Previously on Great Dog's Devotion:

(Then she turned to me as I came closer to her, staring at her in observation but the more I looked at her...the more I wanted to do is nothing but to touch her.)

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Nikko P.O.V.

I was upstairs getting my stuff ready for the journey with Kagome to the Feudal Era. While I was packing, I thought about how Rin and Jaken were doing since I left and rather quickly without telling them when I might come back.

Then suddenly, Sesshomaru came into mind, I sighed as I thought of the times we spent together even as I left. I wanted to stay in his arm, feeling warmth and strength from him, not really wanting to leave him, but it was needed to get some space between us.

"Wonder how he's doing?...probably fine, but does he think of me...at all?...does he feel what I feel?" I thought but it ceased when I heard Sobo calling me from downstairs.

As I got to the corner, I smiled as I asked her if she forgot something. As I got to the stairs and I looked down to her, my heart stopped, then sped up like a bullet. I couldn't believe what I was seeing... it was Sesshomaru right next to Sobo.

I called out his name in surprise, my eyes were on him as I walked down the stairs as he stared at me, neither of us broke eye contact as I went to him. I stopped a foot away and then realized Sobo was there and I looked to her breaking the eye contact.

I asked her to give us a moment alone, she looked at Sesshomaru then back at me and then she nodded in understanding and went to the kitchen. When she left, as I turned to him, we had only an inch of space between us. Again, we looked into each other eyes for a few seconds, then I remembered what we were doing and got worried of why he was here.

"What are you doing here, Sesshomaru...did something happened to Rin?...?" I asked in fear for Rin being hurt or in trouble. He shook his head, I sighed in relief. I looked back at him, staring into his dark golden eyes and seeing hints of emotions in them...longing, wanting, sadness and... desire?

"Does he desire me or was it something else that I was seeing?" I thought. Then the emotions disappeared a fast as they came through in his eyes. We stared at each other for what felt like for hours. Then without a second thought, I leapt into his arm and hugged him once more.

Holding him to me, like a life line and to much of a surprise he responded back by holding me closer to him. Then he lowered his head into my hair, breathing in my scent. " Your scent is intoxicating." He whispered low enough that I didn't hear it.

"I don't care if you didn't miss me but I did miss you and wanted to see you again... So can you stay?...at least for awhile?" I asked. He moved a bit away to let me look at him.

"If that is what you want." He said. I nodded as I pulled away from him and went to find Sobo. Sobo appeared out of nowhere and cornered me with questions. "Who is that man?...How do you know him?...Is there something I don't know about going on with you two?" She said.

I sighed deeply as we went to the living room and sat down at the table and Sesshomaru appeared standing beside me. "Well...Sobo?...this is Sesshomaru...he's a..." I said, unsure what to say because I'm unsure what is going on between us. Friends or perhaps...something more?

"An acquaintance." He said as he looked at me with no emotions in his eyes. I looked back at him, surprised at what he said, but on the inside: I felt hurt from those few words but it shouldn't have bothered me as much as it did but right now I need keep my emotions in check in order to get through this.

Sobo got interested on the matter. "So how did you two meet?" She asked looking at us intently. So I explained to her with half truths on the story just enough to satisfy her curiosity... she wouldn't believe me if I told her the truth and luckily Sesshomaru didn't say anything.

After the conversation, we had dinner, though Sesshomaru didn't eat but sat there watching us when it was appropriate. I saw Sobo's face, it was almost as if she was wondering why Sesshomaru wasn't eating, but didn't ask anything about it.

We finished dinner and Sobo finally went to do some errands that she was going to do before Sesshomaru came here to the house. She wasn't sure at first...leave me alone with him in the house even those she knows me pretty well.

When I convinced her to leave and that we be fine, so after sometime she left me alone...with Sesshomaru... in the house.

I was by door making sure it was locked...you know if someone would come in and invade a house if it is unlocked, then a thought popped into my mind and I had to get some answers about how he is here in my Era. "So why and how did you-..." I said as I suddenly turned away from door and saw that he wasn't there, it was like...he left. "-come here?" I said as I looked around and heard no sounds.

I felt an overwhelming sense of disappointment and sadness as I was now alone in the house, it seem that he needed to be somewhere else. So I got though the emotions for a moment then shaking it off and trying not to think about once more.

I was hoping that he would stay at least for awhile, but things don't always happen that way. "(Sigh)... I guess I'll take a shower then." I said to the open air, as I went upstairs, got my clothes and went the bathroom to take a shower.