Lily: *sniffs* Ne~~... *pokes Flowers* Where's everybody from last time??
Flowers: *shrugs* ^^U I don't know, Lily...
Hobbit13: Maybe they're sufferin' with the excess of mystery?
Lily: *blinks*
Koishii no Tenshi: I don't think so... ^^ It's a kawaii story!!
YumeTakato: *thoughtful* Or maybe... they're just being lazy...
Lily: --;; Ne, Yume-chan... Don't call them lazy...
Hime no Ichigo: *pats* Calm down, Lily-chan... ^^U They'll eventually appear...
Mel Gods: Just keep writin'! ^_^ Okay, so it's odd... but it's good all the same!!
Destiny: And I'm curious!! *lets out a MEOW by accident*
Firlosse: *running around squealing* It's so cute!!
Everyone: *sweatdrop*
LilTakariGirl aka Yami Aro: Awww, Lily, just continue!! *pouts* I'm curious here!! I mean... Yugi ran from Shizuka O.o...
YumeTakato: Will there be more dreams?
Hime no Ichigo: Will there be more FLUFF?? ^_^
Mel Gods: Will there be more explanations?
Pretenna: WE WANT SOME ANSWERS!!
Iris: *sweatdrops* Wow, lots of questions...
Everyone: CONTINUE, LILY!!
Lily: HAI!! ^__^ *gives them all plushies*
Everyone: *blink* ^_______^ YAY!!!
Disclaimer: Hmm... lesse... *checks her last 78 YGO disclaimers* ................. No, I DON'T own it... yet... =P
Warning: This fic contains shounen ai, that meaning boyxboy love. Don't like it? Simply, don't read it!! The couple is Yugi/Yami, so you've been warned. There's Bakura/Ryou, (Yami)Malik/(Malik)Ishtar and.... another pairing I'm not telling =P. Also, Anzu bashing (duh =P) and mild Rebecca bashing.
Keys: "__" is talking, '__' is thinking, and Italic is a Flashback
Note: It is MORE than imperative that you read both Shades of a soul and Even in death before reading this one fic. Allusions to both fics will be made often, since this IS a sequel after all. So please, take your time reading THOSE fics before coming back to this one. ^_^ Thank you.
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Shadowed Reminiscences - [ Act II ]
By: Lily Maxwell
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Yugi sipped his hot chocolate slowly, trying to calm down. Yami had his arm around his shoulders and Yugi leaned against him as they sat in the same couch they were leaning against the day Yugi told Yami about his "dreams" at the hospital.
The tears still fell even now, half an hour later. Yami was getting insanely nervous and just wouldn't let go of the overly silent Yugi. After what he said to Yami at their "sacred place", he didn't say anything else since then. Letting Yami in the shadows and only able to try and comfort Yugi.
But the smaller one was being silent for twenty minutes now. It was killing Yami.
"Yugi, what's wrong?" he asked for the millionth time. Yugi closed his eyes, drank a little more of his hot chocolate, before placing it on the table in front of them. He sighed deeply.
"Yami... do you remember... back then, when we haven't really met yet... When I told you about my old friends?" Yugi asked, and Yami blinked, looking down at him and nodding.
"Yes… what about them?" Yami asked. Yugi looked away before answering.
"I saw… some of them today…" Yugi whispered. Yami widened his eyes, and made Yugi look at him in the eyes, pulling his face up by his chin.
"Is that why you're so upset?" he asked, and Yugi's eyes shimmered with tears before he nodded. "Ah Yugi…" he pulled the smaller one in a tight embrace, in which Yugi cried even harder. It was hard to believe he still had tears after crying so much.
"I didn't… I never wanted to see them again, Yami… It-it hurts… They lied to me… said I was never going to be strong back then… Why? Why did they have to find me?" Yugi asked in between sobs. While he was speaking, Yami rocked him back and forth, making shushing sounds.
"It's okay, I understand hikari[1]…" he said, and Yugi nodded, trying to stop crying. He must have looked so weak to Yami now… crying helplessly over something so… silly…
But it wasn't silly for Yugi. Oh no. It was very serious. Because it was the first time he felt betrayed… Betrayed by his own friends' words. And what he felt later that day, when he found out his parents were dead… It made everything so worse.
He shook his head. He was not supposed to remember those bad memories.
"I'm sorry…" he whispered, backing away enough to look at Yami's face. But the taller one only smiled.
"Don't be. I understand how bad you must have felt… Seeing them after so long…" Yami said, wiping the wetness away from Yugi's face with his thumb. Yugi slowly nodded.
"Shizuka… She looked so surprise seeing me… And Elle…" he laughed sadly. "She used to be my best friend…" he said, leaning against Yami's chest. Yami then began to stroke his hair lovingly. He didn't say anything, just letting Yugi continue. He had never really heard Yugi talk about his old friends before.
"Jou was the funny one, he and Elle always did pranks and never got detentions, thanks to Elle who was smart. Honda always said one day they'd get grounded for good." He laughed weakly at the good memories, while Yami looked at the nothingness sadly. "Shizuka… she just… she was usually silent and the kinder out of all of us, and maybe the smarter, even though she was the youngest…" he started crying again. "And they all said… they all said I… I was…" he broke down just like Yami had predicted.
"Stop, stop now Yugi… I understand…" he assured, hugging Yugi tighter in his embrace. Yugi recovered easier this time, looking up at Yami and letting him wipe away his tears like he had been doing the last half an hour. Yami smiled assuring, making Yugi smile too. Yugi reached up his hand and wiped some of Yami's bangs from his eyes, not saying a thing. The way his eyes shone made Yami chuckled. "What's wrong?" he asked, both his arms circled around Yugi's waist by now.
"You're marvelous, have I ever told you that?" he asked, and Yami chuckled.
"Not with those words." He said grinning, and Yugi giggled.
"So I'll stop saying, you're getting a big ego there." Yugi joked, and Yami narrowed his eyes. Yugi giggled again, and practically jumped on Yami, making the taller one fall back on the couch and Yugi staying on top of him. "But I love you anyway." He concluded, bringing his lips to Yami's. Yami grinned a bit before fully returning the kiss, one of his hands reaching to Yugi's neck and pulling him even deeper into the kiss.
The problem from minutes ago was left forgotten.
The kiss went deep, their tongues meeting and dancing at their own rhythm, Yami exploring every corner of the other's mouth. They didn't know how long their kiss lasted and they didn't really care. When they momentarily broke apart to breath in some air, their breaths met as their mouths were still mildly intertwined (A/n: and I wonder if I used a good word…). They opened their eyes and stared at each other, falling deeply in each bother's gaze due to their very close proximity.
They smiled before kissing each other again.
"And I thought we were spending our day outside today." Yami breathed into Yugi's mouth when they parted again, not pulling away immediately (they never really do that). Yugi grinned while Yami pulled himself to a sitting position and Yugi on his lap. Yugi snuggled close to his chest before replying.
"That can wait a little… the snow is not gonna melt until tomorrow anyway." He said, looking up at Yami again, both their eyes a darker and shiner color. Yami nuzzled his cheek and nodded.
"I agree… that and I like cuddling you." He said and Yugi laughed. Yugi looked up a little to look through the window. He giggled.
"It's still snowing… I wonder if we won't be snowed in until tomorrow." He said, and Yami grinned.
"I wouldn't really mind that." He said (A/N: *ahem* and you guys take your mind outta the gutter…). Yugi giggled again and hid his face on the crook of Yami's neck. His breath against Yami's skin made him shiver involuntarily, and he hugged him tighter. "But Yugi… wouldn't you want to go out now that the snow hasn't covered everything outside yet?" he asked, and Yugi remained silent. Yami raised an eyebrow, doubting he had fallen asleep. "Yugi..?"
"What if I meet them again? What if I meet the others?" he asked silently, and Yami sighed, hugging Yugi up to him.
"Then I'll deal with them." He said, kissing Yugi's cheek. Yugi reluctantly nodded.
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Yugi walked around while Yami sat on a bench, just observing him, eyes shining with love. Yugi was giggling to himself, and was impossible not to melt at his sight. Yugi looked around and when his gaze met Yami's, he would smile widely.
Yami shivered. Looking around, he held firmly to his idea that it was too cold for comfort. But if Yugi were happy with it, then he would endure it 'till the end.
"YUGI!!!" Yami heard and blinking as a blur of pink passed by him, and he heard a startled cry from his lover. Looking over at Yugi, he blinked even more when he noticed there was a girl glomping Yugi.
His Yugi.
He narrowed his eyes dangerously, and was about to stand up and break them apart when Yugi said…
"R-Rebecca?!" Yami blinked. Yugi knew that girl?
She let go of him (to her luck and also to Yami's happiness) and giggled uncontrollably. She adjusted her glasses and looked at his eyes before giggling and glomping him again. Yugi, which had sat up like her when she let go of him, fell back to the ground.
"Yugi!! I'm so glad to see you again! After such a long time!" she squealed, and Yugi gulped.
"L-let go of me, Rebecca! Onegai! I wanna breathe!!" he said and mockingly chocked. Rebecca blinked. Yami had narrowed his eyes to slits and had stood up when another scream echoed.
"REBECCA, LET GO OF HIM!!" a girl with light-chestnut hair came and pulled Rebecca off Yugi, who instantly stood up and smiled nervously to the people that were staring at them. The girl with chestnut hair was having a glare0contest with the blonde-haired girl called Rebecca. "Are you trying to kill him??"
"No, Elle, I'm not, I was just greeting him!" Rebecca said, hand on her hips, her pink cloak full of snow. Yugi was exactly trying to wipe away the snow off his cloak right now too. Yami, interested, stared at the scene with an eyebrow raised.
"Does greeting him involves chocking him to death, huh? HUH?!" Elle, the other girl, continued, her eyes narrowed. Yugi sweatdropped, while at the same time trying not to panic.
'What are they doing HERE?' he asked himself.
"I was not doing such thing! And you're just angry cause when he saw you, he just ran away!" Rebecca said, and Elle widened her eyes.
"He would have run away from you too if he had the chance and were you not trying to suffocate him!!" Elle said, and the girls glared daggers at each other. Yami sweatdropped and Yugi was going to walk to him when another voice spoke.
"Jeez, ya guys are catchin' a lotta attention…" Yugi froze, and looked at the speaker. The boy, upon seeing him, widened his eyes and grinned. "Yug'! So you're da one the fight is all 'bout!" he said, and hugged Yugi. Yugi immediately broke away. The dirty blond that was hugging him blinked his chocolate eyes. "Yug'…?"
"What… are you all doing here?" he asked, backing away from all of them, their eyes on him. "You… were not supposed to be here… I don't…"
"What's wrong, Yugi?" Rebecca asked, her eyes saddening.
"He doesn't want to see you, that's what." Yami finally said, walking up to Yugi and standing in front of him. Yugi attached himself to his arm while Yami glared at each one of them. The others blinked.
"AHH!! A BIGGER YUGI!!" the girls screamed, and Yami sweatdropped. The blond had his jaw hanging open.
"Gee, you guys are alike!" he declared, and Yami rolled his eyes. "And… who are ya-?"
"Katsuya Jounouchi." A voice said behind the blond, making him jump and look around. He met a pair of azure eyes. He narrowed his own.
"Seto Kaiba." He declared, almost growling. Yami and Yugi blinked and looked at each other. This was getting too messy.
[ To be continued… ]
Lily: Geez, what a mess! Not just Yugi met people he didn't want to meet, but also Seto knows Jou? What's going to happen now?
Iris: Whom are ya askin', you're the author of the story!
Lily: I know, I just like increasing the suspense ^^
Iris: -.-U and she doesn't want to get killed, seriously…
Lily: *sweatdrops* Anyway, please review and I'll update!!
Mel Gods: FLUFF!! ^_^
Hime no Ichigo: ;_; But there was no dream… *something snaps in* FLUFF!! ^_^ FLUFFLUFFLUFFLUF!!
Everyone: YAY!
Lily: *whispers to Iris* What's with 'em?
Iris: *sweatdrops* Maybe fluff acts like sugar in them and make them hyper…
Lily: *fearful* Ehh… uh oh…
[1] Although there's no yami/hikari relation in here, Yami still calls Yugi hikari. If you read "Shades of a soul", you'd know why ^^