Title BFF
Author landofthekwt
Rating K
Prompt Friend (unsung heroes)
Word Count 300
POV Shiori
Warning none
Summary Shiori finds a friend to confide her feelings for Kohaku
Until she came to the Sunset Village, Shiori never had a friend. Being a hanyou ensured that. No one wanted to admit friendship with her. The local children ganged up on her and bullied her.
On the road she had only her mother as a companion. They had clung to each other as Inuyasha predicted, finding strength in each. Her mother was still her mother not a friend in whom she could confide.
When she came to the Sunset Village, the Inutachi had attached themselves to her. She was a reminder of their shared past. Someone who could appreciated what they had gone through.
When the dust settled, Kagome and Sango were friends, but not on the same level as Rin. Kagome and Sango were married with children while Rin and Shiori were still waiting for their chance for happiness with ones they had chosen.
Kagome and Sango were now secure in their relationships having weathered the storms before their marriage. Kagome had gotten past her feelings of jealousy toward Shiori
Now they faced a different challenge. Shiori's relationship with Kohaku brought a hostile reaction from the villagers Sango decided whatever she felt. Kohaku was her brother. If Shiori made Kohaku happy, she would stand behind the two of them.
While Shiori appreciated Kagome and Sango being her friends, she still did not feel that she could tell everything to them. Only one person was close enough to her that she felt comfortable confiding what she felt about Kohaku.
That person was Rin. Only Rin knew what it was like to be a stranger in a hostile village. Only Rin knew what it was like to wait in the village for the one you loved to return to Rin could possibly understand her feelings for Kohaku.
