06: Candles
Word Count: 444
The church was dark making it hard to see in even with the entire congregation holding candles. The music from the band played as the choir made their way to the alter and started to sing the traditional Christian Christmas songs. Yuugi sighed softly as he watched one of the singers he apprenticed under. He studied Atemu as he stood with the rest of the choir before the congregation leading them in song. Red eyes soon locked with Yuugi's violet ones causing the young boy to blush. He looked away and down at the candle he was holding. He wasn't sure what this feeling was deep down inside him, whatever it was he knew he couldn't tell anyone from the church he knew. It was frowned upon to have these sorts of feelings for someone of the same gender. Sighing softly he looked back up at the young man with the choir. He knew he could never tell him of the hidden feelings deep down inside of him. He would bury it deep down inside of him. It would be his little secret of his unrequited love for another man. He was glad that the church was dark so no one could see him crying his silent tears.
Atemu entered the sanctuary of the church with the rest of the choir and stood before the congregation. Each members of the choir held a candle, much like the members of the church. The stood before everyone in their silver robes leading everyone in songs of the season. Atemu's eyes scanned the church and they locked with the boy that he had taken under his wing and was preparing him for when he would be old enough to join the choir next year. He sighed softly as he looked at the boy. There was just something about this boy. He was different than everyone else he knew and he liked that. He liked the fact that the boy made him feel in a way no one else could or did.
The hitch? It was a sin. It was a sin to love someone of the same gender and frowned upon by the church and they could possibly get banned from ever returning. If not that then they would be ostracized by the other members and that sill would make it hard for them to attend the church. He wanted to tell the younger male about his feelings for him but he wasn't sure how exactly Yuugi would react to it. So he decided to keep it to himself. It was his own unrequited love for another male and only he was going to know about it.