Princess: Ahhh… Time is running out and this fic is coming to a close.
Pie: It was fun. But don't worry, I'm back. I'll keep writing as the ideas keep pumping.
Shadow the Cat: Yeah!
Eminem: Congrats.
Princess: *slaps him on the back* thanks, man.
Pie: *screaming* OHMYGOOOODDDDDD OHMYGOOOOODDDDDD I LOVE YOOUUUU
Eminem: Ha! I love you too, Pie.
Pie: *faints*
Eminem: Are you OK? Pie? Wake up!
Pie: *awakens* OK!
Eminem: *hugs Pie for no good reason for the rest of the chapter*
Princess: Special thanks to Papercut (Rewind) by Linkin Park. Very inspirational. My favorite part is when Chester… I apologize, I'm a huge fangirl.
Yami POV
1 Hour 13 Minutes
Peace.
Love.
Tranquility.
Happiness.
That's what I feel as I sit down with Yugi clutched tightly in my arms.
I have to smile as Yugi recounted the time we tried to make cupcakes.
"… and by the time we were done, flour and chocolate coated the floor!" laughter. "It was the most fun I had that entire year."
I really, really wish I could stay here.
"What do you think, Yami?" Tea asked me, cocking her head to the side.
"About what?"
"How are you gonna stay here? There's no way you're just going to take this laying down! You won't give Yugi up just because some bird and a green-skinned old man!" (A/N Ra is a Phoenix… which is a bird… and Osiris is pictured as a green-skinned man. Hehe)
I shouldn't give in?
But I'm meant to be in the Afterlife, not on earth.
But I'm meant to be with Yugi.
But I'm meant to be dead.
But I'm meant to be with my friends.
But I'm meant to be with my dead family.
But I'm not.
I'm supposed to be here.
Yami? Yami? Are you in there?
There was a wooshing sound in my ears, and I was back again.
"Yami?" Yugi asked me a little louder, waving a hand in front of my face.
"Sorry. Just thinking."
"So…" Tea continued, a little bit put-off.
"I'll find a way," I promised. I think I was promising more than just Yugi and Tea and the rest of the gang.
I think I was promising myself.
I think I was promising myself that I wouldn't have to go without Yugi.
I look down at Yugi, just to see his beautiful face.
"Find a way," he whispered. "I can't live without you." I smiled faintly.
"I will,"
Malik POV
1 Hour 3 Minutes
"Mali! Mali's here!" my sister rasped as I walked in.
"Yeah, I'm here," I smiled. My sister used to be the only reason I still lived.
Now I have Marik.
"Where's Mom and Dad?" I asked, looking around the room and quickly peeking in the bathroom. No one else.
"They said they may or may not come today. Again." She paused. We both were thinking the same thing. "Is it because of Lizzie?" we couldn't really look at each other as she said that. The mention of Sophie's girlfriend always brings back too many memories of hatred from our parents.
"Maybe. The homophobic bastards. Don't they understand you fall in love with whoever you fall in love with?" now I would have to protect my heart along with Sophie's when we see our parents. "But how're you doin'!" I asked, almost floating to her bedside, pulling up a chair and clutching her hand.
"Eh, you know…"
"Feel like shit?"
"Feel like shit." I started laughing, causing her to laugh along with me. "So," she started, smiling at me full force. "You meet anybody?" I scoffed. The first time she asks me that question I actually have an answer.
"Truthfully? Yes. His name is Marik Ishtar."
"Ooo!" she clapped her hands giddily, her face completely bright. "Tell me all the juicy details!"
"Umm, nothing really 'juicy' in the literal form of the-"
"You guys Frenchie'd?"
"Yeah…"
"THAT'S juicy! Why am I only hearing about this now?"
"Because I only met him earlier today…"
"You met him earlier today, you French Kissed, and I didn't get an urgent text message declaring all of this? What's wrong with this picture?"
"Complete lack of a text message?"
"Complete lack of a text message!"
"Sorry…"
"You're forgiven!" she giggled. "Now tell me all the juicy details!"
"Well, you see, it all started at a gas station uptown…"
Yugi POV
56 Minutes
I stared off into space as different people told their favorite stories. The only thing I felt was Yami, all around me, underneath me. The only thing I heard was his breathing and steady heartbeat. The only thing I saw were the numbers on Yami's watch click down, closer to none.
56 to 55. 55 to 54. 54 to 53.
Everything was ticking away.
Every second brought me closer to be alone again.
Every second I spent thinking about Yami leaving, I could be telling him I love him. I could be having fun with me. I could be happy, one last time.
One last chance I get to be in love.
I can promise you, child, I will never feel the way I do right now.
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Princess: Sorry it's so short, but I don't have anything else to write about.
Pie: I'm happy right now! *still hugging Eminem*
Eminem: There are 911 words…
Shadow the Cat: Why am I the only sane person in here?
Princess: Probably 'cause you're not a person.
Shadow the Cat: Good point.