Theme 32: Night
Sesshomaru was unsure of exactly when his attachment to Kagome and her rag-tag pack and grown, or how exactly the Miko and reached a status of importance in his eyes, but surly enough, this was what it was. It could be no other.
He was ashamed, that someone like he would actually come to care for a lowly human, he was no better than his father in the one aspect he hoped to be nothing like.
This was the Hanyou's fault, this sort of thing would never have happened in his own body. Long ago upon his father's death he'd made his body unable to feel such ridiculous emotions, so as to prevent such weakness in himself. But the Hanyou felt so much. His human blood made it impossible to block emotion. But Sesshomaru was quickly learning that the way the Hanyou dealt with the magnitude of feeling he was forced to endure every day, was not to fight it.
The moon hovered above, almost its full form, and he wasn't far away from another new moon, another human night. They too, were slowly becoming easier.
"Inuyasha" Sesshomaru turned at his brother's name to see Kagome standing beside him, rubbing her eyes. "Mi…Kagome" he corrected "You are not sleeping?"
"You never sleep, it's not fair you always have to keep guard" she said.
"I don't need as much sleep as you do" he pointed out "I am not human."
She sat beside him and Sesshomaru felt his side become stiff. "I can't sleep" she said softly "I keep having bad dreams."
Sesshomaru was silent, then, to his surprise he found himself asking "What do you dream off?"
Kagome shook her head "Nah, I don't wanna talk about it. I was just thinking, you can sleep if you wanna, I'll keep watch tonight."
Sesshomaru looked up at the moon. For some reason, he was reluctant to allow the Miko to remain alone and afraid "I will stay with you" he announced.
Beside him, he caught a smile on her face "Thanks"
They remained in quiet companionship for some time, after a while Sesshomaru felt a soft weight on his shoulder. Glancing down he realised with some amusement that she had fallen asleep. "I seems it was a good thing I stayed" he murmured and decided push her away.
He didn't move. The feeling of her head on his arm was…pleasant. Weak to his human side, he allowed himself this pleasure.
She had a nice scent. It wasn't anything special. He didn't smell any particular thing as you would on a Youkai, just an odd scent that felt so…Kagome it was comforting.
That night passed with him listening to the soft melodious beating of her heart and the slightly increased tempo of his own.
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