Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ House of Cards ❯ Breakdown ( Chapter 14 )

As they drove in silence, Yugi pondered what it was they were doing. *Yami, do you think you could come out?*

*Sorry, love, I think this is something you should do alone.*

*Yami, I'm too afraid. Please come out.*

*Kaiba won't hurt you, if he does, I'll be out before you realize it. Just relax. I trust him.*

*He hit me.*

*I know, but I have a gut feeling that he's trying to help you. Just let him.*

Just then Yugi realized where it was they were going. His eyes widened and he turned to Seto. "No! Please, Kaiba, don't take me there."

"Yugi. You have to go there. It's daytime, no one will harm you and I'm with you. Yugi, trust me."

Yugi turned away and let the tears fall down his cheeks. "I hate you," he muttered under his breath.

Kaiba stopped and pulled over to the side of the road. "Then you can walk there from here." His blue eyes flashed. "But you _will_ go there. You need to."

Yugi crossed his arms in front of his chest and sighed, silently crying and shaking in fear.

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As Seto neared Kisaki street, he sensed Yugi's tension. "Yugi. We're going to walk from here. I want you to show me where it happened."

Yugi blinked back his tears. "I...I can't..."

"You can. Get out of the car."

Seto inwardly cringed as he saw Yugi blink back tears as he stepped out of the car. He walked around to the other side of the car and followed as Yugi walked in an almost trance to an alley. Then Yugi collapsed on the ground. He was fighting an invisible force all around him and screaming. Seto ran to the smaller man, and tried to get close enough to snap him out of it.

A few passersby stopped and stared at the scene. A couple were about to phone the police when they noticed that the 'attacker' was none other than the world famous CEO of Kaiba Corp. As they realized that the person on the ground wasn't even being touched, they became even more curious.

Eventually Yugi calmed down enough that Seto was able to gather him in his arms. Not caring who was watching, he carried the violet-eyed man back to the car. Setting Yugi in the backseat, he tried to get Yugi to come out of the flashback. 'Maybe this wasn't such a good idea,' he thought, then shook his head. He didn't run his company by second guessing himself. He forced Yugi to look at him, and then spoke softly.

"Yugi, you are in my car, and there is no one here who will hurt you. Please take a deep breath. I know you think you are being attacked, but you are just remembering. Please take a deep breath." Yugi took a deep breath. "Good, breathe in, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, hold it...now out for ten." After three deep breaths, Yugi was obviously shaken, but no longer clutched by the memories.

"Yugi, tell me about what happened, tell me what happened in that flashback. You need to let it out."

"NO! What the fuck do you care Kaiba? Huh? You don't know what happened. You don't know what I went through! You've never cared about me before, why the hell should you start now? You weren't the one forced on the ground, you weren't the one forced...forced to have sex with those men. You have no idea what I went through..."

"You're wrong." Yugi stopped and looked at Seto. "Yugi, no one but you knows exactly what you went through that night, but you aren't the first person to be raped, and unfortunately, you won't be the last. I know what it's like to be forced to have sex against your will. I know what it's like to have someone force their way into you, without care...no _hoping_ it hurts you. How do you think I knew how to get you out of that flashback? How many times do you think Mokuba had to repeat those same words to me? How do you think it felt to have a ten year old know what you were? I was good for very few things, Yugi: sex, chess, and if I was good enough at those, eventually running a company. Yugi, I don't want you to become like me. I've seen the life in your eyes go cold, and I don't want that for you. You don't have to become cold. I once told you that the duelist I know wouldn't fall to his knees during a duel. Well, Yugi, this is still a duel, just a little harder than any that you have faced before."

As tears streamed down his face, Yugi nodded to Kaiba. "Kaiba, I..." Yugi threw himself at Seto, hugging him for dear life. Not having ever hugged anyone but Mokuba, and even then rarely, Seto didn't know what to do. Eventually he gave in, and pulled the small form into an embrace. He would never admit it, but he even let a few tears fall as the two of them held each other tightly.

After sitting like that in the car for over an hour, Yugi pulled away. Pointing to Seto's tear-stained shirt, he muttered an apology. Seto shrugged and said something about being able to afford another one. Yugi wiped his nose with the back of his hand, and asked to be taken to his grandfather's shop.

"Do you think you can handle it?"

Yugi shook his head, "No, but I'll never know if I don't stick my head out."

Seto shrugged, not understanding the reference. "Good, because I have a company to run, and I can't sit here all day trying to get you to see reason."

Yugi chuckled as they started moving. "Besides, if I don't get out and stretch soon, my leg will cramp up, and I'll regret it for the next two days."

"Yugi..."

"What?"

"One word of this to Jounouchi, and I'll have your head for dinner. Do you understand?"

Yugi smiled and nodded. "Yup."

"Good. One more thing."

"What?"

"If you start acting like that again, I'm going to put you over my knee and give you a spanking."

"Have I been that bad?"

"Yes. And Yugi..."

Yugi turned to him.

"You're gonna do alright. You are stronger than you look, and you are a survivor."

A small smile appeared on Yugi's face. "Thanks Kaiba, that means a lot."

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