A/N: Written for past theme #109 - Violet over at iyissekiwa.
The Weight Of Memory
Kagome stared silently across the bright, orange flames of their dwindling campfire, her heart going out to the surly hanyou. With no moon hanging overhead he'd spent every moment since sundown even more on edge than usual, quietly grousing over his temporary bout of humanity. By the time they'd all turned in for the night he'd simmered down into stony silence, but as she peered discretely from the warm depths of her sleeping bag, Kagome could see the wary shift of violet eyes keeping watch over the campsite. Poor guy, he looks miserable…
"What are you doing up, wench?"
The miko started. "How'd you know I was awake?" she yawned, shuffling out into the chilly night air.
Inuyasha snorted. "Just 'cause I'm human don't mean I can't hear you moving around in there."
Kagome pasted on a small smile, reading into the words he wasn't quite saying. He can't afford not to be able to hear any of us…or anything out there. "Is it that bad?" she wondered, winding her arms around raised knees.
"Keh! I can't smell, can't see… I ain't exactly got pleasant memories, if that's what you're getting at."
The crack of dying embers filled the air.
Inuyasha sighed. "Mother, she'd… oi, what are you doing?"
"Let's play a game, Inuyasha," she said as she came up from her rummaging through her bag holding an old deck of cards.
The hanyou looked askance at the suggestion until she stood and softly declared, "We'll make some good memories."