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Rin POV

Rin remembered that age when the village girls started gossiping excitedly about boys. . . about romantic fairy tales . . . about a Prince charming. . . about a handsome husband. . .She felt awkward around the girls who giggled around boys and tried to catch their attention. . . Never did she feel an attraction or an urge to appear beautiful in their eyes.

The only one who flickered in her thoughts was the elegant taiyoukai. . . Her confusing feelings took her off guard in the beginning. To her, her Lord had been the one who had bestowed her with a new life, her savior, a embodiment of Kami himself. She embraced each and every day as a gift given by her Lord. She had chanted his name over and over, yearning for his return when she had been young.

But in this awkward teenage, it dawned to her that her Lord had stolen her heart before she even understood what love meant.

When she was little, she would often be eager about what gift her Lord brought her; but now, she found herself enthusiastic to just see her Lord, just to see how the mokomoko even after so many years seemed so soft like a cloud, how his eyes resembled crystals of molten gold, how graceful his stride was - it felt he was gliding on the face of the Earth, how the crescent on his forehead made his chiseled face even more handsome.

It wasn't even close to the infatuation that girls felt towards the boys. It was deep, so deep that it frightened Rin. Her rational brain reasoned that she needs time to fight this battle within herself, time to come in terms with her feelings and acknowledge them.

She vowed not to dream and fantasize about her Lord but to develop herself into a wonderful woman such that even the other demons of the West approve of her; that is if her Lord feels the same way she did.

She dedicated herself to obtain the extensive knowledge of herbs and their medicinal values. Every time she tended to the wounded or ill, she was reminded of her Lord, resting in the forest with a magnificent halo, the first day she met him.

Her Lord's frequent visits to the village now provoked Kagome to insinuate that her Lord might have romantic feelings towards Rin. Inuyasha slammed down her comments pointing out that Sesshomaru hated humans and hanyous and her Lord's pride would never permit him to do such a thing.

Rin stiffened and controlled the tears that threatened to run down her flushed cheeks. Rin calmed herself. The bond she shared with her Lord is different and unique. If her Lord had such disgust towards human beings, she wouldn't be alive; If her Lord had been cold and merciless and chasing only power, he wouldn't have given up Tenseiga for her.

"Change is the only thing that is constant in this World..." Kaede's words ringed in her ears.

" Her Lord had changed. He might seem emotionless, but she could notice a slight twinkle in his eyes when she smiled, a slight emotion flitting across his countenance once in a while. Inuyasha was too ignorant to notice it."- her optimistic side jumping in joy.

"But this didn't mean that her Lord is in love with her"- her negative side warned.

Rin didn't expect her Lord to be in love with her. Lord had practically raised Rin in her younger years. But she knew he wouldn't break their bond of loyalty, trust, and faith towards each other. As a woman, she hoped and dreamt of herself getting married to her Lord, but she would not force herself on him and she accept what he feels towards her.

She was confident that if her Lord saw her as a woman, his pride won't stop him, he wouldn't cower in disgust, he would face it and ask her hand. She would wait patiently for a few years and If she realizes that her dream isn't going to come true, she would declare her love for him with her head held high. Though it might break them apart, she could never pretend nor lie to her Lord. Her Lord would respect her even if they could never be together. It is better than dying with a secret in her heart preceded by years of the painful burden of truth.

It was her eighteenth birthday. Kagome was extremely exuberant. In her time, the 18th birthday marked the year of a becoming an adult. The palette was filled with various dishes, both traditional and food from her time. They had what she called a party. Kagome's and Sango's children were running around, her close friends gathered at the front of her hut. Inuyasha sama, Sango, Miroko, Kaede, were all cheering her.

Rin, as usual, was enjoying with them, yet a corner of her mind was constantly on her most important guest.

Just then, Inuyasha sama muttered the words she wanted to hear: " That stupid demon is here"

Her beautiful face shone with happiness and she couldn't wait any longer. She asked where is her Lord. Inuyasha hastily pointed a direction and she vanished without a second thought, her hearts beating for him, her kimino getting soiled by the moist Earth.

Her lungs begged for air, her legs were weak as she stood before him.

Rin: "Sesshomaru-sama . . . "

Rin couldn't control the red blush that bloomed in her face. Ever since she discovered her feelings for him, those annoying blushes adorned her face.

But today she noticed something different in those golden hues of Sesshomaru sama's eyes. It wasn't a usual twinkling or a momentary flitting of emotions. Those eyes were burning with such intensity that startled her.

Rin:"Sorry about my appearance, but Inuyasha-sama told that you had arrived a while ago and I couldn't wait to see you."

Sesshomaru:"Beautiful..."

Beautiful?

Anyone who witnessed Sesshomaru sama's eyes right now would think they have been caught in a spell.. Those eyes just captivated her soul and made her forget her own name. There was only one name her brain knew right now. . .

Rin:"Sesshomaru sama?"

Only those were the words which dared to spill out from her mouth.

Sesshomaru:"Rin..."

She gasped! His voice was husky, deep baritone, smooth like honey, with a slight rumble in the chest, uttering her name in a way she has never heard it before.

"Will you be the bride of this Sesshomaru?"

The whole world became still.

She couldn't believe it. She blinked like an idiot. This isn't reality, is it?

Did Kami really love her that much? To grant her the only wish she held dearly in her heart in a way that it didn't even match her imaginations?In a way which put shame to her wildest dreams?

She held to the faith that he would ask her if he loved her, but ... but ... with such passionate eyes that would make her brain numb?

Crystal-like tears filled with gratitude dripped from her doey brown eyes. For the first time, she, without any hesitation expressed all the love she felt for her Lord in her glowing face.

She could see the anticipation in his eyes as he held out her gift. That gift would be the dearest, as it was given in the most important day of her life. The gift she would value as much as her life.

Her hand boldly reached out for his cheek.

Aaah! This sense of freedom... She had the freedom of cupping his face, stroking his cheek.

The moment she touched him, a spark shot through her body.

She didn't need to decipher flickers of emotions in his eyes. Now the walls of his fort was down, his anxiety was replaced by relief danced in his features.

Her throat constricted; she mustered up her energy...

Rin:"Hai..."

Her voice was low but she knew he would hear it.

The mokomoko curled around her in a possessive way. Butterflies sprang in her stomach as her fantasies of his soft mokomoko whirled in her mind.

A never-fading blush bloomed again. She felt too shy and embarrassed of her passionate thoughts.

Her cute little wish when she was young became true.

Rin:"Rin wants to be with Sesshomaru sama forever," she mindlessly mumbled.

His arms tightened around her, not even letting a molecule of air between them.

"This Sesshomaru wants to be with Rin forever too"

It will take time for Rin to get used to this much love.

She sighed in peace as her hands gripped her Anata into a tighter embrace.

Her Anata? ... Yep... Her Anata...Not just her Anata... He is her life...her everything...

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