The light trickling through the trees appears like red speckles behind her closed lids.

Kagome slouches, a deep, lethargic heaviness rendering her muscles useless as he holds her up. She's suddenly aware of the birds in the trees, small creatures rushing through fallen leaves. Everything is a bit brighter, louder.

The hand pressed intimately to her skin doesn't move.

Craning back her neck, she meets his eyes, finding them warm and drowsy, and offers a lazy grin. "You leaving just got infinitely worse."

His laughter is unexpected, but she smiles wider, glad to hear it once more before he's gone.