Deck the Halls by Kaoruhana [Christmas Challenge]
Title: Deck the Halls
Author: Kaoruhana
Theme: Deck the Halls
Genre: Romance, Fluff
Rating: PG
Warnings: AU setting
Word Count: 408
Summary: Sesshomaru realizes that Christmas Spirit might just let him save the day, and keep his legal consultant.
Link: http://dokuga.com/fanfiction/story/6596/4
He knew it, he knew his heart had been cold and empty but when his legal consultant said that and left the room in tears he knew that it wasn’t as empty as she thought. No, he realized, as he stood up and rushed to the elevator to stop her; it was full- full of longing for her. He didn’t know when his feelings had started but it was her tears that pushed him over the edge today and gods did he feel guilty for causing them.
“Kagome stop!” Briefly, he recalled that he never used her first name before- she was always Ms. Higurashi. She was so kind to him and he had taken her for granted, expected her to stay like all his employees. But she had worked under his skin- she was the only one to know he preferred oolong tea and loved the smell of evergreen. She was the only one who had actually cared enough to celebrate his birthday with him. And she was the one whose teary face looked up at him wondering what he was going to say now.
“I’m sorry.” He stated after a terse five-minute silence. He hadn’t meant to scoff at what she had given him- a lovely coffee mug with the words “I love tea” on the side- but it was just too simple, too funny for a man like him. He was surprised even that she’d wanted to give him something such as that.
“Really?” Kagome’s words broke through the tense atmosphere and he stood there at an impasse for a few moments. When it looked like he wasn’t going to answer, Kagome tried to make a turn only to be pulled back and collide into a chest.
“You can’t leave without a proper thank you,” he began well aware of the odd looks he was getting from nearby workers but ignoring them all, “and tradition dictates that we kiss now.”
He ignored the obvious shock on her face as he tilted her chin up with one hand and wiped her tear stained cheeks with the other. Above him hung a sprig of mistletoe that an employee had probably put up when decking the office halls, not that he minded. When she looked back at his face with a slight flush he took that as invitation and silently smiled in happiness. If the Christmas season included chances of kissing her, he’d relive it every single day.
Author: Kaoruhana
Theme: Deck the Halls
Genre: Romance, Fluff
Rating: PG
Warnings: AU setting
Word Count: 408
Summary: Sesshomaru realizes that Christmas Spirit might just let him save the day, and keep his legal consultant.
Link: http://dokuga.com/fanfiction/story/6596/4
He knew it, he knew his heart had been cold and empty but when his legal consultant said that and left the room in tears he knew that it wasn’t as empty as she thought. No, he realized, as he stood up and rushed to the elevator to stop her; it was full- full of longing for her. He didn’t know when his feelings had started but it was her tears that pushed him over the edge today and gods did he feel guilty for causing them.
“Kagome stop!” Briefly, he recalled that he never used her first name before- she was always Ms. Higurashi. She was so kind to him and he had taken her for granted, expected her to stay like all his employees. But she had worked under his skin- she was the only one to know he preferred oolong tea and loved the smell of evergreen. She was the only one who had actually cared enough to celebrate his birthday with him. And she was the one whose teary face looked up at him wondering what he was going to say now.
“I’m sorry.” He stated after a terse five-minute silence. He hadn’t meant to scoff at what she had given him- a lovely coffee mug with the words “I love tea” on the side- but it was just too simple, too funny for a man like him. He was surprised even that she’d wanted to give him something such as that.
“Really?” Kagome’s words broke through the tense atmosphere and he stood there at an impasse for a few moments. When it looked like he wasn’t going to answer, Kagome tried to make a turn only to be pulled back and collide into a chest.
“You can’t leave without a proper thank you,” he began well aware of the odd looks he was getting from nearby workers but ignoring them all, “and tradition dictates that we kiss now.”
He ignored the obvious shock on her face as he tilted her chin up with one hand and wiped her tear stained cheeks with the other. Above him hung a sprig of mistletoe that an employee had probably put up when decking the office halls, not that he minded. When she looked back at his face with a slight flush he took that as invitation and silently smiled in happiness. If the Christmas season included chances of kissing her, he’d relive it every single day.