Authors Note: Well, here is the epilog I was asked for ^_^ Thanks for continuing to read!
/… / Hikari to yami; // … // yami to hikari
Choice
By: Crystalin Elf
Chapter 13: Epilog
"It's not fair! I'm the only person, out of all our friends, that hasn't got a boyfriend!"
"You're exaggerating Anzu. Mai and Shizuka aren't seeing anyone either," commented Bakura. The yami was smirking at the
woman's distress, arms planted firmly around his hikari's waist, holding the slightly smaller man against his chest. He found
watching Anzu's occasional temper tantrums to be extremely amusing, even though he didn't really mean to flaunt
his own wonderful relationship in her face.
He'd never use Ryou like that, after all.
"Anzu, why are you so upset? The last time you had a boyfriend, you broke up with him, saying he took too much time away
from your dancing."
Anzu dropped down into her seat with a sigh, bowing under the truth of Ryou's words. "I know, I know, you're right of course.
A guy would only get in the way of my dreams. Still… finding Mr. Right was always a part of those dreams…"
// Now, just where is the Pharaoh and his Light when she's having these outbursts? We're not the best to make her feel better. //
/ They're on a date yami, and Honda, Jou, Seto and Mokuba were supposed to be here with us. As to where they are? I
haven't a clue. But look! She's spacing out, so does it really matter? /
Bakura shook his head slightly, he was definitely a bad influence on his hikari… three years ago when they first admitted their
love to each other, and Ryou would have tried to cheer Anzu up, rather than be glad she was zoning out.
// Now Hikari, you know that's not nice. If I had noted that first, you might have gotten upset. //
/ well… she knows she can't have everything… you just can't practice dance as much as she does, and still have time
for sleep, food, and a relationship outside of her friends. Should we leave her here? /
// Hikari! //
Bakura laughed softly, despite his protest. Even now, years later, he still only wanted to spend time with Ryou.
The soft laughter was enough to make Anzu focus on them again, this time with a slight smile of her own. "Yeah, you guys are
right. I don't need a guy, I do just fine on my own! After all, I have all my friends to support me! Thanks you guys."
She jumped out of her seat and quickly hugged Ryou, and Bakura, before either could tell her not to, and bounded out of the room.
After a few moments of silence Ryou spoke.
"Well… that was unexpected."
Then…
"So… what do you want to do today?"
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Eventually, the couple had 'ended up' in the coffee shop where they had confessed their love to one another, exactly three years
ago. Ryou smiled as he noted that place looked exactly the same now as it had that day.
'This place has such a nice atmosphere,' Ryou thought, as he relaxed into his seat. The place was still quiet, still had a fairly
dim but inviting air too it, and still had Narugami-kun working here. He sipped slowly at the coffee that had been placed
immediately in front of him, which had told him that Bakura had planned their coming here in advance.
"You know," he murmured quietly, "I'm glad none of the others has developed a taste for coffee. I like that we're the only
people we know who come here."
Bakura nodded in agreement. "Aa, it is nice. Kaiba has his own favorite place, and the rest favor other drinks. Still, if we
brought them here, they'd come back for the cake if nothing else."
They slipped back into a comfortable silence, content to simply be here with each other. They didn't often get to spend
afternoons together, without their group of friends being somewhere close by. Bakura treasured these moments the most…
Ryou sipped his coffee thoughtfully, mind drifting between the past and the future. Where would be and Bakura be headed in
their relationship? Was there any point in worrying about it? He wondered. You couldn't really get much closer than the
two already were, as hikari and yami as well as lovers. Things seemed perfect… but with some of the events of their past,
he didn't usually trust perfection.
/ Ne, Bakura… do you believe in happily every after? /
// Happily ever after? Only fairytales have such things Hikari. Life is never that simple. But… I suppose it should be
possible to have a mostly happily ever after… //
He nodded, accepting the spirit's answer.
Bakura watched his hikari and wondered why he had asked such a question. Ryou didn't seem to believe in a happily ever after
either, so why had he asked about such a thing? The 'ever after' part wasn't something he wanted to think about too
closely… after all, when Ryou died, Bakura would go back into the Ring wouldn't he?
He didn't want to contemplate a future without his beloved light.
Once Bakura had finished with his coffee, he pulled two small golden objects from his pocket; one was a shaped like a heart,
and the other a mix of key and arrow. Both dangled, flashing in the pale light of the coffee shop, from thin golden chains.
They had a faint magical feel to them, which he had expected, since Skuld had given them to him.
He wondered if should really trust the Norn…
"What are those, Bakura?"
He held the pendants out to his hikari for inspection before answering. "Supposedly, magical pendants. I was told that with
them, our love would last an eternity."
Ryou examined them closely, and giggled at his darker half's explanation.
"It's a bit unlike you to get something like this," he replied with a please smile.
"I know, but I though you'd like it…" Bakura murmured, with a slight smile of his own.
"Are you sure you could put up with for eternity?" Ryou asked teasingly. "I might bore you."
"Oh, you could never bore me koi. I really want an eternity with you. As much of one as is possible, anyway…" Bakura
answered, "but are you sure that I wouldn't end up boring you?"
"Of course! Things are always interesting with you around, whether we want them to be or not!" Ryou remarked, recalling
certain events in the past year with a smile. "I love every single second I spend with you Bakura. I love you, and I never ever
want to be without you in my life."
"And I don't want to be without you, Ryou."
He plucked the arrow like pendent from his Light's hands and put it around his neck. With another smile, Ryou placed the heart
one around his own neck, and then looked expectantly at Bakura.
"Hold your pendant forward Ryou, and I'm supposed to put mine through yours."
Ryou did as told, and watched expectantly and Bakura leaned forward and slid the arrow pendant through the heart pendant.
The two seemed to glow for a moment, then Bakura removed his pendant from Ryou's and sat back down in his seat.
"Do you think that did anything Bakura?"
"Probably not, but it's the thought that counts, right? A nice symbol of our love for each other. Because you know, I refuse to
wear a sentimental ring."
Ryou laughed softly. "Hai hai, I know that. This is just fine, and suits you more. It's appropriate that your jewelry items be weapon like."
Bakura sighed, then smiled at Ryou. Seems like he's glowing… so it looks like the magic worked, but I bet no one else will notice.
"Of course Hikari. I can't change that much after all."
"I love you Bakura."
"I know. I love you too Ryou."
"Forever?"
"Aa, Forever."
After all, Fate had handed them forever.
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Crystalin Elf: Ok… so that probably sucked, but I liked it! A kind of open ending, so they live happily ever after depending on
the readers mood :P Thank you so much for reading, and I hoped to enjoyed this.
On a side note, the 'Skuld' in this is from Matantei Loki Ragnarok, and is one of the three Norns, the norse goddess' of Fate.