InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Pointilism ❯ Conflicted ( Chapter 37 )

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Conflicted

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Following your heart could get you killed. (She'd seen it happen before.) Following your head would make you miserable. (Like she was now.)

The world said they weren't compatible—said that the evil would taint the pure.

The world couldn't see that look in Inuyasha's eyes like Kikyou could.

He was staring down at her from his usual place in the tree. She helplessly stared back. There were villagers around, and to address him informally would be asking for trouble she couldn't handle at the time.

I love you, his eyes said.

She didn't know how to make hers respond.