Chapter 1

~ Yami's point of view ~

I'm sitting here again now. Here in the Millennium Puzzle. I had withdrawn here after our duel against Marik. I didn't want to disturb you and our friends because the duel had been very tough for both of us.
But honestly, it's not just that; guilt torment me, because if I hadn't won this duel, it would have been my fault that you would have been banished into the realm of shadows. And just with this thought I feel completely different, because I just can't imagine that you could be gone. You my sweet, innocent Hikari. The light that illuminates me and the darkness around me.
A smile now flickered over my lips when I thought about it.

It's getting late when I decide to check on you
You lie in bed, next to you, at the level of your head, the millennium puzzle that houses my disembodied mind. I can't help it, I sit down next to you on the bed as you lie there, so innocent, I stroke your cheek with my hand, which is a bit transparent.Your eyes open You look at me slightly sleepy and mumble, "Pharaoh ?? ..... What ..?", I just shake my head slightly and smile, and tell you that I only came to see you . You smile too, nod understandingly, and put your head back on the pillow. I whisper a quiet good night to you and then disappear again, but before I go, I can have a quiet, sleepy good night from you.

A short time later I am back in the Millennium Puzzle. I sat down in a corner of my room in the puzzle, and thought of how you were lying there, so gentle and innocent, the thought made me smile again. You are just too cute when you sleep ..... my Yugi, I thought to myself, and I wondered what kind of feeling it was that made me think about you, which made me despair when you didn't I was what triggered such a tingling sensation in my stomach.The answer to this question was so close and yet so far, "love". But even if it is really love that I feel for you, I still can't tell you. Since I am afraid that you will not reciprocate, and for another reason I cannot tell you, because I am just a spirit without a body of my own. A spirit that lives in the millennium puzzle. When I thought about it, tears welled up and ran down my cheek one after the other, and they wouldn't stop tiling either. I pulled my legs up, wrapped my arms around her, and buried my head in my arms. Again and again I let out a quiet sob. The situation was also desperate, I love you, I'm sure of it, and even if you would reciprocate this love, I would never be able to tell you, because I am only a ghost, and you and me with it Would only make you unhappy if I told you
"DAMNED !!!", why does something like that hurt so damn it when you long for the other even though they are close to you, that makes you desperate.I cried for a while, cried until my tears began to run dry and I slowly calmed down again. Suddenly I heard someone knock on the door to my room of the puzzle, it could only be you. I got up quickly, wiped the rest of the tears from my eyes and walked towards the door, which opened slowly, you stood behind her and looked at me uncertainly. "Is everything okay with you Yami", you asked me worriedly and I looked at you in astonishment, "Of course", I replied, "Why shouldn't it?" ... you looked at me uncertainly and said, then, "Well ..... yes, I heard you cry and then I thought ...", you didn't say any further.
I looked at you startled or a little horrified, so you had noticed, my head drooped and my face darkened slightly. "Is everything OK, Yami ..... I said the wrong thing," I heard you ask, startled. I shook my head. "No, .... Yugi, ..... please don't be angry with me, but please leave now, I need some time for myself," I said tonelessly to you and turned around.I heard you go back to the door and whisper a somewhat disappointing, "I see".
I knew that I had offended you with this, but I couldn't help myself, I couldn't tell you that I cried because I had thought about my love for you. It was utterly impossible.

I just wanted to wait for the next day to break. Tomorrow I might be able to talk to you about what happened tonight, not about all of it, but about some of it. That I love you, no, I wouldn't tell you then, that would be too early and also impossible. And with these thoughts I leaned against a wall in my room, waiting for tomorrow to break.

~ Yugi's point of view ~

I'm lying awake in bed again.
What was the matter with you when I was in the puzzle earlier and stood in front of your door, I heard you crying, and when I was in your room you sent me away again.I wish you would tell me what's going on, but if you don't want to, there is nothing you can do about it.
Well who knows maybe you want to talk to me about it tomorrow. A sigh escaped my lips. I looked at my alarm clock. It was already 22 yrs.

It hurt my soul that you didn't confide in me. Yet for a long time I have been harboring feelings for you that go far beyond friendship, because I love you my Pharaoh, .. my Yami, even if you don't know it yet, but at some point I would tell you.
With these thoughts I laid my head on my pillow and was about to close my eyes when I suddenly heard the door of the room open.

Well, if you want to know how to proceed, read Chapter 2. ^ - °