I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Tat Claire Kokoro and Rhapsody Moonschild
|~*Rhapsody: We're back. With NO singing.
Tat: And NO big words.
Rhapsody: **pout** Not even one?
Tat: **sings a scale**
**Windows shatter**
Rhapsody: @.@ All right, all right…
Tat: Anyways… Yu-Gi-Oh! isn't our property okay?
Rhapsody: It never was. Why give such a blockbuster anime to two crazy fangirls?
Tat: Speak for yourself. I'm not crazy, my psychiatrist says so.
Rhapsody: Uh huh. Anyway, just go on to the fic.
Tat: Wait, one last thing! We quote from Romeo and Juliet here—that belongs to Shakespeare!
Rhapsody: Yeah. Why give a blockbuster play to two crazy fangirls?*~|
CHAPTER NINE (by Tat)
Ryou's POV
My body is set on a bed. I don't know how I could tell this but I did. Whoever it was that set me on his bed is sitting in a chair next to me.
Wait—how do I know all this? This is starting to remind me of last time…
I mentally shrug, the presence beside me won't hurt me; I can sense this. Actually, deep inside the walls of my mind I happen to know this person very well.
I hear the drumming of impatient fingers on the table. It's quite irritating. It's actually waking me up, well, almost. I still can't move.
The person sighs, get up and again I feel his hand brushing my bangs out of my way. This time he presses his hand against my forehead. I'm not sick, am I?
Next thing I know, I feel soft lips pressing against mine. It's a gentle, sweet kiss with a certain honesty nestled in-between.
His lips part from mine. If I could describe how I felt, I'd quote Juliet's line in Romeo and Juliet: 'Parting is such sweet sorrow.'
I don't know what to do, I stay paralyzed in my own thoughts until I jolt upright. . .
"I'm glad you're okay." Yami is standing near the bed.
"Yeah, sorry I fainted back there."
I blush, turning my head away. Then I put my feet on the floor, trying to steady my legs. They wobble like big globs of Jell-O that will fall apart any moment. And they do!
My feet topple underneath me. My head is about to hit the side of the door. I close my eyes—I just can't watch.
Luckily, Yami has quick reflexes, and catches me before I fall. I look up at him and there's a BIG silence.
Our faces start moving towards each other. Are we going to kiss? Lips inches apart, barely brushing against one another, I squeeze his arm for balance and—
"Yami! Is Ryou-kun alright?" Yugi bursts through the door.
Right then, Yami relaxes his grip and so do I, causing me to fall on my seat.
We're both blushing from the experience that ALMOST happened, though I'm sure none of us quite believe it. Yugi half-smiles, letting it slide.
"I'll take that as a yes," he says and goes down the stairs to his beloved Anzu.
Yami and I are alone again. I'm starting to have 'thoughts' but I brush those away. Yami was right: those romance novels ARE giving me ideas.
"Err… I… I…" I stutter. "Ihavetogotothebathroom (I have to go to the bathroom)," I blubber out and walk out the room as fast as I can.
On the way to the restroom I run into Yugi who has apparently been lingering around to see if something will happen. I ignore that knowing smirk on his face and lock myself in the bathroom, trying to figure out what's going on.