Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ The Love of a Priestess ❯ Yami's Love ( Chapter 24 )

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Even worse, however, I couldn't explain the deep guilt I was beginning to feel. Had I betrayed Yami? Indeed, I thought I loved him, in the same strange way I loved Seto. Yami was lonely, and a little sad. He knew, even though he'd never told me, that he'd lost something five thousand years ago. Perhaps the love that he so craved… and he knew that he'd lost it on his own, that his own actions had caused it to be lost forever.

But did I really? And did he love me?

My emotions were torn and confused. I knew I loved Seto, but the more I thought about it the more I realized I loved Yami too. But I could not gauge what was right, what was part of my Destiny and what was not. Which relationship would be struck down by Destiny? Was I really meant to love Seto when I married him? Or was I supposed to be the tragic heroine, and pledge my life to Seto while I loved Yami?

I didn't know. And I was afraid to find out.

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My Channeling with Yami was accidental. I was waiting for Seto to return, to talk to him, and I dozed off as I lay on the bed. When my eyes opened, I was lying on the floor of Yami's mind.

He was seated against a wall, his knees drawn up close to him, and he watched me with a hawk's eyes.

"I saw you with Kaiba yesterday," he said shortly, standing up. He sounded unhappy, and a little petulant. He walked over until he was standing beside me, looking down on me.

"Well yes," I replied, affronted by his harsh tone. "I'm going to marry him in just a few months, and so I saw nothing wrong in spending some time with him."

"What happened at the dance? You didn't even look for Yugi or the others."

"Nothing. I danced. With Seto. And then we left."

"Together," he said sharply.

"Of course we left together," I snapped. "We did drive in the same car."

"What happened afterward?"

"That," I almost yelled, feeling the flush across my neck and cheeks, "is none of your business." I stood up, my temper flaring in my breast.

"So you slept with him." It was a statement, not a question.

"I didn't say that!"

"No, you didn't. But you said it all the same." Suddenly I noticed that Yami was no longer angry, but sad. Sad like Seto had been last night at dinner.

"What difference does it make to you?" I asked angrily, feeling the words catch in my throat and the stinging in my eyes.

"Everything," he whispered.

He pulled me towards him and kissed me.

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It was a kiss that rivaled my kiss with Seto the night before. Without thinking I opened my mouth, and our tongues toyed with each other. His hands ran up and down my back, his body pressed firmly against mine.

Finally I pulled away from him. I was crying uncontrollably. I buried my head in his shoulder and sobbed.

"I love you," he whispered, breathing heavily. "I know I shouldn't; I know that everything is wrong for it, and that I shouldn't tell you because it will only hurt you, but I do."

"I love… oh, Yami. I'm so confused. These past few months… I thought I loved you, but I wasn't sure. I didn't want to say anything… I was afraid that I really didn't love you, and that my thinking it was so was just a reaction to being engaged to Seto. But then last night… Last night I found out that I really do love Seto. I don't know why, but I suddenly understand him. You were right, Yami, he's so lonely and sad and he needs me. But then… this morning… the more I thought about it the more certain I was that I loved you too. How can that be?"

"I only know that you have a great capacity for love, my little bird, and that I can only pray that some of the love will be spent on me."

"What do I do now? Do I marry Seto?"

"Do you love him?" I nodded, a little sadly. "Then there is even more reason that you should." I looked up at him, surprised. "If we are meant to be together, then we will be. I believe in Destiny, and I believe that what is between us is right. You are engaged to Seto Kaiba. It has been arranged for nearly a year. And you love him. There is no reason not to marry him."

I leaned into his chest, resting there, trying to absorb what had transpired in the last twenty-four hours. I don't know how long we stood there, but Yami suddenly told me Seto had returned.

"You'd better wake up," he murmured into my hair.

I nodded, and whispered, "I love you."