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
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to the Saiunkoku
Fic LJ's Fic Battle
Prompt 143) Kurou &
child!Kouyuu - dark - hurt/comfort type of fic (Gen)
By
firewolf
September 2008
When Kurou first heard that Rei Aniue had adopted an urchin off the mountains, he had been incensed. He thought his brother was determined to make a laughing stock of the clan to have it known that the head of the Kou clan did not intend to have children and instead wanted to have an outsider recognized as his son. Later, however, Kurou found himself unexpectedly just as angry to learn that his brother did not give the boy their name, but created one for him. Unfortunately, this all meant he wasn't in the best of moods when he unexpectedly came across the said urchin wandering quite lost in his brother's estates.
Still the stark white fear on the boy's face when he found his 'uncle's' stern face looking down on him made Kurou ashamed of himself. And it alarmed him even more when the boy had immediately scrunched into the nearest corner and raised his arms to protectively shield himself.
Kurou suddenly wasn't so sure of his earlier opinion anymore as he stared in aghast at the tiny trembling child; a child who all too obviously was used to a harsh life of being regularly beaten or abused; a child who his brother had *rescued* and decided to take in and love.
Kurou caught himself short on that thought. 'Love.' It occurred to him then that it seemed incongruous to him to associate his impatient, bullying elder brother with this capability. In all the time they were growing up, Rei Aniue had no patience for him or for other children and preferred the company of their much older brother and adults. Yet, he had taken in this child. The idea seemed almost preposterous.
However, when Kurou found his eyes locking with the fearful but intelligent eyes peeking at him from behind the raised arms, understanding immediately flooded him. No man with a heart could be angry or hateful to this child.
Kurou's face softened as he knelt on the floor before the cowering boy and held out a hand. "Kouyuu? I'm sorry I frightened you. I'm your father's younger brother, Kurou.
"I'm your uncle, Kouyuu. And I welcome you to our family."
~owari~
Thanks
for reading.
Cheers, firewolf
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