hemlocksock ([personal profile] hemlocksock) wrote in [community profile] bakerstreet2025-05-23 04:34 pm
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I don't want to be in love, I don't want to be in love



EVER BEEN IN LOVE?

Be for real. Be so for real right now. We won't judge.

how to play
I. Answer the question IC-ly in your top level.
II. Has your character ever been in love before? Yes, no, maybe so? Give us all the details.
III. Repliers will shake their heads in simultaneous pity and judgment discuss one of life's fundamental experiences with the original responder!
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blue_ice: (defective water bottle)

[personal profile] blue_ice 2025-05-23 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Kaiba's eyes flash. Damnit. He knows exactly what he's driving at....how could he not when they look so similar? ]

Like I said, waste of time. He ended up doing me a favor.
puzzleshounen: (142)

[personal profile] puzzleshounen 2025-05-23 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
...Did Atem really do you a favor...?

Or are you just telling yourself that?

[There's something in Yuugi's eyes: a reflection of love lost. Pain of losing someone precious...]
blue_ice: (hit)

[personal profile] blue_ice 2025-05-23 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Of course he'd insist on saying his name. Kaiba has an insult on the tip of his tongue, but Yuugi looks so sad and resigned that he hesitates. It'd be like kicking a puppy. ]

He reminded me that in...love, one side always loses in the end. We never even started, probably never would have.

It could've been so much more painful if we did.

[ But it already hurts. He's still staring ahead, fists clenched. ]
puzzleshounen: (13)

[personal profile] puzzleshounen 2025-05-23 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Why do you say that? Love isn't necessarily a competition.

Sometimes it's nice to... have loved, you know. To have those warm memories of loving that person, even if...

[Even if it would never work out.

Even if they got separated by distance or death or being so far above that he could never graze them with his fingertips.

He was no stranger to loving and losing, after all.]
blue_ice: (blinded)

[personal profile] blue_ice 2025-05-24 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ The warm memories of having loved...

...who did Yuugi love who was gone.....?

Oh. Seto's face falls, his next words uncharacteristically quiet. ]

You too?

puzzleshounen: (40)

[personal profile] puzzleshounen 2025-05-24 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Yuugi nodded.

Slow, but silent.]
blue_ice: (locked heart)

[personal profile] blue_ice 2025-05-24 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ Damnit. He's no good at these kinds of conversations. Way out of his depth and it's obvious. ]

He was...with you all the time, until he wasn't. And you still let him go.

[ He's murmuring all of this quietly, trying to piece the puzzle together. ]

You're stronger than I would've been.
puzzleshounen: (148)

[personal profile] puzzleshounen 2025-05-24 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
...Am I?

[Was he really strong for that? What if he...]

I sometimes wonder... if that was the right choice. If I...

[He clenched his hands over his chest.

Trembled.]
blue_ice: (blinded)

[personal profile] blue_ice 2025-05-24 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
Yuugi...

[ Suddenly Kaiba finds himself thinking about what he would've done. Definitely fought to keep him. ]

He wanted to go home. Didn't he?
puzzleshounen: (76)

[personal profile] puzzleshounen 2025-05-24 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah... he did.

But...I...

[He swallowed.]
blue_ice: (sacrifice)

[personal profile] blue_ice 2025-05-24 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't want him to....either...

[ Kaiba stepped closer, really meeting Yuugi's gaze for the first time. In this...they were alike.

Yuugi had always been so positive. So uplifting. Bright in a way that was very distinct from Atem, yet here....

...he hurt too. What could he say? ]

I'm.

[ Gods he's so bad at this. He swallows. ]

I'm not gonna say I get it. But. I miss him too.
Edited 2025-05-24 02:33 (UTC)
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