Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or any of its characters.

Summary: Being a teenager is hard. Just when you think everything's going well, it all suddenly starts to turn complicated. You have to face this drama and that drama. It's one drama after another. Well, that's life.

Broken Lovers

Part I - Beginning: Chapter 1

"Hey, mom?"

Botan Fukuyama sat on the bed, with her cellphone near her ear. A wide smile plastered on her face as she went on, "How have you been?"

A young girl at the age of eighteen. Hair as blue as the sky and big, glittering amethyst-coloured eyes. Very pretty, but rarely interested in any boys. She's quite intelligent despite most people think she's an airhead. Happy-go-lucky, helpful, and funny, Botan is popular in her school. Although not as popular as her friends, Keiko and Yukina, she is still one of the most sought women in Hakuen Senior High School.

"Fine, honey. What about you? Is everything okay in the house?" her mom asked her in a concerned tone.

"Yeah, everything's okay. Don't worry about me, I've paid the bills. I'm doing fine here, mom. You always worry, stop that or you'll grow old quickly," she joked.

She heard a giggle from the other side. "Okay, okay."

Her mom, Yuri Fukuyama works as a flight attendant, so she travels a lot. She was pregnant with Botan when she was twenty, so she's only thirteen five now and still quite young in Botan's perspective. But seeing as her job requires her going out of Japan, Botan's always left with taking care of the house, alone and despite feeling a tinge of loneliness sometimes, this helps her to be more responsible and matured.

"How's Australia?"

"Oh, it's great! I've bought you a souvenir, I'm sure you'll love it! How's school?"

"School's school," Botan replied casually, "Can't wait for the souvenirs though."

Yuri laughed. "You'll get it when I'm back. I hope you're getting along with our neighbours. You're not causing any trouble, are you?"

She glanced outside of her window. There, in front of her house, stood her neighbour, also a kindergarten teacher, Yuka-san with an angry look on her face. She was also soaking wet. "Yeah, there's no trouble at all," she answered, a small smirk lingering at the corners of her mouth as she watched the teacher stomp her feet and yell out something.

"I find you hard to believe."

"Aw, mom!" she said childishly. "Why won't you believe your little girl?"

A sigh. "You know what, never mind."

Botan grinned, clearly pleased that Yuri dropped the subject. She's always against telling mom the pranks she does to the neighbours. Of course, Yuka-san is her favourite victim. "So, have you met any cute guys?" she interrogated.

"Why do you always ask that?" Yuri asked instead of giving her an answer.

"Cause you're my mom, and I'm your daughter, so I need to know who my new dad is!"

"You don't have a new dad. Australians are cute, I guess, but none of them are my type. What about you, Bo-chan? When will you have a boyfriend?"

"I told you already, I'm not interested in guys. Putting that aside though, how many times have you said that there isn't your type?"

Her dad had left them when she was five because he found someone else, and this caused Yuri to be an only mother and the only one to take care of the family. In spite of her initial anger, Botan understands how love works, and why he decided to leave them. And frankly, she can't blame him. Neither could her mom. Love, as Yuri had told her many times before, has the power to make people feel endless happiness and unbearable sorrows, and most people would do almost anything for the sake of it.

Which is why, it's hard for Botan to 'fall in love' like most teenagers. It's not like she doesn't know how love works for young people these days. Teenagers willing to run away from home just to follow their so-called love of their life. If love makes you want to leave your family, why be in love anyway? That's what she believes in. The times she's asked her mom whether she's found a guy or not, is only because she wants someone else other than Yuri to carry the burden of being an only parent. Not because she wants her mom to truly loves someone.

Of course, Botan works part-time as a newspaper girl, but that's not enough. There has to be a man in the house.

"Stop asking me these questions. I'll find someone soon, don't worry. Well, honey, I have to hang up now. I'm pretty busy here. Take care of yourself, and don't forget to be nice to the neighbours," Yuri said the last sentence in a stern voice.

Botan pouted but then replaced the pout with a warm smile, touching her eyes with warmth and love. "Sure, mom. I'll do that... in a near future." She heard an exasperated groan and let out a laugh at the sound. "And you too, take care."

She couldn't see Yuri but she was sure her mom was smiling. "Okay, Bo-chan. Bye, I love you."

"Bye, love you too." With that, she ended the call.

"Why do I have to do it? Why can't you?" Kurama asked grudgingly.

"Oh, come on, dude! I told you, I can't. My phone is almost out of battery, okay? If it's not, I wouldn't be calling you now, asking for you to tell her," Yusuke explained, and Kurama could just imagine him sporting a scowl on his face right now.

"I know that. You've told me a million times already. But why me? Why not ask someone else?" he asked again.

"Man, Kurama... If I know you're not going to help me, I wouldn't call you in the first place. Dude, you've always got my back, why can't you do this? It's fucking easy! Just call her and tell her about my goddamn party!"

Kurama rolled his eyes. "Easy for you to say," he mumbled. "You know how Botan feels about me, she doesn't like me. Yusuke... you know that better than anyone."

There was a pause and then, "Oh yeah! I forgot about that!" He soon heard a loud laugh from the other side.

He heaved out a loud, exasperated sigh.

Kurama Minamino. Hair the same colour as roses, and magnetizing eyes in a colour of emerald. Handsome, smart, and excellent in sports. He's literally the man of every girl's dreams. Observant, and always in control of his feelings. Though he is very well-known of being a flirt in his school. Hakuen Senior High School, despite being a school with many brainy students, the girls are just too easy to get, and would always fall for his charm.

And that pretty much explains why he and Botan don't get along well. Sure, they've talked to each other, and even joked with one another a few times, but Botan Fukuyama, as far as he knows, isn't the type of girl who is hung up with romance, and has always disliked the way he toys around with girls. Though he doesn't understand what her problem is. He does have a tendency of flirting with them, having fun with the way they would just swoon at just a small, charming smile but he has never date any of them before.

"Fine," he suddenly agreed and as instantly as he said that, Yusuke cheered loudly.

"Thanks, man! You're a good friend. Oh, shit, my stupid phone's dying. Okay, bye!"

He didn't manage to reply back with a "bye", as Yusuke quickly hung up. He blinked at this, and stared at his cellphone for what seemed like forever before finally letting out another sigh. Well, might as well just get this over with.

Dialing Botan's number, he waited for the girl to pick up.