Konnichiwa minna-san!

Sorry about the timely update but my health has not been so well lately. Not especially after I found out that I'm suffering from gallstones AND might have to get surgery. So I've been under the weather lately and not really had the strength to write but I did want to update this story since I haven't in a while.

Well what can I say about it... girlish squeal The moment we've all been waiting for is here! But I won't say what it is, it'll ruin the story. So enjoy this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Thanks for everyone's support.

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"Italic" Whisper expressions

As I headed over to the doctors' office, all I was able to think about was Sesshomaru and my heart fluttered in my chest because of it. It felt unbelievable; it was hard to think that all of it was happening to me. I couldn't believe he'd come back early just to see me again, I didn't mind though, I wanted to see him too. But nonetheless, I thanked the heavens for sending him to me. Thanked them for sending the one that gave my wounded heart another chance to be loved and learn not to be afraid of loving again. He definitely was special to me and I was glad that my life seemed to be going for the best. I had found that something that was worth moving on for and it was having him by my side.

When I drove into the office's parking lot, my mom was already outside waiting for me. I drove up to where she stood and she opened the door to enter the car, her eyes widened at the sight of the large bouquet of roses on the seat.

I giggled at her reaction and smiled, "Hi mom, how was it?" I could feel that a huge grin had plastered onto my face.

She lifted them gently off the seat and sat in, placing them on her lap as she smiled, "It was good," as I started to drive away. Then I noticed her looking at the flowers, carefully examining them and smiled, "Oh my Rin, these are beautiful. Where did you get them?"

I couldn't stop smiling and glanced at her, "You'll never guess."

Her face lit up in reaction to mine and giggled, "I don't know Rin, just tell me. Where did you get them, they're amazing."

By then I turned my eyes back to the road and giggled, "He came back…"

Surprised, "Who? Your boyfriend?"

I glanced towards her again; "He's not my boyfriend mom." Then I looked back at the road and happily sighed, "Well, not officially yet."

She giggled, "Oh Rin, I'm so glad to hear that. I was afraid you'd given up on love."

I felt my smile fade away and sighed, "Well I did for a while but then Sess came into my life and gave me a new reason not to," turning towards her with a smile.

She placed her hand on my shoulder and gave it a light squeeze, "So what happened? How did you know he'd come back? Wasn't he supposed to be back in another few weeks?"

"Yeah, I spoke to him just yesterday and he'd said that it was going to be a couple of weeks more. I guess it was taking a little longer than planned. But knowing him, he probably said that to make me think he was going to take longer and surprise me. He DOES have a habit of doing that often."

She laughed, "Yeah, he sounds like a man that's full of surprises."

Laughing, "Yeah he is, he's just so unpredictable. But… I think that's why I like him so much because you never know what he might do next."

"He sounds like a good guy then, quite the catch."

"I suppose so but anyway, as I was telling you, he completely caught me off guard today."

"How?"

"Well, I was working at the café and suddenly got an instant message from him which nearly scared me off the seat." She just laughed as I giggled, "But it was so cute though, he started pretending to be a complete stranger so I decided to go on with his game and we started to talk. Although when he said something about wanting to invite me to lunch, I started to feel suspicious about him still being gone. So I looked around to see if I could find him inside, he wasn't there. Then I thought, 'Well duh, he's not back yet' and kept talking to him. Then he asked to meet me outside, that's when I started to freak and quickly packed up my stuff. Which by the way there's a mess inside the case. I quickly ran out of the café after I paid my tab and looked around to see if he was there, he wasn't. So I began to wonder if he really was just messing around when my cell beeped saying that I got a text message. I picked it up and surprisingly, it was from him saying to walk towards my car."

She gasped, surprised, "Oh dear."

I glanced at her again, nodding, "I know. I swear mom, I felt my heart stop the moment I saw him standing there with the roses in his hands. I just couldn't believe he was back. Especially when he said that he came back early to see me, my heart started to race."

She giggled, "Wow, I remember that's exactly how I felt when I first met your father…" Then she sighed, "… then you know what happened."

Suddenly, the memory of the day when my real dad left us came into mind. It still hurt even though it had been such a long time ago. But I didn't want to think of sad thoughts; I was too excited to let that affect me. I waved my hand, "Come on mom, let's not think of that. Anyway, since we've become really close these last couple of months, I couldn't hold back and ran up to him… I just needed to feel him, to see if he really was there."

She laughed, "Rin you sound like a love struck teenager."

I looked at her and laughed, "MOM! Stop that…" Giggling, "As I was saying, so we started to talk and we suddenly got lost looking into each others eyes. It felt as if everything just disappeared. Do you remember what I told you about when I went to the pier with him the first time?"

"Yes."

"Well, we had a similar moment again. This time though we were REALLY close but… that's when my phone rang and broke it. It was when you were calling me."

She saddened, "Awwww, I'm sorry Rin. If I knew I wouldn't have called you."

I shook my head and smiled, "No mom, it's ok. Don't worry about it. It's actually not the first time it has happened. Every time we get close, something ALWAYS has to happen to make it stop. Plus, he said for me to take you anywhere you wanted and he even asked me if you were ok cause I told him that you went to the doctor. Oh and he wants to take me to dinner instead."

She cheered up, "How sweet. Oh really? Where, do you know?"

I shook my head, "Actually no I don't. He didn't tell me where; all he said was to be ready at 7. Which I'm VERY anxious about, tonight's the night."

Confused, "For what?"

"When he'll become my official -boyfriend-."

She leaned over and wrapped her arms around me, placing a kiss on my cheek, "It'll be great, you'll see," moving back to the seat.

Smiling, "I hope so, I just can't wait."

By then, we drove into the driveway of our house. I ran up to my room, placed the roses in a vase and left them in my "living room". Then I rushed over and called Sango, telling her everything that happened. She was as excited as I was and she even said herself that I sounded like a teenager in love. Well, we could say that I really was except for the teenager part. I was already way over the age of being a teenager.

After I'd finished talking to Sango, I spent the rest of the day thinking where would be the best place for us to take our "walk" after dinner. Although, it did depend on where he'd decided to take me but I figured that no matter where it was, he wouldn't mind the drive. Plus, it was going to be a special walk and very well worth it too. So at about 5pm, I started to get ready. Once I'd gotten out of the shower, I walked into my closet and looked around. Yeah, that was the hardest part, finding the right dress to wear. So I looked through my things and found one that I had not worn ever since Suikotsu came over to my house the first time. I absolutely loved that dress but the memories behind it were what made me put it away and never wear it again. So I stepped back into the bathroom and dressed, coming out to see myself in the mirror. I LOVED the way it looked on me and I was sure that Sess would too. It was a midnight blue color but at certain angles and lighting, it gleamed silver. It was a long dress; it reached down to my ankles and very form fitting. Although, it had a slit along the right leg that reached up to about halfway up my thigh. It wasn't high enough to show anything though. It was sleeveless and had a v-line both in front and on the back. The back reached just about to the small of my back, again not too revealing but it showed just enough. The front wasn't too revealing though which I was thankful for, it reached just a bit under the valley between my breasts. I matched it up with a pair of strappy heels the same color of the dress and a black wrap embroidered with silver flowers. As for my makeup, I kept it the same; I didn't want to over do it but added a little more glitter to my eye shadow to give it a glowing look.

Although, I did take a little too long picking out my dress because as I was doing the finishing touches to my makeup, my mom knocked at my door.

Knocking, "Rin sweetie, are you ready yet?"

I finished brushing on my lip-gloss when I walked over to the hallway door and opened it for her. Then walked back towards the mirror to check how it looked as I said, "I'm pretty much done, I just need to fix this a bit."

She gasped, "Oh my goodness Rin, you look absolutely beautiful."

I felt my cheeks heat up a bit and turned towards her, looking down at myself then at her, "Do you think it's too much, I mean I don't want to be overdressed."

She kept staring at me with her eyes wide, shaking her head, "No, not at all. It suits what he's wearing."

I quirked an eyebrow, "Wha… wait, how do you know what he's wearing?"

She smiled, "Because I've seen him, he's waiting for you downstairs."

I felt my blood rush to the floor and screamed, "WHAT? OH MY GOD, Why didn't you tell me he was here?" Then I turned to scuffle around for a pair of chopsticks, taking them just in case if I wanted to put up my hair since I decided to leave it down.

She laughed, "It's ok Rin, he said to take your time if you needed to. Besides, you look fine; you don't need to do anything more to yourself. Just here, don't forget to take your purse with you," as she handed me my purse.

I swear I was so panicked that if it weren't because she handed me my purse, I wouldn't have found it. I quickly sprayed some perfume on and walked back towards her, taking my purse from her, "So it's ok right?"

She smiled and leaned in to place a kiss on my cheek, "You look lovely Rin, he's going to love it. Don't worry, now go. He's waiting for you."

Her smile made my nerves calm a bit and I wrapped my arms around her, "Mmmm… Thanks mom." I turned and kissed her cheek.

She pulled back and started to shoo me away, "You're welcome honey, now go. You don't want to make him wait more now do you? Don't worry, you'll have a great time."

I smiled and started to make my way towards the staircase, my heart beating a thousand times per minute. I was nervous as hell and the fact that he'd been waiting for me made it worse. So I walked down the stairs as I placed the wrap to cover my back and wrapped the ends around my arms. When I was a just step away from the living room, I felt my breaths getting stuck in my throat. So I took a deep breath, trying to clear my lungs as I took a step into the living room, gasping and my eyes widening at the wonderful view in front of me. He was dressed in a black suit, most likely another designer suit since it was all he wore. But that one looked different, just the way it was structured looked as it was more of a special occasion suit rather than for business. He looked AMAZING though, his silver hair and light skin nearly shined in contrast to the black. Of course he smelled REALLY GOOD, even from the few feet I stood away from him I could still smell him.

His back was facing the hallway as he looked at the pictures we had on the walls but when he heard my footsteps and gasp, he turned towards me. I swear I saw his jaw drop at the sight of me. His eyes widened as he carefully examined me, from top to bottom. My cheeks burned up and a smile appeared on my lips at his reaction. He tried to say something but the words never came out, "I… you…"

I giggled and walked up to him, standing in front and looking into his eyes, "I see I left you speechless…" laughing afterwards.

I guess when his shock finally started to fade, he quirked his lips, "Very…" He took my hand and smiled, "Let me have a look at you…" as he twirled me around. I stopped and looked at him again, as his face suddenly became serious. I heard him take a deep breath, "Wow, you look… incredibly beautiful."

I felt my cheeks flame up again and lowered my head, smiling like an idiot, "Thank you…" Then looked back up at him, "You look amazing yourself."

He smiled and reached out to graze his thumb on my cheek. Then he offered his arm to me, "Are we ready to go?"

I wrapped my arm around and nodded, "Yeah, I think we are but wait…" then I reached up and grazed my thumb on his chin, "Let me wipe off the drool first." I just couldn't hold back and started to laugh.

He chuckled, "You laugh but at least I don't drool in my sleep."

I stopped laughing and playfully punched his arm, "HEY, I don't drool in my sleep. You made that up."

He chuckled again and lifted my hand to place a kiss on my knuckles as he started to walk towards the door, "Whatever you say Rin but let's move on. We have our reservation for 7:30."

So we started making out way out towards his car, him still making fun of me, and we stepped inside. Once we were buckled up I looked towards him, "So where ARE we going? You didn't tell me where."

He turned and curled his lips up to a smile, "It's a surprise, you'll see," as he started his car and drove away towards the restaurant.

Pouting, "Awww, can't I get at least a hint?" He smiled and shook his head. I sat back on the seat, still pouting, "I can't understand why you make such a mystery of things…" and started to giggle.

He laughed and glanced towards me, "Because it makes them worth waiting for."

I looked at him and smiled, "Just like you…"

His smile faded, as his cheeks suddenly became red. I started to giggle at his reaction and reached out to place my hand over his that was on the gear, "I guess I'll just wait until we get there then." He kept his eyes on the road but I was able to tell the big smile that appeared on his face.

About 10 minutes later, we finally arrived to his mystery place and my eyes widened as I realized where it was. I looked over at him, shocked, "Oh my God, I can't believe you did the reservation here."

He smiled and gently squeezed my hand, "Back to where we first got to know each other."

Yes it was the same one, La Rue d'Italy. The place where we'd had our very first date and indeed got to know each other. That was truly a surprise and it became much more when I found out that he'd reserved the same private booth we sat in the first time. I was speechless and really didn't know what to say.

Once I took my seat, he walked around and sat in front of me, reaching out and taking my hand in both of his, "So did you like the surprise?"

Smiling, "Of course, I did. I never even… it never occurred to me to come back here. Thank you Sess."

He smiled, "Good, I'm glad." He placed a kiss on my hand again before the waiter walked in. Once we ordered, we spent the rest of the time talking as we ate our meal out in the balcony under the stars. We enjoyed the company of each other until it was time to leave for the second part of our date. We started making our way out of the restaurant, walking together with our arms interlocked. I'm sure we were being stared at but I'd grown used to it and learned to just ignore them and walk on. When we stepped out, he looked towards me, "Where do you want to go next? You said you wanted to take a walk right?"

"Yeah and I'm going to need one because with all the food I ate I feel like I'm going to explode…" as I started to giggle.

He chuckled, "I feel the same way, so where to?"

I started scratching my chin, pretending to think, "Hmmm… well how about we go back to the pier, I mean since we're reminiscing, might as well…"

He chuckled, "Actually, you read my mind. I wanted to take to there from the beginning."

Smiling, "We think alike… well let's go then shall we?"

He responded with a nod as we stepped into his car and started to head towards the pier. As we were heading there, I started to feel butterflies in my stomach. I was NERVOUS but I tried to at least not show it, I didn't want to ruin my plans. When we finally arrived at the pier, we started taking a walk around, still talking and laughing about things. I was finally able to make him laugh openly but it was a shame that he did it only when he was around me. Oh well, at least he did though. He was also telling me about his last trip, everything he did and the places he got to see. His trips were always very interesting to know about, something always had to happen and it appears that that time, his driver accidentally left the car keys locked inside. It was just funny to hear about the mishaps.

We spent about a good half-hour walking around and talking. Eventually, we ended stopping at the same exact spot as the last time and turned to look out at the ocean.

I unlocked my arm from his and leaned on the rail as I looked out at the ocean, listening to the waves crash underneath us and looking at the moon. It happened to be full again as well. But that time, it looked even more amazing than the first. Its light giving the water an almost magical glow and the sky was covered with stars. He stood right next to me and looked out too but for some reason during that moment, we said nothing to each other.

We just stood there and looked out until I sighed, "Sess…"

"Hmmm?"

Looking up at the stars, "Oh, no nothing. Just wanted to make sure you didn't fall asleep on me," giggling afterwards.

He chuckled, "Don't worry, you always have my complete attention, you know that." I glanced towards him and smiled. Then I looked back but suddenly, it started to get a bit colder and I felt chills run throughout my entire body and goosebumps. The wrap was just not warm enough anymore. I'm guessing he noticed it and turned to face me, "Rin, here take this…" as he took off his coat.

I turned towards him, a little shocked and shook my head, "No, Sess I'm ok really. You don't have to…"

He quirked his lips up a smile and slightly shook his head. He walked up to me and wrapped his arms around to secure me in his coat as he said, "Nonsense, it's cold and the wrap is not enough. You'll be warmer in this."

It WAS much warmer, mainly because it was all from him. His warmth and scent lingered in the coat and I inhaled it in as he wrapped it around me, savoring it as much as I could. Although, I really didn't know what to say and looked up at him, worried, "But what about you, I don't want you to get sick because of me."

He slid his hand from my shoulder to my arm and raised his other to cup my cheek, smiling, "Don't worry about me, I'll be fine."

My lips curled up to a smile as I looked into his eyes, "I still feel bad about taking your coat though… but thank you."

"You're welcome, Rin."

We were just about to turn around and look out again when I said to myself, 'Wait a minute, Rin. WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU WAITING FOR? This is the perfect moment, TELL HIM!' So I stopped and turned towards him again, "Sess?"

But at the same time I called his name, he turned towards me, "Rin?"

We looked at each other and laughed, feeling my cheeks heat up a bit as I giggled, "Sorry, go ahead."

He chuckled, "No, go ahead. What did you want to say?"

I remained silent for a few moments and kept looking into his eyes, seeing the moonlight reflect on them. The light making them look as if they were glowing and I lost what I wanted to say. Then I saw concern flash in his eyes, "Are you all right?"

I was speechless for a moment until I just took a deep breath and took a step closer to him, not looking away from his eyes; "Do you remember what you said to me, here in this same exact spot, the first time we were here?"

He curled his lips up to a smile, "Well, I said many things that night, exactly which one are you talking about?"

Giggling, "That's true but…" I lowered my tone again as I took another step towards him, closing the distance between us and resting my hands on his chest. Looking deeply into his eyes, "I was talking about how you said that you wanted to someday see me as more than just a friend…"

His smile faded as our eyes locked and he responded lightly, "Oh, I remember that… very well."

Suddenly, I felt my cheeks flare up as I whispered, "Well… I think today might be that 'someday'"

His eyes widened and I heard a soft gasp escape his lips as he lifted his hands up to my arms, "Really?"

My lips curled up to a smile, lightly, "Yeah…"

His shock faded and a smile started to replace it, as I felt him pull me in closer towards him. He placed his hands on my waist and leaned closer to me, our faces merely inches from each other as he said, lightly, "Rin, you don't know how long I've been waiting to hear that… I… I was planning on asking you again but… I didn't want to sound as if I was being too insistent."

I slightly shook my head, "No, you wouldn't be insisting. Plus, I would've accepted if you did anyway."

At that moment, I noticed his eyes almost shine and I felt my heart nearly make a hole in my chest as he said, "So… does this mean I can…"

I giggled and looked into his eyes, "You can what?"

He smiled, "Get a kiss to build a dream on." I started to giggle but when I looked back at him, his smile had faded and his eyes looked intensely at me. I felt my cheeks heat up and that's when I noticed his eyes shift down to my lips and back up again. At that moment, my smile faded as the world disappeared around us again but this time, I PRAYED that nothing would happen to interrupt us. We were much TOO close and by then, there was nothing else I wanted but to feel his lips, to get to finally kiss him after so long.

He remained silent as I noticed him slowly leaning towards me and I whispered almost onto his lips, "You don't know how long I've wanted this…"

Just as his lips were going to touch mine, he stopped and I felt my breath get caught in my throat. That's when he whispered, "So have I…" before he finally leaned in and pressed his lips onto mine.

It was AMAZING feeling his warm, soft lips against mine. I never knew a kiss could ever feel like that, it sent a tingling sensation throughout my entire body. The kisses I had with Suikotsu back when I was in love with him, never felt as intense as that one.

Suddenly, he pulled back and wrapped his hand around my nape. He leaned in again to claim my lips in a more passionate kiss but yet remained gentle. I swear I felt my knees almost give when I felt him start to lightly suckle on my lower lip. At that moment, I slid my hands from his chest up to his neck and wrapped my arm around as I ran my other hand into his hair.

God, his hair was incredible, it really was as soft as it looked and it slid smoothly through my fingers. I felt him almost purr and a muffled moan emerged in my throat as I felt him wrap his arms completely around me. I fully gave myself to him in the kiss, allowing him to take as much as he wanted to, it was all I ever wanted. I could feel he felt the same way when I ran my tongue lightly along his lips, feeling him stop so I could take as much as I wanted. I swear it felt that my heart was just about to burst inside my chest before we both finally pulled back and ended our kiss with one last chaste kiss.

I fully wrapped my arms around his neck and rested my chin on his shoulder as he tightened his arms and leaned onto my shoulder. We were both out of breath and hung onto each other as we both caught our breaths. When I finally calmed, I pulled back slightly and looked at him, smiling, "So… how many dreams can you build with that kiss?"

He smiled, "An infinite number."

I chuckled before I leaned in to place another kiss onto his lips. I leaned towards him again, burying my face in between his neck and shoulder as I whispered, "I love you Sess."

He tightened his arms around me and I felt him bury his face into my hair, whispering into my ear, "I love you too Rin."

At that moment, I felt truly happy. Nothing, absolutely nothing could make feel otherwise. We remained like that for a while until I pulled back to lean my head on his chest; I could stand being on my tiptoes only for so long. Honestly, I never even realized how much time had passed; it was lost to me. Time was not important when I was with him only that there just wasn't enough of it. So I looked up towards him, "What time is it?"

He looked at his watch; "It's about a quarter after two."

Shocked, "Wow, it's that late? It doesn't feel like we've been here for that long."

He leaned down and placed a kiss on my forehead, "I know but like you said, it is late." He chuckled, "I don't want your mother hunting me down because I took you home late."

I giggled, "As if that'll happen, she loves you."

He smiled, "And I love her."

Pouting, "But I thought you loved me?"

He chucked again and tightened his arms, leaning down towards me, "I love you too."

I couldn't hold on much longer and started to laugh, "You're so silly."

He started to laugh, "Come on, let's get out of here."

I looked up at him; "Do we really have to go?"

He leaned down and placed a kiss on my forehead, "Unfortunately, yes we do but don't worry. We'll have more time."

I smiled at him as we started making our way back towards his car. We held onto each other as we walked together. During the drive back home, I was starting to get tired since I had a long day but I wasn't sleepy like the last time. Plus, I knew that if I fell asleep again, I wouldn't stop hearing the teasing he'd do about it. So when we finally arrived to my house, he drove into the driveway and shut off his car, luckily that time, all the lights were off. I guess my mom knew that I was going to be back late so she didn't stay up for me. But it was late and he needed to get up early so as hard as it was, I decided to call it a night. I unbuckled myself and stepped out of the car. I waited for him and he walked with me towards the staircase that led up to my room. I stopped and turned towards him, leaning forward to take off his coat. I handed it to him, "Thanks for lending me your coat, I just hope you don't get sick because of it."

He took it and quickly put it back on, smiling, "I won't. Don't worry about it." Then he took my hand and lifted it to place a kiss on my knuckles.

Smiling, "So I guess this is goodnight then?"

He nodded, "Yes it is." He walked up to me and wrapped his arm around my waist, whispering, "Good night" before he leaned down and captured my lips with his.

I lifted my hand up to his nape and returned the kiss before he pulled back and I breathed out, lightly, "Good night." Adding, "You'll call me later right?"

He smiled and lightly squeezed my hand, "Of course. Have a good rest."

Smiling, "Bye."

"Bye." He turned over to walk away as he slowly slid his hand away from mine. I stood there until I saw him go back into his car and waved goodbye at him before I walked up towards my room. My heart a flutter in my chest as I stepped in. I stood by the door until I heard him finally take off.

I couldn't sleep the rest of the night; I was far too excited. All I kept thinking about was our kiss, thinking back to realize that what he said was true, it really was a kiss to build a dream on. Eventually, I dozed off but only to dream about the same things I was thinking about. My dreams filled of things that happened and of things to come. But all I knew, I was sure that Sess became the one to appear in my dreams and I was glad it was him too. Also, my heart told me that it was sure he would definitely be the one to make all of my dreams come true and I couldn't wait.