She knew without a doubt that the dark cobalt colored eyes and the fear, the sorrow, the anger, the confusion, simply the sheer emotion swirling within their fathomless depths was the only thing chaining her rapidly fading form to life.
Because she needed to do this.
He needed to know.
No regrets…
In life…
In death…
Leave nothing unsaid…
It was with great effort that she raised her unhindered hand, it shook terribly and left trails of blood when she touched his face to wipe away the sorrow as it fell from his eyes. The hands encircling hers clenched tighter.
"Please… please save your strength Kagome." The pleading, the soft tone, the absolute fear these things were not Shinobu, they were not the male she had grown to love.
"Don't … cry for… me." It was frustrating the lack of breath and the pure amount of energy it took just simply to speak.
"Please…"
"…Need to… know." It was a mistake to close her eyes against the pain, reopening them was next to impossible.
"…Kagome…" Her name came out in a melancholy sigh though she knew not who uttered it but it gave her strength, just enough.
"Shinobu… I… love you."
Her word seemed to hurt him more than her death could ever have.