Title: As Fresh As the Dew
Theme: Inuyasha; Set #1 Theme #10- Dew
Genre: General/Romance
Characters: Inuyasha/Kagome
Word Count: 250
Rating: General
Summary: A cold evening.
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'"Never be silent with someone you love and mistrust," Mr. Carpenter had said once. "Silence betrays."' -Emily's Quest, by L.M. Montgomery
He crept over to her, laying his haori over her sleeping form. It was starting to get cold in the evenings, and he really didn't trust her flimsy little sleeping sack. Crouching next to her, he looked up at the sky- it would be cold tomorrow, and there was a good chance that the summery dew would be frost in the morning.
Quietly, Kagome snuffled in her sleep, causing him to look down at the girl. She shuddered with the cold, and dipped her nose beneath the fire-rat fur. Inuyasha reached out a hand, intending to tuck the haori in closer to her, when her eyes fluttered open. Shadowed by her dark lashes, she looked up at him, eyes tired from sleep but clear. For a few long moments, the pair was silent, simply staring into the other's eyes until, finally, one of Kagome's hands crept out from under the blanket and slipped into his, her cold fingers curling around his rough ones.
Inuyasha jumped, startled, his eyes finally breaking from hers to look at their conjoined hands in astonishment. Still silent, he looked down at her, her eyes silently begging him, pleading with him. Timidly, unsure, he lifted her hand to his mouth, gently breathing on the chill skin in order to warm her white hand.
Though she was now warm, hot, burning, when his lips inadvertently brushed her skin, she shivered.