Koga eyed Sango curiously. Her face was tense, her body rigid. She hadn't looked at him much and her gaze traversed the ground. Koga considered himself an expert at body language. When Sango was happy she bounced on her toes, she was never far away from him, her twinkling eyes gave him all her attention... He laid back on the grass, turquoise eyes staring into the sky. "Y'gonna tell me what's wrong or what?" He grunted with a patient smile.
His guttural voice scared her a little, prompting her to look his way for one of the first times. She chewed her lip and picked furiously at blades of grass near her feet. She took a deep breath, articulating her feelings as best as she could but soon her feelings had burst forth like a dam. "You, I... You never call me your woman." She began, regretting the words as soon as they left her mouth.
Koga raised an eyebrow as he leaned up on one elbow. "What?" Sango huffed, trying again.
"Well, I mean... You don't... And you used to... You'd say that... About... Kagome." Koga sat up fully, his face slack in disbelief.
"Kami, Sango are you harping about Kagome?" It had been a fair amount of time since the miko had occupied his mind. She would always be dear to him but he thought he'd been fairly clear he didn't think of her as his woman.
Sango huffed again as she struggled to articulate her worry. "You may not like her now, but when you did you'd always say that about her! That she was your woman and your mate! You haven't said anything like that to me... And it worries me..." Koga winced, reaching out to touch Sango's face. He had thought he'd done a good job communicating both his want and need for Sango.
"Sango-"
"I'm just nothing like her! I'm not as beautiful, or kind, or delicate- Kagome and I are opposites of the spectrum. How could you really wan-" Sango's words halted as the wolf youkai crushed his lips to hers in a daring, needy kiss. When the shock wore off Sango's eyes shut, responding hungrily to the wolf's mouth on hers. It was bliss to finally taste and feel him. She stared dumbly as they broke apart, Koga smirking as though he'd won.
"Since then I've learned that women are not objects to be won... They're blessings to be earned. You are nothing like Kagome and there couldn't be anything better." Sango opened her mouth maybe to concur or to voice her lingering fears but Koga had already learned the best way to shut her up.
