Across the Dimensions

by sketched-daydreams

A one-month 200 word challenge that delves into the characters of Arc V. Day #29: They are the children who grew up to be heroes. Crossposted from Tumblr.

2. Poverty

Title: Poverty

Day #2: Yuugo dreams a life where Rin never has to wish for anything anymore.

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Yuugo is not as oblivious as Rin thinks.

Yuugo knows that she thinks that he is just a child, but he understands. He sees the ragged dress that Rin wears day after day, counts the drops of rainwater dripping through their patched roof, and goes to bed with his stomach growling from a meager dinner.

Rin never complains because they got off lucky. Two orphans wouldn't make it far in this world, but together they have a chance.

But it's not fair, Yuugo thinks, that Rin was the one who had to admire the pretty dresses of Top girls who have far too many, that they have to play with cards that were thrown away first, and that the night sky has not stars but the grand buildings of the Tops. Rin deserves more than that.

But Yuugo isn't so naïve as to believe that they might get out of this place. Commons will never get to the Top no matter how hard they struggle.

But when Jack Atlas wins the Friendship Cup, there is hope at long last. That night Yuugo dreams of the life of a winner, a life where Rin never has to wish for anything anymore.