I'd Do Anything
by Kestrel
Ch. 7
"Now comes the part of this letter that will be the hardest for me to write."
So now maybe after all these years
If you miss me, have no fear
I'll be here, I'll be waiting
Yami found out during Elaina's lunch period what exactly a 'crush' was. Apparently, Elaina was besotted with a young man on the varsity crew team. His name was Mark.
Elaina was afraid to even look at him.
Yami, however, had no such qualms. He decided that, in order to help his hikari, that he'd go over and talk to Mark. Emili nearly talked him out of it, but one mental look at Elaina's hopeful face and his nerves were steeled.
Five steps from Mark's table, Yami remembered his letter to Yugi. He remembered the fated confession he'd written in that letter.
Yami mentally smacked himself. Too much love all at once. He leaned against the wall and closed Elaina's eyes, willing himself into his soul room and then walking across the hall to his hikari's room. She turned.
"What are you doing?" she hissed. "I'm at school!"
"I don't think I can do this for you," Yami said. "This is something you need to do on your own."
"No, I don't," Elaina sighed. "Don't you remember, I'm part of that stupid foreign exchange student program. We're going to Japan."
Yami's eyes widened. "When?"
"Tomorrow."
This could be the one last chance to make you understand
And I just can't let you beat me once again
"Yugi… I can't forget you. I cannot be rid of a single curséd memory. And for that I am slightly grateful, because that means I will never forget your beautiful face, or the way you laughed at Joey's antics, or your sweet voice. I can't begin to tell you how I've missed you, all these years of being alone once more, and even when Elaina solved the puzzle… I still feel like a part of me is gone forever.
"Aibou, I… I do not know how to say this, except for in the simplest words possible: I love you. I always have, I was just too caught up in chasing destiny to notice that it was right in front of me. Destiny brought us together, and it was nothing but my foolish pride that tore us apart."
Yugi stopped walking, his tears falling swiftly to join the crushed leaves on the asphalt. His mind replayed the day he and Yami had been torn apart, and the memories just made the tears fall faster.
"You shouldn't go in there, Yami, it's too dangerous."
Yugi's lower lip stuck out slightly as he bit it in concern. Yami didn't seem to notice his hikari; his back was turned to Yugi as he studied the hieroglphics on the crypt wall.
"My destiny has led me this far, aibou. I should think it would be in my best interest to enter."
"Yami, I'm telling you it's too dangerous! Won't you even look at me, much less listen to me?!"
Yami whirled around and drew back slightly at the sight of his hikari, fists clenched and tears welling in large amethyst eyes.
"Yugi," he began gently, but Yugi struck at his calming hand.
"No!" The boy yelled, shaking the walls of the crypt. "You don't listen to me! You never listen! That night when Marik almost killed us— I knew he was there and what he was planning! You remember, I was right! But your stupid destiny clouded your judgement and I almost lost you!"
Tears were flowing freely from Yugi's eyes now. Yami was taken aback. But instead of understanding, he began to feel angry.
"Stupid destiny? Stupid? How would you feel if you remembered nothing of your past, and were still expected to fight against a force more powerful than you could ever imagine?! How would you feel if history was repeating itself but you didn't know what was going to happen?! How would you feel if your heart was broken because the one you cared about most didn't believe you?!"
Yami's tears joined Yugi's on the dusty floor. The young game king was shaking.
Yugi was afraid but too emotional to care. "But does destiny give you the right to endanger the lives of those closest to you, those who just want to help you?"
Yami was growing as hysterical as Yugi looked. Not angry anymore, he was feeling helpless. Broken in spirit, he sagged. "No," he whispered.
Then before Yugi could act, the Millennium puzzle flew off his chest and smashed against the far wall. Its pieces, glowing, disappeared.
Yugi was too shocked to move.
Was that Yami's way of committing suicide?
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