Xmas Gift by Raquel Taisho

Xmas Gift

Xmas Gift

For Julytheartist.

Any other year she would have felt emotional, but this year everything reminded her of what she had lost just months before and that is that the sudden loss of her family was something she could never have expected, the only thing she was grateful for was her coming of age. because she had automatically been responsible for her brother Sota, who was 8, and little Shippo, who was 4, although Shippo was not her relative, she was able to win a trial where they gave her custody to take care of him, the little boy had also lost his family In the same accident in which hers died, both families were on vacation, they had planned for months to go out together, Shippo's parents and her parents were childhood friends so for Kagome they were family, so she decided to fight for him. small until you stay with him.

Now he had found a stable job, although the owner, whom he had never met, seemed to be a tyrant obsessed with work, he was always in a bad mood during the last two months of the year, his bad mood ending in mountains of endless work in order to that they did not leave at their normal departure time.

Even though everyone complained about the endless work, no one dared to say anything to the boss, not even his right hand, who also left a lot to be desired, said anything for fear that he would be left out of work.

Much to her regret, although she did not want to pay attention to anything beyond what was her turn, it was impossible for her to ignore her coworkers when they spoke so loudly and were always close to her. With all the bad comments from his colleagues he began to get an idea of what his mysterious boss would be like; I had been working here for more than four years and had never seen him.

Inuyasha, the deputy boss, said so many bad things about him that many of the ideas he had formed in his head about what Ito-sama would be like were true.

Inuyasha had his own family, and just like her before the accident, he loved spending Christmas at home. Since the month of November had begun, he had not stopped chattering about the gifts he would buy and even dared to ask her opinion about the gifts for the children. children with the excuse that she also had children at home and would know what was better for someone growing, it had always been like that in previous years but this year what she least wanted to celebrate was Christmas and Inuyasha couldn't understand that it still hurt.

He didn't understand why one day he had allowed himself to be convinced by Inuyasha to go out and buy gifts, but here they were in the shopping center, he was thankful that Sango had wanted to accompany them otherwise he wouldn't be able to control Inuyasha with the unnecessary purchase of things, at the same time. final Who doesn't listen to his wife?

When she met Inuyasha's family the last thing she expected was to get along with his wife, from the first day it seemed like they had known each other for years, and since then they had both become so close that she now considered her a sister. She had been his rock when she collapsed.

For Sango, it seemed incredible that she worked with her husband and although she didn't talk much about her brother-in-law, she claimed that the things Inuyasha said about Ito-sama were exaggerated and incorrect.

Which of the two was right? In the end she wouldn't know, not until she met him and that seemed to be impossible.

For her, her boss turned out to be a Scrooge, there was no better way to describe him.

-xxx-

—Did you hear what Ito-sama wants? -asked someone behind her, again her companions were gossiping behind her.

— No, but I'm sure it's more overtime, we're six days away from Christmas. -someone else answered.

— No, this year seems to be different. -answered a third voice.

He couldn't finish listening because his phone rang and without checking the caller ID he answered.

— Good morning, this is Higurashi. How can I help you?

— Higurashi, I want you in my office, —it was there that she looked at the caller ID, looking at the name on the small screen, she became nervous—now. -and with those words she ended the call, she was nervous, it was the first time she would see her boss.

Getting up he ran to the bathroom to check his appearance before going to his boss's office once he started on his way.

He felt everyone's eyes as he walked, he could hear everyone whispering behind him.

The hallways strangely seemed longer than usual.

Just when he was about to arrive his cell phone rang, checking the screen he saw that it was a message from Inuyasha with the legend "good luck"

Releasing the breath he didn't know he was holding, he knocked on the door.

— Happens. -invited his mysterious boss.

—Here I am Ito-sama. -I enter making a bow.

—Higurashi. – was his only response and then pointed to the chair in front of him on the other side of the desk.

Nervous about what could happen with her boss.

— What can I help? – something about this man made him hesitate.

— You will stop what you are doing and accompany me.

— Excuse me? -All the fear I felt a moment ago had completely disappeared.

—I think I have been very clear with my wishes, therefore, it is not necessary for me to repeat myself.

— You don't want me to abandon my job when we have Christmas so close.

— I'm your boss, if I tell you to leave it, you will do it.

—What could be so important that you want me to quit my job?

— I'll explain to you on the way, walls have ears. -was his only response and then stood up and walked towards the door.

Sighing, she followed him to the exit. In front of the building, a large black limousine was waiting for them. She watched as he entered without even looking to see if he was coming behind her.

“ No manners” was the first thing he thought when he saw his action.

Without saying anything, he followed him to get into the luxurious car.

— Very well, this is what you need to know. -He spoke while extending a yellow envelope with a sign that said “confidential.”

With a simple nod he took the envelope and emptied its contents, carefully reading each of the pages inside.

—No one knows anything about this, you will be the only person who knows, I will have to trust you. -He looked at her intently waiting for some response from her.

— Don't worry, I won't say anything, although I must say that I don't understand how this problem has to do with me.

—My half-brother didn't stop talking about you during our last family dinner, he let it be known that you, Higurashi-san, were always right when it came to Christmas details.

He must have guessed because of the message he received while walking to the office.

“Inuyasha and his big mouth” was the first thing he thought of.

—So you're telling me you want to take me Christmas shopping for that little girl in that envelope?

—It seems that you are already understanding.

Neither of them spoke again until they reached their destination.

—Does Ito-sama have something on your mind? -She asked, trying to break the awkward silence a little.

—Sesshoumaru. – he corrected.

— Sorry?

— We are not in the office; you can refer to this as Sesshomaru.

— As you wish, do you have something in mind Sesshomaru? – he asked the question again.

— I'm not an expert on this strange human holiday, but I would like to decorate the house for when she returns from school today.

One of the most difficult things was to pretend that she didn't see the demons behind her human disguise, only few knew about that little secret, Inuyasha was one of them, and now she was about to reveal herself in front of her boss and she wasn't sure. his reaction.

— Oh, sometimes he forgot that demons don't celebrate many things. – he responded without looking at him.

—The celebrations were different… —he stopped completely when he analyzed what she had just said—Since when did you know that?

— All the time, since I was a child, I see behind that spell that all of you use.

— Hump. -was her response, she still didn't dare to see him, she was afraid, the soft touch of a hand with claws made her see him.

They looked at each other in silence, him still holding her chin.

—I should have guessed, after all you come from a sanctuary family.

—Do you mean that it doesn't seem strange to you?

— Woman, this makes things easier, now I understand why Inuyasha talks too much about you.

— Inuyasha and his big mouth. – she huffed while crossing her arms to which he could only disagree.

— What is your plan? -he asked again.

Sesshomaru contemplated the question for a moment in silence before answering.

— Tree? I've never decorated, but I'm sure Rin did before she arrived with me, and lately I've smelled sadness coming from her.

Kagome nodded as she scanned the stores around her to see which one they would enter first.

With her heart racing, she dared to take her boss's hand to direct him. At the moment of contact, a small shock ran through her body. Not sure if it had been the same for him, she decided to let it go.

They entered the first store, they spent quite some time deciding on a Christmas tree.

In the end they came out with a huge green pine tree with white frosted tips, many decorations of different sizes, Kagome had discovered that, although he was a demon who said he didn't like human festivities, he was too familiar with Christmas, because she barely I had said little about how to decorate and he was already in action.

Why did you ask him to come? It was a question she constantly asked herself as she watched him enjoying these purchases.

“ I miss the excitement that Christmas shopping gave me,” he lamented, watching how they were filled with more and more paper bags of different sizes.

They didn't stop until they couldn't add anything else in their hands, they had to go to the car to drop everything off before continuing.

—Have you finished your Christmas shopping yet? – he dared to ask.

— I only have the gift for the boys, this year I bought them a video game for both of them. – was his response.

—Don't you buy anything for your family?

—This year it is impossible for me to buy something from them. – she responded as she let sadness take over her.

- Because? Lack of budget? If so, I could cover the expense as a thank you.

—How noble of you, but, it's still painful for me, Christmas was my favorite time of year, feel free to ask Inuyasha if you like, they were with me. -was all he said and then fell silent again.

The rest of their shopping was in an awkward silence that neither of them dared to break, it wasn't until they were in the car when he was the first to speak.

—Jaken, we'll go to the mansion. – he ordered when he closed the door so that the vehicle would move forward.

—Can you drop me off at the office earlier? - asked.

Sesshomaru looked at her in silence before answering.

—Did you forget something, Miss? – Jaken asked from ahead.

— Not really, but I would like to finish my pending tasks before my work schedule ends.

— Tomorrow you will have all day, for today your job will be to decorate my house for Rin. — was the platinum man's response and then he looked at his phone again.

Kagome just sighed. This day would be very long.

The streets were full of people shopping, for the date they were there he was still surprised to see that there were large crowds of people in the streets buying gifts despite the white snow that covered the streets. She couldn't help but think that Sesshomaru had fallen into the same routine as all those people: last minute shopping.

At what point did it occur to her boss that she was good at these things ?

Taking out his cell phone he sent a message to Inuyasha.

“You owe me Inuyasha.”

“I swear I didn’t say anything.” Was his response.

“I would say you talked too much.”

“Was your first experience with your boss that bad?” answered.

“It seems like I'm kidnapped until I'm done here, right now he'll take me to his house.”

"You're kidding, right?" He responded more quickly.

"No"

“That bastard doesn't let anyone step foot in his house, not even Sango and I know it beyond the gardens.” At this response she got nervous, should she feel flattered?

“That's very exaggerated, but you really owe me one.”

And with that message she turned off the phone screen and then returned it to her bag.

Looking out the window again, she could see that they were in an area that she knew very well, surprised by such a discovery that indicated to her that he lived nearby. They passed her family shrine, and a block later they turned right, stopping at the huge house she had loved so much when she was little. It looked like a castle.

— Sesshoumaru? -he spoke once the car stopped.

— Hump.

—Can I go change into more comfortable clothes at home? – he ventured to ask as they both got out of the car.

- That is far away? -he asked in a bad mood.

She denied.

— In fact, it's on the block below, the sanctuary we just passed. -he responded without looking at him.

At that revelation he looked at her surprised.

—Okay, I'll see you in fifteen minutes. – he responded, getting out of the car to enter through the enormous mahogany-colored wooden door.

In silence he walked home, his heart beating so fast he could hear it in his ears.

-xxx-

When she returned he was waiting for her in the living room, along with all her morning purchases.

— Shall we begin?

The first thing they put in was the pine tree, decorating it took just as much time as when they picked it out at the store, Kagome discovered that he liked everything to look perfect.

But above all, he discovered that Inuyasha exaggerated everything he said about his brother. He was cold, yes, but he was not a ruthless man as everyone in the office made him out to be. There he discarded one of his many theories about his boss.

Without much encouragement she would decorate other people's houses for Christmas, that made her sad. How many years had she spent decorating so that her family could enjoy the beautiful decorations she got? A part of her Christmas spirit died there, with her family on the road, the other still lived to give Sota and Shippo that joy that she knew they would miss just like her.

The first year, the first times were always more painful.

—What makes you sad? – he asked as they took more decorations out of the bags.

— Oh it's not important. – he responded while rubbing his eyes to wipe away the tears that threatened to fall.

— That “it's not important” made you sad and made you cry, plus I can smell the lie in your aroma.

— It's nothing, it's just that this time of year is difficult for me this year. —I speak, pulling out a huge red bow—Where do you want to put this? - Topic change.

— We'll put it on the door.

It seems that he understood the message by not wanting to talk more about the topic that made her sad. Luckily for him the rest of the decoration was quick.

— I think Rin is lucky — I look at all the finished decoration —, you should let her write a letter to ask Santa for gifts. – he advised.

He just nodded and just when he was going to add something else his phone interrupted him.

—Didn't I ask not to be bothered? -I ask in a bad mood.

I watch him frown deeper as he listens to what they were saying on the other end of the line.

— No, tell him to make an appointment until after the new year, and you better solve it. – and with those words he hung up.

— Since we're done, I think it's time for you to go home. I'm sure you'll pick up Rin soon.

He just nodded, walking her to the door.

— Higurashi-san, I'll see you tomorrow at the office.

Walking home in silence, meditating on the strange day she had had without knowing how to take it, she was impressed by her boss's behavior. At the end of the day, many of the assumptions she had made thanks to the bad comments from her colleagues were wrong.

Sesshomaru was hard on the outside, but soft on the inside, they just had to look deeper. After all, he was a yōkai, a very old one, he owed that armor to all the millennia he had already lived.

That night Kagome dreamed for the first time in months about a huge silver dog.

-xxx-

The next morning in the office everything was chaos, she could hear her colleagues talking about her while they pointed at her.

— Dating the boss has its benefits, right Higurashi-san? – a girl spoke behind him.

—I don't know what you mean, Yura. – he blurted out without stopping looking at his computer.

— Don't act stupid, everyone here saw how you went to his office and then left and didn't come back. -spoke another woman joining Yura.

—And to think that you looked so holy. – Yura spoke again.

Kagome sighed, stopping her work to look at them.

—What the boss and I did is none of your business.

— You're a bitch, do you think that because you sleep with him you can treat us however you please?

He was about to answer when he felt Sesshomaru's annoyed yuki.

— Sakasagami-san, Onigumo-san, I hope you both have the report I requested finished because I want to see it right now.

— I- Ito-sama, but that report is for next week…

— Now, I said. —I say without looking at Kagome yet—if you have time to question what I do or don't do with my employees, I'm sure your job is finished. -I added and then looked at the jet-black woman.

And without saying anything else he turned around to walk towards the advisor.

"Bitch..." one said again.

— I'm waiting for the report, you have ten minutes and if you are late you will be punished. -I speak from where I was waiting for the elevator door to open.

With a smile she returned to doing her work.

Sesshomaru was a mystery, after a day with him she wanted to know more about him, inevitably her heart accelerated like never before.

The ringing of her phone brought her out of her thoughts.

— Good morning, this is Higurashi. How can I help you? -He cursed himself internally when he saw that it was Sesshomaru who was speaking to him.

— If you have a problem with them again, don't hesitate to tell me. – was the only thing he said and then cut the call.

“ What just happened?”

With his heart racing he tries to concentrate on his work again without success.

Looking at the clock he realized that it was his departure time, he quickly closed everything to go home, tomorrow would be another day and he could finish what he couldn't this day.

He almost ran away from the office, he didn't want to run into anyone.

—Kagome! – that was Inuyasha calling her from the door.

“ Now what does Inuyasha want?” he thought.

— Kagome Why are you taking so long? I'm waiting for you, we still have some pending purchases for before Christmas.

“And here we go again with the shopping, doesn't he realize that he hurts me?”

Without giving her a chance to respond, he took her by the arm and led her to his car, forcing her to get in. It would be a very long and tedious afternoon.

— Do you already have all the gifts for this year? – he asked while starting the car.

— I thought I told you that this year I would give only one gift for both of us. – he responded with a snort.

— Come on Kags, won't you give anything to your nephews? – he asked astonished.

For the platinum son's children, Kagome was their aunt, they had always told her that way and had never corrected them, after all she loved them as if they were her real nephews; Every year she bought them gifts from Santa to have in their house, she asked them to make a boot with their name on it to hang on the tree so that Santa Claus would come to their house too and leave them toys. But this year he had no motivation for that, no doubt buying gifts reminded him of his family, and now his boss.

Without knowing why something prompted her to continue and try to have fun with Inuyasha, maybe she would manage to find something for Rin too.

— Kagome, are you going to tell me what my brother needed yesterday?

— I can't talk about that, first of all he asked me to keep this matter between him and me, if you want to know so much, ask him.

—He won't tell me anything, you know that. -He responded rudely.

—This time I won't say anything either.

— By the way, Kagome, is it true that he defended you in the office today? – he asked, parking the car.

The raven's cheeks turned pink.

— I wouldn't call it defending, rather he heard the horrible gossip that was being whispered about us at the outing yesterday and he got upset, hell even you would have been upset if you had listened!

—Are you talking about the gossip where they say that you and my brother are having an affair? — she just nodded — damn, of course I was upset when I heard that Sara and Shiori were talking about that possibility! Hell, in the end my dumb half-brother hates relationships with humans, I don't want to be in all those people's shoes when Sesshomaru finds out.

Not understanding why Kagome was saddened by Inuyasha's words.

They entered a toy store and Inuyasha went to the weapons aisle while she went to look elsewhere.

“ What might Rin like?” he asked himself as he looked at the barbies.

Making the decision to send a message to Sesshomaru, he took out his cell phone and sent him some photos of what he had liked for the girl.

“Rin loves Barbies, Rapunzel.

“Oh what a surprise, just like me, now my curiosity about her increases, I want to meet her.”

"Are you alone?"

“No, Inuyasha is with me,” he sent the message and continued writing. “It was a trick so I could tell him what you wanted the other day to get me out of the office.”

“Are you in the center?”

"Yeah"

“Don't say anything to Inuyasha, I'll be here in a few minutes.”

And with that they ended their conversation, a smile adorning their lips.

— Kagome, what the hell is going on? "I've been talking to you for quite some time," he claimed, crossing his arms. "Who were you talking to?"

— Oh I'm sorry Inuyasha, I just got excited when I looked at the barbies. – tried to change the topic.

— It's not going to work this time, who were you talking to?

Her blue eyes widened when she saw herself uncovered and she was about to speak, however not a word came out of her mouth because someone else spoke behind her back.

— You better leave her alone, she is not your wife so she should explain herself to you.

—What are you doing here bastard? -he asked in a bad mood.

Kagome laughed at her best friend's ease of anger.

- Do not care.

Inuyasha remained silent, trying to understand, turning to look at Kagome again, closing his eyes at his best friend's amused look, he was able to get an idea.

— Damn, is the office gossip true? Are you two dating? -He asked without stopping to look at her.

— Yes. – was Sesshomaru's immediate response behind his back, he was upset.

— That? – She asked with her eyes wide in surprise.

— Look bastard, I'm not for your games, Kagome is my best friend and I won't let you play with her, you better not lie.

—This is not your concern Inuyasha, however, you save me from going to your house, this year the Christmas festivities will be at my house, bring your family.

—That smells bad to me, since when do you celebrate Christmas? -He asked rudely, crossing his arms.

Kagome walked to stand next to Sesshomaru to look at Inuyasha.

— It's never too late for Christmas Inuyasha. -she reprimanded.

— Damn what I was missing, why didn't you tell me that you are dating? We're supposed to be best friends. -he claimed.

Inuyasha was being more difficult than usual, the topic of his brother was a touchy subject, he always made him upset and he didn't understand why Sesshomaru had lied to him about dating, he had never asked him and they had only gone Christmas shopping just a month ago. day ago, the hell I didn't know him until yesterday and now it occurred to him to say that they were dating. What was on his mind?

Without saying any more words, Inuyasha left in annoyance, something that disconcerted her quite a bit. Sesshomaru's hand on her shoulder stopped her from going after him.

— Let him go, I'm sure he'll call you later. -He assured to reassure her.

She turned to face the platinum girl, she was angry. “Why did you lie to your brother about dating?”

— I don't want to discuss this with you in a toy store, let's buy Rin's gift and I'll take you somewhere else to talk.

Not very convinced, she decided to agree—You owe me an explanation.

They continued shopping, this time it was less awkward than the day before, everything seemed to flow better, and she began to enjoy searching for gifts again.

With several bags in her hands, Sesshomaru took her to the parking lot where her car was waiting for them.

Once they were in the privacy of the back of the car she spoke, resuming the conversation they had pending.

— And good?

—I said what he wanted to hear to make him leave. -He responded without looking at her.

— You cannot be serious.

— Miko, I never lie.

— Well, you just did it to Inuyasha, you and I know that he is a very tough nut to crack.

Sesshomaru was quiet for a moment before answering, considering the possibilities.

—I doubt that will ever become a lie.

— What are you planning? -She asked, looking at him while narrowing her eyes.

— You will know in due time.

Something Kagome hated was mysteries and lies and this demon in front of her just did exactly that. And it was eating her from the inside.

She watched him look at his watch and then she pressed a button and the allure of glamor was gone.

— What the hell are you doing?

— Using glamor is exhausting for my yōki, I feel oppressed all the time, it is liberating to be able to let go from time to time.

Silence reigned once again, each one looking out the window at the outside bathed in white.

— Where we go? -he finally asked after a long moment.

—We will pick Rin up from school.

At the mention of the girl she remained silent again, she did not expect to ever meet the little girl, but it seemed that he was determined to involve her more and more.

Some time later they arrived at a huge school building, watching the demon as he put on his glamor again and then got out of the car.

I still didn't understand why such beautiful creatures had to hide from this world with that type of spell.

It didn't take long for her to return, the first person to enter was the little girl. When she looked at her, her eyes looked sad, she saw herself reflected there, without a doubt the poor girl was suffering.

Rin was beautiful, her height was perhaps between her brother and Shippo, therefore, she was not that tall, she had beautiful hazel eyes, her hair was mostly worn down, except for a small high ponytail tied with a ribbon. orange and yellow.

— You must be Rin, I've heard great things about you. -she greeted, trying to cheer up the girl.

But she seemed to ignore her, and she understood after all she was a stranger to her.

—Rin, this is Kagome, the person who helped me decorate for you yesterday.

The girl just looked at her for a long moment before giving a slight nod.

The rest of the way was silent, Sesshomaru was busy with a call that seemed too urgent and the little girl was quietly looking out the window and from time to time he caught her looking at her.

When she least waited, the car stopped in front of her house and she got out without saying a word.

-xxx-

It was night when the phone rang, upset, he got up to take the call.

— Bastard, we need to talk and before you refuse it's important.

And with those words he hung up the phone.

“See you at the bar near your house” he received a message from his brother.

Sighing, he changed his sleeping clothes for jeans and a loose white t-shirt with red hexagons with plum blossoms in the center. Before leaving, he took a look at Rin in her room. Once he checked that everything was in order, he walked out. the dark streets on his way to meet his despicable half-brother.

— I thought you weren't coming and I was preparing to go look for you.

—This is Inuyasha. What do you want? -He responded angrily while ordering a beer at the bar.

—It's about Kagome. – that completely caught his attention.

—What does she have to do with you talking to me at this hour?

— Come on, you should have noticed something was wrong when you mentioned Christmas dinner.

—She has avoided everything about Christmas, from everything you say about her I always thought she loved Christmas, but when I took her out of the office to help me decorate my house she seemed miserable.

—And it didn't occur to you to ask what was happening? —he asked and then took a sip of his own beer—wait, you did what?

— If I asked her, I'm not stupid, but she didn't want to say anything, she immediately told me that if I wanted to know something I should ask you.

Inuyasha sighed.

— Her family died a few months ago, she was left alone with her little brother and won a lawsuit to adopt the son of her parents' best friends, this will be her first Christmas alone without her family, I have tried to put her out of her misery, but It's a tough nut to crack.

—And what does this have to do with me? -I ask without understanding.

— I have known her for four years, and today I saw old Kagome in the shopping center with you, you better not suffer with you because she already suffered a lot, we were on the verge of losing her the first months after the accident, and I couldn't bear to see her miserable again and less because of you.

A silence surrounded both platinums, neither dared to break it for a long time.

—When you said you were dating, was it true?

— No, but I hope to do it soon. – he confessed, taking a last sip of his beer.

—Do you mean that you have chosen her? -he asked in amazement.

The older man just nodded silently as he motioned to the waiter to bring them another round of beers.

— Damn, this is something I never expected, Kagome is an excellent woman, she is too powerful, a priestess descended from the clan that guarded the Shikon.

—She confessed that she can see behind the disguise. Since when did she know that?

— Oh this makes it even simpler, she doesn't say that as soon as she meets you, she told me a year after we met, it's her most valuable secret.

For the first time in years, both brothers were talking calmly, without a doubt Kagome would be the culprit of this fact, she was the raven girl.

— Don't forget that this year Christmas will be at my house, I want you to meet someone, Kagome is not the only one who has had changes in her life in recent months.

— What do you mean, idiot?

— You'll know at dinner, don't be late, this time work won't be an excuse. – he joked as he stood up to leave the bar.

For Sesshomaru, discovering that she had lost her family meant a lot, he had so much in common with Rin, perhaps she would be the help that the little girl needed so much.

In his long life he never imagined that one day he would be in the position he was in now, his father would be laughing at him right now, of that he had no doubt.

Now that his beast had awakened and resonated when he met the miko, he was so surprised to discover that that part that he thought did not exist was just waiting for the right person, giving him a peace of mind that he never expected to experience.

He had always hated his brother and everything he had, he would never tell him, but without knowing it he had become everything he wanted to be so much, from when his father was alive he was the spoiled one until now boasting of having a family of his own, something that, with the passage of time, had become a dream as he was unable to awaken his beast so that it could successfully impregnate the females that at the time had seemed like a good match to have his child.

But now here he was suffering from the desire of his beast that had been awake for almost four years and now he knew why. She had been working for him for four years, but the awakening of his beast had made him so upset and he had forced himself to lock himself away from the world at all times because he did not know the whereabouts of the person who had awakened from his dream to his most primitive part. and something inside him refused to wander in search of it.

Discovering that the cause of all his bad mood worked for him had been a complete surprise. The day he met her, his restless being calmed down and vibrated in tune with her energy. He wasn't sure if she could sense it, but she reacted as if she knew.

It wasn't until later when she revealed that she could see behind her disguise that everything began to make sense, she was a powerful miko and now he knew why she was responding to her aura with her own, he hadn't felt her spiritual powers until she rebelled. his little secret.

“Where will he live?” was the question that flooded him at the moment.

He was so focused on not being so obvious that he was sure he looked distracted.

"Will I have to thank Inuyasha for this?" He contemplated the idea for a long moment and then discarded it, the puppy did not need to know that because of him he had met his soulmate.

With the unexpected arrival of Rin into his life, everything he thought he knew came crashing down. Without a doubt, he had never been interested in celebrating any human holiday. However, he would have to make an exception for Rin, that's what he believed at first.

Rin came into his life as a result of the traffic accident of the only person he had the privilege of calling a friend; Kagura. Although at first he met her at a speed dating place with the aim of selecting a partner, everything turned out completely different, in the end they both discovered that they were not compatible enough to be more than friends and began a looser relationship, she told him everything what happens in his life, even if he didn't care. When she discovered that she would be a mother, joy completely overwhelmed her while he was invaded by jealousy, he tried to hide it, but in the end it turned out that she knew him too well.

The day she died was devastating for him, and it turned out that she had him responsible for her daughter if something happened to her. Rin was a happy and hyperactive girl before the accident, but afterward she seemed quite the opposite, something that disconcerted him. everyone who had contact with the little girl. The little girl's silence was killing him, it wasn't until the Christmas season began that he could smell a change in her: longing and sadness. He automatically thought that maybe celebrating Christmas this year wouldn't be a bad idea.

And that's how he came to the conclusion that Kagome would have to help him, after all his brother never stops talking about how much the woman loves the holiday.

At the end of the day she had quite enjoyed the little girl's reaction when she got home, she was able to hear her speak again, thank her and cry in her arms.

An urgent need to protect her and keep her happy arose within him.

Kagome would be the key.

-xxx-

Something he never expected was the gossip in the office. He knew beforehand that his employees were too nosy in other people's affairs, but he never expected to be a target for their hallway gossip. He could hear them all from his office, but he could hear them all. What bothered him the most was hearing how they were treating Kagome, she was defending herself well, but his instincts called him to intercede and defend her, so he did what he wanted and defended her.

From the faces of all his workers, none of them expected to see him there at that moment, perhaps they would stop talking for a long time about the matter, after all he knew that they were afraid of him.

In the solitude of his office he thought about all the time Higurashi Kagome had working for him and had never seen him, it was strange because he always ran into his employees, even if he avoided them, if he had known her before the pain she was in. causing the beast would have been avoided.

And the best thing was discovering that she lived close to his house, if he managed to accept her courtship he wouldn't be so far away to visit her. A detail that made the process much easier.

“Would it be wise to invite her to dinner?”

Picking up his phone to type his invitation, he was surprised to see a message coming in from her.

It was a photo asking for your opinion for a toy for Rin.

A smile adorned her face, she didn't know the little girl, but she was still worried looking for a detail for her.

“Rin loves Barbies , Rapunzel .” Was his quick response.

“Oh what a surprise, just like me, now my curiosity about her increases, I want to meet her,” pleased with that information, he smiled.

"Are you alone?" The idea of going with her entered his head.

“No, Inuyasha is with me” he received the message, but he saw that she was still writing “It was a trick to get me to tell him what you wanted the other day to get me out of the office”

“Are you in the center?” He didn't want her to be with Inuyasha.

“Yes” was his quick response and as he wrote in response he walked towards the door to grab his coat and leave.

“Don't say anything to Inuyasha, I'll be here in a few minutes,” he sent the message and got into the car.

It didn't take him long to arrive, and when he did he found her easily.

His brother's presence irritated him because he was disturbing her, he decided to rescue her one more time that day.

— You better leave her alone, she is not your wife so she should explain herself to you. – He spoke to her making her turn to look at him.

—What are you doing here bastard? -he asked in a bad mood.

He could hear the small laugh coming from Kagome.

— Do not care. -was the quick response he got.

Inuyasha remained silent, looking at both of us, trying to understand what was happening.

— Damn, is the office gossip true? Are you two dating? -He asked without stopping to look at her, my beast growled.

— Yes. – I responded annoyed, I wanted him to leave.

— That? -She asked with her eyes open in surprise looking at me.

— Look bastard, I'm not for your games, Kagome is my best friend and I won't let you play with her, you better not lie.

—This is not your concern Inuyasha, however, you save me from going to your house, this year the Christmas festivities will be at my house, bring your family.

—That smells bad to me, since when do you celebrate Christmas? -He asked rudely, crossing his arms, he could smell his anger.

Kagome walked to stand next to Sesshomaru to look at Inuyasha.

— It's never too late for Christmas Inuyasha. -she reprimanded.

— Damn what I was missing, why didn't you tell me that you are dating? We're supposed to be best friends. -he claimed.

Inuyasha remained silent after that, contemplating both of them and then turned to leave, he was upset, and she was about to go after him with my hand on her shoulder, I stopped her.

There I decided that Rin and Kagome had to meet each other, maybe that would help them both.

After finishing shopping we headed to pick Rin up from school, however, it didn't turn out as I expected.

As soon as the little girl saw her, she became too serious and didn't say a word. I would have to work more on bringing them closer.

It wasn't until later that Inuyasha took him out of the comfort of his home to see him in a bar that was close to home.

“What do you want to talk about?”

With that thought he left the house in a hurry.

Finding out that Kagome and Rin shared something was quite revealing. He never imagined that something could have affected the woman to such a degree, to him Kagome seemed like a strong woman.

Although he never celebrated any of this, this year could be the first.

He remembered that Rin had written a Christmas letter the night he saw the tree, he went for the small envelope to read what it said inside.

  Dear Santa, I'm not sure if you will read my letter, I still dare to write to you, my wishes for this Christmas are not toys, I just want to have a family again, mom is gone and will never come back, I love Uncle Sesshomaru, but He doesn't seem happy either, he looks lonely.

I want him to also get excited about Christmas like I used to do when I was a mom.

That was all the little letter said. Rin was an impressive and intelligent girl for her age. Without a doubt he loved her more every day.

Rin was his first daughter and he was learning many things with her.

Determined to end Rin's suffering he began to draw up his plan, he had an idea.

And with that idea he went to bed.

-xxx-

It was Thursday, there were two days left until Christmas and she still didn't know what she would make for dinner, she was surprised to have completely forgotten about dinner, it had never happened to her, this year had definitely not been her year.

His phone vibrated in his pocket as he was about to leave the house.

It was a message from Sesshomaru “I'll pick you up, I'll be there in five.” A smile graced her lips and her pulse accelerated. She had never experienced anything like that with any other man, in this case yōkai, she was more than surprised.

He returned to the bathroom to look in the mirror, checking that everything was in its place.

The doorbell rang.

— Good morning Sesshomaru. – he greeted opening the door.

— Good morning Kagome. – He responded offering his arm to walk to the car.

— You surprised me this morning, I didn't expect you to pick me up.

— Speaking of surprises, I was wondering if you already had plans for Christmas dinner.

— Not really, in fact, after work I was planning to go buy something at the supermarket to cook.

—Nonsense, you'll have dinner with me, I'll pick you up and your brother at 8, I won't take no for an answer.

— I don't think it's wise, we barely know each other. – tried to refuse.

— There is no better way to get to know each other better than this. – was his response, it seemed that he was beginning to get impatient.

She remained silent for a few minutes, meditating on what he had just told her.

“ Why would you want them to get to know each other more?”

— I will accept only on the condition that you let me bring some food, I can't allow you to cook everything for us.

A wolfish smile graced his face.

— That seems perfect to me.

His day at the office went faster than he planned, he began to wonder what his boss was up to, but he couldn't make it clear so he stopped thinking about it.

Taking her phone out of her bag she wrote a message to Inuyasha.

“We have to talk, I'll see you on the roof.”

And just as he sent the message he left his place to go up the service stairs.

When she arrived Inuyasha was already waiting for her.

—What is so important?

— I don't know what's happening, but this morning your brother picked me up to come to work and invited me to spend Christmas with him.

- That? Are we talking about the same person?

— Inuyasha this is serious, I don't know why, but I'm excited about it. – she accepted embarrassed.

Inuyasha's eyes widened.

— Incredible, you don't know that yet, right?

— Know what?

— You are responding as if you were a demon, I have never seen anything like it, especially knowing that you are a miko, Kagome, you are responding to my brother's energy, that only leaves one response as a result, you are his soulmate.

The shock at her best friend's words was quite enough.

— Don't play, we know that's just a myth.

— Kagome, deny it all you want, I just hope that in the end you don't regret anything.

With those words Inuyasha left and soon she also followed him, still thinking about the topic of soulmates.

-xxx-

She was nervous, Shippo and Sota were more than happy to spend the night at Inuyasha's family's house, she hadn't told them that it was actually her boss's house.

And as promised Sesshomaru had arrived promptly at 8 o'clock for them, he was wearing a gray suit with a blue shirt and his tie was white with red hexagonal designs with cherry blossoms in the center. She didn't have her glamor on, she was impressive.

Suddenly I needed to drink water.

— Time to leave. – I called to the children who excitedly went down the stairs to meet the strange visitor at the entrance.

— Children, I want to introduce you to Sesshomaru, he is Inuyasha's brother.

— Fabulous, it's a daiyōkai. – Shippo spoke fascinated.

— It's a pleasure to meet you guys, are you ready? – he asked, addressing the jet-black woman once again.

With a slight feeling she closed the door and walked holding the platinum's hand, the children walked in front excitedly.

Once again his heart was beating a mile an hour.

The short walk to their house was quick, and the children ran inside shouting about how beautiful the huge house was.

She was laughing.

— Come on? – he invited him, offering his arm for him to take.

The moment they touched each other again, a current ran through them both and this time there was a glow in their hands.

— What was that? – I asked surprised.

—They are our energies calling each other. – was his response.

— calling each other?

— Hump . – he responded with a feeling and resuming his step.

—Why would our energies be called if they are opposite? -I ask with a frown without understanding.

—What do you know about demons? – he ventured to ask him.

— Not much, just the basics, I know that our energies are opposite and are destined to hurt each other, but what just happened is anything but painful.

— Well, yes that is correct, however, have you heard of soulmates?

— It can't be, you too? Inuyasha said something about that in the morning and now you.

— You don't believe in it? – He asked with a small smile adorning his lips.

— Do you? – I avoid the question with another.

— Yes, I believe in them, although I was on the verge of believing that it was just a myth, something that did not exist.

—So I'm supposed to think that Rin's mom was the lucky one?

— No, Rin's mother was just an excellent friend, the person who woke up my beast was someone else.

— Beast?

When he was about to answer, someone greeted him behind him.

—Aunt Kagome! -Inuyasha's children shouted as they ran to hug her.

Sesshomaru raised a thin eyebrow at such behavior.

—Uncle Maru! – They also greeted, although not in the same way as they did with her.

— Kagome, what a surprise. – Sango greeting.

Inuyasha just looked at them both and offered a bow in greeting.

They all entered and were greeted by several children playing, running from side to side.

—Gome, since when did you have three? – Inuyasha spoke with annoyance.

A clearing of the throat from the older Inu interrupted what she was going to say and the children stopped instantly.

—Rin, I want you to meet someone.

The little girl hid behind Sota

— Rin? — the raven woman called, approaching her — I see that you have already met Sota, my brother, and Shippo my son.

The little girl nodded, looking at her calmly. —Will you also be Rin's mother? – I ask in a whisper.

Sesshomaru knelt next to Kagome — Would you like to be? -I ask looking at the jet.

—But, we barely know each other. -she whispered.

—Hey lovebirds, we're here . – Inuyasha called annoyed.

Everyone laughed at that comment.

— Yes, I have a family again! -the little girl shouted to everyone's surprise.

And without waiting any longer Sesshomaru kissed Kagome, surprising everyone with the act.

The dinner passed calmly and to everyone's surprise Sesshomaru turned out to have an excellent Christmas spirit.