Her affective declaration soothes the crumbling edge of his soul.

"You are uniquely forgiving, Kagome," he says, leaning back to observe her.

A faint blush stains her cheeks, fingertips tracing along the inner edge of his kimono to distract from his scrutiny. "Forgiveness shouldn't be unique."

"No?"

"No," she says firmly. Smoothing her hands up over his chest to his shoulders, she begins to knead. "Do you feel better?"

"There is a sense of peace there was not before," Sesshoumaru admits.

Kagome smiles gently. "I'm glad."

Surrendering to her charm, he tiredly smiles back. "Come. Let us read in bed."


A/N: Hello! Before anything else, another major thanks to VS for helping beta this and catching my garbage. VS, you are so appreciated!

Thank you to everyone for reading! Things are crazy on my end, but I am trying to reduce some of that by focusing on a single story until it is finished. So, for now, WCTR is going to be what I'm working on, and when it is done, I'll move back to other in progress works. It's getting too hard to keep track of everything all together. One shots will be the exception and may still pop up from time to time.

Please be on the look out for warnings for the upcoming chapters as they are likely to contain mature content. I don't want anyone getting in trouble, depending on where they are reading!

Thank you again for reading. If you've been enjoying, please consider leaving a comment. They make an author's day! I hope this finds everyone staying safe.