My Immortal
CHAPTER TEN: MY IMMORTAL
"I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
Because your presence lingers here
And it won't leave me alone
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you screamed I'd fight away all of your fears
And I've held your hand through all of these years
But you still have all of me
You used to captivate me
By your resonating light
But now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts my once most pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away all the sanity in me
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you screamed I'd chase away all of your fears
And I've held your hand through all of these years
But you still have all of me
I've tried so hard to myself that you're gone
And though you're still with me
I've been alone all along.
~My Immortal by: Evanescence~
Yugi stood in the doorway of the cold ICU room. He didn't know why he was here, that doctor had to have been wrong, there was no way that Yami was dead. Yet the man had agreed to allow him a last few minutes alone with his deceased brother. Joey hadn't fought to go with him, just held him in the elevator while he sobbed.
Now he stood there, violet orbs bloodstained from crying, small body still shivering, trying to figure out what he was doing. If he walked in there he would confirm his greatest fears, that his other half was dead. And once that happened, the hole that would open up in his soul would be unfixable. But part of him couldn't go on in life knowing that he had never paid his dark half one last respect. He needed to apologize, tell Yami he was sorry for making him think that he didn't want him anymore. Even if Yami was no longer here on earth with him, at least his soul would hear. And hopefully forgiveness would be granted on him.
With a shuddering breath, Yugi stepped into the quiet room. He was expecting to instantly be shocked by the body of his dead friend, like victims always were in the movies. Instead he was greeted by a curtain that had been drawn around the bed that held Yami. Yugi reached up with a tentative hand and pulled back only a corner of the curtain and slipped inside its protective barrier.
That was when Yami's pale face slammed him into reality. His tall frame lie limply in the bed, head tilted slightly to one side on the pillow. Yami's once fierce, crimson eyes were softer in death. Their color had lightened to almost match the violet of Yugi's. Yugi felt like bursting into tears when he saw his counterpart's eyes staring blankly at him.
Yugi approached the bed with a bit of trepidation. Although he knew there was no life left in Yami's body, something frightened him. He was slammed with the realization that he was afraid of death. Yugi was afraid to approach Yami because he was afraid to face death. He let out a chocked sob and pulled his fist back against his mouth to stop from screaming. Fear crept into his stomach and coiled around his heart like a venomous snake. He shrank back farther, hoping to make a run for the door and flee the death filled room. Just as he was about to turn, he spared one last glance at Yami, and what he saw stopped him in his tracks.
There were shiny trails on Yami's cheeks. The horror of what those marks really were fought of the fear in Yugi. He knew exactly what they meant, what they stood for. In the last minutes of his life, Yami had been crying. This thought brought tears to Yugi's own eyes. He forgot all his fear and crept towards the hospital bed.
Yugi peered into Yami's face and felt an odd sense of peace wash over him. It was like the end to all his pain. Samara had done so much to him, caused him so much anguish, and now it was finally over. With a sigh, Yugi closed both his small hands around one of Yami's. He was momentarily startled by how cold Yami's hand was. But that didn't matter now. All that matter was the reason he ventured into this room.
"Yami?" His voice cracked causing Yugi to wince, but he had to continue. "I don't know if you can still hear me, but I'm hoping that you can. I had to come here and say something to you. I had to let you know before you were too far out of touch."
Yugi sighed and climbed onto the bed, sitting beside Yami's still form. He was dead, the doctor had been right. But somehow death didn't linger in his face.
"This is all my fault." Fresh tears attacked Yugi's eyes with a burning that was somehow pleasurable. "If I had never yelled at you, if I had never told you that I wished you had never made my life so confusing you'd still be here. I was wrong about everything I said!
"Yami, I liked the way you made everything different. Everything you changed, you changed for the better. You made my life an easier thing to live. You got rid of the bullies, helped save my Grandpa and even helped me to get friends. If it weren't for you Yami, I'd still be the awkward boy that sat in the back corner of the classroom and spent his afternoons getting beaten up by the local bullies."
Yugi wiped at the tears that streamed down his face. He pictured Yami lying on a cold table surrounded by doctors that were screaming things. He understood why he had been crying. He knew that Yami had wanted to spend his last moments with him, his aibou. The thought wrenched at his heart painfully, and the tears fell faster. A few plopped onto the puzzle that glowed under their moisture.
"If I could take it all back I would!" He sobbed, throwing himself down on Yami. He buried his face in Yami's chest, crying harder when he heard and felt no heartbeat. "I want you back Yami, I need you back. Don't you understand? You can't be dead. You can't be dead!"
Yugi finally gave up on words and resorted to sobbing like a broken man. He realized that he was broken. Nothing would ever be the same for him, not with out Yami there, giving his normal sarcastic remarks, or urging Yugi on with deep, baritone guidances.
"Come back Yami." He whimpered. "Come back…"
Even now Yugi could feel Yami's arms wrapping around him in a tight embrace. He could feel himself being pushed against Yami's chest as he spoke soothing words.
"Don't worry, aibou. I will never leave you."
Yugi's whole body went stiff and his head shot up from its resting place on Yami's chest. A chest that now beat with a slow steady heartbeat. Eyes that had seconds ago been nothing more then blank purple orbs, gazed back at him with crimson softness. Yami's arms tightened around him once more as if reassuring him to the fact that this was really happening.
"Y-Yami?" Yugi's voice was hoarse, but hopeful.
"Yes aibou." Yami gave him a tender grin. "I'm here and I always will be. The puzzle won't allow me to be killed by a cruel heart, therefore I am always going to be here with you."
Yugi smiled brightly, early fears and tears forgotten, and wrapped his arms around Yami in a tight hug. Yami gave a tiny hiss of pain, and Yugi jerked away. His eyes scanned Yami's body for the source of pain. His dark half laughed and patted Yugi's head gently, a gesture that did not go without a returning glare.
"I may be alive, but I'm not pain free." Yami told Yugi. "I think I will have to spend some time here, until I am fully well again."
"I don't care where you spend the time Yami." Yugi gave his dark another hug. "As long as you promise that you'll always be there."
Yami returned the hug and ignored the pain the screamed from his side and back. He had so desperately wanted to hold Yugi close in those last few moments before the healing darkness, but couldn't find him anywhere. Now there was nothing, not even blinding pain, that would keep him from holding his hikari again.
"I promise Yugi." He whispered. "I promise I'll always be right here with you."
Yami laid down on the hospital bed and Yugi snuggled up beside him. He was beaming and Yami saw something in his eyes beside the happiness. Something like a giddy secret. He narrowed his eyes and gazed down at his aibou.
"What are you keeping from me?" He asked, not out of anger, but pure curiosity.
Yugi giggled and shrugged his shoulders.
"I just thought you'd like to know that when you stay at the hospital you can get free ice cream." Yugi gave him an evil grin. "Whenever you want."
Yami's eyes went wide for a second as his sweet tooth gave him a swift kick. He then gave his hikari a smile and pulled him close.
"I think I'm going to like it here." He said before drifting off into a healing sleep.
Moons: There you have it folks!! That's the end!!
Aurora: Wow…you let the guy live AND you supplied him with ice cream? I must be in a generous mood.
Moons: That you must muse…anyway…let me know what you think!! I hope you liked this story as much as I did. I must say I was proud of the last chapter.
Aurora: Of course you were, you wrote it!!
Moons: But it came out sweet…I liked it. I think it was the perfect ending. Now hush and go find some ice cream to eat.
Aurora: *grumps and goes about plotting ideas for new stories*
Moons: AHH!! STORY OVERLOAD!!!
Aurora: heh heh…review this chapter while she sorts out her overloaded brain.
Moons: x.x….owww….