#youcheerandscreamforme

[lightofray]

let my love be your guiding light

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Ray was sure someone had just ripped her heart right out of her chest and thrown it on the ground so they could stomp on it and break it into tiny little pieces. Her confession had come out all wrong; she didn’t mean for it to come out that way – she had never wanted any of this to happen.

But now Zarc had closed his heart off to her, when all Ray desperately wanted was to take it gently into her own hands and treat it with the love and affection it needed.

His words hurt more than Ray would ever like to admit, because she knew just how honest they were. If she had spoken sooner – acted faster – maybe things would have been completely different; maybe Zarc wouldn’t have gone on his rampage to entertain those in fear and maybe he wouldn’t have fused with his dragons to cause terror upon those who tried to stand in his way, be it strangers or even a different version of himself.

… Maybe he would have returned to the same fun-loving duelist Ray had fallen for in the first place.

But it was too late now – the worst had already happened, and now it was time to put the pieces back together.

Or at least try to anyway.

“Zarc…” Ray whispered, stunned from Zarc’s own confession. Even after everything, he… still loved her - the one that he had tried to sworn to hate? Even when she was the one who desperately tried to screw over his plans, even if to save him?

“Please,” she begged, reaching out for Zarc’s hand to take. “It’s not too late - for you or for us. I… tried to push my feelings back once you changed, but… I couldn’t.” Ray tried to explain, her gaze falling to the ground as she put her heart on the line once again. “My feelings for you kept me going to save you. I couldn’t just… give up on someone I loved– no… love, Zarc. I still love you too. Despite what you may think, I… I never stopped.

Please don’t close your heart to me and give up on us – not when we haven’t even had a chance to start our journey together.”

[lightofray]

“I can’t let you sleep alone.” - youcheerandscreamforme

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A soft gasp left Ray’s lips as she heard Zarc’s voice break the silence she had previously found herself in as she tried to calm down from the horrible nightmare she had just woken up from. She was so angry at herself for how she had acted – for gasping and flinching out of fear from his voice. She had never acted like this before.

But... How was she supposed to tell him that the one she had dreamed of in her nightmare… was him?

She hated herself for being scared, especially when they were fine now. Ray had been fine with him, up until she had this stupid nightmare. Ray had gone to bed early and Zarc had still been outside in the living room watching TV when she had woken up screaming.

Would Zarc sleeping beside her actually help? Or would it just make it worse? God, she was praying it wasn’t the latter.

“Sorry… I didn’t mean to make you worry. It was just a silly nightmare.” Well it wasn’t a complete lie now, was it? She did have a nightmare – she just… didn’t tell him what the nightmare was about. There was no way Ray could tell him.

She didn’t want to hurt him.

She loved him.

“Come here… I could use an extra pillow.” She teased lightly, wiping away some of her tears that had threatened to slide down her cheeks as she patted Zarc’s spot next to her on their bed with her free hand.

[haousupremeking]

“Well, this has been sufficiently awkward. - youcheerandscreamforme

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Awkward was… definitely one way of putting it.

A sigh left his lips as he kneeled down, not caring as the crimson blood on ground soaked his pants as he trailed the silver gun across his twin’s tear-stained cheek, his sharp golden eyes staring into lifeless brown hues. Maybe he should have felt disgusted with himself for having the guts to kill his twin, maybe he should have felt guilty for murdering the one who’s blood now drenched his hands and was splattered across his face and the rest of his body.

But the last memory he would have of his twin was when he was alive and screaming for help, begging for mercy as Haou held the gun to Jaden’s forehead before watching his body crumble to the ground with a bang.

And you know what? Haou was perfectly fine with that.

Because Haou had dreamed of this for years - waiting for the day where he could finally get revenge for the life his twin had. It wasn’t fair! The two had been split at birth and Jaden had gotten while Haou was left with nothing. So once finding out that he even had a twin to begin with and that his life was so perfect with an amazing job and a loving boyfriend, Haou refused to just sit back and let it go.

Why continue to hate your twin in silence when you could just... replace them?

And luckily Haou’s best friend was fucked up enough to help him with it.

“Well, we can’t just leave him here. We’ve gotta dump him in the ocean or try to get rid of his body or something.” Haou spoke as he finally stood up, putting the blood-stained gun back in his pocket before turning to Zarc with a devious smirk. “After all, we can’t have his boyfriend finding out he’s dead, now can we?”

[lightofray]

’ I didn’t want to have to do this, but you leave me no choice. ’ - youcheerandscreamforme

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How could she have lost?

The cards Ray had stolen from her father were supposed to have helped contain Zarc, but after meeting the activation requirements, the cards still wouldn’t work. They were broken - incomplete.

A death sentence.

Because now Ray was standing before her former lover as the Supreme King Dragon, and she had nothing left to use. She had completely lost this duel.

Zarc had won.

Ray cried out as her life points fell to zero, falling to her knees as she panted from the zap of energy that shocked her body as punishment for her loss. The four cards she had tried to use were scattered across the ground, torn to pieces just like her spirit.

Why did things turn out like this? How could… How could this be what Zarc wanted?

Ray should have seen it coming sooner - she should have tried to stop Zarc’s corruption the second it started, but… how could she? No one could have predicted this - that the audience’s constant craving for violence would lead to the destruction of their world; no one thought that Zarc would go crazy for power and develop a thirst for blood.

Ray had always seen the good at him, but now…? As he stood before her after fusing with his four precious dragons?

She was terrified of him.

“Z-Zarc… Please…” Ray whimpered out, slowly standing up as she tried her best to get through to him. Things couldn’t end this way…! She had to try and save him before it was too late! “Please don’t do this! You don’t have to destroy the world! Not for entertainment! This isn’t right!”

“I didn’t want to have to do this, but you leave me no choice.”

Violet eyes widened in horror as she heard her lover’s voice - deep and dark thanks to his new form. What… What was he going to do?

No… He wouldn’t—…

“Zarc please!” The young duelist begged as tears streamed down her cheeks, practically screaming at him to try and stop him as he began charging up a blast of energy. Was he really going to do this…? Was he going to destroy her after everything they had been through? As if their relationship meant nothing?

As if… she meant nothing to him?

“I-I’m sorry! I know I should have helped you sooner, but this won’t solve anything! You’re scaring me Zarc! This isn’t like you at all!”

“ZARC…!”

[lightofray]

“Do you think a movie and some popcorn at my place sounds good?” - youcheerandscreamforme

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Ray had to give her friend a double-take as her mind processed what he had actually said. It wasn’t that she didn’t want to, oh most definitely not. The invitation had just been... unexpected. Zarc and Ray had been friends for a while, as they had bumped into each other at a local duelling tournament. They had a common interest in duel spirits and had met up quite a few times to talk about duelling and plan strategies together, helping each other out with their decks. Of course, it was no surprise when the two ended up becoming great friends and it certainly shouldn’t have been a surprise to Ray when she realized her heart raced a lot more when she was around him these days.

But this was the first time an invitation had been sent to do something other than practice duels or talk about duelling and Ray couldn’t help but feel her heart flutter in her chest as she tried to figure out what Zarc meant. 

This... This sounded strangely like...

“Are... Are you asking me out on a date?”

[lightofray]

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Concerned violet eyes gazed over at the duelist down on his knees, her own body frozen in place as she figured out where they went from here. What was she supposed to say to him? She had defeated his plans once again, but it was nowhere near as satisfying as some might have thought it would be. If anything, she was just confused. It had been years since they crossed each other’s paths back in their original forms, and there were so many questions that had been left unanswered.

His dragons were afraid of her, but…was he afraid of her?

Should she be afraid of him?

Where did they stand with each other after all of this?

Ray took a step forward, slowly falling to her knees so she could meet his eyes. He wasn’t a threat anymore — Ray had known that the moment he had been split once again.

“Zarc…” She had whispered softly, gently placing a hand on his shoulder. She didn’t want to snap at him, to lecture him over the mistakes that had been made.

She just wanted to make sure he was okay.