Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or it's characters.
The next day Rin slowly makes her way over to Sesshomaru's house before school. When she reaches the door though instead of Sesshomaru she see's Inuyasha. "Hey."
"Hey."
They stand in silence for a moment. "Today is senior check out day so Sesshomaru doesn't have to be at school till later today."
"Oh." That's right. I forgot. Senior check out day was the day that seniors go to the school and visit all the departments to return their books and supplies and pay whatever debts they owe the school before graduation. After that they have two days of graduation practice then the actual ceremony. Since they don't have to actually attend class they aren't required to show up till much later in the day.
"Um I can give you a ride to school if you want?"
"Is Sesshomaru awake? I really need to talk to him." Inuyasha shrugs. "Look kid I don't know, I'm not going to wait for ya neither so it's now or never." Reluctantly Rin agrees. I will speak to him after school. He probably has a lot on his mind right now.
Rin had her own worries though. What would she do when Sesshomaru leaves? Kagome and her friends have always tried to extend their friendship to her. Granted they were juniors going to be seniors, but that would at least get her through one more school year. But then what?
The school day passed by quickly. When the final bell rang, Rin started the long walk home, not wanting to hunt down Inuyasha for a ride. Half way home a car pulls up beside her. Rolling down the passenger side window James voice called out, "Rin get in the car I'll give you a ride home." Nodding, thankful that she didn't have to actually walk the rest of the way, Rin opens the door and climbs in."You're off work early today."
"Lolita is off early today too. We wanted to go out somewhere special tonight. You know celebrating the end of the school year."
"Almost end." James nods. "Yes almost." Glad that Lolita and James wanted to spend time with her, Rin couldn't help cursing the bad timing. But she wasn't going to turn them down, not if they took off early. Speaking with Sesshomaru would just have to wait a little bit longer.
After a nice dinner out followed by a movie, the group finally returns home. The time out with James and Lolita was nice but Rin could feel tension building between the two of them. Curious as to what was causing it, but not wanting to ruin the night, Rin never brought the subject up. Now though after stepping through the doorway Rin had a feeling she was about to find out.
Quietly James and Lolita make their way over to the kitchen table, their faces grave. Rin follows them, silent as well, and takes a seat across from them. "What's going on?" Lolita faces Rin with a sad smile, "Rin we need to talk." Not good! Warning bells are going off in Rin's mind. After a few minutes of silence James looks to his wife then to Rin. "Rin, next month after your birthday you're going to be moving." Rin was confused. Moving? "Where are we moving to?"
"No sweetie, just you. Please understand that this decision wasn't ours to make. We talked to the social worker and it has been decided you're going to be placed in a different home." Rin didn't know what to say. "Why?" She whispers. "I'm not totally sure what their reasoning is. I thought we were doing a good job but they feel you aren't getting along well here." Rin shook her head looking towards Lolita. "I don't want to go. We can fight this right? I'm happy here." Lolita starts crying. Poor Rin. "We tried to sway them otherwise but it's not our choice. You're a ward of the state. It's in their hands." Suddenly angry Rin slams her fists on the table. "No! You just didn't try hard enough. You can do something but you're choosing not to." Tears start running down her face Rin makes no effort to stop them, leaning her head down she quietly whispers. "No one ever does." Lolita gets up to comfort Rin but she shrugs her off. Turning Rin runs out the door. James and Lolita look to each other with worried expressions. They decide to let her be. She's just going to go see Sesshomaru, her only friend.
Running down the street Rin turns up the driveway of Sesshomaru's house and before she can knock on the door Inuyasha opens it. At seeing Rins tears Inuyasah is temporarily stunned. "Is Sesshomaru home?"
"No. He's at a party in celebration of seniors signing out of school today."
"Can you take me to him?" Inuysaha nods. "Sure, I was just on my way over there." They both walk to Inuyasha's car. On the way to the party he stops and picks up Kagome. When Kagome sees Rins tear streaked face she instantly goes to hug her. "Rin what's wrong?"
"I don't want to talk about it."
"Yeah she just wants to go cry to Sesshomaru." Inuyasha informs. Kagome let go of Rin to punch Inuyasha in the arm. "You jerk!" Rin smiles a little. I admire Kagome sometimes. The drive to the party was slightly awkward. Rin felt out of place. Once Inuyasha parks the car Rin climbs out and instead of waiting for Inuyahsa and Kagome she decides to make her way over to the house that the party was being held at.
Going inside Rin realizes it might not be so easy to find Sesshomaru. There are a lot of people there and she doesn't exactly know her way around the house. But she's determined to find him and talk things out since they had even less time than she had hoped. After searching for what felt like hours, Rin eventually comes across Sesshomaru in the backyard. He is drinking from a cup that she assumed contained alcohol and talking with a group of girls. Approaching him she taps him on his shoulder to get his attention.
Sesshomaru downs another cup of vodka and coke. Normally he didn't drink hard liquor at these things, the few times he even went to parties, but he felt he needed it. He wasn't going to even come but he just felt so stressed and wanted a distraction. Drinking though only seemed to make him think even more about his problems.
He couldn't wait to get away from his so called family. I bet they can't wait for me to leave either; then the perfect family can be perfect again. He knew that he wasn't the favorite son. Why else would Tenshin abandon him for Inuyasha. Hell his own mother didn't even want him. Who needs family! Not to mention he still hasn't spoken to Rin. Has the drinks continue, so does his anger and resentment. A group of girls comes up to him and starts flirting. Normally he would ignore them but he decided it couldn't hurt to humor them. Suddenly he feels a tap on his shoulder, turning he sees Rin. Initially he is surprised that she'd be at a party; then he gets upset at the idea that she'd even come to one. Someone here could take advantage of her. He tries to focus and listen to her but he keeps thinking about all the drunken guys here planning on taking her away from him. Suddenly he hears her mention something about someone wanting her to leave. Leave! So she was abandoning him too!
Rin could tell Sesshomaru was getting angry. But why she didn't know. Suddenly he pushes her causing her fall on her butt, hard. This causes everyone around them, especially the group of girls previously talking with Sesshomaru, to stop what they were doing and look towards the pair. "Of course you would leave. You're just like the rest of them. Unreliable worthless excuses for a human!" What? Rin had no idea where this was coming from. What did I do wrong? I just apologized about over reacting to his comment and said that I'm getting moved to a new home. "Sesshomaru I don't know what you're talking about?" This just seems to make him angrier. God why does he have to be drinking now? Sesshomaru steps closer to Rin, towering over her with a glare. Rin wishes she had just waited till tomorrow to speak with Sesshomaru, now clearly wasn't a good time. "You're a terrible person making me believe that you even cared for me then turn around and leave, just like everyone else. You know what go! I don't want you!" Rin just stares at him, confused and hurt. Suddenly he reached down and hauls her up to her feet. He starts dragging her through the house and out to the front. This causes the people all around them to stare and follow, waiting to see what's about to happen. Rin feels embarrassed but mostly confused, and scared. When they make it to the front yard Sesshomaru shoves Rin to the ground. "Go! No one wants you anyway. Why else haven't' you been adopted yet. You act all kind and sweet but really you're…" Suddenly Kagome comes running out of the house. She shoves Sesshomaru out of her way and crouches down next to Rin embracing her. It's at this moment that Rin finally let her tears fall.
"You fucking asshole. What the hell did she do to you?" Sesshomaru just glares at the two and walks inside. People are either standing around staring or venturing back into the house. Kagome looks back down to Rin. "Do you want me to take you home?" Rin pulls away and wipes her eyes. "No." Rin didn't want to inconvenience anyone else. She slowly gets up and starts walking away from the house. Kagome gets up to follow her but is stopped by a hand on her shoulder. "Just let her go. I think she needs some time to herself." Kagome looks to see Inuysaha. Maybe he is right. I'm gonna kill Sesshomaru! Together they watch Rin walk away until they could no longer see her. In the back of her mind Kagome knows this is a bad idea.
Alone. That's all I will ever be. Rin stopped crying a long time ago. Thinking over recent events she came to a conclusion. No one wanted her. She wouldn't be missed by anyone because no one wanted her around. She was just a burden to whoever got stuck with her. That's why Lolita and James weren't going to fight to let her stay. She knew that they had a say in it but she had interrupted their life with her presence. I bet they can't wait to see me gone. And Sesshomaru? She had no idea. She was beginning to believe that there was something there between them, but there wasn't. She wanted to blame the alcohol. He wasn't in a right state of mind but, maybe it just helped him express what he's wanted to say all along. He doesn't want me.
Turning into an alley way Rin decides she needs to rest. Sitting down on a crate she looks around at her surroundings. Zoning in on a broken bottle she suddenly gets an idea. Picking it up she examines the edges. Let's see how does it go? Don't cross the bridge but go down the river. Taking a deep breath Rin did just that. Feeling completely and utterly alone.