About time! Chapter 3 is up! Before anything, I wanna thank everyone who reviewed....
Broken Void-End of Infinity: About 'God Grant Me Serenity', well, thank one of my mom's magazines for that one. Cheap ad for something of other, but it fits, don't it? ^_^
SaiaiTokoya: I know you! lol. Anyway, chapter 3 is up for ya and I hope you enjoi it, and now you won't have to come to my hellhole of a house to read it. Works for both of us!
GreenEyesWhiteDragon: Thanks for the e-mail! I appreciate your support and you wanting to read more. About making the chapters longer, I've been tryin for ya! And remember, this chapter is just for you! Again, thanks for the e-mails!
pyro pocky: *Hands box of tissues* Sorry...not a Tristan fan...it's just the hair, I know it...hehehe. Anyway, thanks for the review.
Yamachan *is my* man: I'm flattered that you think I have talent. -^.^- and yes, Serenity is quite selfish, but that's just me *Is very jealous of women who get to be with men she wants* *cough* DUKE *cough* And no, I don't think I'll ever do a SerenityXSeto...only one person belongs with Seto...and that's Joey...^____^
LilianJieGurl: Didn't mean to make you cry! Gomen! Thanks for the compliment too ^_^ And...who knows...maybe Duke and Serenity will end up together...hehehe...
Aikenka: Yea...Duke is a sobstory waiting to happen, ain't he? But, we love him anyway!
Pheonix Tamer: Rock on! Duke, be the independent man! Yea! My outburst is done...hehe. Thanks for the review.
SpeedRacerNJ1: I know you too...well...you better read the rest of this fic, RockHead, or the angel will cry silent tears of hurt (Even replying to a review, I rule...heh)
ShadowYami: I agree on SerenityXDuke being one of the most Kawaii things in Yu-Gi-Oh (The most Kawaii is me and Malik...hehehe) Anyway, thanks much for the review!
Well, I said my thanks, now you can do me a favor and read the rest of 'Misguided Affection'!
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh...just my luck...*Holds up Playstation game* But I do own this...*Points out name* Yu-Gi-Oh: Duelists Of The Roses! YEA!
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Chapter 3
"But, I love you! You know that!"
"Bullshit! You fucked him, didn't you?!"
Silence. Her body trembled, eyes upon her lover. His eyes raging with the fires of Hell. She could only sob, thinking of tedious lies. Her mind was a tangle of stories untold.
"I knew it! You did! So, Eve isn't mine, is she?!"
"Well...I..." She stammered, words not touching her lips. How could she explain a senseless one night stand?
His cheeks reddened as he clenched his fists, whipping around and hitting the nearest wall, his knuckles making deep chasms of hatred. "No more lies! Is she mine or not?!" He snarled, looking at the shaking Serenity.
"Tristan...I..."
"WELL?!"
"SHE'S NOT YOURS, DAMMIT!" She spat out in spiteful whispers. "Can't you see? Black hair, brown eyes. It's Duke's baby...I know it." She walked over to the cradle drenched in silk, picking up the child and cradling her. "I cheated on you, Tristan, and I'm sorry. Please, forgive me..."
A moment of silence swept over them, but that moment felt like an eternity for her, watching a smile play on Tristan's lips. Her eyes darted back and forth, from her lover to her daughter, fear building up.
"Forgive you? You want me to forgive you?" He laughed some, a short, shrill snicker if anything, as he grinned sinisterly. "Why should I forgive you? You're nothing by a conniving slut!" He smiled, seeing the tears well up in her auburn eyes. "I can't believe you would do this! What? Am I not good enough that you have to go sleep with that freak?!" He barked, Eve's soft eyes opening up, looking to the man she thought to be the best and only man in the world screaming. She started whimpering, her eyes becoming even softer, like the soft waterlogged sands beaten down by the fierce ocean.
"Tristan..." Serenity spoke through her own tears, holding her baby closer to her body, trying to silence the shrill cries of hatred. "Please...Think of the baby. She's-"
The monster snapped again. "NOT MINE! I don't have to care about the bundle of crap anymore. She's not my baby." He said, a smug look of arrogance plastered all over his face. The porcelain faced child began to cry softly, tears of glossy sadness cascading down a face that displayed so much angst. "Shut that thing up!"
With darkened eyes, Serenity looked up, whispering sweet nothings in the child's ear, the whimpers subsiding into short, calmed breathes.
"Serenity, before I do something I'll regret, get out. Get out of my house and most importantly, get the hell out of my life." He said calmly, pointing to the front door, with a bony finger. She hung her head, making her way to the small bedroom they shared, packing him some of her belongings, her clothes, Eve's clothes and toys, in a small suitcase that sat collecting dust in the corner of the closet. Stealing on last glimpse at the life she once had, she let the tears slide down her cheeks.
"Goodbye, Tristan." And with that, she was gone, gone into the twilight hours of the gentle night, the night who now watched over her. Eve lay sleeping her in arm, the other arm dragging along the suitcase filled with memories.
I can't go to Joey...he'd kill Tristan...Yugi and Téa have their own place...Kaiba? Yeah, right. Where else can I go? She knew the answer, she just couldn't see it, being blinded by the misguided affection she felt for Tristan, the man who cradled her heart, killing her softly. She could never look back to him, but who else was there?
