Here's the early update. Oh, and from now on, I'll leave the huge introductions, they waste words. I literally only just wrote this; I wasn't happy with the original Hatred drabble I had, so I tried a new angle. Enjoy!

#3 - Hatred

Words - 325

He'd had enough. He needed answers, now. He was sick of not knowing, it was tearing him apart. But he wouldn't be the one to come out and say it. So he'd just have to give some... Encouragement.

"Hey... Mou Hitori No Boku..?"

Curiously, the elder teen turned around. "Aibou?" Yuugi took a deep breath. Finally, he would know the truth.

"H-How do you feel... About me?" the former pharaoh looked as if he was about to question his friend, and Yuugi gave him a firm look, clearly leaving no room for playing dumb. He froze, like a deer caught in the headlights, and finally sighed, closing his eyes.

"Do you want the truth? Or a lie?"

Tears brimmed in the younger's eyes. He couldn't stand the thought of hearing the other reject him. "The... The lie..." Yuugi loved the other, but as soon as the ex-spirit had asked, he knew that he didn't feel the same for Yuugi. He couldn't bear the thought of hearing the words spoken aloud, though. The older teen's eyes shot open, not expecting the response.

He blinked at Yuugi's request, before sighing and staring intently into Yuugi's eyes, and saying the words that Yuugi had always feared. "I hate you. I've hated you for... A long time now. I never wanted to protect you, only to keep the body intact so I may use it. I've almost lost you so many times, I..." A choked sob, but he swallowed, and continued. "I've realized just how much I really lo- h-hate you..."

Yuugi's eyes filled with tears, and for a brief moment, he'd forgotten that he'd asked for a lie. All he'd dreaded had been said. However, upon seeing those beautiful ruby eyes staring at him still, anything but hate directed at him, he remembered his request. "So... What would the truth be..?" He whispered, barely managing to keep from getting his hopes up. The former pharaoh smiled softly.

"I think you know the answer to that, Aibou."

Funny story; I suck at writing confessions, so I based this off how one of my friends and her now ex-boyfriend confessed to each other, although it went a little differently, but the request was still there. They actually split up a few days after they got together, turned out they weren't very good together, but meh, irrelevant. I might upload the original hate drabble as a bonus at the end. Maybe.

Next drabble - #4 - Drunk