TRIGGER WARNING: child prostitution, sexual abuse, physical abuse, past homelessness, past rape, strict parenting, past suicide attempt, verbal abuse, bullying
(Once again inspired by Exit Tunes presents Actors Yoshiwara Lament CD, but this time I decided to take a modern 21st century twist on it.)
Mitsuse Enjoji, current age 17, was born by a homeless 16 year old after an unreported rape incident. The 6 year old boy was sold to man who reeked of cigarettes and at least a week of not showering, despite seemingly wealthy and clad in a fine tuxedo. Mitsuse was given many odd jobs to perform ranging from having sex with female customers to pole dancing at seedy bars.
Emmeline Ouyang (OC), current age 19, was born into a strict, authoritarian, upper middle class household which required perfect performance on everything and corporal punishment should expectations not be reached. After a failed suicide attempt to end a severe chronic headache, she ended up mute from the trauma.
(Mitsuse belongs to Exit Tunes, the staff behind ACTORS, and Melt Lab)
Her voice meandered through his ears as she sang. It was like a prayer, like the choir of hundreds of angels singing to a god he only knew when he was with her. His head rested in her lap, her soothing hands tracing tiny rivulets in the white locks of his hair, lulling him to sleep. Cherry blossoms fell around them, recalling the first day he saw her back in school, and when she smiled at him, he could swear he was floating.
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She smiles at the memory, amber eyes flooding with the ghost of her printed evocation of a white haired man kissing her cheek.
A photo. A picture. A fucking portrait she wishes it won't fade under the cruel weight of time.
That's all he left her.