Chapter VI-Dining Time & After
Sesshomaru and Kagome walked in the dining room. Her eyes had widen to see the dining room was so large. The room could probably fill about 200 guests or more. The table was probably as long as a soccer field. It was exquisite. It was made out of red granite and was polished. The surface of the table was sparkling shining. The chairs looked very comfortable. It had red velvet padding on the back and on the seat. The handles and the legs had different carving of dogs and paws. It was smooth to the touch.
They sat closed to the side were the double doors were located. Sesshomaru sat on the side end of the table while Rin and Shippo were on the right side of Sesshomaru. Kagome was going to sit by Shippo, but Sesshomaru said as he had his clawed hand on his left side tapping it with his claws, "Kagome, you should sit by me. I won't bit...hard." She blushed to the way he said it with his sensual voice. The left side of Sesshomaru or any other lord was a place for the lady of the house, certainly not for a ward.
Sesshomaru was amused by her expression. She looked shocked as hell. He heard her heart beating rapidly, but she said, "I...uh...I can't! Isn't the left side assigned only to the Lady of the House."
"Normally, yes, but as you can see, there isn't no lady of the house. And if there was...well she would have no choice but to move over for the lord's choice of mate."
Kagome was confused about what he said, but it made sense. She really didn't want to argue the point, though. Rin and Shippo only laughed to themselves. They sensed that Sesshomaru was interested in Kagome. They felt it in the air. Poor Kagome had no idea though. She was still grieving for that immature baka. She felt like the Kami doesn't want her to have any happiness and to be loved. She wanted that for so long. When she finally got it. It was quickly taken away as though she were a kid being punished by taking her favorite toy away.
The servants quickly set down their meals. Rin and Shippo had what seemed like little steak strips with mashed potatoes and a fruity drink. Sesshomaru had a very large steak that could fill two people, but he was a demon, mind you. He needed the extra meat to be strong. Kagome had almost the same, but smaller with mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, an apple, and also a fruity drink. The children quickly finished their meal so that they could play outside.
"Lord Sesshomaru! May Shippo and I go play outside?"
"Only if Lady Kagome agrees."
They looked at Kagome with pleading eyes. She said, "Yes, you may, but as long as you bathe after you finish playing and then go to bed."
They both squealed with excitement and left the dining room. Sesshomaru looked and motioned to Jaken to go with the children. Jaken rolled his eyes and started grumbling to himself.
And then they were alone. The room was dead silent until Sesshomaru coughed and started to say, "Kagome, is there something the matter? You look quite...unhappy. Did I do something to upset you?"
She grasped after he said that and said, "No, you didn't do anything to upset me. I feel like I am cursed. Cursed to spend the days alone and miserable."
"And do you really believe that? Or are you...," he trailed off; he stood up and bent down to her grabbed both handles. He starred into her eyes and said, "You really believe that, don't you?"
She turned her head from him with tears flowing down her fair sweet face. She didn't have to say anything; her tears in her eyes gave her away. He put his clawed figure to her chin and pull her head up; so he could look into her beautiful, dark blue eyes.
"Oh, my dear miko," he said as he used his thumb to wipe away her tears, "you do deserve all the happiness and love that one will give you. Now what made you believe such a thing."
She mumbled, "I don't want to talk about it, right now. (she paused) I know that you want to show me around the palace, but can I be shown to my bedroom, instead. I suddenly feel so fatigue."
He knew that she was lying, but he didn't want to push the matter. So he stood up and held out his hand to her. She grabbed it. He pulled her up against him and whispered into her ear, "I will be waiting for you whenever you are already to talk or even if you want a shoulder to cry on. I will be here. Please don't shut me out." Then he went on thinking, "I love you, Kagome. Please open your heart to me."
She responded, "I will. Just give me more time." He nodded and said, "Ok, take all the time that you need."
They walked out of the dining room and went down a long hallway until they reached their destination. He said as he opened her bedroom door, "You will be staying in this room. It comes with it's own bathing room already filled with bathing supplies. You can used them to your heart's content. If you need me, I'll be in my study working."
She nodded and said, "Thank you, Sesshomaru."
He looked at her for a moment, turned around, and then closed the door behind him. He stood there for a moment, sighed, and whispered to himself, "Please, Kami, help me to help her get through this tragedy." With that said, he walked down the hall and enter the study and sat down behind his desk. He let his mind wandered.
As soon as Kagome went into her bedroom; she was flabbergasted by the size the room. You can instantly tell that the room was for a woman. The walls were painted pinkish white and decorated with all sorts of flowers such as orange lilies, white lilies, cherry blossoms, red roses, and etc... and the trims were painted gold, the ceiling was the same color as the walls were. The floors were polished marble.
She looked around her room and she saw her bed. It was a little bigger than a regular queen size and there were white drapery hanging around the bed's head and foot boards that also had four-corner wooden beams and more wooden beams to connect them on each side of the bed. The bed was covered that looked like comforters that she would had in her birth era, but they were handmade, white comforters that was embroider with pink, sink thread with the designs of cherry blossoms and a crescent moon. All she wanted was the plop down. It was so comfortable. It was perfect. She quickly fell to sleep.
Jaken knocked on the lord's study's door. "My lord, Miss Rin and Master Shippo, had already bathe and retired to their rooms. I tried to tell Lady Kagome, but I heard her sound asleep."
"Very well, then. You're dismissed."
Sesshomaru stood up and walked toward the window. He said to himself, "And I thought that she was lying about being tired. She did had a long day of traveling from Kaede's village to my palace. I hope that she does open to me. I'm really concerned for her, simply because of what she'd said to me earlier (remembering what she said earlier: 'I feel like I am cursed. Cursed to spend the days alone and miserable.') You are not cursed to be alone. I will make you see that my dear miko." He noticed how late it was, yet not late enough for him, though. He sat down behind his desk and continued with his paperwork.
Late that night, in Kagome's room, she's been tossing and turning. Suddenly she woke up screaming with sweat rolling down her face and breathing heavily. She got out of her bed, went to the bathing room, and took out a washing cloth. Then she wet it when she put the cloth into a bowl that had water in it. Cold water at that, which she didn't really care about the temperature. She just wanted to soak up the sweat on her face. She then heard a knock on her door...
Meanwhile, Sesshomaru was still working went he heard a scream. He recognized the screaming voice. So he hurried out of his study and sped down the hallway. Then when he got to Kagome's door that's when he knocked...
He knocked on her door as she opened the door...
"Sesshomaru what are you doing, here?"
"I heard you screaming. I had to see if you were doing alright."
"Well, as you can see, I'm fine."
She tried to close the door in his face, but he caught it before she could completely closed the door.
"What the hell, Sesshomaru! Please go away! I'm fine!"
"No, you're not fine! If you were fine, then why were you screaming?!"
"Because...I don't know! Now leave me alone!"
"That's not an answer!"
"Screw you!"
"Not without you!"
"Pervert! Just leave me alone!"
"No! I want to know what's the matter!"
"Why would you care?!"
"If I didn't care at all about you. I wouldn't had invite you into my home."
She looked down and then he raised her chin with his hand.
"Listen, my dear miko, I know that you're still in mourning. I understand your lost and your hurting, but please, dear onna, don't shut me out of your heart."
She looked into his golden-yellow eyes; they seemed to be filling up with tears. He continued as he grabbed her hand into his. He looked into her eyes with so much emotion that she never even thought that he had inside. "Miko, I...I don't know why or how, but every part of my being responded to you ever since I met you."
He just pulled her into a tight hug as her head rested onto his warm chest. She could hear his heartbeat rapidly beating as his breathing labored. It was a comfort to her to hear his beating heart this close that it was heavenly.
He went on, "I'm here for you. Please, Kagome, please don't turn me away."
She couldn't help, but to release her tears. It seemed like her tears were finally fleeing out of her eyes. She cried as he walked her to her bed. Then he just cradled her in his arms. He rocked back and forth holding her.
It took a while until Kagome got herself under control. She left her head to look at Sesshomaru. He looked down and gave her a soft smile. He asked, "Feeling better, my miko?"
She sniffed as she wiped away her own tears with her hand, then she said, "Yes, I feel a lot better. (She paused.) Is what you said is true? Or are you just saying that to make me feel better? If that's it, then it's working very well."
He thought how to answer her question and said, "Indeed, miko, I meant every word of what I said before. There were no lies in all that I said."
She dare to say, "Prove it to me."
He raised one of his eyebrows and said with a smirk, "Prove it, you say?"
"Yes, I said prove it to m..."
Without any hesitation, he bend down to her and kiss her like there was no tomorrow. The kiss was full passion.
She thought to herself, "Oh Kami, he kisses are so good." The kissing continued on as they battle with their tongues for being dominant over the other. She gave into him. Letting him dominate her mouth over and over. Til he suck and bit her bottom lip.
He asked, "Is that proof enough? Or do you want me to kiss you more?"
She didn't answer his questions. She just grabbed his head and pull him down to her and said, "More!"
He was more than happy to obliged her. He thought, "Oh my Kami, she tastes like honey, probably even sweeter than honey."
The second round of kissing, he gave into her after they fought for domination over their mouths. The kiss went even deeper. They both felt the yearning and burning desire until she in turn suck on and bit his bottom lip.
They both were breathing heavily with their foreheads were touching each other. He pull away from her and said, "You know I'd been waiting for that kiss for so long, that it hurts me."
"How long was did you feel like this about me?"
"Longer than you think, my dear miko."
"What does that mean, Sesshomaru?"
He was looking at her with so much devotion and love with his eyes that she could feel it piercing through her. She felt her heart beating rapidly that she just had to grab her chest. It was such an intense feeling. There was silence between them until he spoken up...
"My dear miko, it seems that it's my bedtime." She watched him got up from her bed. He smiled and kissed her on the forehead.
He said, "Goodnight and sweet dreams, my miko."
"You, too, my dear Sesshomaru."
Inuyasha (c) Rumiko Takahashi
Fanfiction & OCs (c) kamorris