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Notes: I'm so sorry it took me so long to get this out, but I just had the worst writer's block on it. I had no idea what I was going to do with it. I guess you can be happy I didn't decide to scrap it. Oh, one more warning, I'm not totally off my writer's block yet, so this is going to suck. It was also inspired by Creed's "Lullaby" which is a beautiful song. I also love the CD. Creed Rocks!
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I looked up from the book I was reading. It was a very interesting one that Yugi had taken out of the school library just for me. It was all about what the modern world had discovered about Ancient Egypt. It was amusing to see what they got wrong. All the stuff about us believing in a feather judging our hearts for the afterlife. Yeah right! However, my attention was drawn away from my literature at the sound of a pained cry from my light. I sighed. It was just getting good too! The mistakes they made with translating were so funny. But my aibou is much more important than that trivial matter, so I then stood from my chair, crossing the room to the bed where Yugi rested. He was currently twisting about in his sheets, like he had almost a year ago on the night before he duelled Pegasus for the soul of his Grandpa. I remember that night so well, for that was the night I fell in love with him. Of course, I had my heart broken after when he called me a monster, but we worked it all out after. Now we're really close. Too bad he doesn't return my affections. But friendship is better than nothing. And during there peaceful times without Pegasus, I could wait. Speaking of which, we were hosting a party at the Turtle Game Shop to celebrate the occasion tomorrow. I smiled at this, I couldn't wait to see how Joey would embarrass himself this time. I then bent over to awaken my little light.
"Yugi. Yugi! Wake up!" I hissed while shaking the boy's shoulder. My lighter half let out a startled yelp, then turned over to blink at me in confusion. The expression was so adorable, I had to restrain myself with all the self-control I possessed not to wrap him in my arms and kiss him. I smiled softly to hide my inner struggle, "Bad dream?" I asked aibou. Yugi nodded, sniffing. Oh god, now I couldn't resist. I sat down on the bed beside him, trying to restrain myself, but allowed my arms to wrap around his shoulders. Ah, how I love to torture myself. Not now Yami, I told myself, the boy needs comforting, not frightening! My internal sigh agreed with myself. Then I turned my attention back to Yugi. He looked like he had been crying, which I soon realized he had. I rubbed his shoulders in a comforting way, "Come on, you can tell me about it," I reassured. He sniffed one more time, then threw himself into my arms. I was so shocked that it took me a moment to hear what he was saying.
"Oh God, Yami! It was horrible! I dreamed that I was walking with you and Joey and all the others in the mall when suddenly this guy jumped up out of nowhere and pointed a gun at us. He fired the gun at me, but you dived in the way and got shot instead. The guy then ran away, but Yami, you were hurt! Badly! You were dying in my arms! And the last thing you ever said to me was 'Aisheteru Aibou.' That was it. Then you-you died," He sniffed again, not even noticing the way I had gone all rigid. I said that in a dream? Hmm, what had I said or done that might have made his subconscious mind form it in a dream? Or rather, what hadn't I done?! I snorted, thinking of all the little things I had done that my poor innocent aibou just didn't recognise. It made Yugi look up at me in confusion before taking a shuddering breath, "You know what the scariest part of the dream was?" He whispered. Not even waiting for a reply, he went on, "I never got to tell you that I loved you back."
I froze, just froze. There was no other word for it. My mind just shut down, nothing could get into my head. If Yugi had said anything after that, I missed it. I was completely gone from reality. Then, slowly, one part of my brain decided to get its gears working. My thoughts were suddenly all filled with one phrase. 'Yugi loves me! Yugi loves me! Yugi loves me!' over and over again. Finally, I snapped back to reality. I did the one thing I had been longing to do since I had been released from the puzzle.
I tipped Yugi's head back and kissed him.
It was like heaven. The warmth of his lips on mine, the taste of chocolate that covered my tongue, the scent of chocolate that filled my nostrils. It was absolute bliss. Soon my tongue was snaking into his mouth to explore every corner, every crevice. He was chocolate all over, dark chocolate. It happened to be my favourite sweet. Figures that it would be his taste.
Soon we had to break apart for air, but the taste was still on my lips. He was still cuddled in my arms, face slightly flushed with a pink tinge. He was panting slightly from lack of breath, but the expression on his face was priceless, beautiful. It was like an angel, and he was all mine. Grinning, I thought about how someone up there really likes me.
Yugi reached up tenderly to touch his lips, as if not believing I had just kissed him. I admittedly was unsure myself. Then he voiced my personal opinion on the matter with the exact and precise words I would have used.
"Wow."
I grinned, then tightened my grip on him. I gave him a quick peck on the cheek, then whispered into his ear, "I love you too, my little Yugi," then rested my head on top of his. He snuggled up to me, the awed expression still plastered to his face. Then as he buried his face into my shirt, he growled out, "I'm going to be really pissed if I wake up and find out this is all a dream."
I barked a surprised laugh, then chuckled, "Me too, little one. Me too," then helped him to lye down. We lay on his bed, still cradled together, and settled down for a peaceful sleep. Just before I drifted off to sleep, I thought I heard him utter a sentence that will forever remain engraved in my memory.
"But what's love if you're going to die soon anyways?"
At least that's what I think I heard. It was probably just a trick of my imagination, or my tiredness. Yugi would never say that anyway. And yet, as I fell asleep I had a very disturbing wave of knowing that told me he was right.
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Oh God, that sucked! I'm sorry it's so short, I just don't know what else to write. Oh, and there should only be about 1 or 2 more chapters, then I'll be done. I hope that one gets out faster, but I somehow doubt it. Anyone wanna Beta it?
