Where there is Love, there is Hate.
Where there is Hate, there is Love.
Amnesia
"Woah- Is this Jou?"
Honda called out, laughing, hugging Jou.
"Honda! Yugi, Yami, all of you!"
Jou laughed joyfully.
As everyone settled, sitting in a way of a circle, they got drinks and snacks in the middle.
Some shared blankets, exchanging warmth, sharing jokes and memories to each other.
"wow. How did I live without remembering you guys?"
"my point."
Bakura joked, holding Ryou in his arms.
"But- I don't need him. Right? I got you guys. I don't need him."
At first they nodded.
Then came silence.
"but-"
Yugi whispered.
"he needs you."
They looked at Yugi, for him to say such thing to Jou was a surprise.
And Jou stared at him too.
"B-but Yugi-"
"He needs you more than anyone. I know him too Jou. How much he's falling right now. How much he's carving himself his pain. The days you forgot us, you made memories that you remember now. Who did you share it with? Those precious memories you say you will never forget again. Who's in them?"
His gentle voice echoed in Jou's mind.
It took such courage for Yugi say those words.
And now it can haunt Jou.
..or it can heal him.
What do I remember. No-other than that. Other than those memories. What do I see?
And he thinks to himself, realizing he sees nothing.
Nothing.
The silence was bitter, as much as Jou's thoughts.
Gentle teardrops fell to his cheeks.
The first to wipe them were Yugi.
He walked to Jou, gently erasing them.
Ryou then walked to him to hug him.
"you need him too. Uncover your lies. You need him Jou."
Ryou reminded him. Those sweet words, that soothing voice.
That perfection of his love.
"b-but. I-I can't."
"why?"
"l-look at me. My filth grows. I'm rotting. He won't love me anymore. He can't."
"then stop lying to yourself. Stop denying yourself. Cleanse yourself."
And that night Jou cried.
That night Jou searched.
The night was silent, and everyone slept with emptiness.
But that certain emptiness gave them peace.
Sorry for such a short chapter.
I didn't work on this story for such a long time!
Is it time for Jou to go back:D!