Hi, guys! I'm on time again, hooray! Anyway, this one brings us back to depressing. But also back to mobiumshipping, yay! Since it's mobiumshipping, it's obviously AU.
Three reviews last time... I blame my own lateness. Sooooo... Here you go, enjoy! X3
Oh, and a side note-I increased the word cap to 600.
#15 - Death
Words - 600
"Kwwy. Heba."
A man appearing to be in his early twenties placed a wreath of flowers on each of the two graves in front of him and knelt down.
"You asked me a while back if I knew what your names would be in Ancient Egyptian, Yami. And I found out."
He sighed, allowing a tear to drop onto the soft grass.
"It's all my fault, you know. And some people would maybe find me crazy for talking to graves, but... I know you're listening to me. Somehow. And I want you to know that I love you. Both of you. If only... If only I wasn't such an idiot! I'd have both of you still with me! That's what I regret the most. If I'd have focussed less on my Egyptology career, neither of you would've gotten into that plane accident. If I'd just said no to that dig, we'd still all be together."
He reached into his pocket, pulling out a photo of three teens with tricolor hair. The shortest was pale and had huge amethyst eyes, a childish grin, and was stood in between the other two. The pale elder teen had proud garnet eyes, and was looking at the other two with nothing but love.
The final teen, a tanned boy with joyful ruby eyes, had his arms wrapped around both from one side, and a cheeky grin.
Those eyes, once full of life and mischief, were now glazed over with grief.
"Nothing I can do will bring you back. Nothing. But... I should've stayed at home. Or... Never come into your lives in the first place. You could have been happy together. Your relationship wouldn't have had to stay secret. Your friends wouldn't try getting you dates all the time. You could've got married. You could've lived long, happy lives without a worry in the world. Again, it's my fault you died. Yuugi, you could've finally entered that tournament for the title of King of Games. And Yami, your ideas for a dueling academy were better than Kaiba's; for starters you always beat him in duels, anyway!" A shaky laugh.
"Just... Take care of each other, okay? Wait for me in the next life. Things will turn out better next time, promise. And though I'll never find love again... I'll be happy knowing you two have each other for company. I know you love each other just as much as I love you. Never forget that... You're more important to me than anything." He slipped the photo in his pocket, and stood up. He'd visited them on the anniversary of the plane crash costing them their lives for three years. But one word had never crossed his lips in all this time, ever since the first visit.
"No, I won't say it. Because I haven't seen you for the last time. We always said we'd be together forever, and this is just another trip away. Habibi, you'd be furious if I killed myself, as would you, Little One. So I will wait for the time when I can say 'Hello'." A bittersweet smile crossed his face as he blew them both a kiss before walking away, not noticing the two spirits.
Watching the other, Yami held Yuugi close, proud of Atem's strength in refusing to say the one word that he had promised he'd never say. Yuugi had happy tears in his eyes; Atem still loved them, and he blamed himself, even though he was wrong to. He gave Yami a kiss on the cheek, before watching his other love depart from the graveyard with lightness in his heart.
He would never say it. One word.
Goodbye.
Aah... Sorry again. I, in fact, don't revel in your eternal misery. At least it was Mobiumshipping. It's not easy to make 'Death' cherrful. The next one is cheerful, though!
Next drabble - #16 - Blush
