Sesshomaru walked around in his palace after making himself leave his chambers from his thinking, he had a few idea's on ways to apologize without verbally saying it. No matter if he really wanted to express his mistake verbally his pride simply wouldn't allow it. He walked past a servant who smiled at him, he looked at the servant it was Ai. She wore a yukata that was a plain pink with purple checkered print she wore a yellow obi with her hair tied up in a nice bun. She was one of his most used sexual servant, however there would be a stop to that. He would keep her around of appearances, however he would never join in her company again.

She smiled and bowed pausing in the hall as he walked by she whispered loud enough to hear "Will your lordship be needing my services this tonight?" He kept walking and then spoke a single word "No." He walked down the hallway and made his way into a room he saw the sunlight shine in and felt the warmth on his skin. Sesshomaru saw his mother in the garden smoking a pipe he wrinkled his nose and let out a growl of disgust.

'Destroy your lungs and join father if that is your wish.'

Sesshomaru walked away and sighed he remembered how his parents were strangers, they hadn't mated they only joined a few times until they had birthed an heir. Then his father and mother parted, his mother stayed in the palace and his father journeyed everywhere besides the palace except on rare occasions. His father became a very strong figure in his life when he had aged to nine, and was ready for battle. Once he was nine his father took him on all his journeys with him, he remembered many things with his father and grew close to him finally after wanting to be with his father for so long.

He knew what he needed to give her to express his feelings.

Rin sat at the mansion she wasn't sure if she could call it home without anyone else, it was only her at the mansion so how was it a home. Homes were full of love ones and happiness. She sat all day that afternoon she took out a scrap of cloth and decided to try and embroider a handkerchief, she had a white cloth and a light pink thread for petals. She also had dark brown, light brown and several shades of green, all for the branches and leaves.

She smiled and hummed a little song but decided it was safe enough to voice it, she was very shy about singing it. A song about love and a song about demons being good and lovable, while humans can lie and deceive.

`We all have minds of our own

All of us have a kind of love that we know

Is true…

Me and you

Together despite our differences

You are the moon and I the sun

We've only just begun

I am a mortal woman

You are a demon lord

They say our love is a sin

I only see it as a win…'

Rin looked at her work and tears welled up in her eyes, she had wanted to make him proud of her. Her singing was terrible at best it was average, she held in a whimper as her lips couldn't help but tremble. The embroidery was terrible too, it didn't look at all what it was supposed to. She took the needle setting it back in its cushion and stood up angry and threw the piece of cloth against the wall, 'Why can I always have the best ideas and think they will turn out great and amazing… but they always turn out for the worst. I have great expectations but I have no great masterpieces nothing even moderately great.'

She got up and put away the sewing supplies and sighed she took the cloth she had tried to embroider and went to the fire place in the middle of the main room. Rin sat down and smiled at the fireplace and threw the cloth in the fireplace 'I hope I can get better somehow.'

Suddenly the door opened and Rin's head whipped towards the door of the main room, he entered he wore no shoes and he walked over and stood over her shoulder it seemed his shadow resting on her. Rin turned her head back to the fire once he started walking towards her and she stared into the fire as he stood over her. Finally she looked up at him only when he spoke to her first "Rin."

She looked up at him her brown eyes connected with his, 'His eyes show nothing. Gold like the sun, the sun is warm and brings life. But his golden orbs are cold like ice and just as lifeless it seems.' Her eyes showed sadness and disappointment and yet she smiled a sweet smile. Sesshomaru looked at her eyes and smelled her scent of sadness and disappointment so her smile was a lie, she wasn't happy at all. 'She's not happy here, she not happy being mine or being here. Rin must hate me. Her scent doesn't lie and she probably smiled so I wouldn't punish her. Damn I made her frighten of me.'

"I have something for you."

She turned around to face him and got up watching his ever movement, after she stood he stared emotionlessly at her "Come." She felt sad he never spoke much, but it felt like his words were too good to waste on her so he would treat her with simple commands to avoid wasting his breath. She followed him mutely into the other room where he stood in front of a table as she walked in he moved to the side showing a little cage made out of bamboo. Inside that little woven cage was a pair of brightly colored little finches.

Rin ran over to the little cage acting as a little child again, acting how she used to when she would travel with Jaken, Ah un and Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru nearly smiled out of relief and happiness 'I haven't seen her act like this in such a long time. Truth be told It warms my savage heart.'

He watched her as she looked joyfully at the little tiny finches, something so small. Those two little finches seemed to offer her so much hope however it made him want to see her smile and have that look of hope and joy all the time. To always have that smile and to always seem hopeful.

"Rin were you saddened for seeing I have returned." She was smiling and trying to touch the little feathers of the birds, she heard his words and froze. Sesshomaru watched sadness started to seep into him seeing she stopped looking at the birds and her smile left her face, she slowly turned around and looked at him.

"No, I-I I was looking forward to your return. I.. I get lonely in this big house, I understand why you have me stay here. To protect us both, but… I have no one to talk to." Sesshomaru stared at her and kneel down on one knee, he then put a finger under her chin and tilted her head up and stared into her eye "I'll see what I can do."

Rin smiled bit her lip and looked up at him "My lord, may I kiss you?" Sesshomaru answered her by leaning in and taking her lips and placing her lips firmly on her's. She held tears in her eyes staring at his closed eyes, she made them a nice evening meal. She was in the kitchen working and doing her best, Rin during the preparation was nervous and made some mistakes resulting in the kitchen becoming a messy area. While she was busy cleaning up and making the meal she drew Sesshomaru a bath.

Sesshomaru almost chuckled as he sat in the warm bath, he was able to hear everything the clanking and clattering of her messing up and her trying to fix them. He could even hear her scolding herself on her mistakes, he could hear her telling her self insults.

"I'm so stupid!"

"Why can't I do things right? Why can't I be a perfect wife?"

"Ugh he doesn't deserve me… He should have a pretty wife, who can do everything well."

"Wait! Will he even eat any of this?"

"Damn I swear I never think things over!"

Some of the things were funny when she was a child, she would often jump to things and get into trouble. However she didn't think herself worthy of him and that was partly if not fully his fault, she should be happy and proud. 'All I ever wanted was to be happy, that's why I left her and Jaken in that village.' He got out of the bath and drained the water, grabbing a white towel he dried himself off and then ringed and dried his hair until it was silky soft and damp dry.

When he made it to the dining room he was surprised and happy. Rin who had tried and struggled did her best to make her husband happy with a meal, even though half way through making it he wasn't sure if she would even eat it. Somehow she pulled through and was able to make everything alright, it was placed nicely on the table. The cushions were on opposite sides of the table, just like how they were when he and her had their fight before he flipped the table and…

Rin sat down and she seemed stressed, Sesshomaru sat down and felt saddened that he had drove a wedge further between them with that fight. As if everything wasn't already hard and complicated enough, he would make up and make her happy he would. Sesshomaru remembered the first time they met she had took care of his wounds and often tried to feed him, but he never took a bite. Even when she was beat to get him fish, he never took a bite.

Rin put her hands together and softly uttered her gratefulness for the food and started eating little bites here and there. Sesshomaru looked at the food and picked up his chopsticks taking a bite of rice, and proceed to eat the rest of his food, drink the tea and soup she made as well. Rin looked up every so often surprised that he was eating, she nearly fainted from surprise and shock.

That night Sesshomaru told Rin that she didn't have to have a spare room that since they had mated, they were in human terms married and married couples share a single room. She put her futon arm's length away from Sesshomaru's futon and like that they went to sleep. Sesshomaru however wasn't asleep as a demon he didn't really need sleep and so he just turned on his side, he used his fist and elbow to support his head as he watched her sleep.

He listened to her soft sighs and light snores here and there something about it felt like music to his ears, as the field crickets played their chirp, the trees swayed in the breeze making light rustles of the leaves and the tall grass swooshed in a soft background like choir. Soft moonlight shone through the windows and their shutters, suddenly there was a soft pitter patter on the roof.

The smell of fresh, crisp water 'Rain.'

Rin woke and made him breakfast, then saw him off as he promised he would get her a bigger cage for the two little birds. He also told her before he left that the birds were tamed and are used to being handled and petted.

AN: Sweet right? But his pride –Ladyrin18825 shakes her head-.

Hey so I'm going to talk a little about me, I applied to have my legal name changed to Rin. Also this week I might not update as much maybe one chapter a day. Well we have this festival here and I'm debating on wearing my yukata. Also I still have work at my two jobs. Oh I met a really nice guy I hope it works out ^-^.