Love Never Lasts

Sunday, December Twenty-First, 2022

Starlight was walking over to Yusei's place, with a box of Christmas decoration in her arms.

'This is the day I'm going to tell Yusei how I feel!' she thought, not caring if he loved someone else, she wanted to let the small cheerful dragon out of its cage. She got to the door, and a crash of what sounded like glass broke.

"You think you can just mess up my coffee, you must think I'm dumb!" Jack yelled, and Starlight ran into the room to see Crow and Jack fighting (like the usual).

"Well, you shouldn't be such a bitch, trying to be perfect, for you're not!" Crow, shouted back, and Starlight gently put down the stuff, and then walked up to Jack and Crow and pulled on their ears, in result, they winced in pain.

"You two better stop, or I'm going to make you two into Christmas decorations and it ain't gonna be pretty!" Starlight hissed in to the men's ears, making then behave.

After Starlight let go of their ears, she held up a box of Christmas decorations. "Let's get this up, before Yusei gets in here!"

"Alright, but why not let Yusei know?" Crow asked, rubbing his head. Looking at the door, seeing the raven-haired, crab-head enter the room.

"Why not let me know what?" Yusei asked, making the young woman jump, "Sorry, but what's with the decorations?"

Jack and Crow take a step back, before Jack took the box away from the usually calm girl. Starlight put on an annoyed face, and turned around, and she clenched her fists.

"Do you know what decorating is? Because we're decorating for the holidays," Starlight yelled, making the raven-haired, cobalt eyed man cover his ears.

"Why is it important to decorate?" Yusei asked, stepping away, like half a foot away from Starlight.

"Do you really want to get me really pissed, Fusei?" Starlight, getting Yusei angry, deserving a shout from him, saying that wasn't the way you said his name.

Starlight and Yusei were fighting for no known reason, as Jack and Crow set everything up, avoiding Yusei's room. Jack finished his half and grabbed Yusei, and shoved him upstairs, and then shoved him into his room. Crow, gave what was left to Starlight, and then went and got two ramen cups, one for him, and one for Jack.

"Thanks, Crow, and I think Starlight needs to chill. Though, I think she likes Yusei," Jack said, and after Starlight heard this, she started to blush, and she stopped setting up.

"I don't like him, like the way you're talking about, but as a friend. That's all!" She concluded, and went back to setting up for Christmas.

"I think you're right, Jack, but yet again, Yusei likes Aki. He just needs to make a move soon," Crow stated, causing the poor blonde girl to run up stairs, in tears.

Autumn was with Abby out in town, trying to find a gift for the three men that save the city from the Dark Signers and Meklord Emperors, now they had the most important task than saving the city. For it was even more important, finding them the perfect Christmas presents.

"Well, we have Crow's, Jack's, but how about Yusei's?" Abby asked Yusei's sister, Autumn Lastiskoo.

"Well, um… he likes the color red, he doesn't want a jacket, no more cards, he doesn't want anything really, but, shit, well I don't know?" Autumn said looking at a fancy suit for Jack and a photo album for Crow, so he could put pictures of the kids in there, as they grew up.

"Well… we could also get Yusei a photo album, but then he might get suspicious of the two presents," Abby asked, scratching her head.

"Maybe we could get something for Aki and the twins, I know they're coming also," Autumn stated, making Abby confused.

"Who, I might've not met them yet," Abby questioned thinking about the 'Black Rose Witch' when hearing the name Aki.

"You've met them before, Leo and Luna, and Akiza Izinski, the former 'Black Rose Witch', I remember her, because I accidentally killed her, getting rid of the darkness," Autumn explained getting quieter in the end.

"I thought you were killed in that duel!" Abby asked, surprised.

"No, I was killed in the duel against Crow, then I duel my brother in hell, and then I forget what happened, because it happened so fast," Autumn said drawing her coat closer, for the cold wind blew towards the girls as they continued to walk.

"I'm sorry to hear that, but at least you're here now, I still don't know what happened after that either, but it is a huge historical event anyway."

"Yeah, I know, I was surprised by that. Say, should we get anything for Starlight while we're out here?" Autumn asked, changing the subject, to something not as personal.

"Yeah, I suppose, but she's a bit like Yusei, hard to find a present for!" Abby stated, checking her phone.

"Since you have your phone out, what time is it?" Autumn asked, for she needed to get back to her apartment by seven-thirty, if she wanted to start wrapping presents in time for the holidays.

"It's five o'clock right now, we should start looking for something for Aki and the twins soon, or they'll be left out!" Abby exclaimed in a normal tone, giggling.

Starlight was in the bathroom, wiping her eyes. She did love Yusei, but he didn't love her back, it almost broke the poor girl's heart. To get through tough times, Starlight always sang, but it would be weird to hear singing in the bathroom, so she kept letting the tears fall.

'Why doesn't he love me?' Starlight thought, she wished Aki would've stayed dead when she was killed by Autumn from the 'Battle of Darkness'.

Knock, knock, knock, someone wanted to be in there, but Starlight didn't want to see anyone, nor not see anyone either, she wanted to talk to Abby, and she wanted to talk to Autumn also.

"Star, is everything alright. I heard Jack and Crow talking about how you needed to talk to someone," a man asked, it was Yusei.

'I want to love you Yusei, but you want to love someone else, why?' Starlight thought, and took a deep, shaky breath. "I'm fine, just felt sick, and it made my eyes tear up a lot, it was just coincidental," She just concluded a lie to her want-to-be lover.

"Alright then, tell me if you need a ride home, it would be fine. But, do you need anything?" Yusei asked in an innocent tone, causing Starlight to let more tears fall.

'This is why I love him, he's so sweet!' Starlight thought to herself once more. "Thank-you for the offer, but I think I'm going to be fine now, just give me a minute though."

"Okay, it's understandable for that, remember, if you don't feel great, tell me, and I can take you home."

Yusei walked off, and Starlight really did feel sick then, so sick she threw-up in the toilet. 'I hate this, now I really do want to go home, but I don't want to throw-up on Yusei!' Starlight thought, as more vomit exited from her mouth.

Autumn and Abby exited a card shop, with a higher machine type deck, to fit Leo's Powertool Dragon Deck, and Abby bought Starlight a Starlight Warrior Deck, in hope she'll be excited to get a present. The next stop was to get Akiza something plant-like, and it can't be an actual plant.

"I think we should buy her a new dress to wear!" Abby suggested, looking at a shop, with a beautiful rose dress, one to fit her type of Rose-Apparel.

"Cheap, Ms. Lalooska, cheap, we can only afford cheap, but keep it nice too!" Autumn scolded her friend.

"It is! I checked the price last time it was only $99.99, the store probably made it cheaper by now!" Abby advised, getting a pale glare from the re-born duelist.

"I mean nothing higher than fifty bucks!" Autumn screeched, checking her phone. "It's seven now anyway, it'll take thirty minutes to get to my apartment from here anyway, well see you tomorrow in a better search, hopefully."

"Yeah, you too," Abby said, getting a text from her phone from Starlight.

To: Abbigail Lalooska
From: Starlight

I need to talk to you ASAP, please hurry home, I might be late, but I'm sick. Yusei will take me home though. Star ;)

'Star's not feeling great, well she should be better by the time the actual holiday hits!' Abby thought, rushing home.

Starlight puked for about five minutes before Yusei came back up, knocking on the door.

"Star, you alright, maybe I should take you home now," Yusei suggested, worried, for she said she would take a minute.

"I think I should stay here for the night, I'm not feeling great right no-"Starlight said, before puking again.

"I understand, do you want anything," Yusei asked, trying to make his friend comfortable.

Starlight checked her phone before answering, seeing Abby hasn't texted back yet. "No, not yet, I'll yell when I do though, thank-you for asking."

"You're welcome, hope you will be alright soon," Yusei commented, once again innocently.

"Thank-you, Yusei," Starlight said, before she shut her eyes some, before sending another text to Abby.

To: Abbigail Lalooska
From: Starlight

I'm staying over at Yusei's for tonight, too sick to go anywhere, need to talk to you in the morning, hope you remember, cause I will, for Yusei will remind me too much of it.

End of Day One