Sesshoumaru was waiting patiently, leaning on a tree. Rin had wanted to go see Inuyasha's wench and Sesshoumaru didn't want to go into Inuyasha's village, so he had sent her the rest of the way. Rin was now sixteen years old and she had become good friends with Kagome after Naraku was defeated. She had become more womanly, but was still a bit childish. Sesshoumaru frequently asked himself why he let her stay with him, but he never could come up with a reason.
Rin had been gone for an hour when Sesshoumaru finally saw her coming from the village. There was a big grin on her face when She stopped in front of Sesshoumaru.
"I'm ready to go now Sesshoumaru-Sama." Rin said softly.
Sesshoumaru stood up and started to walk off. Rin followed a few steps behind.
She pulled out something Kagome had given her. Kagome had called it a sucker and said it was something to eat. Rin stared at it curiously then licked it with her tongue. Her eyes widened in delight and she stuck the sucker into her mouth and sucked on it.
The aroma of the wet sucker blew towards Sesshoumaru. He sniffed, and then turned around to face Rin.
"What is it that you are eating?" He asked as if he didn't care what it was.
"Kagome-San called it a sucker. It's very yummy and sweet."
Sesshoumaru stepped towards Rin. "This Sesshoumaru doesn't think it is wise to eat that." He said suspiciously.
Rin smiled. "Kagome gave me one for you too." She said innocently and she handed him one. "You better unwrap it."
Sesshoumaru took the sucker from her hand and sniffed it. He then took of the wrapper and sniffed it again. Then he slowly moved the sucker towards his mouth. He paused for only a moment, then licked the sucker. Even though he would never admit it out loud, he quite enjoyed the sucker. Not wanting it to look like he liked it, he wrapped the sucker back up and gave it back to Rin.
"You can eat your sucker." He said. Then he turned and walked away.
Rin stared at the rewrapped sucker and grinned big. He liked it, she thought to herself as she continued to follow him. One day, Sesshoumaru, you won't be so distant. And maybe, just maybe…you'll come to like me just as much as you liked this sucker.
Rin then put his sucker away and went back to sucking on her sucker and following Sesshoumaru like she had been doing for about ten years.
This is a one-shot I wrote for a contest over at DeviantArt for the Sesshoumaru-and-Rin club. Please RR.