Chapter 3 – The House of the Wind
His eyes set on the city skyline, fading into the upcoming evening, not really seeing it. His office, in the highest floor of his company's skyscraper, dominate the entire vision of the city, he fancied spending the late evenings there for the sake of his longed solitude. He had wanted, long ago, to bring her there, to show her his power, what he has achieved during all those years apart.
He raised his glass, slowly drinking its amber content, a silent cheer in the general direction of her café.
Eyes of gold went unfocused as images start to fill his mind, pictures of the past slow motioning, invading his thoughts.
"You can't possibly be serious Sesshoumaru!" her tone was something beside surprised and outraged as she picked something from her chinese restaurant box
"Indeed I am" replied the twenty three years old demon, his eyes dangerously close to betray his sadness
"So your father really sent you to Shanghai to work as a CEO of that poor excuse of his friend's firm?" she was arguing, now, sitting cross legged on the thick carpet of his living room.
He couldn't remember when he started to consider this bothersome girl so lovely.
"I'll be leaving in a week, or so the old dog said." his voice was merely a whisper, now "I don't know when I'll be back"
She crawled next to him, her head on his shoulder, more than a friend, less then a lover, what was Kagome to him?
"I'll be here, waiting"
She'd never seen the genuine smile that crossed his features just for a second, nor the fire in his eyes melting the gold; maybe when he'll be back he'll finally got an answer and place Kagome in the right role in his life.
Seven years passed in a day, and when he finally managed to return to Japan to became the president of his father company, even if he often thought about Kagome, he found himself engaged to a wealthy girl, daughter if one of the most well known political figures in Japan.
It was as the cheerful girl from his youth was living in an entirely different world from his, but he didn't made any effort to cross and close that distance, because in his world people like Kagome, whose family has always been modest if not on the poor side, could be cherished but not loved.
A timid knock at the door announced the arrival of his fiancée
"Honey, It's time to go"
her ruby lips captured his in a sweet passionate kiss.