InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Inu Yasha, The Reincarnation of Midoriko? ❯ Chapter 3
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By: Desiree Dee 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure / Action / Mystery | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 02.24.2006 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.3K | Visits: 565 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure / Action / Mystery | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 02.24.2006 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.3K | Visits: 565 | Status: Completed
This is for Sakusha Saelbu fir reminding me that I was still working on this.
Chapter 3
Once she had gathered her wits, she followed suit. She came out of the other side expecting to find him there, but the smell of food soon reached her nose, and she knew where he was at. She came into the front door and walked to the kitchen, being mindful of her shoes of course.
At the table was Sota talking away, while Inu Yasha was staring at a cup that set on the table.
"What did you think you were doing back there?" She demanded if the dog specter before her. He Shoved his hand into the air.
"Quiet, two minutes to go." He never looked away from the cup.
"What?" A queer look of confusion set up camp on her face.
"Oh, Mom just showed him where we kept the ramen, and how to make it.
So, now he wants to get it just right." Sota said as a matter-of-factly. Kagome just sighed and started for her room,
"I'm going to go take a bath, since I haven't had one in two days." She shut her door behind herself so that she could have some privacy.
"Sure, whatever, one minute to go." Sota gave Inu Yasha a very skeptical look.
"Do you even know what a minute is?"
"Haven't the slightest clue. Maybe you can tell me when it's done?" Sota gave a defeated sigh and helped his idol with the meal.
"That was great!" Kagome came out of her bathroom wrapped in towels.
"Hey, what are you doing in here?" Inu Yasha was lying on her bed flipping through some of her romance mangas. "Get out!" He sat up.
`"Why, I can turn around, and it's not like you have anything that I haven't seen already." She gave an offended look.
"Have you been peeping on me? Because if you had I swear I'll say it." She was getting angry.
"Do I look like a pervert to you, besides, you've seen me too, so it shouldn't be such a big deal." He flopped back down and began flipping through pages once again. Kagome stepped up to him and pushed him off of the bed.
"Get out while I change." She growled.
"Okay, okay." He said picking up the book that had fallen with him. He headed out the door and as she slammed it behind him he said, "You know, these have some extremely interesting pictures in them."
Kagome rubbed her temples with her hands and got dressed. When she finished, she opened the door to look at the most recent cause of her headaches. He was sitting cross-legged in the hallway waiting for permission to reenter her room.
"I have some questions about your recent behavior, that you are going to answer. Now!"
She pointed into her room, then shut, and locked the door this time. He repositioned himself on her bed.
"Well, what do you want to know?" She took in a deep breath and began with the stream of questions that had been plaguing her for quite some time.
"What has been up with you lately? How come you actually wanted to come here? How on earth did you manage that basket? Why did you act that way at the well? Basically, what is wrong with you?" He starred at her wide-eyed for a second. Then took in a breath of his own.
"To answer your questions, in no particular order, your mom got the basket, I just expressed the need for it and the fact that the kid's birthday was soon, she took care of the rest. As far as the well goes, I've always wanted to do something like that, I just never got the chance." They both blushed slightly at this comment.
"As to what is wrong with me, it is the reason that I wanted to come here. There are a few things that I need to tell you, and I didn't want the others to know about it." He ended the last part bluntly.
"Oh,"said Kagome, "Well I'm listening." He looked at her for a moment, then began
.
"It all started when I first heard of the Shikon No Tama."
"Don't you think I already know this story? You wanted to become a full demon, met Kikyo in the process, changed your mind, Naraku pitted you against each other, she pinned you to a tree for fifty years, I fall through the well, free you, then we go on many adventures, make many new friends, and end up in our current situation. None of that however explains your current behavior." She smirked at him as if she had just summed up his entire story slightly faster than he had intended.
"Fine, if you think you already know everything, then I'm not going to tell you." The hurt tone in his voice came out loud and clear as he crossed his arms and turned his back to her. The smirk on her face dropped and she suddenly felt very bad
.
"I'm sorry, was there something that you really wanted to say?" He pouted for a minute, then spoke.
"Yes, there is, but if you interrupt me one more time, I'm not telling you a damn thing." He glared and waited for her response.
"Ok, I promise, I will not interrupt you until you are finished." She held up her hand as if she were reciting an oath.
"Well, you might as well get comfortable, otherwise, I'm going to have to stop, and I won't start over if it comes to that." He waited as she adjusted herself on the bed. She sat directly opposite from him, making sure that her eyes met his. As he began his story, they seemed to glaze over just slightly, and she got the feeling that he was no longer seeing her there in front of him, but more like he was reliving a memory
.
"It all began when I first heard of the Shikon No Tama. I had always felt incomplete, but I wasn't quite sure why. I thought that it was maybe losing my mother early in life, but that didn't seem quite right, there had to be more to it.
“The first time I heard of the jewel, two demons had been talking, saying that it was powerful enough to do anything, then they saw me, pointed, laughed, and one stated 'Even turn that lousy half breed into a full demon.' That comment, though insulting, had sent me into thinking about it. I already needed to become strong enough to enact revenge upon my brother, and something seemed very important and familiar about the jewel itself. I then decided that using the jewel to become a full demon had been the solution to my problem all along. Then I met Kikyo." He shaded his eyes slightly at the last comment and continued with his thoughts.
"After meeting her, I had become convinced that becoming human would be the better answer. I could just hide from Sesshoumaru all together, and be with her. Sadly, that was not the solution either. That feeling of betrayal brought about by Naraku caused me to revert to my original theory.
“I managed to break into the shrine that housed the jewel, and take it for myself. As I was running through trees and jumping in the air, I began to feel a force come from within myself. Almost as of my body were trying to pull the Shikon No Tama into itself. It was around that point that the sealing arrow had pierced my chest. It was then that I was put into my fifty year prison.
“Everyone thinks, and says that I spent those fifty years asleep, but what do they know. I had no sense of time, but I was far from sleeping. I could hear nothing, say nothing, and move nothing, but I saw things. Images of ancient battles with demons as if I had been the one fighting in them, unfolded in front of my eyes.
“Still, I could never hear or see any clues as to the body I was in. I was forced to live these images over and over again until the day that my sense of smell restored itself. The smell of blood and the shikon automatically triggered me to think that Kikyo had been injured and the jewel taken.
“Now that I have new insight, the blood probably belonged to the centipede, and the other smell was you." He paused, and emotion began to enter his eyes, he reached out for Kagome's left hand, and held it between both of his. She gasped slightly, utterly surprised by this gentle action.
"You know about me finding that you were not Kikyo, and how you set me free, but I still smelled the jewel on you, and that is what triggered my aggressive behavior. I had at first thought you and the villagers to be a band of thieves, but once the prayer beads were applied, I knew better.
“Still, I believed that you had obtained the jewel through ill gotten means, so I thought I would keep my eye on you. When I learned of Kikyo's death, my judgment became erratic and clouded. I even considered just taking the jewel and killing you in hopes that it would set everything right." She gasped and pulled her hand away in slight terror. He just turned his head towards the window.
"But, when we first found evidence that the jewel had been shattered my foolishness became completely clear to me. I had just seen my entire future dashed into a countless number of pieces, but now my life seemed to have a higher purpose. Complete the jewel, and complete myself." He shut his eyes and took in a slow breath.
"Then there was you." He reached out to her, and she reluctantly took his hand. He pulled her close and sniffed her hair. "I realized early on that you were not Kikyo.
“Though I was not around at the time, I felt an odd sensation of pain when Yura had knocked you into the well. It is one of the reasons that I came back for you, outside of the obvious ones.
“It's also the reason that I fight you so hard when you attempt to leave, it hurts me when you're away." He released her after a slight squeeze, and placed her back on front of him.
"At the time none of that made sense. The reasons why things occurred were a complete blur to me, that is until the events in Midoriko's cave.
“When Myoga dropped the shard inside of the cave, I felt as though something dormant had awoken inside of me and taken over. All I could do was watch as my body went into the cave and battled some sort of phantom demon.
“When I had regained myself Myoga was rattling off about Midoriko, but I knew that some how I was the one doing the saving, and I told him so. I also told him I knew that bringing the jewel into the cave would have such an effect as it did, but to tell the truth I could not have said that even one minute before. At that point, I knew a lot more than that." He looked deep into Kagome's eyes.
"I have reasons to believe that you are not only Kikyo's reincarnation, but to a certain level, a reincarnation of the jewel. That is why you where able to call your soul back after Uresue's ritual. The jewel was never a part of Kikyo, but it was, at one point, a part of you. It is most likely where your miko powers originated.
“I had also developed a strange bond with Kirara. It's why I invited Sango to join us. That and she would be, and has been, a very valuable asset in battle.
“Since then, I have had an intensified urge to protect the group, and most of all, you." He sighed as if he had finished.
"Is that all you needed to say?" She hoped that she had not interrupted.
"That's about all that I can say." He fell back onto the mattress and starred at her ceiling.
"Well, it does explain some things, but there is still one detail that bothers me. It's your comment about what happened at the well." He continued to look upon the structure above him.
"You mean with Yura?" He blinked wide eyed at her next actions.
She moved on to all fours and began stalking across the bed.
"No, you weren't there when I fell." She had crawled until her face hovered above his. They both blushed at the closeness. He swallowed a lump that had appeared in his throat.
"So, um, which time do you mean?" She leaned in closer so that she could stare into his eyes. She placed a finger on his forehead and trailed it down to his nose as their breath intertwined.
"Tag! Now, you're It!" She jumped off the bed giggling and ran for her door. He just stared at her in complete surprise as she unlocked the door and ran out into the house.
The sheer shock of the situation caused him to fall off the bed. Had she really just done that? Even after such a serious talk? Oh well, the game was now officially on, and he got up to go after her.
Shippou rocked back and forth impatiently on the floor of the hut.
"Do you think they're okay? They've been gone a long time." Sango took her gaze away from the healing Miroku, and smiled at the kitsune.
"Shippou, they've only been gone for a little while. The sun hasn't even set yet, so I would not worry. Personally, the longer they're gone, I think the better it might be for now." Shippou brought his finger to his chin to consider this for a moment.
He had learned a few things about the interaction between boys and girls from the monk, but nothing too graphic.
"Oh, I don't think Inu Yasha has the guts to make any moves on Kagome." Sango was extremely surprised by this comment from the kit.
"Why on Earth would you say something like that?" She choked out. Shippou rolled his eyes as if it were obvious.
"Duh, I'm not completely a little kid. I know some things, even though you don't always answer my questions. Besides, Miroku explained things to me one night when I couldn't sleep." He crossed his arms and glared at her. Sango balled up her fist on both confusion and anger.
"Exactly how much did he tell you?" She was now sending dirty looks to the healing man atop the futon, resisting the urge to injure him further.
"Well, he refused to tell me some things, but he did say that boys and girls were different from each other, but he wouldn't tell me how.
“He also told me that if a girl and a boy like each other they act similar to the way a mom and a dad might. At least, that is the only thing he said that I understood.
“He also made the comment that Inu Yasha was too scared of Kagome to even act that way. He called it making a move, but again, he wouldn't say why." He scratched his head in confusion. Sango let out a deep breath she had withheld. She reached out and tousled Shippou's hair.
"At least he didn't corrupt you too much." They both giggled. "Now, why don't you go and play with Kirara and I'll call you back once dinner has been prepared." He considered it for a moment, then piped up,
"Okay! Come on Kirara, we're going to go play." The miniaturized fire cat simply rolled her eyes and head in an annoyed manner then followed the hyper-active child out into the forest.
***
The two of them fell on the floor completely out of breath. Kagome turned her head to face him.
"You *huff* promise *huff* you *huff* didn't *huff* let *huff* me *huff* win?" He turned to meet her gaze. True, he had let her win, in fact he was nowhere near tired, but he could tell that she was worn out and decided to play like he was too.
"Course *huff* not." He gave her a fangy grin. She smiled as well, then turned her head back to the roof and closed her eyes.
He stared at the rhythm of her breathing for a second and tried his best to match it so he wouldn't give himself away.
It didn't take long for her breathing to even out as she fell asleep. After he watched her a few moments more, a thought crossed his mind. Could he be so bold? No, she would sit him for sure.
Still, he felt compelled to try. He took a quick sweep of the living room to make sure it was safe. No one was there, her mother and brother were in the kitchen. The old man was somewhere outside. He decided it would be safe to try.
He repositioned himself so that he could be looking down on her. His white hair cascaded along her cheek and on to the floor beside her head.
She shifted and turned towards the softness she felt beside her. He sighed, it was now or never. He leaned in for the bare cheek that she had unconsciously exposed to him.
He was millimeters away when he heard the noise that caused his ears to press against his head, and for her to wake up.
"EEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWW!"
Chapter 3
Once she had gathered her wits, she followed suit. She came out of the other side expecting to find him there, but the smell of food soon reached her nose, and she knew where he was at. She came into the front door and walked to the kitchen, being mindful of her shoes of course.
At the table was Sota talking away, while Inu Yasha was staring at a cup that set on the table.
"What did you think you were doing back there?" She demanded if the dog specter before her. He Shoved his hand into the air.
"Quiet, two minutes to go." He never looked away from the cup.
"What?" A queer look of confusion set up camp on her face.
"Oh, Mom just showed him where we kept the ramen, and how to make it.
So, now he wants to get it just right." Sota said as a matter-of-factly. Kagome just sighed and started for her room,
"I'm going to go take a bath, since I haven't had one in two days." She shut her door behind herself so that she could have some privacy.
"Sure, whatever, one minute to go." Sota gave Inu Yasha a very skeptical look.
"Do you even know what a minute is?"
"Haven't the slightest clue. Maybe you can tell me when it's done?" Sota gave a defeated sigh and helped his idol with the meal.
"That was great!" Kagome came out of her bathroom wrapped in towels.
"Hey, what are you doing in here?" Inu Yasha was lying on her bed flipping through some of her romance mangas. "Get out!" He sat up.
`"Why, I can turn around, and it's not like you have anything that I haven't seen already." She gave an offended look.
"Have you been peeping on me? Because if you had I swear I'll say it." She was getting angry.
"Do I look like a pervert to you, besides, you've seen me too, so it shouldn't be such a big deal." He flopped back down and began flipping through pages once again. Kagome stepped up to him and pushed him off of the bed.
"Get out while I change." She growled.
"Okay, okay." He said picking up the book that had fallen with him. He headed out the door and as she slammed it behind him he said, "You know, these have some extremely interesting pictures in them."
Kagome rubbed her temples with her hands and got dressed. When she finished, she opened the door to look at the most recent cause of her headaches. He was sitting cross-legged in the hallway waiting for permission to reenter her room.
"I have some questions about your recent behavior, that you are going to answer. Now!"
She pointed into her room, then shut, and locked the door this time. He repositioned himself on her bed.
"Well, what do you want to know?" She took in a deep breath and began with the stream of questions that had been plaguing her for quite some time.
"What has been up with you lately? How come you actually wanted to come here? How on earth did you manage that basket? Why did you act that way at the well? Basically, what is wrong with you?" He starred at her wide-eyed for a second. Then took in a breath of his own.
"To answer your questions, in no particular order, your mom got the basket, I just expressed the need for it and the fact that the kid's birthday was soon, she took care of the rest. As far as the well goes, I've always wanted to do something like that, I just never got the chance." They both blushed slightly at this comment.
"As to what is wrong with me, it is the reason that I wanted to come here. There are a few things that I need to tell you, and I didn't want the others to know about it." He ended the last part bluntly.
"Oh,"said Kagome, "Well I'm listening." He looked at her for a moment, then began
.
"It all started when I first heard of the Shikon No Tama."
"Don't you think I already know this story? You wanted to become a full demon, met Kikyo in the process, changed your mind, Naraku pitted you against each other, she pinned you to a tree for fifty years, I fall through the well, free you, then we go on many adventures, make many new friends, and end up in our current situation. None of that however explains your current behavior." She smirked at him as if she had just summed up his entire story slightly faster than he had intended.
"Fine, if you think you already know everything, then I'm not going to tell you." The hurt tone in his voice came out loud and clear as he crossed his arms and turned his back to her. The smirk on her face dropped and she suddenly felt very bad
.
"I'm sorry, was there something that you really wanted to say?" He pouted for a minute, then spoke.
"Yes, there is, but if you interrupt me one more time, I'm not telling you a damn thing." He glared and waited for her response.
"Ok, I promise, I will not interrupt you until you are finished." She held up her hand as if she were reciting an oath.
"Well, you might as well get comfortable, otherwise, I'm going to have to stop, and I won't start over if it comes to that." He waited as she adjusted herself on the bed. She sat directly opposite from him, making sure that her eyes met his. As he began his story, they seemed to glaze over just slightly, and she got the feeling that he was no longer seeing her there in front of him, but more like he was reliving a memory
.
"It all began when I first heard of the Shikon No Tama. I had always felt incomplete, but I wasn't quite sure why. I thought that it was maybe losing my mother early in life, but that didn't seem quite right, there had to be more to it.
“The first time I heard of the jewel, two demons had been talking, saying that it was powerful enough to do anything, then they saw me, pointed, laughed, and one stated 'Even turn that lousy half breed into a full demon.' That comment, though insulting, had sent me into thinking about it. I already needed to become strong enough to enact revenge upon my brother, and something seemed very important and familiar about the jewel itself. I then decided that using the jewel to become a full demon had been the solution to my problem all along. Then I met Kikyo." He shaded his eyes slightly at the last comment and continued with his thoughts.
"After meeting her, I had become convinced that becoming human would be the better answer. I could just hide from Sesshoumaru all together, and be with her. Sadly, that was not the solution either. That feeling of betrayal brought about by Naraku caused me to revert to my original theory.
“I managed to break into the shrine that housed the jewel, and take it for myself. As I was running through trees and jumping in the air, I began to feel a force come from within myself. Almost as of my body were trying to pull the Shikon No Tama into itself. It was around that point that the sealing arrow had pierced my chest. It was then that I was put into my fifty year prison.
“Everyone thinks, and says that I spent those fifty years asleep, but what do they know. I had no sense of time, but I was far from sleeping. I could hear nothing, say nothing, and move nothing, but I saw things. Images of ancient battles with demons as if I had been the one fighting in them, unfolded in front of my eyes.
“Still, I could never hear or see any clues as to the body I was in. I was forced to live these images over and over again until the day that my sense of smell restored itself. The smell of blood and the shikon automatically triggered me to think that Kikyo had been injured and the jewel taken.
“Now that I have new insight, the blood probably belonged to the centipede, and the other smell was you." He paused, and emotion began to enter his eyes, he reached out for Kagome's left hand, and held it between both of his. She gasped slightly, utterly surprised by this gentle action.
"You know about me finding that you were not Kikyo, and how you set me free, but I still smelled the jewel on you, and that is what triggered my aggressive behavior. I had at first thought you and the villagers to be a band of thieves, but once the prayer beads were applied, I knew better.
“Still, I believed that you had obtained the jewel through ill gotten means, so I thought I would keep my eye on you. When I learned of Kikyo's death, my judgment became erratic and clouded. I even considered just taking the jewel and killing you in hopes that it would set everything right." She gasped and pulled her hand away in slight terror. He just turned his head towards the window.
"But, when we first found evidence that the jewel had been shattered my foolishness became completely clear to me. I had just seen my entire future dashed into a countless number of pieces, but now my life seemed to have a higher purpose. Complete the jewel, and complete myself." He shut his eyes and took in a slow breath.
"Then there was you." He reached out to her, and she reluctantly took his hand. He pulled her close and sniffed her hair. "I realized early on that you were not Kikyo.
“Though I was not around at the time, I felt an odd sensation of pain when Yura had knocked you into the well. It is one of the reasons that I came back for you, outside of the obvious ones.
“It's also the reason that I fight you so hard when you attempt to leave, it hurts me when you're away." He released her after a slight squeeze, and placed her back on front of him.
"At the time none of that made sense. The reasons why things occurred were a complete blur to me, that is until the events in Midoriko's cave.
“When Myoga dropped the shard inside of the cave, I felt as though something dormant had awoken inside of me and taken over. All I could do was watch as my body went into the cave and battled some sort of phantom demon.
“When I had regained myself Myoga was rattling off about Midoriko, but I knew that some how I was the one doing the saving, and I told him so. I also told him I knew that bringing the jewel into the cave would have such an effect as it did, but to tell the truth I could not have said that even one minute before. At that point, I knew a lot more than that." He looked deep into Kagome's eyes.
"I have reasons to believe that you are not only Kikyo's reincarnation, but to a certain level, a reincarnation of the jewel. That is why you where able to call your soul back after Uresue's ritual. The jewel was never a part of Kikyo, but it was, at one point, a part of you. It is most likely where your miko powers originated.
“I had also developed a strange bond with Kirara. It's why I invited Sango to join us. That and she would be, and has been, a very valuable asset in battle.
“Since then, I have had an intensified urge to protect the group, and most of all, you." He sighed as if he had finished.
"Is that all you needed to say?" She hoped that she had not interrupted.
"That's about all that I can say." He fell back onto the mattress and starred at her ceiling.
"Well, it does explain some things, but there is still one detail that bothers me. It's your comment about what happened at the well." He continued to look upon the structure above him.
"You mean with Yura?" He blinked wide eyed at her next actions.
She moved on to all fours and began stalking across the bed.
"No, you weren't there when I fell." She had crawled until her face hovered above his. They both blushed at the closeness. He swallowed a lump that had appeared in his throat.
"So, um, which time do you mean?" She leaned in closer so that she could stare into his eyes. She placed a finger on his forehead and trailed it down to his nose as their breath intertwined.
"Tag! Now, you're It!" She jumped off the bed giggling and ran for her door. He just stared at her in complete surprise as she unlocked the door and ran out into the house.
The sheer shock of the situation caused him to fall off the bed. Had she really just done that? Even after such a serious talk? Oh well, the game was now officially on, and he got up to go after her.
Shippou rocked back and forth impatiently on the floor of the hut.
"Do you think they're okay? They've been gone a long time." Sango took her gaze away from the healing Miroku, and smiled at the kitsune.
"Shippou, they've only been gone for a little while. The sun hasn't even set yet, so I would not worry. Personally, the longer they're gone, I think the better it might be for now." Shippou brought his finger to his chin to consider this for a moment.
He had learned a few things about the interaction between boys and girls from the monk, but nothing too graphic.
"Oh, I don't think Inu Yasha has the guts to make any moves on Kagome." Sango was extremely surprised by this comment from the kit.
"Why on Earth would you say something like that?" She choked out. Shippou rolled his eyes as if it were obvious.
"Duh, I'm not completely a little kid. I know some things, even though you don't always answer my questions. Besides, Miroku explained things to me one night when I couldn't sleep." He crossed his arms and glared at her. Sango balled up her fist on both confusion and anger.
"Exactly how much did he tell you?" She was now sending dirty looks to the healing man atop the futon, resisting the urge to injure him further.
"Well, he refused to tell me some things, but he did say that boys and girls were different from each other, but he wouldn't tell me how.
“He also told me that if a girl and a boy like each other they act similar to the way a mom and a dad might. At least, that is the only thing he said that I understood.
“He also made the comment that Inu Yasha was too scared of Kagome to even act that way. He called it making a move, but again, he wouldn't say why." He scratched his head in confusion. Sango let out a deep breath she had withheld. She reached out and tousled Shippou's hair.
"At least he didn't corrupt you too much." They both giggled. "Now, why don't you go and play with Kirara and I'll call you back once dinner has been prepared." He considered it for a moment, then piped up,
"Okay! Come on Kirara, we're going to go play." The miniaturized fire cat simply rolled her eyes and head in an annoyed manner then followed the hyper-active child out into the forest.
***
The two of them fell on the floor completely out of breath. Kagome turned her head to face him.
"You *huff* promise *huff* you *huff* didn't *huff* let *huff* me *huff* win?" He turned to meet her gaze. True, he had let her win, in fact he was nowhere near tired, but he could tell that she was worn out and decided to play like he was too.
"Course *huff* not." He gave her a fangy grin. She smiled as well, then turned her head back to the roof and closed her eyes.
He stared at the rhythm of her breathing for a second and tried his best to match it so he wouldn't give himself away.
It didn't take long for her breathing to even out as she fell asleep. After he watched her a few moments more, a thought crossed his mind. Could he be so bold? No, she would sit him for sure.
Still, he felt compelled to try. He took a quick sweep of the living room to make sure it was safe. No one was there, her mother and brother were in the kitchen. The old man was somewhere outside. He decided it would be safe to try.
He repositioned himself so that he could be looking down on her. His white hair cascaded along her cheek and on to the floor beside her head.
She shifted and turned towards the softness she felt beside her. He sighed, it was now or never. He leaned in for the bare cheek that she had unconsciously exposed to him.
He was millimeters away when he heard the noise that caused his ears to press against his head, and for her to wake up.
"EEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWW!"