Written for the LJ-community 30 shards.
Character(s): Souta
Summary: Bits and pieces of a forgotten character's struggle to accept his sister's life and death.
Shard: #2 - Juggling
Title: Role Model
Author: Ziggimaguagua
Word count: 150
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He wants to do good in school (or rather, Mama wants him to do good in school, so he sorta wants it too) and help Jii-san out, but he also wants money, and working in the shrine shop or doing homework isn't really helping with that, so he gets a job.
Juggling homework, work in the shop and a paper route isn't really easy, though, and for a while he makes a scene every Saturday morning when Mama wakes him early.
Then he remembers her and the way she used to sit up all night to do a paper, then go off early the next morning to fight monsters and save the world and he feels just a little selfish and spoiled.
She complained about early mornings and late nights, but she went. His situation is vastly different, but still... That's the thought that gets him up most mornings.