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Broken Rose Petals

Chapter 5: Stalling.

Rin's breathed out a sigh as she pushed her key through her car door, she had stayed polishing all the instruments also cleaning the mouth pieces. She looked to her side setting down her purse on the floor, her car had been acting up, however she had never seen it as a big deal. The old Honda did its job and got her to work and the supermarket. She brushed a disobedient piece of her dark brown waves behind her ear. Rin pulled out her cell phone and looked at contemplating whether or not to make the call, she would have hated to bother him. Rin decided to try to get the car to start by herself. After nearly a half hour of trying to get the dying car to work for her she noticed that the sky was turning a dark blue. She was going to be late getting home which in turn make her late for other things. Rin was growing nervous so she sat in her car and locked the door before pulling her cell phone out and making the phone call she had been thinking of making for a while. Rin pushed her fingertip on ten of the numbered buttons on her phone. It rang three times before she finally got through.

"Hey Rin, what happened?" a concerned voice ran through Rin's ear. She rubbed her temple with her fingertips lightly the other hand holding the phone to her ear.

"I'm stuck at work, my car died. Can you pick me up?" she asked, she knew that she would probably get the ride no problem but she didn't want to call a tow truck and deal with all the problems right now. She almost wanted to run away. Run away from everything just like she had the day her son was taken from her.

"Rin, I'll be there in ten minutes. You aren't outside of the car right. Its dark outside I don't want you in that parking lot alone." stated a concerned voice, Rin smiled and nodded even though she knew the person on the receiving end couldn't see her.

"I'm sitting in my car, the doors are all locked. I'll be here, maybe we can grab something to eat after you pick me up. I'll treat." Rin suggested,

"That sounds great, just sit tight. I'll see you soon." the assuring voice told her. She sat in her car with a small smile, she loved how she could always rely on...

Sesshoumaru sat at his desk his hands were folded with his forehead pressed on his thumbs as thoughts ran through his mind. Kagura hadn't called him in two weeks and he wondered if she was really through with him. 'I can't just leave can I? It wouldn't be fair to Kagura. Can I fix this? No...Sesshoumaru you have to find her and see if the feelings are still there.' he thought to himself, he opened his amber eyes and picked his head up. There was a stack of papers that needed his approval on his desk, he grabbed one before looking at his watching and picking his phone up. He had to find her, he knew that he couldn't move on with his life unless he knew that everything they had shared was over. Sesshoumaru put the phone down. He looked at it he didn't know whether to pick it up and call or not. He had found Rin's number a week after deciding that he had found her. He just never could pick up the phone and call, his throat would get tight and his breathing sped up he could never make himself call. He knew that he had to talk to her. Sesshoumaru began writing a letter in his neat script. He walked up to the owner of the company.

"Mr. Yamaguchi, here this is for you." he said handing him the letter, it was his letter of resignation.

"This better not be what I think it is." he said a worried look smoothing over his tight skin, his gray hair looked almost as if it were standing.

"If I knew what it was that you're thinking, then I'd tell you but I don't so I can't." Sesshoumaru knew that the older man knew exactly what that letter was he watched his boss, tear open the envelope and read through the letter quickly his facial expression dropping.

"What has made you choose to do this now at the peak of your career?" the old man asked him.

"For a long time I ran from a dream, but I have to chase it now. Otherwise I can't live my life." Sesshoumaru said.

Rin moved her head a little bit in her sleep and then her light brown eyes opened slowly as she heard a tapping on her window, she looked a bit frightened but soon the face came into view as her eyes adjusted to the darkness. She rubbed her eyes and opened the door, the taller figure wrapped its arms around Rin she looked at them with a smile as lips bent to hers. Rin knew his kisses would never be as fire filled as the ones that had been shared that night in New York with a man she hadn't seen for eleven years. She was thirty years old and decided two years ago to move on because she wouldn't be young and beautiful forever. She had fooled herself into thinking that the man she had instantly fallen for had moved on as well. He had met her when she did her final performance and they had been friends long before they had decided to take it to the next level. HE had been there for her, he knew about the loss of her son, the man she could never find.

"Rin, I always worry about you. You are always getting into some kind of mess." he said his gentle eyes looking into hers.

"I know, but I have you don't I Kohaku." she said looking up at him, he led her to the car with a smile on his face. He fingered a small box that was in his pants pocket he knew that he would have to say something soon, but he wanted to wait to the absolute moment. Kohaku ran a hand through his hair shutting the door for Rin as she settled in the passenger's seat of his car. Kohaku walked around locking Rin's car before getting in his own. They went to a small bistro and got dinner.

Spider stood looking at Kaileb he had just bought him a bed, it was nice the other kids had mats on the floor. Everyone was growing jealous of Kaileb especially Shippo. Shippo knew that he had to do something, something to get that Kaileb out of the way. He was the favorite he was the one who was the best and no one could be that with him there. Kaileb's gold eyes ran over the new guitar Spider had bought him, the place was even looking a lot nicer. Everything was going well. Kaileb hadn't been treated in such a long time, so good. He must have been a fetus the last time he felt such love and that was something he could never remember.

"Spider, you said you were going to help me find my parents." Kaileb said his voice was determined he sounded like his father.

"I am you just have to keep playing for me. To find your parents we need money and lots of it." Spider said to the boy. Kaileb just looked up at him his eyes were growing tired of being here the music he was playing was the only thing that was making him happy now. He didn't want to be here forever he wanted his parents.