A/N: This chapter has some of the lyrics to 'Naked' by Avril Lavinge. I wrote this yesterday and the song wasn't a part of it originally, but earlier today I listened to 'Let Go' and found it apropiate for the chapter. Anyway...I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Chpater 12
The Morning After
Sam
I woke up, finding myself in the guest room at Yugi's house. That means Yami caught me in time. But I felt someone else too. Who was it? I looked out the window and found him. It was my sworn portector, aside from Yami, he smiled at me through the window and waved. I waved back in reply.
'Thank you for last night,' I signed to him.
'Your welcome Sam, honey. Now we know that there's someone else trying his hardest to protect you,' he signed in reply.
'Yami.'
'Excatly. We will still protect you more so now than before since you're together.'
'What do you mean?'
'You'll see,' he signed as he left. I was alone again.
I wake up in the morning
Put on my face
The one that's going to get me
Through another day
Doesn't really matter
How I feel inside
This life is like a game sometimes
I walked over to my emergency backpack and pulled out my stuffed animal. It was old and ragged due to the years it's spent with me. All the bad times I've been through, it's been there. It's the same one I've had since I can remember. I was told by my brith parents when I first got it years ago to hug it tightly everytime I felt alone, sad or sacred. I sat down on the bed and hugged it tightly. I wanted to stop feeling alone and I wanted to be loved, not just cared for. Even if the stuffed toy wouldn't return my affection I needed to show it to something or someone if I dare to.
"Hugging it won't give you what you want,"
Then you came around me
The wall just disappear
Nothing to surround me
Keep me from my fears
I'm unprotected
See how I've opened up
Oh, you've made me trust
I looked up and saw Yami. He had a small smile on his lips and his crimson eyes looked unbelievably happy to see me. They were full of happines in a way I've never seen them before.
"Hugging it won't make you feel much better nowadays. It'll help but not for long," he told me.
'Thank you for last night. I was really worried that it would've been all over for me,' I signed.
"It was nothing Sam. I'm just glad you're all right," he said softly as he came closer to me. He bent down and wiped away a tear that had begun to fall. He looked into my eyes and I saw something different in them, I just can't tell what it is. I had this immense urge to hug him tightly and give him a gentle kiss but I resisted. I'm afraid of him not liking it since he likes someone else. I've never felt anything like this before. Why do I feel this way?
I've never felt like this before
I'm naked
Around you
Does it show?
You see right through me
And I can't hide
I'm naked
Around You
And it feels so right
He wiped away another tear and I didn't move. In fact, I liked his touch...it was gentle, caring...unlike the others. No! Snap out of it! I can't like him in that way! If I do he might end up hurting me later on...and I don't want that.
I'm trying to remember
Why I was afraid
To be myself
And let the
Covers fall away
Yami stood up slowly and looked down at me for a while. I was still clutching my stuffed animal in my arms. It didn't feel the same to hold it now...all I could feel was the sadness and pain from when I was younger. It's time for me to grow up. I'm not a kid anymore...a toy won't make me feel better. I have to let it go.
Yami began to walk away, I threw him a blank piece of paper that hit him at the back of his head. He turned around with a questioning look in his eyes. I got up from where I sat and dropped the stupid toy that didn't matter anymore.
I guess I've never had
Someone like you
To help me, to help me fit
In my skin
I ran towards Yami, embracing him. It didn't matter to me if he liked someone else. I just want to someone to show me that they care besides saving me twice. I know I just took a big risk with what I've just done but I don't care...
I've never felt like this before
I'm naked
Around you
Does it show?
You see right through me
And I can't hide
I'm naked
Around you
And it feels so right.
...it feels great. It feels right somehow. I felt Yami's strong arms warp themselves around my waist, returning the gesture. He played with my hair and caressed my back, it made the moment feel perfect and it made me feel different. It brought tears to my eyes because I don't remember feeling like this before.
I think that this is the first time I've felt like myself. I hugged him tightly, not wanting this to end. I felt him bringing me closer, until my head rested in his shoulder. He stopped playing with my hair and just hugged me. I will still crying, soaking his shirt but he didn't mind. Then I felt something wet land on my shoulder and I looked up. Yami had tears in his eyes. I wonder why.
I'm so naked around you
And I can't hide
You're gonna see right through, baby
Yami
I could feel tears fall from my eyes. Sam has finally trusted me. I hugged her tightly and brought her closer to me. I don't want her out of my sight. She means to much to me. I guess she finally understood what I've been trying to tell her. This reaction didn't need any words. I just hope mine did the same. Sam has been through so many hard times I just want her to be happy.
I broght her closer and hugged her tightly, remembering the wonderful dream that turned into an awful nightmare. It was so vivid and it felt so real. Last night I dreamt this exact moment, I also remember leaning in and kissing her gently. Her lips in my dream were soft and her returning kiss was as gentle as I gave it. I wanted to kiss her, to test what I dreamt. I just don't want this to end like my nightmare. She died in my arms I don't want her to do so in real life. I held her tighter remebering that.
I looked down and glanced straight into Sam's eyes. She seemed worried. Was it because of my tears?
Yugi
I was glad that Sam was opening up more. Those two looked great together. Yami finally found someone, now I have to look for someone else and make sure they like me and not Yami.
Yami gazed into Sam's eyes and she did the same. He leaned down to kiss her but snapped out of it due to the sound of something breaking. Sam turned bright pink in her cheek from what I could see.
"Kids! Breakfast!" grandpa called out as Yami and Sam separated from their hug. They began to walk towards the stairs, where I was waiting for them. When they reached me Sam hugged me tightly. I knew what this meant without an explination.
"Your welcome Sam," I said while returning the gesture. We separated from our hug and headed downstairs to eat breakfast.