She said nothing more after that.
They sat in silence, huddled together for warmth. She did not sleep, but he could feel in her muscles when fatigue crept closer. It would not be long before she succumbed to slumber.
"Sesshoumaru, are we friends?"
Friends?
"You heard me," she mumbled sleepily, reading his thoughts.
Then finally, under the cover of night, he gently squeezed her arm.
Kagome smiled. "Oh good. Friends can be honest."
"Honest?"
She nodded, yawning. "Honest."
"About what, Miko?"
She reached up and brushed her fingers across his cheek. "You're gorgeous when you smile."
Then she was out.
