Chapter 154: Phlegmatic
adj. not easily excited to action or display of emotion; sluggish.
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Kagome watched their exchange with interest. She knew that on some level she should feel more violated and exposed at such a confession but at the moment it was simply overshadowed by relief.
The line of questioning had been encroaching on dark territory and it was one that she had not been able to see a way out of. But Gaara was there, and he was defending her, although she did not understand what would make him do so.
The two of them weren't close, and Gaara rarely acknowledged her, no matter how much Kagome might have wished for it.
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