MY UNDYING LOVE
All Yu-Gi-Oh! characters, names, and everything related are all property of their creator Kazuki Takahashi.
( A/N: -- means switching the points of view )
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As Cecelia ran from the room, she hoped the man wasn't following after her. She ran to the phone and called the police. The operator said the police should arrive in 5 minutes. Cecelia hung up the phone and ran into the kitchen to grab a knife.
She made her way back to her room just to see Pegasus fall to his knees and going unconscious. She caught him as he was falling forward and flipped him so he was lying on his back.
She saw that his shirt was almost completely covered in blood. She cut a piece of her night gown and placed it over his stab wound. She applied pressure not knowing want what else to do as she waited for the police to arrive.
( At the Hospital )
Cecelia was sitting in the waiting room since the doctors where operating on Pegasus. She let go of everything in her mind except positive thinking about Pegasus' operation. She was in the waiting room for about 10 hours, not able to sleep, waiting for news about her fiancé. She was about to ask the nurse at the front desk when the doctor walked into the waiting room. The doctor saw Cecelia and waked over to where she was sitting.
" How is he?"
" His condition has stabilized."
Cecelia let out a sigh of relief after hearing about Pegasus' condition.
" It's amazing that he lived, considering how much blood he lost. If you waited just a few minutes later to call the police he wouldn't have made it."
" Can I go and see him now?"
" By all means."
Cecelia thanked the doctor for his help and walked into Pegasus' room. He was sleeping soundly in bed with only the noise of his soft breathing and beeping of the heart monitor. Cecelia pulled up a seat next to the bed and grabbed his hand, giving it a squeeze. Cecelia sat and watched him, hoping that he would wake up and smile to cheer her up. Soon exhaustion took hold of her making her drift to sleep by his bedside.
She was awoken by an elderly nurse that came in to check up on Pegasus.
" Hello.", Cecelia said softly wanting to go back to sleep. " Good evening." the nurse said politely. The nurse walked closer to Cecelia, getting a better look at her face. " You should go home and get some and get some rest, dear." The nursesaw that Cecelia had a very tired and worried look on her face. " Don't worry about him, he'll be just fine in my care." she said with a reassuring smile on her face. Cecelia nodded smiling and left to go back to her house for some rest.
Cecelia went back to the hospital to visit Pegasus at about noon after a night of rest. She was greeted by an awake Pegasus. He looked over and smiled when she entered the room. She walked up to him and stood there wanting to hug him but not wanting to hurt him.
Pegasus opened up his arms and pulled her into a tight embrace. When she pulled out of the hug she kissed him gently on the lips. She pulled up a chair and sat down thinking of something to say. She thought of what the guy said to her on the phone and looked down at the floor.
" What's wrong Cecelia?"
" I have to ask you something."
" Like what?"
" Promise you wont be upset or distance yourself from me."
" Cecelia, how could I. I love you, you know that. I could never distance myself from you or be upset at you."
Cecelia took a deep breath and let it out slowly. " What happened between you and your mother? When I was tied up that man kept calling me Claire."
Pegasus was quiet, his eyes moved from her face to out the window.
" ... "
" I understand if you don't..." Cecelia started to say before she was cut off by Pegasus.
" My mother... she, well, ..." Pegasus took a long pause trying to find the right words to use. " My mother was kind to me but my father on the other hand... My mother treated me nice and my dad didn't agree . He thought that since I was a boy, I should be treated as one. He hated the fact that my mother was kind to me and so he hit me when she had her back turned."
Cecelia remained silent as Pegasus spoke, trying to keep herself calm.
" One day my mom left to go out with some of her friends and she left me home with my dad. I tried to stay out of his way, but my efforts were fruitless. I was walking down the hallway I accidentally bumped into him while rounding the corner. He looked down at me with such hate in his eyes and picked me up by my throat."
" I tried to get away from him; clawing at his arm and kicking him. He got tired of my efforts so he threw me into the wall. I tried to get up but he kicked me in the stomach. When I started to cry from the pain, he kicked me even harder saying that I was a worthless piece of shit. I couldn't stop crying so he kept kicking me harder and eventually he broke my ribs."
" I passed out shortly after only to have my dad throw me into my room and have him lock the door. My mom found me went she came home and saw that I had a badly bruised chest. She taken me to the doctors, finding that behind the bruises there were broken ribs. My mom suspected my dad did it but, he denied it saying that I was playing too rough with my friends. That was the last time my mom ever left me alone. All seemed ok until the night of the 2nd honeymoon."
" When I left you and went to my mom, we had to go find my father. When we found him he was drunk and stumbling around. My mom helped him into the house and that's when he got abusive. He slapped my mom across the face then grabbed my arm and threw me into my bedroom. I heard them yelling and then there was silence. My mom came into my room crying ; I tried to comfort her she just pushed me away from her. She laid down in my bed and pulled me up next to her."
" She began to stroke my hair and talk about leaving the house. I slowly began to fall asleep and then she left my room I guess to go back to dad. That's when I had a dream about my mother's death. I woke up screaming and crying and when I noticed that she wasn't beside me anymore I started to cry even harder. She rushed in and tried to calm me down and when I fell asleep once more she left my room."
" The next time I woke up I heard her screaming that's when I knew he hurt her. That asshole killed my mom and I couldn't do anything to stop him. It might have been different if I asked her to stay longer. I guess in a way it was me who killed mom.", he said with his eyes full of tears.
" Don't blame yourself. It was all your father's fault for what happened not yours. You had nothing to do with her death and you know it so stop blaming yourself.", she said anger in her voice. How could he blame himself for something clearly not his fault.
" Thanks", he said looking up at her with a faint smile on his face. It's so easy for her to try and convince me of it but I know it's still my fault. She remained silent, looking at him with teary eyes and then looked at the floor.
" Well that explains the phone call I got." she said in a barely audible voice. Pegasus gave her a questioned look even though she couldn't see it.
" Was that my dad on the phone with you that night?" he asked. Cecelia nodded lightly in response to his question. " He said, ' Stop treating him like that. He will turn out worse that you can imagine if you continue, Claire!', then the phone went dead. I didn't think much about it before."
Then Cecelia started to break down thinking everything that happened was her fault. " This... wouldn't... have happened...if I ... told you what... he said.", she told Pegasus between her sobs. He lifted up her chin with his hand and said, " Nothing you did or didn't do would have changed what happened." He was trying to use her own words against her. He leaned down and kissed her, covering her lips completely with his.
Her sobs were muffled by the kiss and when they separated to take a breath they sat in silence. Pegasus' mind was racing, trying to find something to talk about. The wedding. With all the things that happened I almost forgot about it.
" Cecelia, I know this might sound weird but… What do you want to do for the wedding?" Cecelia was a bit taken back by the question.
For the rest of the week, the wedding was all they talked about.
After a week and a half Pegasus was released from the hospital. He walked over to Cecelia's house to surprise her then found that she wasn't home. He walked to his house, going to open the front door when someone on the other side opened it.
Cecelia opened the door to go home and almost bumped into Pegasus. She let out a yelp of surprise and quickly found her lips covered by his. She let a soft moan escape her lips as the kissed deepened. When Pegasus pulled away, Cecelia looked into his eyes and said, " I'm glad to see that they released you early. I was just about to go see you."
" I went over to your house, but you weren't there so I decided to wait it out and find you later."
" Sorry, I came here to take care of the house when you were in the hospital. I have to go get some clothes from my house. Care to join me?"
" I'd love to join you in anything that you require"