Yu Gi Oh -Oneshots- REQUESTS [CLOSED] (X Reader)

Zane X Reader (What's Up, It's Been 2 Years, How Ya Been)

Heyyy...

The last four years had led up to this day, a day so full of positive emotions that you felt ready to burst with happiness. You'd never imagined that you would be swapping your family name from Phoenix to Truesdale, but here you were, dressed in an ivory gown fit for the Snow Queen herself and hair styled to perfection, with enough hairspray to suffocate half of Duel Academy, you suspected.

As you studied yourself in the mirror, you thought back to the day you met Zane, five years prior.

~

"Is it here?" Curiously you peaked your head into a classroom, only to withdraw when you failed to spot your little brother amongst the backs of students heads.

You carried on further down the hallway, only to come across a tall, stern looking man with shoulder length teal hair.

"Can I help you?" He asked, studying your clothes suspiciously. Seeing as you weren't wearing any sort of Duel Academy uniform, instead dressed in all black, excluding your green tie, you understood his hesitancy towards you. You'd heard of Duel Academy's various incidents involving strangers, after all.

"Hi, I'm looking for Aster Phoenix, do you mind showing me where he might be? Ah," you paused, rummaging in your pocket amongst keys, headphones and other items,  before finally pulling out a visitors pass, "Here. I'm not a crazy fan," You handed the man your pass to read.

"Y/N Phoenix?" He asked eventually, handing it back to you.
"Yep. I'm here to see my brother, do you know where he might be?" You asked hopefully. To your delight, he nodded once.
"I was on my way to watch him duel, actually. If you'd like to follow me..." He trailed off and resumed walking in the direction you had just come from. Hurriedly you followed, making light conversation as you went.

"So what are you? Second year? Third year?" You questioned.

"I'm in my third year, yes." He confirmed your thoughts, reaching a door and holding it open for you in a gentlemanly fashion. You ducked under his arm with a quick thank you, striding towards the railing to watch the duel between Aster and a duellist in red, with fluffy brown hair.

"Who's that? He's really good." You commented, turning to the man who now stood next to you, leaning on the balcony slightly.
"Jaden Yuki, a second year Slifer if you can believe it."

"Slifer?" You repeated incredulously, "What's a kid like him doing in Slifer?" The bluenette next to you shrugged.

"As far as I know, he chooses to stay in the dorm. Technically he should be in Ra Yellow, since he passed the test for it with flying colours, but everyone knows he's one of the best in the school," He narrated.

"Oh yeah? And who's the best, then?" You asked, a lopsided grin on your face as you turned fully away from your little brother's duel to face the man.

"I am." Was he joking? He didn't sound like he was joking. For some reason, you didn't think this man was exactly a jester.

"And you are?"
"Zane Truesdale, nice to meet you."

-

And that one accidental meeting led to you both sat splayed out on white chairs, picking at slices of very expensive cake and watching Jaden and Jesse try to convince, or more like force, Chazz to join them on the dance floor.

So far, it was not working. Bemused, you continued to watch the duo yank at one arm each, struggling to lift the furious Princeton man as he loudly threatened bloody murder. The alcohol sapped their strength and before Jaden knew it, he was sprawled on the floor after losing his grip on Chazz's wrist. The man in question sneered down at him, looking very pleased indeed, whilst Jesse crouched on the floor next to the chair, grasping the arm for balance as he howled with drunken laughter.

A hand slipped into yours, wrapping calloused fingers around your own.

"Hey." Your husband— husband!— looked over at you, drawing your attention away from the scene across the room.

"I love you." No matter how many years passed, the words still made your heart skip a beat.

"I know I don't say it very often," he admitted, squeezing your hand, "But know I mean it, every second of every day, since the day I met you and until the day I die."

"And I thought my makeup had gotten away scot-free," you sniffed, blinking rapidly in an attempt to prevent the tears. Zane just laughed lightly, wiping away a singular droplet that had escaped your purge.

"I love you too," And then the happy waterworks started in full force, but this time you beamed through them, knowing the best era of your life had just started, hand in hand with the best man you'd ever known.

^yes i knowww, the timelines don't match up for the jaden vs aster duel and Zane still being a third year,, shhh!! (2021)

(2023) so like half of that was written over a year ago lol, my bad if it seems a little disjointed.

also sorry for disappearing for so long, but a bunch of stuff happened that honestly makes me question if I'm secretly the protag of a show called "How Much Can We Make A Bitch Suffer". Plus I got HELLA schoolwork to do cause I started A-Levels. They suck, by the way, don't do them. They do nothing for the fragile mental health of a teenager.

Not to mention my dad died, I had to give up my dog, and I'm back on the waiting list for more surgery.

You know, I remember seeing this one tiktok that was like "fanfic writers always have the craziest lives like they're out there nearly dying and then apologising for a shorter chapter than usual" and I thought "damn these guys are wild" but then I remembered I legitimately WAS (/Am??) one of those writers cause I once apologised for a delayed update after open heart surgery LMFAOO?? 12yo me gave way too many fucks.

anyway yeah, THIS DOESNT MEAN IM ON A SCHEDULE OKAY!!! also still not taking requests cause I just wanna get back into the groove yk??

but thanks for reading and coming back to this book after all this time,, thank you so much <3 means a lot, it really does.

unedited past reading it over once, you know the drill.