[ It matters little if he had shared his wishes or not. Lunafreya would still have stepped back once Yugi returned to them. She has seen the damage to the ancient soul by having his partner ripped away from him. The bond between the two has always come first in her mind. She would rather step away and fade into the background rather than cause a rift between the two. His wish simply showed to her that her initial understanding of the bond between them was true. It then remains a part of her duty to see that both souls find happiness in some form.
Lunafreya has always known her happiness would be conditional. The traumatic loss of her mother and subsequent drifting apart between her brother and her merely proved that. It was why she had decided that fulfilling the calling she was born for would be all that her life amounted to. If she ever did manage to find the person that would grant her own... her duty comes first. She doubts that even Atem would wish to travel with her to the corners of the world if he could. His place is besides Yugi and his friends. She is merely a visitor in that life, no matter how she yearns to be more. Not that the notion of being at his side has ever once equated to more than her station. How could she be his queen, let alone anything more than what or who she is?
The tone of his voice is one that she knows well. No. She will not have him sink into despair and helplessness simply because she feels at a crossroads. He has come too far to simply fall again. He has said numerous times this night that he will not leave her... and she will not leave him to the depths of darkness that still cling to him.
Lunafreya tilts her head back to look up at him once more. His own head is lowered enough that her motion requires little effort to perform. One hand rest on the side of his face as she leans forward to kiss him.
How long has it been since she has? At the moment it seems neigh impossible to remember. It hardly stops her. She pushes her state of health to the side. She needs and wants him there with her. If it means that she must push past her own worries and struggles to keep him there? Then she will.
She knows very well me might physically be present, but his mind will find ways to wander and entrap him. She wishes him to be there in his entirety - as much as he can be. He no doubt must feel incomplete without his memories of who he was and what he did in his reign. Nothing she nor Yugi can do will fill that hole that must be there. Instead, this is al she can think to do. ]
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Lunafreya has always known her happiness would be conditional. The traumatic loss of her mother and subsequent drifting apart between her brother and her merely proved that. It was why she had decided that fulfilling the calling she was born for would be all that her life amounted to. If she ever did manage to find the person that would grant her own... her duty comes first. She doubts that even Atem would wish to travel with her to the corners of the world if he could. His place is besides Yugi and his friends. She is merely a visitor in that life, no matter how she yearns to be more. Not that the notion of being at his side has ever once equated to more than her station. How could she be his queen, let alone anything more than what or who she is?
The tone of his voice is one that she knows well. No. She will not have him sink into despair and helplessness simply because she feels at a crossroads. He has come too far to simply fall again. He has said numerous times this night that he will not leave her... and she will not leave him to the depths of darkness that still cling to him.
Lunafreya tilts her head back to look up at him once more. His own head is lowered enough that her motion requires little effort to perform. One hand rest on the side of his face as she leans forward to kiss him.
How long has it been since she has? At the moment it seems neigh impossible to remember. It hardly stops her. She pushes her state of health to the side. She needs and wants him there with her. If it means that she must push past her own worries and struggles to keep him there? Then she will.
She knows very well me might physically be present, but his mind will find ways to wander and entrap him. She wishes him to be there in his entirety - as much as he can be. He no doubt must feel incomplete without his memories of who he was and what he did in his reign. Nothing she nor Yugi can do will fill that hole that must be there. Instead, this is al she can think to do. ]