Chapter 12: Recovery, Friends, and Love
Gomen nasai! I know I've been very naughty *ducks as trash is thrown at me from the audience* but I had this HUGE writer's block -_-;; and I literally wrote like four copies of this chapter until finally I had it ^^;; ta da!! Special special special thanks to Evelyn ^_~ thanks a million for the lovely poems! And now, kick back, relax, and enjoy~!
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Yu-Gi-Oh! Or the following poem that I will use. Why do you people torture me? T-T
********(scene changes)***************
"Hey Serenity, how are ya doing, sis?" Joey bent over to kiss Serenity on the cheek. Serenity looked glum. "I'm so bored, Joey. I can't believe I have to stay in this place until two more days." She sighed.
Joey raised an eyebrow. "Hey, it's not like ya to complain like this."
Serenity glared at her brother in mock indignation. "Well you would be grumpy too if you had to eat the hospital food!" Joey laughed. "Poor kid. Here, I was thoughtful and brought you some chocolates!"
She brightened instantly. "Yay ^^!" Serenity eagerly opened the box and offered her brother a piece. "Want one?" "Thanks." Joey chose a piece and Serenity popped one in her mouth.
"Chocolate is good! I'm hyper again~!" Serenity looked a lot happier. (Amazing how the power of chocolate can alter your moods, huh?)
The two siblings had a fun time talking together. Then Tea and Mai came and Joey had to go back home. Mai mouthed, I'll see you later, to Joey.
"Hey Serenity, how are you?" Tea sat in the now vacant seat that Joey had been sitting on before and Mai sat next to her. "I'm alright." Serenity smiled at her friends.
"Great! I brought you a bunch of magazines." Mai showed Serenity a stack of carefully selected fashion magazines. "I mean, how could you survive in a boring place like this?" She regarded her surroundings with a small bit of contempt.
Tea and Serenity exchanged a glance a grinned. "Thanks a lot, Mai." Serenity said sincerely.
"Here," Tea handed Serenity a pink box. Serenity opened it to find a medium-sized stuffed teddy bear and (yay!) a box of white chocolates (I love that stuff ^^) along with a couple of books. "Thanks Tea." Serenity hugged the bear. "Your welcome."
*******************two hours later**********************************
"Well we don't want to tire you out, and I have dance in half an hour," Tea got up and hugged Serenity. "Take care of yourself, you hear?" She said a little sternly but gave her a big smile. "It was nice seeing you," she added.
"Bye hun! I'll see you in a few, hm?" Mai pecked Serenity's cheek and tossed a small wave and walked out.
Serenity leaned back and sighed contentedly. Always count on your friends to cheer you up when your days were boring.
After dinner, she was outside in the hospital courtyard, admiring the sunset. She sat down on a bench and opened up the notebook she had carried with her outside. She flipped to a page and read
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
One day, not so long ago,
I talked to you about myself.
Your voice, so soft and comforting.
I got up the nerve to tell you my past.
Having you sit there and listen to me,
Made me feel so much better.
As I listened to you talk about life
And question the things you didn't quite get,
I realized how much I loved to listen to you.
In the hospital, I closed my eyes and it was like you were there,
Holding my hand and whispering in my ear.
You're my best friend but you're so much more,
You'll never know how much you mean to me.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
She gazed at her neatly written poem. It was a poem that she had been writing ever since she was hospitalized. When Yugi and Joey had left that day for the night, she had been sleepless and had decided to write a poem.
After a moment of careful pondering, Serenity wrote down another bunch of stanzas.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
But how can I love a friend?
I'll find a way to mess things up,
And the one thing I don't want to do
Is to mess up and lose you.
I know I'm stubborn,
and sometimes very hard to reason with.
All I ask is that you forgive me when I act like that.
You know I love you and I'll soon calm down.
All I know is... I love you with all my heart
And hope you feel the same.
But if for some reason, you drift from me
I want you to know- I will always love you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
She loved it. Her poem showed exactly how she felt about him. She read over each word, each line, each stanza. 'Perfect.' She thought and walked back to her room.
****************************The next morning****************************
"Hey sis! Guess who I brought along?" Joey asked cheerfully as he entered after knocking. Serenity tilted her head to one side. "Hmmmmmmmmm? Who?" She asked curiously.
"Hi Serenity. How are you?" The oh-so-formal, oh-so-polite Yugi entered the room. He gave her a hug, which made her blush furiously and she an excuse of opening the windows so her face could be hidden.
"I'm so glad you guys decided to come!" Serenity exclaimed as she sat down on the bed again. "So what's up?" She asked.
"Oh nothing much. Tristan would come and visit you too, but he was forced to go away yesterday evening to visit some grandmother with his parents. He won't be back for at least another week or two." Serenity grinned. "Poor Tristan."
Joey suddenly remembered his date with Mai. "Oh dammit! Gotta go, sis! See ya~" a puff of cloud could be seen to mark Joey's hurried trail.
"So, Serenity how's your hospital life?" Yugi asked after they had both laughed at poor Joey. She shrugged, "oh, it's alright. Tea and Mai visited me yesterday and it was really nice. And the doctors and nurses and staff are really nice here."
She saw her notebook on the table. "Oh Yugi, this here's for you." She took the pink envelope that had been stuck inside and handed it to him.
Yugi tore the envelope carefully and pulled out a single scented pink stationary sheet of paper. On it, in Serenity's beautiful handwriting, was the poem.
"Here," Serenity reached over and took the paper from him and read aloud the poem that she had worked on.
"I love you, Yugi, forever and ever." Serenity whispered. Even if she had read the poem over and over and had prepared to read it to Yugi, she couldn't help but get misty-eyed now that it had come down to the real thing.
"I feel the same way with you, and I'll NEVER leave you," Yugi said, emphasizing the 'never'. He leaned over and gave her a hug, almost fiercely. Serenity pulled away just a little, so her eyes could see his.
"Promise?" She asked, her expression full of trust.
"Promise." And with that, Yugi kissed her.
A/N: YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! DONE ^^ I hope it's not too bad or too mushy or anything. I just LOVED the poem, didn't you? Well anyway I hope you guys liked it and REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!!
Gomen nasai! I know I've been very naughty *ducks as trash is thrown at me from the audience* but I had this HUGE writer's block -_-;; and I literally wrote like four copies of this chapter until finally I had it ^^;; ta da!! Special special special thanks to Evelyn ^_~ thanks a million for the lovely poems! And now, kick back, relax, and enjoy~!
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Yu-Gi-Oh! Or the following poem that I will use. Why do you people torture me? T-T
********(scene changes)***************
"Hey Serenity, how are ya doing, sis?" Joey bent over to kiss Serenity on the cheek. Serenity looked glum. "I'm so bored, Joey. I can't believe I have to stay in this place until two more days." She sighed.
Joey raised an eyebrow. "Hey, it's not like ya to complain like this."
Serenity glared at her brother in mock indignation. "Well you would be grumpy too if you had to eat the hospital food!" Joey laughed. "Poor kid. Here, I was thoughtful and brought you some chocolates!"
She brightened instantly. "Yay ^^!" Serenity eagerly opened the box and offered her brother a piece. "Want one?" "Thanks." Joey chose a piece and Serenity popped one in her mouth.
"Chocolate is good! I'm hyper again~!" Serenity looked a lot happier. (Amazing how the power of chocolate can alter your moods, huh?)
The two siblings had a fun time talking together. Then Tea and Mai came and Joey had to go back home. Mai mouthed, I'll see you later, to Joey.
"Hey Serenity, how are you?" Tea sat in the now vacant seat that Joey had been sitting on before and Mai sat next to her. "I'm alright." Serenity smiled at her friends.
"Great! I brought you a bunch of magazines." Mai showed Serenity a stack of carefully selected fashion magazines. "I mean, how could you survive in a boring place like this?" She regarded her surroundings with a small bit of contempt.
Tea and Serenity exchanged a glance a grinned. "Thanks a lot, Mai." Serenity said sincerely.
"Here," Tea handed Serenity a pink box. Serenity opened it to find a medium-sized stuffed teddy bear and (yay!) a box of white chocolates (I love that stuff ^^) along with a couple of books. "Thanks Tea." Serenity hugged the bear. "Your welcome."
*******************two hours later**********************************
"Well we don't want to tire you out, and I have dance in half an hour," Tea got up and hugged Serenity. "Take care of yourself, you hear?" She said a little sternly but gave her a big smile. "It was nice seeing you," she added.
"Bye hun! I'll see you in a few, hm?" Mai pecked Serenity's cheek and tossed a small wave and walked out.
Serenity leaned back and sighed contentedly. Always count on your friends to cheer you up when your days were boring.
After dinner, she was outside in the hospital courtyard, admiring the sunset. She sat down on a bench and opened up the notebook she had carried with her outside. She flipped to a page and read
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
One day, not so long ago,
I talked to you about myself.
Your voice, so soft and comforting.
I got up the nerve to tell you my past.
Having you sit there and listen to me,
Made me feel so much better.
As I listened to you talk about life
And question the things you didn't quite get,
I realized how much I loved to listen to you.
In the hospital, I closed my eyes and it was like you were there,
Holding my hand and whispering in my ear.
You're my best friend but you're so much more,
You'll never know how much you mean to me.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
She gazed at her neatly written poem. It was a poem that she had been writing ever since she was hospitalized. When Yugi and Joey had left that day for the night, she had been sleepless and had decided to write a poem.
After a moment of careful pondering, Serenity wrote down another bunch of stanzas.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
But how can I love a friend?
I'll find a way to mess things up,
And the one thing I don't want to do
Is to mess up and lose you.
I know I'm stubborn,
and sometimes very hard to reason with.
All I ask is that you forgive me when I act like that.
You know I love you and I'll soon calm down.
All I know is... I love you with all my heart
And hope you feel the same.
But if for some reason, you drift from me
I want you to know- I will always love you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
She loved it. Her poem showed exactly how she felt about him. She read over each word, each line, each stanza. 'Perfect.' She thought and walked back to her room.
****************************The next morning****************************
"Hey sis! Guess who I brought along?" Joey asked cheerfully as he entered after knocking. Serenity tilted her head to one side. "Hmmmmmmmmm? Who?" She asked curiously.
"Hi Serenity. How are you?" The oh-so-formal, oh-so-polite Yugi entered the room. He gave her a hug, which made her blush furiously and she an excuse of opening the windows so her face could be hidden.
"I'm so glad you guys decided to come!" Serenity exclaimed as she sat down on the bed again. "So what's up?" She asked.
"Oh nothing much. Tristan would come and visit you too, but he was forced to go away yesterday evening to visit some grandmother with his parents. He won't be back for at least another week or two." Serenity grinned. "Poor Tristan."
Joey suddenly remembered his date with Mai. "Oh dammit! Gotta go, sis! See ya~" a puff of cloud could be seen to mark Joey's hurried trail.
"So, Serenity how's your hospital life?" Yugi asked after they had both laughed at poor Joey. She shrugged, "oh, it's alright. Tea and Mai visited me yesterday and it was really nice. And the doctors and nurses and staff are really nice here."
She saw her notebook on the table. "Oh Yugi, this here's for you." She took the pink envelope that had been stuck inside and handed it to him.
Yugi tore the envelope carefully and pulled out a single scented pink stationary sheet of paper. On it, in Serenity's beautiful handwriting, was the poem.
"Here," Serenity reached over and took the paper from him and read aloud the poem that she had worked on.
"I love you, Yugi, forever and ever." Serenity whispered. Even if she had read the poem over and over and had prepared to read it to Yugi, she couldn't help but get misty-eyed now that it had come down to the real thing.
"I feel the same way with you, and I'll NEVER leave you," Yugi said, emphasizing the 'never'. He leaned over and gave her a hug, almost fiercely. Serenity pulled away just a little, so her eyes could see his.
"Promise?" She asked, her expression full of trust.
"Promise." And with that, Yugi kissed her.
A/N: YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! DONE ^^ I hope it's not too bad or too mushy or anything. I just LOVED the poem, didn't you? Well anyway I hope you guys liked it and REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!!
