Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Enemy Mine(Seto/Yugi) ❯ ...Tell Me Not... ( Chapter 6 )

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Enemy Mine

 

Chapter Six

 

…Tell Me Not…

 

~“I don't want you to die big brother,” Mokuba whispered into his brothers' throat, “I don't wanna be alone.”

“You won't be, I'll make sure of it,” Seto whispered…~

Seto woke covered in sweat, tired and hungry though he had no desire to eat. Showering he refused to look at his reflection, he knew he probably looked skeletal, leukaemia patents often did, mostly because the disease ate away at them, killing them in painful inches. Dressing swiftly, though his movements felt sluggish he was unsurprised to find his usually formfitting uniform, which had been tailored to his `swimmers' build, baggy and the tangy taste of blood in his mouth.

The morning seemed to drag and Mokuba, who was normally chipper and bright, depressed, his large eyes tight and shinny with pain and he told Seto that he loved him at least five times before the limo dropped him off at school. Feeling dizzy and faintly nauseated, he made it to lunch without much trouble though people kept glancing at him worried.

In his old spot, his laptop open before him he tried to ignore the glares cast his way by Yugi's friends, though their loyalty made him feel better. His Yugi would be well cared for when he left. Sipping his water he read the data on his screen as Joey slammed his hands into the table, hard enough to make his laptop jump.

“Watch it mutt, this laptop costs more than your parents make in a year,” he said calmly.

“You really are a jerk, aren't you?” the blond boy snarled, “Thinking your better than all of us! Playing with Yugi! Hurting him on purpose!”

Seto rose, to fast as he snarled “I have never played with Yugi or anyone that way,” as black spots danced across his vision before a collapsed, falling unconscious to the floor.

 

 

 

Two hours later Yugi sat by Seto's side, thanks to how public their `relationship' had before though their brake up hadn't he was treated as though he were family. Even being the one they asked if they should call Mokuba out of school. Which he'd vetoed, Joey was to pick up the youngest Kaiba and bring him to the hospital.

A low groan came from the man on the bed and Yugis' attention immediately locked on the thin man.

Blue eyes, hazy because of the fever he was running, stared at him from under heavy eyelids and a small smile twisted chapped lips.

“Yugi…my little Yugi,” he breathed.

“Kaiba,” Yugi said trying to keep things impersonal, though how he could do that when the man he loved was lying in a hospital bed was beside him.

“I'm sorry Yugi,” Seto whispered but was unable to continue as a middle aged female doctor, charged with Seto, strode in, a chart in her hand and a deep frown on her face.

She didn't even blink when she found her patent awake, instead saying, “Mr Kaiba, I'm Dr Yamito,” her voice cool, though a little deeper than expected.

“Mr Kaiba are you aware you have leukaemia?” he blunt question drew a sharp gasp from Yugi, whose eyes widened.

“Yes,” Seto answered, “Call Dr Orihime, ask for Mr Mephistos' files or to come here himself,” he ordered.

“Mephisto?” Yugi asked, not recognising the name after the woman left, a looked of annoyance in her lavender eyes.

Closing his eyes, his head turning towards his lover Seto said, “Mephisto Seto is my birth name, Kaiba Seto is my adoptive one,” his words slurring slightly.

 

 

 

Doctor Orihime arrived, files in hand little over an hour later and looked stunned to find Yugi at Seto's bedside, Seto sleeping fitfully, due to fever. Keeping one hand in Setos he shook hands with the blond introducing himself “Yugi, Moto Yugi, Mr Kaiba's…boyfriend.”

“Desiderious, Orihime Desiderious, Mr Kaiba's doctor,” the blond said with slight amusement, “and I'll take it, by your hesitation that young Seto has been trying to push you away.”

The boy nodded and Orihime sympathised but was unable to voice it as the door opened and a female doctor tagged as `Yamito Ai', young Mokuba and a brown eyed blond walked in.

“Dr Orihime!” Mokuba said with a smile that lit up his eyes though they stayed slightly shadowed.

“Mokuba,” Orhime greeted as the woman turned to him her grey eyes sharp.

“Dr, I'm Dr Yamito, tell me, why isn't Mr Kaiba's medical records updated with this?” she demanded.

Figuring that all those present were close to the CEO he answered, “Because he didn't want anyone to know, doctor, Mr Kaiba…Seto has had leukaemia since he was a toddler,”

“What?” Yugi asked tears filling his large expressive eyes.

“I'm sorry Mr Moto but that baka boy should have told you how serious this is,” Orihime said knowing that Mokuba, who was now at his brothers' side, knew his older brother was dieing. It was in his eyes, his posture, very way he clutched his older brothers' hand.

Pained blue eyes opened and Seto spoke his voice strong “Orihime, shut up.”

A blond brow rose, a smirk curving slightly plump lips “Seto, you know I'm right,” he said his eyes grave as the man glared at him.

“Seto?” Yugi asked his voice translating his pain and Seto seemed to flinch, sinking back into the matris, his fingers tightening around those in his hands.

“Yugi,” he said meeting those lovely violet eyes, eyes that burned his soul, “I…Dr Orihime is correct, I should have told you,” he stated calmly as if they were talking about the weather.

“What are they going to do to make you better? Chemo?” Yugi asked, his desperation clear as Joey moved up behind the smaller man in silent support.

Seto shook his head suddenly looking very tried, “There's nothing they can do, my livers shot, it wouldn't be able to handle the chemical influx,” he said softly.

“I. Don't. Understand.” Yugi mouthed as Joey put his hands on his pail friends shoulders.

He understood.

Moneybags was dieing.

“After summer I wont be here anymore,” Seto said as Mokuba made a strangled sound, looking at his little brother he release the boys hand, slid over, closer to Yugi and gestured for his brother to join him on the small hospital bed.

Looking at Orihime, then Yamito his eyes begging, the woman meeting his gaze calmly while Orihime looked just as pained, his eyes shinny, Yugi chocked back a sob. His eyes shifted back to the brothers, Mokuba now huddled at his brothers side, Seto's free arm wrapped around his little brother as Joey wrapped his arms around him in a hug.

No.

This couldn't be happening, his mind screamed, Seto couldn't die, it isn't…he was too young!

“Mr Kaiba,” Yamito said from by the door, a door which had been knocked on, though no one else had noticed, nor the quick, quiet conversation between her and another.

Those true blue eyes looked up at her and he waited the demand clear in those eyes.

“Mr Kaiba, the media are bugging my staff,” the woman said “What would you allow us to tell them?”

His lip curling in disgust, his thoughts plan on his face Seto snarled, “Damn vultures, tell them to let me die in peace! Tell them that this is none of their fucking business!” His out burst shocked all but Orihime and he took a few deep breaths to calm himself “Tell them that my condition is undisclosed and if they continue to harass myself, my family, or this hospitals staff I'll sue them to ruin,” he stated in his normal bland tone.

 

 

 

The Kaiba mansion was solemn, quiet, its occupants sad, tired and filled with grief as midnight struck. Clear to leave, after he'd demanded to go home, Seto lay in the silence of his room, Yugi at his side, staring at the sealing.

Plans moved threw his mind, things to finish, things to say as he lay and Yugi shifted and those painfully beautiful eyes met his. “Is this why you were pushing he away?” the younger boy asked and Seto sighed, closing his eyes before answering, his voice trembling ever so slightly “Yes, Yugi,” he said re-meeting those lovely violet eyes that looked blue in the moon light. “I wanted to spare you what I could never spare Mokuba…I felt is better…safer if you couldn't stand the sight of me…so your grief wouldn't exist,” he gave a bitter laugh before saying “And because I'm vain enough to want to remember me…as I was not as I will be.”

Grimacing he ran a large hand over his face “By the time I…die, I'll be little more than a skeleton, a horribly smelling one at that,” he said.

Shifting Yugi brushed a kiss on Seto's lips, going to pull away he was stopped by large hands pulling him back for a thorough tonsil cleaning kiss that left them both breathless and more than a little aroused.

“I love you, Seto,” Yugi whispered as they stared into each others eyes, “And I, you, I just wish I could stay,” the blue eyed CEO said.

“Yugi…I don't want to die,” he confided.