Oh Yeah! Lots and lots of thanx to my reviewers. You have been awesome. And now for the mandatory drabble. I DO NOT own Yu-Gi-Oh! GX or anything of the sort. I lied, this won't be the last chapter, but it should be shorter than the other two and then I'll post the last chapter. I hope u all enjoy. Also, I thought I'd try something new. I wanted to add a little song to it, therefore this is a songfic. It is called Heaven's Heart, I don't know the artist, but I don't own it. OK? Enjoy!
Love Waits
Birds chirped noisily outside the open window of the slifer dorm, welcoming the sun of the new day. Light poured from the horizon and bathed everything in its glow. The wind blew as if the planet itself was breathing. The trees swayed back and forth in the fresh breeze that found its way into the dorm room, sweeping the bangs of a well rested Syrus into his face. "Mmm, hmm." The teen groaned and slowly opened one eye and then the other. The new sun blinded the slumbering teen, and it took him a while to get used to its brightness.
Syrus rubbed his eyes and reached for his glasses that he had left on the night stand the night before. After putting his bifocals on, he shivered violently. It was then he realized that he had no shirt on. He smiled to himself, remembering what he and his love did last night. He turned to watch the still sleeping Jaden continue to snore softly. How his chest heaved up and down and the comforter followed his rising chest. Syrus bent down and planted a sweet kiss on his nose and pulled away. Jaden twitched under the contact and hazily opened his eyes. "Huh? (YAWN) Is it morning already?" Syrus nodded, still able to keep his smile on. "Geez, I'm hungry." The brunette pouted.
Syrus mused to himself how cute his lover could be. Jaden looked at his friend and reached out to him. He grabbed Syrus's arm and pulled him back into his open arms. Syrus landed on Jaden's bare chest and eagerly wrapped his arms around his waist. The aqua-haired teen laid his weary head on Jaden's shoulder and breathed in his Axe scent. Syrus didn't utter a word the whole time he and Jaden held each other. He didn't want to ruin this moment, for it would be the last he would share with him. His heaving chest pushed against the smaller teen, making him rise and fall gently. "Sy?" finally the silence between them was broken. Syrus raised his head from its position on Jaden's shoulder and gazed directly into the chocolate orbs he fell for the first day they met. "I'm really hungry, let's get some breakfast." Syrus chuckled to himself and leaned closer to Jaden, asking for a kiss.
Jaden closed the distance between them with the kiss they both wanted. After a few seconds of contact, they separated and Jaden raised his left hand to cup Syrus's face with its warm touch. Syrus held his hand where it laid on his face with his own. His spare hand found its way into an embrace with Jaden's right hand. The two stared at each other, memorizing everything about the other that they would not see for a long time. How long, neither of them even wanted to know, all that mattered was that they had each other now.
Without reason or warning, Syrus jumped forward and tackled Jaden back down to the mattress, the comforter floating down over them both. Syrus threw his arms around Jaden's neck and nuzzled his face into Jaden's neck, where he left a sweet kiss. "I love you, Jaden." he whispered in the taller teen's ear. Jaden gently ran his fingers over Syrus's back and up to his hair. "I love you too Sy." The brunette replied while leaving a small pattern of hot prints over Syrus's shoulder.
The two teen's intimate moment was interrupted by a knock at the door. "Should we get that?" Jaden asked. Syrus shook his head. Jaden respected his friend's wishes to stay where he was and held him close. Syrus breathed in heavily, overtaken by the warmth that filled him now. Again, there was a knock at the door, but this time a voice followed. "Hello, Syrus, are you awake?" it was professor Banner. "MEOW" and Pharaoh. "Syrus, your parents are here to take you home." Syrus jumped off his beloved and stared at the door in disbelief. They were here already?
Jaden sat up in shock as well. Why would they be here so early? The two teens looked at each other, each with a deepening, foreboding sense of loss.
Two hours Later
"Goodbye Syrus, I'll miss you." Alexis said, crying. She gave the teen a quick hug and walked back to the farewell group. "I want you to have this Sy." Chumley came forward and handed Syrus a half eaten cheeseburger wrapped in foil. Syrus smiled and laughed to himself. "Thanks Chumley." The overweight duelist began to cry as well. Even Chazz had shown up to say his farewells. "Good riddance slifer slacker." He crossed his arms and looked away. Syrus walked up to the Obelisk Blue duelist and offered his hand to him. Chazz looked at the offered gesture and back at Syrus and with a smile shook his hand farewell.
Syrus looked at the Academy and on the stairs stood professor Chronos. He watched from afar as Syrus waved him goodbye. The professor turned on his heels and walked back inside the academy. "Good luck Syrus, with all of your endeavors." Bastion said and shook the younger duelist's hand. Syrus stared at the group that had quickly become his friends. Only one person was left to say goodbye to, and in honesty, he didn't want to. Saying goodbye would mean that he would have accepted the fact that they would be leaving each other.
Jaden walked forward and stood next to Syrus. The aqua-haired teen staired into those chocolate eyes again, and began to cry. He wiped his tears away violently, knowing he had to be strong, for both of them. "Sy….I …..I….I don't know what to say." Jaden made a weak laugh. Never before had he felt such a strong pain inside of him. Syrus as well was suffering inside. "You don't have to say anything Jay." The two embraced in front of everyone, not caring who saw. The group averted their stare away from the teens to give them privacy.
"Come on brother. We have to go." Zane walked up to the preoccupied Syrus and lifted his suitcase and walked to the sea liner that would take them home. Zane walked to the deck and looked back at the two hugging teens. 'I'm sorry Syrus.' He thought to himself. Zane didn't necessarily agree with this whole thing either. He put Syrus's suitcase down and walked back to the two teens. He reached out and gently clutched at Syrus's arm and gently began to pull him out of the embrace. "Jaden…." Syrus still held on to Jaden with his spare arm. He stubbornly held tight to Jaden as he was being dragged in the other direction. Jaden walked with him until they reached the end of the walkway. "Jaden, please." Zane said sternly, silently asking to let his brother go. "Syrus, let go, we are leaving." Syrus's hand finally slipped out of Jaden's grasp and with that, the aqua-haired teen was pulled aboard the ship.
The ship bellowed with its obnoxious horn, signaling that it was ready for departure. Tears freely fell from the smaller teen's grey orbs, landing near his feet. Jaden stood on the wooden walkway, never shifting his gaze away from Syrus. It was too much even for him to be so close to someone he cared so much for and yet so far away. Deciding to change all of that, Jaden walked up as close to the side of the ship as he could get and extended his arm up at Syrus. The other teen responded by standing on his toes and reached over the railing and tried to touch Jaden just one more time. Their finger tips were just barely touching as the ship began to move. With one final jump, Jaden entwined his fingers with Syrus, and in that moment, the two smiled at each other.
The workings of fate were too strong as the two had to let go again. "Jaden, I'll find you, wherever you are, I'll come back to you." Jaden's tears slowly slipped passed over the huge smile he wore at the sound of those words. With a final gesture, he stood in his trademark stance, the one he stood in whenever he would challenge someone, and said in confidence, "I'll be waiting." Syrus bit his lower lip and his heart felt like it was cracking in two. The lump in his throat grew bigger watching his love stand there on the walkway by himself. 'No, I can't do this!' the aqua-haired teen thought.
"Jaden!" he cried at the brunette. Jaden watched as the smaller teen did the unthinkable. He stood up on the railing, swaying without equilibrium, and jumped off of the ship and into the sea with a splash. Jaden's breath escaped him, and for a few seconds he could not breathe. Shortly after, Syrus popped his head out of the water and gulped in the air he had lost. With a few clumsy movements, he began to swim back to shore. After the moment of shock wore off, Jaden jumped in after him. Jaden swam as fast as he could, as did Syrus to reach his significant other.
Minutes after, the two teens laid on the beach, exhausted from the swim to shore. Syrus laid on top of Jaden, breathing heavily, his wet hair sticking to his face. Jaden was heaving as well, because he had to help Syrus back to shore because he couldn't swim. "Sy….you are crazy." The aforementioned teen just smiled and raised his body further up Jaden's to claim a kiss. Jaden threw his arms around Syrus's neck.
How can I resist such tender love
Deeper than the deep blue sea
Love as constant as the morning tide
Let your love wash over me
Let you love wash over
How can I resist such gentle love
Whispered on the evening breeze
Love as soothing as the moon
Let your love shine down on me
Let your love shine down
Jaden deepened the kiss as he pulled Syrus closer to him. "Man your parents are gonna be miffed." Jaden stated after they separated. "I don't care. I love you Jaden." the two laid with one another as the waves began to touch their feet. Jaden cupped Syrus's face with both hands. Syrus could see the brilliant glow of the sun in those eyes that made them sparkle like a thousand diamonds, and it took his breath away. Words were not exchanged between the teens, there wasn't a need anymore. Those eyes said it all for Syrus. That he would one day see his love again, and he knew Jaden would be waiting for him to run back into his arms, just like he promised.
Heaven's hope was written in stars
Before the mark of time
Your heart and mine were destined to entwine
You're calling, calling to me
And I'm falling into love sweet love
So heavenly
Syrus never forgot his time at Duelist Academy. He never forgot his friends, the battles he fought and the lessons he learned. Now, as he stood again on the deck of the ship, a towel draped over his soaking body, he looked back at the school he had called home for so long and waved goodbye to the student body that stood on the steps to wish "bon voyage". His attention turned away from them to gaze back at his sweetheart. He would most certainly never forget Jaden. Everything he did for him, all the times they fought together. What he would remember most about the brunette was the moment he stole his heart. That one moment when their eyes met and Syrus knew he loved him.
Jaden blew a kiss to Syrus as the ship sailed leisurely through the calm waters. Syrus blushed and waved him goodbye.
There Syrus stood, on the ship, watching the island become smaller and smaller. He didn't move from his spot during the entire trip, not even when the island was out of view. Zane had been watching his brother the entire time, and could sympathize. He walked up to Syrus and laid a calming hand on his shoulder. Syrus gazed up at his brother, and then back at the horizon. "He means a lot to you doesn't he?" Syrus nodded solemnly. "When am I going to see him again, Zane?" the bluenette stared at his brother for an answer. "I'm not sure Syrus." he put sternly. Syrus sank his head in despair. "I guess I'll just have to wait." Syrus sulked. "Well, it has always been my experience…." Zane started as he turned on his heel and walked into the corridor. "….it's the things that you treasure most that are worth waiting for." Zane finished with a small grin tugging at his lips before he entered the corridor. Syrus smiled at his brother and turned to face the scenery again.
He closed his eyes and recalled every intimate detail about Jaden. With a firm picture of his love imbedded in his consciousness, he laid his hand over his heart, where Jaden would always remain until they met again.