Gemshipping (Bakura Ryo/Thief King Bakura)
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"You're too angry."
"You're not angry enough."
He tilts his head down, white hair falling in waves over his pale face. The other one pushes his own matted white bangs away from his face, as though determined to be as opposite as possible as the other one.
"Look at you," the one with the violet eyes says. "You're still hiding. Hiding behind a face that isn't even yours. One that you stole. At least I never stole someone else's face."
"It's not hiding," the one with the green eyes whispers. "It's armor...it's tribute. What do you keep of the ones you lost?"
"You are not your sister. You can't be. She's dead."
"And you are not a king. You can't be. You're dead."
Violet eyes narrow and the lips beneath them twist into a snarl.
"He took everything from you," he hisses. "He took everything from you, and you won't even hate him."
"What's the use? He's dead."
"You're weak. How will you stop anyone from taking the precious things from you again if you won't fight back?"
"No. You're weak. How will you stop yourself from going too far if you won't let go?"
The violet eyes recoil, but the green ones lift up then, meet with his.
"How will you ever move forward if you keep sinking?"
Violet eyes waver, a snarl fixed beneath it. Green eyes are calm, sad...longing. For what? For understanding? For closure for the other one?
"You could have been me," the one with the violet eyes whispers.
"I know," the one with the green eyes whispered. "I chose not to be."
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A/N: Abstract? I guess? Next is Geminishipping (Thief King Bakura x Yami Bakura).
