“Not one word, not one gesture of yours shall I, could I, ever forget.”
@rinapplespice
What beautiful words, Rin. What wonderful, absolutely poetic words. Yugo loved hearing them. He really did. Even after all that had happened, his heart still had a weak-spot for you; even if it wasn’t as big as it was before. What Rin had to say was wonderful, and he loved how she put it…
.. Too bad that she said it as a way of saying goodbye.
Her hand was around his heart at her words, squeezing him into silence as tears threatened to bubble up, but they didn’t. He clenched his gloved hands at his sides as he stood there in his Obelisk Force uniform as she was making him have second thoughts… but… he couldn’t.
Rin… was his best friend. While she may have not have held his affections anymore, she still meant a lot to him. That was why he was here – meeting Rin at the very front of the Academy after learning that the Lancers were appearing in the Fusion Dimension. He should have stayed far, far away… but his judgement was in his old self’s favor, as the Doctor was left unaware of their arrival for now, and he only had one chance…
Once chance to warn Rin – and Yuzu, and Ruri apparently – that she was walking into a literal death trap. The Professor wanted her and her other counterparts dead, and Yugo… Fusion scum that he had become… wasn’t going to allow that.
While convincing Yuzu was a lost cause, he hadn’t lost out on Rin. While the Academy being out to kill her wasn’t what made her stop… Yugo revealing that he had chosen the Academy over the Synchro Dimension… did.
He didn’t want to go home… and that was the truth. How could he? After the warm bed, the warm food, and the… the now warm and venom-infused heart he had in his chest now, all because of what being the Academy’s shining star in Obelisk Force got him?
He wasn’t one to convince Rin to join them – that would just kill her eventually.
He wanted her safe. And at home. And away from this war that he was now on the opposition to her within.
He screamed his throat out, and he argued – they argued like old times as Rin didn’t back down easy… but eventually, she relented. And…
“Not one word, not one gesture of yours shall I, could I, ever forget.”
… Damn. Damn, did those words sting like a bitch, and urge him to cry his eyes out and run and hug her and throw the Academy away–
– But as the left side of his head felt like it was cracking open every other second, no. You can’t leave. You have everything you wanted here. Fortune. Fame. You’re not Commons trash. Stay here. Stay here… with Yuri.
… He couldn’t. And so, his hands shook at his sides, as he sniffled and fought the tears back.
“… Yeah. How could you forget a dork like me, eh? I’m–… I’m stubborn, and I never give up… and that’s what you like about me, right?”
Another sniffle.
“D-… don’t worry. I… I might be… here… a dimension away, but… I won’t forget you either. Won’t forget your nagging, won’t forget your voice… your smile…”
A LLLOUUD sniffle. Damn it. He proceeded to shake more. He wasn’t going to cry, damn it–
“I-… I’ll miss you, Rin… but… it’s safer this way. T–… trust me.
Stay safe back home… okay? … And… take care of everyone there. I wanna hear you won the Friendship Cup across dimensions, alright?! That you kicked everyone’s ass!!”
Another sniffle. He wiped his nose with his sleeve. His vision was blurring. This was getting harder–…
“Y–…. You need to go…
… Bye, Rin….”
