MUGEN

Pain

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The moon is especially beautiful tonight. The sky remains clear, allowing me to appreciate the stars as the leaves whisper to each other in the wind, gently swaying the branch beneath me. Everything would be perfect, if I weren't confined here by your words.

They hurt. Still hurt.

I don't understand fully the reason behind your anger; I just wanted you to understand I don't mind to bring water from the river every day to fulfill our needs. However, you kept insisting on that great container behind the cabin. It isn't the moment, I told you; we are in the middle of winter, and the water will just freeze If it doesn't flow down. The cold air puncturing my face only adds to my conviction, yet I can't help feeling depressed. Strange, this pain inside me. It is different from others I've suffered, making it hard to breathe.

I suppose I just didn't expect our first fight to be like this.

"Forget about sleeping with me tonight! Go get cozy on the tree!" Your words were worse than when you used the necklace's spell on me multiple times.

I know I could have ignored your words, for one will always be far better by the side of a fire inside their cabin. However, the pain itself drove me out, for I couldn't even look at your face when I noted the hatred-disguised sadness in your eyes.

I catch the scent of your tears, and I curl in on myself, my shoulders dropping down in an attempt to protect my heart from the sorrow filling it. I want to go to you, embrace you and tell you how the few moons we've been living together have meant a time of love for me. However, when one's soul hurts, it hides, seeking darkness and silence.

I take a deep breath. I can't allow something as absurd as a water container to do this to us. First thing tomorrow I'll go gather the necessary wood, I'll ask someone who knows about it and I'll get on with it.

I don't need to be right if I'm not with you.

I lean to one side to get down from the tree, and then I see you, there, just outside the front door of our cabin. You are bare-foot and wrapped in a small blanket that barely covers your back and chest, in this freezing cold.

"InuYasha" I hear you say, your voice heavy from tears and woe.

I jump down and take you in my arms before you even notice I'm there, then I carry you with me to the warmth of our home, right by the hearth.

"Don't ever do this again, Kagome." I beg you rather than warn you, despite my wish of lecturing you because of how little you care for your own health.

I've never told you this, but many times I fear you may get sick, and that I may lack the medicines that exist in your time.

I feel you embracing me, crying with your nose runny in the middle of confused words, broken by sadness and pain.

"Don't worry." I lull you, trying to make you understand you are the only one I care about. "Tomorrow we'll start building a huge container for you to have water throughout the whole season."

Then, I hear you laugh in relief amidst your tears, a relief I understand because I feel it too; our hearts are close again, and all the pain is but a memory.

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A/N

I had the scene in my head of InuYasha and Kagome's words "Go get cozy on the tree!" The rest was built because life itself give us the "how".

I hope you've enjoyed it.

Kisses,

Anyara

This text is possible thanks to the translation of: Dezart