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Love Affair

By: Palelight

Chapter 3: Plum leaves

There was a green Victorian love seat couch, a grey coffee table and a yellow chair by the window straight ahead. To the right of the front door was a small kitchen with a small stove, tiny fridge, and a small sink. The place was clean and comfy for two roommates and only two. There was an egg white door to the right and another to the left of the yellow window sill. Through the left door was a young girl sleeping tightly in her small bed. Her room held only a study desk and a chair while her bed was against the wall by a large yellow window. In the right door was a young man on his small bed sleeping in his small bed next to a yellow window. His desk stood across from his bed on the other side of the wall.

"BZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz," rang a contraption near his head. He reached up from underneath the blankets and smacked the alarm. It tipped over the window sill then swayed back and forth. It tumbled on something below the sill then rolled onto its side and landed.

'C# D#, F#, G#, and A#' Sesshoumaru snarled from his bed at the sound of his keyboard being landed on by his annoying alarm clock.

Rin nuzzled into her pillow when she heard Sesshomaru's system of waking up. She heard her door creak open and steps go past her. There was a sliding sound and cold air entered her room. Birds chirped as she turned her head to the noise and a mad Sesshoumaru. He yanked her coverings off her and poked her in the side while throwing her blankets on the ground.

"Sto*gasp* op *giggle*!" she pleaded with Sesshoumaru while his fingers rapidly changed over to tickling her while she was still 'half' asleep. "!" She gasped out with her breath becoming visible. She was awake now with the cold air gushing into her window.

"You set my alarm for 6 am!! You must pay!" He ignored her cold shiver and kept on tickling her. She laughed until her cheeks hurt like they were stuffed with walnuts. "Why must I wake up now? Huh? Do you need me to be your alarm clock today?" He tickled a little more while she turned red and then he poked her.

He sat on her bed by her legs and she cuddled to his back trying to steal his warmth with her blankets on the floor. "I don't remember setting the alarm." She whispered against his back. He turned his head down at her and gave her an icy glare that made the room even colder. "We need to go by bullet train to visit Izayoi!"

He got up and left through her door. She heard his door slam and she got up with shivering legs shaking beneath her. She walked over to her clothes cabinet near her door and she picked out some clothes to change out of her pajama shorts and shirt. She walked out her door with her warm kappa slippers on her feet. She shuffled across the small living room to Sesshoumaru's door and squeaked the door open. Sesshoumaru was shoving clothes and books into a luggage case. Rin had packed the night before for her short winter break to visit the house she left behind.

They left their apartment near their university and they got to the station. The first hour, she tapped her fingers on the bullet train window as if practicing the piano with landscape backgrounds. The second hour, Rin listened to Chopin while studying for her regular classes. She tapped her fingers on the hard cover of her language book. Sesshoumaru was going to get her a finger piano, so she could play where ever, but he knew that if he did, he would die in an hour flat. He gave her an electric sustaining pedal for their 19th birthday 7 months ago. He got a bouquet of flowers and a cute song on the piano with her singing like a cute little kid 7 months and a day before hers( just one day apart). Rin had warmed up even more to him over the year of being roommates in their small apartment, she was still a bit emotionally inept/neutral to others, but she was his best friend.

The trip to the Taishou's took 3 hours and Rin went off to her parents next door. She greeted them and her 2 year old brother. He cried when seeing her, his parents told Rin to smile at him. She gave him a teddy bear from behind her back and he stopped crying. Her faced was just neutral, but it still made him cry. She left with a neutral goodbye and climbed through Sesshoumaru's old bedroom window.

"Hi," she stated to him as she sat on his window sill. He was sitting on his bed and looked up at her. Her legs dangled off the window where the piano used to be in his room.

"Normal over there," He asked but didn't need an answer. She shook her head and leaped from the sill. Sesshoumaru got up from his large bed and walked over to his door. "I'm going to the market to pick up stuff for Izayoi. You stay here!" he commanded while directing her with his finger to sleep on his bed or just not to get into trouble. She never got along with his brother and that was what trouble he was trying to prevent. She never really talked to Mr. Taishou, they were neutral.

Sesshoumaru used his old bike from his garage. He hopped on with a carrier attached to his seat and the top of his back wheel rim. He rode down a half mile to the large local market to pick up cabbage, beef, and some drinks for the night. Izayoi wanted to make spicy food, but everyone wasn't up for it. He got stuck going out for more groceries and he came out the market doors with a carbonated drink up to his lips. He stopped at the bike rack and slid the groceries into his carrier. He stood by his bike for a moment drinking so he wouldn't have to ride with it open and possibly sloshing on him.

"Taishou, is that?" an old lady asked while walking over to Sesshoumaru. "You probably don't remember me. I'm Kagura's mother, Nariko(woman Naruku)." She stated while Sesshoumaru recycled his bottle and took her hand in a shake.

"Nice to meet you," He remarked. Another woman came up to the two at the very same moment.

"Kagura, dear, you remember Sesshoumaru, right?"

"Of course! Nice to see you again, Sesshoumaru," She said while taking his hand in a shake, but lingered on his hand with her fingers. "What are you doing in town?"

"Visiting."

"What university do you go to now?" Kagura held a bag in her hand and raised one eyebrow in interest.

"Tokyo Metropolitan University."

"Oh, I'm going there for the next semester. Isn't that right, mother?" Nuriko just shook her head but was distracted from the conversation. "I guess I'll see you there."

Sesshoumaru pedaled back home with groceries in toe.

They stayed for two days with Rin sleeping in the living room like years prior. Rin got more dresses from Izayoi while she got into a glaring contest with Inuyasha. Rin and Sesshoumaru said their farewells to Sesshoumaru's family, but went past Rin's family. The trip was long and Rin sat there studying while Sesshoumaru did the same for 3 hours.

4 months later

Rin now sat in her Analytical Chemistry, 7pm, with a young man sitting very close to her. He was Kohaku and they had known each other from first year. He asked her on date a few times, but she never responded. They weren't close and Rin barely talked to him, but had him as a lab partner in her class this semester.

"Rin, what about Tomorrow," She looked at Kohaku and shook her head no. "I won't ask you anymore if you go with me tomorrow." She looked at him suspiciously and then just nodded her head. She didn't want him to pester her in class anymore or even out any place. One date wouldn't hurt.

On the other side of the University was Sesshoumaru. He just gotten out of string studies and was now chewing on a cheese bun. He had learned violin in his last year of senior high with Rin. Rin was ecstatic when he played with her, so he was developing his skills to play Debussy and Chopin with her. He was studying Vivaldi music sheets at a bench with his Violin in a Navy blue canvas case. Some one's bony fingers touched his shoulder, but it felt like they were stabbing him with their nails.

"Hello Sesshoumaru! I didn't know you played the Violin." She said in awe at his violin case. "You are going to class soon?" He just looked up at her while she sat down moving his violin so she could sit right next to her. He nodded his head at her. "Oh, sounds fun." She grabbed Sesshoumaru's hand from his sheets and pulled him up when she stood from sitting. "Let's go on a date like old times." He didn't complain and so he picked up his school bag with his violin.

10pm

Rin got home and checked if Sesshoumaru was home, but he wasn't so she thought he might have an extra class or was just late, maybe working , but the café was closed at this hour. She set his alarm clock for 7am and played on his piano for an hour. She got tired and went to her room to sleep

7am

Rin was already partially awake when the alarm went off in Sesshoumaru's room. There was smash and then silence. She didn't have class today, but Sesshoumaru had an advanced physics class. She got up into her slippers and shuffled to his door.

She knocked "Sesshoumaru?" She knocked a few more times and wedged the door open. She looked at him on his bed, but there was something wrong with the picture. "Oh my!!!!" She quickly slammed the door.

Rin never in the time she had been friends with Sesshoumaru had never seen him in bed with a woman, naked! She held the door shut and was breathing heavy as if someone was chasing her. She walked away from the door with a stunned face. She closed her door and went back to sleep trying to ensure herself that it was just a dream and that her mind was not just scarred.

10 am

Sesshoumaru shifted in his bed a little. His body contacted with a warm body and he immediately opened his eyes open wide, she scooted closer to him. He got up from his bed with shock and stared at Kagura's unclothed body. He looked at his own and walked over to Kagura.

"Wake up!!!" he shouted into her ear while shaking her awake. He had a partial hangover, but he could still make this woman leave.

"Hmm… Sesshoumaru," She smiled with her eyes closed. She pulled his arm into the blankets and he pulled them out. He felt something on his hand and looked down. On his finger was a fake gold ring. "We need to go on a honeymoon, soon." Sesshoumaru growled at her.

"Get out now!" He boomed at her. His loud voice woke up Rin.

Rin rubbed her eyes and she rushed to the door to see what the entire ruckus was about. She opened her door and saw a girl in a bra and skirt rush out Sesshoumaru's door towards the kitchen. She gapped at the girl and the morning memories rushed to her head. She rubbed the ridge of her nose trying to keep the new headache from coming on. She walked out and went to the kitchen to see what was going on.

Kagura was standing in her bra and skirt by the stove. She had eggs and toast out on the counter top. "Oh Hello, Sorry to bother your sleep," she stated as she stared at Rin's hair all on one side and frizzed.

"Who are you?" Rin asked while get a bottle of water from the fridge. She opened it up and swallowed a gulp to keep herself from dehydration.

"I'm Sesshoumaru's new wife, Kagura, and who are you?"

Rin's water came out her nose onto the stove where Kagura was cooking. She choked on her water and could hardly breathe. She caught some of her breath and looked at Kagura's diamond ring. She was shocked; Sesshoumaru would tell her if he was going to marry. "I'm Rin, Sesshoumaru's roommate." Kagura looked at her in disgust.

Rin had gone on the date with Kohaku but she was just so out of it and just shook her head yes to everything he said. 'Sesshoumaru would tell me if he wanted to get married or if he had a fiancée, Right?' she questioned herself. It repeated over and over in her had. At the end of the date, Kohaku had mentioned that he was picking her up in 2 days, but it fell on deaf ears.

She sat out in front of her apartment and thought about it. She would support Sesshoumaru's decision and wait until Sesshoumaru wanted to talk to her. She looked up at the Plum tree that stood tall and blocking some view of her living room apartment. The flowers were blooming and the leaves were vibrant in the night. She stayed outside for a bit longer.

Rin didn't see Kagura and Sesshoumaru yelling at each other through the window. The plums' leaves were just protecting Kagura's lies from Rin.

Notes:

This chapter isn't really a part of my real life. I do wake up with that system though or well my friend does it for me.

Tokyo Metropolitan University- I don't plan to go there and I really don't know much about it. I'm going over seas to a French Arts School or I might stay and go to Tokyo Geijustsu Daigaku. My Friend will be staying, but he won't go to TMU either.

Finger piano-( ./ ) I saw a student from my school playing with it on a train. I even had a headache after 15 minutes.

Here's a glimpse, for readers, at future chapter titles. There will most likely be more, but this is what I have now. Not really in order and guessing what each chapter will be is okay.

1Plums x

2Plum juice x

3Plum leavesx

Plum in yellow

Plum wine

Plum skin

Plum tart

Plum seed

Plums to Prunes

Plums rebirth

Rotten Plums

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