𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐒𝐖𝐄𝐏𝐓 , following the splays of cool honey streaks departed from the gaps of a threshold of branches lapped & rolled off each other like impalpable ribbons alight with dancing flakes of anonymous sediment which they held in their ribs , small optic strobes laggardly descending into the grass & careening unhurriedly gored by acanthas erupt of striated boughs. slow thoughts trickling precipitously from the wound cratered in his abdomen , the needlepoint finked at his spine , sun reflecting in white patches burgeoned sans fixed geometries on the surface of dark rivulets steepled down his forearm , jagged in the creases of a surrendered palm & deltaed at his middle finger. rin betrays the natural postulate that a child’s nauseated by such things , neglects wrinkling her face at the cost of a nose scrunched in disgust for the overwhelming smell of dirt soaked in his own blood spooled poison , wholly lacks the underdeveloped reflex to recoil at the sticky wet sound of sopped fabric peeled & dragging on skin as she timidly constructs a nest in the berth between his elbow & waist knelt in mottled furs humming a newly composed madrigal , 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐨𝐮𝐬 , spindly digits pleating freshly picked flower stems in flimsy jubilance. he catches the actions at the corners of his periphery — settled too deep in feverish bovine to let his eyes jitter from the cellulose matrix of timber webs ebbing deep into the woods — & lifts the same cruored hand she’s reposed near to spin a loop black hair around around his index finger. rin wasn’t so naive not to recognize the decrepitude he’d fallen into. in fact her initial disposition had been that of panic he doubts has subsided. cry torn impetuously from her throat galvanizing shrikes from their burrows before she’d discern herself perpetrator.
if rin’s naive it’s in appearance & nothing else. she’d faultless predict his response , the only acknowledgment for her graceless babbling being palm cradling the back of her head. silent wish that she’d taken a little while longer in finding him , a wish that could have been granted had the blunt headed imp stopped to think.
he couldn’t recall when the moon had vanquished the fans of light that so caught his attention though it must’ve done so gradually , or when his side had grown lamentably hollow & cold , the damp blood more miserable. but he woke to find the night limned in tinsel , the great electric of a glowing orchard. 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐬 , winked wittingly in & out of existence. somewhere the bushes whispered of a martyr dragged in a flash of red fur & teeth. none to find the ossature brindled. the bellicose god of supplicants of lesser auxiliaries , eyes ignited in constellations sown to the grass , peeking from the painted ferns the leopard cats have hidden. cupraceous lacquer regresses on his tongue & he closes his eyes again. of course . . . count on rin to return with his brother’s friend. his chest’s almost too delicate for the displeasure , almost surprised she hadn’t called on inuyasha himself for that matter , bouncing to & fro from left - foot to right - foot in chiffon thin gaiety to mask gratitude. she’d interrupt her retelling of a wildly misconstrued tall tale with a sudden ❛ oh , over here ! ❜ to break past the treeline with revitalized urgency to the mokomoko where she props her knees shifting under his shoulder , choosing deliberately not to address him as she patiently directs her gaze back to their company. her name cloys to the roof of his mouth , enunciated like a chide , but small hands tremble as they subconsciously grasp his with more force than she’s likely aware of , nervously poking claws with her fingertips & bending his & he swallows it back. ❛ 𝐉𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐍. [ a pause. ] show her back to inuyasha. ❜