Ch.4 – A Spark of Happiness
"My Lady I have prepared you a bath." Caspian was barely able to conceal his happiness when her ears seemed to perk up in excitement. "Please allow me to carry you there."
"…I can have a bath? An actual bath? With warm water?" Kagome's barely able to contain herself. "…wait… why would you carry me - …oh" She looks down at herself. True she had healed a good bit the past week but it still wasn't enough. She still had yet to heal from the waist down. What was healed on her top half still showed as ugly scars. She allowed Caspian to approach her and pick her up.
"Please, you have been healing at a rate I've never seen. It's nothing short of a miracle. Don't be sad, don't think of the past. You should concentrate on getting better. Once you're out of danger I'll show you around Narnia. I'm sure you'll love it here. Narnia is surprisingly full of magic."
"…I never did get to explore the first time I came here. I suppose since I am stuck here I should start mental-mapping the area for herbs and such. Although, it'll be days before that can happen… I suppose it's something to look forward to."
"I will prepare a horse while you bathe. When you are finished would you ride with me?"
"…ride a horse?" Kagome looks up at him with wide eyes. "Are you serious?"
"We do not have to ride if you do not feel ready." Caspian mistakes her reaction.
"No, that's not it! I've just… I've never ridden a horse before!" She smiles.
Caspian can't help but smile in return. He had finally found something to focus on. He could show her just how fun it was to ride. He had also learned that she loved baths. It seemed the tides were changing just as Aslan had said they would. "Then I promise that I will not disappoint you." He gently set her down on the edge of the tub before bowing and leaving.
He returned a while later, finding Kagome changed into riding gear and sitting on the edge of the bed in the main room of the bedchamber she was staying in courtesy of a couple female centaurs. "Do you like your riding outfit?"
"Yeah! I've never had my own riding gear… the closest I've ever had to this outfit is the slayer outfit Sango made me." Kagome smiles, the effect sending warm fussing feelings to Caspian's insides.
He couldn't believe the pure happiness that radiated from Kagome the whole ride to the coast. She sat in front of him as he held the reins. She was so busy looking at everything like a child he couldn't help his laughter when she attached herself to him when the horse jumped over a creek.
Kagome looked up, startled when she felt something vibrate through her. That's when she noticed the man who pulled her up from the well was laughing. And oh, what a sound it was. Perhaps this would be a good world to live in after all.