((FLASHBACK))
"Mo~ther" Kurama yelled in fury, "I haven't seen him in a ~month~ why can't I go?!"
"I don't want you to see him anymore, Shuichi, please?" His mother almost begged. Looking up at the red haired boy, a pitiful sorrow in her eyes. The small kitchen light revealing her tears.
"I'm sorry, I don't think I can do that, even for you" his voice barely above a whisper. He looked down, gently tugging and pulling at his magenta coloured jumper. "I love him, mother, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to disappoint you." He glanced up from the floor, and stared at his mom, salty water streaking his cheeks.
"Then don't disappoint me! Leave him! Leave him, for me, Shuishi!" She blurted out in an inarticulate bout of emotion.
"I-I just..CAN'T!" His usually calm voice cracked and ached with the sound of suppressed tears. "Please don't make me choose!"
The woman's features hardened, and her lips tightened in a firm line. "No. I refuse to let you see him, any longer. I am you're mother, Shuichi, you will obey my rules as long as you live under my roof." She said, a final note of victory rang in her voice.
"You're being unreasonable! This is my ~home~ I'd have no other place to stay!" Kurama tried to reason with his stubborn parental figure.
"Maybe you should ask that...boyfriend of yours then?!" She said, spitting out her words, in total disgust. "I'm sure he'd be willing to..support you." An almost malicious gleam now in her eyes, determined to prevent her boy from being perverted by that little demon.
"Why don't you understand? This is who I am, mother! Not allowing me to see him isn't going to change that!" Kurama pleaded and sobbed, trying to get through to the woman in front of him. He couldn't understand why she always changed so much when his beloved Hiei came into topic. He wanted her to accept him, and talk to him like she used to, before she found out about the demon.
"No, you don't understand, Shuichi. You're still a boy; you don't know what love is. You're not like..that! You can't be! You're my boy!"
Kurama's eyes began to dry. A cold iciness replaced the hurt and emotion he'd revealed earlier. Slowly he began to build walls around himself. The warmth and life gone from his eyes, replaced with placidity. He replied in a short, even manner.
"I am not yours mother, I am not your boy, and I never was. I hope you're happy with your choice, Shiori" Putting a strong emphasis on his mother's name, he turned his back and headed for the small park where he was to meet Hiei.
((END FLASHBACK))
"Mo~ther" Kurama yelled in fury, "I haven't seen him in a ~month~ why can't I go?!"
"I don't want you to see him anymore, Shuichi, please?" His mother almost begged. Looking up at the red haired boy, a pitiful sorrow in her eyes. The small kitchen light revealing her tears.
"I'm sorry, I don't think I can do that, even for you" his voice barely above a whisper. He looked down, gently tugging and pulling at his magenta coloured jumper. "I love him, mother, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to disappoint you." He glanced up from the floor, and stared at his mom, salty water streaking his cheeks.
"Then don't disappoint me! Leave him! Leave him, for me, Shuishi!" She blurted out in an inarticulate bout of emotion.
"I-I just..CAN'T!" His usually calm voice cracked and ached with the sound of suppressed tears. "Please don't make me choose!"
The woman's features hardened, and her lips tightened in a firm line. "No. I refuse to let you see him, any longer. I am you're mother, Shuichi, you will obey my rules as long as you live under my roof." She said, a final note of victory rang in her voice.
"You're being unreasonable! This is my ~home~ I'd have no other place to stay!" Kurama tried to reason with his stubborn parental figure.
"Maybe you should ask that...boyfriend of yours then?!" She said, spitting out her words, in total disgust. "I'm sure he'd be willing to..support you." An almost malicious gleam now in her eyes, determined to prevent her boy from being perverted by that little demon.
"Why don't you understand? This is who I am, mother! Not allowing me to see him isn't going to change that!" Kurama pleaded and sobbed, trying to get through to the woman in front of him. He couldn't understand why she always changed so much when his beloved Hiei came into topic. He wanted her to accept him, and talk to him like she used to, before she found out about the demon.
"No, you don't understand, Shuichi. You're still a boy; you don't know what love is. You're not like..that! You can't be! You're my boy!"
Kurama's eyes began to dry. A cold iciness replaced the hurt and emotion he'd revealed earlier. Slowly he began to build walls around himself. The warmth and life gone from his eyes, replaced with placidity. He replied in a short, even manner.
"I am not yours mother, I am not your boy, and I never was. I hope you're happy with your choice, Shiori" Putting a strong emphasis on his mother's name, he turned his back and headed for the small park where he was to meet Hiei.
((END FLASHBACK))