Title: Something More
Author: Priestess Skye
Rating: G
Genre: Fluff, Introspective
Word Count: 251
Pairing: Inu/Kag
Canon/AU: Canon
Written for Issekiwa Theme "Close"
He had once thought there was nothing special about the stars. Sure, on occasion he supposed they looked nice sitting against the black sky, but he still didn't understand what was so extraordinary about them. He couldn't reach out and grab one, though he wouldn't if he could. Yet, here he sat, night after night starting them.
And right now he couldn't think of any other place he wanted to be.
"Inuyasha?" Looking down at the girl next to him, he fought the blush he knew graced his cheeks. If anybody were to see them now, they would think they were gazing upon lovers.
They were only friends. It was all they could ever be, though, sometimes he wished…
"Yeah?"
"When you look up, what do you see?" She shifted slightly, pressing herself closer to him, causing him to blush further.
"Keh, what does it matter what I see," he scoffed. He needed a distraction. The scene was entirely too intimate.
"I wonder…" she trailed off, her eyes still wide gazing upwards.
He bit the bullet. "You wonder what?"
"I mean, I know what stars are, we learn about them in school, and though they're spectacular in their own right, they're not mysterious. But sometimes I feel like they're more than they really are."
More than what? Inuyasha wondered as he looked up again. Sometimes he didn't understand her. Her head pressed against his shoulder as she continued to look toward the sky.
And sometimes he understood all too well.
"Kagome."