Alright this is my first Shizuru fic so don't be mean okay I have no clue what actually happened to Kuwabara and Shizuru's parents so I'll make things up so if its wrong inform me okay and I own nothing nada but I wished I owned the singer of the song (drool Keith Urban drool)

You brought that bottle home in a paper sack drew the blinds and locked the doors

Shizuru came home late one night the stench of alcohol strong on her breath and a bottle in a brown paper sack in her hand. As she hobbled in she locked the doors and drew the blinds hoping no one would see her as she drank her way to oblivion in her lonely apartment

and there' nothing but empty in that glass so you pour a little more and there's no one there to judge you at least that's what you tell yourself but

The next morning hung over and woozy from the night before Shizuru woke up to an unexpected face. It was her brothers as beaten up and bloodied as usual he had come to check up on her for their mother to see how she was doing. When he saw her eyes ease open he asked in a curious voice

"Shizuru what's wrong, are you okay?" She smiled sweetly and nodded and pushed him out the door with the excuse she had stayed up to late and needed rest both of them knowing it was an outright lie.

don't you know nobody drinks alone every demon every ghost from your past and every memory you've held back follows you home nobody drinks alone

After Kuwabara (I mean Kuwabaka) left Shizuru re locked the door and headed for her bed knowing full well she would need the sleep for the night yet to come when she would drink herself into an oblivion again not that she wanted to be there but to her it was in a way comforting. When she drank it brought back so many memories both good and bad. She enjoyed remembering no matter how painful it could be for herself and others around her.

You remember whiskey on your daddy's breath so you always stick to wine and you scared your little brother half to death you just kept it all inside

Later that night while Shizuru was remembering drunk again she though to herself "what am I doing? I mean I drink myself into oblivion every night and for what a few memories of the good old days, while I let my baby brother live away from me to keep him safe. Who am I? After that same thought Shizuru passed out still wondering while she slept and drifted further away from the world. Her health along with her memories slowly fading.

You can hear your mama crying only now she cries for you and don't you know nobody drinks alone every demon every ghost from you past and every memory you've held back follows you home

Shizuru woke up later in a hospital bed hooked up to wires and machines who did who knows what at first she was frantic and worried wondering what the hell was wrong with her and what time it was ad what all the wires were for. Then she saw her brother sleeping in a chair and she smiled knowing she was still cared for even thou she had probably made his life miserable along with hers and she knew slightly that all the memories she had, had about the good old days that she remembered only when she was drunk could be remembered through her brother as well as those drinks. And maybe just maybe that would stop her personal oblivion from reaching out and grabbing her again.

nobody drinks alone though you're lonely hey don't you let that feelin' fool ya' don't you know nobody drinks alone every demon every ghost from your past every memory you've held back follows you home nobody drinks alone nobody drinks alone