Plot development? Is that you? O.o
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AN - I don't own InuYasha
The phone was set down with a soft click, the breathy sigh escaped Sesshomaru's lips while he rubbed his temples, his eyes closing against the sun's rays. His headaches have only been increasing in magnitude and frequency since the gala, the stress from his business arrangement causing him unnecessary stress and havoc, the head of the other cooperation seemingly trying to make him jump through hoops to get what he wanted.
His throat emitted a low growl, he had almost had enough of their little games, had he not been close enough to taste his victory he would have given up. Then again, he had never been the type to give up, no matter what the cost. Straightening up, the dog demon turned to his work, his hands shuffling the papers around before a knock emitted from his study door, the sound nothing pleasant to his already sensitive ears.
"Come in," he said curtly, the documents set aside for the future.
"Hey Sesshomaru."
A soft sigh emitted his lips as he looked up at his half-brother.
"What is it you want, InuYasha?" he asked exasperatedly, "I'm a little busy."
"It's about Rin," his brother told him determinedly, the door shutting behind him.
"What about her?" the dog demon asked, worry slipping into his heart at the thought that she might have been hurt or distressed in some way though his voice didn't show it.
"Just want to talk to you," InuYasha told him, "I want you to leave her."
"What?!"
"You don't love her," his half-brother yelled at the now furious demon, his brother standing up quickly to glare at him, "you hate humans, always have! If you'd think I'd buy this act then you're dumber than I thought!"
"Watch your tongue InuYasha!" his brother barked back, "don't you dare say another word to me about that!"
"About what!" the half demon shouted at him, "she's not a plaything for you, brother, you can't treat her like she's a toy!"
"I don't!" Sesshomaru practically snarled at his brother, "I have no idea what would ever give you that impression but-"
"It's the fact that she's her and you're you!"
"What's that supposed to mean?!"
"It means that there is no way in hell that woman could ever love such a black-hearted human-hating monster like you-"
InuYasha's next words were cut off by a clawed hand at his throat, his brother lifting him clean up off the floor, the amber eyes blood red as they bore into him.
"Shut, up," Sesshomaru whispered dangerously, "you understand nothing about her and I."
"You-you hate humans," his brother managed to choke out, "th-that's what sh-she is."
"I don't hate her," the demon spoke lowly, "I will tell you this once, brother, I love her and if you dare try and come between us I will make you regret it."
A wheezing sound managed past the half-demon's throat, the grip Sesshomaru had on it relinquishing entirely, his little brother dropping to the floor, his hand to his own throat coughing as he doubled over.
"I told you," his brother nearly snarled, "you are a monster."
His brother twitched at his words, his head looking away from his younger brother.
"She knows that," he murmured down at him, "and yet she chooses to stay with me, what does that tell you?"
Defiant amber eyes looked up to glare at him, his thick brows narrowing in anger.
"Had I not known her, I would have called her a gold-digger or a publicity stunt," he growled, "but since I've met her, I'd say you've managed to confuse her into thinking you're capable of emotions and feelings."
The elder brother growled at him, his eyes boring into the younger's.
"Believe what you want," Sesshomaru snarled, "unless you act on it, it does not affect my decisions with her."
"Decisi-" the half-brother stopped in his tracks, eyes widening as he picked himself up off the floor, "wait, what did you decide? To use her until she's no longer useful to you? Just drop her on her ass when you're done? String her along until-"
"I am not stringing her along!"
"Like hell you are!" InuYasha roared, "you can't lead her on like this, it has to end somewhere! You can't keep going on with her like-"
He stopped short of his next words, the aversion of his brother's amber eyes made his own widen, the elder dog demon turning away from the younger.
"You're not," he whispered, "tell me you're not honestly thinking about that!"
"It's on my mind," the dog demon murmured truthfully, "I've considered it for a while now, what does it matter to you?"
"But, marriage!?" his brother exclaimed loudly, thankful that the young woman had taken the say to spend with her cousin and could not hear the two, "you honestly wouldn't sink so low as to carry on the farce and involve her in something like that?!"
"Why do you care?!" Sesshomaru roared at his little brother, his glare full force as he stepped back over to InuYasha, "why do you care what I do with my life?!"
"Because it's her," his brother retorted, "she's kind and innocent and beautiful-"
"WHY ELSE WOULD I LOVE HER?!"
The silence that ensued after Sesshomaru's outburst was deafening, both demons breathing hard as they stared themselves down, the elder demon gathering his thoughts first.
"I truly love her, InuYasha," he conceded softly, "she's given me everything she has and so much more. I would do nothing to harm her, your accusations and allegations against me are false."
"Are they?" his brother pushed, "you need to try a little harder at convincing me, brother. I swear, I'll expose you to her, I'll make her see what you really are!"
"This was wonderful!"
Rin smiled and laughed as her younger cousin yawned and stretched, the darker haired girl smiling just as brightly to her, the steaming drinks between them.
"It's been far too long since we've done this," Kagome grinned, "I missed you!"
"I missed you too," Rin agreed, "I'm glad you could take a break from your school work to do this."
"It's a Saturday, of course I have time to hang out with my cousin!" the young woman beamed, "spending a day shopping and chatting with you has been awesome!"
Her cousin simply laughed at her exuberance, her hands surrounding the mug of her steaming latte while her lips blew out the steam.
"I'm just impressed you could get the day off," Kagome told her, "Kaede told me that you're employer seemed really strict and nasty."
Rin nearly choked on her drink, wide chocolate eyes looking up at the other girl in surprise.
"Wh-what?"
"That demon you work for, you know, to pay back your student loans? The demon?"
"Oh, right, that," Rin muttered, her eyes shifting away from the blue ones, "Kaede um, she didn't mention anything else, did she?"
"Since you haven't told us anything as of late, yeah," a black eyebrow arched as a knowing smile played coyly on her lips, "why, what happened?"
"Well, um," the dark brown-eyed girl stammered, "i-it's sort of hard to explain-"
"Did he make you wear one of those French maid outfits?" Kagome announced suddenly, her eyes perking up, "you know, with the short skirt, garter-"
"Oh God Kagome!" Rin exclaimed, "no, he's nothing like that!"
"Then what?" her dark blue eyes widened exponentially, her lips emanating a loud squeal that was not entirely disregarded by the passer byers as they chatted loudly about their trivial days, "don't tell me you slept with him!?"
"Kagome, could you keep your voice down?" Rin asked shushing her bouncing cousin as she giggled like a school girl.
"You did, didn't you?! Rin you naughty girl, you always told me that you wouldn't have sex with an employer, ever!"
"In all technicalities, he wasn't my employer when we, you know…"
"So, what, he fired you before he screwed you?"
"No," Rin exclaimed, "I quit."
"Why?" Kagome asked looking at her cousin as though she had just sprouted seven different heads.
"Because," the other woman paused, her tongue flicking out over her lips as she fidgeted nervously, "because I-I sort of, fell in love with him."
Her cousin's jaw plummeted with shock at her confession, her open mouth curling into an ear-to-ear grin.
"When did this happen?" she practically squealed, "what do you mean, you fell in love with him!? Are you dating him!?"
"I'm still living with him," Rin admitted bashfully, her chagrin deepening as her cousin nearly bounced in her chair.
"Really!? Oh my God that's so exciting! Why haven't you told anyone about this?"
"I-I don't know," the woman muttered truthfully, "I guess –I just didn't know what to think at the time. I mean, it's Sesshomaru Osamu-"
"The Sesshomaru Osamu!?" her cousin suddenly exclaimed, "one of the hottest demons alive was your employer!?"
"Kagome if you can't keep it down I swear I will duct tape your mouth I promise you," Rin silently threatened, hoping no one had heard her cousin's outburst.
It was honestly no surprise that Sesshomaru had been in a few magazine articles, even the papers when his company did something large, yet he had managed to keep her out of the tabloids under her request, something Sesshomaru had no qualms about, enjoying privacy himself.
"So, really?!"
"Yes really," Rin whispered in a hushed voice, "anyway, for some reason, he wanted me so I-I guess I just allowed myself to live in a dream for a little while before I woke up."
"But…" her cousin pressed equally as quietly, eager to her more.
"But, it's been four months since then and he hasn't come to his senses or anything like that. He holds me, kisses me, takes me places-"
"Does he love you too?"
Rin looked up in surprise at her cousin, her faraway look replaced with mild shock, her mind searching her memories for her answer.
"I-I think so-"
"Does he tell you he loves you?" Kagome pressed, her arms leaning over the table to look at her.
"He does, but not often," Rin explained softly, "he-he isn't the type of person to say things out loud or show how he feels to many others."
"Except to you?"
"Except to me," the elder agreed softly, her lips forming into a small smile at the mere thought of him, her heart feeling warm and full as she remembered every little touch and look the two gave each other.
Kagome watched as her cousin changed into an expression of pure bliss, the smile on her face genuine and her eyes practically shining with happiness.
"I wanna meet him!"
Dark brown eyes looked up in shock a her now standing cousin, the girl towering over the table in determination, her hand hitting the table with enough force to rattle their drinks around.
"Wh-what-"
"If you're thinking of a future with this man," Kagome announced, "then I need to judge his character!"
"B-But Kagome I don't think-"
"It's a brilliant idea!" Kagome announced brightly, grabbing her cousin's wrist and pulling her away from the table while she protested about something trivial about their drinks, "you're using his driver right? I'll have dinner with you and him and get to know him! Let's go!"
Sesshomaru growled as he rubbed his ever growing headache, the fight with InuYasha had cause him sever discomfort and had done nothing to ease him. His little brother had not been convinced by anything he said and only promised to interfere with the two of them further.
The sound of the car rolling in made him relax for a moment, knowing that Rin was close to him was all that he needed to feel secure. His body suddenly tensed when he sensed a second presence, the girl with Rin chatty and excitement rolled off her in waves.
The door opened to reveal a tired-looking Rin and another very bouncing girl, her blue eyes searching around the house with interest, her wavy black hair practically bouncing with every step she took, her accented by the short skirt and her grin wide.
"Sesshomaru," he heard Rin murmur as she moved over to him, her brown eyes looking into his amber ones, "how was your day?"
"It was fine," he told her, his eyes flickering to the other girl who was watching them with keen interest, "how was yours?"
"Same," she sighed, looking over at Kagome, moving from his side to hers, "I'd like you to meet my cousin, Kagome Higurashi, Kagome, this is Sesshomaru, he-"
"I know who you are!" the girl finally squealed, "you Rin's boyfriend! It's so nice to meet you!"
Sesshomaru barely had time to say anything before she launched herself at him, her arms wrapping tightly around his waist, his feet staggering as he steadied himself, the girl pulling back to look at him, grinning broadly, her mouth open as she prepared to say a few words.
"Kagome," Rin interrupted, effectively cutting her younger cousin off, "why don't you go get something to eat in the kitchen, you said you were hungry?"
"But I want you talk to Sesshomaru!" the younger whined, her arms unfurling from around the demon while she pouted in Rin's direction.
"You can talk to him tonight," the dark haired girl reasoned, smiling slightly.
"But-"
"Kagome," Rin tried again, her voice a little harsher this time, "please."
"Fine," the younger grumbled, moving away from the two of them and sliding over to the kitchen, the directions given from Rin followed with agonizing slowness.
A soft sigh escaped her lips; Sesshomaru's slightly widen amber eyes looking over to her, her own hand touching her face as she looked even more tired than she did walking through the door. Looking up at him, her face apologetic as she made her way over to him, her arms replacing Sesshomaru's waist, her body more befitting than her cousins as strong arms wrapped around her; his own sigh escaping his lips.
"I'm so sorry," she murmured, "I was just out for the day with Kagome, but when you came up in our conversation, she just-" the young woman sighed, "just took over and invited herself over. I didn't mean to cause you anymore stress and your headache is probably worse. I'm really sorry."
"It's all right," he told her softly despite the now throbbing in his brain, "my headache isn't any better, but I haven't had any luck with my half-brother tonight anyway."
Her head lifted off his chest, "what do you mean?"
Sesshomaru took a deep breath before he confessed, "he doesn't believe that the way I feel about you is real, he thinks this all just a publicity stunt. He came into my office today and…we got into a fight."
The young woman took a step back from him to look him in the eye, her shoulders sagging as she mulled over her choice of words.
"I guess you and I don't have the best luck with family," she murmured while she reached up and stroked his face smiling sadly, "in any event, did you want dinner in your study or did you want to join us."
"Actually," he told her, his lips ghosting hers, "I think I'll just have an early night, is that alright?"
"Of course," she smiled, "I think I'll join you once I get dinner ready, I can only handle so much energy from Kagome in a day."
The dog demon chuckled as he brushed a lock of hair behind her ear, "I guess, I'll see you later tonight then."
The young girl giggled lightly before she kissed him gently, "good night then."
"Good night," he whispered, his hand on her cheek before he made his way to his room, the young woman sighing before she turned to the kitchen, her hand on her forehead as she pondered how she was going to get through the night.
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