The Unloading Grounds by Himura Asami

Gaudy

Disclaimer: I don’t own anything.

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Word Count: 250

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            Kagome looked at the ring her fiancé had given her, and then she looked at her fiancé, and then she looked back at the ring.

            Sesshomaru had asked her to marry him a few weeks ago, but he had done it on impulse, so he hadn’t given her a ring. Now, he was presenting her with one, and while she was glad, she didn’t know what to say about the actual ring.

            It was gaudy. Well, not gaudy, per say, but… gaudy.

            It was piled with clusters upon clusters diamonds and it was looked both heavy and expensive.

            Scratch that.

            It was both heavy and expensive.      

            And it wasn’t that she didn’t appreciate the gesture– she had demanded a ring, after all. It was just… she hadn’t expected this. She would have preferred something simple, and less showy, and not so expensive, and something that didn’t weigh so much.

            Kagome continued to stare at the ring, unknowingly causing apprehension in her fiancé.

            “You have not said anything.”

            Kagome jolted out of her trance-like state and looked up at her fiancé.

            “Hmm?”

            “Do you like it?” he asked, looking at her steadily.

            Kagome stared at him and opened her mouth, before closing it abruptly. She set the ring down and smiled at her fiancé. She opened her arms and her smile widened.

            He walked over to her, and she stood up. She wrapped her arms around his waist and buried her head into his chest.

            “It’s the thought that counts, Sesshomaru.”

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Sunset Miko’s Once a Week Challenge– Week 11: Gaudy

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