DISCLAIMER:
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 87)
Reishin/Kouyuu - even the hardest stone can be worn down by water
By
firewolf
September 2008
Kou Reishin was very aware of his failings as a child friendly adult. Even when he was a child himself he had hated dealing with children, much preferring the company of adults. Not even his little brother was spared from his impatience, even if he did love the annoying little squirt deep down in his heart.
So it was a great astonishment to him that he took to little Kou so well. The boy had cried at their first meeting. And ordinarily, Reishin would have cringed at the prospect of dealing with a snot nosed walking faucet. However, something in the child's eyes had captured his soul and he found himself using the previously stolen handkerchief to wipe the tears from Kou's face as he tore at the bonds holding the child to the tree.
It hadn't even bothered him when the boy initially struggled to escape from him before Reishin managed to wrap his cloak around them both. Nor was he annoyed when Kou finally settled against him with his cold nose nestled against his neck and quite obviously dripping with snort.
Reishin could only suppose that the unusually solemn eyed child appealed to him because he was nothing like the usual exuberant, giggling, empty headed ignorants which he was used to seeing about the city. Little Kou appeared to have substance and a quiet dignified intelligence in him which seemed far more fitting in someone three times his age.
In other words, Reishin suspected that Kou was a child he could love. And... Reishin found himself wanting to be the one responsible for protecting this child and ensuring he never had cause to cry again.
~owari~
Thanks
for reading.
Cheers, firewolf
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