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By the way, I decided not to enter this into the Yu-Gi-Oh fanfic contest thinger ( http://www.geocities.com/yugiohfanfiction/ ) with this story. I actually kind of planned it to be somewhat different, but the characters seemed to want it to go in this direction. O_o Also I think I've come up with a better idea for a story. Similar...sort of the same idea but rewritten..if that makes any sense at all. -.- Anyway, it's called "Fading" and I posted it er...a few days ago. So go read it, I entered it in the contest thinger intstead. ~_^
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Stranded - pt. 2
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- [ Yugi ] -
I stared in shock as Yami flew past me through the tree branches. I couldn't have registered it in my brain quickly enough to have actually realized he was falling, but luckily reflex kicked in and I reached out to grab him.
His weight almost sent us both toppling down to the earth, which I knew now was quite a ways down below us. Yami twisted his head up to face me, apalled at my sudden spurt of strength. His shock quickly transformed to immense happiness, and he smiled at me.
Then I had a strange experience, almost as though I was floating on nothing but air. It was especially strange because at the same time I was gripping onto a bulky tree branch for my dear life. I started feeling really giddy at that point. But this too, was a stupid feeling because my dear Yami was just starting to slip from my grasp as I strained to keep him in my grip.
Then the weight was released from me...just like that. "NO!" I shouted, and I flailed my arm wildly, attempting to somehow get him back up with me again.
"Shhhh, aibou..."
I stopped immediately, and my hand was met with that of Yami's. I looked down and saw Yami, again simply smiling up at me. I could swear for a minute that he was just hovering there, that he'd spurted a gorgeous pair of angelic feathered wings, and with that thought in mind I fainted.
- [ Yami ] -
I walked into the front doors of the Game Shop a few minutes after catching Yugi just as he slipped off that tree branch..again. As I walked in I was greeted with stunned stares from Tea, Joey, Tristan and Gramps. I looked down at Yugi in turn. The poor little guy had exerted all the strength he possesed in his effort to save me. He looked exhausted, to say the least. Not to mention his beat up and swollen face, which was now a bright cherry colour. I said nothing but simply took Yugi into the living area behind the shop and lay his weary body down gently on the couch. I lay a quick kiss on his forehead, then dashed off to collect various supplies.
When I walked back into the room a little while later, bearing a number of things that I knew would help make Yugi's condition better, the small group of people from the front of the store earlier were huddled around Yugi on the couch. I pushed my way though them and kneeled down beside Yugi, who was still sleeping. I took a cloth out a bowl filled with warm water and began applying it carefully to Yugi's face. As I did, questions were thrown at me from all around the couch.
"Why is Yugi so beat up?"
"Is he OK?"
"What happened??"
I did my best to answer them, but the answers seemed quite vague as I was preoccupied with cleaning Yugi off. He moaned a little as the cloth ran over his tender spots, and I applied a gentler touch when he did, making a quick mental note of where these spots were.
I was finished relatively quickly, and when I was I then began putting band-aids on his cuts. As soon as I was done with this, I looked over him twice to make sure he was completely patched up, then rested my head on Yugi's chest. The others seemed to see that, even though I wasn't beaten up like Yugi was, I was still tired from the whole episode. They backed away slowly, and I heard whispering coming from them, but I didn't hear the words. So instead I focused on Yugi, and his steady, slow heartbeat. I chuckled a bit to think that just minutes before, it was most likely racing with adrenaline. Listening to it now put my own heart at peace, and I drifted off to sleep like this.
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- [ Yugi ] -
I awoke later on a comfy leather couch, which I soon figured had to be the one in my house, with a dazed expression on my face and something very weighty on my chest. Straining my head to look down, I saw that it was Yami, sleeing peacefully. I sighed and leaned my head against the arm of the couch again, closing my eyes as I did this.
"Yugi?" said a voice that sounded like Joey's quite near me. I pretended not to hear it; I really didn't feel like talking to anyone at the moment.
"Hey, Yug!" the voice said again, more insistently this time. I mumbled a few words that sounded vaguely like "go away," beneath my breath and turned my head towards the back of the couch, hugging Yami closer to me.
"YUG-"
"Shut up already Joey, he's trying to sleep!" I heard Tea interrupt him with an edge of annoyance in her voice. I smiled discreetly to myself at this, and lay there silently for a while, pretending to sleep as they talked quietly among themselves. I didn't listen though; I was more concered about Yami and his warm body, feeling him breathe slowly as he slept. Eventually the group of unwelcome people left the room and I waited a few minutes before sitting up slowly, lifting Yami's head up to face me.
His face bore a number of small scratches and scrapes, undoubtedly from the episode with the tree we'd just had. Sweat made his face glisten a little. A worried and strangely serene expression lined his face and he stirred slightly in his sleep. I felt tears well up in my eyes; he'd put himself on the line for me, taken my pain and endured it without a single comment, he'd saved me too many times to count, and I'd done nothing for him. Not a single thing.
I closed my eyes as the tears leaked out, and when they opened again I saw Yami staring at me, concern lining his face.
"There there, Yugi...why are you crying?"
I only sobbed harder, hugging him tightly. He seemed to be in a rather awkward position; keeling on the floor with his upper body twisted to be able to receive my hug. He didn't say anything though, and only patted me on my back. By now I was in hysterics. I couldn't understand why he cared so much for me, why he would time and time again protect me and never expect anything in return.
Maybe...maybe he saw that I was just so weak I couldn't ever protect myself, and he had a heart so golden that he loved nothing more to help people that cannot help themselves. Why, oh why couldn't I just help myself for once? If only I could give Yami a break...just once...
My sobs had slowed down considerably, and now my tears were almost dried up. Yami was still squeezing me, rubbing my back gently. I pushed him away and instead hugged my own knees. They weren't as warm and not nearly as comfortable, but at least they weren't Yami.
"Aibou..." Yami's voice radiated a feeling of alarm and confusion. "Are you okay?"
I bit my lip to stop the fresh set of tears and remained silent.
"Yugi...?"
I couldn't stand it anymore. He sounded hurt and so worried that I couldn't just leave him like that. He deserved better.
Taking in a deep breath, I said in a quivering voice, "I'm a coward, Yami. I'm either running away or waiting until you save me. It's a cowardly thing to do, running away..." I choked back a sob.
"No, Yugi, no...It's so much more cowardly to beat defenseless people up." Yami's features relaxed and kindness leaked in to replace the worry.
"But...but..." I stopped to steady my breath, then continued. "But why do you keep on helping me like this? Why do you care?"
Yami was smiling and speaking in a soothing voice, like you might to a frightened child. "Because I do, Yugi. Why do I need a reason to?"
"But I- I don't deserve it."
"You deserve it more than anyone else I can think of, Yugi."
"I'm too much trouble for you."
"You're never trouble enough, my sweet little aibou. Don't feel so guilty."
"But...Why, Yami?" I inquired in barely a whisper. "Why?"
Yami leaned into me, placing his hands on my shoulders to steady my shaking form. "Because I love you, Yugi," he whispered back into my ear. "I love you more than anyone...more than anything...You're the reason I live and breathe, Yugi. You're my other half, my hikari, you're so much a part of me that if...If I ever lost you, I'd lose myself, too. I'm only happy if you're happy. I couldn't live with myself if I'd ever let anything bad happen to you. That's why, Yugi." He leaned back and gave me a tiny kiss on the cheek. I felt my face grow red as the tears fought their way back out again.
"Yami..." I was too overwhelmed for words, so instead I leaned my head onto his strong shoulder and he pulled me into yet another hug. With him so close to me, returning such love that I could barely hold it all, I suddenly realized that that feeling of giddiness in the tree earlier was because I was helping Yami - I was being strong, Yami had needed me for once. And now I also knew that he needed me regardless, not phsyically but mentally, which was the whole reason he protected me with such passion.
We stayed like that - just hugging - for a while, and I was so tremendously relieved and happy that I didn't even care when Joey popped his head in and fell over in shock at the sight of us in such an intimate embrace.
In fact, I didn't really care about much at the moment. As long as Yami was there with me, everything was alright...
( The end )
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By the way, I decided not to enter this into the Yu-Gi-Oh fanfic contest thinger ( http://www.geocities.com/yugiohfanfiction/ ) with this story. I actually kind of planned it to be somewhat different, but the characters seemed to want it to go in this direction. O_o Also I think I've come up with a better idea for a story. Similar...sort of the same idea but rewritten..if that makes any sense at all. -.- Anyway, it's called "Fading" and I posted it er...a few days ago. So go read it, I entered it in the contest thinger intstead. ~_^
Anywhozzles, ENJOY!!
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Stranded - pt. 2
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- [ Yugi ] -
I stared in shock as Yami flew past me through the tree branches. I couldn't have registered it in my brain quickly enough to have actually realized he was falling, but luckily reflex kicked in and I reached out to grab him.
His weight almost sent us both toppling down to the earth, which I knew now was quite a ways down below us. Yami twisted his head up to face me, apalled at my sudden spurt of strength. His shock quickly transformed to immense happiness, and he smiled at me.
Then I had a strange experience, almost as though I was floating on nothing but air. It was especially strange because at the same time I was gripping onto a bulky tree branch for my dear life. I started feeling really giddy at that point. But this too, was a stupid feeling because my dear Yami was just starting to slip from my grasp as I strained to keep him in my grip.
Then the weight was released from me...just like that. "NO!" I shouted, and I flailed my arm wildly, attempting to somehow get him back up with me again.
"Shhhh, aibou..."
I stopped immediately, and my hand was met with that of Yami's. I looked down and saw Yami, again simply smiling up at me. I could swear for a minute that he was just hovering there, that he'd spurted a gorgeous pair of angelic feathered wings, and with that thought in mind I fainted.
- [ Yami ] -
I walked into the front doors of the Game Shop a few minutes after catching Yugi just as he slipped off that tree branch..again. As I walked in I was greeted with stunned stares from Tea, Joey, Tristan and Gramps. I looked down at Yugi in turn. The poor little guy had exerted all the strength he possesed in his effort to save me. He looked exhausted, to say the least. Not to mention his beat up and swollen face, which was now a bright cherry colour. I said nothing but simply took Yugi into the living area behind the shop and lay his weary body down gently on the couch. I lay a quick kiss on his forehead, then dashed off to collect various supplies.
When I walked back into the room a little while later, bearing a number of things that I knew would help make Yugi's condition better, the small group of people from the front of the store earlier were huddled around Yugi on the couch. I pushed my way though them and kneeled down beside Yugi, who was still sleeping. I took a cloth out a bowl filled with warm water and began applying it carefully to Yugi's face. As I did, questions were thrown at me from all around the couch.
"Why is Yugi so beat up?"
"Is he OK?"
"What happened??"
I did my best to answer them, but the answers seemed quite vague as I was preoccupied with cleaning Yugi off. He moaned a little as the cloth ran over his tender spots, and I applied a gentler touch when he did, making a quick mental note of where these spots were.
I was finished relatively quickly, and when I was I then began putting band-aids on his cuts. As soon as I was done with this, I looked over him twice to make sure he was completely patched up, then rested my head on Yugi's chest. The others seemed to see that, even though I wasn't beaten up like Yugi was, I was still tired from the whole episode. They backed away slowly, and I heard whispering coming from them, but I didn't hear the words. So instead I focused on Yugi, and his steady, slow heartbeat. I chuckled a bit to think that just minutes before, it was most likely racing with adrenaline. Listening to it now put my own heart at peace, and I drifted off to sleep like this.
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- [ Yugi ] -
I awoke later on a comfy leather couch, which I soon figured had to be the one in my house, with a dazed expression on my face and something very weighty on my chest. Straining my head to look down, I saw that it was Yami, sleeing peacefully. I sighed and leaned my head against the arm of the couch again, closing my eyes as I did this.
"Yugi?" said a voice that sounded like Joey's quite near me. I pretended not to hear it; I really didn't feel like talking to anyone at the moment.
"Hey, Yug!" the voice said again, more insistently this time. I mumbled a few words that sounded vaguely like "go away," beneath my breath and turned my head towards the back of the couch, hugging Yami closer to me.
"YUG-"
"Shut up already Joey, he's trying to sleep!" I heard Tea interrupt him with an edge of annoyance in her voice. I smiled discreetly to myself at this, and lay there silently for a while, pretending to sleep as they talked quietly among themselves. I didn't listen though; I was more concered about Yami and his warm body, feeling him breathe slowly as he slept. Eventually the group of unwelcome people left the room and I waited a few minutes before sitting up slowly, lifting Yami's head up to face me.
His face bore a number of small scratches and scrapes, undoubtedly from the episode with the tree we'd just had. Sweat made his face glisten a little. A worried and strangely serene expression lined his face and he stirred slightly in his sleep. I felt tears well up in my eyes; he'd put himself on the line for me, taken my pain and endured it without a single comment, he'd saved me too many times to count, and I'd done nothing for him. Not a single thing.
I closed my eyes as the tears leaked out, and when they opened again I saw Yami staring at me, concern lining his face.
"There there, Yugi...why are you crying?"
I only sobbed harder, hugging him tightly. He seemed to be in a rather awkward position; keeling on the floor with his upper body twisted to be able to receive my hug. He didn't say anything though, and only patted me on my back. By now I was in hysterics. I couldn't understand why he cared so much for me, why he would time and time again protect me and never expect anything in return.
Maybe...maybe he saw that I was just so weak I couldn't ever protect myself, and he had a heart so golden that he loved nothing more to help people that cannot help themselves. Why, oh why couldn't I just help myself for once? If only I could give Yami a break...just once...
My sobs had slowed down considerably, and now my tears were almost dried up. Yami was still squeezing me, rubbing my back gently. I pushed him away and instead hugged my own knees. They weren't as warm and not nearly as comfortable, but at least they weren't Yami.
"Aibou..." Yami's voice radiated a feeling of alarm and confusion. "Are you okay?"
I bit my lip to stop the fresh set of tears and remained silent.
"Yugi...?"
I couldn't stand it anymore. He sounded hurt and so worried that I couldn't just leave him like that. He deserved better.
Taking in a deep breath, I said in a quivering voice, "I'm a coward, Yami. I'm either running away or waiting until you save me. It's a cowardly thing to do, running away..." I choked back a sob.
"No, Yugi, no...It's so much more cowardly to beat defenseless people up." Yami's features relaxed and kindness leaked in to replace the worry.
"But...but..." I stopped to steady my breath, then continued. "But why do you keep on helping me like this? Why do you care?"
Yami was smiling and speaking in a soothing voice, like you might to a frightened child. "Because I do, Yugi. Why do I need a reason to?"
"But I- I don't deserve it."
"You deserve it more than anyone else I can think of, Yugi."
"I'm too much trouble for you."
"You're never trouble enough, my sweet little aibou. Don't feel so guilty."
"But...Why, Yami?" I inquired in barely a whisper. "Why?"
Yami leaned into me, placing his hands on my shoulders to steady my shaking form. "Because I love you, Yugi," he whispered back into my ear. "I love you more than anyone...more than anything...You're the reason I live and breathe, Yugi. You're my other half, my hikari, you're so much a part of me that if...If I ever lost you, I'd lose myself, too. I'm only happy if you're happy. I couldn't live with myself if I'd ever let anything bad happen to you. That's why, Yugi." He leaned back and gave me a tiny kiss on the cheek. I felt my face grow red as the tears fought their way back out again.
"Yami..." I was too overwhelmed for words, so instead I leaned my head onto his strong shoulder and he pulled me into yet another hug. With him so close to me, returning such love that I could barely hold it all, I suddenly realized that that feeling of giddiness in the tree earlier was because I was helping Yami - I was being strong, Yami had needed me for once. And now I also knew that he needed me regardless, not phsyically but mentally, which was the whole reason he protected me with such passion.
We stayed like that - just hugging - for a while, and I was so tremendously relieved and happy that I didn't even care when Joey popped his head in and fell over in shock at the sight of us in such an intimate embrace.
In fact, I didn't really care about much at the moment. As long as Yami was there with me, everything was alright...
( The end )
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