Mr Brightside
by TheMadKatter13
SUMMARY~Unrequited love is always difficult. Especially when she's in love with your brother. AU. Sesshoumaru/Kagome.
DISCLAIMER~The rights to Inuyasha reside with Takahashi Rumiko and I receive no financial gain from the writing of this story.
AN~I'm still trying to go for slightly angsty...Am I getting it yet? But also, I think you're going to be a little mad for me. Cos there's a time skip.
14 But It's Just the Price I Pay
It had been several years since Touga and Sesshoumaru had discovered Inuyasha's continued indiscretions with Kagome's cousin in person, and it seemed that the half-breed was getting more and more comfortable with his affair as his visits to his mistress increased and his attempts to hide the knowledge from all except Kagome waned. He didn't seem to be bothered that the other female's scent clung to his clothes and, when Kagome was to be out for at least several hours, the disgusting scent seemed to gain purchase over more and more surfaces in the house. Kagome, of course, had no way to know, but the her cousin's scent incited nausea in Katsuya, Sesshoumaru, and Touga and it finally came to the point where they had to contact a witch to purify the scent from the house, and to keep Kikyou's scent from sticking to anything in the house. Inuyasha didn't seem to notice.
Kagome did, however, notice Inuyasha's increased lack of interest in not only her, but Katsuya. The boy didn't really mind as he had always known who his father was, but as her husband and Mate's behavior got closer and closer to abandonment, the miko became increasingly depressed. Touga, Sesshoumaru, and Katsuya often discussed finally telling Kagome about the affair, so that she would maybe be prepared before she walked in on it again but they kept delaying, subtly encouraging Inuyasha to spend time with her. He just as subtly resisted their every efforts in favour of spending more and more time with Kikyou.
When they realized that there was nothing to be done to repair the gap between the young couple, all three males did all they could to monopolize the young woman's time away from Inuyasha and to keep her as happy as they could. They all had years of experience, and so it wasn't hard to keep a smile on her face. Taking her traveling, hiking, simple picnics, the seashore, fairs, showing off what her son had learned, and having her watch sparring matches between fathers and sons. But, from time to time, they would find that her mind had travelled elsewhere, a distant gaze and tears clouding those pretty blue eyes. Touga and Katsuya frequently told her how precious she was to them, how much they loved her, and Sesshoumaru, ever not one for words, did so with his actions, the latter he had become both pleased and surprised to find that she responded more and more frequently with a blush high on her cheeks, eyes averted from his.
He could always wish that she would return his affections, but he was starting to wonder if it had become so important to him that he was hallucinating desired reactions.
TBC
Awww...poor Nishi family... But we're getting close to the end...Only a few more chapters left! ^.^
Update next week.