{Week 84} {Drabble theme - 'Favour'}
Title: Progressions
Author: thirteenxwishes
Genre: Romance
Word count: 284 words
Rating: Teen-ish.
Warnings: A little suggestive. :)
AU/Canon: Canon progression.
Summary: Sesshoumaru didn't give favors as a rule - that is, until Kagome burst into his life and became the exception.
Theirs was a relationship based on favors.
He rescued her from Inuyasha and his bleeding red eyes in the belly of Naraku.
She saved him when Rin fell ill, went dancing along the brink of death only to be pulled away by rose-scented power, warm hands and a quiet smile.
He guided her back to the village after a youkai almost killed her in the forest.
She gave him shelter from the rain one day, beneath an oak's wide branches and an umbrella not made for two.
He offered her a place to stay after the fire, where everything burned and the only road home was closed.
She helped him secure an agreement with the warring clans in the West, the threat of her reiki forcing them to abandon their mutinies.
He gave her all trappings of a Lady of the Court.
She taught him to feel like a human.
He taught her to fight like a youkai.
She trusted him to watch after the Shikon.
He helped her gain mastery over Time.
She let him see his father again.
But there are some things beyond this endless cycle of debt and repayment. Love is one of them.
"Isn't it, koishii?"
"Hm?"
Sesshoumaru looked up from his desk, one eyebrow raised at the petite woman lounging on the carpet, pen in hand.
"Love. More than just a favor?"
He didn't answer immediately, abandoning his work to stand and pull her to her feet.
"That may be so... but there is one more favor you can do for me, anata..."
He took a moment to bask in her brilliant smile before covering it with his own. Yes, he decided, there was something to be said for helping other people if this was his reward.
His pedestal stood cold and empty in the corner.
Author: thirteenxwishes
Genre: Romance
Word count: 284 words
Rating: Teen-ish.
Warnings: A little suggestive. :)
AU/Canon: Canon progression.
Summary: Sesshoumaru didn't give favors as a rule - that is, until Kagome burst into his life and became the exception.
Theirs was a relationship based on favors.
He rescued her from Inuyasha and his bleeding red eyes in the belly of Naraku.
She saved him when Rin fell ill, went dancing along the brink of death only to be pulled away by rose-scented power, warm hands and a quiet smile.
He guided her back to the village after a youkai almost killed her in the forest.
She gave him shelter from the rain one day, beneath an oak's wide branches and an umbrella not made for two.
He offered her a place to stay after the fire, where everything burned and the only road home was closed.
She helped him secure an agreement with the warring clans in the West, the threat of her reiki forcing them to abandon their mutinies.
He gave her all trappings of a Lady of the Court.
She taught him to feel like a human.
He taught her to fight like a youkai.
She trusted him to watch after the Shikon.
He helped her gain mastery over Time.
She let him see his father again.
But there are some things beyond this endless cycle of debt and repayment. Love is one of them.
"Isn't it, koishii?"
"Hm?"
Sesshoumaru looked up from his desk, one eyebrow raised at the petite woman lounging on the carpet, pen in hand.
"Love. More than just a favor?"
He didn't answer immediately, abandoning his work to stand and pull her to her feet.
"That may be so... but there is one more favor you can do for me, anata..."
He took a moment to bask in her brilliant smile before covering it with his own. Yes, he decided, there was something to be said for helping other people if this was his reward.
His pedestal stood cold and empty in the corner.