I had enough of Sis "protectin' us". She wasn't protecting us from a damn thing. We can't do anything without her go ahead and she never gives us any go ahead. "Sweetheart, it's for your own good." she'd say. It's the same story and Nui and I ain't allowed to question it. Mako gets to do whatever but we don't get to do too much of anything. It's worse because I keep remembering that night, when the house burned down.
We were on the run since then and we got a good home but we still can't do nothing. Mama never hurt us like our old Mom did. I know she knows what happened that night. She wouldn't tell me what happened that night or, rather, what she did that night. I told her to tell me and she wouldn't. She just gave some spiel, "If I told you, you won't be able to cope!" I ain't know what the hell any of that meant but I told her so and I told her that I wanted to be a kid.
She had something to say about that but she straight up roared it. "You've ALWAYS been a child! I WASN'T!"
I had enough of her bullshit, really, I did, but I didn't know what she knew then. No, and I wasn't set on knowing. I just wanted to be normal. I decided that I would be when I left the house to play with Mako in the woods. I wouldn't do this once, no, I'd do it more than once. I kept doing it and it kept up until I lost a few teeth after falling out of a tree.
She didn't let up, after that. No, she told me, "You've had enough me, I know, but, as you can see, this is what happens when you don't mind what I say. Dearest, I'm trying to protect you." She would tell me that bad things happen when I disobey her. "You feel smug now but I know that you'll only be hurting yourself when you disobey, impudent, really." she said, giving me a look I don't think I ever remembered her giving me.
"Everything I do is for your own good. DON'T disobey me again."
Nui did ask me why I won't do what Sis says and I told her that I had enough. I was done with Sissie's shit and I told her this but she told me, "That's no good, Ryuuko, we gotta do what Sissie says. You had a bloody mouth and missin' teeth when you came home the other day. You gotta do what Sissie says." Thinking about it, I wanted to smack the shit out of Nui but I know Sis would have my ass if I did it, so I just told her, "Nui, we're safe now. We don't have our scary old Mom anymore and Sis ain't in any trouble. Sis is just a spaz."
"But, don't you like it here, too? If you keep acting up, we might get in trouble and then we'll have to go away."
"Nui, Sissie's just uppity over nothing. We've been safe for the past years, so what the hell is she protectin' us from?"
Nui and me are as different as the clouds and dirt. I couldn't blame her for that. Nui's the youngest one and the youngest ones tend to do what the oldest one says, then again, she doesn't remember our old mom that well, just that she was scary. Sissie's easier on Nui but she's a bit harsh with me and I'm sick of that, too.
We were all kids when the house burned down, so what the hell does Sis mean "she wasn't a child"?
Notes: To go a bit into the dynamic of the three sisters, y'all already know that Satsuki's parentified (It's rather obvious), however, with Ryuuko being the middle, you might get the idea that she remembers Satsuki as both "sister" and "mom" but more so the former, thus, combined with her age, she's more apt to go against Satsuki's authority, while, for Nui, being the youngest, Satsuki was more "mom" than "sister" isn't as inclined.
