Title: A Best Friend is a Sister
Rating: PG
Summary: Love has always been what has been lacking from Sun's friendships. The real, genuine, unconditional love of a person who will stand by you no matter what you do, or who you are.
Disclaimer: I do not own Lost. At all. I wish but alas...
Author's Note: For thespiansparkle.



A best friend is a sister, that destiny forgot to give you.
– Anonymous

Sun can’t help but think of home sometimes. She thinks of the life that she had, and the people that were in it. She thinks of what she had then versus what she has now. She misses her bed, her home. She misses running water. She misses the little things that she took for granted when she had them.

But the people…she doesn’t miss them as much. Not her father, with his cold eyes and even colder dimenor. She doesn’t miss her mother, with her constant overbearing nature. She doesn’t miss her friends, who were not her friends. She doesn’t miss the people who weren’t genuine with her, only trying to get close to her father, or around her because of the social status that being her father’s daughter provided.

In her old life, she never knew who to trust, who her real friends were. She could never be sure who was around her for her.

But here, on the island, there is a level playing-field. Here, no one is better, richer, more powerful than anyone. They are all survivors, struggling to get by day by day with their sanity intact. It is easy for her to see, easier than it has been her whole life, who her true friends are.

She thinks, if she has to label it, that Kate is her best friend. She stands by her, and is stood by in return. She thinks she knows Kate the best of anyone, that she has trusted her with more than she has trusted anyone in a very long time. And she knows that there are things that Kate has told her that she has told no one else. She worries for Kate, when she’s away, either by choice, or when she was a captive of the Others. She always welcomes her back, though, with open arms, because that is what friends do.

Yes, Kate is the best friend she has had in years. Because above all else, despite the circumstances, and all of the things that have happened, she has been genuine. She has been caring. She has been like no friend that Sun has ever had, because she is sure that Kate cares for her as she cares for Kate.

Love has always been what has been lacking from Sun's friendships. The real, genuine, unconditional love of a person who will stand by you no matter what you do, or who you are. For the first time in her life, she feels like she has that. And more.