An Unconventional Courting by Stella Mira

Like Sand

KYN's Weekly Word Prompt: Sand

Word Count: 100

"You don't need to do this, Aoi! I may not have the same feelings, but that doesn't mean I don't love you. I care for you deeply and that will never change. You can stay in my pack and be free of all those overbearing rules," Kagome pleaded with him with a sense of dread. All of her bonds were slipping through her fingers like grains of sand. She had been willing to let Inuyasha go because he had found a home, but Aoi had been alone before she came. Why would he want to return to that empty existence?