on the sleeping woman.
InuYasha peered out of the door, no longer caring if he was caught, feeling a need to see the two of them together without them knowing he was there, figuring that if it was an act, he would know now.
Sesshomaru moved over to the sleeping woman, his coat settling on the edge of the bed softly so as not to disturb her. Moving his fame slowly to her, Sesshomaru settled himself on the edge of the bed. His little brother watched unbeknownst to the occupants as Sesshomaru leaned over her, his hands stroking the soft alabaster flesh, his lips lowering to meet her cheek.
"I thought you were at work."
Sesshomaru pulled back at the sound of her soft voice, a smile playing coyly on his lips.
"And I thought you were asleep."
Rin hummed lightly and stretched, her dark brown eyes fluttering open to look into his amber ones, a smile playing tenderly on her mouth, Sesshomaru's hands rubbing the curve of her hips and the exposed flesh of her collar bones.
"Was," Rin corrected, her hands reaching out to cup his face, her eyes meeting his, "did you get everything you needed?"
"Mostly," he conceded, his body hovering over hers as he gently stroked her face, "there were one or to files that I was too impatient to wait for."
Rin reached out and tugged at his tie, her fingers sliding down from his face to undo the knot "aren't they important? You should go back for them shouldn't you?"
Sesshomaru chuckled lightly at her antics "this from the woman who's undoing my tie."
Rin held both ends of the tie in one of her hands as she gently pulled him closer to her, the stronger dog demon complying without hesitation, his lips meeting hers.
"I can re-do it," Rin stated simply once they parted, the long fabric now sliding off his neck and falling swiftly to the floor, her hands slowly undoing the buttons of his shirt, his skin exposing to her inch by inch.
Sesshomaru just smirked at her remark, his own hands sliding down the thin straps of her dress, mouth lowering to suckle and kiss her neck and collar bone, eliciting enticing moans out of Rin's mouth, his body sliding over to cover hers, his knee sliding between her legs as her own curled up, one sliding next to his body while the other remained between his.
Sesshomaru pulled away from her neck to meet her lips, his tongue licking her lower lip, slowly sliding between the parted ones one she granted him what he wished for, his muscle pressing against the pallet of her mouth, a soft moan echoing in the back of his throat.
InuYasha stared at the two of them on the bed, his eyes tearing away after hearing his brother sigh, his hand clasping over his mouth as he tried not to gasp. InuYasha heard Rin inhale loudly; his eyes darting unconsciously towards the room, wishing he hadn't the minute he saw gentle fingers weave through his brother's hair, the same brother who was currently working on stripping the woman of her pink dress. His hand moved from his mouth to his dog ears, clutching them in hopes that they could drown out any noise of them having sex should they start.
Rin moaned into her lover's mouth, her fingers intertwining his silver locks as she pressed her body to him. Rin felt her heated body hit the cool air as the demon above her tugged and teased her dress off. Rin felt that they would continue had a loud buzzing not echoed through the house.
Rin broke their kiss off with a teasing smile, her hands splayed on his chest as she pushed him off her.
"Sorry," she murmured to his confused face, "I have to finish the laundry."
Sesshomaru shook his head as the woman slipped out of his arms, the smile on his face one of disbelief.
"No, Rin, you started this, and you'll finish it."
Rin snorted, "I started this? I was having a nap! You came in and started-"
"It's your fault," Sesshomaru grinned, advancing on her form, "because you looked so appetising I couldn't help myself."
Rin giggled and squealed as Sesshomaru pounced on her, his arm wrapping around her slim waist, a fake growl passing his lips as he dug his nose back into the crook of her neck.
"No, Sesshomaru seriously, I need to get the clothes," Rin said between her giggles, the dog demon ceasing his attack on the woman's neck.
"If you must," he conceded, his face softening and his grip relaxing on her, his finger tucking a lock of hair behind her ear, "but hurry back."
Rin laughed, "as soon as I can, I promise."
Sesshomaru smiled as she slipped away, a brief peck on his marked cheeks before she stepped out of the room, adjusting her dress quickly as she passed through the door, the dog demon receiving a brilliant smile before she shut the door.
Sesshomaru chuckled for a moment, a soft smile still on his face. Looking down at his half undone shirt, the dog demon reached up and touched the skin, the traces of her fingers lingering invisibly as he finished unbuttoning the remainder of her shirt, his little brother watching from the bathroom, fear creeping into his heart as he prayed silently that his brother didn't rub one out in front of him.
Thankfully, InuYasha's prayers were answered as his brother turned away from the bed, and towards the bathroom.
InuYasha felt panic seek into him, his mind looking around desperately for another place to hide. If he thought his brother would be mad at the notion of him being in the room, he knew Sesshomaru would be furious if he caught him now, after what he had just seen. InuYasha turned to run to the bathtub, unfortunately two seconds too late as the door swung open, InuYasha thanking whatever deity was out there that he had the fortune of being on the other side of the door; but once his brother shut the door…
"Master Sesshomaru!"
Both demons froze at the sound of the imp's voice, Sesshomaru turning back with his hands still on the door handle.
"What is it Jaken?"
"There's a large envelope for you here, it's from Mr. Yao."
Sesshomaru sighed, turning from the door and shutting it as he left, InuYasha straining his ears as he head his brother, "alright, show me the envelope."
InuYasha finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard his brother's footsteps fade away and the door shut behind him, his body hit the wall as he slid down it, his heart rate finally slowing to a reasonable rate. He had just witnessed the eeriest of sights, his brother genuinely caring for someone, affection he thought that his elder was incapable of feeling at any degree, but that…
Standing up quickly, InuYasha wasted no time in running from the bathroom, right into his brother.
"Gah!" InuYasha cried, stumbling backwards and away from the frowning face.
"I think it's too early for you to relax, little brother," Sesshomaru growled dangerously, his eyes boring daggers into InuYasha's skull.
"Se-Sesshomaru, I-I was-"
"Save it," Sesshomaru snapped, "did you enjoy the show?"
InuYasha flushed a deep red at his brother's words, his ears flattening in embarrassment, "I-I-"
"You what?" Sesshomaru responded, his eyebrow arching perfectly, "figured you'd sneak in here and paw through or stuff? Or-"
"NO! NOT THAT!" the half demon suddenly snapped, his hands held up in panic, "there is no way in hell I'd wanna see that!"
"Then what?" his brother asked coolly, amber eyes narrowing as his little brother tried to scuttle away from his advancing form, "this explanation must be half decent."
"I, uh," InuYasha stammered, fearful eyes looking up at his brother, his throat swallowing thickly as he struggled for his words, "Y-you two just wouldn't-wouldn't tell me about h-how you met and-"
"You thought you'd pry in our room and find the answers for yourself?" his brother finished for him, amber eyes flashing in anger while InuYasha's courage slowly crept further and further away, "let me make myself explicably clear," his brother hissed, "as far as I'm concerned our history is none of yours-"
"And just why not?!" InuYasha snapped back, "why the hell is your past with her so damned special that you can't tell anyone!"
"It causes her discomfort," his brother snarled through clenched teeth, "that should me more than enough of a reason for you. If I ever catch you doing this again you can be damn well sure that you are out of this house, do I make myself clear!?"
The half demon glared up at his half-brother despite the cruelty and harshness of the words.
"Fine," he conceded, picking himself up off the floor to stand by his brother, amber eyes glaring at each other.
"Get out," Sesshomaru whispered in a deadly voice, "and make sure that my clothes make it to the laundry, understand?"
Wordlessly, the half-demon left his brother to the room, his mind still a cross between humiliation at getting caught and anger at the treatment he justly received. The young woman was obviously not acting, for some reason, she was genuinely interested in his brother; Sesshomaru, on the hand had not changed a day since the two last met, he was still as uncaring and as cruel as he had always been, meaning that everything he had said and done to Rin was a lie.
Somehow, InuYasha vowed, I'll expose you, Sesshomaru, just you wait. I will not let you hurt that woman!
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