The Icarus Factor

by lyrainthedark

Those who fly too close to the sun on fragile wings are doomed to fall; sometimes, Time is nothing more than a bright light. COMPLETE.

37. Apology

- Drabble Collection: The Icarus Factor -

XXXVII.

Apology

For a moment, a flickering instant, Naraku scowls – but the expression shifts like a breeze into softness, and his eyes do not leave her face. The couple takes back their child, and continues on their way; Kagome takes his arm, and they continue on theirs.

In that moment, feeling her warmth and her light and the utter joy of her presence, he feels almost compelled to tell her the truth – to rip away the dark veil from his life and expose every festering atrocity which he committed against her. It is not an apology that he desires – nothing more than a confession, so that she knows all her secrets are foreknown to him and all her future pains for naught -

And his brow crinkles, thinking that.

And he knows he must keep his secret for just a little while longer; just a little while.