Gah, hi. I'm glad I got it uploaded today, but it would've been up hours ago if I hadn't had some technical issues. Unfortunately, the first part of this one was erased (I wrote it on S Note on my phone and there's a character limit that only lets me get in about 200 words) and overwritten with the middle part, so I had two of the middle part, one of the end, and none of the beginning. Therefore the start turned out really lame as a really quick rewrite (It's everything up to the words 'junior high').
But anyway, enough of that! This is Puzzleshipping, and it's a sister fic to #2 - Love! A few people, both on here and on dA, wanted to se more for this, so I decided to use this theme.
Anyway, I hope you all enjoy it!
#18 - Sound
Words - 600
Silence.
It surrounded him, reverberating through the confines of the puzzle. Not a sound could be heard, and the spirit was becoming bored. But it was better than Yuugi being hurt again, or being challenged to a duel by another corrupt opponent, at least.
Still... He wished that Yuugi could've spoken to him today. The boy hadn't really had the time; Jounouchi had immediately dragged him to the arcade early that morning, and his aibou was having so much fun with the new game that he just didn't have the heart to distract the other.
So now, he was left to his thoughts, alone, and was taking some time to reflect.
One thing that had always irked him was the fact that even knowing that Yuugi and him were two separate people, their friends ('No, Aibou's friends,' he scolded himself) still referred to them as 'Yuugi' and 'Mou Hitori No Yuugi', depending on who was in control. Whoever was always seemed to be called 'Yuugi' to them. But he wasn't Yuugi. It wasn't even as if they looked alike. Sure, they both had hair in similar styles and colors, but while he had narrowed crimson eyes that radiated confidence and danger, Yuugi had soft, innocent eyes that seemed to radiate purity and kindness, despite the fact that he wasn't one hundred percent innocent as so many assumed. Perfectly adorable. The Other Yuugi also seemed to look taller, despite the fact that they were both the same height. It was most likely simply because the spirit had a more imposing aura, of course.
And then there was Yuugi's voice.
While, once again, the two boys had very similar voices, Yuugi's was slightly higher, less mature and purely adorable in his eyes. That combined with his height would often get him mistaken to be student at junior high. It had deepened more over time, but it was still, to the spirit at least, far too different to his own to get them mixed up.
He had the voice of somebody who would never give in, who would win or die trying. Yuugi's voice was calming, reassuring, and made everyone around him know that it would never come to that, if he could stop it.
Yes... And he had broken Yuugi's trust when he had almost gotten Kaiba killed. He had felt it; Yuugi had feared him. His aibou had since then reassured him that he was forgiven, that he was Yuugi's best friend. That had meant more to him then he could ever say. Somewhere along the line, he had fallen in love with Yuugi; when, he couldn't say. He would almost say he had loved Yuugi from the start, but that would probably be a stretch. But his possessiveness of the boy and severe overprotectiveness of him and all those he held dear from the start had to mean something. Yuugi was his world... Around Yuugi, he felt that he didn't need his old memories. 'Who cares who I once was, anyway? I have new memories... Memories with my aibou and his friends. That is all that matters...'
If only he could just hear his voice. If only something could break the silence.
A soft knocking echoed throughout the spirit's soul room. He blinked. Had that just been his imagination?
Cautiously, he opened a door, using his mind to shift his soul room as he did so, making him appear in front of the exit of his soul as he stepped through.
Of course, it was Yuugi. The younger boy looked slightly nervous about something, but he let it slide.
With the end of the silence, his aibou had finally come back for him.
I'm well-aware of the fact that I never mentioned him opening the door. But I've already reduced the amount of words and I'd have to do so again if I was to add him opening the door, which would be too much of a loss of information. So it's really not that hard to figure out that the door opened... :/
I'd also like the time to say... Whoa! The last chapter got eight reviews, that's my best yet for a chapter, I think! It looks like you all like angst! x3 Some people said they want more from that AU... So either I'll make a cople more drabbles in that AU, or I'll make a long oneshot/short multi-chapter fic for it. Only time will tell, I guess... I still have to write that fem!Yuugi oneshot, the Monarchshipping one, and then make some more of these quickly. ^^"
Thank you to all who reviewed last chapter, user and guest reviewer alike! That would be samaurai, Scaehime, Cacau1005, Great, ChangeOfHe4rt, xfallenangel13x, Onigiri Chibi and TheCrystalEevee. Seriously, thanks to all of you for reading, along with everyone else who keeps up with this story! I hope you guys stick around for a long time to come!
Next drabble - #19 - Pride