Admiration Chapter 3: Always, a yu-gi-oh fanfic

Admiration

Warnings/Notes: Shounen-ai implications. Yami's POV. 3 hours, new record. Sorry I haven't been updating too much. Please vote everyone, does Yami end up with Bakura or Seto? XD I myself just cannot decide. Also, SETO AND YAMI ARE ALREADY FRIENDLY WITH EACH OTHER.sweatdrop, So that explains why Seto is being a bit OOC...

Pysche Eep. o.o; Yeah, I was… eh heh heh… I was actually on planning that so Yami can have more inner conflict with himself. XD Reads biggo reviewo . Eeeeeeh I couldn't have said it any better. Lol.

Kimmy Nagasaki:Queen of Games Sad? Err… thanks anyways for the review, XD;;

Alexa.G Well… seeing as how I have this chapter… I guess I'm not just leaving it at that, huh? smiles

Please review and thank you to all who have so far! Me realize that this ficlet is soooooo sappy! pouts

October 24, 11:55 pm, Hakumei Lane

Walking down the snowy path of Hakumei Lane (Hakumei meaning Twilight), I sniffed quietly, the freezing air getting the worse of me. I felt a tinge of dizziness fogging my mind, but I paid no attention to it.

Ever since that morning in Sakura Park, you and I have been… distant, lately. I couldn't fathom why. I mean, should I know the reason we now sleep in separate rooms? Should I know the reason why you now try to avoid my gaze and surprisingly, even my presence? You, the one who was close to obsession with me, now acts as if I didn't exist. "Was it something I said? Something I did wrong to make you so cold towards me?" was such a cliché line to use in this situation. I wasn't one for clichés... So I didn't question you in that way, instead, I followed along with you. Avoiding you when possible, just so that I could "save you the trouble". It was my way of showing my dislike of your attitude towards me lately. It was my way of obeying your needs of "having some time alone". It was the way that drove me out here on the street.

Because we were… fading away, I guess you could say, I was more in doubt of the possibility of our relationship even lasting; if it even existed in the first place. I knew I possessed feelings for you… I'd cry if you were to past away, I'd worry if you went missing for days, I'd be restless if you were swallowed up in sadness, I'd be depressed if you left me to wake alone in bed… Yet, I couldn't shake the feeling of guilt… for doing something, something I wasn't aware of. Something I wanted to desperately know.

DingDingDing

The alarm ringing of my cell phone rang in my pocket, shaking me out of my brooding. Blinking once, I stopped under a street light before fishing out my cell. What could I have set up at this time of day? I don't recall any…

Seto's Birthday!
Do not forget! :)
12:00 am

I froze, staring down at the blinking message I had set almost a year ago. A small smile makes its way to the tip of my lips without my knowing, as I remember how I had embarrassingly confronted him myself for the date of his birthday.

"Kaiba?" a voice called from behind large mahogany double doors after a stiff, quick knock.

Seto Kaiba, handsomely drop-dead gorgeous blue-eyed brown-haired you'd-die-from-a-smile lovely poised and elegant bishounen of Japan, frowned slightly at his unexpected visitor's presence.

"Yes?" taking this as permission to enter, Yami poked his head in from between two now opened doors, peeking around the massive office until his crimson eyes fell upon the questioning blue gaze of his rival. Smiling sheepishly, he stepped in quickly, closing the doors behind him quietly.

Gesturing the obviously uneasy crimson-eyed boy to sit down, Seto himself sat across from him.

"So… do what pleasure do I owe this lovely little visit?" Seto smirked casually.

The shorter of the two chuckled quietly to himself, "Straight to the point as always, Kaiba-san. Maa… all I really have is a rather simple question actually."

Seto cocked an eye brow. "Go on…"

Yami glanced away from him to the side and then back to the face of his former priest. "Eto… when'syourbirthday?" he looked away again.

Silence.

Seto eyed Yami warily before he cracked into an almost exasperated expression. "Mutou… don't tell me… that you came 3 miles away from that old man's game shop just to ask when my birthday was…!"

Smiling sheepishly once again, Yami scratched the back of his neck. "Erm… yeah?"

"And why didn't you just look it up in one of those crazy personal-invading girl magazines?"

Yami simply stared at him.

"Oh… right," Seto sighed, "It's the 25th of October."

The King of Games blinked in pure surprise. "You mean it was a week ago??"

Seto nodded, grunting slightly .

"Well… I'm surprised…" now it was Yami's turn to eye Seto uneasily, "so why didn't the media have a field trip with this one?"

Seto smiled a little smug smile before replying nonchalantly, "Because I threatened each and every one of their lives--jobs I mean, if I receive even just one gift in the mail."

Yami pressed his lips together amusingly, trying hard not to laugh while his crimson eyes danced brightly. "Ah, yes… the fan girls."

With another small grunt, Seto took a sip of a cup of tea that was seaming silently on his desk.

A small chuckle escaped Yami's lips before he spoke thoughtfully, "I do wonder how much gifts you would receive if every fan girl of yours did know…"

Not to mention fan boys as well, Seto thought lazily, best not to mention that. Setting down his cup of tea, he grunted once more that night. "I don't like to think about it."

I shook my head in two quick, light motions. Finally turning off my alarm, I scanned through my phone book before pressing the call button, waiting through a couple of phone rings until Birthday Boy picked up. I didn't have to wait long when I heard a familiar soothing voice through my cell.

"Moshi Moshi, Kaiba Seto speaking."

A fond smile. "Kaiba-san? I haven't woke you up, have I?"

"Not at all."

"I'm glad."

"… Did you need anything?"

"You didn't forget, did you? The bet we made almost a year ago."

I could almost hear the grin in his words. "Of course not."

"Then, Happy Birthday, Seto," he said cheerfully while emphasizing the CEO's name.

A chuckle. "Thank you, Yami."

A sudden thought crossed Yami's mind. "How about we make a bet?" he asked with a playful grin.

Seto blinked, taken aback by the random request. "A bet?"

"Yep! On your next birthday, if I can say 'Happy Birthday' to you at exactly 12:00 am on your special day, then…" he looked up at the ceiling, tapping his chin.

Seto smiled, amused by the bet already. "Then…?"

"Then…" he looked back at his rival and somewhat friend with eyes gleaming, "we'll go onto first names term, alright?"

Seto blinked. Once. Twice. Before he himself had his eyes gleaming and nodded, agreeing with and anticipating the day of his next Birthday.

Hanging up, I laughed quietly. Seto always knew how to cheer me up… but slowly, the laughing faded, and a frown emerged on my face instead.

That feeling of guilt… guilt of knowing… that I'll always love Seto.

Was that why you left me, Bakura?

SHOULD YAMI END UP WITH SETO OR BAKURA? VOTE NOOOOOOOOOW!!!!!! PLEASE. HEHE. I'll give you a week. :D
OMfreakingG, Yami just can never let go of Seto, huh? XD;;; I wonder whose fault is that, lol.
Ai,
Harika Huynh