I deleted this chapter thinking I would edit it before upload it again, but nah, I'm lost interest so I just would reload it as it was. I have some idea for the next chapter, but after that, I will be in the dark. I don't know where this story will led yet. So we will have to find out as we go.

Sorry for the long wait. I have been very busy and writer block has gotten a tight hold of me. I am free now because I have been sick that's why I could stay home and write. Anyway, I have tried to finish a few stories but with not much luck. I tried to pick up ones with lot of reviews first. I hope I will update soon, but don't expect too much because I don't know if I will be able to write or not. Thanks for the reads, follows, favorites, and reviews this story. Review please.

"Sesshomaru has been strange! I can't take it anymore. If he keeps this up, I'm going to kill him." Rin muttered angrily as she twisted her fork into the plate of spaghetti. Her friends, Kagura, Kagome, Inuyasha's girlfriend, Miroku, and Inuyasha, were sitting with her in the university cafeteria for lunch, eyed her strangely with a questioning look. It wasn't uncommon for the groups of friends to have lunch together when they all had classes in the same day.

"What do you mean?" Kagura asked, looking up from her tasty looking dish. All eyes were on Rin.

"He has been acting weird. So uncharacteristic. He's-" Rin paused when she spotted the subject of her anger that stirred the fire of rage within her again when she saw him walking toward them holding a tray of food.

"Speaking of the devil," Inuyasha whistled. "What have you done to irritate Rin so much?" he asked, shoved a spoon of rice into his mouth.

Sesshomaru who had just arrived at the table looked calmly at the said friend and pulled a chair out to sit next to her. His set the tray down, ignored Inuyasha's question. Rin however glared at him as if she wanted to bit his head off.

"What did he do Rin?" Kagome asked eagerly, curiosity filled her entire face. She always loved to know anything that was going on around her. Every head turned toward Rin with the same look as Kagome's. Only Sesshomaru remained disinterested which somehow pissed Rin off even more.

Now just being near him pissed her of.

"Yes, what did I do Rin?" Sesshomaru asked her innocently, his face was stoic, his leg brushed lightly against hers under the table making it looked like an accident, but Rin knew better.

Urggg… the nerve!

Sesshomaru, after she had asked him to kiss her he had become so… bizarre.

It was as if he had been possessed. She contemplated on finding a medium to exercise him. Just the thought of those events made Rin's blood boiled and goosebumps rose. Sesshomaru had taken anything chance to… touch her.

It was creepy.

Totally creepy.

First of all, that night after the make out session with Sesshomaru, Rin returned from the shopping with Kagura and was cooking dinner for herself and Sesshomaru. She was making his favor dishes in gratitude for his help, even though in her opinion he did not deserve it. He had been an ass the entire time.

But still, being the good friend she was, she would overlook it and cooked his favorite dishes as promised.

Rin had been busied in the kitchen, buzzing here and there while Sesshomaru was busied somewhere in the house. The sound of knife chopping ingredients could be heard, the smell of delicious food aroma floated in the air. Rin smiled with satisfaction and hummed lightly as she cooked. She would go back to her writing after dinner.

The young girl brought the spoon to her lips to taste the food. She was back to wearing her comfy shorts and oversize t-shirt now that she was home. Her front donned a cute green apron. Her long raven hair was tie up into a ponytail.

Rin frowned slightly at the taste. Something was missing. Then she remembered what it was. She waltzed toward a corner of the kitchen and opened one of the top cabinets. Her delicate hand reached out for the seasoning, but her height disagreed with her. She lifted her heels, standing on tiptoes, strengthened herself to the full length and tried to gasp the seasoning again with determine. But before she could reach it, a much longer arm and bigger hand took the prize seasoning from her.

The happy girl turned around, meaning to thank her friend for getting the seasoning for her only to find herself being trapped inside the young handsome man's arms. His face was too close to hers, way too close that their noses nearly touched when she suddenly turned around. His long arms rested on each side of the kitchen corners, trapping the girl in between. She felt his body heat radiance because of their close proximity.

Why was he standing so close to her? But she quickly brushed it off thinking it was necessary in order for him reach the cabinet.

"Here," he handed her the seasoning, his eyes burned into hers.

Something felt strange about him, she could not put a finger on it, but she knew he was not like his usual self. His voice, it was the same deep cold voice, yet it made her spine felt chills vibrated throughout it. His face had never been so close to hers. No, that was not true, she had kissed him before.

The memories of being kissed by those warm soft lips made her own lips tinkled in respond. His eyes bored intensely into hers and never left.

"Thanks." She murmured and reached out to grasp the small glass jar of seasoning. Her lips lifted up in gratitude. Sesshomaru, however, did not move away, instead, he hovered over her. For nearly a full minute he stood there, looking at her. She could not help but feeling self-conscious of how close they had been. She started to wonder if something was on her face, but before she could ask Sesshomaru murmured "Hn" and nonchalantly pulled away. She could not help but stared after her friend in wondered. She let out the breath she did not realize she held and brought a hand to cup her chest. She frowned slightly.

Strange.

But that was not all. After Rin was done with the cooking and called him to eat with her, he sat in the seat closet to her. She eyed him strangely, but decided to ignore it since Sesshomaru sometimes sat there.

"Now dig in," Rin said cheerfully. "You better be grateful that you have such a great friend like me." She teased lightly while she dug into her own plate. There were varying tasting-looking dishes on the table. She may not be the best cook around, but she was proud of her cooking. She knew for a fact that Sesshomaru liked them.

Without a word, Sesshomaru learned toward her, his eyes focused on her moving lips. Rin paused from whatever she was doing; her fork stopped halfway to her mouth, supporting another bite of food. Her heart started to race. She unconsciously gulped down the food she had left in her mouth.

Sesshomaru lifted a hand toward her cheek, gently caressed the corner of her lips.

"You eat like a child," he murmured softly, or as soft as his monotone vice would allow. His golden eyes were looking into hers so passionately.

"Oh," Rin murmured. Normally she would come back with a smart retort, but she found she could not. She frowned and brought a hand to wipe the spot where Sesshomaru's hand had been and pulled herself away from him. She felt uncomfortable with the way he had been looking at her.

Without taking his eyes of hers, he grasped the other hand she had held the fork and brought her food to his lips. She watched her food disappeared into his mouth. It somehow made Sesshomaru looked sexy. Her heart skipped a beat.

Sexy?

Him?

Yes, he was handsome, many girls found him sexy, but she never saw him that way.

Rin frowned.

What the hack is going on here.

This was too bizarre. It made Rin's hair stood on end.

"E-eat from you own plate!" she exclaimed loudly, pulling her hand away as if it was burned.

"Your looks tastier," he said nonchalantly, sinking back into his seat.

"It's the same food!" she screamed, irritated. Sesshomaru was playing her!

"Stingy," he murmured coldly grasping his own fork.

"You are the childish one here! There are plenty of foods on the table, why the hack did you eat mine?!" It was not a big deal, really, just a bite of food, but somehow she felt angry. Extremely angry. She did not even know why.

Ignoring her complains, he pushed his dish toward her, "Feed me," he said.

Rin stared at him as if he had grown a second head.

"Are you out of your mind? You have hands. If you don't want to eat it then fine! Give it here!" she reached out to the food but it was pulled away from her before she could reach it.

"I never say I don't want to eat it, Rin." His fork dug into the plate of food. "In fact, I'm so hungry," he lifted the food up, his eyes on her face, "that I could eat you along with it." He elegantly put the food into his mouth.

How could someone eat so gracefully and yet so seductive at the same time? Rin mused.

Seductive? Rin could not believe her own thought. Rin frowned. Something was totally wrong here.

"S-stop joking around!" she found her heart raced a little faster than usual. "I will confiscate all the food if you keep that up." She glared at him.

He put another spoon of food into his mouth; a barely visible smirk appeared on his lips before he murmured "Hn," which somehow annoyed her even more. They ate in silence afterward.

However, she felt his intense gaze bored on her the whole time and she could not help but feeling self-conscious.

Once the dinner was over Sesshomaru helped her with the dishes. Being roommates and living together for so long, on occasions the friends would do the dishes together. And this time was the same. However, she felt like he was standing too close to her then necessary. His hands that rinse the dishes brushed against hers from time to time. Even so, she decided to not drill into it. It must be accident.

When she decided to watch television a bit before she went back to writing, Sesshomaru also joined her. And yes, he once again sat next to her. Right next to her even when there was plenty of free space.

I must be reading too much into things- she mused as another frown appeared on her face.

Somewhere along the show, Sesshomaru stretched his arms over the sofa, which was behind Rin's back. Her body tensed up slightly at the contact. She looked to her friend but Sesshomaru's attention was focused on the TV so she decided he just wanted to stretch out a bit.

He is just stretching his arms, no big deal, she told herself. Even so, she could not help feeling conscious of him, his arm, his warm body heat, his scent, and how close he sat next to her. She felt as if he was a mound of hot fires that she could not help but noticed. The air in the room had changed. She did not know how, or what, or why, but it was no longer the relaxing atmosphere they always shared.

Then the show decided to add to the intensity in the air. There came a love scene. Or to be blunt, the sex scene.

Of course considering that they both were adults and this was not the first time she had watched such scene with him, it should not be a big deal, yet this time it felt so uncomfortable. They were alone, well they had always been alone together, sitting so close together watching an erotic scene displayed on a comfortable couch that they had foreplay the very scene on the TV not too long ago. Well, not exactly since they did not go all the way, but it gave her little comfort at the images.

Sesshomaru's thumb that had been on her shoulder decided to rub small circled around her upper arm. Shivered ran though her at his action.

"Are you cold?" Sesshomaru asked near her ear. His warm breath ghosted her neck and she could not help but shuddered at his low melody voice. But instead of feeling cold, she felt hot. She frowned.

"I need a drink," she spoke to herself and get up. She watched hurriedly toward the refrigerator without looking back at her friend.

"What the hell is wrong here" she whispered softly, staring into the opening refrigerator. Hell everything felt wrong!

Sesshomaru, the air inside the room, her own heart race, and for some reason she could not stay calm around him. No, he made it hard for her to stay calm.

What was wrong with him? Why the hack did he rested his hand on her shoulders? And what was with the rubbing of his thumb? Did he act on instinct without thinking because he did it with his girlfriends?

He had been girlfriendless in the past two years.

Hell, this was frustrating!

"Give me a beer," his whispered right next to her ear, looking into the fridge from her back, making her jumped. She let out a shaky breathe, closed her eyes to calm herself down before reached out toward a can of beer in the bottom of the fridge.

"Don't scare me like that, please" she turned to face Sesshomaru who was now standing a foot away from her and handed him the beer. He stared back at her. "You almost gave me a heart attack." She explained. Now that she was no longer had the tamper she had when she was stuck in writings, she was a lot more patience with Sesshomaru.

The said friend opened the can and murmured "Hn" nonchalantly before walking back toward the couch. Rin stared after him with many unidentified feelings running through her. She soon walked after him and sat in a space that kept them a few distance apart, but before she knew it, Sesshomaru's leg was already touched her. Somehow he had smoothly moved next to her without her noticing. She once again frowned.

What the hell is he trying to pull?

Oh the worst part was only about to start.

Rin decided to write a little in the living room since it was more comfortable to sit there. Sesshomaru had disappeared into the bathroom. Rin was happy with the progress she made and was in oblivious until her friend decided to walk in.

Rin only intend to give her friend a glance, but her gaze was caught when she saw Sesshomaru.

Rin nearly gulped. Nearly.

Sesshomaru walked toward her in only a towel that hung dangerously low and loose threatened to fall off, his hair dripped with droplets water down his fine muscular broad chest. His hands held another towel drying his hair on his walk.

Walked toward her!

Rin felt her heart raced again. Her friend had a fine body. Hell, he could easily past for the top supper model.

Her eyes unconsciously followed the drop of water lower, and lower, running through his fine abs until she reached the towel. She had the urge to fix the towel for him because it looked like it was about to fall.

On second thought, she almost willed for the towel to fall. She wanted to know what he looks like beneath that towel.

Sure, she was a virgin, barely had eye for men, but she had read enough and her curios jumped in from time to time. And she was not too blind to not see that her friend was one of the finest looking men around.

"See something you like?" Sesshomaru teased. She finally realized that she had been gawking at him like a high school girl. She felt her face burned slightly.

Damn, what was she thinking!

A small smirk that she barely noticed, but noticed all the same, appeared on his lips.

She rolled her eyes. She had just boosted his huge male ego.

"Why are you in a towel?" she asked.

"Just got out of shower," he sat down next to her.

Too close! She thought again, because there were only a few inches between them again.

"I can see that! But why only in a towel?" Sure he had no problem showing his body, but he never paraded around in a towel before. He had always been modest. The most he would do was walking shirtless, but only for a brief moment when he needed to come out for something after bed time. Rin frowned again. If she had not known better she would think Sesshomaru was seducing her.

Seducing her?

The images of what could have happen ran through her mind. Erotic images with Sesshomaru and her doing things she could only imagined.

She laughed inwardly.

No way that's impossible

"It's hot." Was his only reply. Sure it could be hot after a hot bath or a shower, but why only in a towel today? Why only now when he had taken a hot bath before, but never dressed so indecently?

"Are you okay, Sesshomaru?" she asked, truly concerned. "You have been acting strange since this evening." Her frown deepened. "Are you sick?"

"I don't know." He answered her. His face remained passive while Rin's was full with concerns. Their eyes held for a second before Sesshomaru once again leaning toward her. Rin watched his face came closer and closer. She was consciously leaning back away from him.

What the hell is he doing?

Is he going to kiss me?

She gulped again finding her back on the couch.

Her heart was jumping in her chest.

Then she felt his forehead touched hers.

"Do I feel hot to you?" he asked, referring if he had a fever. His voice was monotone, but it affected her more than she could describe. His warm breath ghosted her face. Her nose was burned with his muscular scent, scent of fresh shower, his personal shampoo. His long hair touched her face, yet she felt as if she was on fire. She was very aware that she had a man on top of her.

A man!

Yes, Sesshomaru was a man. The man who had kissed her merciless and felt her body in the most intimate way she had ever experience. Her body burned at the thought, relieved the sensation from the afternoon, her breath caught in her throat. It reminded her that Sesshomaru was only wearing a thin towel this time. The towel that willing to come off with just a light tug.

Shit!

Shit! Shit! SHIT!

"I-I- I think I will go to bed early tonight." She quickly pushed him off, feeling his hard bare chest that she never had the chance to touch before. Even that small contact caused alien feelings to rise within her.

What the hell is wrong here? She cursed inwardly.

"Why?" Sesshomaru asked innocently, sitting like the king of seductive on the couch. His face and voice lacked of emotion, yet they were like flame that would ignite anything on fire and burned them until they were nothing but ashes.

Rin did not care to answer his question and rushed toward her room, but Sesshomaru caught her wrist.

"Don't you want to stay and make sure that I am well? Or nurse me for the night if I'm unwell?"

"Y-you seems fine to me." She pulled her wrist away and ran toward her room, shutting it tightly behind her, leaving her friend behind. She leaned against the door; her hand flew to cover her chest and let out a long shaky breath.

What the hell was that just now?

She felt as if her heart would explore. Not to mention that Sesshomaru seemed so… alluring…

Shit!

Hell!

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Sesshomaru had become strange since that night. He became very touchy. Sometimes he came up very close behind her and made her jump from startled when he spoke. In those events, often than not she found herself caught in his arms when she turned around or startled and nearly fell. Sometimes she found herself being trap between the wall and Sesshomaru who happened to see that her hair was out of place or sometime was on her face. Hell, he found reason to touch her countless time before the end of each day.

And now, Sesshomaru's leg was brushing hers under the table as if he was flirting with her.

"That's it!" Rin shoot up from her seat. Her hands formed into tight angry fists.

"Sesshomaru." She turned to face the said friend. Everyone stared at her in shock and curios. "Come with me! We need to talk!" She stormed away knowing he would follow after her.

Inuyasha whistled at the drama knowing that Sesshomaru was in deep shit, whatever he had pissed her off for. Rin was pretty much the only person other then his father who could put Sesshomaru into his place, though she had rarely done so. What a pity.

Kagome conjured up the theories behind their commotions and discussed heatly it with Kagura.

Rin led Sesshomaru to one of the area where she knew no one would interrupt them. She paused and turned angrily around.

"Stop with your games!" she demanded.

"What games?" he asked. He stood tall and elegant over her.

"You think I didn't know? You are angry because of that kiss! You have start action strange right after that day when I ask you to kiss me. I know you want to teach me a lesson but this has gone long enough. Grow up and get over it! It's not like took you virginity or anything. It was just a freaking kiss!"

"I don't know what you are talking about." He told her, which pissed her off even more.

"Oh I know you do." She narrowed her eyes and stepped closer toward him.

Of course he knew. He was the mastermind behind it. He was trying to scare her into submission to never ask him to do anything he did not want to do again, she was sure.

But she had had enough. She would not let Sesshomaru had things his way anymore.

Rin grasped Sesshomaru by the neck, pulled him down to her where she could attack him with her own lips.

Passionately, she kissed him. In the few seconds of surprise she slipped her tongue into his warm mouth; deepen the kiss, making it into a long, rough, passionate one.

She would show him that she was not affair of him.

She let go of him. She was breathless, fluster, and was still pissed off.

"Now, stop with your games." She told Sesshomaru who was slightly shock from the assault even though it did not show on his well masked face. Since when did she learned how to kiss like that?

"Because I can't guarantee that it won't get out of hand and I might attack you for real. Don't come crying regretting it latter when that happen!" She warned.

She stormed away before her friend could say anything. She knew that Sesshomaru was only trying to scare her about sex. Now that she showed him she was not afraid, he should stop punishing her.

She did meant what she said that things could get out of controls. She was young and hormones could interfere with her judgment.

But she knew Sesshomaru would never allow such thing to happen. She was his best friend and he did not see her as a woman anyway.

Even so, this should scare him off a bit knowing that she could attack him. Sesshomaru would never want to go all the way with her and it was no longer fun when she was not the little scaredy-cat he wanted her to be.

Rin smirked at her brilliant plan. This would stop all the craziness of nonsense Sesshomaru had thrown into her life. She would once again live in peace. Or so she believed.

Unknown to her, Sesshomaru had no intention of backing down.

Hell, he would not run away from the challenge no matter how far she was willing led him.

"Bring it on, Rin." Sesshomaru smirked.

Let's the game begin.

He would not run away.

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Friday, January 10, 2014