Dearly Beloved by Aviel
Hysteria
Disclaimer: Though it saddens me to say it, I don’t own anything relating to Takahashi-sensei’s Inuyasha. However, the plot and/or ideas of this drabble series do belong to me.
A/N: Please read my A/N at the bottom. I normally don’t like to write monstrous ones, but something has come to my attention, and I felt that I had to address it. It is important. Update 2 of 2.
Chapter 31: Hysteria
While Sesshoumaru had convinced himself that Kagome hadn’t been on the verge of death, it had never occurred to him that she’d wake up without him knowing. For the last day and a half, he’d kept vigil by her bedside just to ensure that he would be the first person she saw. With that simple goal in mind, the results should have been predictable. But apparently, things hadn’t gone quite according to plan.
For as long as he’d known her, his girlfriend had always been a stickler for doing the unexpected, which–in his eyes–was hardly ever a bad thing because her heart was always in the right place.
Still, Sesshoumaru couldn’t help but to feel a little disappointed that he hadn’t been able to greet her like he had wanted to. The only sort of expression he was capable of mustering up was one of a gaping fish on dry land. And as embarrassing as it was, he figured his face was surely a sight to see since Kagome was giving him a bewildered look, no doubt questioning his diminishing intelligence.
Why did the inside of his mouth suddenly feel like cotton? Why did he freeze up like a deer caught in headlights when he realized that Kagome was, in fact, wide awake and was staring at him like he’d lost his mind?
If asked, any logical person would have smartly replied that he actually did.
Gone was his impeccable grace and poise. Gone was the well-versed eloquence of his tongue and the sharp wit others would’ve killed to have. How was he supposed to care for Kagome when he’d been reduced to nothing more than a dumbstruck idiot?
“You’re really starting to freak me out,” she muttered, and Sesshoumaru sighed.
She didn’t even know the half of it.
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Original Posting Date: January 15, 2013
Prompt: For see03’s “Superior Sense of Smell” Challenge, Intelligence
Words: 300
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A/N: You know, I did consider the whole “Disable Anonymous Reading” feature seriously as I’m afraid of having my work stolen (yes, I am well aware that this is the internet where scary things happen). Recently, this concern has gotten worse due to all of these incidents involving, as Danyealle-sama has said, “sticky-fingered” individuals and the like. While fanfiction is and always will be a hobby of mine, I do not condone plagiarism. I know that a few of my readers are account-less, but have graciously dropped their names when I have asked for them. And for that, I am grateful. You guys are the reason why I continue to write and hope to entertain as many of you as I can. I sincerely write for your enjoyment. All I ask is that you don’t jeopardize my trust and good faith by doing something…well, stupid. I know you’re all smarter than that. So please afford the other authors/artists the same kindness and respect that you’ve shown to me thus far. Thank you! :)
P.S. Unless something dire happens, none of my A/Ns will ever be this long again. So you may carry on with your happy reading!