Lately I've become obsessed with Neopets again… In other news, it's my birthday this Friday and I'm heading with my boyfriend to Sea World!

Disclaimer: I suppose since these are required, I must say, "I do not own anything of this fic but the idea!"

lxxii — lacrimosa

Her delicate features crinkled into a light wince, and Kagome drew back her hand to examine the pricked finger. Red blossomed on her fingertip.

"Careful, my dear," Tobi chided as he swept her hand up to his eye for inspection. "Don't you know? Roses have thorns."

Kagome tilted her chin away, abashed. "Sorry."

"No need for that, we all make senseless mistakes now and then," Tobi said as he began to lift up his mask with his free hand. "This too can be remedied, as easily as any other minor error."

Kagome dropped the rose out of shock when she felt Tobi's soft lips on her blood tipped finger.


May you live all the days of your life.

—Jonathan Swift


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