Writing Candle In the Water [PG]

[NashvilleDream]

[font=Arial][size=2]If anyone noticed, the title is something of a spinoff of "Candle on the Water" and you'll... err.. see why later.

Anyway, following is the fanfic. I used the english names because I don't know Duke's japanese name.

My ff.net is [url="http://www.fanfiction.net/u/675412/"]MidnightGenius[/url]


Summary: Yami left, and Yugi finds himself going steadily downhill. What happens when he misses his other self too much, and can no longer handle the pain?

Warnings: Character death.


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?What do you mean??

?I mean exactly what I said, Joey.?

?But I don?t understand.?

?It?s alright, you don?t have to. But I want you to use it, since I won?t be anymore.?

?What??

?No more games for me Joey, I?m done.?

?But Yug??

?It?s alright, it?s not like I?m dieing. I?ll still be here, I just won?t be dueling anybody.?

?I-I?ll take real good care of it Yug.?

?I know you will.? Yugi smiled up at his friend. He?d had to give up his deck. It reminded him too much of Yami, and that only hurt, only made him sad.

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That conversation had been years ago. Yugi was the same height Yami had been? but he didn?t like to think about that. Yugi had moved out as soon as he graduated and got a small apartment in a big city far away with the money he earned working at a local convenience store. Thought being far away would mage the memories stop haunting him, lessen the pain. It didn?t work. He cut his hair as well, too much like Yami. Yugi sighed as he looked in the mirror at someone who was obviously not Yugi.?What do you want?? He asked the non-yugi creature.

[i]What do you want?[/i]

?Yami.? Yugi answered the non-yugi creature. He sighed and the non-yugi creature sighed with him. Yugi turned away from the mirror and got ready for work. Days that started like this only got worse.

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?Yugi?? Tea?s voice would have echoed through the apartment, if the apartment had the ability to echo.?That?s odd.?

?Wonder where he went??

?The door wasn?t locked.?

?He should be here then.?

Yugi?s friends came to visit every so often, on pre-arranged days. Yugi would always leave the door unlocked and greet them when they came in. But he would never smile. He hadn?t smiled in a long time.

?I say we search.?

?Agreed.?

?Bedroom first??

?Yeah.?

What they found when they entered the bedroom was unexpected to say the least. There was Yugi, laying on the bed, face up and perfectly still, candle burning in his hands, which lay over his chest, and a smile on his face. On the table there was a bowl of water, a second candle in it, and a note by its side.

Tea,

Congratulations on marrying Duke.

Joey,

Good luck with Kaiba.

As for me, I?ve gone to be with Yami.

-Yugi

Upon further inspection, the candle in the water matched the one burning in Yugi?s hands, four letters written in the pure white wax.

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