Affirmation: True to Life
Disclaimer: I do not own Savage Garden nor YuYu Hakusho.
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Yusuke (Abeko)
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Yusuke flopped onto the couch, staring at a non-existant TV. Their television had been sold for the house payment while the home stereo system went for the food bill. His mother had went into a rehab clinic, promising she'd become a batter helper with the debts she owed.
Going cold turkey was hard for her though. She shook, trembling much like the ground during a small earthquake. Abeko could only grit her teeth through her episodes. She wanted to prove badly that she could still be a mom, a caretaker, and a provider. After all, in her mind, Yusuke was counting on her for at least keeping some food in the cupboards and a roof over their heads if anything.
He stared in thought as he heard his mother come in, tear-stained. She was well dressed in a plain black power suit with a white blouse and work skirt. She was beautiful as a work woman even without a job.
Her interview for the manager job at the American restruant was only that afternoon. Yusuke had gotten a job working at a ramen joint by third street, a few blocks away. Noticing her downward appearance and that fact that she was shaking with white knuckles gripping her small handbag, he could tell she failed.
"Hey, Yusuke." Her face brightened only marginally from the wallowing in sorrow. Sitting down in front of Yusuke, she pulled out a brush, handing it to him. Looking at her questionably, he barely heard her speak.
"Brush."
Placing the hair utensil into her hair and going down gently, Yusuke could feel her body go lax at the attention its crown was receiving. Leaning back, Abeko allowed the silence to dissolve.
"I think we'll be out of debt soon, you know? I mean, I know we'll have to work but we can do it, after all, we've pulled through worse so far." Sighing, contented with her encouragement speech she let it out.
"They don't want to take in a drunk. I've kinda been this way since you were little and your dad went away. Even after all this time, I still miss him. You remind me so much of him, You know that Yusuke? He was really self-reliant and often didn't think of others except for who he cared about most. He was afraid of when I was having that he could no longer be who he was. He ran." Looking up to Yusuke, she gave him a silly grin. "Unlike him, you don't run."
"Thanks mom." Smiling, he kissed her brow the thought the truth to himself. 'I believe that the struggle for financial freedom is unfair. I know you're going to land a good job soon, mom. I believe in you and I won't run. For you, that's all you need right?'
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