Love's Puppet
Chapter 28: If That's How You Want It.
A/N:
Robina: Yay it's time for an update!
Driven: But I'm already half finished a Melancholy Perfection chap!
Robina: Ahahahahaha! Yeah, so?
Driven: I guess that means you're MAKING me update.
Robina: Better believe it XD you own nothing, driven.
Driven: Read on.
"It's so confusing..."Ash sighed, sipping her milkshake. Mel spun around on her stool at the bench, watching the milk bar blur around her.
"I'm sorry...what?" Mel stopped spinning and looked at Ashlyn.
"It's just, he's so kind, but deep down, I know he's in pain.."
"Wait, are we still talking about my jigsaw puzzle?" Mel frowned.
Ash facepalmed herself, "That was TWENTY minutes ago!"
Mel shrugged, "Yeesh no wonder I zoned out."
Ash bit her lip, "I thought maybe I could get some advice off of you..."
"Uh...wha?"
"Bakura...I'm trying to figure out why he's so sad."
"Isn't it because his mum and sister died?"
"Well yeah but eventually everyone moves on from that kind of thing, but with him it's like everyday he lives is that same day, like it never leaves him alone...urgh, it's like no matter how happy he is one day, he'll always be reminded of the family he's missing out on..."
"Well that's sad," Mel shrugged.
"DO YOU EVEN CARE?"
"Yeesh, not so loud," Mel pursed her lips, "Of course I do, but it's nothing to do with me."
"You're so self centred," Ash frowned, "You ever care about anyone but yourself, you ever care about my problems!"
"You idiot," Mel rolled her eyes, "Your problems are all we talk about!"
"Yeah, 'cause I keep hoping you'll care!"
Mel gritted her teeth, "Why should I? When I complain you just laugh it off."
"Yeah that's different, you don't let anything effect you anyway!"
"Because I can't!"
"What?" Ash's expression softened.
Mel stared hard at the counter, "The moment you let anything affect you in this world is the moment you go down."
Ash stayed quiet, thinking over what Mel had said, it was sad to think that, even sadder was that it was true.
"Mel I.."
"No. Stop," Mel got up, "Next time you have a problem, talk to someone else, I'm over your shit."
Ash watched Mel leave.
That bitch, who the heck does she think she is? I act like her slave, I do everything she says, I defend her when Yami's being a dickhead to her, I encourage everything she does...and it's never enough. There's only one thing for it...She paid for the milkshake and left, making her way to the Domino City Library. She walked over to the photo printing area and put her memory card into one of the machines, she made her selection and printed a copy. She was about to leave, when she got another idea. With a smirk, Ashlyn went to the photo copy desk and said, "I'd like 100 copies of this please."
When they finished she grabbed the copies and went home. It was Saturday and Ash hoped that by Monday she'd still have the guts to carry out her plan.
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"Melvin?"
Mel looked up at Yami, who was sitting in the branch above her own, in the tree.
"God no."
"Can you just tell me?"
"No!" Mel frowned and shook her head, she felt the branch dip a little as he dropped down beside her.
"Are you happy?" He asked, putting an arm around her.
"Huh?" She asked.
"When you came to Domino, you were always so defensive and introverted but now...you seem happier...are you happy?"
She looked at him, his eyes were smiling at her, begging her to say she was happy, like it would mean something to him. Did her happiness mean something to him?" She thought about it, and nodded truthfully, "Yeah," She smiled, "I'm happy."
"Mel...when are you going home?"
"Oh...um," Mel counted on her fingers, "About a week, I think."
"Okay..."
Mel sighed, not knowing what to say.
"I'll miss you..."He hugged her and squeezed her hand.
"Yeah..." I'll miss you too, Yami...
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Sunday night, as Yami was about to go to bed, he began to think about things. Would things be different after Mel left? Of course they would. Would he feel the same about her? She's changed him, made him...love her. Would he always feel his way? He looked at his roof, how had she ever managed to become so important to him? He'd never needed anyone, but he needed her. Mel was special, to him she was amazing, he didn't want her to go, he wanted her, needed her to stay, without her, he didn't know if he'd be able to stay sane.
A/N:
Robina: C'mon, that was hardly a chapter, that's embarrassing.
Driven: You shut up and be grateful!
Robina: I have a Wacom tablet! Yay!
Driven: Yes yay for your tablet!
