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Chapter 17: Unusual Company

"Ah! Be careful! Please… It hurts..!"

A sweet whimpering female voice reached his unnaturally pointed ears. A set of two emerald orbs drastically widened, knowing all too well just whom it belonged to. His feet had barely stepped out of the elevator, when he heard his only neighbor moaning and wailing.

"Be still." Another familiar gruff could be heard, no doubt that fucking iceberg was inside his childhood friend's apartment. Stalking over to just outside of the door, Hiruma cocked his rifle, ready to shoot the icy bastard down in any case. However, right when he reached the handle...

"Don't touch me there…! It tickles!" This time a giggle was made, "Maru-nii!— Ah..! Ow..!" Her sickly sweet whine reminded him to one of Miroku's AV collection, ticking his already high temper off. Cursing under his hot breath, he heard her pause before catching her sigh of relief-like, "Aah..that's better…."

The elfish quarterback slammed the door open, startling the occupants of the room.

"FUCKING ICEBERG! WHAT IN THE FUCKING HELL ARE YOU DOING? GET YOUR FUCKING HANDS OFF HER NOW YOU FUCKING LOLI ICICLE!"

The ceiling of Kagome's apartment was already bearing the brunt of Hiruma's trigger wrath.

"EEEEKK! Stop blasting my room, Yōichi!" Kagome whined and launched herself upon him, halting the blonde's onslaught and leaving a trail of blood in doing so.

Wait. Blood? Now he could clearly see her bleeding foot and a finger-sized shard held between Sesshōmaru's thumb and forefinger.

Cocking an elegant eyebrow, Sesshōmaru inquired him. "Why lil' cousin, just what did you have in your depraved mind to cause this foolish outburst?" He coldly intoned with distaste and bitter mockery.

Hoisting Kagome by her waist with his gun-free hand to avoid injuring her further, Hiruma regained his bearing with a scoff.

"Keh. Even blind folks know how ridiculous your fucking sister-complex condition could be. It's called a fucking precaution." Hiruma retorted shamelessly.

"Hn. Such irony to hear that from a nefarious person as yourself."

By this time, Kagome groaned, clearly getting irritated by their classic cousinly spat.

"I thought the both of you could act civil." Clearly not amused, she folded her arms, huffing in exasperation. Taking note of her irresistibly cute pout, the friction earlier was gone in an instant, and Hiruma swiftly set her down on the coach to get her wound treated by his cousin. Hey, even having neat fingers that could accurately pass or hit any marks didn't guarantee his ability to do bandaging. Medical treatment wasn't his forte, hence the privilege should go to that frosty asshole.

Soon after treating her wound which was done by another round of bickering, this time between both males versus her the three of unlikeliest yet oftenest company moved to eat their delayed dinner. For Hiruma, the last time he ate her cooking was weeks ago and no way in hell he'd miss it, even if he had to endure the chilling presence of his cousin.

Later that time when his baby sister had fallen asleep on the couch, Sesshōmaru resisted the urge to snatch her far away from that imperious imp's side. He knew his cousin's infatuation toward Kagome all too well, and his protective brotherly instinct already kicked in from the beginning, knowing the likelihood of reciprocal feelings ever since he saw them both together.

Growling lowly as not to wake the slumbering doll, "Bear in mind that you have agreed not to make any advances until she turns 18. Father might be so lenient, but I will take all necessary measure to preserve your perimeter."

"Just mind your fucking business already." Hiruma scoffed at his uptight pretense.

Shooting an icy glare to the younger male, the silver-haired bachelor turned to leave. Hiruma gave daggers look in return, sighing when the high and mighty asshole was out of sight. His green eyes swiveled down to the black mass on his shoulder, turning soft at once.

'Well, they have no say if she were to be the one advancing first.'

The evil footballer let out an ear-to-ear grin, musing on his schemes toward the clueless female on his side.

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