Brothers Bliss by The Bard [Damsel in Distress Challenge]
Chapter Title: Breaking Down
Author: The Bard
Prompt: Defiance
Genre: Romance, Drama, Angst
AU/CU: Alternate Universe
Rating: MA for overall story line
Word Count: 3,115
Link for story: Brothers Bliss: Chapter one
Summary: Kagome has to go through the despair of Inuyasha getting married to Kikyo and not her. In her despair she goes through some troubled times, bringing Sesshomaru along not realizing the man who has it all, doesn’t have the one thing he wants so badly.
Chapter Summary: Kagome struggles with her financial problems and is offered a place to live.
Butterflies were still flying in her stomach as she walked down the short hallway to Sesshomaru’s door, by the time she approached it she felt like the butterflies had spawn into bats and were trying to beat themselves out of her.
“Okay, Okay. I can do this.” She whispered encouragingly to herself.
She knocked softly on the door and let her hand fall to her side and started to chew on her already torn lip. She already tore so much skin off her lip that it had bled in the car ride. She tried to put some makeup on in her car to hide the evidence of her tears.
She heard a click at the door then it opened and Sesshomaru’s frame stood in the whole doorway. She looked up at his face and squeezed her lower lip between her teeth. He looked killer, not only in the handsome, good looking kind of way, but he looked pissed.
She looked away from him quickly and cleared her throat nervously, “Sorry for being such a nuisance, I just need that ring badly.” She whispered.
“Come.” He said harshly and moved out of the doorframe and allowed her to enter his home.
She looked back up at him and timidly went in. She stopped in the main area and looked at him, his golden eyes slanted and staring at her.
“Do you have it?” she asked softly and went back to chewing on her bottom lip.
“You had been crying. What is the matter?” he asked as he took one step to her. She noticed that his hand moved just a little like he was thinking about reaching out to her, but he stopped.
She shook her head and attempted to smile, “Nothing is wrong. Please, where is the ring?” Her voice wobbled and she felt her head ache and knew that she was going to cry again.
He eyed her speculatively like he didn’t believe her. Of course not, he is a youkai and can smell right through her lies. He didn’t look away from her eyes and his nostrils flared.
“Why were you crying? Did someone hurt you?” his voice became rougher.
She let out a shaky breath and looked down at her hands that shook. She titled her head down then looked up at him through her eyelashes. “I’m just in a financial bind right now, that’s all.”
His eyebrows furrowed and if he could slant his eyes anymore, he did. “How so?”
She sighed and played with her fingers as she tried to think of a story to tell him that was less damaging than what she was going through.
“Don’t think about lying to me, Kagome.”
She looked back up at him and sighed, “I found out today that I was ten thousand dollars in debt with my bank and who knows how much money I owe other people. My power and water got shut off and I got an eviction notice. There, that’s why I cried.” She snapped.
“How did you get yourself so in debt like that?” he sounded irritated and slightly astounded.
She shook her head and sighed, “I don’t know. But it happened and I really need that ring.”
“You are not thinking of selling it are you?”
“You sure are talkative today.”
“Answer me.”
Kagome huffed and crossed her arms across her chest and she glared up at him, all sorrow gone. “You are not my father.” Now she sounded immature.
Sesshomaru’s lips twitched and his eyes widened just a fraction, “No. You are right. But I am your-“ he stopped in the middle of what he was going to say. It seemed like he was going to say he was something else but he changed track. “What do you plan on doing with that ring?”
“Why does it matter to you, Sesshomaru? That is my personal property. Please give it to me.”
Sesshomaru’s chest rumbled, like he was purring or growling. She wasn’t sure what it was. His eyes hooded and he took one step back. She realized what she had said and knew he was thinking of something dirty. She wanted to slap her forehead but because of what they did last night, she couldn’t blame the guy for it.
“Kagome, you are in need of help. Please live with me. I can help you.” His voice rumbled and it all sounded husky.
She shook her head and felt the bats back in her stomach, “I can do it myself. I need that ring now.”
He shoved his hand in his pocket then extended it out to her, revealing the ring in his palm. She looked up at his face then back at his palm, she then plucked the ring out of his palm but all too quickly he grabbed onto her hand and roughly pulled her a little closer to him.
“You are so stubborn. Stay here to get back on your feet.” He whispered huskily.
She blushed as his arms wound around her waist and images once again flashed through her mind of last night. She felt that same pooling feeling in her lower stomach and her heart raced against her chest. “I will be okay.” She mumbled, all the while she tried to convince herself as well.
“The invitation does not expire.” He released her then walked to his door. He opened it then stood to the side and watched her with his narrowed amber eyes. He looked more guarded than normal and
She nodded and quickly went past him and out of his condo. The door closed quietly behind her and she let out a shaky breath and quickly walked to the elevator; she tried to push away any and all lingering feelings that Sesshomaru that had risen up in her.
A week had passed and Kagome couldn’t handle much more of the pressure. She had decided against pawning her ring and it was back in its rightful place on her finger. She begged her work to let her have more hours and hopefully some overtime, but they couldn’t work with her and only given her just a couple more hours here and there.
She sat on a chair in the back room of the kitchen of her work and stared down at her phone that had been shut off a couple of days ago. She was so screwed in life at the moment and it made her have horrible anxiety. She still hasn’t been able to come up with enough money to at least afford to live in a hotel for a while until she got herself back on her feet. She wanted to see her best friend and beg her to allow her to stay with her for a while but she knew it would be a lost cause.
Boxes were piled and scattered at her apartment and most of her belongings have been packed and no place to go. She only had to worry about the large furniture and where she could take them and not lose them. She couldn’t afford a storage unit but she needed somewhere to take her belongings.
“Hey girl. I have been calling you but kept getting a disconnected tone.” Sango’s voice broke through her musings.
Kagome’s head snapped up and she looked over and saw her friend walking into the room, sunglasses on top of her head and a purse hanging off her arm.
“Oh, sorry. It got shut off.” She mumbled and looked down at her phone then pushed it into her pocket.
“Shut off?” Sango’s voice raised an octave and she plopped on the chair next to her friend.
Kagome’s lips twitched, she didn’t know if it was a sad smile or a grimace. She couldn’t say anything to her friend; she didn’t want her to know just exactly how bad of a situation she was in at the moment.
“Kagome what in the hell is going on? You look like you had been dragged through hell and back!” Sango’s soft manicured hands were on her shoulders and squeezed.
Kagome buried her face in her hands and started to sob, she couldn’t hold it back any longer. She leaned into her friend and sobbed into her stiffened shoulder.
“Kagome! What in the world?” Sango squeezed the sobbing mess of her friend and comforted her through her moment of weakness.
“I-“ sob “have-“sob “nowhere-“sob “to go!” Kagome tried to explain through her sobbing. She didn’t give a damn at that moment and wanted to talk and she broke loose.
“What?!”
Kagome looked up at her friend’s face and desperately clung to her shoulders, “I got an eviction notice a week ago. My power and water had been turned off and my phone got shut off not long afterwards.” She sobbed and rubbed at her eyes and tried to control her sobbing. But she continued and covered her face again.
“What?!” Sango screamed louder and shook her friend. “What in the hell have you been doing with your money!?”
Kagome shook her head and continued to sob, “I went to Sesshomaru’s to get my ring back to pawn it off. I couldn’t do it.”
Sango squeezed her closer against her and held onto her. Kagome sobbed until she couldn’t anymore then she tried to steady her breathing. She pulled back and whimpered a few times and rubbed at her eyes.
“Did you mention this to Sesshomaru when you saw him to get your ring back?”
Kagome looked away as she sniffled and nodded, “He offered to let me to live with him. I can’t do that. It would be so awkward.” She sniffled again.
Sango’s jaw dropped and she stood up angrily, “Kagome! The rich and “cold hearted” Sesshomaru had opened his place to you and you rejected that?! I don’t know just how blind you are but the guy is smitten by you. It’s been pretty obvious for years now.” Her hands went to her hips and her eyes narrowed.
Kagome looked up at her friend and her eyes widened, “What?” she said meekly.
“The Sesshomaru you have always complained about and called such a jerk is practically throwing himself at you and you don’t even notice?” Sango said outraged.
Kagome shook her head slightly; her heart pounded against her chest and the butterflies/bats were back and hitting against her stomach double time. She thought back to every encounter she had with Sesshomaru and her eyes widened a little more. “He couldn’t be.”
Sango let out an exasperated sigh and threw her hands up in the air, “Kagome, you have been so blinded and fooled by Inuyasha that you didn’t think there was anyone else out there. The one person who cared and loved you was right under that nose of yours. Honestly, you need to get your shit together and take him back up on his offer.”
Her mouth was dry and she was panting and she had no idea why. She looked away from her outraged friend and flashes of Sesshomaru’s face in different angles and times went through her mind; her skin started to get sensitive and goose pimples spread on her arms and legs. The hair on the back of her neck stood up and she looked back at her friend who watched her with a glint in her eyes and her mouth set in a straight line.
“Go.” Was all Sango said to her.
~~~
Kagome’s face was flushed and her breathing was a little hard from carrying some bags of clothes to Sesshomaru’s front door. She tried to steady her breathing and raised her hand to knock on the door when it opened quickly. Sesshomaru’s eyes widened and he took a steady step back from her.
She felt her breath hitch in her throat and the bats were back and were full force in her stomach. She watched his molten golden eyes glance from her to her bags of clothes then back at her; his eyebrow shot up then relaxed.
“Is your offer still valid?” she said meekly and ducked her head so that some of her hair fell and hid her face.
She didn’t hear him say anything but she heard her bags of clothes being moved then his footsteps retreating. She looked up and saw him carrying all the bags she had struggled to carry and he did it with ease. She followed him inside and into the guest room that was very plain looking but held a queen sized bed. He set her bags down at the end of the bed and he turned to look at her.
“Is that all you brought?” he asked softly.
She shook her head and blushed, “I packed as much as I could into my car. There are more things back at my apartment but I have nowhere to take them.”
“Do you have the items you need in your car?” he was so moot and straight to the point.
She nodded, “Larger items are still at my apartment.” She mumbled.
He walked past her and pulled his IPhone out of his pocket and dialed someone then waited. “I need someone to come an apartment and take everything in it into a storage unit.” He spoke softly but in a cold tone and straight to the point. As she followed him into the main area of the condo, he gave the address to whomever then he hung up and slid the phone into his pocket. He turned and looked at her with his piercing eyes, “We will get the rest of your belongings from your car. The rest is taken care of.” He spoke in such a gentle tone towards her.
She felt her heart leap and her face flushed as Sango’s words went through her mind and how it was obvious that the cold Sesshomaru Tashio, successful, rich and very powerful, was in love with a very hopeless, unsuccessful, and poor Kagome. She couldn’t believe that he was in love with her; she wanted to think that because of what they did together made him more sensitive towards her.
She nodded and followed him out of the condo and onto the elevator. He was quiet the whole ride and walk out to her car and she knew from the tension between them that he was still upset and wanted to know what exactly happened but he didn’t ask and it was killing him as well as her.
When they approached her old broken down Chevy Prizm, Sesshomaru stopped dead in his tracks and she heard his breath hitch.
“This is what you drive?” he hissed.
She stopped walking and looked back at him, his eyes wide and his nostrils flared and he looked angry. She tilted her head to the side and held tightly onto her stomach, “Yes?”
He took four long strides and approached the beaten vehicle and glared his very well-known icy glare at it as if it were his enemy and it just hit him below the belt with some degrading comment. She followed him and opened the back door where a lot of her stuff was stuffed in.
“It’s a death trap.” He hissed as he took items from her that she pulled out.
She looked at him and sighed, “It’s a piece of crap, yes. But it’s my only transportation.” She looked back at her items and grabbed more and once again he pulled it from her and held it like it weighed nothing.
“I will not allow you to drive this death trap. You will drive one of my safe vehicles.”
She rolled her eyes as she grabbed more items and turned to him, “Thank you for the offer Sesshomaru but you have already done so much to help me. I couldn’t ask you to loan one of your cars for my safety.”
Sesshomaru’s nostrils flared once again and he narrowed his eyes, “You didn’t ask. I demanded. You will drive one of my cars from now on.” He followed her after he slammed the back door shut of the car.
Kagome shook her head and turned to look at Sesshomaru who watched her with his death gaze, “I really don’t want to drive your car. I’m pretty reckless.” Maybe that would deter him away from loaning her one of his expensive cars.
“I am not surprised that you would drive recklessly. We can fix that.” His lips twitched to almost a smirk.
Kagome raised her eyebrows as they stepped into the elevator and he pushed a button. “Fix that how?” she shook her head and sighed, “It doesn’t matter. I couldn’t ask any more from you since you have already opened your home up to me.”
“This is not up for negotiation, Kagome. That car will be gone and you will drive one of my cars.” He said sternly.
The ding of the elevator silenced them. They stepped out of the elevator and down the short hallway and back into Sesshomaru’s condo and into her bedroom.
She dropped her things on the floor and ran her hands through her hair and let out a frustrated sigh, “Sesshomaru.” She sighed out frustrated.
He gently placed her items down on the bed then looked at her with raised eyebrows and waited for her to say something but she couldn’t think of anything to say. She shook her head, frustrated that he won this battle.
She sat down on the bed and sighed, “Okay. I will for now on drive your car. But don’t get rid of my car.”
“It is being junked. I will replace it with a better car.”
She huffed and looked at him, his facial features had softened and his eyes sparkled with amusement. He is overbearing and so demanding; he couldn’t possibly be in love with her. She would have thought he would be a hearts and flowers kind of guy, not like how he had been acting.
She blushed and looked down at her lap as she thought of the night they made love. He had been so gentle and loving and to be honest, it made her want more of his TLC in the bedroom.
His eyes widened and she knew that he knew she was aroused. She stood up quickly and busies herself with unpacking. He cleared his throat and stepped out of her room as he stated that he had to leave due to work.
Her having to live with Sesshomaru was going to be hard, especially on her part and her raging hormones and changing emotions. She was going to be a handful for the daiyoukai and wouldn’t be surprised if he couldn’t stand being around her after a few days.
Author: The Bard
Prompt: Defiance
Genre: Romance, Drama, Angst
AU/CU: Alternate Universe
Rating: MA for overall story line
Word Count: 3,115
Link for story: Brothers Bliss: Chapter one
Summary: Kagome has to go through the despair of Inuyasha getting married to Kikyo and not her. In her despair she goes through some troubled times, bringing Sesshomaru along not realizing the man who has it all, doesn’t have the one thing he wants so badly.
Chapter Summary: Kagome struggles with her financial problems and is offered a place to live.
Butterflies were still flying in her stomach as she walked down the short hallway to Sesshomaru’s door, by the time she approached it she felt like the butterflies had spawn into bats and were trying to beat themselves out of her.
“Okay, Okay. I can do this.” She whispered encouragingly to herself.
She knocked softly on the door and let her hand fall to her side and started to chew on her already torn lip. She already tore so much skin off her lip that it had bled in the car ride. She tried to put some makeup on in her car to hide the evidence of her tears.
She heard a click at the door then it opened and Sesshomaru’s frame stood in the whole doorway. She looked up at his face and squeezed her lower lip between her teeth. He looked killer, not only in the handsome, good looking kind of way, but he looked pissed.
She looked away from him quickly and cleared her throat nervously, “Sorry for being such a nuisance, I just need that ring badly.” She whispered.
“Come.” He said harshly and moved out of the doorframe and allowed her to enter his home.
She looked back up at him and timidly went in. She stopped in the main area and looked at him, his golden eyes slanted and staring at her.
“Do you have it?” she asked softly and went back to chewing on her bottom lip.
“You had been crying. What is the matter?” he asked as he took one step to her. She noticed that his hand moved just a little like he was thinking about reaching out to her, but he stopped.
She shook her head and attempted to smile, “Nothing is wrong. Please, where is the ring?” Her voice wobbled and she felt her head ache and knew that she was going to cry again.
He eyed her speculatively like he didn’t believe her. Of course not, he is a youkai and can smell right through her lies. He didn’t look away from her eyes and his nostrils flared.
“Why were you crying? Did someone hurt you?” his voice became rougher.
She let out a shaky breath and looked down at her hands that shook. She titled her head down then looked up at him through her eyelashes. “I’m just in a financial bind right now, that’s all.”
His eyebrows furrowed and if he could slant his eyes anymore, he did. “How so?”
She sighed and played with her fingers as she tried to think of a story to tell him that was less damaging than what she was going through.
“Don’t think about lying to me, Kagome.”
She looked back up at him and sighed, “I found out today that I was ten thousand dollars in debt with my bank and who knows how much money I owe other people. My power and water got shut off and I got an eviction notice. There, that’s why I cried.” She snapped.
“How did you get yourself so in debt like that?” he sounded irritated and slightly astounded.
She shook her head and sighed, “I don’t know. But it happened and I really need that ring.”
“You are not thinking of selling it are you?”
“You sure are talkative today.”
“Answer me.”
Kagome huffed and crossed her arms across her chest and she glared up at him, all sorrow gone. “You are not my father.” Now she sounded immature.
Sesshomaru’s lips twitched and his eyes widened just a fraction, “No. You are right. But I am your-“ he stopped in the middle of what he was going to say. It seemed like he was going to say he was something else but he changed track. “What do you plan on doing with that ring?”
“Why does it matter to you, Sesshomaru? That is my personal property. Please give it to me.”
Sesshomaru’s chest rumbled, like he was purring or growling. She wasn’t sure what it was. His eyes hooded and he took one step back. She realized what she had said and knew he was thinking of something dirty. She wanted to slap her forehead but because of what they did last night, she couldn’t blame the guy for it.
“Kagome, you are in need of help. Please live with me. I can help you.” His voice rumbled and it all sounded husky.
She shook her head and felt the bats back in her stomach, “I can do it myself. I need that ring now.”
He shoved his hand in his pocket then extended it out to her, revealing the ring in his palm. She looked up at his face then back at his palm, she then plucked the ring out of his palm but all too quickly he grabbed onto her hand and roughly pulled her a little closer to him.
“You are so stubborn. Stay here to get back on your feet.” He whispered huskily.
She blushed as his arms wound around her waist and images once again flashed through her mind of last night. She felt that same pooling feeling in her lower stomach and her heart raced against her chest. “I will be okay.” She mumbled, all the while she tried to convince herself as well.
“The invitation does not expire.” He released her then walked to his door. He opened it then stood to the side and watched her with his narrowed amber eyes. He looked more guarded than normal and
She nodded and quickly went past him and out of his condo. The door closed quietly behind her and she let out a shaky breath and quickly walked to the elevator; she tried to push away any and all lingering feelings that Sesshomaru that had risen up in her.
A week had passed and Kagome couldn’t handle much more of the pressure. She had decided against pawning her ring and it was back in its rightful place on her finger. She begged her work to let her have more hours and hopefully some overtime, but they couldn’t work with her and only given her just a couple more hours here and there.
She sat on a chair in the back room of the kitchen of her work and stared down at her phone that had been shut off a couple of days ago. She was so screwed in life at the moment and it made her have horrible anxiety. She still hasn’t been able to come up with enough money to at least afford to live in a hotel for a while until she got herself back on her feet. She wanted to see her best friend and beg her to allow her to stay with her for a while but she knew it would be a lost cause.
Boxes were piled and scattered at her apartment and most of her belongings have been packed and no place to go. She only had to worry about the large furniture and where she could take them and not lose them. She couldn’t afford a storage unit but she needed somewhere to take her belongings.
“Hey girl. I have been calling you but kept getting a disconnected tone.” Sango’s voice broke through her musings.
Kagome’s head snapped up and she looked over and saw her friend walking into the room, sunglasses on top of her head and a purse hanging off her arm.
“Oh, sorry. It got shut off.” She mumbled and looked down at her phone then pushed it into her pocket.
“Shut off?” Sango’s voice raised an octave and she plopped on the chair next to her friend.
Kagome’s lips twitched, she didn’t know if it was a sad smile or a grimace. She couldn’t say anything to her friend; she didn’t want her to know just exactly how bad of a situation she was in at the moment.
“Kagome what in the hell is going on? You look like you had been dragged through hell and back!” Sango’s soft manicured hands were on her shoulders and squeezed.
Kagome buried her face in her hands and started to sob, she couldn’t hold it back any longer. She leaned into her friend and sobbed into her stiffened shoulder.
“Kagome! What in the world?” Sango squeezed the sobbing mess of her friend and comforted her through her moment of weakness.
“I-“ sob “have-“sob “nowhere-“sob “to go!” Kagome tried to explain through her sobbing. She didn’t give a damn at that moment and wanted to talk and she broke loose.
“What?!”
Kagome looked up at her friend’s face and desperately clung to her shoulders, “I got an eviction notice a week ago. My power and water had been turned off and my phone got shut off not long afterwards.” She sobbed and rubbed at her eyes and tried to control her sobbing. But she continued and covered her face again.
“What?!” Sango screamed louder and shook her friend. “What in the hell have you been doing with your money!?”
Kagome shook her head and continued to sob, “I went to Sesshomaru’s to get my ring back to pawn it off. I couldn’t do it.”
Sango squeezed her closer against her and held onto her. Kagome sobbed until she couldn’t anymore then she tried to steady her breathing. She pulled back and whimpered a few times and rubbed at her eyes.
“Did you mention this to Sesshomaru when you saw him to get your ring back?”
Kagome looked away as she sniffled and nodded, “He offered to let me to live with him. I can’t do that. It would be so awkward.” She sniffled again.
Sango’s jaw dropped and she stood up angrily, “Kagome! The rich and “cold hearted” Sesshomaru had opened his place to you and you rejected that?! I don’t know just how blind you are but the guy is smitten by you. It’s been pretty obvious for years now.” Her hands went to her hips and her eyes narrowed.
Kagome looked up at her friend and her eyes widened, “What?” she said meekly.
“The Sesshomaru you have always complained about and called such a jerk is practically throwing himself at you and you don’t even notice?” Sango said outraged.
Kagome shook her head slightly; her heart pounded against her chest and the butterflies/bats were back and hitting against her stomach double time. She thought back to every encounter she had with Sesshomaru and her eyes widened a little more. “He couldn’t be.”
Sango let out an exasperated sigh and threw her hands up in the air, “Kagome, you have been so blinded and fooled by Inuyasha that you didn’t think there was anyone else out there. The one person who cared and loved you was right under that nose of yours. Honestly, you need to get your shit together and take him back up on his offer.”
Her mouth was dry and she was panting and she had no idea why. She looked away from her outraged friend and flashes of Sesshomaru’s face in different angles and times went through her mind; her skin started to get sensitive and goose pimples spread on her arms and legs. The hair on the back of her neck stood up and she looked back at her friend who watched her with a glint in her eyes and her mouth set in a straight line.
“Go.” Was all Sango said to her.
~~~
Kagome’s face was flushed and her breathing was a little hard from carrying some bags of clothes to Sesshomaru’s front door. She tried to steady her breathing and raised her hand to knock on the door when it opened quickly. Sesshomaru’s eyes widened and he took a steady step back from her.
She felt her breath hitch in her throat and the bats were back and were full force in her stomach. She watched his molten golden eyes glance from her to her bags of clothes then back at her; his eyebrow shot up then relaxed.
“Is your offer still valid?” she said meekly and ducked her head so that some of her hair fell and hid her face.
She didn’t hear him say anything but she heard her bags of clothes being moved then his footsteps retreating. She looked up and saw him carrying all the bags she had struggled to carry and he did it with ease. She followed him inside and into the guest room that was very plain looking but held a queen sized bed. He set her bags down at the end of the bed and he turned to look at her.
“Is that all you brought?” he asked softly.
She shook her head and blushed, “I packed as much as I could into my car. There are more things back at my apartment but I have nowhere to take them.”
“Do you have the items you need in your car?” he was so moot and straight to the point.
She nodded, “Larger items are still at my apartment.” She mumbled.
He walked past her and pulled his IPhone out of his pocket and dialed someone then waited. “I need someone to come an apartment and take everything in it into a storage unit.” He spoke softly but in a cold tone and straight to the point. As she followed him into the main area of the condo, he gave the address to whomever then he hung up and slid the phone into his pocket. He turned and looked at her with his piercing eyes, “We will get the rest of your belongings from your car. The rest is taken care of.” He spoke in such a gentle tone towards her.
She felt her heart leap and her face flushed as Sango’s words went through her mind and how it was obvious that the cold Sesshomaru Tashio, successful, rich and very powerful, was in love with a very hopeless, unsuccessful, and poor Kagome. She couldn’t believe that he was in love with her; she wanted to think that because of what they did together made him more sensitive towards her.
She nodded and followed him out of the condo and onto the elevator. He was quiet the whole ride and walk out to her car and she knew from the tension between them that he was still upset and wanted to know what exactly happened but he didn’t ask and it was killing him as well as her.
When they approached her old broken down Chevy Prizm, Sesshomaru stopped dead in his tracks and she heard his breath hitch.
“This is what you drive?” he hissed.
She stopped walking and looked back at him, his eyes wide and his nostrils flared and he looked angry. She tilted her head to the side and held tightly onto her stomach, “Yes?”
He took four long strides and approached the beaten vehicle and glared his very well-known icy glare at it as if it were his enemy and it just hit him below the belt with some degrading comment. She followed him and opened the back door where a lot of her stuff was stuffed in.
“It’s a death trap.” He hissed as he took items from her that she pulled out.
She looked at him and sighed, “It’s a piece of crap, yes. But it’s my only transportation.” She looked back at her items and grabbed more and once again he pulled it from her and held it like it weighed nothing.
“I will not allow you to drive this death trap. You will drive one of my safe vehicles.”
She rolled her eyes as she grabbed more items and turned to him, “Thank you for the offer Sesshomaru but you have already done so much to help me. I couldn’t ask you to loan one of your cars for my safety.”
Sesshomaru’s nostrils flared once again and he narrowed his eyes, “You didn’t ask. I demanded. You will drive one of my cars from now on.” He followed her after he slammed the back door shut of the car.
Kagome shook her head and turned to look at Sesshomaru who watched her with his death gaze, “I really don’t want to drive your car. I’m pretty reckless.” Maybe that would deter him away from loaning her one of his expensive cars.
“I am not surprised that you would drive recklessly. We can fix that.” His lips twitched to almost a smirk.
Kagome raised her eyebrows as they stepped into the elevator and he pushed a button. “Fix that how?” she shook her head and sighed, “It doesn’t matter. I couldn’t ask any more from you since you have already opened your home up to me.”
“This is not up for negotiation, Kagome. That car will be gone and you will drive one of my cars.” He said sternly.
The ding of the elevator silenced them. They stepped out of the elevator and down the short hallway and back into Sesshomaru’s condo and into her bedroom.
She dropped her things on the floor and ran her hands through her hair and let out a frustrated sigh, “Sesshomaru.” She sighed out frustrated.
He gently placed her items down on the bed then looked at her with raised eyebrows and waited for her to say something but she couldn’t think of anything to say. She shook her head, frustrated that he won this battle.
She sat down on the bed and sighed, “Okay. I will for now on drive your car. But don’t get rid of my car.”
“It is being junked. I will replace it with a better car.”
She huffed and looked at him, his facial features had softened and his eyes sparkled with amusement. He is overbearing and so demanding; he couldn’t possibly be in love with her. She would have thought he would be a hearts and flowers kind of guy, not like how he had been acting.
She blushed and looked down at her lap as she thought of the night they made love. He had been so gentle and loving and to be honest, it made her want more of his TLC in the bedroom.
His eyes widened and she knew that he knew she was aroused. She stood up quickly and busies herself with unpacking. He cleared his throat and stepped out of her room as he stated that he had to leave due to work.
Her having to live with Sesshomaru was going to be hard, especially on her part and her raging hormones and changing emotions. She was going to be a handful for the daiyoukai and wouldn’t be surprised if he couldn’t stand being around her after a few days.