InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Long Road ❯ Lights in the dark ( Chapter 5 )

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MF_Sanctuary Week 25: Fireworks
Title: Lights in the Dark
Word Count: 99
Summary: Some things, no matter how brief, are worth the trouble.


The first time he sees them, he is mildly startled. Sesshomaru has always shied from large human settlements, so when the sky over Kyoto bursts with fireworks he cannot help but be surprised. Rin's slender hand, dried and creased with age, slides gently into his. Hazarding a glance, he finds that he is as captivated with her as she is with the spectacle in the heavens. When it is over, and the last twinkling light fades, she turns to him and smiles.


"Wasn't this a grand idea?" she laughs. Sesshomaru squeezes her hand gently, his eyes glistening with a smile of their own.


"Indeed," he replies.