Innocence Broken
Chapter IX: Chasing Ghosts
A/N: I am so sorry I have no updated in so long! Major writer's block and school work, I know how frustrating and annoying it is to have an author who never updates her stories, so I'm going to try my best even though I have no idea what to put. Here goes… But I really do care, so I'll try to write this chapter long. I do care, really. … Seriously!
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Yugi didn't sleep well that night. Destruction plagued his dreams and invaded his once ecstatic thoughts. Darkness, death, an Edgar Allan Poe nightmare.
How had it all come to this? Life was going fine, and how did the conclusion end up in this dreadful hell? All because of people, sick, twisted people. With their sick, twisted minds.
It made Yami spastic and made Yugi shudder and fall silent.
When had these people turned their backs on the world? The hell if anyone knew.
Yugi awoke late into the night in Yami's arms, when the moon still hung overhead and the stars shone brightly in the sky. The time of night when the crickets died down and everything was deathly quiet.
Lifting Yami's arms from around him, Yugi, like a ghost, glided down to the floor onto his feet. The young pharaoh was still dreaming as he walked to his bedroom door and shut it noiselessly.
Sighing, he leaned against the outside of the door and let his mind wonder away. He recalled all of these events that had happened in such a short time, it overwhelmed him to the point of oddity!
But he was not asleep, he had not been dreaming, he was surely awake. Now he knows the harshness of reality and how hard it could hit. Of course life goes on, but could his?
Yugi moved away to the door slowly, hearing Yami's soft snoring made him smile slightly and laugh half-heartedly. Of course, the feeling was only half there.
Descending down the stairs, Yugi listened to the creaks that were made from underneath him and counted down the steps, which seemed to take forever, just letting his nomadic feet aimlessly walk him, ending the journey on the couch.
He didn't really know what the point was; he would be more comfortable in Yami's warm embrace than these cushions any day, but it was so devastating, and it did cross his mind that maybe Yami was just doing this because of sympathy.
No! He was sure, Yami's eyes… his emotions… his feelings leaked out of him so bold and true, Yugi knew this was not the case at all!
Perhaps… oh! Worry filled his heart and Yugi buried his head deep within his hands, trying to erase memories, these hands cleansing this battered soul.
Yugi heard a loud thump and abruptly sat up, whipping away his unknown shed tears. He heard Yami spit out a nasty curse word and Yugi ran up the stairs and yanked open his door, finding Yami sprawled out on the floor, tangled in white sheets.
Yugi started chuckling lightly, and Yami looked up with tired eyes. Then Yugi started laughing out loud, laughing so hard he feel to his knees beside the goofy looking Yami, who was now fully awake and had a small smile on his face.
Finally, Yugi stopped laughing and just sat there, his shoulders shaking from the still staying laughter. Yami looked at him and said, "I'm glad I can make you smile."
Yugi stopped laughing slowly, and when Yami got up and stretched, his back to Yugi's wounded expression, all Yugi could think was…
But do you know how you make me cry?
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Okay, so not extremely long, but was it worth it? Probably not, since the wait went on for a while. O_o Sorry about that, but you'll be happy to know I'm obsessed with Yu-Gi-Oh! again! ^_^ And I'm actually looking forward to typing up the next chapter, so read this already! _ Btw, any tips for my writing?