❛ how long has it been since you've slept? ❜
( an assortment of dialogue prompts. / accepting ! )
of course he waited until everyone else was deep in the arms of sleep themselves before confronting her. sango’s jaw clicks, tense under the strain of her own frustration. the lack of rest has begun to take its toll on her body, her mind. even though exhaustion has left her bones heavy, her thoughts are too wild & untamed to find any peace in. it’s been three days since she’d last seen kohaku. three nights since she last truly slept. the emptiness of his gaze, the blood on his hands, soaking into the fabric of his uniform. it haunts her still.
every time she closes her eyes, she sees a myriad of images flickering behind them, too fast to single out but always showing her him. kohaku, playing with kirara in the space behind their home. kohaku, smiling after completing a training exercise. kohaku, throwing his weapon at their clansmen, their friends, their father. kohaku, broken, sobbing, reaching to her for comfort. kohaku, remorseless, standing amongst the carnage of a slaughter at his own hand.
maybe it would have been better if she’d stayed beneath the dirt, after that day.
❝ how long has it been since last night ? ❞ she asks, rhetorically, biting. the lie tastes like unripened berries between her teeth, sour & too hard to chew through. in the center of their campsite, the fire’s glow is waning. ❝ i just have a lot on my mind, that’s all. ❞
& she tells herself she’s content to leave it at that. that inuyasha is content to leave it at that. but he’s never been that easy to evade. stupid, stubborn hanyou.
❝ if i can’t sleep anyways, i may as well take the night watch. ❞ it’s a reasonable suggestion, in her opinion. though she keeps her voice low, kirara stirs the instant the slayer sits up. despite her melancholy, sango smiles, gently petting the nekomata’s flank. just because she can’t seem to find peace in the night doesn’t mean she wants to disturb the rest of their companions. ❝ why don’t you try getting some rest for once, inuyasha ? ❞