"Well, this is the end I guess, there's no going back now."
These were the last words uttered by 15-year-old Yuki Kaito's mouth.
In the dead of night, he leaped off the 29th floor of the apartnt he lived at with his mother. While plumting to his doom, a single thought ca to his mind.
"I've always wondered if your life flashes before your eyes when you pass on."
Right as he thought those exact words, his mind went blank. His first mory was when he was 6 years old. The school year had just begun and he was about to be in the 1st grade. He was at the entrance of the school and was holding as tight as he possibly could to his mother's hand. His mother recognized that he was nervous and quickly reassured him that everything would be alright.
"It's okay Yuki, you'll be fine here, it's an amazing school and you'll have lots of fun."
Her hazel eyes looked at him with such kindness that all of his anxiety disappeared. Rin Kaito was a single mother that lived in a town composed mainly of Japanese people in the United States with her only son Yuki Kaito. Her boyfriend had left her when she got pregnant because "he was not prepared to be a father".
While that experience scarred her, she began getting her life back together as she had a baby to take care of. She eventually found a well-paying office job that could support herself as well as her son. In exchange for having the ability to provide for her family, she lost the right to spend ti with her child. This ant that Yuki was usually stuck with babysitters.
Yuki reluctantly entered his classroom and was greeted with lots of excitent along with so curious faces. The sudden large amount of attention given to him made Yuki extrely nervous however, his teacher quickly ca to the rescue.
She was a short, skinny middle-aged asian woman with blue eyes and blonde hair. She crouched down and looked at Yuki Kaito with the biggest smile.
"Hello my na is Ms.kana, why don't you introduce yourself to us."
Yuki regained his confidence once again.
"My na is Yuki Kaito."
The classroom clapped simultaneously.
"Now what do we say, class?"
"Hello Yuki Kaito." the classroom replied.
"Okay Yuki, you can sit right over there." Ms.kana said as she led him to a seat near the back of the class.
A boy was sitting next to him with short brown silky hair.
"Hi Yuki, I'm Riku Tadashi, nice to et you."
"Nice to et you too," Yuki responded.
The day progressed like any other day at an average school. After a long day in the classroom, it was finally recess. Riku and Yuki had made so new friends and made a group of 5. They decided to play "Tag" as it was the only outdoor ga they knew.
They agreed that they would race from one end of the school field to the other and the last one there would be 'it'. Yuki, Riku as well as Haru, and Ren made it to the finish line. This ant that Yuuma was going to be 'it'. Each day, they did this until they eventually grew very close to each other.
They would spend hours in each other's houses any chance they got. They played gas, watched TV, and played outside together. They had beco inseparable. This also caused their mothers to beco acquaintances. While the mothers talked together, the kids would go elsewhere to play.
Even though the goodbyes were miserable, they knew they would see each other the next day. This gave them sothing to look forward to each day. Yuki's life was perfect. He had everything he ever wanted or needed. His perfect life continued for so ti until one day a disturbance entered his life causing it to crumble to dust.
Yuki had just arrived ho from a normal day at school like he always had. Unlike other days, his mother was sitting on the couch. She would usually be at her office as she worked many hours during the week to pay for their living expenses. Yuki noticed that sothing was off. He tried to approach her to confirm if everything was alright.
"Hey mom, are you okay?"
The light that once shined bright in her eyes was gone, she looked like a train wreck.
"Huh, oh yes sweetie, everything will be alright." his mother replied.
"Corporate said that they needed to lay soone off because they didn't need a large workforce any longer."
"Out of everyone they chose even though I do more work than anyone else just because I'm a female."
"Sorry, I can't help myself from ranting. Anyway, dinner will be ready soon so go do your howork."
Even though Yuki's mother was emotionally exhausted, she tried to put up a brave face for her child. On the other hand, she despised n. She still had a subconscious hatred towards n because of the way her boyfriend abandoned her when he found out that she was pregnant. That hatred had dulled down overti as she saw her beautiful son grow up to be a gentle and kindhearted person. Now that she had supposedly been fired from her job because she was a woman, that hatred was reawakened.
The actual reason she was fired wasn't that she was a woman, the manager didn't know who to lay off so he picked soone at random and that person ended up being her. However, Rin Kaito had misunderstood the situation and wanted to find soone to take out her anger on, which unfortunately was n.
She tried looking for a new job but not many places were hiring. Over ti she grew to resent n for their existence and the power they hold over society. Every day she grew to hate n even more than she had the previous day. It had been around 3 months since his mother had lost her job, Yuki had just got back from school with an A on his latest test.
"Hey mom, look, I got an A on my math test."
"That's nice honey but we need to talk."
"Well ever since I lost my job we have been barely able to pay our expenses and I think we might need to move to an apartnt until I can at least get a well-paying job again."
The second he heard those words Yuki threw a tantrum.
"What about my friends, moving ans that I can't see them again."
"I would have to make new friends."
"It's not fair, IT'S NOT FAIR!"
Right as he finished his sentence his mother slapped him across the face as hard as she could. Yuki began to cry hysterically. Every word that Yuki said wounded her far more than any blade possibly could. She had sacrificed so much for him just because she wanted him to have a perfect life. Those words broke her heart but gave her an outlet for her accumulated pain.
"You ungrateful child."
"I've done everything for you, you never had to worry about food or shelter."
"The only thing you ever have on your mind are your stupid little friends."
"You only think about them every single day while I work from morning until night to make a living."
"I don't care about your friends or what you have to say, you are going to listen and obey !"
"And will you stop your goddamn crying, you are so annoying!"
As she said those words, she slapped Yuki once more. Yuki looked into his mother's eyes but could only see anger and hate in them. She was no longer the sa gentle and loving person he knew. She was a monster now. It seed as if her sharp gaze could look through his soul. As Yuki continued to stare at her she appeared larger than before, demonically staring at him like he was an insect and she was the devil himself.
His mother had never hit him in his life. Even when he did sothing wrong, she would try to help him understand his mistake so it wouldn't happen again. This was new to him. He felt powerless against her, one single move and he could die. He had unlocked a new emotion: fear.
Before his mother got another chance to hit him again, Yuki quickly ran upstairs to his room as fast as he could. Yuki felt conflicted. He had never seen his mom act this way. He tried to hate her because of the way she treated him but he couldn't, after all, she was still his mom. A few hours later she ca to his room.
"Hey… dinner is ready, co downstairs and eat before it gets cold."
He obeyed and they ate dinner in silence.
The next day at school Riku noticed that sothing was wrong with Yuki. He tried to ignore it but Yuki looked worn out. Nevertheless, Riku decided to confront him.
"Hey, you don't look so good."
"Is everything alright?"
"Not really, my mom lost her job and now we have to move sowhere else until she finds a new one."
Riku didn't want Yuki to leave him but he needed to be understanding of the situation.
"Well it's only until she gets a new job so it's ok, you'll be back before you know it."
"There's no reason to get upset."
Hearing those words brought comfort to Yuki.
"Thanks, I feel much better now."
Just like that, life returned to how it was before. Yuki and his mom returned to how they were previously and awaited the day they moved to their new apartnt.
On the last day at his school, Yuki's class held a goodbye ceremony for him. Almost everyone was crying.
"Hey, promise you'll co back to us," Riku said.
"I promise!" Yuki replied.
Unbeknownst to Yuki, he would never get the chance to uphold the promise he made that day.
A few days later Yuki and his mother moved to their new apartnt. It was located in a small tropolitan city, the building wasn't in the best condition but it didn't pose any threat to their lives. It was clear that they weren't going to be living in a neighborhood however, at that point Yuki didn't care. He was too tired to think about anything other than resting. Yuki had finally made it into his new ho. Right as he entered, he collapsed from the exhaustion he accumulated over the past few days.
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