Affirmation: True to Life

Yusuke/Keiko

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It was never mentioned when one was born that life was unfair. When born, one just came with a certificate of sorts, saying they had begun simply breathing, extolling their virturous and pure life upon the stain of society's darkest corners.

It was simply breeding.

When born, the parental figures were always supposedly there. They were to do the best job they could and yet they never told the one being that life was unfair until that child got older. Never.

It was simple for Keiko.

She had everything she needed. A home, food, running water, clean toilet, and a happy life in particular and yet, she had one thing that would never make her happy.

She loved Urameshi Yusuke.

But he didn't love her, or he hid it from her really well. She supposed that she could also be dense. Cautiously, she sighed, dropping her pencil in her text book.

Whenever it came to Urameshi Yusuke, Yukimura Keiko was always confused. Even homework for her favorite subject hadn't helped by much to put her mind off the continuing useless drabble that her mind came up with.

Urameshi Yusuke was dead in sense of mind, but he was also back alive. Pausing in her thought, she yawned, reaching back from her body.

Life was no fair.

Keiko had no idea what to believe in other than the fact that she did love him very much.

She worried often over the oaf, hoping to Keonma that he returned with his cocky smile and arrogant posture. She constantly had to wonder if he was all right out in the three worlds considering most people considered him dangerous and lethal.

She was worried more than enough for him, much more than some others. Looking over to a small picture as she lost focus on the homework in front of her, Keiko smiled.

People always seemed to come home in some small form or another. Yukina, now lived in human world going to school as Botan's younger sister-in-law. Her last name gave away her heritage and legacy to her lineage or even home, Koorime.

To remind himself of his home, often when he lived in Okinawa, Kuruma simply grew roses and collected tea sets from England. It was weird but it was his own connection.

Botan and Hiei had their own things to remind themselves of home when they left on duty. The ferry woman often wore a necklace in spirit form from Hiei, while Hiei had a charm on his katana from his woman. Nothing more than a simple exchange of gifts showed their home as they fought.

Kuwabara and Shizura both had not much of a home to go to but their habits were formed from their time at their home. Shizura's smoking and Kuwabara's happiness with kittens.

And she had no home really. The only remnent of having a home that she carried with her was her simplicity. Well, if it could be called that.

But Yusuke-san, her Yusuke, seemed to carry the street-smart attitude that she had never cultivated. She sighed, pausing to think, getting up from her place upon her bed.

She had to tell him. She had to finally decide what would happen, being so indecisive was never like her!!

Picking up her enthusiasm, Yukimura Keiko, raced out, leaving two parents behind in her dust.

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So she had nothing to do as she stood waiting, determined to wait though her heart felt as if her chest could not contain it.

She felt like it was a heart attack. Heat rising, heart speeding, blood flowing, dying……..from some sort of something.

"Keiko-chan?"

She turned, body heavy in neither dread nor light in happiness. She was so pained to see him, to hear him. She was so bothered!!

"Y-Yusuke!! Ah, you shouldn't scare me like that!!" An instant imprint of a hand came on his face.

"Damn it!! Nice skirt though…." With a matching red imprint on the other side. Keiko sighed to herself, angry, ready to lash out another time. She thanked the god above that she was no longer so scared.

"Yusuke……." She sighed once more, head looking down as he was back up on his feet. Looking back to her turbulent thoughts, she knew she had to let go. Her happiness would only come if Yusuke would accept. Pausing, Keiko nodded, needing her words more than anything.

"I……I believe that…..people place their happiness…….i-in other people's hands, Yusuke……so, I'm doing that to you….."

"What do you mean, Keiko?"

"I……I…."

"What?"

"I love you." She accepted his surprised look. A personal look of clarity coming through her brown eyes for once. She was now mature and realized how silly she was keeping this away from him. Her own feeling of love enveloping her. Maybe if Yusuke said the same, maybe then she'd be able to be happy with him.

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Okay, This one is done. This turned out to be really really hard for me to do but I tried. Please Read and Review!! Thanks and LOVES TO ALL!!!