"Honey, what's wrong?"
Kagome wraps her hands around a steaming mug of tea and weakly smiles at her mother with a shrug. "I did something stupid."
Mama sits next to her. Her face is gentle and encouraging. "Can you share more about that?"
Shrugging again, Kagome takes a sip of her tea and tries to squash the sudden rise of nostalgia at its taste.
No use missing the cave right now.
She swallows again, and feels the tears start to come. "I think I'm involved with someone."
Mama looks alarmed. "Involved?"
Kagome laughs then, shaking her head. "Not like that."
