Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Broken Darkness ❯ Chapter 16 ( Chapter 15 )

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Disclaimer: I don’t own Yu-Gi-Oh.   A/N: …   Broken Darkness   Chapter 16   Yugi        After school the hospital was the only thing in my mind.  I had been thinking about it all day but now it was transfixed in my mind as the only place I needed to go.       I arrived slightly out of breath; it was late at night when I arrived in the waiting room on the first floor.      “Yugi, you got here quickly,” Grandpa said, coming up to greet me.       I shook my head, trying to clear it, “Grandpa, where’s Atemu?  Where is he?”  Grandpa nodded his understanding at how I was more concerned about Yami then I was about my own safety or how I got here so fast.  He led me to an elevator and we got on, heading up to the floor where Atemu was.      “Is he in critical condition?” I asked, “Can the doctors tell what’s wrong with him?”       Grandpa shook his head. “He’s not in any critical condition but his body is weakening.  He’s on an IV right now and he hasn’t been able to keep any food down.”      “This isn’t good, this isn’t good!” I said, drawing into myself a little, “He’s dying and I don’t know what to do!”      “He’s not dying,” Grandpa said sternly, “and I don’t think he would he would appreciate you thinking like that.  He needs someone by him who is strong and if you can’t be that person then you won’t be able to stay by him.”      I was shocked at this but I managed to compose myself and took deep, shuddering breaths as the panic lessened inside of me, each breath undoing a knot in the pit of my stomach.  I followed Grandpa silently out of the elevator and down towards the room that Yami was in.  He opened the door and I saw him, Atemu, sleeping on the bed, the IV in his arm, breathing heavily.  I ran forward and sat in the chair that was by his side.  Grandpa must have been sitting in it all day.      “Yami,” I whispered, my breath falling slightly on his arm.  He stirred and opened his eyes, managing to grin at me while wincing in pain.      “Hi Aibou,” he said, “Don’t worry about me, just a little sickness.  Nothing big.”  He still didn’t want me to worry about him but I was, I was really worrying now.      “Grandpa told me the doctors don’t know what’s going on,” I said, “They don’t know what’s making you sick.”      “I don’t know either,” he said weakly, “I’d tell you if I knew and then you’d help me, right?”      “Right,” I said, not even realizing that tears were coming to my eyes until he reached up his hand and touched my face.      “Don’t cry Yugi, I’m fine, really,” he said, “You know, it’s probably just something I ate.”      “Oh Yami,” I said and moved to sit on the bed beside him, going to the other side so I wouldn’t disturb the IV in his arm.  He looked so weak lying there, so helpless.  I touched his forehead and felt how hot it was.  He had quite the fever.      “Hey, this may seem kinda late, but I…I needed to thank you,” he whispered, his voice soft and sweet and gentle.      “You need to thank me for what?  I don’t think I’ve really done that much,” I said, knowing I was probably blushing as I said that.      “You have, you took care of me when I came back, when I was without memory…and sick.  You spent time with me and were patient with me.  You helped me get back on my feet again.  I don’t think there’s enough thanks in the world for that,” he said and I let the hand on his forehead trail down to cup his face.      “It’s okay,” I said, “When you get out of here, we’ll go to the amusement park.  And school’s almost over for the year, so we’ll do all sorts of fun things.”  I wiped my tears away. “We’ll go to the pool and back to the amusement park and have lots of fun, just us.”      “Really?” he asked, smiling up at me, “I’d like that Aibou.”  His expression changed to something slightly more teasing. “You know, you care too much about people.”      “I only care because I have to.”      “No one forces you too and yet you still do.”      “I care because I care then, there’s no explanation Yami,” I said.      “That’s fine then, so long as you never change,” he said, “Stay sweet and kind and care, like you always have and always should do.”      “You’re talking like you’re going to die,” I said, “You’re not, okay?  You’re not going to die on me.”      “No, of course I won’t,” he said and then laughed slightly, coughing as he did so. “You won’t let me.”   Yami        “Of course I won’t let you,” Yugi said and I grinned.      “I know,” I whispered and coughed again.  Having him here was such a wonderful thing; it made me feel better already.  I didn’t know what I would have done had he not been there.  What if someone else had found the puzzle?  What if someone else had to take on the destiny with me of saving the world?  How would things have been different?  I couldn’t have imagined it any other way.  I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way.      “Yami, I have a question,” he said suddenly, breaking me out of my thought.      “What is it?” I asked gently, watching his face, knowing how hard he was thinking, although I didn’t know what he was thinking about.  He had blocked me from his mind all day today; he probably didn’t want me to know he had been panicking.      “Do you prefer guys or girls?” he asked.      I stared at him for a moment, “What kind of a question is that?”      He looked down and seemed to admire the tile on the floor rather than want to answer me.  “I don’t know, I’m just curious.”  That seemed to take him a lot of courage to say because it came out all strangled.      I smiled at him, a small part of me hoping that what would follow next would be an admission of love on his part, although I couldn’t tell if he wanted me to say it first or not.  I think he felt the same way…but this didn’t prove much, only the fact he was interested in my sexual preferences.  “I like boys.”      His gaze turned startled as he met my eyes with his, and they sparkled with a kind of hope.  I waited for the words to come, to form on his lips and pass over his mouth so I could hear them, but they didn’t come.  He just sat there, looking stunned and puzzled and confused.  Had Anzu asked Yugi to ask about my sexual preferences or something?      “I see,” he said, registering on his face more panicking, “I need to go for a moment.  I won’t be long.”  He stood up and walked towards the door.  Did he not like the answer I gave him?  Was he rejecting me because of the fact I liked guys?      “Yugi…” I began gently but he didn’t turn around and my face fell.  This wasn’t how it was supposed to happen!  “Yugi!”  He left the room, and my heart shattered.   Yugi        I ran to the payphone and dialed up Kaiba’s number quicker than I could think.      “Hello?” the usual annoyed voice spoke and I gathered myself.      “It’s me,” I said, my voice sounding shaky.      “Yugi?   What’s going on?” he asked, “What do you need?  Is something wrong?  I saw you leave the school rather quickly today.”      “It’s Yami…he’s…he’s…” I began but couldn’t bring myself to finish the sentence.      “Where are you?” he asked.      “Hospital,” I gasped.      “What happened?”
      “He’s sick…he’s in a bed, he’s just lying there, all weak and helpless…”      “Yugi, slow down,” Kaiba said gently.  This wasn’t like him but I wasn’t going to argue the point, I didn’t care, I just needed to talk to someone and he was the first person that came to mind.       “I asked him…I asked him if he liked boys or girls,” I whispered into the speaker.      “What did he say?”      “He said he liked boys.”      “What did you say?”      “Nothing,” I replied, the regret coming out in tears. “He basically told me and I didn’t say anything at all!”      “I’m coming over,” he said, “I’ll be there in less than fifteen minutes.”  I didn’t ask why he was coming over nor did I care.  I should’ve called Anzu or Jou or even Honda but they wouldn’t understand…they wouldn’t.  Kaiba would…I knew he did, because he was going through the same problems I was.  I had panicked…in Yami’s room I had panicked and hurt him!   Kaiba        I arrived at the hospital shortly and inquired where I would find the Motou.  I took the elevator to the floor they were on and saw Yugi collapsed by the phone.  Tears stained his eyes and I felt pity for him.  I was going through the same thing, although I wasn’t in the stage he was just yet.  I walked up to him and helped him to his feet and carried him to a small waiting room not to far away from the phone.  I was forced to hold him as he told me everything, everything that had happened since our last conversation at school up to this point.      “So, you panicked,” I said and he pulled away from me.      “I did and now I don’t know what to do and he’s sick and probably dying and I don’t know what to do!”  He was a positive wreck in my opinion.  I hoped this wasn’t what would happen with me and Jou!      “Yugi, you need to calm down,” I said, gripping his shoulders and looking into his eyes, “Take some deep breaths, blow your nose, collect yourself, and pull yourself together!  For Pete’s sake this isn’t how I know you to be!”      “I don’t want to loose him Seto,” he whispered as he grabbed a tissue out of a nearby box and blew his nose. “I’m scared that he’ll die and he doesn’t even know how I feel!”      “Then tell him already!” I said, “If you really are that scared just tell him!  The worst that could happen would be he says he doesn’t love you back!  I know your heart would break then but it’s eating you away right now, that’s not good nor is it healthy!”      “Seto…” he began but I shushed him.      “Don’t, I mean, if you can’t do it, if you can’t go through with telling the one you love how you feel how am I supposed to get the courage?  We said we’d help one another, and I’m trying to help.  I know I’ll probably need your help with Jou but if you’re too scared then what kind of an example do you set for me?  Just tell him.”      “But…” he began.      I cut him off again. “You are scared he’s going to die, but if he does die and you don’t say anything, it will kill you!  I know it will kill you; I’m beginning to feel that way about Jou too.  Just fricken tell him already!  You have to.”  I think that was a version of begging but I wasn’t sure.  I didn’t know exactly what I had just said but in the silence that followed I saw Yugi compose himself and shake my hands away.      “You’re right,” he said, “But…would you stand in the hallway?”      “You need a little extra push, to keep you from leaving even if you want to?” I asked and he nodded. “Fine then, I won’t let you leave until you tell him.”  He nodded and we both stood.  He led me towards the room and told me to wait outside it.  I leaned against the wall with a sigh and waited like he asked me to.      “Yami…I have something I need to say…” I heard him say and then he rushed back out, panic on his face once more.      “What is it Yugi?” I asked.      “He’s not there!”  Crap…this wasn’t good.   TBC