Runaway

Family Troubles

Rin's pov

I can't take this much longer. I can't stand seeing father coming home drunk and attacking Yukio, just because he looks just like mother. I feel so small and powerless compared to him. Yukio's always standing up for me in school and at home. It doesn't help that I'm the older twin either. I'm supposed to be protecting him and comforting him when things get tough...I can't I can't take it anymore... I have to go... Before he gets hurt... or worse.

Yukio's pov

Rin is on the verge if breaking. I can feel it. Ever since father kept coming home wasted, he's been living in fear and envy of all things and people around him. I don't blame him either. Despite him being the older twin, he's always been such a frail thing. I've always had to stand up for him in school and take his share of hits from father.
One would think that I'd become sick of such a nuisance and pray for it's end. However, I feel the exact opposite.
I want him to rely on me, think of me when he's scared, remember my warmth when he's cold, be the loving family he never had. Not to mention that this is mandatory for his survival.
One blow from our father when he's sober could end his life and a blow assisted by an excessive amount of booze is sure to kill him. DAMNIT!!! He doesn't deserve this. All he ever wanted was a normal family, a mother who's loving arms he could run into, a father who loved his family dearly and would take them down to the river for picnics and fishing.
But all of that was just a pretty lie that Rin would waste his life trying to achieve. Our mother is dead and our father might as well be dead with her.