Protection by Hikari Hime [Drabble #10]
Title: Protection
Author: Hikari Hime
Theme: prompt #10: ''Tease''
Genre: Drama, General
Universe: Canon Universe
Rating: T
Warnings: some sort of... slight innuendo? Nothing much really.
Word Count: 400
Mending a child's kimono with quick gestures speaking of much experience, her sight was mostly trained on the small band of misfits playing not far away from her.
She had not been granted with the grace of bearing her own little ones, but she had quickly taken to mothering her friends' offspring, Miroku being often absent to 'purify' others' homes or off to chase malevolent youkai with her own husband.
Her husband. Inuyasha.
Could she really call him this? She hadn't let him touch her intimately for so long now, not trusting in any way the contraceptive means of this era.
Children's laughter made the corner of her mouth twitch, a smile teasing her thin lips. The twins were playing their favorite game again, 'slay the kitsune', and Shippo was being savagely throttled with a rope made out of daisies. No doubt Rin had taught them how to thread the flowers so efficiently.
Rin. The girl had grown up, becoming a cheerful adolescent. How this could be when you considered under whose tutelage she had lived for so many years was a mistery for the Miko.
She gazed over at them, two oh-so-different beings lost in a quiet discussion, sitting under a tree not far from her. She could read the body language of the stoic youkai, how he blanketed his young ward with his aura and scent without even touching her.
It was probably this that had allowed Rin to stay innocent even when faced with the atrocities of her existence, the fierceness of her protector and how she trusted him with her life. He could be aware of the cruelty of the world for the two of them, for he was the cruelest of them all as far as Rin's security was concerned.
Sensing the weight of the Miko's stare on him, Sesshomaru slanted his golden orbs towards her, lifting a questioning brow. Kagome blushed and adverted her eyes, brushing soft blades of grass absently. She could never let her guard down like Rin did, Inuyasha never made her feel safe any more, unlike when they had been hunting Shards.
But... the youkai had protected her on occasions too... was it because he knew she took care of Rin when he wasn't there? Was it out of some sense of obligation, because she was family now?
Allowing her body to relax minutely, a small smile graced her lips.