Lily: *smiles widely* *bows to each reviewer and gives each one of them a cute Yami-hugging-Yugi plushie* THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE REVIEWS!!
Iris: Lily, this is the most fluffy Yugi/Yami fic you've ever written!!
Lily: More than "More than words"?
Iris: One-shots doesn't count!
Lily: *was really just mentioning that so people would look forward to read her other ficcie*
Yami: *shakes head* Hopeless...
Lily: ¬¬U Be quiet...
Yami: Make me...
Lily: -____-U...
Iris: *chasing FF.net (dun ask, she CAN chase a site around)* WHY DID YOU CUT LAST CHAPTER?! WHYYYYYYY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Lily: ¬¬U GOOD QUESTION!!! ;_; I thank you, Princess Strawberry, for informing me... Ugh, it cut like half of the chapter, plus the disclaimer (that I keep trying to forget about but I just have to put it) AND the link to the site!!... -____-U For those who want to see it, it's on my bio, since I can't put the link in here. *curses under her breath* The chapter was fixed (if you already didn't know that), if you guys could please read... *sighs* Let's go to the reviewers' notes...
Flowacat - lol, I liked the name ^.^ It's pretty... the number thing really is stupid... anyway, here's the new fluff chp!!
Flowers - Ultimate fluff!! Take a good look and enjoy ^^ And what's the prob with me hyper? *blinks*
Iris: Do you really wanna know?
Lily: ................... nah, never mind...
Princess Strawberry - I'm glad you're back!!! And I'm also glad to know you liked it!! Heh, here's more addicting fluff...And the prob was fixed, check it out...
Pretenna - Lol, evil muses... *ahem* Here's the new chp!
And thanks to Hikari Yamasa, SelenaFury, ChaosDragon2 and Yavi-no-Hikari for reviewing!! For all of you guys, here's the new chapter!!!
Disclaimer: Yami, do it for me? *big Yugi chibi-like eyes*
Yami: *sighs* Okay, okay... *ahem* Lily does not own Yu-Gi-Oh! in any way, so please do not sue or threat her about it... she (thank Ra) will never own it.
Lily: T-T A pity, really.... Cause then Yugi will have to date Anzu in the show...
Yami: O_O!!! *faints*
Lily: *sweatdrop* DO NOT BLAME ME!! BLAME THE WRITERS!!
Disclaimer 2 (surprised? *giggles*): I do not own the song used in here... mentioned later ^_~
Warning: This fic contains shounen ai, that meaning boyxboy love. Don't like it, don't read it!! The couple is Yugi/Yami, so no complaining...
Keys: "__" is talking, '__' is thinking, /__/ means Yugi to Yami, //__// means Yami to Yugi, and ~ la la ~ are the song lyrics
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Shades of a soul - [ Act IV ]
By: Lily Maxwell
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Yami was looking through the window, praying to the gods that the time would run a little faster. Alone in the big house, memories of the past week kept coming to his mind, a smile never letting its place on his face.
The great week with Yugi, where his boring routine was finally broken, letting that every rainy evening he would meet the soft amethyst gaze of his lovely friend... Oh no, more than it.
Yugi had told him about his horrible past. How he would be beaten by those big bullies of his school, never letting one day without punishment for existing on the face of Earth. How his days became sorrowful after his only friends (a boy named Jounouchi and his sister Shizuka, a boy named Honda and a girl named Elle) moved away, finally explaining how his world became so lonely, making the boy be so amazed that someone cared about him like Yami did.
Yami felt it. Yugi had created a somehow strong bond between them, and he could feel it... so many feelings like the ones that he himself had sometimes. Yugi had a Grandfather, that cared a whole lot about him, but was always traveling, leaving Yugi alone at home. Yami knew how it was.
Being alone, for so many hours, days, weeks.... months... It hurt. But at least Yami had his friends.
Yugi had no one.
Yesterday was a day where Yugi cried. And Yami almost cried along. The reason... was that Yami asked him to meet him some other time, somewhere else. When it wasn't raining, and they could have more time to talk, or at least enjoy each other's companion.
"I can't... I-I..." Yugi managed to say between killing sobs, that hurt Yami's soul. He held the boy tightly, whispering soothing words on his ear, trying to make him calm down. He did not know why Yugi couldn't, but if he didn't want to say...
"It's okay, Yugi." He whispered, running his fingers through his silky hair, rocking him back and forth. "It's not like I'm not going to come anymore. I will, I promise you..." he made Yugi look at him, smiling apologetically. The boy smiled faintly, and nodded slowly. Yami smiled and kissed his forehead, holding the boy for the rest of their time together.
Now, Yami was planning on asking Yugi to meet his friends, just as he would go meet the boy that evening. Yugi said he was lonely, right? So, like he was so happy every time he saw Yami, he could use more friends. And Yami knew that his were the best ones one could have (well, with some eccentricities, like Malik, who's nuts, and Bakura, who's a psycho).
Looking over to the clock, he grinned seeing that it was time to leave. Grabbing his coat and an umbrella, Yami left the mansion, looking up gratefully at the clouds, thanking every single raindrop that fell from the dark sky. He knew Yugi didn't come when it wasn't raining, for he said he loved the rain. Yami smiled (A/N: Does he ever stop smiling in here? Iris: Would you rather want him to cry? Lily: O_o No... Iris: Then shut up Lily: ¬¬U Look, who's writing this? Iris: We-err you Lily: yeah, so shut up you. Iris: ¬¬) and walked away, heading to his meeting.
~^:^~
Some leaves fell from the trees, because of such the strong wind that blew that rainy evening. From the shadows, the figure emerged, hugging himself to keep someone so tiny as him, to not be so disturbed by the horrible weather.
Like he could be any more damaged by this merciless world.
~ I still remember the world
From the eyes of a child ~
He tried to keep away the old painful memories, but they kept coming. But he couldn't help but smile a little, knowing some of them weren't so bad at all. Of course, when he was younger, he was naïve, and never thought that he would be so much hurt as years passed by, and the warm feelings left his being.
He still remembered how his friends talked about him that day. The day where all his emotions were broken, and his heart was shattered.
~ Slowly those feelings
Were clouded by what I know now ~
"I don't think Yugi's tough enough..." 10-year-old Shizuka said.
"Someone like him... I doubt it." 12-year-old Jounouchi spoke.
"He'll never be strong enough." The 12-year-old little girl named Elle said, looking at the ground, her light-chestnut bangs covering her gray eyes.
His naturally wide eyes widened in surprise, and he thought they were talking about him. Indeed, they really were. But his blurry vision and his young innocence didn't wait for any more words, and he ran (A/N: -.-;; Okay, so no one really gets hurt by those sentences, usually one would ask about it... BUT THIS IS MY FIC, AIN'T IT?! T-T Let's just hope it doesn't screw with the plot or anything... but I doubt it). But he tripped over something, and fell soundly, making his friends look at him surprised.
"Yugi...?" Honda asked, and all of them were taken back by his tears.
"Yugi! Wait!" Elle tried calling, but Yugi ran away, never facing his friends again.
The contrary of what he told Yami, it wasn't his friends who moved away that day. It was himself. But yet... that wasn't the worst of all that particular day.
Arriving home, he looked around, but saw no one. He walked silently to the Living Room, and there he found, to his surprise, his Grandfather, and a police officer. Looking through the window, he finally noticed that there was indeed a police's car parked just outside. Looking rather more concerned, as his day hadn't been bad enough, he questioned the problem, and never he thought he would receive such answer.
His beloved parents had died that very same day, in a car wreck.
And from that day on, Yugi's happy and fantasy world faded, leading him to a sorrowful reality, where he felt as no one loved him... as much as he loved them. His friends betrayed his trust, and his parents left him... Why did it had to be like that?
~ Where has my heart gone
An uneven trade for the real world ~
For days and more days, Yugi kept himself locked in his new room, living in a nearby city (A/N: No, not Domino) to his old one. He felt as if he had lost his heart, his old feelings nothing more than memories now, his mind confused.
Why did everyone leave him?
The answer was a simple one.
No one really cared about him.
And he was sure no one would ever do.
~ I want to go back to
Believing in everything and knowing nothing at all ~
He wished that everything he heard that day was a big lie, but he knew it wasn't. And having no other option, Yugi decided that that was his fate. To be alone.
He once believed and trusted all his friends, but they betrayed him, and for that matter, he decided that he would no longer seek for friends. And from that day on, Yugi kept himself from the others, always sitting away from everyone, letting his long-lost cheerfulness fall into nothingness.
~ I still remember the sun
Always warm on my back
Somehow it seems colder now ~
But now... his whole world faded.
Yugi shook his head, and shut his eyes tightly, trying to keep the tears from falling. He looked at his hand, and felt as his mind had finally left him for real. He saw he was disappearing, leaving the world for good.
It took long enough. Everyday that passed he felt more life leaving him, and he couldn't help it anymore. The sun seemed colder, the life seemed out of reach... But every rainy evening, he would let everything go away, and would forget everything.
For the rainy evenings were...
"You waited too long for me?"
As his head looked up, his tears finally fell, and he gazed at the bright face of his loved one.
~ Where has my heart gone
Trapped in the eyes of a stranger ~
Yami quickly kneeled in front of Yugi, looking worried and concerned about his tears, the ruby eyes questioning the soft watery lavender ones.
And Yugi, not stopping his tears, smiled, touching the side of Yami's cheek, caressing it in a lovely manner. The taller one made no protest nor looked too startled. As long as Yugi kept smiling like that, he would keep him from doing nothing. Wiping his tears away, Yami knew the only way to try to make Yugi tell him.
//Daijoubu desu ka, hikari?// Yugi heard in his mind, as Yami called for him to use the mind-thing.
"Nani... Yami-kun?" Yugi asked in a weak voice, blinking away is tears, looking away from Yami's eyes.
He knew he would give in if he looked into Yami's eyes. For he knew he loved Yami now. Why deny it? Someone finally cared about him, and so strong he would come every rainy evening to meet him, not caring about anything and doing nothing much than keeping him company, talking with him, sharing his secrets with him...
He knew he loved him the day they met. Not because it was him... Not because of what really happened... But because it was that day, and how Yami cared when no one did... he knew he would love him.
But wasn't able to tell him. He wouldn't share his love with him... afraid of having nothing back. And no, he would not stand being without Yami. Yami was someone he couldn't lose, no matter what.
"Daijoubu desu ka, hikari?" Yami asked again in his rich voice, lifting Yugi's chin, making that the little one looked at him.
~ I want to go back to
Believing in everything ~
Light.
He was no light. If someone would to be called light, it would be Yami... not Yugi... Yami made the pain disappear, he was Yugi's light. And Yugi?
He was nothing but blank. A pure blank.
But yet...
Yami.
Darkness.
It seemed to fit him. Always in the outcast, sitting in the shadows. Heh, like Yugi himself didn't do that. But Yami... seemed like the dark.
So intriguing, tainting, attracting... so like the darkness itself.
And he, Yugi, Yami had said why he called him "light". So innocent, pure, adorable, and addicting. His smile was something contagious, and no one would not smile around him. So lovely like light itself.
Those were the words the one he loved used. And he would say nothing to deny it.
"Daijoubu... Yami..." Yugi answered, not having any other option, looking into Yami's eyes.
"Really?" Yami asked raising one eyebrow, as another tear fell down Yugi's cheek.
Yugi looked up at him. He wanted to cry. And wanted to take all the pain away by telling Yami his secret... but could he?
~ Where has my heart gone
An uneven trade for the real world ~
Yami just wanted that very moment to have Yugi's ability to read minds, because he felt as the boy didn't want to tell him anything.
//Tell me, tenshi... What disturbs you? What makes you cry?// Yami called in his own mind, hoping that Yugi would hear and would answer.
He did hear, and he did wanted to answer... But could he? After having his heart shattered once, could he trust his feelings to the one he cared once again?
~ I want to go back to
Believing in everything and knowing nothing at all ~
/Memories./ Yugi finally answered, and Yami blinked. Once again, Yugi's past surprised Yami. One like him... with a past worse than Yami's himself...
He kept caressing Yugi's cheek, and smiled. Yugi by now had stopped crying, and just looked into his eyes.
"Whatever it was Yugi..." Yami said, in a soft tone. "... it's the past. Don't think about it if it hurts, or it'll only hurt you more." And with that, he kissed Yugi's forehead, this one blinking.
Looking up after Yami kissed his forehead, he saw the taller one giving him a reassuring smile.
//I like it better when you smile, tenshi.// Yami's voice echoed, and Yugi couldn't take it anymore.
His feelings wanted to be shown, and he just wished he wouldn't be hurt at the end. But he knew that he couldn't be too hurt... It was Yami after all.
And darkness wouldn't hurt its angel of light.
~ Where has my heart gone
Trapped in the eyes of a stranger ~
Yugi's little hands moved to the side of both Yami's cheek, and before the taller one could think about what he'd do, he felt Yugi's lips on his own, and this time he didn't pull away as quickly as the last one.
Yugi kissed Yami, and hoped he would kiss him back, but after a few more instants he sensed like the other one wouldn't...
Yami felt as Yugi was pulling away, and before he could think, he kissed the boy back. Yugi was rather surprised, but his happiness was a lot stronger, his hope finally coming into a sweet reality.
Yami's hands tightened around Yugi's waist, and he tasted the sweet flavor on the boy's mouth, soon after licking his bottom lip, asking for an entrance, wishing to deepen the kiss. When Yugi opened his mouth more and let Yami's tongue meet his own, he placed his hands around Yami's neck and pulled him even more closer, loving all the feelings he was now having, and melting into Yami's arms, the cold raindrops falling on both boys' warm skin, softening every touch.
When they finally parted (they needed to breathe after all), they gazed into each other's eyes. And Yugi felt, more than ever, in love with Yami. For this one looked at him with such truthful love, and his very mind shouted his inner feelings, only claiming for more. More of Yugi.
Dark claimed desperately for Light's love and touches.
When Yugi kissed him again, he sensed his all his past clearing, turning into nothing more than a confusing blurry, as Yami looked more passionate than before. A few instants later, Yugi was once again gazing into the passionate flare of Yami's eyes, this one caressing his cheek, a smile playing on his lips.
"Aishiteru, Yami..." Yugi said in an uncertain voice, and Yami blinked. Leaning forward, he kissed Yugi's forehead, then his lips.
"Aishiteru, Yugi." Was all he could say at the boy at the moment, whispering the words on his ear.
//Aishiteru...//
~ I want to go back to
Believing in everything ~
[ To be continued... ]
Lily: GOSH! I can't get any more fluffy than that ^^ But awwwwww, this was sooo sweet!!
Iris: Yeah!! Yami is not a baka!!
Lily: Heh... anyway, I hope this chapter didn't clear many things out, aside the love between our fav couple... I want to keep this as a mystery as long as I can ^^ Until... the great chapter...
Yami: *raises eyebrow* Which would be...?
Lily: Heh, you think I'm gonna tell??
Yami: Hell ¬¬U
Yugi: ^^;; Anyway, please review, and tell us what did you think about the fluff ^__^
Iris&Lily: awesome!!
Bakura: The reviewers, bakas....
Iris&Lily: *blinks* Since when are the reviewers bakas?
Ryou: *sweatdrops*
Bakura: I give up ¬¬
Seto: *plays Britney Spears in hope Lily dies (meanie!!) again, or at least faints for God's sakes*
Lily: O.o *pulls out a Walkman outta nowhere, playing Avril Lavigne* =P =P =P
Seto: ¬¬ *walks away*
Everyone: *sweatdrop*
Lily: Anyway, I gotta go now... I'm sleepy, sick, tired and... *mumbles*
Iris: *blinks then smirks* What was that again?
Lily: ......... *sighs* I have school tomorrow (Written on Monday, 9:55 PM)... ¬¬ *curses*
Iris: Heh, school back at full speed, huh?
Lily: Be quiet...
Yami: Well Lily, you have to go to school... You don't wanna be as intelligent as Jou, do you?
Jou: Eh?? *blinks*
Lily: .................... Good point, definitely NOT...
Jou: What was that again?
Ryou: -.-;; You'd better not want to know it, Jou-kun...
Jou: *blinks*
Yugi: ^^;; Please review!!
PS: The song was Field of innocence, by Evanescence... I thought it fit the fic, and I can't help but LOVE their music. ^.^ Anyway, I'll see you guys in the next chapter.