Title: All You Wanted
Theme: 90 – Nothing
Summary: I wonder what it must feel like to be able to reach back into your mind and find memories there, instead of merely darkness and a golden puzzle.
Rating: K
Genre: Drama
"So… that's it?" Yugi frowned. "You don't remember anything."
"Correct."
"You don't even know how you ended up here?"
"No." I lifted my head, looking around his darkened room, wondering how all of this had happened. "I don't."
"You have to remember something," Yugi pressed. "I mean, not consciously – but deep down inside your mind I'm sure you've got memories that are just locked up, for the moment. Right?"
"…Perhaps." I wish I could share his optimism. But I've roamed the confines of the Puzzle for too long now – I'm only just realizing how long it has been – and I know that there is no hope for me. Not in sight, at least.
"Hey," Yugi said. I turned back to look at him: a hand extended, barely touching my own incorporeal one. He's looking up at me with something in his eyes that I haven't seen in a very long time. I believe it's called gratefulness. Perhaps even adoration. "I'm really glad you're here."
I take him in for a moment, observing his expression to see if he could be lying. No. He's sincere. Nobody has been as honest with me as he's been over the past year. I know that by now.
"Me too," I say softly, and I wonder for a moment what it must be like for him. I wonder what it must feel like to be able to reach back into your mind and find memories there, instead of merely darkness, a golden puzzle, and empty nothings. I know I have a past. But I also have a future. It's held in the hands of a boy with a smile. And knowing that is, perhaps, enough for now.
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A/N: From humble beginnings… heh. I like how Yami starts out with, as the theme suggests, practically nothing. And he ends up being this totally hip pharaoh with great friends and awesome hair. The journey he makes is absolutely incredible.