Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Lover's Duel ❯ Celtic's Explanation ( Chapter 15 )

Celtic's Explanation

In the morning Yugi felt the empty and cold space where Yami had left him hours before to attend to the other criminals, disappointed that he remembered what Yami had told him the night before about being busy the whole of the next day as well since a few more of the robbers came in.

`I wish Yami could be here or someone at least. I feel so alone.' Yugi thought sadly.

His hand reached to his neck where he remembered the chain holding his newly acquired card hung. A deep chuckle entered his ears and he peered over to the door where the Celtic Guardian stood.

"I take it you like the card then?" He asked as he pointed to Yugi's hand holding onto the card.

Yugi nodded and he sat up and turned his back on the green-clad creature quickly before pulling a shirt over his head.

"What's wrong? It's not that cold in here is it?" The monster asked curiously.

"No, I'm just hungry and the drafts in this place can be pretty bad." Yugi lamely answered and left for the kitchens since breakfast had already been cleaned up. The guardian followed closely next to him, pride swelling inside him at how he had been accepted so easily by the seemingly carefree boy.

After a quick breakfast, Yugi led his new friend to the side hall where Kyra had sung to him to calm him down when he first arrived at the palace.

"This is one of my favorite rooms next to the garden and Yami's room." Yugi told him happily as he sat next to the large opening that out-looked Egypt like a big window, his feet dangling over the edge. The teen turned and smiled at the guardian, gesturing to sit down beside him.

"Why's that, Master Yugi?" Celtic asked, taking the invitation to sit down next to him.

"This is where I started to trust Yami when I was scared of him. I also became friends with Kyra in this room because she comforted me. On that statue," he pointed to the one of to the side, "that's where Yami held me without me even knowing. While Kyra was singing to me Yami came in and she put me in his lap after she climbed up still carrying me. I hadn't noticed the movement though since her singing was soothing me to sleep. When she stopped singing I opened my eyes and I was very surprised to see I wasn't in her lap anymore, but Yami's. Afterwards, I started to trust him because I knew he wouldn't hurt me."

"I see. That's why you're so close with the Pharaoh then?"

"I guess. We love each other now and I know he would never hurt me or let me get hurt. And I would never betray him and hurt him as well."

The two friends continued to talk for hours having fun and learning more about each other until Yugi heard his name being called softly from the entrance of the room. He turned around and smiled happily at seeing Yami standing there with his arms open, waiting for him. He ran over and gave him the biggest hug he could muster.

The Celtic Guardian smiled at his master and how happy the boy seemed to be in Yami's arms. But, for some reason unknown to him, jealously flared up inside of the guardian when he saw the smile plastered on Yugi's face and how Yami had put it there.

Yami hugged him back before letting the boy go and started to walk away slowly, waving his hand for Yugi to follow.

The warrior though didn't like this and the jealously built up more inside of him for the Pharaoh, but also hurt that Yugi was just walking away from him. But the hurt quickly disappeared and the jealousy left when the small boy turned around and smiled at him.

The teen ran back over to him and gave the monster a hug of his own. "Thank you for spending the day with me, Celtic." He told him wholeheartedly, his voice full of joy. "You can leave now if you want."

"It would probably be for the best." Celtic answered.

Yugi waited with him until the guardian was completely gone after the elf said a thank you towards his master as well.

They then turned and headed out into the garden to talk some and spend time with each other before something else happened to turn up.

The happiness of them being together didn't last long however as fate had it. A couple days later when Yugi and Yami were planning on what they were going to do that day when Malik and Bakura ran into the room in a huge rush.

"We caught the rest of them, Yami! The rest of those filthy tomb robbers are caught!" Malik rushed out.

"And the leader to boot!" Bakura added loudly.

Yami was pleased with the news but was also upset. `I'll have to leave Yugi again and it was such a short time to spend with him, but I don't want him to see; especially the leader.' He thought sadly.

**

It too the better of the day and whole night after he'd left Yugi to sort things out. Like why jealousy filled him when he saw Yami holding Yugi and being the one to place the smile on his face like that. Or why he felt all the more special when Yugi turned around and waited for him rather than just leaving him there. He's finally figured out what the twisting sensation inside of him was, but at his master's unknowing call of loneliness he pushed them aside to join his master to make him feel better.

"Come, Master Yugi, I'm sure a walk will make you feel better, some fresh air maybe to clear your head?"

Yugi nodded and he followed his monster out of the room and down the hall. He took a glance up after a few minutes walking and looked around. He froze when he saw the door leading to the hall where Yami was working and burst into tears a second later, hating the empty feeling he felt without Yami there.

"Master Yugi," Celtic asked when he heard the sorrowful tears and sobs coming from the boy. Hurt swelled inside of him as he saw the boy in such pain and knelt beside him to take him into his embrace. "Master Yugi, what's wrong?"

Yugi wiped his eyes and hid his face in the Celtic's unarmored chest as he mumbled something incoherent into it.

"What was that, Master Yugi? I couldn't understand you." Celtic asked, pulling Yugi away just enough to hear him.

"I-I feel lo-lonely and it fe-feels like something's mis-missing when-whenever Yami's not he-here." Yugi admitted, stuttering this his choked tears.

The guardian didn't know what to do and just held the small boy close to him as he picked his master up and carried him into the garden. He let the boy cry into him as something panged in his chest, ignoring it since it was another emotion for the boy creeping out. Since it didn't have anything to do with helping the boy calm down he wouldn't make himself sick he ignored it so he could figure it out later, even when he had a good idea as to what the emotion spreading through him with every passing second the boy was with him was.

Yugi looked up from the tear-stained shirt and rubbed his cheek against it instead. "Whenever Yami isn't around I feel so empty." Yugi admitted calmly. "I thought that was because I was lonely and wanted someone to be around me to make it go away, but it was because I missed Yami so much since I'm used to him being around me a lot more than he has been lately. That I truly love Yami and I… I wish that Yami wasn't so busy right now because I need him with me so bad." Yugi wiped a few more tears from his eyes before continuing. "So I get to spend the night with Yami all the time, but he's always so tired from the long day that he had that he falls asleep easily, so I end up just watching him since he always has such a peaceful look on his face when he is sleeping."

Celtic nodded his understanding towards the little one and pet his hair to comfort him, not really sure if it would help or not. `Ok, so I love my master and he's in love with the Pharaoh; could my situation get anymore predictable?' He thought to himself.

**

The next day the elfin warrior was already with Yugi when the boy woke up and he followed the little one after he put a shirt on and walked out for something to eat.

He decided the night before while he was trying to get some rest that everything was wrong for Yugi. `He deserves better, someone that would be able to be there for him when he wants them to be and would be able to protect him easily from others if the need came: someone like me and NOT Pharaoh Yami since that baka ruler is neglecting my master when he needs attention and affection.' He thought angrily.

**

A few nights later Yugi fell asleep easily since he'd been staying up late to watch Yami. The once dark king, who didn't have that much of a hard day as the robbers dwindled down, played with the once pleasure slave's hair.

"I love you, Yugi." He whispered gently into the boy's ear.

"Doesn't seem like it lately." A growl came from the door.

Yami looked up and was surprised to see Celtic Guardian there with his traditionally placed scowl he saved for everyone except Yugi and his arms crossed was there.

"We need to talk." The elfin warrior beckoned out the door. Yami followed, mindful of Yugi, and the two made their way outside so as not to disturb others who were sleeping.

"What do you need to say?" Yami asked curiously.

"Yugi." The other stated simply.

"What of him? He seems fine, a little tired, but fine. And pretty soon I'll be able to be with him too so he'll be able to get a good rest."

"It's not that simple."

"What does that mean?"

"Yugi hasn't been eating because he hasn't been able to be with you for so long. He only eats because I ask that of him so he wouldn't get sick, and even then he doesn't eat that much. He told me he felt empty because he loves you so much and it hurts that you can't be there as much as he'd like. He's used to being by your side and since that hasn't been happening in let's say that last couple of weeks is it now?"

Yami nodded. "I'm almost done though, so how is it `not as simple as that'?"

"Because he fears for the worst that you won't be around as much as you used to be. He fears that your love for him is turning into nothing more than into nothing but one feels for a pleasure slave once more."

"That not true!"

The warrior smiled inwardly. "He told me that it was destiny the two of you met. But not just a few hours ago before he left when it got dark he told me `fate has a twisted sense of humor to make someone so happy and then taking it away once more. That since all these robbers were coming in that it had something else in store for him. That somehow it's telling him that you and Yugi weren't meant to be as close as you are'."

"That's absurd! I love Yugi with all my soul and being! I'd give anything for him to be by my side!"

"I think that's just what you say because you're too scared that what I say is true, and you know it, don't you? I believe he needs someone else; someone who'll be there for him whenever he wants and be able to protect and comfort him like he needs. He knows you're busy but how long will it be before you're able to see him once more?"

Yami shook his head in shame as he realized everything the elf said was true. "Thank you." He whispered quietly before trudging slowly back to his room, not seeing the smirk on the guardian's face as he disappeared back to the Shadow Realm.

Yami was upset Yugi felt that way and he snuggled up close to the warmth of the smaller body on the bed before he actually let tears escape his eyes.

**

A few weeks of despair and sadness with the Celtic's wishes to be the only one Yugi came to care for in his life was disaster. Nobody felt at ease until the Pharaoh finally came up with an idea that might help Yugi and his relationship.

Yami woke up at dusk, just as it was getting light, but not quite light to be called morning. He planned on spending as much time as he could with his Light, but was shocked to see the other wasn't there, and his spot was surprisingly very cold with no signs of anyone actually sleeping there the night before.

Knowing Yugi wouldn't disobey him and leave before it was light out he fled to the game room to ask the boy's monster since he was always around Yugi these days.

`Please don't let anything bad happen.' The Pharaoh thought as he ran through the halls, a foreboding feeling growing in the pit of his stomach and he didn't like what he was feeling. `Something bad is going to happen. I have to find Yugi!'

Hey everybody! One chapter left, I feel so sad that my fic is coming to and end at last, but that just means that I can start on all the other ideas that have been plaguing my mind since like the third chapter of this fic. But I'm even more sad at the fact that I barely got any reviews for the last chappy that I almost cried! So if you could review for this chappy that would make me really happy and maybe even get the last chappy out fast so you can find out what happens that's so bad to poor Yugi. If not that I'll just have to have second thoughts on if I want to put it up or not.