Breakpoint by UnknownRandomness

Sympathy

Prompt: Vulnerose - Full of wounds; wounded.

Word Count: 268

Kagome whimpered as she pulled her gloves on. Sango cast her a sympathetic look before waving goodbye and rushing off to help a flustered colleague. With a moan of agony, the young woman pushed open the glass doors of her workplace and made her way back to her apartment, the sharp evening breeze biting at her fingers through her woolen gloves.

Fumbling with her keys proved even more frustrating than usual, painful and fruitless. She was just about to ring her own doorbell when the entry opened suddenly and Sesshoumaru engulfed her in his warm frame, dragging her inside into the heat. The demon’s gentle kisses relaxed her for a moment, but when he released her to let her remove her outdoor wear, a tear, unbidden, trickled down her face.

At her mate’s alarmed expression and nuzzling, Kagome tentatively revealed her hands, inch by painful inch, from under the wool.

The skin of her hands was punctured with small holes where blood welled up and quickly formed scabs that pulled painfully on her flesh whenever her digits moved. Her thumbs were particularly wounded and when Sesshoumaru demanded to know what had happened, the miko sighed.

“These are all self-inflicted. I was responsible for the staple gun at work today. Big mistake.”

Kagome frowned. She really didn’t appreciate his laughter. It wasn’t funny! It was painful! And irritating. Where was the sympathy? What happened to the sweet and loving male who had been nuzzling her only a few seconds before?

All these questions whirled around the woman’s mind as she stared at the cackling inuyoukai rolling on the floor. 

 

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