The Safest Place
Author's notes: And now we've come down to the final chapter of Love is an Army, done to the song The Safest Place by LeAnn Rimes. I hope you enjoy *takes a bow*
Disclaimer: Honestly, if I owned Yu-Gi-Oh, half the characters would be snogging in a back room… but, I can dream. I don't own the song either… damn.
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Ryou's POV
*Thank God that you were by my side…*
A soft comforting dark presence surrounds me, sheltering me from the colder shadows beyond. It feels familiar, but some how different. It feels… safe. Like a comfort I haven't felt since…
*On a night....
On a night...*
I begin to shake, fear flooding my dulled senses. Do these demons give me this tiny piece of hope just to torment me further? The drugs they have given me are beginning to wear off and I can feel my body waking.
*Daytime I'm fine
Everything is back normal
Last night I thought that I would die
I had nightmares, I was so scared
Thank god that you were by my side
To hold me when I cried*
No! my mind screams in anguish. Why won't you just let me sleep! Just let me live with this hope! This hope that I know will vanish like a dream the moment I open my eyes. Don't let me wake up! Let me stay here in the illusionary presence of my dark angel. Just leave me to my delusions. Don't make me face this truth.
*I wanna be strong
But I dont' wanna be alone tonight
I wanna believe that I can save the world
And make it right
But I believe that you've got a hero's face
Right here in your arms is safest place
The safest place*
I know my spirit will break. My heart has already shattered into uncountable pieces that can never be mended, please! Don't break my soul as well! My eyes flicker open as I resign myself to this death. Not just the death of my body, but of my very soul.
*It feels so real
You showed I could trust you
With emotions I had locked away
It was your touch, your words
They hear deepest part of me
That only you can see*
Ryou? I freeze, clenching my eyes closed tightly. Please don't torment me further! If you won't let me die please don't torture me with this soul scaring pain! I plead to the heavens above to save me. Instead a gentle, calloused hand brushes a lock of hair from my face. Ryou, tenshi… So soft, so gentle… please, don't let this be a dream….
My eyes blink open slowly. I look up to find myself facing a pair of deep russet eyes. Brown, so like my own, but so different. Harsher, sharper, and yet carrying a gentleness I had never seen.
"Ba-" I suddenly find myself swept into a tight hug.
*I wanna be strong
But I don't wanna be alone tonight
I wanna believe that I can save the world
And make it right
But I believe that you've got a hero's face
Right here in your arms is safest place*
Ryou… tenshi… you're alright? He's almost crying now. I reach my hand up to touch his face. He takes his own calloused palm, pressing mine to his cheek. I smile softly, taking in every precious, precious detail of his face.
Please… tell me this isn't a dream, I whisper in his mind. He leans down, pressing his soft lips to mine in a chaste kiss, a kiss I will treasure for eternity.
*As long as I'm with you
As long as I can feel you
That's all I need to keep me going
On and on and on and on....*
In a way, I wish it was, he replies, brushing over my bandaged wrists which he had unbound while I slept. I never meant to hurt you like this tenshi. I won't ask you to forgive me, just let me stay.
*I wanna believe that I can save the world
And make it right
But I believe that you've got a hero's face
Right here in your arms is safest place*
I never blamed you. He breaks down crying, tears I would never have expected from someone like him rolling down his face. I wrap my thin pale arms around him, rocking him gently as a mother rocks her child.
Bakura? I ask him. He presses further into my embrace.
*Right here in your arms is safest place....*
Yes tenshi?
Promise me… promise you'll never leave me again. He smiles, his sobs quieting to soft gasps before vanishing into nothing.
*The safest place...*
Not for all the world tenshi. And deep inside my soul, a light begins to burn anew.
*The safest place...*
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Author's notes: Well, I hope you've enjoyed this little fic. *takes another bow* Sayonara, for now, and thank you!
-Cat