He just tightens his arm around her. "I'm listening."

"This is not small stuff, Inuyasha." She takes a shaky breath and wipes at her face. "I've never been in a relationship like this before. The only experience I have with anything there is, well, you. And we were—"

"Not naked," he says wryly.

Kagome blushes fiercely and looks away. "I never told you that."

"My nose ain't broke, Kagome." He's blushing too, his eyes on the ceiling. "And you don't start to smell that much like him from a simple hug."

"So much for privacy," she mutters.

"Yeah, well."