A/N: some Sesshomaru interaction time! X3 The moment you've all been waiting for, the Stalker meets his Stalked! :D Yay! Clap! Clap for the beautiful *coughcreepyasallgetoutcough* couple! XD

Rin was very on edge for the next few days. Every corner she turned, she expected to see a tall figure with a head full of silver hair. The hair that she found on her bed still made her uneasy to think of. If only she knew how he had gotten in there…

No, then she would want to know what he was doing in her apartment. Rin would not be satisfied until this puzzle was complete.

…I feel like some wannabe detective…but I need to know what's going to happen.

What may have been worst of it all was that Rin couldn't bring herself to tell Kohaku any of this. Whenever she thought about telling him some tiny detail, she felt uneasy.

Rin was too deep in though to notice the man standing in her path. Her head was down, and he seemed to appear from nowhere really.

"Oh, gosh! I'm so sorry!" Rin had bumped headfirst into the man's chest. Embarrassed at how she hadn't been looking, Rin knelt down to gather up the things she had dropped in the collision.

"Again, I'm really sorry." her head still looking around the ground for any missing belongings, Rin started to introduce herself. "My name is-"

"Rin."

Rin froze at the sound of his voice. Not just anyone's voice though, it was his. Slowly, she turned her head to only be caught in an endless gaze with golden eyes that pierced their way into her soul.

Seeming to regain movement, Rin scrambled up and back wards, trying to get away from Sesshomaru.

"Wha….wha…" although she could once again move, her voice betrayed her and got caught in her throat. Her palms started to become covered in a layer of sweat, and she wrung the hem of her shirt as she struggled to overcome her nervousness.

"Rin." He just repeated her name. His silky voice dripping with an unspoken power behind it. The deep melodic sound filling Rin's ears was blissful while at the same time frightening.

Stepping closer, Sesshomaru's eyes darkened, and his entire form became more menacing than Rin thought possible. One thought resounded through her head over and over again.

Run.

She was all too willing to comply to that voice, and she sprinted past Sesshomaru's shoulder. She knew he had expected her to run the other direction, as he lunged at the spot where she had been instead of going for the area next to him.

Rin ran straight ahead for five blocks before braving turning around a corner. That was a mistake though, as she once again collided headfirst into her tall pursuer. Falling onto her back, Rin stared with wide, fear-filled eyes into Sesshomaru's face.

He stared back at her, and the silence between them was thick with tension. Unable to stand it any more, Rin found that words were once again coming to her.

"What do you want? And what do I have to do with it?"

"Rin…" once again, he only spoke her name, only thing time there was a silent threat behind it. What it was, Rin was too shaken to figure it out.

Sesshomaru reached for Rin's face, and while she tried to pull away, Sesshomaru was too strong for her to resist. He cupped her face in his hands, and leaned in close to her. Rin's eyes were squeezed shut as tight as she could possibly get them. She felt his breath, hot and smelling of vanilla, on her face.

Sesshomaru managed to pull her up off of the ground, and she held her close to his body. He was warm, almost hot. Rin's skin prickled with the knowledge that he was closer to her than he had ever been before.

Desperately wanting this nightmare to end, Rin was very confused and angry with herself when she heard a tiny voice in the back of her head. It was telling her just how wonderful it would be if Sesshomaru were to close that gap between their lips and-

NO! Rin didn't want that. She couldn't want that! Could she? In desperation, Rin tried to pull back from Sesshomaru's grasp. She had to prove to herself that she was in control of her own feelings.

Though he would not let up so easily. Rin struggled against his hold on her, and after she was ready to just give in and lean into her past lover's hold, she was shoved away from the warm embrace. The sudden change in Sessmoaru's actions startled Rin, and she almost fell over onto the pavement when she was shoved back. Luckily though, she managed to stay upright long enough to catch her balance.

Rin felt crushed. She didn't know what, but there was a huge weight on her soul, and she couldn't seem to break free of its grasp on her. It grew heavier the longer she stared into Sesshomaru's cold eyes, and she almost couldn't stand the pressure any longer. Finally, she repeated her question from earlier, hoping that this time, she would receive a proper response.

"What do you want, Sesshomaru?" Just saying his name made her heart ache, and she knew that he could see it in her eyes that she was hurting inside.

Almost as expected, silence met her words. Not in the immature, me-silence-is-my-answer way, but as if Sesshomaru was telling her that she was beneath his time and effort.

Rin stared the demon down until he finally did speak in his icy voice, "What I chose to do with my life is of no concern to you."

Rin couldn't believe what she was hearing. He must have some nerve if he was going to speak to her like that!

"Well, when you go around stalking me for the past week and then approach me like you just did, I think it does concern me!" Rin yelled at the silver-haired man standing in front of her, and she felt weak when she saw that he was unfazed by what she had said.

Rin hadn't noticed it, but while she had been in contact with Sesshomaru, the sky had darkened, and thunder now boomed overhead. Rin was startled out of the gaze she hadn't know she had been locked in, and she looked up into the sky. A fat drop smacked her forehead and she looked back down to see that she was once again alone.

It seemed that if she wanted answers, she would have to corner the demon. But the question was, did she really want them that badly? Was she willing to risk the safety of her heart again? She wasn't sure, and she wished that things hadn't changed. Not now, not back then either.