This is a dark drabble.

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The Broken - Chapter 15

Rin would like to think that breathing was a strong point, at least for her. She had a healthy set of lungs even though no amount of air pushed through her throat would ever allow a sound to come forth. Well that was negating the high pitch whistle her mother had taught her long ago when she had first given her voice away to be cursed with the visions of things yet to come. But beyond that, she in all honesty was having a bit of a problem catching her breath.

The young teen paused to lean against a wall and try to collect her thoughts. She let out a deep sigh. It was never really hard for her to tell the difference between reality and a vision. The spectrums were so different that there was never anything to question, but this. Rin felt a chill slide down her spine. She couldn't tell what, if any or all, of her vision had been real.

Rin quickly slipped into the room she was staying in. She grabbed some clothes and then wandered for a few minutes until she found a bathroom. She slipped into the warm water of the bath trying to mull over her first memories of the morning. There were the French people. That had to be a part of the vision; they were in the middle of Japan. She mulled over her thoughts, closing her eyes in deep concentration. She had to separate the reality from the vision, for her own sanity. She was just about to sink below the bath water when a phantom voice echoed through her mind.

"Rin, why is everything pink?" She frowned sitting up straight and looking around. That sentence did not belong in either world, real or vision. She couldn't quite comprehend what the hell had happened. The room in the vision was in fact not pink. Her vision had given it pink shading based on the emotions that were present in that moment. But Sesshomaru shouldn't have known that. It wasn't his vision.

But he had known, hadn't he? Rin clumsily clamored out of the tub, a frown set deep into her features. He shouldn't have known, unless he had seen what she had seen. She supposed that would make sense. But there was no way he could have seen it. Unless it had something to do with her sleeping next to him, but even then she couldn't be too sure.

A soft sigh echoed into the hallway as Rin made her way to the kitchen. She came to a halt when she found Sesshomaru sitting at the island eating a bowl of cereal. Their eyes locked for a moment and she could feel her cheeks attempting to heat but she pushed the emotion down deep into her gut and quietly made her way to the extra bowl sitting next to Sesshomaru. She gave him a short bow of thanks before hopping up on the bar stool next to him and grabbing the spoon.

"So I guess talking about this morning is out of the realm of your abilities…" Sesshomaru muttered. He casually pressed a remote and a television rose from the center of the island they were sitting at, and the news began to drone on softly in the background.

"It's not; you just wouldn't know what I was saying…" Rin signed quickly, Sesshomaru completely oblivious to her attempts at communication.

"I am quite a big fan of sex; I'm not even that partial as to whom I am having it with… As long as it is good…" Sesshomaru continued his gaze fixed on the television as he continued to eat his cereal. "But somehow I always end up with people like Kagura or Ayame or Kouga in my bed."

"Kouga? Are you gay?" Rin signed. She found this exercise interesting because she knew he didn't even know she was listening, let alone answering. But it was the first time in a while that she had even continued on with a conversation, even if the other participant wasn't aware of her involvement.

"You probably think I'm gay…" Sesshomaru muttered causing Rin to automatically look down and fold her hands in her lap. She didn't need him to answer her signs so well; that threw her level of security off. "Kouga was an experiment… A way to test just how powerful I am sexually… A conquest of sorts…" Sesshomaru continued.

"So you aren't gay, you are just an asshole? Possibly bi…" Rin signed quickly before noticing that Sesshomaru was staring at her inquisitively.

He made sure her eyes were on his lips before speaking. "Is that how you talk to yourself? By signing it out like how people mutter?" He asked as Rin's cheeks turned a light pink.

She nodded a bit upset that she was caught but relieved that he hadn't caught on to what she was doing. She decided to press her luck and signed quickly at him. "Stop being a jerk and maybe you won't be so miserable."

"You know I have no idea what you are saying…" Sesshomaru said before Rin gave him devious smirk followed by a nonchalant shrug.

The young woman looked at the microwave for the time and realizing that it was only 3 in the morning she let out a faux yawn before waving lazily at Sesshomaru. She headed out of the kitchen and back towards her room. She knew that he was behind her but she didn't allow herself to give away that knowledge.

She was just about to open her door when Sesshomaru's hand reached out and opened it for her. She spun on her heels a pink tint to her cheeks and her eyes a bit wide. Her face screamed her thoughts, there was no way he was staying the rest of the night in her bed. Obviously high sleeping Rin should have even less contact with people.

"So we aren't going to find a way to discuss or finish what happened this morning?" He asked smoothly as Rin's heart began to pound against her rib cage. She shook her head violently. "Another time then… Good night Rin." He said quietly before backing away from her and making his way back to his room.

Rin walked into her room, closed the door and quickly sank into her bed. This would be a particularly interesting year.