~Twists of Love
Author: Sam Kline, aka Thesamislame
Editor: Angelica Andres, aka luckylyra827
Copyright for editing: © February 2010

It was quiet in the waiting room. No one spoke as they waited for the doctor to come out and spill the news. Sesshoumaru was standing against the opposite wall, away from the three friends of Kagome. He kept his head low and arms crossed, cursing to himself knowing this was his entire fault.

The three girls examined him as he slouched against the wall across from them. Eri spoke first, trying to loosen the tension between them all. "So, you're Sesshoumaru?"

"Yes." He spoke with his head still down and arms still crossed.

"How long have you known Kagome?"

Sesshoumaru widened his eyes but kept his head down. How long as it been since I've first seen her? "I would say a little over a year now, I suppose."

"A year! And she never even mentioned you once to us? What else is she hiding?" Yuka said this time.

"Well." He paused for a moment to find a more comfortable position against the wall. "That's when I first met her. We haven't really gotten to know each other till a week ago."

"How did you two first meet?" Eri was already into his fantastic story. She was on the edge of her seat bouncing both of her feet up and down and biting her lip. But not even for a second did she forget about Kagome in the emergency room.

Sesshoumaru had finally looked up through his eyelashes and bangs to stare at the excited girl. He could help but to think of Rin just then, making a thin smile cross his lips. He was silent for a while, thinking up a story that wouldn't harm who he really is. "She was with my brother, InuYasha-"

"InuYasha is your brother?!" Eri practically screamed.

He was caught off guard with widened eyes, but a moment later went back to normal, "Yes." Was all he said.

"Well, I think you're much cuter than him." Yuka said for the first time while waiting in the hospital room.

"C'mon! I want to know the rest of the story!" Ayumi butted in.

He sighed, too quietly for them to hear, then continued. "She was with InuYasha when I had ran into him. We don't see much of each other so naturally, we did our greetings." He left out the part where they would try to kill each other each time they saw each other. They didn't need to know that. "We didn't speak to each other, Kagome and I. I was just there to take something that was rightfully mine from InuYasha. I wasn't interested into knowing her at that time, nor was she."

"She was always there whenever I bumped into InuYasha, so I thought that she was his mate and left her be. There were times though, when I would see InuYasha with another woman. And I would see her run off or try to ignore it. They both never knew I was close enough to know what's going on between them. So I kept it that way. It was their lives and not mine. If my dumbass brother wanted to destroy something so pure, then I would have let him."

Why was he rambling on and on about this? He never talked this much to another person about himself. He let himself continue though. "I, uh, saw her at times when she wouldn't let anyone else see her. When she was at her lowest, when she saw my brother with another girl. She didn't let anyone see her, or how she felt. She always kept my brother happy with her love, even though she knew he can never return the same amount."

"I saw something in her that I thought I would never see in-" in a human " anyone else. That's when I started leaving my brother alone, I stopped" trying to kill him. " trying to change him, as one might say."

He could tell all the girls had tears in their eyes. "That is so… I don't… Wow," Yuka said, searching for words.

"Is that why you're here now? That two faced InuYasha left Kagome for another girl so you came to rescue her?" Eri stood up and gave an unexpected hug to Sesshoumaru. "A bit stiff, aren't you?"

Sesshoumaru didn't know what he should do. Push her away or embrace on this thing called a 'hug' humans do? Instead he didn't do anything. He was still taken aback why a human would do this kind of thing to a demon. She did not know, but it had still moved the Demon Lord in a way that even Rin hasn't done.

"You might have weird tattoos on your face and wrists, and I don't want to know anywhere else. But you have a kind heart and that's hard to find these days. I hope you stay longer than that Inu-freak." Eri had said, stepping back with her hands still on his shoulders. "Plus, you're hot." She added before she turned around and joined the two girls on the bench.

Hours went by as the demon, three friends of Kagome's, and now, Kagome's family, waited for the answers. Sesshoumaru was ready to cut down the doors that were separating her from him, it would be best for him not to, he decided. He stood there for another hour with his head down low and arms crossed before someone had finally opened the doors.

He was the first to look up and beg for answers with his eyes. No one spoke, too afraid to know the truth.

"She has a few broken bones, but she will be fine. She needs plenty of rest. As of right now, she is awake if you would like to see her."

My head hurts. So do my eyes and the rest of my body. What happened? I opened my eyes to a bright light shinning down on me. It took me a few moments to focus my eyes to see where I was exactly. It looked like a hospital. My clothes were off, replaced by a hospital dress. My arms had needles and tubes that were connected to different bags with liquids. I could hear my heart beat on the machine next to my bed.

"Now, I remember." I remember looking for Sesshoumaru. I remember the girl screaming from a rat. I remember seeing my friends. I remember shocking pain going through my body as a car hit me. I remember the pain in my head as I flew through the air and slammed against the asphalt. But I remember his face the most. His eyes locking onto mine, filled with concern and something else. Something I've never seen in his eyes, but in InuYasha's. Fear. Fear of what? I remember his touch as he pulled me into his embrace and his hot breath as he said my name. He said my name. Not because he wanted something from me, but because… Because of what?

"Kagome! Oh, my baby girl!" I was pulled from my memories once I heard my mother's cry. She came up and ever so gently gave me a hug. "You scared all of us. Haven't I told you ever since you were a child to look both ways before crossing?"

"I'm sorry, Mother. I wasn't thinking." It was hard to speak. It made my chest hurt and my head dizzy.

"Just as long as you're okay."

One by one, they all said how much they are grateful that I was still alive. They formed a circle around my hospital bed with big smiles and tears running down their cheeks. Sesshoumaru stayed in the back by the door, his eyes as gentle as clouds. Everything in the room went silent to my ears. I could see their mouths moving from the corner of my eyes but I did not care. I knew if I looked away from him now, I would never see his eyes like this again.

They began to come up to me, each giving me a hug. At first I did not know why, my eyes were still locked onto his, then I realized they were leaving. It was around five in the morning and none of them could sleep a wink while waiting.

"I'll be back tomorrow to sneak you food." My mother said in my ear before she was the last one out the door. Sesshoumaru stayed in his position staring at the wall to the side of him this time. He was silent for a while, his bangs covering his eyes so I could not tell what he was thinking.

"You should get some sleep." I finally spoke, wishing I hadn't broken the peaceful silence between us.

"I don't need sleep." He said bringing up the chair he was standing by and brought it to the foot of my bed.

"But your wounds. They need to heal. I'm pretty sure you just reopened them after what had happened today."

He sat down in the chair, trying not to lock eyes with me again. "Stop worrying about others for once and worry about yourself." His voice was calm but I could feel something powerful behind them.

"I'm sorry you can't go back to the Feudal Era. I know it's my fault and-"

"Do you ever stop apologizing? Is this what humans do when they can't fix something?" Aggravation was in his voice. He looked up at me with hard eyes this time. "It's pathetic." His voice was calmer, but his eyes still held.

Unable to look at him any longer, I tried to turn around, to give him the cold shoulder. Here I am in a hospital bed dying trying to apologize to him, and he's acting like this? What happened to those eyes I was just staring into a few minutes ago? I turned, not thinking about the shoulder I had landed on, and gasped in pain.

I heard the chair scratch on the tile flooring and saw Sesshoumaru stand up. "You idiot." I heard him say under his breath as he reached over me and gently moved me back to the center of the bed. His hot hands felt nice on my sore skin and soon realized I wanted him to lie next to me to keep me warm.

I heard him sigh while hovering over me. His eyes were gentle again. "You need some rest."

"Will you stay with me?" My voice was a little over a whisper. He nodded and returned to his seat.

"I will as long as my body is willing." He had whispered too low for me to understand.

-I am SO sorry for the very late chapter, haha. You know when you have that day when you just don't feel like doing anything and don't want to talk to anyone? Well, try extending that into a week. Blah. I PROMISE I will never take that long again for a chapter, haha.

-So. Yeah, Sesshoumaru is opening up more :]. And showing some of his emotions. I hope you liked it. And again, sorry for it being soo late x_x