Golden Veil by BelovedStranger

Chapter 37

Word Count: 100

Prompt from Stella Mira's Soundtrack Challenge #7: Threads of the Transient Dream

“This Sesshomaru will not be responsible for you.”

“You don’t have to,” assured Kagome quickly. “I’m not a child, Sesshomaru. I can take care of myself.” Seeing that he was ready to continue to refuse her, she spoke quickly before he could. “I won’t stay permanently, I promise.”

His silence encouraged her to continue. “I just want to help you. You have never been in this type of situation before, right? The pain will only get worse if you don’t treat it correctly.”

“This Sesshomaru needs no one,” he told her after a few seconds of contemplative silence, crushing her.