Written for dokuga_contest #101, early. Originally posted August 23rd, 2010.
Kagome glanced quickly at her watch. It was five minutes to eight, still five minutes too early to start worrying. She stood beneath the neon lights and watched the people go by. People laughing, holding hands, all things somehow made her feel a bit sad.
He had agreed, however reluctantly, to meet her here at eight o'clock. She knew he would come. Sesshoumaru never lied.
Though when he did finally show up, she had no idea what she would say to him. She wanted to get right to the heart of things. She wanted to ask him what he was hiding from her, but starting the night off like that seemed like a very bad idea. She wanted him to be able to trust her. Being so forward would only drive him further away.
She had spent so many long months peeling away the cold outer layers of his heart. So many months of trying to understand the depths of his loss and loneliness. But there was still such a long way to go. Five-hundred years of ice was still inside his heart.
Kagome glanced at her watch again. It was exactly eight o'clock when his hand fell on her shoulder.