Love Through Roses: Chapter 5

#12: Inuyasha (Sesshōmaru & Kagome)
Prompt: Blue

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Sitting on her desk with her palm supporting her chin, she looked outside the window. Even from her classroom that was on the third floor, she could see Sesshōmaru with his best friend and partner Byakuya doing some inspections for the first year students’ belongings at the school courtyard. This kind of inspection was often done without warning, just to catch students who were bringing things that were not related to school. The guilty students, strangely, would not be punished. Only the items would be destroyed before their eyes as a warning, and it always worked.

Her relationship with Sesshōmaru remained cool for the past three days until she heard something unpleasant to her ears and heart. Lately, there had been rumours that Sesshōmaru and Kagura, Byakuya’s younger sister, had been arranged to mate when Kagura came of age, which was five years from now. Though she was not one to believe rumours, deep down in her heart, she wished to know the truth as well. More could be said when she was nobody, and he could have any woman, so why her? This, whatever they were having, seemed too good to be true.

It was obvious that Sesshōmaru desired her, but she had this doubt that maybe what they had was a one-time thing only. What she was looking for, however, was an everlasting relationship. Think of her as a naive girl, but she wanted to have a happy ending that usually happened in fairytales only. And that was the reason why she sent blue roses to him this morning with Kaede-sensei’s help. She just didn’t feel like delivering them herself because the flowers represented how she felt about him, at least, at the moment. For someone like her, he was someone unattainable. She knew that he was honourable, but still...

As if he felt her gaze on him, he turned his head and looked up at her. Those golden eyes were devoid of emotions still, but he had a small quirk on his lips. She didn’t know what was being said, but Byakuya, who also saw her, had said something to Sesshōmaru. Not wanting to give him a hard time, she looked away just in time to answer Miroku’s call for help. Miroku came from a long line of monks, and he was the only one who actually bothered to talk to her. Though, she had to admit that the violet-eyed guy was too perverted for his own good. Much to her disbelief, Miroku had a girlfriend named Sango, a demon slayer’s descendant and a student from a public school nearby. She had met Sango once, and she had to admit that only someone like Sango could handle Miroku.

Loud noises from the school yard made her and her other classmates looked outside. What she saw almost knocked her out of breath. There, standing before Sesshōmaru and Byakuya, was Kagura. Once again, she didn’t know what was said, but the three of them glanced up. She had no doubt that they were talking about her because Sesshōmaru kept his gaze on her with unreadable expression. Heart beating fast, she felt herself unable to breath properly. It hurt. Why was he looking at her like that? Did he finally realise that she was not the one for him, and now, he wanted to humiliate her for being foolish to believe he was actually interested in her? Unable to bear the pain in her chest, she looked away and left the classroom.
It was probably for the best that she avoided Sesshōmaru as much as possible from now on. After the friendship sign from her, she had been meeting Sesshōmaru during lunch breaks under her favourite sakura tree. Their meeting consisted nothing but silence since neither knew where to start. Though it was a bit awkward, both enjoyed the other’s presence. She wanted to ask many things and nothing at the same time. She had no female friends, and he was not a talkative person. Alas, they often made an uncomfortable pair when left alone.

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