Kagome kicked her legs idly, and Kurama chose to venture a question of his own. "In class… you often look distracted," He started, remembering the many times he caught her staring longingly out the window.
She tilted her head and asked teasingly, "Check up on me often during class then, do you?"
She's got a bit of kitsune herself, Kurama thought."From time to time," He admitted. "You always seem as if you're searching for something. May I inquire as to… what that something is?"
Kurama immediately felt a stab of regret when he watched Kagome's previously carefree expression grow a little more guarded, her eyes darkening in a sudden storm of tumultuous blue.
"It's not that I don't want to tell you, it just hurts to remember sometime," She responded. "As you may have guessed, I wasn't exactly stuck in bed all those years I was sick." Her hands were fumbling absently with the leftover wrapper from the dessert as she spoke. "I caused a lot of trouble for some people, and so I worked hard to fix my mistake. During my journey, I made a very, very dear group of friends."
She looked up at him and laughed, the usually sweet sounding notes transformed to something bitter and sad. Her next words completed much more of the puzzle that was Higurashi Kagome, but Kurama would find no joy in the achievement.
"I lost them."
And after another beat came another quiet confession from Kagome.
"I miss them."
Poor Kagome :( I felt bad for her as I wrote this... but she'll definitely be a lot happier by the end of this story!
Disclaimer: None of the characters in Inuyasha and Yu Yu Hakusho belong to me.
