Title: Their Red Thread
Author: Sorceress Fantasia
Pairings: YY/Y
Warnings: Random imagery
Disclaimer: I tried to lure Yugi over to me with some really good cards, but Yami came and snatched him back. He took the cards too. So no, I don't own the YGO anime or characters in any way.
Challenge theme: Colour
Summary: Based on a Chinese myth that people destined to be together are connected by a red thread.
Word count: 260
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What is red, really?
Is it the colour of the sun when it sets on the ocean, and the same hue that the blue waters get dyed?
Or is it the colour of blood that gushes out from a wound on the arm, and the same tint that the sleeve of one's shirt gets turned into?
Or perhaps it is the colour of roses that accentuates the beauty of the garden, and the same shade that the ground paved with its loose petals becomes?
But the colour quickly becomes black when the sun sets and the moon rises, when they try to spot the various constellations as they lie on the beach together.
And the colour also becomes blue when the other boy stops the blood from flowing and wraps the arm with a bandage, apologizing for a wound he did not cause and he tries to kiss it better.
And it becomes pink when the other boy kisses him on the path of petals, seducing him to their bedroom with nary a word, and delighting them both with a night of ecstasy.
So what is red?
The confusion leaves him immediately when he gazes at the other boy.
Red is the colour of the other's eyes, the colour of the other's lips, and the colour on the other's cheeks.
But most importantly, it is the colour of the thread that binds them together in life and beyond. The invisible, intangible, thin thread that connects them, tied on their little finger is red.
That is red, and that is them.
-owari-
