Sesshomaru and Rin
He had it all. He owned a big well-known company. He is famous and reputable, and every female wants him as her own. Yes, he had it all. He had a loving and caring girlfriend who loves him with all the fiber in her being, but it wasn't enough for Sesshomaru. No, he needed more. Even though he is lucky to have Rin in his life, she did not help add to his reputation. Rin was a nobody, an orphan. He had met her one day at a cafe, and they started dating her because he was interested in her. She amused him. It wasn't until he met Kagura that things started changing. Kagura was one of the most famous models out there, and he and her together could be on the top story of every business magazine or any magazine for that matter. They met at one of the business parties one day which he always attends alone since Rin doesn't like them. With one click of the camera of them being together, they became a famous couple.
Here he is now with Rin. He watched as Rin figured out what their meeting is about. How couldn't she? He never meets up with her anymore. He never talks to her anymore. He continues to make excuses every time she tried to talk or see him. Pictures were shown on magazines with him and Kagura at a restaurant when he told Rin that he was busy. It hurt her in the inside that Sesshomaru would think she was dumb enough not to see. It killed her inside when the man she loves doesn't love her anymore. She knew. She always knew, but she tried to deny it until he told her, himself. And now, on her birthday, Sesshomaru wanted to talk to her about their relationship.
"I want to break up with you. I have found someone that could help my reputation. And in order to do so, I must end our relationship," Sesshomaru stated, straight to the point. Rin could feel her heart break at how easily he could throw her away just like that. Rin nodded. She couldn't speak. She lost her voice like the day she lost her voice when her family was killed in a car accident. She was the only sole survivor from that incident.
No, she didn't say anything because Sesshomaru doesn't deserve it. She just stood up, took off her promise ring and laid it on the table. She walked away, never looking back. But it never meant that she didn't cry. Yes, she left with tears falling from her eyes. A broken heart could not be mended into the same state as it was before it broke.
He was surprised at her reaction, yet he waved it away. It wasn't like Rin was that important to him. She amused him, that's all, yet why did he felt this aching pain in his heart? Why did he felt like his stomach had been punched? And why, for the first time in years, did he feel a little empty?
And so, here he is now two years later. Cold and empty in his penthouse. There was no lively greeting made towards him after a long and arduous day. There was no cup of coffee immediately on the table made for him. There was no laughter and no endless chatter. There was no one to eat meals with. There was no warm presence to make his penthouse bright and alive. It was just a lifeless living area.
His girlfriend, Kagura, wasn't the kind to do things like that. No, she was the kind who does her own thing while he does his. There was no intimate moments. No love. Just business. It was what he always wanted, and she doesn't go into his business like Rin does. Yeah, when he got sick one day, he called her saying he was sick. Kagura just responded to get well. That was it, and the call ended just like that. Rin, on the other hand, took a day off from work just to take care of him. She made him soup, kissed his forehead, and told him she loves him. She even slept on the same bed with him, so he would never feel alone. He wouldn't have that anymore.
He didn't know why, but he felt the days go too slowly, like it never ends. He heard about Rin one day when Jaken was excitedly talking about Rin with the secretary. He heard about how Rin finally had accomplished her dream. She had finally owned her own small flower shop. He also heard that Rin found someone special. Sesshomaru didn't know why, but he couldn't help but scrunch the document in his hand at the news. Why, oh, why does he have Jaken as his personal assistant?
He didn't know why he came to her flower shop though. The outside looked homey, just like Rin. Gold letters danced across the shop's name. He chuckled at the name, "Sweet Happiness Flower Shop". He remembered when they dated that she wanted make people happy and feel good inside. She met her dream with something she loves to do, take care of flowers and plants. He always said that he would be by her side as she meets her dream. He never did. And for that reason, he felt his stomach clench.
He entered the inside of the store. It is bright, lively, and warm. It felt like Rin was right with him. And the smell, it was a sweet aroma just like Rin. He looked around the shop to see all sorts of blooming flowers. They were all well taken care of. His eyes stopped at a certain picture on the wall though. It was actually a collage of pictures, but he noticed a certain one. There, he saw his Rin smiling happily with a man beside her, holding her as if she is his. Again, his stomach had clenched. He saw another picture of the couple. She and the man kissed sweetly. He gritted his teeth. There were other pictures of them too. He could not handle it anymore.
He thought he could handle it, but he couldn't. He thought he didn't care, but he did. He had everything he wanted in the palm of his hands, but it never occurred to him that he would never feel complete in reputation alone. Because in order to feel complete, he needed the love and support necessary to counteract the loneliness only reputation gives.
Even though he could feel her warmth and smell her aroma in this shop of hers, it only left him more empty than he ever did before he met her and after he let her go. It took only when she's gone from his life that he understood she was all he ever needed. Reputation and fame could only go so far.
A/N: Shall make a sequel to this soon. Title: "Until We Meet Again". The afterstory of the events that happened in these one-shots/short stories. Thank you for all those who read this story and the ones who reviewed. I'm off to continue on my other works.