Hello!! I'm back with chapter 3. And it are more than 1500 words, with my chatting added to it. haha XD
I want to thank Jisa for reviewing for the last chapter as well. She was, once again, the only one so I will dedicate this chapter to her you very much for reviewing, Jisa.
I hope you enjoy chapter 3
Chapter 3,
The Drawing
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Yugi entered the small restaurant from the back and was hugged instantly when he was inside. An albino with chocolate brown eyes looked at him, smiling broadly. Yugi hugged him back after he saw who had been hugging him and after that placed his backpack on the floor.
"I'm so glad you're here! You have to help me a little bit", Ryou said and Yugi walked after him into the kitchen. Another albino stood there, but not one as sweet as Ryou. Ryou was small, like Yugi, and skinny. Even though he had a restaurant for his own. Yugi knew Ryou already for a long time and so did he knew Bakura, Ryou's boyfriend. Redbrown eyes looked at Yugi, before the somewhat scarrier man handed him a knife to slice the bread. Ryou was making some sort of soup, which he was very good at, while Bakura was turning the small slices of fish; which were later on ment for the bread.
"I'm glad I had a small breakfast. This is good to feed a whole household!", Yugi said, laughing a little bit. Ryou looked at him, smiling at him with a slight smirk.
"I have to feed Jonouchi. He is a whole household", the sweeter albino said and the three in the kitchen laughed some more. When there was a knock on the door, Yugi laid away the knife and went to open it up. Jonouchi and Seto stood there and Yugi was surprised to see the brunette and CEO of Kaiba Corporation standing next to his blond friend. And Seto's boyfriend. Normally, Seto was way too caught up in his work to even think about eating, but now, as Yugi stared into ice-blue eyes, Yugi was happy that Jonouchi had convinced Seto that eating was a good thing.
"Welcome!! Welcome! Come in, it's cool inside", Ryou called to them from the kitchen where he was still making soup. Yugi catched Jonouchi licking his lips at the great smell and not very much later, they were all seated. Ryou and Bakura, Seto and Jonouchi, Malik and Marik and Yugi, who was drawing a pair of crimson coloured eyes in a sweet, pale face. Malik went over to where Yugi sat and adored the master piece that Yugi was drawing.
"He's pretty. A lover?", Malik asked suddenly, almost giving Yugi a scare. Yugi scolded at Malik for a minute as the Egyptian with sandblond hair laughed. His more evil-form, also known as lover, came over to rescue his Malik-chan, would that be needed. Yugi sighed deeply as everyone came over too, just to see his drawing.
"I think it's Yugi's new lover", Jonouchi said and Malik agreed. Yugi shook his head.
"No. I had a dream this morning, but I had forgotten about it. Just now, very suddenly I remembered a face with these crimson eyes and I had to draw it, so I wouldn't forget again", Yugi said and he looked at his best friends.
"Well, he sure is interesting", Ryou said, laying hands on Yugi's shoulders to get a better and closer look. He admired the drawing and he again thought that, what he did with cooking; Yugi did with drawing. Making masterpieces, just like magic. Then suddenly, Bakura looked at the time and started to clean up. The rest of the gang helped and Yugi too, after he made sure his drawing was safe. They laughed, had a soap-battle and eventually everything was clean. Except for them.
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It was already in the afternoon when Yugi walked back home and Yugi was memorizing the midday he had spent with his friends. Yugi was glad he had been able to chat with his friends again, before they all would leave Domino City. Off course, Ryou and Bakura stayed, their house above the restaurant, but Malik and Marik were going back to Egypt to meet back with Isis, Malik's older sister and with Richid, Malik's adopted brother and guardian.
Yugi was glad he had been able to say goodbye to them. Seto and Jonouchi would be gone for holiday and work to Europe and Yugi was also happy he had been able to say goodbye to them. Even though he hated goodbye's. For him they always sounded so, eternal.
"Look. Swans", Atemu's voice suddenly said in Yugi's ear and the young man gasped loudly, his heart skipping two beats. Atemu, who was scolded at by Yugi, had no attention for Yugi or someone else, but the swan's he saw in the lake. They were all white, but so beautiful and graceful too. Atemu dribbled over to the swans, while Yugi could only follow the Spirit down the small hill and to the lake. Atemu had knelt down and Yugi's eyes widened when the swans swam over to Atemu's outstretched hand.
"They can see you", Yugi whispered, trying not to be heard by someone else. Atemu looked at him and Yugi knelt down too. He carefully opened his backpack and got out the leftover bread he had taken with him from Ryou's restaurant. He was sure that Ryou wouldn't mind him feeding the swans some bread.
"They are all so beautiful. Thank you for feeding them", Atemu whispered softly as he kept staring at the swans. Yugi laid a hand on his shoulder, not caring about other people anymore. He rubbed Atemu's back as the swans made sure the bread was eaten.
"I wish I could do something for you", Yugi said softly. Atemu looked at him and Yugi could see the Prince was trying not to cry.
"You already did. I've seen the drawing you made at your friend's kitchen. I at first wasn't sure if I would be able to look, but you drew Yami so precisely, so like himself that I had to look. It was as if you had seen Yami before and I felt my love for him being enlightened again. Can you draw him again?", Atemu asked softly. Yugi nodded and got out his sketchbook with his drawing-stuff.
"As a swan?", was Atemu's next question as Yugi settled himself in a comfortable position. Yugi looked at Atemu and frowned a little bit.
"I haven't really drawn swans often, but with these beauty's as my example… I guess I can try", Yugi said and he saw Atemu smile at him. The Spirit came to sit next to him, sometimes giving hints as to what Yami looked like.
"The crimson spot on his forehead was the jewel he wore. He had somewhat large, crimson eyes as a swan. But those eyes were full of life, full of passion and love. His feathers were pitchblack and he had a red beak. Bloodred of colour. His eyes would colour that way too, would he be angry. I've only seen him angry once, or twice. When he talked to Naï", Atemu told Yugi, while the young man drew on. For a minute, Yugi looked at Atemu with a questioning face and Atemu looked away over the lake. The sun shone beautifully in it and the swans were enjoying the water, while some sat around Yugi and Atemu. Atemu sighed before he gave Yugi an answer.
"Naï was a harsh man, a sorcerer, who loved Yami. In fact, he would've done everything for Yami. Just, Yami couldn't love him back. Sure, when I saw Naï the first time in my life, I saw a beautiful man. He had snow-white hair, just like your friends, Ryou and Bakura. His hair was braided and he had beautiful silver eyes. Naï was lithe, dressed as a prince and he had a very beautiful voice. Still, when Naï couldn't get Yami for his own, he cursed Yami to be a black swan forever. Until someone else would admit his undying love for Yami", Atemu explained, answering Yugi's question.
"Poor Yami. And poor you off course. Yami was cursed and you could only see him at night", Yugi said softly. He remembered his dream again, he remembered how he had looked through Atemu's eyes and had seen the black swan in the lake turn to Yami, a gorgeous man whom he had drawn the face from.
Atemu softly stroked his hair, and Yugi smiled. He whiped a little bit a line and then turned his sketchbook around. A beautiful, black swan was what he had drawn for Atemu and the Prince gasped at the picture. It was Yami, his feather's beautiful as the swan looked at the setting sun, swimmin in a lake.
"I can draw more pictures if you want. I have an example now, so I can draw anytime", Yugi whispered softly as he saw Atemu softly cry. Cry over the loss he felt within in heart and the guilt, because he had never told Yami what he had wanted to tell his beautiful lover.
Thank you for reading!!! Until chapter 4, I'm going to start typing right away!
