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The characters belong to Sai Yukino and Kairi Yura, Kadokawa Shoten,
Madhouse Studios, etc., i.e., not me.
I'm
just borrowing them for a while to spin a tale
Submitted
to the Saiunkoku
Fic LJ's Fic Battle
Prompt 1) Reishin and
Kouyuu. Snow
By
firewolf
September
2008
Reishin seethed inwardly as he awkwardly trudged through the snow with his precious burden. Just what had the bastards been thinking to stake the child out in the ice and snow like that? He swore that if he ever found out who was responsible for this cruelty there would be hell to pay. For now though, he had to get the nearly frozen child to the carriage and warmth post haste.
He looked at the boy's pale face with his frost tinged lashes and blue lips and wondered if he would be in time to save the boy's fingers and toes from irreparable damage. He had to hurry.
*~*~*
"You should start wearing your winter cloak."
Kouyuu stopped at the door to look back at Reishin sama before scrutinising the courtyard. The first of the winter's snows had barely begun with most of the snowflakes melting and turning to slush the moment they touched the floor. Really, good boots, his autumn cloak and an umbrella if the snow turned to rain was all he needed.
"Take your winter cloak, Kouyuu."
Kouyuu would have protested the need, except Reishin sama was now at the door and offering the cloak to him. The expression in Reishin sama's eyes always killed any objections Kouyuu might have had when this scene played out with the beginning of every winter.
Sighing in resignation, Kouyuu shrugged off his autumn cloak and handed it to a waiting servant while he accept the fur lined one offered to him. Reishin sama only turned away to resume whatever he had been engaged in earlier once he observed Kouyuu settling the winter cloak over his shoulders.
As he watched the man walk away, Kouyuu has to wonder again why Reishin sama seemed to hate the cold and the snow so much.
~owari~
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for reading.
Cheers, firewolf
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