Hello sounds like a thousand moments in a single breath.

She turns in his arms.

Hands trembling, Kagome reaches up to his face, warring internally with the doubt that clamps down on her intention. This is new. Untested. And it's an intimacy she's not sure she has a right to.

Sesshoumaru notices her disquiet. Concern etches in his features as he watches her. But she shakes her head and cups his cheeks, and his concern transforms into thinly veiled curiosity.

Kagome manages a hesitant smile. "I might mess this up."

Then, she leans in and lets her nose brush his.