Rin is where home is

Chapter 11: Officially

"Oh my!" Kanna smiled slyly as if she had already expected the scene before her. Rin and Sesshomaru in bed together. Well, with their clothes on, for now. She smiled inwardly. Finally! What took them so long?

"Today it's Belgian chocolates. I hope you like them."

"You're spoiling her." Sesshomaru stood and buttoned his shirt.

"You just hate chocolates." Rin already digging in the sweet treat.

"And you're such a sweet tooth."

Sesshomaru licked her fingers. He caught her off guard, resulting to her heavy blush.

"Oh, you two! I'd think you were lovers!" She could really be obtuse at times, Kanna is.

Lovers? Wait a second now. Am I...going out with Sesshomaru? Like in every sense of the word going out?

Lovers? In love? Me, with Sesshomaru?

B-but, aren't lovers a little more, you know, flirty and lovey-dovey? Everything looks rosy and all that?

"I'm taking the shower." Sesshomaru walked out and headed to the bath with a towel in his hand.

Kanna as if on cue, turned into a chibi. Pulling out a scroll in front of her with the heading written in bold: Rin's idea of lovers

1. Live together-Check!

2. Do this and that-Kissing and the like (will not elaborate), Check!

3. Eat together-We do since we live together. Check!

4. Go on dates-We do. He seemed fond of coming with me to the supermarket. Check!

Date. We do.

Kiss. We do.

Have sex. Almost.

Sleep together. We do.

I don't have a choice! Sesshomaru forces me! She shook her head vigorously. And Kanna seemed to find it amusing.

Kanna, a few weeks ago, screamed in excitement in front of Rin, alarming her. Kanna, apparently has a boyfriend. And yes, has no interest in Sesshomaru whatsoever, contrary to what Rin had concluded prior. The said boyfriend is taking a leave from work to spend time with Kanna on a cruise.

Kanna got to her feet with the box of chocolates and headed downstairs to the kitchen. She already knew her way around the house. She practically used to live here before; a sworn sister to Sesshomaru's mother.

Leaving Rin lost in her reverie.

We satisfy all the requirements...but I can't help feeling we're not quite "lovers".

Before Sesshomaru could finish his bath, Kanna already bade her farewell. Instructed Rin to give the auditing entry for last week to Sesshomaru. Rin decided to start on breakfast after she'd hit the shower.

"You feeling all right?" Sesshomaru holding his morning cup of coffee.

She sat at the couch. "Um...do you mind if I ask you something?"

"What?"

"Er, well, I mean...Wha-what do you think...it means to be lovers?"

"Huh?"

"Just 'cause Kanna, you know she's got a boyfriend and they're really in love and all that...So I was just thinking, Wow it must be nice to go out with someone."

"But we're going out, too." He said in a matter-of-fact way.

"We are?"

"Why does that shock you so much?"

He continued, giving her a passive look as he did. "We live under the same roof, share our meals and our bed, I do those kinds of things to you, and top of it all..."

"Don't say it out loud!" She knew where that last one is going. Last night she almost gave in to him, moaning at that!

"How can you say we're not going out after all we've done?" He said rather hurt.

"Because I feel like it's somehow different when it's with you."

"Then what exactly do you call lovers?"

Sesshomaru walked over tothe sink and started washing his mug.

"Um...well, it's like... you know..."

He sighed.

"Okay. Let's go out on a date."

Eh? That threw her off the bus.

"You're free now aren't you? No volunteering? No work?"

"No, I'm free."

How convenient that they both had the day off.

"Then change into something cute, tiny."

"What? Wait, you can't just decide everything yourself." But he didn't listen. He continued up the stairs to his room. "Or do you want me to help you change?" He teased before shutting the door close behind him.

You can't just make plans like that all of a sudden...but it was sweet.

That idiot! She mused, a smile on her face.

.

Now everyone else is staring at them. He really just had to look so gorgeous doesn't he? "We've still got some time until that movie you wanted to see. How about going to the beach?"

"What? The beach?"

"Do you have somewhere else you want to go?" He smiled at her, encouraging her to speak her mind. After all, it's their first official date. "No, no, that sounds great!" And they hit the waves.

They went out for a drive, saw a movie, did some shopping, and now they're exiting the restaurant where they had dinner.

"Aren't you putting a little too much effort into all this? I mean it's just a date with me."

"It's because it's a date with you."

She blushed at his answer. He was about to kiss her when a voice cut through the trance.

"Sesshomaru?"

He shifted to where the voice came, still holding her close. Rin turned to look too.

"Kagura?"