There was nothing left to say.
But he had a fire in his eyes that I've never seen before.
Really, what was I expecting in the first place by coming here?
"Do we deserve it?" At this point I shut my eyes and simply said nothing. There was nothing left to say on the subject matter at hand.
And the rest shall remain unspoken. Without a voice. That's how its always been.
How it always will be.
I ignored the stagnate gaze that bore a hole through my entire soul, what was left of it, and stayed quiet.
Jealousy, guilt, and other such dark thoughts plagued my nightmares still. He probably had it just as bad, if not worse.
When I looked back up with an intent to stay silent, I had nothing to say anymore, but the words left my mouth before I could give them another thought.
"And do we want it?" A second chance. A fresh, clean slate. A better start, better life. A new hope.
I stared back, eyes narrowed in slight confusion, before giving a half shrug and turned to the window.
I watched the cars speed past and beyond, the world oblivious to the conversation, if you could call it one with the major word lacking responses, that just took place. And the world went on without a care, without a sense of caring at all. It just went on by without us all.
Minutes passed, seconds clocked away and lost. Seconds gone forever.
The side of my mouth twitched a little, and a small smile graced my lips. I haven't smiled that much in quite awhile.
And on that note, his smile at my little remark of stupidity, definitely caught me off guard.
His smile was small, sad, and grateful, and it held so many unspoken meanings that I never really did know what to really think of it. Not even after that.
A tiny gasped fell through my pursed lips and I turned back to him, a cascade of white temporary blocking my view.
He was laughing. It was quiet, but light and airy. A laugh too sweet to be of real happiness. I could almost see the bitter despair he normally kept deep inside, locked up in golden chains and engraved with the the scars of a fallen leader.
So deeply imbedded that he didn't always know about it, busily going through each day one at a time, savoring every individual thing he could.
Deeper than me who would freely cry in the rain should the chance arise, spent his extra time remembering days full of laughter, and daydreaming of things not meant to be.
After getting over his little outburst, he stood up and set his half of the bill on the grey, circular table. I followed his example and payed my fair share.
We left as we came, shoulder-to-shoulder, and without a single word uttered.
We stood outside the overlooked cafe, thinking our own thoughts.
Finally he broke off and started to walk away before suddenly stopping. He turned back around to me and held out his hand.
Unlike the boy of not-so-many months ago, he no longer donned any gold eye-catching jewelry except two silver dangle earrings in the shape of diamonds, hanging by small black chains. The most he had on his wrists were simple string bracelets.
He spoke quietly, as if unsure about speaking at all, but his eyes said otherwise.
"Names Malik Ishtar, nice to meet you!" He gave a cocky smirk and waited.
His eyes were lit up like pale violet embers sparking back to life and there was no more doubt in my mind.
I stepped forward and took his hand with a firm and casual grip, grinned and spoke in an equally unsure, but certain voice.
"Ryou Bakura, pleasure to be of acquaintance." It felt just so raw to even say my own name these days, but it could have never felt as right as it did now.
We left the already forgotten street with the overlooked cafe, backs to each other, no longer caring about the world.
Through the crowd and noise, I could still here our questions ringing in the air around me. But we already knew the answer before he called for our little meeting.
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I really should be doing school work... but these little ideas of randomness should be put down! That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.
I'm just going to put this up before I regret it and do something to it xD
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