Chapter Two

"Now Yuuri, make sure to keep you phone on so I can always call-"

"Mom! I know!"

Not only twenty minutes at my new college and my mom is fretting over my life already.

"But sweetheart-"

I pushed my mom out of my newly situated room and looked to my brother, Shouri, for help, which I received none of. Instead he simply stood there and watched with an emotionless look as my mom evaded my pushing and spun around to hug me...and could she hug or what.

"M-mom, c-can't...b-breathe..." I struggled in her grip and gasped for air for dramatic effect. Next thing I know I could hear her crying softly by my ear. That immediately made me relax and gently hug her with a small smile as I tried to reassure her. "Mom, I swear I'll visit on the holidays and whenever I can."

"Oh Yuuri…I'm going to miss you so much." My mother cries, pulling me into another bone-crushing hug.

"Mom don't kill Yuuri. Let the boy breathe." Shouri, says, gently removing our mother from me.

"But this is the first time I'm going to be so far from Yuuri…" Mother sniffs, dabing at her red-swollen eyes.

"Mom…I'll be fine." I give her a reassuring smile. "After all, I won't be alone in the dorms. I have a roommate."

"I know but…"

"Don't fret mother. I'll be only an hour away after all." Shouri soothes, giving mom's hand a squeeze. I inwardly sigh, remembering how hard it was to keep him an hour away. We had fought for three days, Shouri only relenting after I agreed to call him every Monday and he could visit once every month. You would think I was still a small child from the way Shouri treats me!

"You're right, but both my boys are just growing up so fast!" Mother sniffs.

"Mom…" I smile, giving her a warm hug. "I really will be happy here. I wanted to go to this university. Thank you for helping me get here."

"You're welcome Yuuri dear. Just don't get so caught up in university life that you forget about your family, ok?"

"Ok. I won't."

Two goodbye kisses later and a bunch more tears, Mom and Shuri leave, allowing me to start on unpacking.

I let out an exhausted breath, putting away the final moving box under my new bed. I stretch, having to take boxes of stuff from a moving van then unpacking everything had turned out harder than I had thought. But it was all worth it. Now I'm finally here…Blood Pledge University!