"Love can tear you apart, and it can kill you.
But, at the same time, it can bring you back together."
Unknown
Chapter 1
Yuki
Yuki cursed at the grave that lay before him. He didn't want to be here, it only made him feel more different, depressed and enraged at being abandoned and forgotten by his mother. He never knew her for that long; he was only eight when she died. He was sixteen now, and all Yuki wanted to do was forget, but she left an imprint on him that would last a life time. Yuki's mother was very antisocial, which resulted in much of Yuki's childhood spent in solitude. He didn't mind at the time, because he was content with the love his mother gave him during the long months they spent inside with only each other for company. However, Yuki knew that he was not the only important one in his mother's life. Even from a young age he could sense his mother drifting further and further away from him, until she disappeared from his life completely. Yuki became mad that his mother no longer seemed to cherish him as her only 'one' anymore. Her mind seemed set on retrieving more important things than spending time with her son, Yuki. He yearned for her compassion, but she no longer seemed to need Yuki's love any more. He had become a shadow in the back of her mind. Yuki felt lost and abandoned, even though he was never seen far from his mother's side, clinging to her skirt. When she died, there was an invisible wall that seemed to separate them and prevent them from understanding and acknowledging each other's feelings. That was when Yuki's father began to play a crucial role in his life…
"Remind me why we're here again" Yuki said with a disgusted overtone to his voice.
"To pay our respects to your mother" Miokio said, placing flowers below a grave that said: Kyoko Unknown-1992. May she forever lie in our hearts; whose love and generosity for others will be remembered forever.
Yuki scowled at the lies of the memoir written on the plaque. All lies, he told himself. But this was the only way Yuki had been able to overcome the loss of his mother. His anger towards her made him feel like it wasn't his fault. But deep down, Yuki believed he was never good enough for his mother's love and care.
"Why? She never did anything for us? She left us for a delinquent from an old teenage love affair, who only ended up killing her in the end" Yuki spat at the grave that lay next to his mother Kyoko. It read: Sasuke Uchiha 1972-1992 : May he rest in peace, and remain in our hearts as a hero.
Yeah right, some hero… Yuki thought.
"Is that what you think of your mother? Some whore that left us for a swing?" Mikio asked astonished, hurt clearly written on his face.
Yuki just merely looked at the ground, his bangs covering his face, which revealed only hurt and abandonment. Mikio sighed.
"Maybe I should tell you about your mother's life. You're old enough now to understand"
"What more is there to know? She had a love affair, and left her family for him"
"You know, for a while, Sasuke was the only family Kyoko ever had. She was an orphan all her life. He was the only light in her eyes. She never loved me, nor could she ever see me that way after we had grown up together"
Yuki looked up. This was all news to him.
"What do you mean? I thought you guys were in love and married within a couple of days after you met her?"
"I did love her!...more than anything. But married? No, no. Yuki I'm not even your real father."
Yuki's stomach seemed to drop a mile. Not his father? Than who is he?
"What?...Why have you never told me this before! All this time, you were lying to me too! Can no one trust me?" Yuki shouted.
"Yuki, don't talk like that, you know I love you, and you're mother loved you a great deal more"
"Don't tell me that. I know she never really loved me, she only pretended to, to make me happy"
Mikio sighed again. "Perhaps if I tell you your mother's life story, you will come to understand her motives and the complexity of the situation"
"I don't want to hear it. I already know the type of person she is. She's nothing more than over obsessed conceited whore"
"Yuki…you don't really believe that do you?"
"How can I believe anything anymore? You've lied to me my whole life. I don't know what to do anymore"
"Yuki, I know you feel hurt, but I want you to know that you were never unloved. Your mother went through some difficult times trying to understand her-self, but she never once doubted her unconditional love for you"
"Then why'd she go? Why'd she abandon us for him?" Yuki stressed the last word with disgust.
"She never abandoned you, or me. She left to fill a hole that her heart had suffered from for many years."
For once, Yuki could hear the pain and sadness that filled Mikio's voice that he had never noticed before. Whenever he had talked about Kyoko, he had become sullen, but Yuki had never noticed it until now. He was too busy wallowing in pure hatred at the very mention of her name. Yuki looked up to find that he wore a sad smile.
"I met your mother when we were around ten years old. We were both orphans, kidnapped by a man called Seito. Life was hard Yuki, very hard…"
