Hey everyone! I'm back with another chapter! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: *Glares at everyone* Hell, why do I have to go through this every new chapter? I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, plain and simple.
Claimer: Okay, I own this plot, Mel, Mark, Michael, duh. Oh, I also own Aura Beast.
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Jesse's P.O.V
"Aren't you going to ask about it?" Mel asked. I turned my head to look at the top of hers. We were lying on her bed; she had her head on my chest. Marron and Ruby were curled up sound asleep at our feet. We had been just relaxing in a comfortable silence for a while.
"What do you mean?" I asked as I ran my fingers through her hair. She sighed and turned her head to look at me.
"Esabella." My fingers stopped combing through her hair, the silky strands between them sliding out easily. I let my hand fall so it just rested on her arm.
"What should I be asking about?" Mel sighed and turned her face away from mine, readjusting her head.
"You tell me."
"Mel, if I wanted to know about her, I would have already asked." This caused her to sit up and look back at me.
"What do you mean?" I sighed and sat up, using my hands as support. I looked at Mel.
"What I mean is I don't want to know what happened to Esabella or about her." Mel's eyebrows pulled together in confusion.
"How could you not want to know?" I reached up and tucked some of her hair casually behind her ear.
"I already know all I really care to know about her. Besides, you don't seem like you like talking about her." She flushed and quickly turned away.
"I don't."
"Then why are you wondering why I'm not asking about her? I thought you'd be happy that I wasn't pestering."
"I am." She turned back to look at me.
"Then why question it?" She bit her lip.
"It's just, I thought that maybe...What I mean is, I thought you'd want to...wait...ummm...oh, forget it!" Mel huffed and turned away from me, folding her arms across her chest. I sighed and ran my fingers through my hair, ruffling up the flattened mess. Neither of us spoke for some time. Finally, I sighed again and opened my mouth to say something when Mel spoke up before I could.
"She saved me. Esabella, I mean, from Aura Bestia. She told Sensei and my parents that she just found me; that Bestia just ran away but she showed up and when she did, it disappeared. I...I think she did something but I was already so drained, I couldn't focus on anything..."
I stared at her. Her hands were folded in her lap. She kept clasping and unclasping her fingers.
"How did she make it leave?" I asked. Mel shook her head, making sure to keep her face away from mine.
"I don't know. I told you, I don't remember much after Aura Bestia crying out 'Oracolo!' and then it was gone. I asked Esa once, but she just brushed me off. I took that as a sign not to ask again. Before I knew it, she was killed. Right in front of me, too."
"Mel...," I whispered. She sighed and reached up, rubbing her eyes. She turned and looked at me.
"I guess that's what I wanted to tell you." I wanted to say something but realized quickly how tired she looked. I laid back down and pulled her with me, placing her head on my chest. I tucked the blanket around her.
"Okay. Now sleep." Mel tilted her head enough so I could see her smile at me. Then she relaxed and was soon fast asleep. My right arm was wound around her waist and my left arm was folded behind my head. I smiled and leaned down, kissing the top of her head. The only sounds in the room were the even, mixed breathing of everyone asleep. Soon, I found my eyelids drooping and then, before I knew it, I was asleep as well.
