Title Heart on Fire
Author landofthekwt
Rating M
Word Count 250
Prompt Aflame
Warning sexual references
Summary Izayoi and the Inu no Taisho meet nightly for muko-iri
She sat by the window shivering clad only in the barest of garments, waiting for the moon to reach its zenith. Only then he would come to her. Her knight in shining armor. The huge dog blotting out the sky. No man could stop him from coming to her.
Her father might try to stop him, but he was too strong and too swift. By the time his father's samurai reached her, he had already come and gone. Her fiancé, Takemaru of Setsuma had come
with her father's permission to court her, but so far with her knowledge of herb lore she had been able to prevent him from impregnating her.
Surely, tonight would be the night that she conceived his child. Once she was with child, her father could no longer deny her marriage. Her lover might be a youkai, but he still honored the human custom of muko-iri for her sake.
As much as she loved the nightly trysts, she wished for a time when their love making was no longer hidden by the darkness. When her family would accept them as husband and wife and welcome the new child into their home.
Until then she would sit in the moonlight, waiting for him to come to her. She had no need of clothing he would keep her warm. She endured it all for him. His love sustained her, but she longed for the flame which burned between them as they melded together to create a new life.
