~Twists of Love
Author: Sam Kline, aka Thesamislame
Editor: Angelica Andres, aka luckylyra827
Copyright for editing: © January 2010
Ring, ring.
What is that vexatious noise?
He was sitting across from the bed Rin had been sleeping in for the past five hours. He was not tired, but he took this time to relax. His wound was still bleeding and he knew if he were to walk around, then it would not heal as fast as it should.
Ring, ring.
He had been sitting there listening to the rings that will not stop. When he thought the ringing had finally stopped, it would start up again, hurting his ears. Sesshoumaru got up from his spot and went to the door. He looked back at Rin before he quietly opened the door and stepped into the hall.
Ring, ring.
There it is again.
He followed the irritating noise down the stairs and into the living room.
Ring, ring.
It seems to be coming from this device. Sesshoumaru walked over and picked up the phone from its holster, and examined it.
Ring, ring.
What do I do with this thing? He started pressing buttons until it had finally stopped ringing.
That's better. Sesshoumaru glanced around the living room before he had put the phone back onto its holster. Such a weird place. He started up the stairs to the bedroom where he had left Rin. He didn't want to leave her side for too long in this place. He knew nothing about it.
Ring, ring.
Sesshoumaru stopped halfway up the stairs when he heard the bothersome noise again. Not again..
He turned around and flew down the stairs, back to the aggravating machine that won't stop. He picked it up when it rung again, and pressed all the buttons again. And again, it had stopped. Putting it back into its holster, he waited for it to ring. And again, it rung.
"The hell." He was getting annoyed. The ringing did not set well with his ears. "There must be a way-" Then he spots it. The wires from its holster. "That must be where it's getting its power." He said to himself.
Ring, ring.
He followed the wires until they disappeared into the wall. Still aggravated from the noise, he pulled the wires from inside the wall. It created a tear in the wall, getting longer and longer as he pulled.
Ring, ring.
Shut the hell up already! He pulled even harder this time, causing the rip in the wall to exile to the ceiling.
I woke up to the sound of my alarm clock. I rolled over to my other side and slammed the alarm clock with my hand, turning it off.
"AH! SOUTA!!!" I opened my eyes to see Souta's face in front of me, "Don't do that! That's creepy!" Really creepy when your younger brother watches you sleep.
"Um. You may want to see thing, sis."
"See what?" Souta had gotten up already and was half way out of my door before he turned around and mentioned me to follow him.
"Just follow me sis. Mom's going to be real mad."
I slowly got out of bed and dragged my feet down the stairs. "Souta, what could be so impor-. Oh my gosh. What the hell happened?!" I yelled, as Sesshoumaru turned around, evidence in his hands.
"What happened to the wall!? And the ceiling?!" I yelled again.
"This device, what is it?" He held out the phone.
"It's a phone! What did you do?!"
"It wouldn't stop." He simply said.
"It- it wouldn't stop? You mean someone was calling?" I took the phone out of his hand. Six missed calls from Eri. "Oh my- Mom's going to kill me." I looked at the rips in the wall. Zig-zagged rips across half of the living room wall, as it made its way up to the ceiling and stopped as it was about to go into the kitchen.
"Look," I held up the phone so Sesshoumaru could see. "You press this button," I pointed to the button with the green phone, "To answer the phone, to talk to the person who is calling, Okay? And you press this button," I pointed to the red phone, "When you don't want to talk to a person, or if you are done talking to them, okay? So either way, it'll make the ringing stop. Got it?"
He took the phone out of my hands as he pressed both of the buttons. "Oh."
I took in a deep breath and let it out. "How am I going to fix this?" I stood there, staring at the disaster Sesshoumaru had made out of my living room. "Souta, where's Mom?"
"I think she left to go shopping."
"Great." I said to myself, "Probably going to have to have a professional come in and fix this." I looked back at Sesshoumaru, "I guess we're even now."
"Can I go and wake up Rin?" Souta asked, looking at Sesshoumaru.
He nodded in response.
Souta eagerly left and ran up stairs.
I sighed. It's going to be a long day. "How's your wound?" I asked, taking my attention off of the wall and walked into the kitchen.
"Healing." He put the phone down on the couch and followed right behind me.
"Oh. Healing. That's all? It doesn't hurt or anything?"
"Don't pretend like you care about-"
"Who says I'm pretending? Of course I care. Yeah, so you tried killing us a few times, but you also saved us. So there's bound to be some kindness in you."
"Sesshoumaru, Souta wants to take me to the playground, can I go with him?" A tired Rin asked, entering the kitchen.
"How about you eat first, Rin?" I asked, "Same with you, Souta."
I made pancakes with smiley faces in them, eggs, toast and some hash browns for breakfast. It didn't take long for Souta to scarf down his meal, he was in a hurry to show Rin the playground. Sesshoumaru didn't eat, saying he doesn't eat human food. It barely satisfies his needs. Rin was unsure at first, about the food I had given her, but she soon scarfed it down after Souta.
"Would you like to go too, Sesshomaru?" I asked cleaning off the plates, waiting for Souta and Rin to get ready. "It'll get you out of the house for a while. You've been cooped up in here for the past two days."
"I suppose."
"We have to do something about your markings first though. We don't want people staring at you."
I went up to the bathroom and brought down my makeup bag Sesshoumaru had went through.
"This here," I pulled out my concealer, "Will hide your markings for the day."
It took us about ten minutes to reach the playground walking from the house. Souta and Rin ran ahead of me, while Sesshoumaru stayed a few feet behind, walking slower than usual. I stopped to wait for Sesshoumaru to catch up, making sure he is doing all right.
"You okay, Sesshoumaru?" I asked, once he caught up. "You seem to be-"
He didn't stop nor looked at me when he caught up with me. "I'm fine, human. Stop asking."
"Okay then." I breathed out, following shortly behind him.
The kids where already playing on the swings when we reached the playground. Sesshoumaru quickly found a bench and sat down, watching the kids. There were a few families here, also watching their kids as they played in the playground, gossiping among themselves. A few women stopped their gossiping once they noticed a tall, dark and handsome Sesshoumaru approaching a bench near them.
He seemed to be uncomfortable hearing the women talking about him in such a way. Wondering to themselves if he was married or had kids, and if not, would consider dating one of them. I sat down next to him, closer than what I had should of, but he didn't seem to mind, and asked if he was ok.
He seemed to be out of breath, and paler than he usually is. "I'm fine! Now stop asking."
"I'm not going to stop asking 'til you stop lying. You're already out of breath and you're paler than you should be." Did walking for only ten minutes do this to him?
"I just need to rest for a bit. I'll be fine then."
"Alright." I didn't feel like fighting with him while he was in this condition, so I let him relax for the time being.
We watched Souta and Rin run around having a good time, in silence. They were having fun, laughing and running with each other. We watched as they played soccer with some other kids, and Rin trying to figure out how to kick the ball while running. She tripped once, face hitting the earth's ground pretty hard, making Sesshoumaru's head jerk up, but she got up laughing, letting Sesshoumaru relax again. His breathing had gone down, and some if his color had gone back to his face, making him seem more alive.
"Is that your natural hair color?" Both of our heads turned towards the voice. It was one of the women from the other bench.
"Excuse me?" Sesshoumaru spoke before I could.
"You see, I and my friend," She pointed to a red-faced woman who seemed younger than her, "Made a bet on rather your hair color is natural or not."
"I was born with this color, yes."
"You see, I knew it was natural." She said, smiling. She then turned back and yelled at her friend, "It's natural! You own me a drink!" She turned around and smiled even brighter. "How long did it take to grow your hair out?" She sat down next to him, still smiling, playing with her hair.
"Couple hundred years." I was about to slap him across the head, but the women seemed to buy it.
"Isn't that the truth?" She awkwardly laughed. "It's quite beautiful. So are your eyes."
I was about to barf. Are you serious? She was hitting on a Demon Lord without even knowing it. Well, at least I did my job and made him look like he fits in here.
"Was there a point for you coming over here? Or are you just going to keep babbling? Your voice is rather annoying and is starting to hurt my ears."
A laugh had escaped my mouth before I knew it. She looked angrily over at me, Sheesh, if looks could kill, then she stood up.
"You know what, you're not even that beautiful anyways. And my voice is not annoying! I'll have you know that I sing for a living! People adore my voice!" With that, she stomped off to her friend, yelling how ungrateful and rude he had been.
"I'd hate to hear how she sings."
"I hear ya." I said, still laughing to myself.
-Well, there it is. Chapter six, yo. I got stuck after the phone indecent, and didn't know what to write. So, I made them go on a little field trip to the playground.
-Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Took forever to write.
-And Merry Christmas :]