A/N: Please note that this is of course Fan Fiction, therefore the events described would be slightly deviated from the orginal telling.
And nope, I in fact do not own Yugioh or anything else I write about.
Chapter 26
"I don't want to go..." Diem said as tears welled up in her eyes.
Marik took a reproachful look for one swift moment. Then relaxed to show sympathy to his beloved's confused despair. The roar of the incoming and outgoing aircraft was quickly becoming deafening. Though at least the heat of the Egyptian summer was kept at bay in the cool climate controlled airport lobby.
"Calm down Diem, we've been over this. Just perform your assignment, I'll be there in a few days to take control," said Marik.
"It's not that," Diem mumbled.
"Then what is it?" asked Marik.
"Where is this all going?" Diem said, her voiced steadily rising. "We are we going? Why do you have to blindfold everyone around you and keep them in the dark before you send them away?"
Marik was silent for a few moments, obviously unsure of what to say.
"If you were in my shoes," Marik said slowly. "Mabye you would understand."
"Then let me wear them! You won't even try to let me in!" Diem said loudly still.
"This is not the time for this!" Marik said, his voice matching hers.
"Really, because I think it's a perfectly fine time for this!" Diem said, her feisty spirit awakening from its dormancy.
"Your flight will take off in a few minutes and I've already answered all those questions before," Marik said, his voice growing colder.
"Then answer me one more," Diem said.
"Once I do you're getting on the plane," Marik returned.
"That all depends on whether or not you're honest," said Diem.
"Then ask," Marik said impatiently.
"Do you love me?" Diem asked in a sudden rush of words.
Marik was taken slightly aback at the blunt question. His jawline tightened as their eyes locked. Any prospect of lying was now thrown away, now was the time for pure truth. He spoke without deception the words that had been trapped in every fiber of his being for far too long.
"I love you," Marik said, his voice heavy.
They both stood very still. Diem focused her eyes deeper into Marik and could see he was telling the truth. She could see that the words themselves escaped from his lips with great relief. She rushed forward and kissed him hard.
"I..love you...too," Diem breathed in between kisses. "I knew you could say it."
"I've never said those words before, to anybody," Marik said slowly, after they broke apart.
"Do you feel any different?" Diem asked, breathing heavily.
"Yes," said Marik as the last call for the boarding of Diem's plane floated over the intercom system. "You've got to go," he said gripping her shoulders and quickly pulling her into one last embrace. "I'm counting on you, more than you realize."
"I could never fail you," Diem whispered into his neck.
With one last kiss and no further words they broke apart, moving in opposite directions. Diem moved swiftly with her boarding pass in hand trying to race the take-off. Marik nearly floating with every step, the stress of planning his great scheme momentarily and blissfully forgotten.
End of Chapter 26