A/N: Well everyone this is the last chapter. I may do an epilogue, not sure though and maybe I'll do a few fics in this universe but once again not sure. I'm never sure of anything when it comes to fics...
Duke's POV
A faint whirring of machines reaches my ears as the darkness recedes. Everything is still dark but, there, a faint light gleams. If I could just- My eyes open and bright white light fills them. Blinking, the room around me appears. White walls, a window over looking Domino, and in the corner a chair occupied by someone I was going to leave forever.
I continue to stare at him for the longest time. Even after tears blur my vision. Taking in his features, the slightly cone shaped hair, the tan skin, the way his shirt clings to his chest showing off muscles gained from years of fighting in the streets of Domino.
I don't know when I began to cry. Salty tears ran down my face as I thought about the things we had been through together. And the things that had happened between us when we hated each other.
The duel with Joey, the Dungeon Dice duel with Yami no Yuugi, after those we were almost enemies. I guess I should be thankful for Shizuka. If it weren't for her I wouldn't have been forced to be around him. Slowly I began to see what made him Tristan, began to like that obstinate coolheaded but spirited person he was. I wanted to be with him. So bad... And to be with him was to be with Shizuka. I would always find a way to be where he was. Sometimes I though he felt the same way, all those time he dragged me away from Shizuka, I thought maybe his motive were the same as mine. I was always hoping he was jealous of her and not jealous of me. I loved seeing him angry, loved the thought that he was mad because I was flirting with Shizuka and not him. The duel against Nezbit, I said I wanted to protect Shizuka but I was more concerned for him than her. When he sacrificed himself for her my heart stopped beating. I couldn't believe he was gone and for once I couldn't say he had done it for me. The only thing that stopped me from sinking to my knees like Shizuka had was the hope that if we beat him, Tristan would come back. And he did...in a smaller easier to hold without people being suspicious form. I should laugh, god I'm so pathetic, he kissed me and I tried to kill myself.
I mean, look at what has happened...Look at all the pain I've put him through. Look at the way I've fucked with his emotions and look at what I've done to myself...
Before I notice him his arms are wrapped clumsily around me. He's whispering in my ear "Duke, Duke..." Then he fixes me with a stare so full of pain and despair it makes my heartbreak. "Is this a dream, Duke? Because if it is I don't care. At least I know you're alive in this place. At least I know that you're safe, that you're here." And then he leans down and does something that I've wanted him to do since that day at the Black Crown.
His lips are dry, but warm and they couldn't feel any sweeter to me. I slip my tongue into his mouth doing what I should've done that first time. He gasps, pulling back scarcely an inch from my face and I feel the faint touch of his lips as he murmurs, "This is real." He wears a look of hopeful relief and I see unshed tears glimmering in his eyes. I nod and those tears begin to fall, mixing with my own as he kisses me again.
Oh yes Tristan, this is real. So very, very real.
A/N: Why can't I get this to be longer?! Argh! I've tried so hard and it just will not get any longer. Well bleh. Anyway I'm sorry if I got the name of the person they dueled wrong. I checked my DVDs but those translations are pretty shady sometimes. Same thing about the game store, I'm pretty sure it's called the Black Crown but I could be wrong. Eh maybe I'll keep this a little bit longer so I can ask 'Shuzu. Anyway thank you to all of you who have stuck with this fic for so long. Especially 'Shuzu and Treana. Thanks so much.
Duke's POV
A faint whirring of machines reaches my ears as the darkness recedes. Everything is still dark but, there, a faint light gleams. If I could just- My eyes open and bright white light fills them. Blinking, the room around me appears. White walls, a window over looking Domino, and in the corner a chair occupied by someone I was going to leave forever.
I continue to stare at him for the longest time. Even after tears blur my vision. Taking in his features, the slightly cone shaped hair, the tan skin, the way his shirt clings to his chest showing off muscles gained from years of fighting in the streets of Domino.
I don't know when I began to cry. Salty tears ran down my face as I thought about the things we had been through together. And the things that had happened between us when we hated each other.
The duel with Joey, the Dungeon Dice duel with Yami no Yuugi, after those we were almost enemies. I guess I should be thankful for Shizuka. If it weren't for her I wouldn't have been forced to be around him. Slowly I began to see what made him Tristan, began to like that obstinate coolheaded but spirited person he was. I wanted to be with him. So bad... And to be with him was to be with Shizuka. I would always find a way to be where he was. Sometimes I though he felt the same way, all those time he dragged me away from Shizuka, I thought maybe his motive were the same as mine. I was always hoping he was jealous of her and not jealous of me. I loved seeing him angry, loved the thought that he was mad because I was flirting with Shizuka and not him. The duel against Nezbit, I said I wanted to protect Shizuka but I was more concerned for him than her. When he sacrificed himself for her my heart stopped beating. I couldn't believe he was gone and for once I couldn't say he had done it for me. The only thing that stopped me from sinking to my knees like Shizuka had was the hope that if we beat him, Tristan would come back. And he did...in a smaller easier to hold without people being suspicious form. I should laugh, god I'm so pathetic, he kissed me and I tried to kill myself.
I mean, look at what has happened...Look at all the pain I've put him through. Look at the way I've fucked with his emotions and look at what I've done to myself...
Before I notice him his arms are wrapped clumsily around me. He's whispering in my ear "Duke, Duke..." Then he fixes me with a stare so full of pain and despair it makes my heartbreak. "Is this a dream, Duke? Because if it is I don't care. At least I know you're alive in this place. At least I know that you're safe, that you're here." And then he leans down and does something that I've wanted him to do since that day at the Black Crown.
His lips are dry, but warm and they couldn't feel any sweeter to me. I slip my tongue into his mouth doing what I should've done that first time. He gasps, pulling back scarcely an inch from my face and I feel the faint touch of his lips as he murmurs, "This is real." He wears a look of hopeful relief and I see unshed tears glimmering in his eyes. I nod and those tears begin to fall, mixing with my own as he kisses me again.
Oh yes Tristan, this is real. So very, very real.
A/N: Why can't I get this to be longer?! Argh! I've tried so hard and it just will not get any longer. Well bleh. Anyway I'm sorry if I got the name of the person they dueled wrong. I checked my DVDs but those translations are pretty shady sometimes. Same thing about the game store, I'm pretty sure it's called the Black Crown but I could be wrong. Eh maybe I'll keep this a little bit longer so I can ask 'Shuzu. Anyway thank you to all of you who have stuck with this fic for so long. Especially 'Shuzu and Treana. Thanks so much.