Friend

Uncertain, she watched him as he back away from her and his words filled her with certain warmth she had not felt for a man in a very long time. "You don't?" she asked, a little wary.

He sighed and shook his head. "My blame was misplaced, as was my anger. Since you spoke of everything that has happened, I have rearranged my priorities where you are concerned."

"So….does that mean you want to be friends?" she asked, still uncertain what to think of his words. This was definitely something she was going to have to talk to Sango about!

Sesshoumaru stared at her, the word foreign to him. He knew what a friend was, of course but it had been his choice to remain friendless throughout his life. Friends were people to care about, and people to be responsible for, to protect. He did not need another person to protect, or care for. But she was here, and already seemed to fit into his life whether he wanted her to or not.

Already he had stated he wanted to know her and even though they were his words, and they were true, the Inu did not quite know what he meant by them, himself. Was it a friend he wanted? Or was it more? Was he simply here to learn more about the girl, for the sake of the child or for the sake of himself?

o.O.o

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