Title: Having to Say You're Sorry
Author: Starzki
Rating: K
Genre: Romance/Family life
Prompt: Hurt
Word Count: 250
Summary: See Sango and Miroku. See Sango and Miroku argue. See Sango and Miroku resolve things like adults. Because that's what love means.
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Sango fled the hut, tears stinging the corners of her eyes. She stopped running after a few stumbling steps. She braced against a tree in order to collect herself, breathing slowly in and out.
Miroku was standing behind her within the next moment. She was glad he had come after her, though she was still furious with him.
He was angry, too. His crossed arms and shifting stance showed his annoyance.
"Don't run away from this conversation," he said an edge in his voice.
Sango turned to face him, but immediately covered her face with her hands so that he wouldn't see it crack under his scrutiny.
"You can't say what you said and expect me not to feel hurt," she said, her voice straining to hold back the emotion. "I am not being silly. I have thought it through."
Miroku sighed. Seeing Sango hurt by something that he said in frustration pained him. His irritation evaporated. Miroku reached out to his new wife and she tentatively leaned into him, accepting his comfort.
"I apologize. I didn't realize how much this idea meant to you." He kissed her mouth and wiped away a tear that had escaped down her cheek.
Sango nodded, still frowning, but she allowed him to steer her back to their hut.
Miroku continued, "There are reasons I disagree with you, though. Let's go back inside and talk them through, shall we?"
"Yes," Sango answered. "I think as long as we keep talking, we'll figure it out."
END.
Author's Note: This was originally written for the mirsan_fics livejournal community on 2/9/11 for the "Hurt" prompt.