Bankotsu and Kagura sat down for dinner with Jakotsu at their apartment. Kagura had taken Kagome's suggestion and confided in Bankotsu who encouraged her to invite Jakotsu for dinner. In the meantime Kagome was feeding Jakotsu lines at her office as well: lines telling him to go to dinner and talk to his family. After all, she argued sometimes talking just helped.
"Jakotsu, is there something you need to talk about?" Kagura asked slowly. She was concerned about her boyfriend's cousin. She cared for him like a brother- growing up Bankotsu and Jakotsu were close and with them being the only two cousins close in age they were good friends. She wondered what had him so down, especially right before Christmas.
Jakotsu took a look at the other two people at the dining table and then sighed. He might as well get this over with and tell them what was on his mind. After all, perhaps just talking would help solve everything just like Kagome said.