Rin sighed as she hid yet again the 17th time that day. Ever since she had told her friends about her demoness adopted mother two days ago, they'd been pestering her for more information about her. They didn't dare ask Sesshomaru, because the one time they had tried Sesshomaru had snarled so furiously at them it wasn't tried again. So now it was her that was pestered every time they saw her. It was much harder for her now too to slip away to see Hoshi, now as it was they also kept a huge eye on her too.

'I really want to see Hoshi, where is dad,' she thought annoyed.

Once Inuyasha and Kagome were out of sight, Rin bolted out of her hiding place to run for Kaede's hut. But she never made it. A blur of red and white swooped down and scooped her up, scaring Rin once she noticed her feet weren't on the ground anymore for a moment. She looked up and smiled in relief. It was only Sesshomaru.

"I've been looking for you everywhere, daddy!"

"Hn."

He leaped into a tree and sat down on a large branch, placing Rin on his lap. Rin leaned up against her father and just admired the view. She just loved these small moments, to spend time with just her father. How he had changed since the time he had met Rin.

"Daddy?"

He was about to respond when another voice interrupted him.

"Rin? Rin, where are you?"

The little girl looked down through the branches to see the demon slayer calling for her. What did she want? Probably just wanted to pester her about her demoness mother, though. Rin wasn't going to respond when Sango's next sentence caught her attention.

"Rin, I have something for you! Please come out."

Rin sighed and nodded. Sesshomaru leaped out of the tree to land in front of the demon slayer, scaring the daylights out of her for a moment. She put a hand over her heart once she recognized them.

"Don't do that!"

Rin just giggled in response.

"What do you have for Rin," Sesshomaru asked coldly.

"It isn't exactly for Rin. Its for her demoness mother."

The two of them froze for a moment. Sango wanted to give something to Hoshi? Rin looked down into Sango's hands and noticed she was holding a letter. Sango noticed Rin's gaze and just smiled before explaining herself.

"I just wanted to thank her through this letter since I cannot personally. Can you please give this to her? It would mean a lot to me."

Rin just nodded and held out her hand for the letter. The demon slayer handed it over before ruffling the little girl's hair gently.

"Thanks, Rin."

"Your welcome."

"I will be seeing you later, Rin."

The demon slayer turned around and walked off, to the surprise of both of them. She didn't even ask a single question about Hoshi. That was nice, but strange though.

"Let's go."

Rin nodded her consent before he bolted for the woods. They arrived to Hoshi's cave just a minute later. Her father really could run when he wanted to. Rin scrambled out of his arms to run to Hoshi, who was sewing outside enjoying the warmth of the sun. Hoshi looked up just in time to see the little girl leap at her, catching her a bit off guard. The impact knocked the two of them to the ground, to Sesshomaru's amusement. Hoshi just laughed and hugged the little girl to her, who was also laughing.

"Someone is excited to see me."

"Momma!"

Sesshomaru just watched his two girls with affection. It made him happy to see them together and act like a true mother and daughter would. Hoshi sat herself up and held Rin in her lap.

"What's that you got there?"

"A letter for you."

"For me?"

"Yeah!"

Rin handed the letter to Hoshi, who slowly opened it up and began to read. Rin and Sesshomaru watched her face carefully and were both a bit surprised when she smiled brightly.

"What did it say?"

"She was only thanking me for saving her life and if I ever needed anything, she would love to help. She was also saying she can't wait to meet me. But you never really told me how everyone reacted when you told them about me."

"They were surprised and angry that I hadn't told them. They questioned me a bit and I answered what I could. I told them you are a friend. But Inuyasha was trying to figure out what species you were and his excuse was 'What if I see her and attack her? How will I know its her?'"

Hoshi just weakly smiled.

"And what did you say, Rin?"

"I told him if it was you, you wouldn't fight back."

Hoshi just smiled. That was true, though. Sesshomaru walked over to them and sat down, looking at what Hoshi was sewing. It appeared to be a dress of some sort.

"What is that, Hoshi?"

"Oh. It's just a new outfit for myself."

"Hn."

The two girls just smiled and laughed. Typical Sesshomaru. Suddenly Hoshi remembered something.

"Rin, I have something for you."

The little girl's eyes lit up. The demoness smiled as she pulled out something from her pocket. Rin stared in amazement. It was a necklace, but this one was different. It was made of glass black beads and a small diamond hung from it. It was beautiful, and it was obviously very expensive.

"Hoshi! It's so pretty, but how did you get it?"

"I made it."

"You made it?"

"Mmhmm."

Rin leaped at Hoshi and knocked them both to the floor the second time that day. Sesshomaru smiled the tiniest of smiles. Hoshi was amazing. Rin was so delighted but even more so when Hoshi pulled out matching two black and white glass bracelets. The two girls began to talk about jewelery and how Hoshi made it, to Sesshomaru's boredom. He slipped away and wandered off to the nearby small cliff to enjoy the view. But it wasn't unnoticed. Hoshi watched him go and wondered.

'Whats on his mind?'

"Rin, can you wait here for a moment?"

Rin immediately understood when she saw Sesshomaru was gone and nodded. Hoshi smiled in thanks. The demoness took off after the demon lord after ensuring the little girl would be okay and occupied. Rin just smiled and began to look at what Hoshi used to make the jewelry. She'd give them their privacy.

Hoshi found him standing at the cliff just staring out into the view.

"It's quite lovely, isn't it?"

He turned his head slightly to find the demoness watching him. She limped slowly to his side.

"It is," he murmured after a moment.

"What is on your mind, demon lord?"

"Nothing that is bothersome."

Hoshi just nodded and softly placed a hand on his shoulder to his surprise. If was anyone but her, he would have struck them down. No one got to touch him. But he didn't mind her touch. His inner demon was beyond pleased, though.

"If you ever wish to speak to someone about anything, milord, you can always talk to me."

Sesshomaru was surprised and just nodded his consent. He didn't know what to say. Before he knew what he was doing, he had wrapped his arm around her waist. Hoshi froze for a second for a split second and Sesshomaru suddenly was a bit afraid he had overstepped a boundary. He was about to pull away his arm when she relaxed before relaxing and leaning her head against his shoulder. He tightened his grip around her waist. He leaned his head slightly down to rest it against her soft hair.

"Hoshi?"

"Yes, milord?"

"Call me Sesshomaru."

The two enjoyed the sunset together but didn't see a pair of sparkling brown eyes watching in amazement and joy. They might end up together after all.

I think Sesshomaru is being a bit OCC in this, but hey, I do try to keep his personality in check as much as I can. Enjoy and please review!