Yuri on Ice Mafia AU 2

Chapter 29

Akihiko

I look up and see her crying.

"Hey... hey... what's wrong?"

She looks up, wiping away the tears, "nothing, it's just that it's so sad."

"What's so sad?" I ask a little confused. My life? My story? Me?

"The fact that you have been fighting a one-sided battle for so long all alone."

I chuckle, "Well I wouldn't say all alone. At least put it in a nicer way, you make me sound like a loner."

"But you are!" She interjects still sniffling.

"Hey! Don't make personal jabs!" I say faking anger.

She giggles. Good at least she's somewhat cheering up and returning to her normal self.

"Well, it isn't a personal jab if everyone knows it. It would be common knowledge."

Never mind, she's back to her regular annoying self. I roll my eyes in response.

"But just so you know, I appreciate the fact that you told me what you did. It mustn't have been easy..." she says a bit shyly.

I run my hand through my hair, "No it's fine princess. It's just that some people need to be knocked off of their high horse, and see what the life of others are like." I say jokingly.

"First, I hope you weren't talking to me when you called me princess, and secondly, are you accusing me of being unaware of the lives others live? Cause I'll tell you-"

I cut in, "No princess you don't get it because you got a good life. You have a family that cares for you, friends, and freedom. It probably didn't even occurs to you that Victor and I grew up in very different situations. Victor has his freedom now, and no doubts values every second he can live it. I, who can't even leave this building without permission wouldn't even waste a millisecond of freedom, because I know how precious it is. But you. Having grown up with it, no doubt has no idea about its value!" I say starting to get slightly annoyed. Why would she deny the fact that she's privileged! If you have privilege, own up to it! Accept that you are better off than the rest of us, then do something with that privilege!

"Have you forgotten, that I too came from a lab?" She says mildly, eyes flashing dangerously. I can feel the anger that is laced in her tone of voice. "Have you forgotten that I was originally created as a weapon too? I spent six year locked up in a lab as well! I don't think that anyone would ever even think to create something like us just so that they could raise them as a normal kid! No that simply doesn't happen." Yep, she is starting to get angry, "Yes maybe I got lucky! Yes, maybe I'm wasting my freedom. But you know what?! At least I fought for it! At least I actually tried to fight against what was holding me back. I tried to run away from the lab multiple times. And from the sound of your story, yes I was treated better, but I still knew something was missing. And what did I do? I tried to fight for it and get it myself. Look at you. You were treated worse than I was. What stopped you from running away? You could have gotten freedom, so don't go lecturing me about how I was born into and don't value freedom!" She stands there slightly out of breath, flushed with anger.

Is she trying to put the blame on me? Blame for what happened? I did the best I could have in my situation. Yes, maybe I could have escaped. But I would never abandon Minami or Lilith to be here all alone. If I took the chance to escape, that would just put the two of them in an even worse situation, and would also make the white rats create a Test 421. After all, it took 420 shots to make me. I doubt that they would have any hesitation to make another weapon like me... like us.