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Sesshomaru had been gone for only a few hours, and when he returned, he found Jaken scurrying around and panicking. Sesshomaru observed Jaken silently for a moment, before turning his attention to the source of Jaken's flustered acting.
Rin.
Up in a tree, high up, reaching for a fruit of some kind.
Apparently, Jaken couldn't climb trees. Or he had declined to.
Sesshomaru approached the tree, and Rin spotted him, waving one hand down at him, "Welcome back, Lord Sesshomaru!"
Jaken made a funny noise and backed up against the tree.
Sesshomaru completely ignored him, instead tilting his head to look up at Rin. "What are you doing up there?"
Rn thought about it for a moment, before answering, "I was hungry, and I saw the fruit. Master Jaken didn't want to climb, so I did," She paused, then cast a nervous look at the ground, "I don't know if I can get down though..."
Sesshomaru transferred his gaze to Jaken, who, after seeing the other demon's expression, made a 'eep' sound and fled over to where Ah-Un was.
Rin, meanwhile, was busily trying to get the nearest fruit out of the tree, when she slipped, arms flailing about as she knocked a piece of fruit down and toppled off the branch, "Ahh!"
Sesshomaru had turned in time to see Rin lose her footing, and moved gracefully to catch Rin before she had fallen very far. Sesshomaru set her down on the ground, where Rin picked up the fallen fruit, and turned around to beam up at Sesshomaru.
"Thank you, Lord Sesshomaru." Rin sat down where she was and bit into the fruit, not noticing that Sesshomaru was stalking toward Jaken.
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Days later, Rin didn't have to climb the trees to get food, because Jaken made sure to do it himself. He didn't want Sesshomaru to be angry again, or feel the annoyed aura that wanted to maim him in some way.
Sesshomaru, standing off to the side, stared up at the sky and hoped that Rin wouldn't try to climb a tree again. It had caused a tiny twinge of panic when she had fallen, and Sesshomaru wanted nothing of it. He shouldn't have felt anything. Being emotional was for humans. Sesshomaru turned his attention to Rin, who passed by with a smile and a greeting as she went over to pester Jaken.
Sesshomaru gazed up at the sky again.
...Maybe an occasional scare would be all right. It wasn't like anyone could read his mind and see whether he had been truly worried or not.
Though Sesshomaru supposed falling out of trees was the least dangerous thing that Rin could encounter.
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I do think that Sesshoamru cares about Rin. He just doesn't want anybody to know.