InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Stream of Consciousness: A LiveJournal Collection ❯ Somber Tears ( Chapter 20 )

Title: Somber Tears

Community: First Tweak

Theme: Wet

Place Earned: none

Genre: Angst

Canon (post-manga)

Rating: PG

Word count: 293

Warnings: none

 

 

Somber Tears

 

Small droplets of moisture bead on her forehead, running down the sides of her face or into her hair. The process is similar to the unfamiliar wetness forming in my own eyes and flowing down my cheeks. Yes, I'm crying, and I don't care. I stopped trying to cover it up hours ago.

 

Kagome has been bedridden for two days, her scent so muddled by sickness that at times I wonder if I will ever again smell her sweet natural fragrance, the one that soothes me to sleep at night and brings a smile to my face when I rouse in the morning. She stirs, a pitiful whimper escaping her lips, and I quickly reapply the cold compress to her forehead. She settles down after that, once again resuming her restless slumber. She has been slipping in and out of consciousness, bouts of intense shivering alternating with periods of relative calm. The only constant is the fever.

 

Her eyelids flutter, and after a moment they open, revealing those chocolate orbs I know so well. She looks at me, appearing more lucid than she has in over a day, and my tortured heart skips a beat. She seems surprised, and I can imagine why; this is only the second time she has seen me cry. Even now, she cares more about how I feel than herself. A delicate hand emerges from the blankets, shakily rising until it touches my cheek. She smiles reassuringly at me, her gaze meeting my own as my clawed hand covers her own and holds it in place. In that moment, nothing needs to be said, though much passes between us. Then unconsciousness takes her again, and I place her arm back under the blanket.

 

I pray she will recover.