Disclaimer- I don't own any of the characters.
Rin sat down and leafed through the entertainment section of the newspaper. She nearly choked on her juice when she saw a picture of her and Sesshomaru dancing. She read what was printed under the picture.
The lady gets her man...Judging from the heated looks between these two, the two hundred thousand dollars she paid for him was worth it.
"Are they blind?" Rin asked herself out loud. "Can't they tell that those are looks of disgust?"
She wondered if Sesshomaru had seen the picture so she went to his room. She stared down at the picture as she walked in.
"Have you seen...." Rin trailed off as she finally looked up.
The paper dropped out of her hand. Sesshomaru was coming out of his bathroom with only a black towel wrapped around his waist. Rin's eyes involuntarily drifted from his damp hair to his smooth flat chest. He obviously worked out because he had muscles in all the right places.
"Don't you knock?" he asked.
Rin mumbled an apology and ran out the room. God, he's got a great body. It's a shame that he hides it under those suits, Rin thought to herself. Not only that but she had definitely seen a pair of black boxers lying on the bed which meant he had been naked under the towel. She felt her face grow hot. How was she going to face him again knowing that she had openly checked him out? Rin suddenly got an overwhelming need for something to eat. She didn't care what it was as long as she had to go to the store for it. She grabbed her keys and left. When she got back, Sesshomaru was sitting in the living room. Rin narrowed her eyes at him. Naturally he would sit where he'd be the first thing she saw when she walked in.
"Why'd you run off?" he asked smirking slightly..
He knew why but he wanted to rub it in. Next time she'd knock before bursting in his room.
"I wanted bagels." she said holding up the bag.
"There's some in the freezer."
"I wanted them freshly baked."
"You dropped this." he said holding up the paper.
"Did you see the picture and what they wrote?"
"Yes."
"And it doesn't bother you that everyone will think that you and I have something going on?"
"No. Does it bother you?"
"Why would it? There's nothing going on between us."
"Alright then. Subject closed."
"Fine. By the way, I need you to be ready to leave at ten."
Sesshomaru glanced at her like she had lost her mind.
"I won you at the auction." she reminded him. "You have to spend the day with me."
"You won with my money. We're not going through with this date."
"Oh yes we are. Did I forget to mention that Mr. Asher asked if I would write a short summary of our day together for some press thing." she said smiling. "I couldn't tell him no."
"You didn't want to."
"You're right, I didn't. But think of it like this, it's good press for you. Now go change."
"What's wrong with my suit?"
"Nothing, but it's not right for today. Just wear something simple."
Rin went in the kitchen to put the bagels away while Sesshomaru went to change. Ten minutes later he came back wearing blue dress pants and a matching shirt.
"Don't you have any jeans?" Rin asked.
"No."
"It doesn't matter. What you have on will be fine."
Hopefully, she added silently.
"So where are we going?"
"It's a surprise."
This is going to be a long day, Sesshomaru thought as they walked out the door. A few hours later, he was proven right. Rin's surprise was a picnic with a group of kindergarteners who she taught art to on the weekends. Never again, Sesshomaru thought as they walked in the door a few hours later. Those definitely weren't children. They were monsters. Loud, obnoxious, whining monsters. They thought his hair was pretty so they all wanted to touch it. Which meant numerous dirty little hands grabbing at his hair. Apparently they didn't understand that the cold glares he gave them meant stop. And the worst one of all was the little girl who whose parents had the audacity to name Angel. Sesshomaru had watched her play sneaky tricks on the other kids. He had no doubt that he'd see her face on a wanted poster one day. He had to give Rin credit. She handled all of the crying, whining, fighting, touching, and other annoying habits of the kids perfectly. If it were up to him, he would have drowned them all along with their nosy mothers. Sesshomaru stopped walking and turned to face Rin when he heard her begin to giggle.
"What?"
"It seems that Angel left you a little surprise in your hair."
He ran his fingers through his hair and frowned when he felt a sticky lump of chewing gum.
"Give me some scissors and I'll cut the gum out." Rin said.
"I refuse to let you near me with sharp objects."
"I won't do anything horrible. After the way you treated everyone today, I owe you one."
And she did. Because of his hair, the children had decided to paw all over him. Unfortunately for Sesshomaru most of them didn't think to wash their hands before they touched. A few of the mothers had surrounded him and began grilling him. There were a few times when she thought he was going to going to just up and leave but he didn't. He had let the kids touch him and answered the mother's questions like he didn't have a care in the world. Although, she did want to strangle him when he "accidentally" let it slip that she was living with him. It had taken her nearly an hour to explain why she was there.
"Actually, you do owe me. I had to put up with the sniveling brats."
"You shouldn't say that about them."
"They're the perfect way to get people to abstain."
"So you don't want kids?"
"I never thought about it." he said. "I guess you'll have a few."
"No way. I've actually thought about it and I'm not having any."
Rin laughed slightly. She couldn't believe that she was having this conversation with Sesshomaru.
"You do remember that Inuyasha wants kids. How do you plan on having a relationship if you both can't agree on the important things." he said sarcastically with a smirk.
Why did he have to go and ruin a perfectly nice day?
"You know, I liked you better with your mouth shut."
Just to show him how she felt about him at that moment, Rin cut off a huge chunk of his hair. She threw the chunk in his lap and stormed off to her room. Sesshomaru was gone when she came back out a little while later. She was working on the mural when he returned a few hours later. Rin got off her ladder and went over to him. Apparently he had gone and got his hair cut evenly.
"I'm sorry about that." she said pointing at his hair. "But you shouldn't throw my feeling for Inuyasha in my face. Why do you even have a problem with my feelings for him?"
"I don't."
"Then don't talk about them." she said as she started to walk off.
"Have you ever asked yourself why you love my brother?" he asked suddenly.
"No. I just do." she answered as she turned to face him. "Why are you asking me this?"
Sesshomaru was asking himself that same question. He had no idea where that question came from.
"I'm curious." he replied. "Have you ever considered that it's because he spoiled you?"
"Excuse me?"
"Inuyasha spoiled you. It's always been Rin and Inuyasha. Inuyasha and Rin. He's the one person who gives you their undivided attention. You called and he came running. You were number one in his left until Kagome and you don't know how to react. That's why you desperately want them to break up."
"That isn't true."
"Isn't it?
Sesshomaru stared at Rin and she stared right back. For some reason a sense of guilt came over her. It felt like she had been caught doing something she shouldn't.
"You're wrong. I love Inuyasha."
"I know but is it a romantic love?"
"Yes!" she said forcefully. "I'm tired so I'm going to bed. I'll leave you to your psycho-babble doctor."
Rin went into her room. After a quick shower, she lay on her bed and stared at the ceiling.
Who the hell does Sesshomaru think he is? He's not me. He doesn't know how I feel. As cold as he is what would he know about loving someone?
She groaned and hit the pillow behind her head.
Of course it's in a romantic way. I love Inuyasha more than anything.
Then why haven't you thought about him as much lately? a voiced asked mockingly in her head. And until Sesshomaru mentioned him you hadn't thought about him all day. Yesterday either.
Shut up.
Rin pulled the pillow from under her head and placed it over her face.
"I love Inuyasha." she breathed into the pillow. "I do."
Don't I?