- Drabble Collection: The Icarus Factor -
XXV.
Curious
It has been a long time since Kagome has allowed Hojou this close to her; since she has been home long enough for him to manage to ask her somewhere, never mind take her – since she felt the soft and pleasing tension of being with someone who wants her for her self.
She has almost convinced herself to let go of the vanished past to which it seems she can no longer return; it is easier not to miss it when she is with Hojou.
When she is with Hojou, she is happy – but...
The sparkling sense of her miko power tingles oddly within her in his presence.
Why is that? Hojou's human, isn't he?