#meanwhile kagura recognizes this and doesn’t want it to be true

[chemmerson]

kagura and kyo’s episode in season 2 is actually so emotional likeeeeeeee

[jakotsu-stan-blog]

ok bet 👀 modern kagukik headcanons??

BET! Also I’m going to also write this like a modern/mundane thing just simplicity’s sake. Also I’m gonna add a trigger warning here for abuse bc,,,,, writing abt anything tht also deals even partly with Kagura’s relationship with Naraku involves abuse

Modern AU Kagura lives with her shitty older brother (Naraku) who makes her do shit for him. Girl’s got some real PTSD and she just wants Freedom. She has a tendency to, when free, go to high places and just stare at the sky. She loves rooftops. She also secretly feeds all the birds in the area by leaving them seed on the roof. They all know her by now and come over when they see her.

Kikyo is a nurse that once took care of Naraku. He tried to ask her out but she turned him down and he’s still really fucking bitter and he won’t shut up about her and how much he loves hates her. She became really closed off after a bad breakup with a long term boyfriend (Naraku spread rumors about both of them so it was,,, nasty bc both of them were super hurt) and doesn’t really Talk To People anymore.

Kagura honestly doesn’t care about her brother’s whining and never even met Kikyo. She only has one friend- Sesshomaru who she’s like maybe a little in love with but also she doesn’t know if it’s actual feelings or she’s just starved for any positive attention. (She also kinda sees his adopted kid Rin as a friend but like big sister type friend she can’t rlly vent about her issues to a literal child).

At one point Kagura gets,,, very fucked up by her brother and it is The Last Straw. So she escapes and gets to Sesshomaru’s and he has no clue how to deal with the situation but she is Injured and refuses to go to the hospital and so he reluctantly calls his half brother and is like “I need your ex girlfriend’s number.” It’s a,,, bad conversation but he gets Kikyo’s number and calls her to ask for help and she obliges.

And so Kikyo shows up and Kagura can’t help but be like “oh so there’s a Reason Naraku can’t get over her she’s Gorgeous.” And Kikyo recognizes Kagura’s name and Immediately feels bad for her bc she can guess what happened.

And then Kikyo ends up lowkey forcing Kagura to go home with her bc she can take care of her and Kagura reluctantly agrees. And through this the two end up becoming friends and after Kagura has healed up they just end up as roommates (whenever Kagura isn’t flitting around from place to place that is. Girlie can’t stay still.)

Kikyo figures out pretty early on how messed up Kagura is from how she’s been treated her Whole Damn Life and at first she manages to convince herself that she just wants to help Kagura heal from her trauma and that it isn’t anything super deep. Meanwhile Kagura has admitted to herself that she has a crush on Kikyo but bc she can tell Kikyo is still reeling from her last breakup she convinces herself it’s nothing more. This does not stop her from “jokingly” flirting with Kikyo though

However she isn’t equipped for when Kikyo starts flirting back in her own, quiet way. It’s not even flirting as much as it’s just... Kikyo showing Kagura she genuinely cares about her. Kagura isn’t used to people actually genuinely liking or caring about her- much less showing it and it throws her off. But eventually it starts to dawn on her that... Maybe... Maybe Kikyo likes her?

And then there’s Kikyo who has known from the start Kagura was attracted to her (this has been made explicitly clear) but... It took until after she saw her ex with another girl, having started to move on and find happiness, that she realized “huh I can do that too. I SHOULD do that.” and accepted her own feelings for Kagura that she started paying More Attention and thought that maybe Kagura’s flirting was an attempt to hide her true feelings behind shallow attraction.

Kikyo makes the first move. Kagura would never have, she would’ve never been sure when Kikyo would be ready for a new relationship. But when Kikyo makes her feelings clear Kagura happily tells her that they’re reciprocated