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To pinkmisa96: That's a really good question actually, I do not know... Of course, a lot of inspiration comes from the Yu-Gi-Oh itself, but normally I just write down what comes into my head, perhaps it's because I've watched too many ancient dramas, hehe^-^
To 9TailedDestroyer: Ok, I believe you XD, surely, I do not want this story to end myself either, believe it...
To Amylou11987: Alright you are! Indeed, you've awoken! I can't let you asleep the whole time, you'll need to face the chaos Mwhahaha (that's supposed to an evil laugh)
To Solianna71: Heya Soli-chan! Won't mind the fact I call you that way right? ^-^ It's my pleasure to meet you, Yami Solianna. *Takes out hand to shake* Uhmm... Soli-chan? She doesn't bite right? I want to keep typing the story with my h-a-n-d-s if you don't mind.
Now, enough chitchat! ENJOY!
[Last time] …. "No, don't leave, ~~~~~~! Don't!" you cried again. Tears wet the blankets of the bed, as you could feel your world crumbling, scattered into pieces, just like that. It's all over, all over...you thought, as you felt a hand touching your cheek carefully. You opened your eyes to see...
Beginning with Atemu's POV:
As your eyes slowly widened, they met the most beautiful eyes in the world. More tears emerged from your eyes, as you lifted up your hand to touch her hand against your cheek, being afraid of hallucinating. You grabbed her hand tightly, while a smile appeared upon her lips. "Atemu?" she called your name weakly, as she lifted her other hand to wipe away the tears upon your cheek.
"... ~~~~~~...?" you asked reluctantly, as you recalled the very dream, in which ~~~~~~ was leaving bit by bit. You grabbed her other hand as well, as your grip tightened again. Is this also... a dream? "A-Atemu?" she called your name again, as you saw tears forming in her eyes. No... she's awake... she really is! "Atemu!!!" she cried, as you pulled her into your chest holding her in your arms just like before.
"Atemu, I thought I'd never see you again." she cried, as you felt pain, hurt, but also happiness at the same time. Tears continued their way down your cheeks, as you couldn't believe ~~~~~~ was really here in your arms. Tightening your grip, you knew... this was real... this is real! ~~~~~~ is back, back in your arms, you'll never let her go anymore, NEVER!!!
She snuggled closer to you, as she shared her warmth with you. "I heard your voice, I came back, because I heard your voice..." she whispered to you. "I'm not letting you go anymore, I will never let you go anymore..." you replied, as you gave her a kiss upon her forehead. "~~~~~~, I love you... my feelings for you has never changed and it never will." you said slowly closing your eyes. Her arms were wrapped around you, as a single tear of happiness streamed down.
"I'm so sorry, ~~~~~~, I..." When you tried to explain the whole engagement with Anzu, you felt a sudden movement from ~~~~~~. She lifted her head from your chest, as you opened your eyes meeting a pair of eyes full of sorrow, which were staring deeply into yours. Tears suddenly emerged from her eyes again, as she pushed you away from her. "No... this is not real." she suddenly said to herself, as reality suddenly hit her.
"~~~~~~... it is." you said as you grabbed her hands gently, looking up into her eyes again. She pulled back quickly, as you could feel pain striking you. "~~~~~~..." you called her name again. "No... go away from me... Go AWAY!!!" she cried, putting her hands upon her ears and closing her eyes firmly. As tears shed from her eyes, pain inside of you started to grow.
"~~~~~~, I'm so sorry," you said regretfully, "it's all my fault, I shouldn't..." "STOP IT!! I don't want to hear anything anymore, just stop please...please..." she cried shaking her head hysterically. The more she acted this way, the more your heart hurt. "~~~~~~, I'm sorry." you said apologizing again, as you tried to stop your tears from streaming down. "~~~~~~..." you called... "Don't talk to me anymore! I don't want to hear anything from you!" she yelled, her eyes pinning angrily on you. Her sudden outburst shocked you, as your eyes never left her sight showing deep pain.
~ "You heard me, so would you leave now!" ~
~ "I TOLD YOU NOT TO TALK TO ME, SO DON'T CALL MY NAME!!!" ~
~ "Please forg..." ~
~ "Let me tell you something, YOU MEAN NOTHING TO ME, SO LEAVE AT LAST IN RA'S NAME!!!" ~
~ "My prince!" ~
You heard ~~~~~~'s personal maid's voice, as you heard more footsteps coming into the room. "Atemu, is everything alr..." your father, the Pharaoh asked, but got stopped by the unbelievable sight. "~~~~~~!!!" Sandy yelled, as she came running up to ~~~~~~ hugging her.
"She's awake..." Isis exclaimed happily. "What a relieve..." your father said, but you were speechless. "~~~~~, I missed you so..." Sandy cried in ~~~~~~'s embrace. "I missed you, too." she replied in the same tone. "~~~~~~..." your father called her name smiling happily. She looked up to him, as she bowed in her sit position. "My Pharaoh." she responded with a sudden change of attitude which only you seemed to notice. Your father nodded to her, giving her a kind smile again. She looked at him with an indifferent look, which your father certainly didn't appreciate, but however ignored.
"~~~~~~, I..." you finally managed to say, as ~~~~~~ suddenly interrupted. "Sandy, I'm just back from death, so I'm a bit tired..." she said to Sandy, not even giving you a glance. You got off the bed, trying to smile even so. Sandy nodded and did the same. "Rest well, ~~~~~~. I'll come later this evening to bring you supper." you said to her. Her eyes never turned your way, as she shook her head. "Thank you for your kindness, my Prince, but I think Kiara would be more appropriate for that." she replied coolly, her eyes still never met yours.
You could feel the confused looks from everyone in the room, but you just simply nodded. As you forced yourself to smile, you could feel tears slowly welling up. Knowing all this has been done by your own hands, even regretting your decision now is useless. You knew the pain you caused her was unimaginable and unbearable. Nevertheless, ~~~~~~'s attitude felt like a knife slowly being stabbed into your heart by the own hand of your beloved one. In order to keep everyone from worrying about you, you just pretended you didn't notice ~~~~~~'s strange behavior towards you. You turned, as the rest followed you out the door.
"~~~~~~~ was acting a bit strange..." Kiara suddenly made her statement, after she had closed the doors behind her. A terrible silence fell for a moment, till you finally regained your common conscious. "W-what do you mean, Kiara?" you asked as if you didn't know what she was talking about. "I'm not sure, but she was... she was... different..." Kiara said thinking deep, not knowing how to explain herself. "I didn't see anything wrong." you replied, clenching your fist to force a smile to appear on your face.
"I agree with Kiara, my Prince, did something happen?" Sandy asked you with a worried look on her face. "Nothing special happened, except for ~~~~~~'s awake. You think too much, " you said while the palm of your hand bled by your nails, as the pain consumed you by each word you said, but you still smiled anyway to calm them down, "both of you must be tired, too, why don't you take a rest? I will ask Layla, my personal maid, to take your place for the time being, Kiara, so you could rest well."
You saw Sandy and Kiara looking at each other, reconsidering what you said. "Thank you, my Prince, I think you're right... the last few days I have been thinking about ~~~~~~ the whole time, I haven't slept well either." Kiara said nodding to you. Sandy nodded as well, as both bowed and left. As they turned the corner, you sighed deeply. "Atemu..." your father called your name in a worried voice. You smiled again, as you turned your eyes to your father. "Father, I'm bit tired also, please excuse me..." you said, as you turned around. While walking down the corridor, you could feel your tears flowing down your cheeks...
"Layla, would you mind to assist ~~~~~~ for a while?" you asked your personal maid politely. "Of course, my Prince, but if I'm not here who's going to assist you?" Layla asked you. "It's alright, Layla, I'll be fine." you said to her. Layla was older than you and has been your personal maid since you were a little child. Her wisdom about you could be even greater than yours about yourself. You knew she was worried about you whether it was about your illness or else, she still nodded and left. You closed your eyes firmly, as you sat down behind the table.
[Flashback] ...as you grabbed her hands gently, looking up into her eyes again. She pulled back quickly, as you could feel pain striking you. "~~~~~~..." you called her name again. "No... go away from me... Go AWAY!!!" she cried, putting her hands upon her ears and closing her eyes firmly. Tears shed from her eyes, as pain inside of you started to grow.
"~~~~~~, I'm so sorry," you said regretfully, "it's all my fault, I shouldn't..." "STOP IT!! I don't want to hear anything anymore, just stop please...please..." she cried shaking her head hysterically. The more she acted this way, the more your heart hurt. "~~~~~~, I'm sorry." you said apologizing, as you tried to stop your tears from streaming down. "~~~~~~..." you called... "Don't talk to me anymore! I don't want to hear anything from you!" she yelled, her eyes pinning angrily on you. Her sudden outburst shocked you, as your eyes never left her sight showing deep pain.
~ "You heard me, so would you leave now!" ~
~ "I TOLD YOU NOT TO TALK TO ME, SO DON'T CALL MY NAME!!!" ~
~ "Please forg..." ~
~ "Let me tell you something, YOU MEAN NOTHING TO ME, SO LEAVE AT LAST IN RA'S NAME!!!" ~[End Flashback]
"I've hurt one of the most important person in my life, twice in row... if I were ~~~~~~ I wouldn't forgive myself either." you whispered to yourself, watching a tear dropping down. "I'm so sorry, ~~~~~~, I'm sorry... because of me, ~~~~~~ almost died... because of me, the citizens of Egypt will have to suffer in the upcoming war. I should be ashamed of being the Prince of Egypt!! I..." you couldn't finish, when your illness suddenly caused pain inside your chest! You grabbed your chest tightly, as you bowed in pain.
Breathing felt difficult, as your hands trembled terribly. You looked up to see a cup with the content to cease your pain. With your trembling hands you reached the cup, till the pain suddenly increased. Your grip tightened around the cup, as you closed your eyes firmly by pain. Whether it was the pain coming from your illness or the regret of hurting ~~~~~~, it felt unbearable. You took the whole content at once, as your tears continued to stream.
"YOU MEAN NOTHING TO ME, SO LEAVE AT LAST IN RA'S NAME!!!"
As the pain normally will cease after you drank the content, this time it didn't seem to work. I've caused too many people too much pain... this is what I deserve. you thought angrily at yourself, as you clutched your chest tightly by pain. If I could control myself that day, if I didn't kiss ~~~~~~ that day, Anzu wouldn't had done something like this to ~~~~~~... it's all my fault, ~~~~~~ has been suffering this much and I did nothing to help her. On the contrary, engaging myself to Anzu, neglecting her for months, then selfishly hoping for the new start of our relationship!
Your sight was blurred by tears and pain, as you felt like giving up everything. "I've done too much wrong..." you said to yourself, "I'm hurting ~~~~~~, Anzu, my Father and everyone..." The sight of a small jug on your table suddenly caught your eyes. You grabbed it, as you started to drink fast from it...
Layla's POV:
Miss ~~~~~~ just woke up, but her personal maid arrived soon. She said she couldn't rest anyway, so decided to serve ~~~~~~ instead of sitting around doing nothing. You understood, so you left miss ~~~~~~ in Kiara's assistance. "If there's anything you need me for, I'm just at the Prince's room." you said to her. Kiara nodded and you bowed to miss ~~~~~~ before taking your leave. You headed back to the Prince's room quickly, because you knew there was something wrong with the Prince. The palm of his hand was bleeding when you were leaving, however he tried to hide it.
The Prince has been like this since he was a child. You remembered the time he was playing with sir Mahado. Those two aren't normal anymore if together; climbing trees, walking as near as possible at the edge of the Nile, running through the kitchens and much more. That time those two were competing who will be the first to get the apple from the top of the tree. You remembered that day very well.
Atemu returned with wounds on his arms, knees, legs, chest, back... let's say almost everywhere. That little one even changed clothes, because his clothes were torn. I wouldn't even have known he was injured if it wasn't for Mahado who came to tell me the whole incident. You sighed, as you remembered what he told you afterwards. "I didn't want to worry you." little Atemu said innocently.
You knocked on the door,when a strange sound of scattering pieces of glass was to be heard. As you opened the doors, a strong smell of liquor was consuming you directly. A half-broken jug lay on the floor, as some transparent liquor was flowing out of it. Prince Atemu was motionless in his sitting position with his head and arms upon the table. "My Prince?" you asked, as you went closer to him. "My Prince..." you repeated, avoiding the broken pieces you reached out to him, as you suddenly noticed some red liquid upon the table. "My Prince!!!"
Your POV:
"YOU MEAN NOTHING TO ME, SO LEAVE AT LAST IN RA'S NAME!!!"
This sentence kept repeating itself inside you head. You knew it must have hurt Atemu deeply, as you said that to him. You sighed staring at the stars, which were twinkling happily high in the dark sky. You thought you'll never see the light again, not even the small light of the stars. During your unconscious state you swore you heard the voice of Atemu calling out to you, but it couldn't be true. He's engaged, it's over between us... but he was there, he really was. He was there at my side... you thought.
Being totally confused, you leaned down against the rails of your balcony. "what am I..." you said, as you placed your head into your hands. Shaking your head, you heard footsteps coming into your room. "~~~~~~? What's wrong?" you heard Sandy's worried voice, as she placed her hands upon your shoulders to calm you down. "~~~~~~, calm down, it's alright, calm down." she said embracing you. "Atemu..." you cried his name, as tears suddenly emerged and slowly streamed down your cheek. "I miss him so..." you whispered, "I miss him..." "Silly girl, you could go and visit him any moment you want." Sandy responded at you sudden outburst.
"Visit...?" you ask her, not understanding. "I can't, I can't do that, I should forget him... no, he should forget me, I'm just a peasant, he's engaged, he should marry the princess, P-Princess Anzu... Princess ANZU!! NO!! LEAVE ME ALONE, I ... I..." you started to panic, "I almost died... I already put one foot in the netherworld of Hades, I merely escaped...No!!!" you yelled, putting your hands upon your ears.
"~~~~~~, calm down, it's alright now, it really is, I assure you, it's alright... it's alright..." Sandy said, as she tightened her arms around you. You struggled, as you heard the horrible laughing of Princess Anzu in your ears. "RELEASE ME!!!" you yelled at Sandy, as the laughing of Anzu increased. "STOP IT!!! STOP!!!" you yelled again. "~~~~~~, what's wrong?" Sandy asked extremely worriedly. "I'm here, ~~~~~~, I'm here." you heard the voice of Sandy faintly, as you started to calm down.
"I don't know, I just couldn't control myself." you said, "I'm scared, Sandy." She took your hand into hers, patting it three times. "No matter what, I'm here for you and not just me, but also Kiara and... Prince Atemu."
~ "Atemu???" ~
~ "Yes, while you were unconscious, the Prince has never left your side." ~
~ "Atemu... he..." ~
~ "~~~~~~, Atemu has been suffering a lot lately, his engagement with Anzu, his duty, his responsibilities." ~
~ "I don't understand, what do you mean? The engagement was of his own free will." ~
~ "Not exactly." ~
"He did it all for the citizens of Egypt?" you repeated Sandy's words, after she had explained everything to you. "Because of the promise with his mother, because he wanted peace for the citizens he forced himself to do so many things he didn't want to, for the sake of the country?" you said, not daring to believe this was real.
Though, you knew it was. That was the Prince Atemu you've always known, the responsible person, the one who has been only caring about others. The one who would risk everything of himself just to save his citizens, his family and his beloved one...
Everything seems to fall in place now, so that's why Atemu suddenly neglected me and engaged himself to Anzu. That's why... you thought, regretting everything you have said to him. "Then I... I've hurt him so much by those words..." you finally said, as Sandy stood up from your bed. "It's still not too late to apologize." she exclaimed happily pulling you up from your bed.
You looked up at her and nodded in agreement, smiling at the fact things have been cleared up, but more because of the fact Atemu still loves you.
"~~~~~~!!!" a sudden voice was to be heard, before someone burst into your room. "Kiara?" the both of you said, looking a bit shocked and puzzled. "The... the Prince.." Kiara managed to say, while she gasped for breath. "Yeah, we are just about to go to him, right ~~~~~~?" Sandy said chuckling, giving you an elbow.
You just smiled nervously by her comment. "No... the Prince's .... his illness has returned! He's now in a critical state being treated by the medicinists!!!" An illness? you asked yourself in your head. You never knew he had an illness and now he's in a critical state because of ... of an illness? Your mind went blank for a moment, not being able to bring out a word... What's going on??
"Miss Isis said, he..." Kiara cried, "he probably won't make it through this anymore!!!"
You stood there for a moment, letting Kiara's words slowly sink into you. After realizing what those words actually meant and not daring to believe Kiara's words, you ran passed her leaving your best friend and servant standing in your room. Whimpers could still be heard as you turned the corner, tears slowly made their way to your eyes...
Atemu said he won't leave me alone anymore, he never will, you recalled his words from earlier, while you continued your way to his room in your fastest pace. Atemu, you liar! You promised me to take care of me!
Turning the last corner you saw that the door through Atemu's room was open, but before you reached it, you tripped and fell. A sudden flashback showed itself in front of you about the broken heart between the two bears you made earlier. The present I was about to give to Atemu... it got broken...
You lifted up your head, while a fearful feeling consumed your heart. "no..." you whispered to yourself, "... Atemu!!!"
Oh My Ra! Is Atemu dying? This could not possibly be true, could it?
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