InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Heart Healed Over ❯ Toronto's Nichome ( Chapter 32 )
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By: FullMetalArm 
Figure out what Nichome means readers!
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Hentai / Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 05.04.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 5.4K | Visits: 226 | Status: Completed
Figure out what Nichome means readers!
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Hentai / Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 05.04.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 5.4K | Visits: 226 | Status: Completed
Okay 32 readers of my other story, it’ll be updated soon. And the Constantine name had nothing to do with the movie, I flipped through the dictionary and it seemed to be the only surname to fit with Gerald. And Saras comment was based on the fact that Sesshomarus face seems a bit fuller, that’s it. He ain’t getting fat people and he ain’t showing yet!
Chapter 32
Toronto was definitely a much more relaxing place than Tokyo. Well it would have been had Sesshomaru been allowed to sleep with his mate for a full night. Despite his normal misgivings about Seiya been overly protective of him, Sesshomaru knew that it was vital for the two of them to spend as much time as possible together, so the child would bond with both parents. That’s how it normally went with demon and hanyou children. As the child grew inside the ‘carrier’ parent, it would bond with both parents through their nightly routines. Not the sexual routines, mainly when they slept, how the parents slept told the child just how much it was loved and the strength of its parents relationship and devotion towards it.
This was all subconsciously learned by the child, but when it was born it’s actions towards the parents was a signal of how their relationship would evolve over time. Basically it broke down into, a respectful, loving child meant a strong relationship, and a little brat meant they needed to work on things . Of course, with what Seiya had been doing some nights, Sesshomaru worried for future children.
The two had to be extremely careful around Seiyas other family members. Seiyas grandfather was generous and kind to Rin and Sesshomaru. He told Rin that she could call him Great-grandfather, and told Sesshomaru that the two were always welcome. It did scare the demon and teenager when he first spoke to them because they didn’t expect him to know fluent Japanese, yet if you looked at his son-in-laws the knowledge was required.
Speaking of in-laws, Sesshomaru wasn’t too sure about Jessy and Saras parents. His Uncle Jiro was nice enough to them, yet the demon couldn’t shake the feeling that the Roberts older brother knew what he was. The real problem was with his Aunt Valerie, again a nice lady, very kind to Rin and Sesshomaru, but when Robert, Michelle, or Yari were present the woman immediately left the room. Everybody knew what her problem was, but they didn’t discuss the womans problems with Seiyas family. Sesshomaru however could empathize, he despised his Inuyasha and his human mother, but he got over it after many years of loneliness and having to hang around the hanyou due to Seiyas relationship with him.
Now it was over a week later, and the demon had to deal with only a slight brush of his mates skin against his own when they were near each other. For awhile they attempted to at least kiss in private, but for some reason the inhabitants of the house seemed to disrupt them just as they were about to start kissing or hold each other. The pair had even tried to sneak into one anothers rooms at night, yet those plans were foiled by either Gerald, Valerie, or Jiro wandering the halls, forcing the two to make up some stupid excuse about being up before heading right back to bed.
Last nights attempt was somewhat successful, Seiya was able to sneak into Sesshomarus room for a few moments of cuddling and kissing before heading back into his own room. Now, in the mid morning hours, Sesshomaru was sitting on one of the wicker chairs that were placed on the porch. He was watching Rin chase after a couple of German Sheperds, while Seiya sat on the grass talking to his cousins and aunt.
Sipping at his tea, Sesshomaru looked up to find Gerald smiling down at him while asking, “Care to join an old man in a game of chess?” Setting his cup to the side, Sesshomaru allowed the old man to set up the board. He’d played this form of chess with Seiya, it was one of the few games the human was able to easily beat him at, so he knew how the pieces worked. Setting up the last piece, Gerald said, “I must say it’s nice to see my grand son so happy.” Sesshomaru looked down to find the old man had moved one of his pawns forward.
Moving his own Sesshomaru remained silent as the man said, “It’s a shame really, the lives my grand children live. Of course I have six others and a few great grand children. But those three have had an especially difficult life with being of my blood.” Sesshomaru removed one of the old mans bishops while taking a sip from his tea. Looking up the old man asked, “I’m surprised that you aren’t asking me anything. I assumed you’d be probing my mind since you and my grand son are lovers.”
Choking on his tea, Sesshomaru stared blankly at a now laughing old man. Calming down after a moments worth of laughter the old man said, “Do not worry, I could care less what my grand son does in his personal life. Just be careful of where you go about certain activities, the house keepers report everything to my wife. And, I already told one of the butlers to put your things in Seiyas room.”
Watching as the old man took a rook the demon said, “I thank you Gerald-san for your understanding. It’s true that Seiya and I are more than lovers, in fact you can say that we are life partners to be politically correct. You can also tell by Rins actions that she’s our adopted daughter, but I must ask what problems do Seiya and the others have with your family?”
Frowning as he lost his queen, Gerald took a knight as he said, “When Anna married Robert, my wife went on a tirade. My wife is very old fashioned when it comes to relationships, male and female only, no mixed couples, she’s a sweet heart of a woman, but her views are lacking evolution. So, you can imagine what happened when my other Valerie married Jiro. Our only two daughters married to Japanese men and having mixed children, not a good combination. So, she disowned my daughters, my sons on the other hand well one is like his mother and the other two are as open minded as me. Although the support of myself and her brothers helped, Anna was still heart broken over her mothers stupidity.”
Sipping at his tea again before checking the old man, Sesshomaru asked, “I take it your wife’s actions actually caused your daughters death to occur faster than it should have?” Stopping his hand over a pawn the old man let out a sad sigh. Sesshomaru immediately said, “Forgive me I had no right to mention that.”
Waving it aside the old man said, “It’s fine, it’s been twelve years. I’m over it but at the memories of the torture my wife put her through still gets my blood boiling.” Putting his hand in on the table Gerald said, “My daughter suffered for two years from cancer, I spent most of my time in Japan taking care of Seiya and visiting her. The same with Valerie and her brothers, but not once did my wife call to check up on her, visit her or even showed she cared. She didn’t even bother to go to the funeral. After that I couldn’t live with the woman anymore. She still stops by occasionally, but much of the love I once had is gone. Now you may ask why we’re still married, well I hold took my vows seriously. But her denying the existence of my daughters and grandchildren is something she will never be forgiven for.”
Losing all interest in the game, Sesshomaru knocked over his king before saying, “Well, I know where she’s coming from. I have a half brother whom I despised for many years, but after your grandson came into my life, we’ve managed to get over most of our problems. Our relationship is not perfect, and never will be, there’s a sense of respect between the two of us.” Grunting, the old man put the pieces away before heading quietly back into the house.
Staring out at the lawn, Sesshomaru was surprised to find that his mate and his cousins were detested by members of their own family. And, it was all because they were of mixed blood, granted Sesshomaru had hated Inuyasha because of his mixed blood, but he was human and demon, not two different breeds of demon. After, thinking about it the demon realized the hypocrisy of his past actions since he was now carrying a hanyou child himself.
Setting his cup down, Sesshomaru made his way across the lawn towards the small gathering of humans. The younger humans had recently been joined by Michelle and from what his ears told him they were planning on going into the city. Settling next to his mate, Sesshomaru pulled the boy into him. The action shocked Seiya so much that he asked, “What if the others see?” Chuckling, Sesshomaru placed a small kiss on his mates head before turning to the conversation.
Michelle laughed at the scene as she said, “Seiya you’re around us, and we don’t care. Just don’t start doing it because I don’t want Yari to start crying.” Sticking his tongue out at the woman, Seiya wrapped his arm around Sesshomarus waist as Michelle said, “So we’re going into town in about twenty minutes?”
Draining the rest of his Coke, Jessy nodded before saying, “Yeah, there’s something going on and I thought it’d be fun to see. We’ve never been to it and it’s supposed to be really interesting. Only problem is that we need to divide up into two groups so we can all see different things while having me or Sara act as guide.” Seiya looked around, and grabbed Sesshomaru in a protective manner, laughing Jessy said, “Sorry dude, but you and RIn are with me while these three go off and look around themselves.”
Glaring at his cousin Seiya asked, “Why can’t guys go with guys, and the girls with the girls?” It was a valid argument. The men could go and see what they wanted to do while the girls could do the same thing. It made no sense to the demon as to why he was stuck going around town with the two women around some strange city. After a few moments of thought though an idea as to why it was to be done this way surfaced in his mind.
Kissing Seiyas head he said, “It’s fine that things go this way.” Staring at his mate Seiya was about to complain when the demon said, “Don’t worry about me. I can handle one more day without being close to you. Besides I have to buy you a gift for Saturday and I don’t want you to see it.” Not saying anything, Seiya got to his feet and headed towards the cars with a look of utter confusion plastered to his face.
The trip was taken in a van of all things, and needless to say with five full grown adults, a teenage girl, a month old baby, and baby supplies thrown into it, the trip wasn’t exactly comfortable. Rin was squashed next to Yari, who was sandwiched between the girl and his mother. Sesshomaru and Seiya had a bit more room in the middle seat, but with Jessy needing to look out the back the two had to sort of slouch, while Jessy and Sara sat comfortably in the front.
After a forty five minute drive the group pulled into a parking lot next to a convenience store. The people in the back clambered out stretching and groaning from the long trip. Recovering first, Seiya noticed a whole lot of interesting things. The first were rainbow flags plastered on every building, the next was the fact that there were a lot of men and women holding hands, problem was they were holding hands with members of the same sex. But the thing that shocked the human the most was the fact that there were floats with drag queens, dykes on bikes, and everything Seiya had avoided his whole life.
Gulping loudly, Seiya dropped his face while pointing at the crowd and saying, “Jessy what the fuck are we doing here?” The priest however didn’t voice his answer, all he did was smile and watch as a sign saying, “Thank You For Participating In This Years Pride Week!” drive on by. Smacking his cousin in the head, Seiya looked around to find Rin questioning Sara as to why a lady had an Adams apple, while Sesshomaru and Michelle pointed at guys and compared them. Picking his cousin off the ground Seiya shook the priest while shouting in English, “WHY THE HELL DID YOU BRING US HERE?!”
Pushing himself away from his cousin, Jessy straightened his collar before saying, “Oh get a grip cousin. I thought it would be fun to see this thing live. I’m always in town around this time of year and I’ve never been to this district. Besides it’s cheaper to drink at gay bars than in straight ones, although I get hit on by drag queens a lot.” Almost falling to the ground, Seiya felt Sesshomaru grab him around the waist and place a small kiss on his head.
Seiya was about to ask the demon if he was okay being there, but he was silenced when the demon said, “Don’t get upset. I find this part of town interesting, and since you’ve never taken us to the one back home, we can use this time to interact with others like us.” Pouting at his mates reaction, Seiya separated himself from the demon and stomped over to his cousin.
Grabbing the priest by the ear, Seiya shouted, “Let’s go Rin! We’ll see Father and everyone else in three hours!” Running after her papa, Rin said good bye to everyone as she settled into a brisk walk next to the disgruntled cripple.
When the three were out of sight, the women and Sesshomaru took off on their own journey through the Gay District of Toronto. Sesshomaru couldn’t see what Seiyas problem was with being there, despite seeing the occasional gender benders and people dressed in leather it was just like any other place he’d been in the modern era. Looking over his shoulder he asked, “What exactly are all the festivities for?”
Falling into place next to the demon Sara said, “A lot of cities in this country have a week devoted to couples like you and Seiya. The favorite saying during those parades is, ‘We’re here, we’re queer, get used to it.’ It’s pretty fun, and you meet a whole bunch of interesting characters during this time of year. But since today’s the last day, most people will be following the parade around the city leaving this area busy, but not crowded.”
Glancing around, Sesshomaru did see a sudden dissipation in the amount of bodies in the area. He was glad too, since even though it’d been nearly two weeks, he still felt a bit self conscious about his hair being the length it was. He liked the way he looked, it’s just that with it this length he was starting to hear people whispering strange things about him. He didn’t know what they were saying, but he knew by the tones and giggles that the comments weren’t innocent ones.
They’d been walking for an hour looking through stores and the like, they’d even met a couple of nice people who went nuts over Yari. Thinking that Sesshomaru was the father, they began pelting him with questions in French and English. Feeling a huge pain grow in it, Sesshomaru gave Michelle and Sara the, “Get them away from me before I kill them look.” Immediately recognizing said look, the girls explained that Sesshomaru didn’t speak French or English and that he was Yari’s brother. Shrugging in disbelief, the people let them be, and a split second later Sesshomarus stomach gave off a loud gurgling sound.
Looking at his stomach he cursed his child for having a bigger appetite than his brother. Chuckling to herself, Michelle pointed at a restaurant saying, “Let’s all get some lunch.” Making their way through the crowd, the trio stopped at in at a little diner. It had a lot of people, but luckily there was an open table a few feet from the entrance. Pushing their way through, Sesshomaru sat on one side, while Sara and Michelle took the other one. After a few moments a dumpy red headed woman came up wearing a bunch of pins and a tee shirt bearing the words, “I’m a PFLAG Mom!” Setting a few menus down she screeched at the sight of Yari shouting, “Look at this handsome little guy! You two must have gotten some good shit from the bank.”
Realizing that the woman was addressing them, Sara and Michelle went into a long explanation about how they weren’t lesbians. When the woman saw the pictures of Robert and Michelle, she apologized before asking, “Who’s this handsome piece of ass?” Staring blankly at the waitress Sesshomaru looked over to his companions only to find their faces burning tomato red from keeping in their laughs.
Glaring at them he said, “Would you kindly tell this woman that I have no idea what she said, and also if you two don’t tell me the source of your amusement I will slash the tires on that automobile.” Calming herself down, Michelle explained what the woman had asked and told the demon that her question was a compliment and that he shouldn’t take offense to it.
Nodding the demon said to his ‘mother-in-law’, “Tell her that I appreciate the compliment and that I have a husband as well as the fact that I can’t speak whatever language she’s speaking in.” With the message relayed the woman introduced herself as Debbie and that she wasn’t the least bit surprised to learn he was gay. In fact ninety five percent of the people in the place were like the demon and that her own son was gay as well.
After getting to know each other a bit, the trio placed their orders and went about discussing what they would do after they ate. Since the place was having a bunch of sales, Michelle thought she’d pick up some souvenirs for some of her friends while Sara wanted to walk around outside and take in some of the sights of the parade. Sesshomaru couldn’t care less what they did because once again he was separated from his mate and he wanted to hunt the human down.
While the two ladies discussed the rest of their plans for the day, Sesshomaru played with Yari a bit as his ears caught a conversation in Japanese. Not looking at the people, he realized they were two men discussing something rather important. Setting Yari on his shoulder for a quick burp, Sesshomaru heard one of the men say, “It took us over ten years, but it’s finally happened love.”
Unsure of what their discussion was about Sesshomaru heard the other man say, “It may be invalid back home, but just having somebody recognize it is better than being treated like we aren’t equal.” He didn’t hear anymore, but the demon did notice an interesting sight. Realizing the baby was asleep, the demon put the child back into his stroller a split second before Deb brought their orders to the table.
He didn’t say anything throughout the meal since his mind was flooded with thoughts of what he’d just heard. With their meal done, the little group went back to the streets to enjoy the rest of their day. As they walked, Sesshomaru lingered about in the shops while Michelle and Sara purchased some trivial items for their friends. It wasn’t until they had half an hour left that something caught Sesshomarus eye.
Entering the store he headed to the counter and asked, “May I see two of these?” Looking to where the demon pointed because she couldn’t understand a word that was said, the clerk happily got the items out of their spot and set them down in front of the demon. Picking them up he noticed that they were perfect for what he had planned, both were just the make and he thought Seiya would love them. As he looked at them he smelled Michelle and Sara walk through the door and walk up next to him drooling over what he was holding.
Looking to the lady he had Michelle ask the price of the items he wanted to buy for his mates birthday. When he was given the price, Sesshomaru reached into one of his pockets and rifled through his wallet. He hated carrying the thing, but since he was given all his identification cards, and things to prove he existed, Seiya wouldn’t let him walk around modern times without it. After a minute of searching he pulled out a bank card and handed it to the person. The clerk swiped it through and once the receipts were printed she had Sesshomaru sign one before giving him the other.
Outside the store, Sesshomaru stared at the gifts while Michelle asked, “How the hell did you get a debit card?” Smirking to himself Sesshomaru explained that after he and Rin received identities Seiya had started a trust for the girl, while adding Sesshomaru to his account after explaining the whole banking process to him. As for using the card, Sesshomaru had seen Seiya use it often enough so it wasn’t that hard for the demon to use, and it was the first time he’d used it so overspending wasn’t a problem.
Putting the gift back into it’s bag he asked, “Do you think that he’ll accept it?” Throwing her arm around the demon, Sara gave him a quick noogie before running a bit ahead to stop the demon from cutting her throat out. Michelle rolled her eyes at the childish behavior and paid attention to her son while the two worked out Saras stupidity.
When she was pinned against a wall, Sara stuck her tongue out before saying, “You won’t kill me, because if you did who knows what’ll happen. And, to answer your question ass boy, Seiya will accept your gift. I mean who could decline such a heart felt gift on their birthday. That is unless you completely fuck up giving it to him which I’m sure you probably will.” Growling Sesshomaru flicked the girls nose before making his way back to the van.
Meanwhile at the car, Seiya let out a couple of loud sneezes as he sat on the roof of the vehicle. His afternoon had gone smooth enough. It took him a while to get over his cousins nerve to drag him to the cities gay district, though. Seiya had no problem with going there, hell he’d gone to the one in Tokyo a few times with his friends. His malfunction was that he wasn’t one of those stereo typical, flag waving full blown out of the closet gays. What went on in his private life was his own business, so he didn’t see the point in marching in parades and belting out that he was gay to everyone, he wasn’t ashamed of it, hell he was proud of what he’d done with his life in terms of finding a partner and settling down.
Wiping his nose with his handkerchief Seiya looked into the van to find Rin, hiding his birthday present. The girl had borrowed some money from Jessy to buy a couple of small presents she’d seen in a couple of stores, but only after she kicked Seiya out so she could purchase them in secret. Since then she’d been clutching them to her chest like Seiya held onto Sesshomaru when they were in bed, out of fear that the man would see them. Looking back at his cousin he said, “Sorry about earlier. I’m just not used to visiting these types of places.”
Stamping out his cigarette the priest waved his hand saying, “Don’t worry about it. I should have discussed it with you before dragging you here, although it was kinda funny to hear Sesshomaru say how good looking a few people were.” Growling, Seiya slammed his cane into the priests head before settling back onto the hood of the car. He didn’t mind Sesshomaru finding other people attractive, hell he’d seen a few good looking people walking down the street one time and made mention of it to the demon, who to his surprised agreed with him, even when the person was female.
Sipping his bottled water, Seiya asked his cousin, “So what exactly are the plans for tonight.” The priest remained quiet as he chewed on a piece of candy. He had no clue about the nights plans, although he knew Michelle and his mother wouldn’t be involved. Jessy was getting sick of his moms bitching, but he couldn’t do anything to change her feelings. Sighing, he swallowed the candy before turning to his cousin.
Getting ready to reply the priest was interrupted by Sara shouting, “You guys ready to go?!” Getting off the car, Seiya saw Sesshomaru carrying a plastic bag. Walking forward he immediately grabbed for it, but was stopped by the demon holding it out of his reach. Growling, Seiya grabbed the demons arm, only to be blocked by the demon throwing it to Jessy. Turning around, Seiya saw his cousin hop into the driver seat before putting the bag somewhere out of sight.
Glaring at his mate, Seiya asked in a low growl, “You can’t let me have any fun can you?” Adopting his typical stoic glare, Sesshomaru pulled the human in close and dragged him back into the car so they could make their way back to the house. However, that trip went to crap about halfway through since Yari decided to throw up on the back of where Sesshomaru was sitting. Stopping on the side of the road, Michelle and Rin went to work cleaning up the mess while Sesshomaru went to the bathroom to clean out some of the vomit from his hair.
With the car cleaned, and all the windows opened, the group finished their journey back to the house. Once there, Rin ran straight for her room to wrap up her presents with the help of Sara whom she was literally dragging up the stairs. Michelle on the other hand, headed to hers and Roberts room to put Yari down for a nap, while Jessy headed off to the pool. Figuring a nice swim would do him some good, Seiya changed in the pool house before diving into the warm water.
Surfacing he found Sesshomaru sitting at the edge, watching his mate swim without the use of his right leg. He was surprised at the boys ability to do so and asked, “Are you sure you should be swimming with that piece of trash leg?” Giving his mate a cold stare, Seiya dove under the water and swam towards the demon where upon his arrival he splashed the demon with a generous dose of chlorine smelling water.
Not budging an inch Sesshomaru remained sitting as he heard his mate say, “As long as I have somebody around there’s no need to worry about my leg.” Taking off his shirt, Sesshomaru threw it onto one of the seats before turning his attention back towards his mate. Seiya and Jessy stayed in there for a good three hours. Not alone of course, Sesshomaru alternated between a chair and pool side, while Rin joined in after wrapping up her papas presents.
At nine, Sara came out to tell them there was pizza in the kitchen. When they were dried and changed, the group headed into the house where, to everybody’s surprise, Sesshomaru ate a good eight slices before calling it a night on the food. Everyone who was in on it laughed to themselves, while Jiro, Gerald, and Sara stared in shock at the muscular mans appetite. Putting all the pizza away, Seiya watched some television with Rin. Lucky for him it was ten thirty, which meant he could catch the last episode of Whose Line, before heading upstairs to shower.
As he stood under the warm water, Seiya realized that during his whole time in the pool nobody made mention of his scars. He knew they weren’t going to fade anytime soon, but it was odd that neither his grandfather, aunt, nor his uncle made mention at this sight of the scars ending just about his left hand. Maybe they noticed, and decided not to mention it thinking he was self conscious about them. Hell, he was surprised that nearly a year later he was still worried about them, he felt like Harry Potter or something.
Rinsing the rest of the shampoo from his hair, he stepped out and dried himself off before brushing his teeth and heading into his room. The room was pitch black, and with the bed so close to the bathroom, Seiya didn’t even need his light to find the way to the soft mattress. Reaching the bed, he tossed his towel to the side and pulled back the covers ready for sleep when out of nowhere he felt his mates bare chest against his back.
Letting out a small jolt of surprise the human asked, “I thought we agreed to keep it quiet while we were here.” However, his worries dissolved as he felt his mate lay him down on the bed and straddle his chest. Feeling a hand against his cheek Seiya said, “If we get caught I’m taking no responsibility for what happens in the morning.”
Supporting his weight with his arms, Sesshomaru pressed his lips to Seiyas before saying, “Your grandfather knows about us and had my things brought in here. So, if you’ll kindly stop your pointless complaining, we can spend the whole night making up a weeks worth of love making.” With no other words of encouragement required, Seiya pulled his mate into a deep kiss before switching places with the demon and kissing his way down the demons body to begin the nights events.
Okay Deb, the waitress is based off Debbie Novotny from Queer as Folk. Next to Margaret Cho she’s my favorite fag hag. And what are the gifts bought for Seiya, found out next chapter. JA NE!!
P.S. Whats with the lack of reviews people?! just kidding
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Chapter 32
Toronto was definitely a much more relaxing place than Tokyo. Well it would have been had Sesshomaru been allowed to sleep with his mate for a full night. Despite his normal misgivings about Seiya been overly protective of him, Sesshomaru knew that it was vital for the two of them to spend as much time as possible together, so the child would bond with both parents. That’s how it normally went with demon and hanyou children. As the child grew inside the ‘carrier’ parent, it would bond with both parents through their nightly routines. Not the sexual routines, mainly when they slept, how the parents slept told the child just how much it was loved and the strength of its parents relationship and devotion towards it.
This was all subconsciously learned by the child, but when it was born it’s actions towards the parents was a signal of how their relationship would evolve over time. Basically it broke down into, a respectful, loving child meant a strong relationship, and a little brat meant they needed to work on things . Of course, with what Seiya had been doing some nights, Sesshomaru worried for future children.
The two had to be extremely careful around Seiyas other family members. Seiyas grandfather was generous and kind to Rin and Sesshomaru. He told Rin that she could call him Great-grandfather, and told Sesshomaru that the two were always welcome. It did scare the demon and teenager when he first spoke to them because they didn’t expect him to know fluent Japanese, yet if you looked at his son-in-laws the knowledge was required.
Speaking of in-laws, Sesshomaru wasn’t too sure about Jessy and Saras parents. His Uncle Jiro was nice enough to them, yet the demon couldn’t shake the feeling that the Roberts older brother knew what he was. The real problem was with his Aunt Valerie, again a nice lady, very kind to Rin and Sesshomaru, but when Robert, Michelle, or Yari were present the woman immediately left the room. Everybody knew what her problem was, but they didn’t discuss the womans problems with Seiyas family. Sesshomaru however could empathize, he despised his Inuyasha and his human mother, but he got over it after many years of loneliness and having to hang around the hanyou due to Seiyas relationship with him.
Now it was over a week later, and the demon had to deal with only a slight brush of his mates skin against his own when they were near each other. For awhile they attempted to at least kiss in private, but for some reason the inhabitants of the house seemed to disrupt them just as they were about to start kissing or hold each other. The pair had even tried to sneak into one anothers rooms at night, yet those plans were foiled by either Gerald, Valerie, or Jiro wandering the halls, forcing the two to make up some stupid excuse about being up before heading right back to bed.
Last nights attempt was somewhat successful, Seiya was able to sneak into Sesshomarus room for a few moments of cuddling and kissing before heading back into his own room. Now, in the mid morning hours, Sesshomaru was sitting on one of the wicker chairs that were placed on the porch. He was watching Rin chase after a couple of German Sheperds, while Seiya sat on the grass talking to his cousins and aunt.
Sipping at his tea, Sesshomaru looked up to find Gerald smiling down at him while asking, “Care to join an old man in a game of chess?” Setting his cup to the side, Sesshomaru allowed the old man to set up the board. He’d played this form of chess with Seiya, it was one of the few games the human was able to easily beat him at, so he knew how the pieces worked. Setting up the last piece, Gerald said, “I must say it’s nice to see my grand son so happy.” Sesshomaru looked down to find the old man had moved one of his pawns forward.
Moving his own Sesshomaru remained silent as the man said, “It’s a shame really, the lives my grand children live. Of course I have six others and a few great grand children. But those three have had an especially difficult life with being of my blood.” Sesshomaru removed one of the old mans bishops while taking a sip from his tea. Looking up the old man asked, “I’m surprised that you aren’t asking me anything. I assumed you’d be probing my mind since you and my grand son are lovers.”
Choking on his tea, Sesshomaru stared blankly at a now laughing old man. Calming down after a moments worth of laughter the old man said, “Do not worry, I could care less what my grand son does in his personal life. Just be careful of where you go about certain activities, the house keepers report everything to my wife. And, I already told one of the butlers to put your things in Seiyas room.”
Watching as the old man took a rook the demon said, “I thank you Gerald-san for your understanding. It’s true that Seiya and I are more than lovers, in fact you can say that we are life partners to be politically correct. You can also tell by Rins actions that she’s our adopted daughter, but I must ask what problems do Seiya and the others have with your family?”
Frowning as he lost his queen, Gerald took a knight as he said, “When Anna married Robert, my wife went on a tirade. My wife is very old fashioned when it comes to relationships, male and female only, no mixed couples, she’s a sweet heart of a woman, but her views are lacking evolution. So, you can imagine what happened when my other Valerie married Jiro. Our only two daughters married to Japanese men and having mixed children, not a good combination. So, she disowned my daughters, my sons on the other hand well one is like his mother and the other two are as open minded as me. Although the support of myself and her brothers helped, Anna was still heart broken over her mothers stupidity.”
Sipping at his tea again before checking the old man, Sesshomaru asked, “I take it your wife’s actions actually caused your daughters death to occur faster than it should have?” Stopping his hand over a pawn the old man let out a sad sigh. Sesshomaru immediately said, “Forgive me I had no right to mention that.”
Waving it aside the old man said, “It’s fine, it’s been twelve years. I’m over it but at the memories of the torture my wife put her through still gets my blood boiling.” Putting his hand in on the table Gerald said, “My daughter suffered for two years from cancer, I spent most of my time in Japan taking care of Seiya and visiting her. The same with Valerie and her brothers, but not once did my wife call to check up on her, visit her or even showed she cared. She didn’t even bother to go to the funeral. After that I couldn’t live with the woman anymore. She still stops by occasionally, but much of the love I once had is gone. Now you may ask why we’re still married, well I hold took my vows seriously. But her denying the existence of my daughters and grandchildren is something she will never be forgiven for.”
Losing all interest in the game, Sesshomaru knocked over his king before saying, “Well, I know where she’s coming from. I have a half brother whom I despised for many years, but after your grandson came into my life, we’ve managed to get over most of our problems. Our relationship is not perfect, and never will be, there’s a sense of respect between the two of us.” Grunting, the old man put the pieces away before heading quietly back into the house.
Staring out at the lawn, Sesshomaru was surprised to find that his mate and his cousins were detested by members of their own family. And, it was all because they were of mixed blood, granted Sesshomaru had hated Inuyasha because of his mixed blood, but he was human and demon, not two different breeds of demon. After, thinking about it the demon realized the hypocrisy of his past actions since he was now carrying a hanyou child himself.
Setting his cup down, Sesshomaru made his way across the lawn towards the small gathering of humans. The younger humans had recently been joined by Michelle and from what his ears told him they were planning on going into the city. Settling next to his mate, Sesshomaru pulled the boy into him. The action shocked Seiya so much that he asked, “What if the others see?” Chuckling, Sesshomaru placed a small kiss on his mates head before turning to the conversation.
Michelle laughed at the scene as she said, “Seiya you’re around us, and we don’t care. Just don’t start doing it because I don’t want Yari to start crying.” Sticking his tongue out at the woman, Seiya wrapped his arm around Sesshomarus waist as Michelle said, “So we’re going into town in about twenty minutes?”
Draining the rest of his Coke, Jessy nodded before saying, “Yeah, there’s something going on and I thought it’d be fun to see. We’ve never been to it and it’s supposed to be really interesting. Only problem is that we need to divide up into two groups so we can all see different things while having me or Sara act as guide.” Seiya looked around, and grabbed Sesshomaru in a protective manner, laughing Jessy said, “Sorry dude, but you and RIn are with me while these three go off and look around themselves.”
Glaring at his cousin Seiya asked, “Why can’t guys go with guys, and the girls with the girls?” It was a valid argument. The men could go and see what they wanted to do while the girls could do the same thing. It made no sense to the demon as to why he was stuck going around town with the two women around some strange city. After a few moments of thought though an idea as to why it was to be done this way surfaced in his mind.
Kissing Seiyas head he said, “It’s fine that things go this way.” Staring at his mate Seiya was about to complain when the demon said, “Don’t worry about me. I can handle one more day without being close to you. Besides I have to buy you a gift for Saturday and I don’t want you to see it.” Not saying anything, Seiya got to his feet and headed towards the cars with a look of utter confusion plastered to his face.
The trip was taken in a van of all things, and needless to say with five full grown adults, a teenage girl, a month old baby, and baby supplies thrown into it, the trip wasn’t exactly comfortable. Rin was squashed next to Yari, who was sandwiched between the girl and his mother. Sesshomaru and Seiya had a bit more room in the middle seat, but with Jessy needing to look out the back the two had to sort of slouch, while Jessy and Sara sat comfortably in the front.
After a forty five minute drive the group pulled into a parking lot next to a convenience store. The people in the back clambered out stretching and groaning from the long trip. Recovering first, Seiya noticed a whole lot of interesting things. The first were rainbow flags plastered on every building, the next was the fact that there were a lot of men and women holding hands, problem was they were holding hands with members of the same sex. But the thing that shocked the human the most was the fact that there were floats with drag queens, dykes on bikes, and everything Seiya had avoided his whole life.
Gulping loudly, Seiya dropped his face while pointing at the crowd and saying, “Jessy what the fuck are we doing here?” The priest however didn’t voice his answer, all he did was smile and watch as a sign saying, “Thank You For Participating In This Years Pride Week!” drive on by. Smacking his cousin in the head, Seiya looked around to find Rin questioning Sara as to why a lady had an Adams apple, while Sesshomaru and Michelle pointed at guys and compared them. Picking his cousin off the ground Seiya shook the priest while shouting in English, “WHY THE HELL DID YOU BRING US HERE?!”
Pushing himself away from his cousin, Jessy straightened his collar before saying, “Oh get a grip cousin. I thought it would be fun to see this thing live. I’m always in town around this time of year and I’ve never been to this district. Besides it’s cheaper to drink at gay bars than in straight ones, although I get hit on by drag queens a lot.” Almost falling to the ground, Seiya felt Sesshomaru grab him around the waist and place a small kiss on his head.
Seiya was about to ask the demon if he was okay being there, but he was silenced when the demon said, “Don’t get upset. I find this part of town interesting, and since you’ve never taken us to the one back home, we can use this time to interact with others like us.” Pouting at his mates reaction, Seiya separated himself from the demon and stomped over to his cousin.
Grabbing the priest by the ear, Seiya shouted, “Let’s go Rin! We’ll see Father and everyone else in three hours!” Running after her papa, Rin said good bye to everyone as she settled into a brisk walk next to the disgruntled cripple.
When the three were out of sight, the women and Sesshomaru took off on their own journey through the Gay District of Toronto. Sesshomaru couldn’t see what Seiyas problem was with being there, despite seeing the occasional gender benders and people dressed in leather it was just like any other place he’d been in the modern era. Looking over his shoulder he asked, “What exactly are all the festivities for?”
Falling into place next to the demon Sara said, “A lot of cities in this country have a week devoted to couples like you and Seiya. The favorite saying during those parades is, ‘We’re here, we’re queer, get used to it.’ It’s pretty fun, and you meet a whole bunch of interesting characters during this time of year. But since today’s the last day, most people will be following the parade around the city leaving this area busy, but not crowded.”
Glancing around, Sesshomaru did see a sudden dissipation in the amount of bodies in the area. He was glad too, since even though it’d been nearly two weeks, he still felt a bit self conscious about his hair being the length it was. He liked the way he looked, it’s just that with it this length he was starting to hear people whispering strange things about him. He didn’t know what they were saying, but he knew by the tones and giggles that the comments weren’t innocent ones.
They’d been walking for an hour looking through stores and the like, they’d even met a couple of nice people who went nuts over Yari. Thinking that Sesshomaru was the father, they began pelting him with questions in French and English. Feeling a huge pain grow in it, Sesshomaru gave Michelle and Sara the, “Get them away from me before I kill them look.” Immediately recognizing said look, the girls explained that Sesshomaru didn’t speak French or English and that he was Yari’s brother. Shrugging in disbelief, the people let them be, and a split second later Sesshomarus stomach gave off a loud gurgling sound.
Looking at his stomach he cursed his child for having a bigger appetite than his brother. Chuckling to herself, Michelle pointed at a restaurant saying, “Let’s all get some lunch.” Making their way through the crowd, the trio stopped at in at a little diner. It had a lot of people, but luckily there was an open table a few feet from the entrance. Pushing their way through, Sesshomaru sat on one side, while Sara and Michelle took the other one. After a few moments a dumpy red headed woman came up wearing a bunch of pins and a tee shirt bearing the words, “I’m a PFLAG Mom!” Setting a few menus down she screeched at the sight of Yari shouting, “Look at this handsome little guy! You two must have gotten some good shit from the bank.”
Realizing that the woman was addressing them, Sara and Michelle went into a long explanation about how they weren’t lesbians. When the woman saw the pictures of Robert and Michelle, she apologized before asking, “Who’s this handsome piece of ass?” Staring blankly at the waitress Sesshomaru looked over to his companions only to find their faces burning tomato red from keeping in their laughs.
Glaring at them he said, “Would you kindly tell this woman that I have no idea what she said, and also if you two don’t tell me the source of your amusement I will slash the tires on that automobile.” Calming herself down, Michelle explained what the woman had asked and told the demon that her question was a compliment and that he shouldn’t take offense to it.
Nodding the demon said to his ‘mother-in-law’, “Tell her that I appreciate the compliment and that I have a husband as well as the fact that I can’t speak whatever language she’s speaking in.” With the message relayed the woman introduced herself as Debbie and that she wasn’t the least bit surprised to learn he was gay. In fact ninety five percent of the people in the place were like the demon and that her own son was gay as well.
After getting to know each other a bit, the trio placed their orders and went about discussing what they would do after they ate. Since the place was having a bunch of sales, Michelle thought she’d pick up some souvenirs for some of her friends while Sara wanted to walk around outside and take in some of the sights of the parade. Sesshomaru couldn’t care less what they did because once again he was separated from his mate and he wanted to hunt the human down.
While the two ladies discussed the rest of their plans for the day, Sesshomaru played with Yari a bit as his ears caught a conversation in Japanese. Not looking at the people, he realized they were two men discussing something rather important. Setting Yari on his shoulder for a quick burp, Sesshomaru heard one of the men say, “It took us over ten years, but it’s finally happened love.”
Unsure of what their discussion was about Sesshomaru heard the other man say, “It may be invalid back home, but just having somebody recognize it is better than being treated like we aren’t equal.” He didn’t hear anymore, but the demon did notice an interesting sight. Realizing the baby was asleep, the demon put the child back into his stroller a split second before Deb brought their orders to the table.
He didn’t say anything throughout the meal since his mind was flooded with thoughts of what he’d just heard. With their meal done, the little group went back to the streets to enjoy the rest of their day. As they walked, Sesshomaru lingered about in the shops while Michelle and Sara purchased some trivial items for their friends. It wasn’t until they had half an hour left that something caught Sesshomarus eye.
Entering the store he headed to the counter and asked, “May I see two of these?” Looking to where the demon pointed because she couldn’t understand a word that was said, the clerk happily got the items out of their spot and set them down in front of the demon. Picking them up he noticed that they were perfect for what he had planned, both were just the make and he thought Seiya would love them. As he looked at them he smelled Michelle and Sara walk through the door and walk up next to him drooling over what he was holding.
Looking to the lady he had Michelle ask the price of the items he wanted to buy for his mates birthday. When he was given the price, Sesshomaru reached into one of his pockets and rifled through his wallet. He hated carrying the thing, but since he was given all his identification cards, and things to prove he existed, Seiya wouldn’t let him walk around modern times without it. After a minute of searching he pulled out a bank card and handed it to the person. The clerk swiped it through and once the receipts were printed she had Sesshomaru sign one before giving him the other.
Outside the store, Sesshomaru stared at the gifts while Michelle asked, “How the hell did you get a debit card?” Smirking to himself Sesshomaru explained that after he and Rin received identities Seiya had started a trust for the girl, while adding Sesshomaru to his account after explaining the whole banking process to him. As for using the card, Sesshomaru had seen Seiya use it often enough so it wasn’t that hard for the demon to use, and it was the first time he’d used it so overspending wasn’t a problem.
Putting the gift back into it’s bag he asked, “Do you think that he’ll accept it?” Throwing her arm around the demon, Sara gave him a quick noogie before running a bit ahead to stop the demon from cutting her throat out. Michelle rolled her eyes at the childish behavior and paid attention to her son while the two worked out Saras stupidity.
When she was pinned against a wall, Sara stuck her tongue out before saying, “You won’t kill me, because if you did who knows what’ll happen. And, to answer your question ass boy, Seiya will accept your gift. I mean who could decline such a heart felt gift on their birthday. That is unless you completely fuck up giving it to him which I’m sure you probably will.” Growling Sesshomaru flicked the girls nose before making his way back to the van.
Meanwhile at the car, Seiya let out a couple of loud sneezes as he sat on the roof of the vehicle. His afternoon had gone smooth enough. It took him a while to get over his cousins nerve to drag him to the cities gay district, though. Seiya had no problem with going there, hell he’d gone to the one in Tokyo a few times with his friends. His malfunction was that he wasn’t one of those stereo typical, flag waving full blown out of the closet gays. What went on in his private life was his own business, so he didn’t see the point in marching in parades and belting out that he was gay to everyone, he wasn’t ashamed of it, hell he was proud of what he’d done with his life in terms of finding a partner and settling down.
Wiping his nose with his handkerchief Seiya looked into the van to find Rin, hiding his birthday present. The girl had borrowed some money from Jessy to buy a couple of small presents she’d seen in a couple of stores, but only after she kicked Seiya out so she could purchase them in secret. Since then she’d been clutching them to her chest like Seiya held onto Sesshomaru when they were in bed, out of fear that the man would see them. Looking back at his cousin he said, “Sorry about earlier. I’m just not used to visiting these types of places.”
Stamping out his cigarette the priest waved his hand saying, “Don’t worry about it. I should have discussed it with you before dragging you here, although it was kinda funny to hear Sesshomaru say how good looking a few people were.” Growling, Seiya slammed his cane into the priests head before settling back onto the hood of the car. He didn’t mind Sesshomaru finding other people attractive, hell he’d seen a few good looking people walking down the street one time and made mention of it to the demon, who to his surprised agreed with him, even when the person was female.
Sipping his bottled water, Seiya asked his cousin, “So what exactly are the plans for tonight.” The priest remained quiet as he chewed on a piece of candy. He had no clue about the nights plans, although he knew Michelle and his mother wouldn’t be involved. Jessy was getting sick of his moms bitching, but he couldn’t do anything to change her feelings. Sighing, he swallowed the candy before turning to his cousin.
Getting ready to reply the priest was interrupted by Sara shouting, “You guys ready to go?!” Getting off the car, Seiya saw Sesshomaru carrying a plastic bag. Walking forward he immediately grabbed for it, but was stopped by the demon holding it out of his reach. Growling, Seiya grabbed the demons arm, only to be blocked by the demon throwing it to Jessy. Turning around, Seiya saw his cousin hop into the driver seat before putting the bag somewhere out of sight.
Glaring at his mate, Seiya asked in a low growl, “You can’t let me have any fun can you?” Adopting his typical stoic glare, Sesshomaru pulled the human in close and dragged him back into the car so they could make their way back to the house. However, that trip went to crap about halfway through since Yari decided to throw up on the back of where Sesshomaru was sitting. Stopping on the side of the road, Michelle and Rin went to work cleaning up the mess while Sesshomaru went to the bathroom to clean out some of the vomit from his hair.
With the car cleaned, and all the windows opened, the group finished their journey back to the house. Once there, Rin ran straight for her room to wrap up her presents with the help of Sara whom she was literally dragging up the stairs. Michelle on the other hand, headed to hers and Roberts room to put Yari down for a nap, while Jessy headed off to the pool. Figuring a nice swim would do him some good, Seiya changed in the pool house before diving into the warm water.
Surfacing he found Sesshomaru sitting at the edge, watching his mate swim without the use of his right leg. He was surprised at the boys ability to do so and asked, “Are you sure you should be swimming with that piece of trash leg?” Giving his mate a cold stare, Seiya dove under the water and swam towards the demon where upon his arrival he splashed the demon with a generous dose of chlorine smelling water.
Not budging an inch Sesshomaru remained sitting as he heard his mate say, “As long as I have somebody around there’s no need to worry about my leg.” Taking off his shirt, Sesshomaru threw it onto one of the seats before turning his attention back towards his mate. Seiya and Jessy stayed in there for a good three hours. Not alone of course, Sesshomaru alternated between a chair and pool side, while Rin joined in after wrapping up her papas presents.
At nine, Sara came out to tell them there was pizza in the kitchen. When they were dried and changed, the group headed into the house where, to everybody’s surprise, Sesshomaru ate a good eight slices before calling it a night on the food. Everyone who was in on it laughed to themselves, while Jiro, Gerald, and Sara stared in shock at the muscular mans appetite. Putting all the pizza away, Seiya watched some television with Rin. Lucky for him it was ten thirty, which meant he could catch the last episode of Whose Line, before heading upstairs to shower.
As he stood under the warm water, Seiya realized that during his whole time in the pool nobody made mention of his scars. He knew they weren’t going to fade anytime soon, but it was odd that neither his grandfather, aunt, nor his uncle made mention at this sight of the scars ending just about his left hand. Maybe they noticed, and decided not to mention it thinking he was self conscious about them. Hell, he was surprised that nearly a year later he was still worried about them, he felt like Harry Potter or something.
Rinsing the rest of the shampoo from his hair, he stepped out and dried himself off before brushing his teeth and heading into his room. The room was pitch black, and with the bed so close to the bathroom, Seiya didn’t even need his light to find the way to the soft mattress. Reaching the bed, he tossed his towel to the side and pulled back the covers ready for sleep when out of nowhere he felt his mates bare chest against his back.
Letting out a small jolt of surprise the human asked, “I thought we agreed to keep it quiet while we were here.” However, his worries dissolved as he felt his mate lay him down on the bed and straddle his chest. Feeling a hand against his cheek Seiya said, “If we get caught I’m taking no responsibility for what happens in the morning.”
Supporting his weight with his arms, Sesshomaru pressed his lips to Seiyas before saying, “Your grandfather knows about us and had my things brought in here. So, if you’ll kindly stop your pointless complaining, we can spend the whole night making up a weeks worth of love making.” With no other words of encouragement required, Seiya pulled his mate into a deep kiss before switching places with the demon and kissing his way down the demons body to begin the nights events.
Okay Deb, the waitress is based off Debbie Novotny from Queer as Folk. Next to Margaret Cho she’s my favorite fag hag. And what are the gifts bought for Seiya, found out next chapter. JA NE!!
P.S. Whats with the lack of reviews people?! just kidding
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