Yu-Gi-Oh: P.O.D: Part 98

Megumi tucks Kou back into his bed, then sits down nearby showing a rather satisfied look. "Naruki-kun...you really need to rest..."
    Tacey stopped outside the door before looking down at her deck, deep in thought over what happened after her last duel. "Yuri...I don't understand."
    Megumi turned her head. "Huh...Tacey-chan, is that you?"
    Tacey slowly opened the door. "Um...are you busy?" She asked, her tone unsteady. "I...I really need to talk to someone."
    Megumi looked back at Kou. "U-um...are you sure you want to talk to me...wh-what about...um...?"
    Tacey looked at Megumi. "What about what?" Her tone flat, almost distant.
    Megumi showed a shy smile. "I guess...I really am the only person you can talk to right now..." Megumi turned to Tacey. "So...what did you want to talk about?"
    Tacey sat down and removed her duel disk. "W-well..." She said, putting her hands on her knees before talking. "I wanted to impress Yuri, to show him I was growing up as a duelist, and to do that, I asked Kou to help me with my deck. To show Yuri that I was good enough, I dueled Seb. Only...it feels like I did the wrong thing. I mean, after the duel, Seb looked depressed, and Yuri...he..." Tacey cut her explanation short as she gripped the edge of her uniform's skirt tightly.
    Megumi folded her arms. "For a start, Sebastien is always depressed, but what about Yuri...?"
    Tacey couldn't bring herself to look at Megumi. "He's been working so hard to return to the pro circuit..." She muttered. "But now...I'm scared I might lose him...I thought if I was strong enough, he'd like me more, but instead...I could tell he didn't like how I dueled."
    Megumi scowled. "If he only cares about you because of your dueling or how strong you are I don't think you should be dating him."
    Tacey let out a heavy sigh. "You don't get it..." She said, taking a quick glance at her duel disk. "I want to be there for him, but I feel like...like there's no way for me to repay him for all the time he was there for me. I want to be there for him."
    Tacey released her grip on her skirt and let them droop down. "Then tell me, what do you think I should do?" She asked, finally looking at Megumi.
    Megumi turned back to Tacey. "If he doesn't like the way you duel, he's obviously wierd or jealous...I mean Naruki-kun runs powerful fiends...but, I don't look at him that way..." Megumi looked back at Kou with a warm smile. "I see him...as the best thing that ever happened to me...and the most wonderful man in the world..."
    "But what if...what if the problem is me?" Tacey asked worriedly.
    Megumi looked back to Tacey with a confused yet furious look. "HOW could it be you?"
    Tacey looked back at her deck. "I tried to duel like Kou said I should...and instead of being congratulated, both Seb and Yuri let me behind..."
    Megumi shook her head. "They didn't expect you to be powerful Tacey-chan...Kou made you stronger...for some reason they see you through your cards, not through your personality..."
    Tacey let out a sigh. "Or maybe they don't see me at all." She uttered. "A duelist's deck is a part of him or herself...Senpai, if being powerful is why they were mad at me...then I don't want to be powerful."
    Megumi scowled. "That's just pathetic Tacey-chan..." Megumi got up. "Just because they don't like you being stronger?!"
    Tacey got up and picked up her duel disk. "Senpai...I don't know what your problem is, but when we used to talk, I was doing my best to make you feel better, but you... ", She said, before looking at Megumi with sad eyes, "...you're just making me feel worse."
    Tacey got up and picked up her duel disk. "Senpai... I don't know what your problem is, but when we used to talk, I was doing my best to make you feel better, but you... ", She said, before looking at Megumi with sad eyes, "...you're just making me feel worse."
    Suddenly a knock came at the door. "Oi! Kanjori! Ji-Xi, Ran's outside and wants to duel you!" Nanjo shouted from the other side.