It wasn't. Akito would have tantrums from time to time—for example, when I would have one of my coughing fits, since I was sickly when I was younger. But those wouldn't last, not for long, even if Akito cried.
[ Yuki grabs some lavender. ]
But one day... something happened. Akito... became twisted. "The Rat is hated, no one cares about you, you would be worthless without me"... Those were the kind of things repeated to me over and over. I heard things like that every single day, to the point that I started to believe them.
[ He starts to weave that with the hyacinth. They compliment each other well, he thinks, and they have nice meanings. ]
That was only solidified for me when I tried to ask for help. My brother pushed me away and my mother slapped me when I went to her for comfort. She had effectively sold me off, so I only mattered to her when I provided her status, and my brother didn't want to get involved with me at all.
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It wasn't. Akito would have tantrums from time to time—for example, when I would have one of my coughing fits, since I was sickly when I was younger. But those wouldn't last, not for long, even if Akito cried.
[ Yuki grabs some lavender. ]
But one day... something happened. Akito... became twisted. "The Rat is hated, no one cares about you, you would be worthless without me"... Those were the kind of things repeated to me over and over. I heard things like that every single day, to the point that I started to believe them.
[ He starts to weave that with the hyacinth. They compliment each other well, he thinks, and they have nice meanings. ]
That was only solidified for me when I tried to ask for help. My brother pushed me away and my mother slapped me when I went to her for comfort. She had effectively sold me off, so I only mattered to her when I provided her status, and my brother didn't want to get involved with me at all.