Chapter 12
Honey
She sat by the bed silently and let the door resonate within the terribly silent space. Kagome had the urge to cry and yet no tears came to accompany her speechlessness.
She knew her words were unnecessary but they came as they should've, for they had been buried within the depths of her despair for far too long. A pinch of regret remained within her but she genuinely couldn't be bothered any further.
"N-noise." Sesshoumaru faintly gasped. He brought his fingers delicately to the moist cloth covering his forehead. His eyes fluttered open, revealing stern yet confused amber orbs to his friend.
"You're awake!" Kagome said after releasing relief in form of a sigh.
"Indeed" was all the Taisho could add.
She stared at him with soft eyes and had him wondering why she was so intoxicating. Sesshoumaru had always wondered why Inuyasha was so keen on keeping her with him regardless of his deplorable situation with Kikyou. Somehow, in this moment when she laid her brown gaze upon his own, he understood. Whatever it was that made his half-brother go absolutely mad for her despite it all, he understood.
"Well all this staring is quite awkward." The brunette nervously said.
"Why so?" He asked while she placed the freshly moist towel she had just wrung on his head once again.
"Because." She paused. "Just because." She continued mumbling while biting her lower lip. Sesshoumaru cocked a brow to both to her answer and her teeth-to-lip motion.
In an attempt to relieve the atmosphere, Taisho cracked what he deemed to be a form of joking.
"Is it because this Sesshoumaru remains irrefutably dashing despite such poor demeanor?" His monotonous voice tickled her ear once again.
Having not assessed his words promptly nor minding her wandering thoughts, Kagome clumsily nodded her head and sang a "Mhmmmmmm" back at him. Her face seemed to be getting closer to his as she did so.
This girl... Is ogling me while I am lain in bed, sick. Interesting.
Her answer had made it rather clear and deserved nothing else but a strong cocked brow. And that's exactly what he gave her.
Higurashi halted her motion upon realizing his reaction and her own actions within the seconds that had flown.
"WHA-" she gasped.
Her eyes suddenly opened widely and the embarrassment she felt forced her away from him, making her fall off the chair she was seated on.
She hid behind her hands, covering her red cheeks, while she collected herself from the ground. She barked back denying any compliance to his statement.
"N-no! You are NOT dashing! Ha! The ego!" Her ashamed and trembling voice gave him an opposite understanding of her words.
Despite the headache and pain he felt through his burning body, Sesshoumaru decided is was fit to tease the woman again.
Well aware of the body and face he had, Sesshoumaru propped himself up on his elbows, his back on the headboard, revealing his chest under his partially unbuttoned shirt. He simply said "Oh, but I am."
His voice was delectable honey to her.