I feel... stupid. I'm writing a chaptered drabblefic. XD
Oh, well. I like the story, and the idea - is it my fault it wanted to be written as a drabble? I thought not.
Many thanks to Phe-chan, who helped me with the title.

Mentality
By Tyger

1 - Optimism

Ryou had always been an optimistic boy. Quiet, yes, but optimistic and cheerful.
No matter what happened, no matter how terrible, he always smiled and said something cheerful - or at least uplifting. For him, the glass had always been half-full - even when there was only the dregs left.
His life had been... quite unfortunate, in some ways, loosing his mother and sister so early, then living on his own. You would have thought he would be lonely. But no, he always smiled, and seemed to say 'tomorrow will be better, I'm sure.'
How do I know? I'm his father.