He helps her pack and then goes to leave.
"Wait!"
Stopping, he turns and gives her a questioning look but doesn't say anything.
Kagome grins uncertainly and gives a small shrug. "Your hair."
She doesn't ask this time—just approaches and carefully begins to undo the braid she had woven. His hair is at least dry, and it rests about him in long, silver waves when she's through.
"There." She offers an insecure smile, unable to read his face. "It—it's a good look for you."
She doesn't realize her hand is resting against his chest until he lowers it.
A/N: Hello! Thank you for reading and a quick note to talk a bit more about why this is being reposted/ edited. This was a personal, difficult decision for me. I started this story as an outlet for me during a very hard surgical recovery, and I also wanted to create something for others in a hard place, whether that be due to pain, hardship, or just a bad day. The last year taught me more than ever about the need to have safe place to escape to when life gets hard, and that's what I wanted for this story. From the beginning, people talked about the comfort the story was as well as the softness and tenderness in it, and somewhere along the line, it started to lose that more and more. And that's not what I wanted for WCTR. So, this is why it was pulled and is being reposted now. We're taking those elements back and concentrating on love developing between the characters that way. I'm almost done editing to the point where we will see a larger change in the story. I'm going to keep posting the redone stuff daily until I hit that point, and then things will slow to be 1-2x a week so I don't lose the flow again. I would recommend that you don't skip chapters just looking for a chunk of new. Eventually it will lead to being lost in the story. Most of what has been reposted has at the very least minor edits, and there are some completely new vignettes that will be sprinkled in throughout as well as some more significant edits to old chapters.
Thank you again for reading. New new stuff is coming soon. Promise! In the meantime, reviews feed the author's soul. ;) 3
