Later, when Inuyasha crouches down in front of her, Kagome can't bring herself to look at him.
"She outlived him," she says, slamming a hand over her mouth after.
The grief sticks in her throat.
He sits beside her, drapes his arm around her shoulders. "Is this what's been bugging you?"
Unable to speak, Kagome merely nods.
Inuyasha squeezes her tighter, eyes focused ahead as he thinks. She can see the wheels turning in his head, feel the desperation he does to find the right thing to say.
The heaviness tears her apart. "I don't want him to be alone."