"You're going to make Sesshoumaru jealous, you know."
Inukimi was braiding her hair again, curled up against her side, her claws freshly manicured. The female youkai huffed but didn't look up, Sesshoumaru simply raising a brow from across the garden.
"Don't you want her to bond with you?" Kagome asked.
"She is calm and healthy. That is all that matters."
"You didn't answer the question," she said, shifting her position to keep her feet from going numb.
Golden eyes considered her for a moment, then slid to his mother. "We were not that close before, miko. It is of little consequence now."
"Did you want to be?"