Rin is where home is

Chapter 24: In sickness and in health...no leeks please!

"Sesshomaru Taisho's residence, sorry can't get to you at the moment, busy being grumpy -ahh! *giggling in the background* -please leave a message- no not the toes! Stop tickling me -after the beep! "

Rin's animated voice rang through the living room. She took the liberty of changing Sesshomaru's voicemail tone. Of course he didn't approve but she was so persistent that he gave up soon enough. Thus, the scrawny background noise.

"Hey! It's Kanna. How's her fever going? About the meeting, I've called everyone and they'd agree on rescheduling. I'll drop by when i could. And get some shut eye, will you?"

Sesshomaru was on his way back to Rin's room when he heard Kanna's message drop to his voicemail.

He smiled at her concern. She had always been motherly to him and she's always been so dependable.

He settled the basin and washcloth at the bedside table, careful not to spill the cold water on his documents. Boy, he sure needs to start cleaning up his pile. Or Rin would throw a fit when she wakes up.

He sat at the bed and checked her temperature with the thermometer. He could relax now that her fever had gone down. Her fever was sky high that she had been delirious these past hours. Mumbling incoherent sentences; tossing and turning in bed.

At one point, she even screamed and sat up on bed; crying with her eyes still close.

"I'll be a good girl. I promise."

She only stopped trembling when he held her close to his warmth and joined her on bed.

Sesshomaru was helpless. He isn't used to taking care of other people, he's been alone for as long as he could remember. He hardly gets sick and when he does, it was his mom or Kanna when the former passed away, doing their magic to make him well again.

Kanna was laughing her ass off when he called her in the middle of the night to ask her what to do with Rin. Since he's already rendered tepid sponge bath and medication, warm soup and leeks were first on her list.

Leeks? He hates them. They taste awful. It has an onion-like taste. He didn't want to have her eat such awful food but if it would help her then he'd have to use his convincing prowess to have her take it in. Now he knows what his mom used to feel when he'd be stubborn as hell because he didnt want to eat it.

In the end, she couldn't down anything. She was too weak that he even considered bringing her to the hospital. But when he started carrying her she motioned no.

He looked up the clock and it was already 5:30am. He went for the bathroom to wash his face. He wiped off the steam in the mirror. And what greeted him is a stranger. He had dark circles on his eyes. And that five o'clock shadow needs shaving. The man on the mirror looked tired. A far cry from his stoic, confident, handsome self.

He proceeded with his usual morning routine. She can't see him like this. Knowing her, she'd only feel sorry and hate herself for being troublesome. Not that she is.

Feeling refreshed after, he decided for breakfast next.

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"Mm..." When Rin opened her eyes, a bright light was filling the room. That dream...

She slowly sat up. My body feels light. And my fever has gone down. But, my head felt strangely heavy. She took time gathering her surroundings. She vaguely remembered having went to school and then waking up to Sesshomaru's voice. She tried putting pieces together. She was feeling alright that morning, she didnt even feel feverish at all. What had i been missing?