After All This Time?

As You Wish

"Sesshomaru." She whispers under her breath.

He stood before her, keeping the distance between them. Rin gazes long at the glorious appearance of her Lord. His long, silver hair flowed with the breeze as it glistens in the moonlight. She was caught in his golden stare as if she were in a trance.

This captivates her.

Rin pushes herself up to her feet. She wanted to approach but sheepishly resists. She stood frozen as if she was afraid. Not of Sesshomaru himself, but of his explanation to come.

She leans back against the tree, as gusts of wind pick up blue iris petals into the air.

The wind whistles and thrashes around them, Rin tries tucking her hair behind her ear but the wind kept pulling it out of place.

"I'm glad you're here." She spoke.

He stares.

She rubs the side of her forearm, never taking her eyes away from him, "I was afraid you would have been gone already."

Silence.

She bit her bottom lip softly. She had so much she wanted to say but didn't know where to begin. They had missed four long years after all.

Her heart was sinking into her stomach.

"You look well, Rin."

Sesshomaru broke his silence.

A pink hue appears on her cheeks as she tries to hide it with a smile.

Sesshomaru steps forward, gradually closing the distance between them. Rin becomes nervous and swallows a knot in her throat.

He took a moment.

"You've changed quite significantly as well."

Rin giggles at the comment.

"I've only grown up a little bit. That's all."

"I see..."

Sesshomaru looks over at how much Rin's physical appearance had changed. She was always small and she remains quite petite. The widening of her hips, her soft round face, and the development of other curves were apparent and piqued his curiosity.

"How is your wound?" He asks.

Rin looks over to her left shoulder, seeing her bandage being exposed from her collar.

She crosses her arm over her chest and gently places her hand on top of the shoulder.

"It's much better now," Rin expresses, "but it still needs some time to heal."

"That's good."

The swaying of the leaves and branches tussled in the wind, and blue petals dance around them. Clouds rolled across the sky, dimming the moonlight.

"Lord Sesshomaru, I--" She pauses, taking in a deep breath, "had you not come to me when you did, I would be..."

She fell silent.

She was feeling a tightness in her chest, placing her hand over the ache. She didn't want to have to bring this up so soon, but she needed answers, immediately.

"What happened on that day?" She spoke sternly.

Sesshomaru seemed surprised by her sudden change in tone with him. He took no offense to it, but he wasn't about to show it.

"Pardon?"

She tightens her hand into a fist against her chest, not out of anger, but to give herself the courage to speak.