Written for forthrightly's Live Journal "Perfect Kiss" challenge. The challenge: Write a drabble for the theme "kiss" using 100 words, no more, no less. February 2007.

Rin had already lost a husband and children to war when she encountered Sesshoumaru-sama again. She dropped her basket and ran after him; leaving the human village forever.

She was a woman grown but he looked the same—a young man not a day over twenty.

She hoped. But he made no move. And one day it clicked—his glances of longing and frustration.

"You've never been kissed before!"

The golden-eyed flash of shock gave her all the confidence she needed. She pressed her palms against his strong chest and kissed his lips; laughing as she tumbled on top of him.