Cavaliershipping (Rebecca Hopkins/Yami no Yugi)
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"Um…Yugi…?"
Yami no Yugi hesitated. It was a quiet, nervous voice, so quiet that he almost hadn't heard it.
He turned around. Rebecca stood in the door of the camper, twisting the toe of one shoe into the step. Her eyes wouldn't quite meet his, and she chewed on her lip, hands clasped behind her back.
"Oh, Rebecca," Yami no Yugi said. "Sorry, I mean it's—it's me, the other one. I'll switch back—"
"N-no!"
Rebecca's hands flew up, palms raised.
"I-I mean, no, that's okay," she said, blushing, eyes still flickering anywhere except at him. "I mean, I wanted to talk to you right now. If that's okay."
Yami no Yugi's fingers hesitated where he cupped the Puzzle. Yugi thought a faint question at him, but Yami no Yugi couldn't quite hear it over the thumping in his ears. He still remembered Rebecca screaming and sobbing at him, when he had returned without Yugi. How badly the words had cut because…he had hated himself too in that moment. He had wanted her to keep screaming at him about how terrible he was because—she was right.
He wondered if she was still angry, after Yugi was back. He wouldn't doubt it…or blame her…
Rebecca inhaled, her hands clasping in front of her again, wringing softly.
"I…uh…" she said. "I want—I want to apologize, okay."
Her face was a bright red now, eyes fixed on the ground. Yami no Yugi hesitated, blinking. He wasn't sure what he had expected, but that wasn't it.
"You don't—" he started.
"No, I do!' she said. "I said—I said some really nasty things to you after we lost Yugi, and—and it was really wrong. You were hurting even more than I was and I didn't even think about you."
"Rebecca-san, really," Yami no Yugi said, stepping forward. "I don't blame you for what you said."
"That's—that's not the point. It was still wrong."
Her eyes flickered up to meet Yami no Yugi's, but she dropped the gaze almost immediately.
"I just—wanted to say sorry. I was wrong. And I'm…I'm glad that both Yugis are okay."
She wrung her hands a little bit more, tongue flicking out over her lips. For a few moments, Yami no Yugi couldn't say anything. His chest felt a little tight.
I…never even thought about asking for an apology, he thought. He actually felt a little choked up, and he quickly rubbed at his eye before a tear could escape.
"Thank you," Yami no Yugi said softly. "I accept your apology, Rebecca. …thank you."
Rebecca's eyes jumped up to Yami no Yugi's her freckled face still red.
"G-good!" she said, folding her arms. "I mean, I was going to apologize even if you didn't accept! So—anyway. D-don't think this really means anything, okay? I still love Yugi, not you. Tell him that I love him a lot, okay? Um—my grandpa's calling me! I'll see you and Yugi later!"
She jumped off of the step and scurried away before Yami no Yugi could say another word. He walked forward to peer through after her disappearing back, one hand on the doorframe. He leaned against the doorframe, then, smiling a little in spite of himself.
He felt…a little better…
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A/N: I want them to be in like, a brother/sister relationship okay…it's cute. Next is Castleshipping (Priest Set x Jonouchi x Seto).
