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And now into the story:
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I walk through many season
Many day has passed
Many love I throw away
Just to meet you
The special person only for me
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Playing with Fire
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Chapter 10
The Shock and Agreement
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People always say that meeting someone by chance is a work of fate and that there is always a reason behind it. Sometimes, however, people don't discover the reason before it's too late. They start to blame fate for giving them that chance and losing it.
Such people are called foolish.
Sometimes, such foolish people are called the smartest human beings that ever existed if they...
... stand up once again and embrace what fate has in store.
She was so dead.
She will find herself in a coffin tomorrow, with flowers surrounding her dead body, and the sound of mourning as her lullaby to send her into nirvana.
"What do you mean by fiancé?" A man's voice sent Rin back into reality and made her realize that she'd be going to hell instead.
"Euuuuhhhh... well... eh... you know... the article... my- my friends read it... and... um...," Rin answered nervously, unable to manage making any complete sentences. She eyes her friends warily, one by one. "Andtheywanttomeetyou," Rin said in one breath. She faked another smile to the crowd surrounding her, all regarding her with hopeful eyes… well, all except for two teenagers: Ayaka, who looked at her in sympathy, and Ringo, who rolled her eyes sarcastically.
Oh how Rin wanted to hit that snide expression with her own bare hand. It'd be nice to see Ringo's face bloodied and to send it to her oh-so-precious boyfriend, Tohruu. Rin would really want to see his reaction then.
"You didn't answer my question," the same cold voice said, pulling Rin back again from her thoughts. She knitted her eyebrows in confusion as the question hit her mind and then she made an innocent 'eh?' sound.
"I asked what do you mean by fiancé, but you gave me a ridiculous answer. Do you understand Japanese or not?" Sesshoumaru asked sarcastically. Girls could be so annoying sometimes… wait. They were always annoying.
"WHAT? OF COURSE I UNDERSTAND IT! THEY'RE JUST ACK-," Rin promptly shut her mouth with her free hand when she realized what she was going to say: a forbidden fact that would embarrassed her for the rest of her life! There was no way she was going to reveal that the article was fake!
"I- I mean... it's a long story. I know you wanted to keep it a secret but-." She stopped to take a quick glance at her friends and felt a bit relief when she was that they still believed her. "I will tell you what happened later, so... would you PLEASE pick me up after school?" Rin asked hopefully, her mind already chanting a "yes" response.
She actually would rather jump off a bridge than beg for Sesshoumaru's help but since there was no bridge around here…and since Sesshoumaru was the only one that could help her... like it or not, she had no other option.
And Sesshoumaru had better agree to help her or else...
"Stop making an impression as if we're in that sort of relationship, and-"
"PLEASE! PRETTY PLEASE! ONEGAI! I KNOW YOU'RE BUSY AND ALL, BUT WOULD YOU DARE LET YOUR GIRLFRIEND DOWN??? PLEASE??? PLEASE!! PLEASEEEE SESSHOU-SAN!"
"-and stop calling me by that improper name."
"BUT... DO YOU LOVE YOUR WORK BETTER THAN YOUR OWN GIRLFRIEND???"
"You are not my girlfriend and yes, I love my work better than you."
"DAMN YOU, YOU COLDHEARTED B! IT WAS ALL YOU AND THAT FING PAPARAZZI'S FAULT! IF ONLY YOU DIDN'T FORGET TO GET YOUR THINGS FROM MY ROOM! THAT PAPARAZZI WOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT FING ARTICLE AND NOW YOU DARE TO SAY THAT YOU DON'T CARE AT ALL! DAMN YOU, YOU ROTTEN OLD MAN!" Rin exploded, making everyone to look at her in shock. Even the teachers were gaping at her choice of words but she didn't care! She had reached the end of her patience and now, no one would stop her from venting at the object of her frustration, who was calmly sitting in the car.
"Will you please stop it? And don't blame the paparazzi for your situation. It was you who made everyone believe it. If only you had just let it be, they would have just laughed at the article, thinking it was just some sort of joke," he said in his emotionless voice, even though there was something inside of him telling him to apologize. It was a matter of pride now, wasn't it?
Rin bit her lip in anger, her grip on the telephone handle tightening, and her black eyes showing the anger and hatred inside of her.
Yes, yes, he was right. The almighty Sesshoumaru was always right. She knew that. But hell! Why couldn't he help her out just a bit? Would it hurt to say 'yes'? Just say yes and everything would be okay! She only needed his appearance here for a second and then he could go wherever he wanted! But no... she should have known that Sesshoumaru, the most egotistical, self-centered jerk on earth wouldn't help anyone unless he got something useful in return.
She did know it all too well...
She hung up the phone harshly and spun around to meet the shocked face of her friends. She pasted on a fake smile that indicated that everything was under control.
"Well... it seems like he won't show up today. You know. meetings and paper work surrounding his life." She smiled in relief when she found that some of them nodded in understanding. They still believed her lies. Bravo for her!
But her situation worsened when she heard some of them, who she recognized as her classmates, asking something...
"Rin... is it true that... thatyouactuallysleptwithhim????"
Wha?!
"Yes, you said that he left his 'things' in your room! Is that true??? Is that thing..."
WH-WHATTTT?!?!?!
"OMG! I can't believe that you two were serious! But... that explains your status as his fiancé, anyway!"
"WHA-WHAAAAAATTTTT!!!!"
"SO. How does it feels?"
"FOR KAMI SAKE! I'M STILL A VIRGIN, YOU SICK, PERVERTED PEOPLE!!!!" Rin yelled with a red face. There was no way she'd do that thing with that bastard! She had never even been kissed or touched by any man!
"Uuuuuhhh??? Are we wrong?"
"OF COURSE YOU ALL WRONG!"
"Aw, come on. No one exposes their sex life, right, Rin?"
"WHATEVER!" Rin yelled in frustration and walked away from the teasing crowd. She glared at everyone as they whispered and looked at her funny. Oh God! How she wanted to disappear right now and never come back to this school again! It had been simple enough for her to make up a story to protect her pride, HER FING PRIDE! But it was all too much for her to handle when everyone started to look at her as if she were some kind of object. And then she had to pretend she liked their attention and GOD, she was tired of not being herself!
…Or was she just making a fool out of herself????
Whatever it was, all she could think of right now was her hatred for a certain man with silver hair and a thing called fate, that people would have her believe brought her into contact with her now worst enemy, the source of her suffering. It was also responsible for involving the irresponsible people called paparazzi and was the cause for this situation, which she didn't even know how to get out off!
Why did fate put her in this situation?
WHY??
Thud!
For the tenth time in 20 minutes, Rin rubbed the back of her head after being hit by a crumpled up paper. She lazily picked up the paper wad and opened it, read it, and threw it into the trashcan when the teacher wasn't looking at her.
"I do not care, Ayaka!" Rin growled silently at her so-called best friend sitting behind her. 'You didn't help me when I needed your help, so I won't forgive you when you apologize. Seems fair, doesn't it?' Rin snorted at her thought, her eyes then trailing towards the clock hanging on the white wall. She smiled when she saw that she only had 5 more minutes before the bell rang and she'd get out from this school! Or maybe she should have started making a plan to persuade Aunt Natsu and Kagome-oneesan that she be transferred from this school to another school in another city as soon as possible. Wait... maybe she needed to move into another country as well, sensing that every part of Japan already knows her affair…
'Affair?" Rin frowned at her own choice of word and started to curse the source of her misfortune.
RIIIIIIINNNNGGGG!!!!
Rin had never been this happy to hear that bell ring. She hurriedly packed her schoolbooks into her bag and walked out from the classroom before Ayaka or anyone could follow her. She then went to her locker, ignoring the whispers around her or the looks her schoolmates were giving her, and changed her shoes at an amazing speed. She smiled as she closed the locker's small wooden door and walked toward the one door that'd let her out of this school.
"Free at least." Rin smiled in satisfaction as she turned the doorknob and slowly opened the door, letting the sunrays into the room.
'Funny, it's still cold outside but the sun is shining so brightly.'
"RIN! DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR!" Ayaka screamed as she saw the door crack open. Rin automatically looked back at Ayaka, who looked so pale, as if she just seen a ghost. Well, if she had looked around, Rin would've found that everyone in that room had turned pale as well.
But what Rin saw when she turned back around wasn't a ghost at all. It was worse. Groups of reporters and paparazzi were flashing their cameras, taking pictures as if she were a rare specimen. Sounds of adults bombarding her with questions filled her eardrums, her name being shouted from every direction. Thank God there were no hands trying to grab her and make her their accessory back home.
She couldn't see anything but flashing lights that were blinding her vision. She automatically covered her eyes with her trembling hands. She felt as if she had just lost all her senses. She felt numb and she didn't know if she was still standing or lying collapsed on the floor. She hadn't even realized that the door was closed harshly by the school's security and that a pair of hands was embracing her from behind and dragging her away from the chaos.
"Congrats to me," Rin said sarcastically and rolled her eyes as she closed the headmaster office's door. "I wonder what will Aunt Natsu and Kagome-oneesan will say." Rin pocketed the letter she got from the head master after his 15-minute lecture about disturbing the school with disgraceful rumor and tarnishing the school's reputation by inviting the reporters. Inviting them? Ha!
"Congratulation," Ayaka teased her best friend, who shot her a death glare in reply. Her eyes then went to the tall, perfect figure standing beside her with such grace.
"Well then, Sesshou-san. Why did you come anyway? I thought you made it clear that you loved your work more than me," Rin said sarcastically. She was now between hatred and shame. Hate because he is the source of all this mess, and shame, because he was the one who saved her. Well, he did save her by making the reporters shut their mouths and sending them quietly back to their headquarters. And oh, not forgetting his cunning way of persuading the headmaster to shut the hell up and saving her from being expelled from this school. Well, not that she would've minded it at all.
"I do love my work better than you but I did not say that I had refused to come anyway. It's you who concluded that I wouldn't be here." His lips formed a smirk when Rin frowned at his reply and a blush started to creep over her face as she realized her own foolishness. "Ah, and don't call me by that improper name, ever."
"Well... why shouldn't I, Sesshou-san?" Rin raised her voice and glared at the older man.
"Oi, stop it, you two! We'd better get out or the headmaster will punish you because you tainting his pure office with that glare," Ayaka said sternly and took Rin's hand, dragging her away from Sesshoumaru, who soon was following them.
And yes, the two were still firing at each other with sarcastic remarks as if their lives depended on it.
"And why should we accept your offer? I can walk home and so can Ayaka." Rin snapped her head to face Ayaka, who answered her by raising her eyebrows in a gesture that meant 'up to you'.
"Well, in case you don't want to get caught by some reporters but... if you refuse, then..." Sesshoumaru said simply, opening the driver's door and getting inside the car.
"Feh! I don't care! Right, Ayaka?" Rin snorted in anger at his behavior and she turned back to her best friend, who suddenly disappeared...
... and was found to be sitting in Sesshoumaru's car.
"AYAKA!" Rin yelled as she opened the car's door and her angry eyes met Ayaka's bored ones.
"Well... I just thought that... Sesshoumaru san's offer wasn't bad. It's cold outside anyway, or do you prefer walking alone and being stalked by a paparazzi?" Ayaka raised an eyebrow, smiling sweetly as Rin sighed in defeat. Rin glared at Sesshoumaru, who smirked at her.
"It's just because I don't want something happening to Ayaka while she's with you!" Rin snapped and went into the car to seat beside Ayaka.
"Well... now you two are treating me like a taxi driver or something. Would one of you sit in the front?" Rin snorted at his remark and crossed her arms in front of her chest. He can't manipulate her! Sesshoumaru smirked when he saw Rin's expression. Well... she really was easy to read. "No volunteer? Ayaka-san?"
"Um... okay." Ayaka nodded and started to open the car's door but Rin suddenly grabbed her arm, making Ayaka look at Rin questioningly.
"You can't sit beside him," Rin said seriously, her face showing something that was rarely seen.
"Why? I mean no harm," Sesshoumaru said. He was looking directly into her eyes and reading everything that was written on it. Then he chuckled.
"W-we don't know what's running through his head! It's not safe if you sit beside him! What if he suddenly-"
"If you want to seat in the front, it's okay, Rin." Ayaka looked at her with a bored expression. Her statement, however, made Rin blush without knowing the reason.
"N-no! Who said that?!" Rin released Ayaka's arm abruptly and looked outside the window, hoping the heat on her cheeks would disappear soon. Ayaka smiled knowingly at her best friend and then hurriedly went to sit in the front seat.
And they drove in uncomfortable silence.
The silence had gotten worse after Ayaka was dropped off first. While Ayaka was still in the car --even thought they didn't talked much-- at least Rin felt more comfortable than she did right now. She didn't even dare take her eyes from the window!
"So." Sesshoumaru said emotionlessly, without looking back. "Care to tell me about the whole 'fianc' thing?" Sesshoumaru almost smirked when Rin snorted at his question.
"Alright, I've already promise you anyway." Rin crossed her arms in front of her chest and glared at Sesshoumaru, who was sitting in the front, driving the car slowly. "My friends found out about the article and then they started to ask me questions. Well, it didn't affect me at first. I ignored them." Rin then tensed as she remembered what had happened earlier. "But that GIRL, my so-called band mate, said something that insulted me and so, I got carried away and got trapped in her spider web."
"And you called me to prove that the article was right even though it was a lie," Sesshoumaru said, finishing her sentence. Rin nodded and she felt shame wash over her. Why was she telling him that? It was just like she was embarrassing herself!
"Then when I called you, suddenly that BH yelled something like fiancé, and she was being copied by the others," Rin continued, anger filling her body. "When I yelled at you, my friend thought that we had already..." Rin stopped her sentence and suddenly find her shoes very interesting, she don't even realize that Sesshoumaru stopped the car.
"Already...?" Sesshoumau asked, wanting her to continue the story. He raised an eyebrow as he saw from the mirror that Rin was looking at her feet as if it were the first time she had seen them.
"Alreadyhadsex." Rin's face went bright red at her own words. How could she have said that???
Sesshoumaru smirked and observed the now embarrassed girl, "And then?" he prompted again, wanting to make out her other expression. His intense amber eyes studied her face and suddenly he realized that he had just found an interesting new game.
"THEN I SAID THEY'RE SICK! I'M STILL A VIRGIN AND NO MAN HAS EVER TOUCH ME! AND FOR YOUR INFORMATION, YOU'RE ON THE TOP OF MY LIST OF THE MEN I HATE AND HOPE TO NEVER SEEN IN FRONT OF MY FACE AGAIN! " Rin burst out in anger. How could he?! He really loved pushing her limits! Couldn't he just leave her alone? That was embarrassing! Rin shot her head up to meet his amber eyes and show him that she was angry but she found that he wasn't in the car anymore.
'Where was he?????'
Click!
"GYAAAAA!!!!" Rin jumped in surprise as the door beside her opened and Sesshoumaru was standing in front of it. He raised an eyebrow at Rin's pale face and smirked.
"Well... we'll just have to change your view, right?" Sesshoumaru leaned in, closer to where Rin was sitting, and his emotionless amber eyes caught her terrified dark ones. Rin tightened her grip on her skirt (she was wearing her school uniform), and her heart was beating faster.
Rin gulped when his face was just an inch from hers. She was unable to move or even speak. She felt as if she was transfixed by his eyes, his beautiful yet cold amber eyes. She noticed that his smell was as intoxicating as ever. She started to feel an unfamiliar emotion rush inside her small body but what was it? Something she never experience before?
Sesshoumaru smirked when he saw her expression. Indeed, this really was an interesting game.
"Well, I have an interesting offer for you," Sesshoumaru whispered. Her breath caught in her throat when she heard his voice. It was still as cold and as emotionless as it usually was, but... there was something in his voice that made her shiver.
"Wh-what is it?" Rin asked, finally trusting her voice to work.
"..."
"What?" Rin asked in annoyance, suddenly forgetting about the closeness.
"Have you brush your teeth?" Sesshoumaru teased, face still emotionless, and he quickly drew back. And yes, a blush started to creep into her cheeks as Rin covered her mouth with her hands in mortification.
"I have." A muffled sound came from the embarrassed girl. If only he could laugh right now, he'd be laughing till his stomach hurt. But since he was Sesshoumaru, he'd just have to smirk.
Yes, an interesting, innocent game...
"Well... what I'm offering is a fake relationship," Sesshoumaru said. He watched her face for a while. "I mean, as we know, the affair is just a lie. And I have done a great deal to cover the lie," Sesshoumaru continued, pointing out the earlier event in her school. "Right now... I don't see the advantage for me. However, I see that you're benefiting from this." Sesshoumaru eyed Rin, who suddenly found her fingers interesting to watch. "It's not fair, right?"
Rin kept silent under the amber-eyed gaze.
"... so you want me to be your girl friend?" Rin asked. Strangely, she didn't feel anything, no hatred, nothing.
"Almost. But yes, that's technically what you need to do." Sesshoumaru smirked. This was way too easy.
"What if I refuse?" Rin eyed the tall man.
"Is that fair? You have no choice, little one. I can tell the reporters that the article was just a practical joke... adding something juicy for them to hear and of course... you know what would happen next, right?" Sesshoumaru's amber eyes glinted dangerously.
"You're blackmailing me!" Rin snapped.
"You know I am," Sesshoumaru said dispassionately.
"And I have no choice," Rin said sarcastically. "Yay for me."
"I'll take that as yes." Sesshoumaru then straightened out of the car. "You can go home now." Rin almost protested. How dare he leave her alone in the street???? But what she saw was a surprise to her. They had already arrived at her home when Sesshoumaru had stoped the car about 10-15 minutes ago! Damn her for not realizing it before!
"Bastard!" Rin retorted as she stormed out from the car and went and rang the door bell.
"You're welcome, little one," Sesshoumaru said coldly. Within minutes, his car was nowhere to found, leaving the angry Rin waiting for her aunt and cousin to open the door. Rin frowned at how stupid she was. She should have known earlier that he just wanted to manipulate her! Darn it! How stupid was she in his eyes now?
Have you brushed your teeth?
"Rin? You came home late." Kagome was standing in front of the door, ready to give her lecture.
"Come here, Kagome-oneesan." Rin gestured the older girl to come closer to her and then she blew her breath in front of Kagome's face. "Smelly?" Rin asked. Kagome raise an eyebrow in confusion and shook her head no.
How stupid was she in his eyes now?
Very.
AN: Sooooo... how is it? I hope this will not disappoint you, at least I hit one out of 4 important points in this story, yep, the Rin and Sesshoumaru's agreement. And don't worry I already planning some developing-relationship-scene, so if you guys tired of Rin and Sess not-oh-so-intimate relationship, you better wait for the next chap! And thanks for BJ chan for pointing it! Love you guys! Don't forget to Review! And I promise the next chap won't take that long!
Ja ne!