Under
Title: Under the Weather
Athour: Lemontreeleaves/neon_chandelier
Prompt: Under
Words: 250
Characters: Jaken Rin
Summary: This was no ordinary human child.
Though he would never admit to feeling anything for someone who was not his lord and master, Jaken was surprisingly concerned when Rin began coughing.
The child was an oddity. She feared humans and at times seemed youkai herself. She walked around barefoot, ate whatever she could find in the forest around her, and never once got sick. She was at ease in the company of youkai and was being reared as the surrogate child of a great demon lord.
The girl's coughing was easy enough to ignore, at first. For the first few days the kappa almost forgot about her sickness and he pushed it into the back of his mind, believing it to be insignificant.
This was no ordinary human. She would be healthy before he knew it.
Except she wasn't.
After a few days with no sign of Sesshomaru, Jaken began to notice some changes in the girl's disposition. She no longer sang or whistled as she walked, nor did she skip ahead or stop to pick flowers along the forest path, choosing instead to sit on Ah-Un's back, staring dispassionately at the passing world.
Jaken missed her useless chatter filling up his days. The future loomed ahead of him, for she was a mortal child. Soon enough he wouldn't have even the sound of her snoring to keep him company.
He vaguely remembered wishing that she would go away.
“Don't worry, Rin.” he tried to reassure her. “Sesshomaru-sama will be along shortly.”
He hoped.