PUZZLING DETERMINATION 4
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-Song featured is A Drop in the Ocean by Ron Pope (one of my favorites)-
Pairing: Puzzlingshipping
Chapter 4
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Maybe it was some sick game for the Puzzle for the nightmares vanished. Depositing Yami in an empty soul room mindscape, the stone walls and maze brought in none of the comfort it should bring as his soul room but instead the feelings of coldness and unease. It was like it was only the beginning, and some part of Yami paled in fear, the part that knew that he was no living embodiment of Ra here, that he was merely as mortal as others, that he was weak and pitiful in this state, that he was nothing here, nothing but a toy for amusement.
~A drop in the ocean~
Darkness flooded in, like streams of black inky water, crashing down from the high slit windows of the stone walled maze. Twisting his body around, trying to find some way to escape this mind-conjured nightmare, Yami couldn't. Yami could do nothing but stare, terrified, as he was swallowed whole by the darkness. He tried to send a message to Yugi, but by that point, he was drowning, entrenched deeply in the illusions crafted by the Millennium Puzzle.
~A change in the weather~
/Yugi! Please…/
Yugi's head shot up in surprise. This time, he wasn't imagining it, it was Yami's voice calling out to him. It sounded…desperate, something Yugi only heard once before, when the fire almost separated them from each other. But why now? What happened?
"Yugi? Are you alright?" Shizuka* asked, watching as the older but smaller teen jolted up from his brooding.
~I was praying that you and me might end up together~
"Nothing, but you see, a friend of mine, he, well, he said I had beautiful eyes, and I don't know what to do! When I asked if he was joking, he said no, but he can't like me that way! He…" Yugi started babbling, words sprouting out of his mouth with no filter as the stress finally got to him. Yami would never like him that way, he's a pharaoh; he probably had hundreds of lovers and concubines. What could Yugi give him other than a way to end his imprisonment?
"Calm down, Yugi," Shizuka smiled gently as she laid a hand on Yugi's shoulder, causing him to look up at her, surprised at her sudden appearance. In the few seconds he spent immersed in his ramblings, she had got up from her seat and made her way over to the couch he was on.
~It's like wishing for rain as I stand in the desert~
[Yugi POV]
It's impossible though, Yami will never love me like that. He's a pharaoh, why will he settle with someone like me when he probably has a wife, concubines, and lovers waiting for him on the other side, waiting for him for ages since he's been sealed away. I am just a guy who pieced the puzzle back together and set him free. In return, he has saved my life on numerous occasions. What have I given him? A pseudo-freedom, tempting him with rare instances of mobility when so far I have gone nowhere with regaining his memories or finding a way to set him free. I wonder if this is what it is like to be in the middle of the desert, searching for something yet not being able to get it, wishing for the impossibility.
[End POV]
~But I'm holding you closer than most 'cause you are my heaven~
Dark crimson eyes fluttered open weakly, peering out to stare up at the empty sky. 'Yugi…' Everything was fuzzing, black spots were dancing across his vision, everything was blurring; he could barely make out the stone ceiling. His vision was failing him, his mind to broken to even think beyond thoughts of his light. It drove away some of the pain, but it also drove even deeper gouges for the shadows to play rampant with later. He shouldn't think of his light anymore, the pain was too severe, savage, tearing him apart at the seams. But he would rather hold Yugi close than to push him away and lose him to the shadows.
*Oops. Messed up last chapter and called Jounouchi Katsuya's sister Serenity instead of Kawai Shizuka.*
~Puzzleshipping~
Okay, this is what I call procrastination. I started this chapter… 2 months ago? Yep, at the beginning of June or so. I only now got it done. Sorry! *sheepish grin* I got into the Bleach fandom and spent all summer reading them and then there was the family road trip across the USA.
I think I will probably end this story in 2-3 more chapters, still unsure how I want it to exactly end. Should it be happy or sad? For some reason, any romance stories I write end up somewhat bittersweet, more angsty than I originally intended it to be. Seriously, I wanted this story to be a humor/romance and it ended up as drama/romance/hurt/comfort.
Review please! I want to hear you opinions…
-SilverReplay