Chapter Seven - Conversations and Realizations
"Sango-chan, I have a problem," Kagome said the minute they reached the hot spring.
"What's that?" her best friend asked.
"I've fallen for Yue."
The taijiya's jaw dropped. "So soon? How? You haven't spent that much time with him."
"I stay up for hours with him every night. He's been teaching me about my miko powers."
"So what's the problem? You've been spending time with him. He seems to like you."
"As a friend. I thought we were getting closer, but now he's just distancing himself and he has this sad look in his eyes," the other girl told her.
Sango gave her a strange look. "He does? I hadn't notice."
Kagome's eyes widened. "How can you not notice? It's so obvious."
"Perhaps to you," a new voice said. "But you're the only one who can see Yue's emotions, who has been permitted to see them. I've only noticed because I'm his mistress and it is my duty to keep an eye on things like that."
She sighed. "I wish I knew how to help him, but I doubt he'd let me."
Sakura chuckled. "You'd be surprised at what he would let you do." The miko had a confused look. "Kagome-chan, I've known Yue for eight years and in all that time you're the only one who's ever been able to get him to show any emotion. At least, that I've seen."
"Really? Why me?"
Sakura cocked her head to the side. "According to Kero-chan the last person Yue showed emotion around was Clow Reed."
She shrugged. "So? What does that have to do with it?"
"Yue and Clow Reed were lovers."
* * *
The moon guardian sat in a tree outside the inn, much in the same fashion he was used to seeing Inuyasha doing. The aforementioned hanyou was arguing with Keroberos over something. He wasn't paying attention. He was thinking about Kagome and shooting envious looks towards the hanyou. He doesn't know how fortunate he is. Yue thought. What I wouldn't give to have Kagome-sama love me as I do her. He blinked, not realizing what he'd been thinking until after the words passed through his mind. It was true, he realized. He was in love with Kagome after only a short while. That knowledge should have made him happy. His heart should have been soaring. Instead it dropped like a stone to the pit of his stomach. Why did he have to fall in love with someone who was in love with another? Kami, he didn't think he could ever hurt like this! It felt like someone had plunged a blade into his chest and was slowly twisting it.
"Sango-chan, I have a problem," Kagome said the minute they reached the hot spring.
"What's that?" her best friend asked.
"I've fallen for Yue."
The taijiya's jaw dropped. "So soon? How? You haven't spent that much time with him."
"I stay up for hours with him every night. He's been teaching me about my miko powers."
"So what's the problem? You've been spending time with him. He seems to like you."
"As a friend. I thought we were getting closer, but now he's just distancing himself and he has this sad look in his eyes," the other girl told her.
Sango gave her a strange look. "He does? I hadn't notice."
Kagome's eyes widened. "How can you not notice? It's so obvious."
"Perhaps to you," a new voice said. "But you're the only one who can see Yue's emotions, who has been permitted to see them. I've only noticed because I'm his mistress and it is my duty to keep an eye on things like that."
She sighed. "I wish I knew how to help him, but I doubt he'd let me."
Sakura chuckled. "You'd be surprised at what he would let you do." The miko had a confused look. "Kagome-chan, I've known Yue for eight years and in all that time you're the only one who's ever been able to get him to show any emotion. At least, that I've seen."
"Really? Why me?"
Sakura cocked her head to the side. "According to Kero-chan the last person Yue showed emotion around was Clow Reed."
She shrugged. "So? What does that have to do with it?"
"Yue and Clow Reed were lovers."
* * *
The moon guardian sat in a tree outside the inn, much in the same fashion he was used to seeing Inuyasha doing. The aforementioned hanyou was arguing with Keroberos over something. He wasn't paying attention. He was thinking about Kagome and shooting envious looks towards the hanyou. He doesn't know how fortunate he is. Yue thought. What I wouldn't give to have Kagome-sama love me as I do her. He blinked, not realizing what he'd been thinking until after the words passed through his mind. It was true, he realized. He was in love with Kagome after only a short while. That knowledge should have made him happy. His heart should have been soaring. Instead it dropped like a stone to the pit of his stomach. Why did he have to fall in love with someone who was in love with another? Kami, he didn't think he could ever hurt like this! It felt like someone had plunged a blade into his chest and was slowly twisting it.