The haze slowly receded.
Sesshoumaru kept his claws buried in the dirt, not trusting his judgement.
Not yet.
Struggling to breathe, his head dropped onto Kagome's shoulder, his own trembling at the possibility of causing her harm.
It had been too close.
Her arms tightened around his neck when he attempted to pull back. "Before you start coming up with excuses for why you're going to suddenly take back everything you just said, tell me what happened."
He would've scoffed at being read so easily if it hadn't been for their hearts beating in tandem.
She'd been just as scared as him. And yet she'd stayed.
