"I miss you."
I've been meeting with Inu-Yasha for about a month now. We have short, halted conversations. He's becoming less tense around me but I can still sense some suspicion in him. We talk about several things during these small meetings in the woods. We talk about everything except for our relationship. Our relationship and her. Those are the only two things we do not mention.
As he turns to leave, to go back to her, again, I say it. Barely a whisper but I know he hears me. His ears twitch and he pauses. He turns slowly towards me
Her scent is one him. He doesn't know I can tell. I don't have heightened senses like he does but I have other powers, powers he couldn't even begin to comprehend. Her aura surrounds him, clings to him, stains him. He's been with her. More than once, I'm sure of it. Before, before all of this happened, he told me that I was his only. The only one he wanted, the only one he had ever been with, the only one he would ever need.
He lied.
"I miss us. I miss how we used to be."
"Kikyo." He begins.
He's wary.
I advance slowly, taking delicate steps. "We were cheated. Cheated of each other."
His eyes reflect my words. I know he's had the same thoughts.
"I know it can never be like before. I know we can't just go back and pretend like everything is fine."
I stop only a foot in front of him.
"I just thought, maybe," I bow my head, tears I shouldn't be capable of forming in my eyes, "maybe we could try. Try to make it work."
He places his fingers under my chin and raises my gaze to meet his.
"Kikyo, I," he frowns, there's no need, I already know what he's going to say, "It's not that simple. There are.complications."
"I know. Kagome." He visibly stiffens. This is the first time I've ever dared to mention her name. I pull back from him and turn away.
"I know about you two. I know there's something there."
I look over my shoulder, eyes brimming with tears.
"I was just hoping that there was still something between us as well."
"Kikyo."
He closes the short distance between us and I smile as I feel his hands on me. My name. So much is told in the way he said my name.
I've been meeting with Inu-Yasha for about a month now. We have short, halted conversations. He's becoming less tense around me but I can still sense some suspicion in him. We talk about several things during these small meetings in the woods. We talk about everything except for our relationship. Our relationship and her. Those are the only two things we do not mention.
As he turns to leave, to go back to her, again, I say it. Barely a whisper but I know he hears me. His ears twitch and he pauses. He turns slowly towards me
Her scent is one him. He doesn't know I can tell. I don't have heightened senses like he does but I have other powers, powers he couldn't even begin to comprehend. Her aura surrounds him, clings to him, stains him. He's been with her. More than once, I'm sure of it. Before, before all of this happened, he told me that I was his only. The only one he wanted, the only one he had ever been with, the only one he would ever need.
He lied.
"I miss us. I miss how we used to be."
"Kikyo." He begins.
He's wary.
I advance slowly, taking delicate steps. "We were cheated. Cheated of each other."
His eyes reflect my words. I know he's had the same thoughts.
"I know it can never be like before. I know we can't just go back and pretend like everything is fine."
I stop only a foot in front of him.
"I just thought, maybe," I bow my head, tears I shouldn't be capable of forming in my eyes, "maybe we could try. Try to make it work."
He places his fingers under my chin and raises my gaze to meet his.
"Kikyo, I," he frowns, there's no need, I already know what he's going to say, "It's not that simple. There are.complications."
"I know. Kagome." He visibly stiffens. This is the first time I've ever dared to mention her name. I pull back from him and turn away.
"I know about you two. I know there's something there."
I look over my shoulder, eyes brimming with tears.
"I was just hoping that there was still something between us as well."
"Kikyo."
He closes the short distance between us and I smile as I feel his hands on me. My name. So much is told in the way he said my name.