Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ I Guess It was in the Cards ❯ The Morning After ( Chapter 9 )

CHAPTER 9: THE MORNING AFTER

SETO KAIBA'S NARRATIVE

In the movies the couple kisses as the screen fades to black. Another happy ending.

Just one more reason I hate the movies. In real life there are no endings, happy or otherwise, until you die. And death, while it might be a relief, can scarcely be called 'happy', even by me.

I admit I like going to the movies with Mokuba. I like sitting in the dark with him, analyzing all the ways I would improve the special effects. It's probably something we should expand into.

All of which was a way to avoid thinking about Yami, while pondering the exact size, shape, and density of the rocks that must have been in my head when I agreed to let Yami stay. When I kissed him. When I had let him kiss me, caress me, and make love to me, as if I was someone that mattered. As if love was something that existed. As if I was his.

I touched my lips, remembering the feel of Yami covering them. I had known what sex would be like. I would feel used, like something had been taken from me. Afterwards, I would be more alone than ever. There's a reason the word 'fuck' is a curse. But once again Yami had changed my definitions. He had bruised my lips as if he wanted me to remember him the next day; marked my neck and thighs with kisses as if to leave part of himself with me. I had lost control - something I had promised myself never to do. I was sure I had put on quite a show - had moaned and writhed under him, had wanted him more than I have ever wanted anything in a lifetime of unfulfilled desires. My only consolation was that if I had surrendered to my feelings, so had he. His eyes had been glazed with desire, his movements spasmodic, without rhythm, his breath ragged, warming my body as he groaned with desire and pleasure. His back and thighs still bore the imprints of my fingers.

If I had lost a piece of myself, of the isolation that was a part of me, I had gained a feeling of joy, no -- of exultation. I smiled as I remembered drifting off to sleep, for the first time with someone's arms around me. I had felt, not alone, but cared for. I had woken up, early as usual, still in his arms. And I had wanted to stay there. To see if he would kiss me again. I had dressed and gotten the hell out of there as quickly as I could, but my desire bothered me. I know my weakness.

I have always been drawn to power; heedless of the danger. After all, there were 100 boys in that orphanage. Ninety-nine of them had the good sense to stay away from Gozaburo. But I had survived by following a simple rule. Never trust anything that does not belong to you. And Yami did not belong to me.

Yet I felt a connection to him. We understood each other; better than Mokuba understood me; better than his friends understood him. That day, at Pegasus' castle, his friends had been horrified that he would kill me to win a duel. But I understood being in the grip of a desire to win so strong that all else pales before it. In the end, I was the only one who approved.

Then there were our duels, where we fought side by side, instead of against each other. In the Virtual World he had forced me to listen to him. It had taken my grief over losing Mokuba to shock me into obeying. Yet the Mythic Dragon Knight we created represented both of our hearts equally.

In our duel with Lumos and Umbra I had stood on a pane of glass, 150 feet in the air. I had called my Blue Eyes, but it was still weaker that our opponents' monster. Incomprehensibly, against all logic, Yami had screamed at me to attack. It was as if we were at Pegasus' Castle all over again and he was telling me to jump, trusting that I'd be caught in his strong arms. I have never felt so free as I charged, not sure if I would fall to my death like Gozaburo, or be swept up to the sky like my dragon. But Yami had been there as he promised.

Last night, when I had chosen to trust Yami, chosen to bare myself, chosen to be part of his joy, as he completed my own - I had shattered the rules of a lifetime. Now they lay broken at my feet, as sharp as the knife-edged rocks under Pegasus' Castle. And so, I was back on the ledge of that tower once again, (or never having left) - wanting to believe that the man who had almost pushed me to my death would choose instead to keep me safe.

AUTHORS NOTES: Like Kaiba, I hate it when the couple kisses, and the words "The End" flash on the screen, as if there's nothing more to say. So this is NOT the end, it's the middle. (Yeah, I actually have a beginning, middle, and ending planned.) I hope to show how the relationship develops, what each character brings to it, and of course, how they will weather the challenge that will determine if they deserve to stay together. I've had such a positive response so far, I hope people are in the mood for more Yami and Seto.

I also wanted to answer some questions from the reviews:

TIMELINE: This takes place after Battle City and after the end of the current Ancient Egypt storyline. I don't deal with the Egypt story line at all, except to say that six of the Millennium Items have been returned, and that Yami has the puzzle and his own body - and is finally living out the rest of his normal life span.

AGES: Kaiba is 15 when he is introduced in the manga. I figure at least a year or two must have gone by since then, and 17 seems the right age for this story. Yami, of course is 3,000 years old. In a physical sense, I see him as being maybe a year or two older than Kaiba, but having 3,000 years of reflection under his belt. I get the sense of him being both young and old - kind of elven. (Did you think an average guy would get through to Kaiba?). Mokuba is five years younger than Seto - which would make him between 11 - 13 depending on how their birthdays fell. I see him as 11; as a young pre-teen.

SCHOOL ATTENDANCE: Although I like stories set in Domino High School, and think it's a great way to get all the characters together and interacting - neither Seto or Yami are in school. It's clear in the manga that Seto attends briefly and drops out after his first battle with Yugi. I think that fits in with his general personality, and the fact that he's the CEO of a corporation. I actually will deal with his brief high school career in an upcoming chapter, if I get that far. I actually never considered having Yami attend school, though maybe I should. I think if he went, it would be just to be near Yugi and his friends.

YAMI'S STAY AT THE MANSION: The next chapter will go into this. I agree, a broken rib isn't a major injury - but I needed something that would get Yami there without lasting too long, or being too incapacitating, since by the next chapter, his rib's better.

Well the ANs were almost as long as the chapter! Please review!