A Little Winter Miracle
I hope I didn't offend Yugi last night... but, then again, he doesn't seem like the person to be offended that easily. But I hope more that Anzu will leave me alone today... her voice is SO irritating! Ahhh!
"Yami! Yami, come on, get up!" Yugi's happy voice cried. Yami opened his eyes sleepily and looked at the shorter boy. "What is it?" he asked. "Christmas, Christmas!" Yugi replied, practically bouncing off the walls. "Oh." Yami let his head fall back against the pillows. Yugi stopped bouncing and frowned. "What is it? Don't you like Christmas?" he asked, concerned. Yami laughed softly. "I can't remember the last time I had a good Christmas. I just don't look forward to Christmas anymore." he replied, looking at Yugi. "Well..." Yugi said. "Maybe this Christmas will be better, ne?" He pulled Yami out of bed. "Here, I'll help you get dressed again, then you can come downstairs." Yami nodded. "Alright, alright."
~
Ten minutes later, they were walking down the stairs together again, but as they reached the bottom, Yugi pulled Yami towards the lounge rather than the breakfast room. "What's going on, Yugi?" Yami asked, confused. "Seto gets us all Christmas presents. And I know he got you one, 'cause he went out to get it yesterday afternoon!" Yugi told him. Yami's eyes widened as they entered the lounge. Furniture, people, were hardly visible due to masses upon masses of wrapping paper. He stared after Yugi as the smaller boy ran into the piles of paper, towards the Christmas tree in the corner. Yami followed him slowly, stepping over paper, and gifts, and on occasion, people.
"Merry Christmas, Yami!" Anzu's annoying voice said, as it's owner ran up and hugged him gently. Yami froze rigid, startled. "Anzu, let go..." he said quietly. The girl backed off, looking at him with a slight pout. "Oh, did I hurt your arm? I'm sorry, Yami, very sorry... here, sit down..." she said, regaining her annoyingly wide smile. Yami unwillingly sat down.
Yugi trotted over, a small package in his hands. "Here, this one's for you Yami." he said, giving it to the other boy, and leaving to find his own, as his amethyst eyes caught sight of Anzu's glare. Yami smiled, never having being given a present on Christmas Day, not that he could remember. With his free hand, he pulled the gold-coloured wrapping paper from the present, and discarded it to the ever-growing pile of paper filling the room. He looked at his gift curiously; a box of cards. He read the note attached to it.
'Yami, since you can only use one arm, I tried to think of something you could do. These are cards for a game called Duel Monsters; you only need one free arm, and both hands, which you have. Some of the others play; I'm sure one of them will teach you the rules. By the way - don't challenge Yugi to a game, he wins every time.
From Seto'
"A game?" Anzu said disapprovingly. "I would have thought Seto would be more sensible than to give you a game, he's supposed to be helping us to develop into productive members of society..." Yami toned out Anzu's incessant chatter, and looked around the room. He looked back at Anzu, who wasn't actually speaking to him, and had her eyes closed. Yami very carefully got up, and walked away from her, leaving the unfortunate brunette to talk to thin air until such a time as she decided to shut up.
Yugi sat against a wall next to the tree, unwrapping his own gift. "You escaped then?" he said, looking up, his eyes meeting with Yami's. "Yeah." Yami replied. "I might just lock her in a cupboard later." He sat down next to Yugi. "What did you get then?"
Yugi looked down at the case he had just unwrapped. On opening it, he found the three silver pieces which, when put together, made up a flute. His eyes widened. "Wow... my own flute!" He took the pieces out, and fixed them together with practised ease. Yami smiled. "How long have you been playing?" he asked with interest. "Since I came here... that's two years now." Yugi answered absently, still examining every inch of his new instrument. "C-can you play something for me?" Yami asked nervously.
What am I saying?!
Yugi looked at him. "Um, sure, I suppose..." He raised the flute to his lips, and began to play. Yami had never heard the song before, but it was a quiet tune, and Ryou had obviously heard it before, because he was humming along with Yugi while he searched for his present in the pile below the tree. After a minute or so, Yugi stopped. "Sounds good." Yami told him. "You must practice a lot." Yugi nodded. "Yeah. I-" He was cut off by that annoying voice.
"Yami! Come see what I got!" Apparently, Anzu had realised she was talking to no-one, and had found her own present. She ran over to Yami, and pulled him to his feet. "And stop playing that terrible thing, Yugi, you're really bad at it! You seriously need to practice, though I doubt you'll ever get good at it. Come on, Yami." Yami frowned, and twisted out of her grasp. "What's wrong, Yami?" Anzu asked, making her eyes wider in an attempt to look innocent. Yami growled deep in his throat.
"YOU'RE what's wrong!" he said angrily. "I don't understand..." Anzu began. "Of COURSE you don't understand, you bitchy little idiot! Since I got here, you haven't left me alone! Get the message, I DON'T LIKE YOU! Your voice is like nails on a chalkboard, why don't you SHUT UP for goodness' sake?!" Yami yelled. "I was just trying to be friendly..." Anzu said quietly. "Yeah, well you haven't succeeded. Oh, and stop your poison-penning too, you're not stopping me from being Yugi's friend. All your lies don't affect me; Yugi saved my life, that doesn't change. Now, you're going to apologise to Yugi." Yami replied quickly, folding his arms as best he could. Anzu shook her head violently. "No!" she said. "Look Anzu, there's the easy way, you apologise straight away, or the hard and painful for you way. This cast is very heavy, you know." Yami told her simply.
"I'm sowwy Yugi," Anzu said in a mock baby voice. "I'll leave you and your new BOYFRIEND alone." She turned on her heel and walked out of the room, holding her head up defiantly. "Bitch." Yami commented. The sound of clapping came from somewhere else in the room. Bakura was applauding him quietly. "Well done!" he said. Yami blushed. "Well, she was annoying." he said, much quieter. "Thank you..." Yugi said meekly beside him. Yami shook his head. "Forget about it. Like I said, you saved my life, I owe you a lot." he replied, smiling gently.
The front door slammed loudly. Bakura looked out the window. "Hey, Anzu's leaving! She's got her bag and everything..." he said. The others rushed to the window to confirm it. The brunette was walking through the snow, carrying a large bag. Seto walked into the room. "Was that Yami yelling, and then Anzu leaving I just heard?" he asked. Yami turned and nodded silently. "I didn't think she'd leave..." he said quietly. "I wouldn't worry, Yami. Anzu's not that stupid; she'll have somewhere to go. Now, Ryou, would you care to...?" Seto said. Ryou got up, and rushed towards the kitchen.
"Hey, Yami, want me to show you how to play Duel Monsters?" Bakura asked, smirking. Yami smiled. "Sure!" He glanced towards Yugi. "I'll be back soon..." the smaller boy commented, leaving the room. Yami frowned. "Don't worry about him." Seto said. "He's a bit embarrassed, I think." "Yeah, well, he's actually made it pretty obvious he really likes you." Bakura told Yami. Yami's eyes widened. "Really?" Bakura nodded. "Well, we've known him longer, it's easier for us to notice than you. He likes you, but he's too afraid to admit it, in case you resent him for it." he explained. "Don't say anything to him about it though." "Doushite?" Yami asked. "It's not important. Let's just say... last time, he locked himself in his room for several days until we convinced him that he needed to eat something." Bakura said ."Oh." Yami said.
~
Christmas Day passed uneventfully. Yugi didn't reappear until lunchtime, and he disappeared soon afterwards. Nobody asked any questions though. When Yami went up at about ten pm to go to bed, he found a piece of paper on his pillow.
Dan dan kokoro hikareteku
Kono hoshi no kibou no kakera
Kitto dare mo ga eien wo te ni iretai
Zen zen ki ni shinai furi shite mo
Hora kimi ni koi shiteru
Hatenai yami kara tobidasou
Hold my hand...
Yami read it with a frown. He understood what it said, and what it meant, but he didn't understand his feelings towards it's writer. Not bothering to change, he shut off the lights, and climbed into bed, slipping the paper under his pillow. Maybe tomorrow would bring the answers he wanted.
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Pan: Ok... the 'poem' is from Yugi, but is also part of the opening theme for Dragonball GT. That's because I'm insane before anyone asks. 'Doushite?' means 'Why?' and the little poem translates as:
Bit by bit my heart is charmed
A piece of hope in this world
Anyone surely wants to have eternity in his hands
Even if you pretend not to mind at all
Look, I love you
Let's flee from the endless darkness
Hold my hand