Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ The Love of a Priestess ❯ Trials of Love ( Chapter 16 )

The final three months before the wedding passed quickly. I remember nothing concerning the wedding preparations.

I take that back. I remember trying on the wedding dress, a beautiful creation of white silk and satin, picked in tiny seed pearls. It fit me perfectly. The strapless bodice rested easily on me, flowing into a long, full skirt. As I turned before a mirror, I remember thinking that had the circumstances of the marriage not been so unpleasant, I would have adored this dress.

My bouquet was an enormous bunch of red and pink roses, their heavenly scent filling the room. Two dozen roses, each petal perfectly smooth and silky. My ring was the most gorgeous piece of jewelry I'd ever seen: a small, heart-shaped diamond set between two perfect rubies in yellow gold. The wedding favors were beautifully decorated glass boxes filled with tiny candies and a specially designed Duel Monsters card commemorating our marriage. If the circumstances of the marriage not been so unpleasant, I would have fussed over the details.

I peeked out from the dressing room into the hallway, where I heard Kaiba talking to Mokuba. Neither of them was allowed to see me in my dress. As I spied, I saw the Kaiba that Mokuba knew: the happy and warm and loving young man who teased his brother and ruffled his hair affectionately, who took his brother out to the beach on weekends and corrected his math homework every night

Had the circumstances of the marriage not been so unpleasant, I might have loved Kaiba.

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I remember much more of what happened between Yami and myself.

It happened without me realizing it, and it happened without me realizing the dangerous portents of our actions.

It happened subtly and yet boldly. It was harsh and yet soothing. It was ugly and yet beautiful.

It would save me, and ultimately destroy me.

Yami and I fell in love.