It took her a while to come to grips with it. After all, Yuugi was the sweetest boy she knew and his other self was, well, he was exciting. But the fact was, she didn’t understand them, any of them, and she wasn’t at all sure that Duelists understood normal people, either.
And the thought of kissing someone she didn’t understand made her twitch.
And Honda was a goof, and Otogi-kun was too close to a Duelist in his own ways, and Mokuba was a cute kid but he was way too young!
Shizuka, though… Shizuka was sweet and brave and amazingly strong, after all just look at all she’d been through without ever even flinching. And Shizuka smiled at her and leaned against Anzu’s shoulder when she laughed, and took her hand so trustingly it made her want to hold the girl close and protect her from the whole world and listen while Shizuka told her what courage looked like.
Not the courage of dragons and swords, but the courage of reaching for an earthly dream and standing firm under earthly sadness.
And that, she supposed, was how she’d come to be holding Shizuka, marveling at how slight she felt in her arms, feeling warm arms slipping around her neck, and kissing Shizuka as gentle and slow as she knew how.
Which wasn’t very much yet, the knowing that was, but it was their first time, after all. They’d get better.
Although, looking at Shizuka’s shy smile, feeling the softness of Shizuka’s hair under her fingers, she wasn’t actually sure that was possible.
End
Yup, I have no clue who these folks are. They’re still adorable though.
*grins* The Designated Girl and the Sweet Little Sister. Personally, I think they’d be a lot better for each other than any of the het romances indicated by canon.
Loved this – it was sweet and fluffy and everything I like about this airing.
Thanks! I really do think they’re adorable together.
This is absoloutely made of love and delight.
… and listen while Shizuka told her what courage looked like. Not the courage of dragons and swords, but the courage of reaching for an earthly dream and standing firm under earthly sadness.
*ADORES* And that’s why I love her.
*hearts* I totally think those two are the only sane ones in the whole story.
Bwaa, so cute.
“But the fact was, she didn’t understand them, any of them, and she wasn’t at all sure that Duelists understood normal people, either.”
That’s an interesting point. Especially because in the YGO world, Duelists are a legitimate group of people, and a very different one at that.
Cute ficlet, and nice to see some sideshipping ^^
Thanks! Once the story shifted over so completely to the cards, I do think there was a definite division created among the characters between Duelists and Not.
So cute and, wow, deep in the choice of pairing, as the reason why they’re together. Adorable couple, one that I never imagined, and so simple and sweet.
Thank you! I hadn’t really thought about it until I saw the prompt, and then I could only think of how sweet they’d be together. ^_^
Awww! This is so cute <3
I didn’t know who Anzu was until I looked up some pictures though xD In Germany they named her Tea, not pronounced like the drink though. (The ‘e’ like in ‘television’ and the ‘a’ like in ‘phobia’.) I was just guessing when it came to Shizuka though xD her german name is Serenity. Was like well both start with an S I guess… xD At least I was right. Always a little confusing, but I think I’ll get used to it. Back to the point…. soooo cute <3 Never thought about them this way, but I do like the idea :3
Anzu is a bit picky, isn’t she xD?
*leaves kudos*
Thank you! The girls get so side-lined during the battles, I had to wonder whether they’d find more in common with each other than with the boys.