Title: A Kiss from a Rose
Author: landofthekwt
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Sesshoumaru/ adult Rin
Genre: Looking at life through rose colored glasses.
Word Count:300
Universe: Canon
Warning:Sesshoumaru/ adult Rin
Summary: Sesshoumaru thinks about Rin on the day of their marriage.
He gazed at the flowers in his hand thinking about what they represented. They had been through so much together. Tenseiga had chosen her for him by raising her from the dead. His mother had given her back to him when she saw how her death affected him. He had learned that she was more important to him than power. Her death taught him to fear death because it could take the one you loved from you. It was only right that she be with him on this day of days.
When he raised her from the dead, she had been Bara. The white rose. Innocence/Silence/Devotion. As innocent as a newborn. Almost waiting silently for him to return. Totally devoted to him. Her Lord Sesshoumaru could never do any wrong in her eyes. She lived only for him.
When he had left with Kaede, she had been Momoribara. The pink rose. Trust/Happiness/Confidence. Trusting that her lord would always return for her. Always smiling when he arrived with his gifts for her. Confident that someday as she grew to be a young woman it would be her time to be with her Lord.
Now as he waited for her in his mother's castle in air, she was Benibara. The red rose. His mother had seen it so many years ago. "What a strange aspect to resemble his father in" She saw that he loved her before he even realized what love was. He had just known that he was lost without her. That was why his mother had given her back to him then.
Now she was his. The innocent, devoted child. The trusting, happy confident girl. The woman he loved. The woman who would share his life, his hopes and his dreams. He hoped he was worthy of her.