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A crescent moon graced the sky that two lovers laid under, the stars twinkling in the night sky all around the empty dark canvas. Rin was cuddled up close to Sesshomaru, snuggled up to his mokomoko. In truth, Rin had woken up 15 minutes ago, and she just couldn’t go back to sleep. So she stared at the stars above her. At least, the stars that the leaves from the tree they were under wasn’t blocking.
Rin stared at the pretty stars for a couple minutes before looking at the moon. It was on the whiter side tonight, it was a waning crescent moon. It matched the mark on her husbands forehead.
She turned her body back to him and brought her hand up to his face, beginning to trace his dog demon markings. She’d always been fascinated with them, and she always had the urge to trace them like she was now, but she knew she shouldn’t. That didn’t matter now though, seeing as she was married to the damn man.
A soft smile graced Rin’s mouth as she went from each marking to the next. When she reached the purple moon on Sesshomaru’s forehead, which was typically on display from the opening in his bangs, and which was such a tease because she knew she shouldn’t touch; she rested her palm on part of his face, starting to trace the shape from one end to the other. When she reached the bottom half of the moon, finishing tracing only the back side, Sesshomaru spoke.
“Rin. What are you doing?” She knew he probably wouldn’t have been asleep and was most likely just resting his eyes, but she saw her chance and took it. It would’ve been awkward tracing his markings while his eyes were open and staring at her. And of course Sesshomaru had felt her tracing his face the entire time.
He’d sensed when Rin woke up and couldn’t sleep and he knew she was probably staring at the stars when she shifted on his mokomoko. When she turned back to face him, he figured she’d gone back to sleep, but she started to trace his markings instead.
He followed where her fingers left trails on his face, and realized that she was tracing his markings. When she got to his forehead, Sesshomaru finally decided to ask what she was doing. He had not opened his eyes, nor did he furrow his brows in confusion. "I'm not sure, but I do like your markings, Lord Sesshomaru," Rin said with a smile as she continued tracing her markings again. Sesshomaru let it go on, feeling her trace the shapes on his face until she fell asleep and the tracing stopped.
When she fell asleep, Sesshomaru kept his arm wrapped around her and hugged her a little tighter, afraid to crush her. "What a silly human,” Sesshomaru said softly as Rin slept in peace. The two were bathed in the crescent moons light, and Rin had not a worry on her mind, knowing she was protected by her husband.