Another fic

Jan 14, 2008 12:04

Title: Simply Photography
Author: winterwing3000/Winter
Pairing: Rin x Sesshomaru
Fandom: Inuyasha
Disclaimers: Don't own 'em, don't sue.
Rating: E



Sesshomaru walked over to the window after his cleaning duty was finished and looked down to the school courtyard. Students were gone for the most part, but a few lingered for after school activities or were on the verge of departing. However, he noticed that a girl with dark brown hair tied in a lopsided ponytail standing in the middle of the yard with a camera in hand.

It was the strange girl from his Photography class he noted while remembering the hairstyle.

With curiosity, he watched as she tested many angles at holding her camera, almost as if trying to find the perfect moment to take the picture.

Intrigued, he turned away and bowed to the teacher who walked in and left the classroom.

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Rin ‘hmmed’ for the nth time as her pink tongue stuck out of her mouth in concentration. The camera in her hand was readjusted multiple times in the past hour as she attempted to capture the picture perfect scene of the opened school courtyard against the nearly evening setting sun.

There were too many shadows for her to work with and too little light. Nevertheless, she refused to use artificial lighting from the side, which would without a doubt help her solve her dilemma quicker, but it would ruin the effect she was desperately trying to grasp. The flash from her camera added with the artificial lights would cause a stark contrast in the shadows and therefore completely ruin the scene.

Sighing, her shoulders dropped. The assignment the teacher assigned her was harder than one would think.

“Perhaps standing away from the school’s shadow would be better,” a voice from the side suggested coolly.

Startled, Rin nearly tossed her camera into the air as she jumped out of her skin for a moment. Gasping with wide eyes and hugging the camera in a gentle yet crushing embrace, she turned around and found the source of the voice.

Sesshomaru stood a few feet away from her, arms crossed on his chest, looking at the direction of the rapidly setting sun. “Taisho-san,” she uttered in embarrassment.

“There will be more natural lighting if you stepped away from the shadows,” he said, now leveling his gaze at her.

“Ah, yes. Thank you for telling me,” Rin whispered and walked out of the shade and into the dying sunlight. Bringing the camera up to her eye level once more, she searched for the perfect frame that would complete her collage.

There! The sunlight bounced off of the school clock tower and changed the green leaves of the tree planted a few feet away into a dark navy green. The fluffy clouds in the background glowed in front of the sun. The courtyard had multiple footprints all over the dirt, signifying the presence of the students who had already left. The all about aura was quite, tranquil and seemingly ending.

Smiling behind the camera, Rin started snapping away madly.

Sesshomaru slightly smirked as he heard the repetition of “click”, “click”, and “click”.

Moments later, she lowered the camera and let out a breath of relief. Now all she needed to do was develop them. Spinning on her heels, she asked, “Taisho-san, would you like to come with me to the classroom?”

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He watched as they both stood in the dark room for developing the photos, a red light glowing dimly behind them to provide a sufficient amount of light to allow sight but not ruin the photos.

Multiple photos hung on a board away from the hanging line of photos, drawing his attention away from the developing pictures in the trays and over to where she was fussing with the finished products. Rin was searching all over the place-the drawers, the cabinets, the table top, even the storage closet-but couldn’t find what she needed.

Sighing, she grabbed at the tube of rubber cement sitting on the table and looked at it with hesitance. There was no other way, if she didn’t finish her collage, she’ll receive a miserable grade for the semester. Turning the photos so that the back filmy side was facing her, Rin uncapped the plastic tube and held it above the photos.

Just as she was about to squeeze it, a rough hand reached out from behind her and guided the tube away from the photos. Letting out a mousy squeak, Rin looked over her shoulder.

“Rubber cement will ruin the pictures in a few weeks. It’ll be useless,” Sesshomaru told her, removing the tube and replacing the cap.

“I-I see,” she muttered, turning pink. Silly, absolutely stupid of her. Of course! Why didn’t she remember that?

“Hm. I have some spare paste in my cubby. I’ll lend you some,” he said, pulling back from her.

“Ah, thank you so much,” Rin said softly as she blushed. He nodded absentmindedly and went to grab the paste.

She placed a hand over her beating heart. She was still unused to being so close to Sesshomaru, even though they were from the same Photography class and grade. Not to mention that he was drop dead gorgeous that any girl’s heart will flutter madly. The hand contact did a number to her heart for sure.

Sesshomaru reentered the room with the paste in hand. Rin thanked him once more and quickly finished up her project. Smiling at the end product, she tucked it under one of her arms as she handed the paste back to him, the blush still evident.

“Um,” Rin started, then chewed her lower lip, just as Sesshomaru was about to leave.

“Yes?” he asked, looking over to her.

Gathering her courage, Rin scurried over to him and went onto her tiptoes. Sucking in a breath, she pecked in on the cheek and roused a surprised expression from him.

“Thank you so much for today, Taisho-san,” she bowed and smiled genuinely at him before leaving him alone in the classroom.

Sesshomaru stood there for a while, a hand placed on the spot where her lips met his cheek. A smirk curved on his lips a little later.

“You’re welcome.”

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Note: Sesshomaru and Rin are both in high school, seniors, which suggests that they’re about 17 or 18.
This is Alternate Universe (AU)

I'm writing a lot these two weeks. Hmmm, curious. XD

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