Crescent Love (Rin x Sesshomaru Lemon)

Chapter Seven: Steam

Recommended song: My Love by Sia

[Sorry for the wait / short chapter, life is crazy.]

Rin awoke to bird songs and the rhythm of breathing. She blinked a few times, the night before sinking in. She contemplated this new side of her Lord only she knew.

Still lying on her side against Sesshomaru, she snuggled into him once again. She felt his arm pull her tight, and he soothingly stroked her back. She raised her face to meet his, smiling.

"Good morning my Love."

He smoothed her hair back, gazing down at her.

"Are you sore?"

She looked down, still a bit shy.

"A little... but it feels good."

He appeared the slightest bit relieved. He kissed her softly before slowly sitting them up. Rin could feel her thighs were sticky, and her Kimono from the night before was stained.

"M'lord... I'm all messy."

"I know." He replied, "There is a spring."

To her surprise, the demon scooped her up. Rin was suddenly aware of how heavy she felt. However, he lifted her like it was no trouble, and carried her bridal-style. Sesshomaru wrapped a spare blanket around them, and began to walk downhill. Rin stole shy glances at her Lord while he carried her, looking at the details of his face. She leaned her head into his shoulder, overwhelmed with love for him. It occurred to her that his love for her was the only thing that cracked his stoic mask. It was because of this bond they shared that Rin truly felt she knew him, at last.

At the bottom of the conifer forest lay a stream, and banks of slick rock. She watched as he carefully crossed the cold waters with grace, and set her down gently once on the other side. On the rock bank in front of her was a large pool of water completely separated from the stream. She saw new water bubbled up from the bottom of the natural tub. Sesshomaru walked up to the edge before shedding the blanket and entering the waters. Rin soon joined him, surprised at the heat of the spring. She let out a contented sigh once completely submerged in the pool. Steam rose in fine waves, and she felt sleepy and warm next to her Lord. She listened to the morning bird songs while resting her eyes.

"I think it is time to live from my castle."

Sesshomaru's hypnotic voice drifted into Rin's consciousness. As the words started to sink in, she opened her drowsy eyes and turned her rosy face to him. He was already looking at her.

"M'lord, I did not know you had a castle."

"Mm. It can keep you safer now that you are my mate." He slipped an arm around her as he said this.

Rin blushed at the realization that she had become her Lord's mate. She was also curious about the castle,

"Why have we never visited this castle before?"

"I had no reason to. I was content with the nomadic lifestyle."

She stayed silent for a bit, realizing with slight shock that she was having an actual conversation with her Sesshomaru. Then it settled in that she would be living in a castle.

She was pulled out of her thoughts by a firm kiss on the top of her head. Sesshomaru then began washing, and soon she joined him.

As they dressed back at the campsite, her thoughts wondered with excitement to the castle she would soon come to live in.